Contents -- Introduction Angela Ndalianis -- Part I Individual Case Studies -- Chapter 1 The Misleading Man: Dennis Hopper Adrian Martin -- Chapter 2 The Replicator: Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Great Meme- Machine Louise Krasniewicz and Michael Blitz -- Chapter 3 Choosing Silence: Robert De Niro and the Celebrity Interview Greg M. Smith -- Part II The Cultural Impact of Star Images -- Chapter 4 The Keanu Effect-Stardom and the Landscape of the Acting Body: Los Angeles/ Hollywood as Sight/ Site Carmel Giarratana -- Chapter 5 More Sign Than Star: Diana, Death, and the Internet Michael Punt -- Chapter 6 Virtually Touching the Stars- from the Moon to Heaven's Gate and Beyond Leonie Cooper -- Part III Directors and Characters as Stars -- Chapter 7 The Auteur as Star: Violence and Utopia in the Films of Sam Peckinpah Gabrielle Murray -- Chapter 8 Birth of a Hero: Rocky, Stallone, and Mythical Creation Rikke Schubart -- Chapter 9 Digital Stars in Our Eyes Angela Ndalianis -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.