The things you're searching for.	July 28-30, 2000

Who Gives You an Itchy Mouse Finger? The week after a typical Hollywood movie opens, Web searches for its stars tend to rise 400-500%. But of course, there are exceptions. Below are six actors whose movement was extra high -- or extra low -- when we compared searches one week after their movie opened to searches four weeks earlier. THE WINNERS Hugh Jackman - searches up 8475%. A virtual unknown before his turn as Wolverine in The X-Men, Jackman is suddenly the search star of summer 2000. People are crazy about him. Russell Crowe - up 1368%. Already an Oscar-nominated star, Crowe still got a mighty boost out of his chest-baring hero in The Gladiator. He was on the Lycos 50 for six weeks. Thandie Newton - up 5763%. Tom Cruise's squeeze in Mission Impossible: 2 was catnip to Web users. Look for her salary to rise for MI:3. THE LOSERS Tom Cruise - up 96%. Maybe he should have though twice about sharing the screen with Ms. Newton -- or could his heartthrob days finally be past? Sandra Bullock - up 112%. A mere doubling of traffic for the star of 28 Days is not a good sign, especially considering her Web pinup status in former years. Jim Carrey - up 21%. Carrey barely got a rise out of Web users after Me, Myself and Irene. (Co-star Rene Zellweger was up 400%). Poor Carrey: dissed by Oscar and now dissed by the public. For more on hot actors and actresses overall, see our list of top 20 actors and top 20 actresses of late spring.

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