Mr. Winn's energetic persuasion attracted a star-studded list of investors, including Mr. Allen; the FDX Corporation, parent of Federal Express, and Frederick W. Smith, its chairman.

Over the years, the lodge, an old-fashioned white clapboard motel built in the 1920's, has played host to a star-studded list of Hollywood actors shooting westerns on location in Kanab, almost on the Arizona border.

Eleanor Roosevelt and a star-studded list of dignitaries opened the event with their blessings.

Never mind that the book, edited by E.J. Dionne Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain and Kayla M. Drogosz, and published last month by the Brookings Institution, has a star-studded list of just over 50 contributors.

Mr. Marks, departing general manager and part owner, who mostly has a telephone, scraps of paper and a star-studded list of clients turned friends, may stay on for a while as a consultant, but is really not sure what to do in retirement.

Local Star Gazing Fund-raising events at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts in Mount Kisco feature star-studded lists of guests and honorees.

Notable Names To be sure, the appointees also include a star-studded list of intelligence specialists, a sign that the panel will continue to be a source of expertise as well as an outlet for patronage.

The Robin Hood Foundation, a charity to help New York City's poor, has a star-studded list of supporters mixing Wall Street and Hollywood.

The Burns's 31-member Advisory Committee is a star-studded list of actors, screenwriters, directors and producers.