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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.
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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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.”
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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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.”
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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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.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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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.
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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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.”
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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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.”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Amanda Dobbins
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    The Star Market: Can Kate Hudson Escape the Rom-Com Curse?Outlook not so good.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Amanda Dobbins
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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.
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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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.
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market: How Many Big Chances Will Taylor Kitsch Get? Not too many more.
    By Amanda Dobbins and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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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.”
    By Amanda Dobbins and Claude Brodesser-Akner
  13. 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.
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market Revisited: Is It Over for Katherine Heigl?Looks like it.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Amanda Dobbins
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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?’”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Margaret Lyons
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    Party Lines Slideshow: Glenn Close and More at a Screening of Albert NobbsWho thinks they could pass for the opposite sex?
    By Adrienne Gaffney
  17. 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.”
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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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.”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Amanda Dobbins
  19. The Star Market: Is Mickey Rourke His Own Worst Enemy?“He is like the Phil Spector of actors,” says one top rep.
    By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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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.”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Amanda Dobbins
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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.”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Amanda Dobbins
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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.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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    The Star Market: Anna Faris Is Poised for the A-List, But Will Hollywood Call Her Number?“She has an accessibility that Katie Heigl lacks,” says one talent agent. “She’s more sweet than sexy.”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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    The Star Market: After Years of Retreating Back to Indies, Can Ryan Gosling Be a Major Movie Star?If Ryan Gosling were a stock, would you buy, sell, or hold?
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Amanda Dobbins
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    The Star Market: One Day, Will Anne Hathaway Rule Hollywood?“Lately, the more your see of her — like, with hosting the Oscars — the more you think: ‘Ugh; is she this over-the-top theater kid?’”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Margaret Lyons
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    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.’”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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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.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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    Star Market: Is Mila Kunis Leading-Lady Material?She’s pretty and popular, but is that enough?
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Margaret Lyons
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    The Star Market: Can Jason Bateman Unarrest His Development?Everyone likes the ‘Horrible Bosses’ co-star, but he can’t topline a movie.
    By Amos Barshad and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market: Is Bad Teacher a Good Move for Cameron Diaz?“I actually would put her back in some of the indie stuff she’d started out doing,” recommends one rep.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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    Can Green Lantern Make Ryan Reynolds an Action Hero?The Star Market returns.
    By Amos Barshad and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market: Does Michael Fassbender Have the X Factor to Become a Superstar?How much does Hollywood love the ‘X-Men’ actor? “I couldn’t be prouder to be the same [species] as that guy, let alone work in the same profession,” says one agent.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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    The Star Market: Can Ed Helms Ride The Hangover to Solo Glory?Let’s break it down.
    By Amos Barshad and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market: Could Movie Hopeful John Krasinski Be the Next George Clooney?“He’s the ideal combo: the guy you want to hang out with and sleep with,” says one insider.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner, Josef Adalian, and Kyle Buchanan
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    The Star Market: Is Hollywood Still Smelling What Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Is Cooking?If Dwayne Johnson were a stock, would you buy, sell, or hold?
    By Amos Barshad and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market: Has Reese Witherspoon Stopped Taking Chances?“‘Election’ was really tip of the iceberg of what she can do,” said one top agent. “I’ve yet to see her do anything that taxes her since then.”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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    The Star Market: Can The Conspirator Energize James McAvoy’s Career?He’s definitely lost some momentum since the ‘The Last King of Scotland’ and ‘Wanted,’ but “people think he’s fantastic.”
    By Amos Barshad and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market: Can Russell Brand Conquer America?“Then, he was a comedian just out of rehab in the U.K.; now he’s at the head of a studio film.”
    By Amos Barshad and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market: Can Lea Michele Hit All the High Notes With Her Hollywood Career?“This business is full of divas with far worse reputations who aren’t anywhere near as talented as Lea,” says one top network exec.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner, Josef Adalian, and Kyle Buchanan
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    The Star Market: Is It Too Late for Matthew McConaughey to Be Taken Seriously?“Would I spend money on him?” says a top agent. “I would not; in fact, I might actively avoid anything he’s in. But would I sign him? In a second!”
    By Kyle Buchanan
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    Star Market: Can Amanda Seyfried Live Out a Hollywood Fairy Tale?“The expectations are a bit lower for her: Female-driven movies just do not do as well as male-driven movies.”
    By Amos Barshad and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market: What Kind of Adjustments Would Make Emily Blunt a Bigger Name?“You hire Emily Blunt because she’s very talented, not because she’s just some pretty face,” says one publicist.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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    The Star Market: Can Nicolas Cage Win Back Hollywood’s Respect, or Has He Sold Out Once Too Often?Once an Oscar winner, he now seems more dedicated to paying off debts with quickies like ‘Drive Angry 3D.’
    By Amos Barshad and Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    The Star Market: Can January Jones Successfully Go From Betty to the Big Screen?“I don’t really know what her range is; for that matter, I don’t know what her ambitions are,” says one top agent.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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    The Star Market: Can Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester Become the Box Office’s Queen B?“Blake Lively’s just exploded after ‘The Town’ and here you’ve got Leighton, with her agents stuffing her into genre schlock?”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Willa Paskin
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    The Star Market: Will Action Hero Jason Statham Have the Career of Bruce Willis or Van Damme?His low-budget bone-breakers always make a profit, but how long can his run last without making a new move?
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Brian Raftery
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    The Star Market: Ashton Kutcher Has Built a Career Out of Goofy Charm and Trendspotting — How Long Can It Last?When a movie fails, he walks away unscathed. Natalie Portman beware: ‘No Strings Attached’ is all on you.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Gwynne Watkins
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    The Star Market: Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively Surprised Critics in The Town, But Will She Be a Movie Star?“Blake is already a leading lady, who’s now proving that she’s a very good actress.”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Willa Paskin
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    The Star Market: Gwyneth Paltrow Is Suddenly Everywhere, But Can You Call It a Comeback?Paltrow’s got ‘Country Strong’ in theaters, but many people in town think her future might be in television.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
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    The Star Market: Can Rabbit Hole Help Nicole Kidman Reconnect With Audiences?“People want to root for Sandy Bullock and Julia Roberts in a movie — they don’t really want to do that with Nicole Kidman.”
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Willa Paskin
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