- 12/6/12 /
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The Star Market: Is Jessica Biel More Than Just a Pretty Face?
"She's beautiful and she's hardy, but she hasn't proven that she's a real actor," says one top agent.
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- 11/21/12 /
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The Star Market: Is Bradley Cooper an A-Lister Now?
One producer we spoke to calls him "the next Paul Newman."
- 11/9/12 /
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The Star Market: Is Javier Bardem Ready to Conquer Hollywood?
One producer says "he's a true star to other actors."
- 10/26/12 /
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The Star Market: Is the Beloved Tom Hanks Still a Box-Office Force?
He's still one of the most popular actors, but his recent films haven't blown up at theaters.
- 10/12/12 /
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The Star Market: How Big of a Star Is Ben Affleck?
"The world loves him as a director first, star second," says one agent.
- 9/28/12 /
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The Star Market: Does Bruce Willis Have Some Fight Left in Him?
"He's not saying 'I need my Oscar movie' to his agents. He wants to get paid and get out."
- 9/14/12 /
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The Star Market: Does Joaquin Phoenix Even Want a Comeback?
"If he becomes a star, it’ll be with reluctance and the help of something magical.”
- 5/4/12 /
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The Star Market: Can Kate Hudson Escape the Rom-Com Curse?
Outlook not so good.
- 4/27/12 /
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The Star Market: Is Mark Ruffalo Ready to Hulk Out for Hollywood?
"He may be 'just casting,' but he’s really good casting: He’s beloved by filmmakers," says one top agent.
- 3/23/12 /
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The Star Market: Are the Hollywood Odds in Jennifer Lawrence’s Favor?
We ask agents whether she can be a star outside of the sure-to-be-blockbuster Hunger Games franchise.
- 3/9/12 /
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The Star Market: How Many Big Chances Will Taylor Kitsch Get?
Not too many more.
- 2/17/12 /
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The Star Market: Does Tom Hardy Want to Be a Movie Star?
"He’s an industry darling with major heat and goodwill, even though no one in 99 percent of this country knows who he is. Shia LaBeouf is Brad Pitt compared to him."
- 2/10/12 /
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The Star Market: Is This the Year of Channing Tatum?
"If I could, I would make him the Cameron Diaz of men," says one agent.
- 1/27/12 /
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The Star Market Revisited: Is It Over for Katherine Heigl?
Looks like it.
- 12/16/11 /
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The Star Market: Is Jeremy Renner a Leading Man?
"He's a rugged leading guy. Ask yourself: 'How many rugged, leading guys are there?'"
- 12/15/11 /
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Party Lines Slideshow: Glenn Close, Sinead O’Connor, Viola Davis, and More at a Screening of Albert Nobbs
Who thinks they could pass for the opposite sex?
- 12/9/11 /
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The Star Market: Is Charlize Theron Mounting a Cruel Comeback?
"There's nothing she can't do as an actress," says one rep, "because she clearly has the dramatic chops, and she has the physicality to do these action movies; that's about as wide a range as one can get."
- 11/23/11 /
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The Star Market: Can Michelle Williams Follow Marilyn to the Mainstream?
"She hasn’t really carried a movie, other than Blue Valentine; I mean, it was great, but four people saw it."
- 11/11/11 /
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The Star Market: Is Mickey Rourke His Own Worst Enemy?
"He is like the Phil Spector of actors," says one top rep.
- 11/4/11 /
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The Star Market: Can Tower Heist Break Eddie Murphy Out of His Family-Film Rut?
“He needs to start taking his career seriously again.”
- 10/21/11 /
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The Star Market: With Three Musketeers, Can Orlando Bloom Fight His Way Onto the A-List?
"Right now, he’s not even a stock; he’s a CD.”
- 10/14/11 /
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The Star Market: Is Jack Black As Big As He Used to Be?
"I think he's seen hotter days," says one top agent.
- 8/10/11 /
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The Star Market: Does Emma Stone Need Our Help to Become an A-Lister?
"She has the 'c' word. With Sharon Stone, it means something else, but with Emma Stone, it means 'charisma.'"
- 8/5/11 /
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The Star Market: Will Planet of the Apes Help Cement Freida Pinto’s Rise?
"I haven't seen her do anything but stand there and look gorgeous," complains one agent.
- 7/22/11 /
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Star Market: Is Mila Kunis Leading-Lady Material?
She's pretty and popular, but is that enough?