| Description |
ix, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Star decades: American culture/American cinema |
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Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Pomerance, Murray, 1946-
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| ISBN |
9780813551470 (hardcover: alkaline paper) |
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0813551471 (hardcover: alkaline paper) |
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9780813551487 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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081355148X (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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