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Munn provides the ultimate case study in the current mechanics of human popularity. She plays in the field's top venue (Hollywood) and is making extraordinary advances at a time of unprecedented competition and scrutiny. Every move she makes, personally and professionally, is recorded on the Internet&mdash;as are her audiences' reactions. What was once ethereal and fleeting, the adoration of strangers, is now recorded for digital posterity in search engines and Web forum