The Onion's A.V Club column provides a great article analyzing why some stars remain the darlings of the industry despite box-office track records that range from spotty to disastrous. Some, like Nicholas Cage and Bruce Willis, are able to come up with hits that are so sizeable that they mask the fact that the vast majority of their films are boxoffice and critical failures. Others like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie continue to reap huge paychecks from studios in the mistaken belief that their presence on the covers of supermarket tabloids will somehow translate into boxoffice gold. Our gripe is: how many talented newcomers will never get their chance to obtain seed money for their films because so much loot is being doled out to actors who have not demonstrated any clout beyond the gossip magazine circuit? For the article click here