This week Shia LaBeouf stars in the big-budget Eagle Eye. Over the past year, LaBeouf has gone from a virtual unknown to the star of mega-hits Transformers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. With last summer's Disturbia, LaBeouf even proved that he could carry a movie sans robots or an iconic sidekick. This week's release of Eagle Eye could quickly cement his status as a bona fide Hollywood A-lister, once and for all.

Hollywood loves to proclaim the latest "It" girl or guy, throwing them in all the hottest releases and spotlighting them on the cover of mags like Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, and Rolling Stone. The message is clear: You better pay attention!

Sometimes the status pans out and the actor becomes a mainstay for years to come. Brad Pitt, Jude Law, Scarlett Johannson -- all made the transition from It-list to A-list and never looked back.

But what about the others -- those "Its" that lost their status? Remember Ralph Macchio or Kirk Cameron? Took you a second, didn't it? Worse than a never-was, these celebs' brief flirtation with stardom skidded into reality television and direct-to-video.

In honor of Shia's 2007 and 2008 presence on the "It" list, we look back over the past two decades to bring you five "Its" that made it and five "Its" that faded.

The "Its" Who Made It

	Brad Pitt Remember Brad Pitt, the talentless pin-up? That flowing blond hair and rippled chest in movies like Thelma and Louise, Kalifornia, and the abysmal Cool World. Well, the rippled chest is still there, but Pitt went legit somewhere along the way and started to showcase some formidable acting chops. Se7en, Twelve Monkeys, and Fight Club established Pitt as a true talent with the looks to boot. Fifteen years past his mainstream breakouts in the early '90s, Pitt remains at the top of the Hollywood heap.
	John Travolta Perhaps the most intriguing member of this group, Travolta has seen both sides of the equation. After the triple catastrophe of Staying Alive, Two of a Kind, and Perfect in the first half of the '80s, Travolta was officially declared DOA, resigned to talking-baby movie hell for the foreseeable future. But Quentin Tarantino was a Vinnie Barbarino fan and offered John a second chance as dimwitted gangster Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. Despite a continued lack of discretion in material (Mad City, Lucky Numbers, Battlefield Earth) the resilient Travolta has been landing big-time roles for more than a decade since.
	Jude Law Thankfully, Hollywood's Jude Law obsession has simmered down a bit -- we were all in danger of a Jude overdose. Remember when he was in 37 movies in 2004? Well, it felt like that many anyway. Law has stepped out of the limelight a bit over the past few years, but it doesn't look like he's in any danger of fading away. Roles in Gattaca, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Road to Perdition, and Closer proved Law had the goods. That pretty face, talent, and accent should keep Law employed for years to come.
	Scarlett Johannson Lovely, lovely Scarlett. Those pouty lips, heaving, err, well you get the picture. Before she was a glamour girl, Johansson established some career longevity with meaty roles in The Man Who Wasn't There, The Horse Whisperer, and Ghost World. By the time Lost in Translation alerted the rest of the world to her talent-plus-beauty double threat, the indie temptress was already on the Want-List of just about every director (and actor) in town.
	Leonardo DiCaprio Man, Kirk Cameron (a Faded It-lister, see below) must really hate Leo. Back in 1987, Kirk was the one featured on the cover of Tiger Beat and Seventeen, the heartthrob crush of many a pre-pubescent girl. So who would have thought that Leo -- a cute kid brought in for a 22-episode, desperate last gasp to boost ratings on Growing Pains -- would emerge as the breakout star? DiCaprio's rise was truly meteoritic, going from drab sitcom to legit thespian in only a year with the 1993 double whammy This Boy's Life and What's Eating Gilbert Grape -- the latter resulting in an Oscar nomination for the 19-year-old future star. There's been no looking back for DiCaprio since, who then headlined the biggest box office movie of all time, Titanic, and is now a regular muse for arguably the greatest director of the past three decades, Martin Scorsese.

The "Its" Who Faded

	Demi Moore There was a time when Demi was the talk of the town. She was weepy Molly Jensen in the overrated Ghost and a tough military girl in A Few Good Men. When she landed a new-record-for-an-actress salary to portray pole dancer Erin Grant in Striptease, it looked as if there was no stopping this tough-talking, hard-bodied beauty. But the combination of a string of schlock (G.I. Jane, Passion of Mind) and time off to be a mom proved just how short America's attention span can be. A much-hyped 2003 comeback in the disappointing Charlie's Angels sequel, Full Throttle, proved Moore-the-mom still had the "bod" but it was her paparazzi-fueled relationship with medium-talent boy toy Ashton Kutcher that the public really cared about.
	Kirk Cameron As mentioned above in the Leo DiCaprio entry, when Growing Pains went off the air in 1992 few would have predicted it would be Mike Seaver's half brother, Luke Brower, that would so nimbly transition to the big screen. Although Cameron is now a distant string of letter grades away from A-list, he's found a niche, of sorts, in the religion-based Left Behind series. Still, it's easy to picture Cameron on the set of yet another Left Behind straight-to-video sequel looking up at a billboard for the latest Scorsese-DiCaprio collaboration and cursing the Gods just a bit.
	Tara Reid Young, hot, blonde, and bound for stardom in the late '90s, this sweet-faced beauty spit in the face of stardom and quickly descended to direct-to-video status. Possessing both the cheerleader body and girl-next-door innocence, Reid was a standout in cult classic The Big Lebowski and breakout hit American Pie. While the latter positioned Reid as the innocent girlfriend heading off to college, her role as Bunny Lebowski was probably less of a stretch, offering the Dude oral pleasure for a thousand clams. That scene receives a few extra-knowing snickers these days. Shortly after breaking out as a star-to-be and Maxim cover girl, Reid joined the hapless party girl scene opposite dimwitted Paris Hilton and Co. The result was the opposite of class, stumbling out of nightclubs and occasionally showcasing her private parts in public. Less than 10 years from her breakout work and only 31-years-old, Reid looks amazingly weathered. She holds the proud title-holder of "Quickest Has-Been in Film History."
	Ralph Macchio When Karate Kid broke this young star in 1984, it seemed as though the sky was the limit for the baby-faced Macchio. He looked significantly younger than his age, playing a character six years his junior in Kid, which became the most-loved sports movie since Rocky. On top of that, he was well-spoken and possessed street smarts that would seem a natural fit for countless projects, especially in the mid-'80s. So what happened? Well, whoever was guiding Macchio's career choices wasn't looking for much more than a quick buck. Sure, Karate Kid sequels made sense -- cash in while the iron was hot -- but did anyone really think the hokey Distant Thunder or the weeper Three Wishes of Billy Grier were the right moves at that point? Macchio showcased his skills once more in 1992's sleeper-hit My Cousin Vinny, but it seemed as though Macchio's star had already passed by without him. By the mid-'90s, he had all but retired just 10 years after being proclaimed a "star of tomorrow."
	Dane Cook Is it too early to proclaim this guy's career dead? Sure, he keeps showing up in mainstream movies, but is anyone more cursed at the box office? Even his best role in Mr. Brooks tanked and, believe it or not, he was actually decent in that one. In just over 10 years and 20-some-odd credits, Cook has managed to sour the careers of Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Steve Carell, Kevin Costner, and now Kate Hudson. Seriously, give someone else a chance -- maybe someone who's actually funny. The rest of the people on this Faded List would have killed for so many get-out-of-jail-free cards. But clearly Cook's deal with the devil hasn't run out just yet.