Shining in Shadows : : Movie Stars of the 2000s / / ed. by Murray Pomerance.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Beltrán, Mary C.,; Columpar, Corinn,; Eberwein, Robert,; Hammond, Michael K.,; Johnson, Victoria E.,; Keil, Charlie,; Lennard, Dominic,; Mosher, Jerry,; Perkins, Claire,; Pomerance, Murray,; Sterritt, David,; Weber, Brenda R.,; Williams, Linda Ruth,
• HerausgeberIn: Pomerance, Murray,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2011]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Star Decades: American Culture/American
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 64 photographs

In the 2000s, new technologies transformed the experiences of movie-going and movie-making, giving us the first generation of stars to be just as famous on the computer screen as on the silver screen. Shining in Shadows examines a wide range of Hollywood icons from a turbulent decade for the film in...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Stardom in the 2000s
• 1. Wonder Boys: Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, and Robert Downey Jr.
• 2. Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman: Million-Dollar Seniors
• 3. Jennifer Aniston and Tina Fey: Girls with Glasses
• 4. Puerile Pillars of the Frat Pack: Jack Black,Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, and Ben Stiller
• 5. Javier Bardem and Benicio Del Toro: Beyond Machismo
• 6. Philip Seymour Hoffman: Jesus of Uncool
• 7. A Postfeminist Primer: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hilary Swank, and Renée Zellweger
• 8. Heath Ledger: I'm Not There
• 9. Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn: Acting Authentic
• 10. Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett:The Performance Is the Star
• 11. Brangelina: Celebrity, Credibility, and the Composite Überstar
• 12. George Clooney:The Issues Guy
• In the Wings
• WORKS CITED
• CONTRIBUTORS
• INDEX