POWER 101: FALLEN

SAM COHN The maverick head of ICM's New York office, Cohn, 62, is finding it increasingly difficult to hold on to acting superstars. This year Meryl Streep, following the lead of Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Cher, left the Cohn fold for the starrier shores of CAA. FRANK MANCUSO After seven years as chairman of Paramount, Mancuso, 58 (left), was unceremoniously booted this year. His detractors claimed he'd lost control of the studio, green-lighting expensive failures like The Two Jakes. A $45 million breach-of-contract suit against Paramount, settled out of court, gives him time to plot his next move. GIANCARLO PARRETTI The flamboyant Italian financier was deposed in April as chairman of MGM/Pathe by Credit Lyonnais, the bank that financed his $1.3 billion purchase of the ailing studio in 1990. Parretti, 49, has also had to fight accusations that he drained MGM's coffers to fund other projects. JON PETERS Peters, 44, didn't last long as cochairman of Sony Pictures. His lavish style and freewheeling deal making made him persona non grata with his Japanese bosses. Still, Sony had to sweeten his exit with $30 million and a cushy production deal. ERIC PLESKOW The success of Dances With Wolves and The Silence of the Lambs is small consolation for Orion Pictures chairman Pleskow, 67, who has watched his company virtually collapse. As its biggest talents-like Woody Allen-bail out, Orion, $500 million in debt, struggles to stay afloat. ROBERT REDFORD If his last film, 1990's widely ignored Havana ($9.2 million), was any indication, audiences no longer automatically thrill to Redford's blond good looks. But the 54-year-old actor-director-environmentalist carries on: He has just directed A River Runs Through It, starring Emily Lloyd and Brad Pitt, due out next year, and he's filming a new spy thriller, Sneakers, for Field of Dreams director Phil Alden Robinson, in an effort to recapture his old luster. JOEL SILVER Silver's reputation has turned to brass as his extravagant filmmaking style has led to a parade of bombs: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Predator 2, and Hudson Hawk, which cost $58 million and grossed only $17 million. Silver, 39, does have a safety net: next summer's Lethal Weapon 3. BRUCE WILLIS With two expensive strikes against him-the misconceived The Bonfire of the Vanities ($17 million) and the smirky Hudson Hawk, Willis has much riding on his newest shoot-out, The Last Boy Scout, due momentarily. If it bombs, Hair Club commercials and Moonlighting reunion movies may start to look awfully good.