Both featured star-making performances Tahar Rahim.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Giltz: DVDs: A Prophet the Next Godfather ? Yep, it's That Good] Reference

It was a star-making performance, and rightfully so.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Bradley: Shift Change: The 35th Anniversary of Jaws and Shampoo Marks the Transition From New Hollywood to Blockbuster] Reference

Both featured star-making performances (Tahar Rahim).    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Giltz: DVDs: A Prophet the Next Godfather ? Yep, it's That Good] Reference

No one hates the star-making machine more than stars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pearl Jam's Primal Scream Therapy] Reference

"Easy A" with a star-making performance by Emma Stone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Season of Carey Mulligan] Reference

They chronicled the star-making process behind O-Town.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2004] Reference

Sharlto Copley delivered a star-making performance. rookje.    From Wordnik.com.  [District 9 - What Did You Think? | /Film] Reference

The intrigue of the star-making machine is its utter fickleness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jane Devin: Palin Has Bright Future as Over-Hyped, Under-Talented Celebrity] Reference

Not much Bullock, but a great, star-making turn by McConnaughey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anticipating The Joys Of Summer] Reference

And the pop culture-obsessed, star-making public jumped right on board.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fred Goldring: American Idolatry and Sarah Palin] Reference

The Pentagon's star-making machinery is confusing obsessive with heroic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mike Bonifer: McChrystal Method] Reference

Joshua Henry gives a magnetic star-making turn as the principled Patterson.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Giltz: Theater Review: "The Scottsboro Boys" Triumphs] Reference

Craig could be a star-making role for the Joseph Gordon-Levitt of tomorrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funny Story For Half Nelson’s Fleck and Boden | /Film] Reference

But for a nearby, small spiral galaxy, the star-making party is almost over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest from Hubble: Star Formation Fizzling Out in Nearby Galaxy | Universe Today] Reference

Levitt and Dubner have written before about the origins of star-making talent.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Superstar Equation, Disproved? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Instead, she opts for a vision that's all her own and not property of a star-making focus group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shawn Amos: The Anti-Diva List] Reference

Best writing of the year with a star-making turn by Jesse "Don't Call Me Michael Cera" Eisenberg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jon Chattman: The Year in Movies: Spreading the Love Throughout 2010] Reference

One day, I described to a favorite teacher of mine Gore's star-making charisma at the U.N. in 1992.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corinne Marshall: I Am Destroying the Earth] Reference

Then he put an exclamation point on his star-making effort with 14 more shutout innings at the National.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Pitching gem hidden away at Canadian program] Reference

Much like the motorcycle accident, a way/excuse to slow down the star-making treadmill he was trapped on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self Portrait] Reference

Reading Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. is a magical ride through Hollywood deal-making, star-making, and movie-making.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nina Sankovitch: Finding Fabulous Fun and Freedom on Fifth Avenue at 5 A.M.] Reference

Hedlund, best known as the star of the 2004 film Friday Night Lights, delivers a star-making turn in the film.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zorianna Kit: Country Strong Movie Review: Gwyneth Paltrow's best performance to date] Reference

MCGIRT: And it ` s hard to imagine that a two-hour, chewy, data-dense slideshow would be a star-making vehicle.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2007] Reference

The singer and actress, whose star-making Disney series wraps this year, said: 'I'm not trying to be "slutty."'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andy Pemberton: Miley Cyrus Reveals New "LOVE" Tattoo in Her Right Ear] Reference

Max Guevara (yes, the character adopted the last name from Che) was a star-making role for the young Jessica Alba.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Bradley: The Common Threads of Avatar] Reference

Why anyone is ever surprised that young performers go along with the Hollywood star-making craziness is beyond me.    From Wordnik.com.  [golden arches] Reference

Cat blanches at the sight of Erika Martin Hughes (of last week's star-making catfight), and won't sit next to her.    From Wordnik.com.  ["I want to see that invitation": D.C. 'Housewives' recap and fact-check (#8, Oct. 1)] Reference

But before the star-making turn, Waltz was actually very well known overseas, with many reputable roles to his credit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christoph Waltz Sings, Humps In Kimmel Sketch (VIDEO)] Reference

The nebulae, around 6,000 light-years from Earth, are "star-making factories" that measure some 580 light-years across.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cassiopeia 'Heart And Soul Nebulae' Captured By NASA (PICTURE)] Reference

His portrayal of Robert Gould Shaw was overshadowed by Denzel Washington's star-making turn but it was a fine performance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finding Amanda, losing Matthew Broderick] Reference

Frenzied star-making in the Milky Way Galaxy starting about 2400 million years ago had extraordinary effects on life on Earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Milky Way Shaped Life On Earth] Reference

Now, he is looking to the entertainment industry's oldest star-making machine to align his image with his on-the-field prowess.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Big Play for Alex Rodriguez] Reference

Ms. Basinger, chairwoman of film studies at Wesleyan University, examines how studios used star-making in their business plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World (Wide Web) Series] Reference

Frenzied star-making in the Milky Way Galaxy, starting about 2,400 million years ago, had extraordinary effects on life on Earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atomic Bullets Bring Life, Not Death] Reference