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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alicia Silverstone[/quote]

Yes, she was the golden child after Clueless, but seemed incapable of really capitalizing on this for some reason. [/quote]

Still though, she's been pretty successful. She did a season of a show called American Woman a few years ago, I really enjoyed it. And she played the mom on the new Babysitter's Club series which got a lot of a acclaim. She just did a Superbowl commercial, which nets her 7 figures, and she looked amazing. She had a great cameo in Senior Year, which was the #1 on Netflix for a spell.

True she didn't really last on the A list for long but she has had a decent career.

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The thing is, she was totally an "It" girl from about 17-21-ish (I'd argue up until Blast from the Past when she was 23 because I LOVE that movie). I'm not sure I think her career was supposed to remain at that level of fame. The Aerosmith videos and Clueless are iconic. She has worked steadily since and everyone over 40 knows who she is. She's basically got a similar career trajectory as Heather Graham. She kind of was the Next Big Thing. But not everyone gets to be Meryl, Julia, or Cate.

And the more diffuse our media/movies/TV get the less you will get the Next Big Thing phenomenon. [/quote]

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