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Subjects:

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

Contents:

Introduction: stardom in the 2000s / Murray Pomerance
The wonder boys: Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, and Robert Downey, Jr. / Dominic Lennard
Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman: million dollar seniors / Robert Eberwein
Jennifer Aniston and Tina Fey: girls with glasses / Victoria E. Johnson
Puerile pillars of the Frat Pack: Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, and Ben Stiller / Brenda R. Weber
Javier Bardem and Benicio Del Toro: beyond machismo / Mary C. Beltrán
Philip Seymour Hoffman: á Jesus of uncool / Jerry Mosher
A postfeminist primer: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hilary Swank, and Renée Zellweger / Corinn Columpar
Heath Ledger: I'm not there / Claire Perkins
Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn: acting authentic / Michael K. Hammond
Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett: the performance is the star / Charlie Keil
Brangelina: celebrity, credibility, and the composite überstar / Linda Ruth Williams
George Clooney: The Issues Guy / David Sterritt
In the Wings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Pomerance, Murray, 1946-

ISBN:

9780813551470 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813551471 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813551487 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081355148X (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

696605138