stars is the 3rd person singular of the present tense of star and starring is the present participle. Wiktionary also says this about starring: (with a film as its subject) That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast.
Starring, Joaquin Phoenix, with incredible acting that makes it hard for the audience to difference himself from the actual characters. It is wrong on several levels, but I'm mainly interested in knowing why the beginning of the sentence and the use of commas sounds so terrible.
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stare down the barrel of a gun is the parent idiom. It refers to literally staring down the opening of a gun, and thus to have the gun pointed directly at the speaker, usually from close range, an obviously dangerous situation. stare down the barrel of {X} when X is anything other than a gun is a metaphoric use of the parent idiom. X is being compared with a gun, and the audience is invited to ...
For starters (no pun intended), verb forms of to star include: (he) starred, (he is) starring, (he) stars, (they) star. The Terminal is star r ed by Tom Hanks. is the correct sentence. It—however—means that Mr. Hanks put a starlike symbol next to the movie's title. On the same website you may find the correct usage of the verb with respect to its context. Take note of the “categories ...
Like, "'The Avengers' is a TV show starring Patrick McNee." (Sorry if the pop culture reference is way outdated but it's the first one that came to mind.) "Avengers" is a plural word but it's the name of a TV show, which is a singular thing.
I got this answer from an old tome, distinction between words by john trusler. "Both stare and gaze means to fix both eyes upon an object, intently, earnestly with wonder. Staring implies looking with wonder and impudence; gazing with wonderband respect." A rude fellow will stare one in the face but a lover gazes upon his girlfriend with affection and admiration.
A coffee shop is not a place of interest, unless it had become famous for some reason. Think of Katz an American deli in NYC which has become a tourist attraction after a famous scene starring Meg Ryan, was filmed there.