Shining in shadows
Subtitle: movie stars of the 2000s
By: edited by Murray Pomerance
Series: Star decades: American culture/American cinema
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780813551470; 9780813551487
Subjects: Biography; Motion picture actors and actresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: stardom in the 2000s / Murray Pomerance; title: The wonder boys: Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, and Robert Downey, Jr. / Dominic Lennard; title: Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman: million dollar seniors / Robert Eberwein; title: Jennifer Aniston and Tina Fey: girls with glasses / Victoria E. Johnson; title: Puerile pillars of the Frat Pack: Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, and Ben Stiller / Brenda R. Weber; title: Javier Bardem and Benicio Del Toro: beyond machismo / Mary C. Beltrán; title: Philip Seymour Hoffman: á Jesus of uncool / Jerry Mosher; title: A postfeminist primer: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hilary Swank, and Renée Zellweger / Corinn Columpar; title: Heath Ledger: I'm not there / Claire Perkins; title: Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn: acting authentic / Michael K. Hammond; title: Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett: the performance is the star / Charlie Keil; title: Brangelina: celebrity, credibility, and the composite überstar / Linda Ruth Williams; title: George Clooney: The Issues Guy / David Sterritt; title: In the Wings.