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Shining in shadows : movie stars of the 2000s

Title: Shining in shadows : movie stars of the 2000s / edited by Murray Pomerance.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.

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Additional Authors

Pomerance, Murray, 1946-

Description

ix, 268 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Star decades: American culture/American cinema

Uniform Title

Star decades: American culture/American cinema.

Subject

Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography

Bibliography (note)

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.

Call Number

MWER 12-559

ISBN

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

LCCN

2011001086

OCLC

696605138

Title

Shining in shadows : movie stars of the 2000s / edited by Murray Pomerance.

Imprint

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.

Series

Star decades: American culture/American cinema

Star decades: American culture/American cinema.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Pomerance, Murray, 1946-

Research Call Number

MWER 12-559

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