Winslet is a great choice.

Gael Garcia Bernal--although he isn't American.

Is Denzel in the "previous generation" category?

Kate Winslet is definitely going to have a legacy in Hollywood! It's hard to believe that she's not even 30 yet. She's someone that we don't hear too much of offscreen, even though she's married to a relatively big-name director, but her impact onscreen is huge. She fits in with the group of actors that the writer of that article points out started out acting in their mid to late teens (Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio), but unlike them, has grown into a full-fledged adult, and who looks like one, too.

I just read over at the NY Times a review of various big-name actors who are appearing on West End stages this summer (David Schwimmer, Ewan McGregor, Gael Garcia Bernal, Kevin Spacey, Val Kilmer) and the only one who they seem to think can really make on impact on stage is Neal Patrick Harris ("To find a male screen star in full command of a stage you would have had to venture into the small, airless Menier Theater at the Chocolate Factory in southeast London where Neil Patrick Harris - a popular television star in the 1990's as the boy doctor of "Doogie Howser, M.D.," who appeared on Broadway last year in Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" - is showing how nicely he has grown up. Mr. Harris delivers a charming, emotionally focused central performance in the British premiere of "Tick, Tick ... Boom!," the autobiographical chamber musical by Jonathan Larson (of "Rent" fame), that achieves what his peers in celebrity in London do not: the illusion of absolute intimacy, of electrically stylized self-exposure.")

It's hard to believe that she's not even 30 yet.

Wait, she's not?

The hell?

She turns 30 this October. A mind-blower, isn't it?

That's crazy. She's been in, like, everything. For, like, ever.

I'm about to watch Stir of Echoes. And I must say: that is one freakyass DVD menu. Shit.

Reese Witherspoon

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Right there with ya. I keep hearing how good she is, and have been completely unable to see it in any movie of hers that I've ever seen.

I loved Legally Blonde. I don't think that was her doing, though, as I loved Clueless for very similar reasons and don't think Alicia Silverstone is a great actress. Pretty and sometimes competent, yes, but neither of them are likely to be Oscar winners soon.

Though I'd've said the same about Renee Zelweger once upon a time. In fact, I still would, except for the part where she did. I didn't see Cold Mountain so maybe it was really worth it. She sure didn't deserve the nod for Chicago but sometimes (or always) a movie's momentum outweighs sense when it comes to award races.

ETA:

"Harris delivers a charming, emotionally focused central performance in the British premiere of "Tick, Tick ... Boom!,"

Okay, wow. That's really incredibly perfect casting, assuming he has any sort of pitch at all. Want now.

I loved Legally Blonde. I don't think that was her doing, though, as I loved Clueless for very similar reasons and don't think Alicia Silverstone is a great actress.

Have you seen Election ? She's great in it.

Reese was incredible in what'sitcalled. Freeway? And she was good in Election. Since then, she's been essentially coasting in lame roles that don't seem to challenge. It's a shame, because she's not lacking in chops.