| NY Daily News - Mitchell Fink: Hollywood Loves Lists |
Whether you're mentioned as hot or as not, the only crime is not to be listed at all. That is why Tobey Maguire, Matthew Broderick and "Friends" co-stars Courteney Cox Arquette and Matthew Perry might want to consult their shrinks in late August, when St. Martin's publishes James Ulmer's "Hollywood Hot List: The Complete Guide to Star Power." They don't make the cut of the 200 stars Ulmer ranks according to their ability to attract financing for a film — "bankability," the Left Coast calls it. Number one, according to Ulmer, is Julia Roberts, followed by Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Brad Pitt, Meg Ryan, Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith at No. 10. The 10 at the other end of the scale begins with Helena Bonham Carter at No. 191, followed by Halle Berry, Jean Reno, Vince Vaughn, Andy Garcia, Elisabeth Shue, Greg Kinnear, Geoffrey Rush and Ian McKellen. Steven Seagal occupies last place at number 200. Author Ulmer also laces into Demi Moore and Sylvester Stallone for demanding expanded entourages and unnecessary goodies like gym equipment and extra trainers on shoots. In her heyday, he writes, Moore "presented one indie company with a perks package costing around $900,000, most of which was for the entourage." And at the top of his fame, Stallone would have 11 people with him, including a golf pro with whom — between takes — he would smack balls into a huge net set up on an adjacent sound stage, the book says. |