The A-list

Woody Allen often lists his lead actors alphabetically. Sounds fair. Till you realize that makes him first-billed. But then he started working with Alan Alda and Caroline Aaron. Hoist on his own petard?

I was thinking about this while watching He's Just Not That Into You. At the end, the leads are listed alphabetically. Here they are:

Ben Affleck
Jennifer Aniston
Drew Barrymore
Jennifer Connelly
Kevin Connolly
Bradley Cooper
Ginnifer Goodwin
Scarlett Johansson
Kris Kristofferson
Justin Long

Wow. We're over halfway done and not out of the C's. Poor Justin Long--bet he thought he'd at least end up in the middle of the pack. (And who let Kris Kristofferson in with all these young people?)