Mr Estrada, a tough-talking, hard-drinking populist, won fame as a movie star who played gun-toting defenders of the people.
Come 2011 he'll have two opportunities--with the comedies Bad Teacher and Friends with Benefits--to prove that his critically acclaimed turn as Sean Parker in The Social Network wasn't a fluke, and to solidify him as a movie star.
It may be a one-shot deal, but for now that makes Kristen Stewart as much of a pure movie star as anyone else in her generation.
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It also cements DiCaprio as a bona fide movie star who can open a film and take it to a big payday.
"Ralph first and foremost sees himself as an actor, not a movie star, " Armstrong said.
Jolie, known as well for her global humanitarian efforts as for her movie star status, is a good example.
Last week the troubled MGM announced plans to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy and then emerge under the leadership of Spyglass Entertainment, a movie finance company that has backed films such as Star Trek and Wanted.
As "Crazy Heart" star Jeff Bridges accepted the best actor in a movie drama award -- the first Golden Globe of his career -- he joked about his lack of awards.
Harrison Ford was fine reprising his role as Jones, the man is bona fide movie star who knows his way around a big-budget blockbuster.
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"This gentleman was just about to go out as a single if you want to play some golf, " Tom said to the movie star, not knowing I was a devoted fan of the seminal blaxploitation series.
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The film was also a triumph of concept over star power, as it represented the appeal of the idea versus the movie star.
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When negotiating with Twentieth Century-Fox in 1975 for his next movie, Star Wars, Lucas gave up a larger salary and instead insisted on things Fox regarded as near worthless: ownership of the merchandising, music, publishing rights--and of all sequels.
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