Some films, or, academically, what's hidden in the seven starred entries

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SHORTSUBJECTS

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Award won by lead actors in this puzzle's starred films: the winners' names are hidden "word search"-style in the grid (across, down or diagonally, and forward or backward)
Theme of the starred entries
Actress who starred in two Hitchcock films
Collective name for this puzzle's half-dozen starred entries
Word hidden in this puzzle's theme entries
Artist who contributes to each of the starred entries, in a way
They're hidden in this puzzle's theme entries
Director of four films hidden in this puzzle
Letterman bit exemplified in the six starred theme entries
Nickname for the three-letter abbreviation hidden in this puzzle's theme entries
Letter that, as it appears in the middle of this grid, can precede the first words of the starred entries
There's one hidden in the answer to each starred clue
Program that the figures at the end of the starred entries have in common
Calorie source hidden in all three long entries
Word that can precede the first word of the twelve starred entries in this puzzle
Gym gear hidden in this puzzle's theme entries
Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889
Feature hidden in the starred answers (and suggested by the grid's center)
Classic ad line, and question you need to answer to find the hidden theme in four starred answers
Sextet of cancellations that produced the starred entries...or an oversexed MTV production now facing cancellation
Like the order of the letters in the first words of the starred entries, before being shaken up
Store for athletes seeking protection? (And, onsides, what each of this puzzle's starred entries refers to)
Really come down, as illustrated by hidden words in six starred answers
Number of birds hidden in starred-clue answers
One is hidden in each of today's theme entries