Who to blame besides studios and audiences? Perhaps the actresses themselves. By their early 30s, Meryl Streep had made The Deer Hunterand Sophie's Choice, and Sissy Spacek had done Badlands and Coal Miner's Daughter. Today, while the likes of Kate Winslet, Samantha Morton, and Cate Blanchett consistently rise to new challenges, they have few American counterparts. Talented stars like Drew Barrymore seem to be stuck in a strange ''not a girl, not yet a woman'' rut. And some would argue that Kirsten Dunst's and Diaz's roles in Elizabethtown and In Her Shoes could have been Oscar bait in the hands of more intense performers.
In today's gossip-driven entertainment world, acting chops and maturity (as in talent, not age) just don't seem to be priorities, otherwise Maggie Gyllenhaal or Bryce Dallas Howard would command top dollar. You have to wonder: In an era when entire magazine empires are built on the backs of Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson, can bona fide actresses still become stars? ''There's some degree of truth to that, that there's a necessity to make people famous in the tabloid world,'' says Weinstein. ''But I do think the Scarlett Johanssons and the Reese Witherspoons are just touching the surface of their talent.'' Let's hope they're given the opportunity to go deeper — and soon.
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