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Title:

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

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

ix, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Pomerance, Murray, 1946- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86806639

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: In the wings / Murray Pomerance. 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 : 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 / Murray Pomerance.

Series:

Star decades : American culture/American cinema

ISBN:

081355148X
9780813551487
0813551471
9780813551470

OCLC:

(OCoLC)696605138

LCCN:

2011001086

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)