Star salaries coming down in Hollywood - report-(more work to do)

reuteurs ^ | 5.2.06 | na

[uncitizen]

Jim Carrey could be making bank if stuck to what he was best at. That is to be the craziest, wackiest, most hilarious and talented comedian out there today.

[Denver Ditdat]

When he volunteered for active duty, Jimmy Stewart was already a household name and an Oscar winning actor. He put that career on hold for the duration, and put himself directly in harm's way by flying combat missions over occupied Europe. Gen. Stewart could have taken a deferrment. Hollywood was considered a vital to sustain the morale of the home front (my, how the times ahve changed) and Stewart would have been safe on the backlot.

He put his country first.

We'll not see his likes in Hollywood again.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Don't forget Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart:

Or Audie Murphy.

[Richard Kimball]

Amongst those of us in the fire service, Fire Marshal Bill is still a favorite character.

Jim Carrey has done some funny work. I've always liked the Mask. A lot of what they mention is just the fact that most actors lose marketability as they get older. Clint Eastwood can't command the money he used to because he's not as bankable as he used to be. That's what's true of most of the actors and actresses on this list.

There are very few performers, particularly headliners, that maintain popularity for more than ten years. Robin Williams, for example, passed his "best used by" date about fifteen years ago. I don't think Tom Hanks is nearly as marketable as he used to be. Jake Whoevertheheck from Brokeback Mountain will get offers because Hollywood is run by homosexuals, but it will have nothing to do with marketability or money.

[Pittsburg Phil]

Seems like these Hollywood bubbleheads are missing me at the box office.

[Denver Ditdat]

Indeed!

Or James Arness, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Clark Gable, Lee Marvin, Tyrone Power... the list goes on. It was a different nation, and Hollywood wasn't determined to destroy it.

[FreedomPoster]

Carrey was funny as all get out on In Living Color. The other item that was always a riot, was "Mens on Film", with the two black queer characters doing movie reviews.

[Denver Ditdat]

Me too. It's easy to name the films I've seen on the big screen in the past few years since there are so darn few of them.

Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, Master and Commander, and The Aviator. That's it since, what? 1998 or 99, starting with SPR.

[Rockpile]

Since Hollywood makes obscene profits there should be windfall profit taxes on Hollywood's output :<}

[wizardoz]

Eternal Sunshine really was good. I also liked him in Man on the Moon. But the goofy stuff I can do without.

[wizardoz]

Keanu's been pretty expensive for the last 10 years...

[quikdrw]

>>>>> Carrey was funny as all get out on In Living Color. The other item that was always a riot, was "Mens on Film", with the two black queer characters doing movie reviews.


I give your review, two snaps up in Z formation!!!

[flying Elvis]

Damon Wayans was funny. Homey D Clown and Mens on Film were great. I give it a two thumbs up, and a circle snap.

[RepoGirl]

My bud down here saw United 93 the other day. Didn't want to, he said, but was glad he did. He said it was excellent.

I just don't know if I can do it just yet.

But this is really good news, and it just cracks me up. These pampered little meat-puppets who make ridiculous amounts of moolah for, in essence, playing dress up for a living.

My dream is that one day we view actors much the way they did back in Shakespeare's time. When did these inbred carny folk become such icons?

[FreedomPoster]

>>When did these inbred carny folk become such icons?

Oooh, that's gonna leave a mark. And spot-on, and worth saying again.

[JennysCool]

at least they didn't brag about it while they were making movies.

That's the point. I don't care about an actor's politics, religion or lifestyle, as long as he or she doesn't push it in my face.

[IronJack]

Rachel McAdams was the love interest in The Wedding Crashers, a crashing bore of a movie in which she was the sole shining nugget. And that was completely due to her looks, not her acting talent.

You were probably better off not knowing.

[IronJack]

Entertainment Weekly rates top stars on whether they are worth the money.

Why don't you ask that same question of the public? Oh, that's right. You DO And they answer ... everytime they don't buy a ticket!

[KosmicKitty]

I always thought he was an updated version of Jerry Lewis.

The ONLY Jim Carrey movie I saw that I could even watch for more than 5 minutes was Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - the one movie that he played as the straight man to Kate Winslet's being wild.

The only Adam Sandler movie I could watch for more than 5 minutes was Spanglish, again w/ Sandler out of his usual character, though Tia Leone was as annoying as ever!