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Most Invisible: Mike Meyers

He’s the star of one of this summer’s biggest movies, “Shrek the Third.” He was also the star of one of 2004’s biggest movies, “Shrek 2.” The year before that, he made a huge bomb called “The Cat in the Hat.” Hollywood stars don’t get more high-profile than Mike Myers, but does anyone know what he looks like these days? He’s top-name talent, but like the Wizard of Oz, he has become nothing more than a distinctive voice and visual effects.  (Genaro Molina / LAT)
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Sneakiest: Leonardo DiCaprio

It’s not the squinty eyes or that weird slicked-back hair that makes Leonardo DiCaprio the sneakiest man in Hollywood. It’s that with his pretty-boy looks, he could coast on charm alone. Then he goes and stars in a string of Scorsese films and stumps for environmental causes and pals around with former vice presidents.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Toughest: Matt Damon

There’s a difference between brute strength and toughness. The muscle guys got work in the ’80s and early ’90s. In the 2000s we like our screen heroes silent, but willing to take a few punches, even when it hurts a lot. Matt Damon doesn’t say much because tough guys don’t have to. They don’t make a fuss. They stand there quietly -- and they smolder.  (Rick Maiman / AP)
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Strongest:

George Clooney isn’t built like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but he’s got some of the biggest muscle in the business. Who else could push through a black and white movie that looked like it was made in the 1940’s, even making sure it got a healthy marketing campaign despite having few big name stars? Only the strongest man in Hollywood.  (Reed Saxon / AP)
By Patrick Day and Deborah Netburn
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Entertainment Weekly has one, Premiere magazine used to have one before it folded, even Newsweek got into the act this week by crowning Will Smith as the most powerful actor in Hollywood. Power lists are everywhere these days and the industry’s soldiers pay quite a bit of their time jockeying for positions on them.

But can’t anyone with access to box office receipts figure out who’s got the muscle? What about those other kinds of powers? What about super powers? In the spirit of this summer’s coming superhero blockbusters,

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Deborah Netburn

Deborah Netburn covers faith, spirituality and joy for the Los Angeles Times. She started at The Times in 2006 and has worked across a wide range of sections including entertainment, home and garden, national news, technology and science.

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