1. She won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in Boys Don't Cry.

• For being among a handful of performers who actually deserve the awards they've won: +6

2. She beat Annette Bening for the Oscar she won.

• For trouncing Hollywood royalty in the cause of justice and right: +2

3. She has made a number of non-transgendered appearances since the release of her starmaking movie.

• For making such a point of proving to the world that she is a girl, dammit, a girl!: -1

4. She appears in the new Sam Raimi movie, The Gift.

• Dude. The mullet. We know it's for a part, but wow: -1

5. Her biggest pre-Boys credit was playing single mom Carly Reynolds on 90210.

• For playing "other," having to date Steve, and not even lasting the whole season: -3

Mate Rating » 3 out of 10

When Stars Mate: The Methodology

When you're a fully-fledged celebrity, doing nothing in your spare time but appearing on talk shows and soaking up free champagne at movie premieres, it stands to reason that the only people you ever meet are other celebrities. Hence: The All-Celebrity Hook-up, which very often makes a successful transition to The All-Celebrity Relationship.

The problem is, if you're a celebrity, the odds are that your worth, and that of your mate's, will never be evenly matched. Therefore, when you meet and fall in love with another celebrity, either your worth, or that of your mate, will necessarily go down.

When Stars Mate is a service of Fametracker for celebrities dating, or married to, other celebrities. Fametracker will use this space to determine who in current celeb/celeb pairings has gained by the relationship, who has lost, and how the balance of power could be altered.

1. He won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on Life Goes On.

• For being recognized for his groundbreaking work as an HIV+ teenager: +4

2. He has thirty-three credits on his résumé, and only one starring role.

• For solidly staking out his turf as certified nobody: -2

3. He appeared on the cult hit Popular.

• For guesting on Popular in its brilliant first season: +1

4. He played the late John Denver in Take Me Home: The John Denver Story.

• Well, it's not exactly Jim Morrison in The Doors, is it?: -2

5. He has the corn-fed looks of a young Mark Hamill.

• And look where those looks got Mark Hamill: -1

Mate Rating » 0 out of 10

That is the first 0 in the history of "When Stars Mate," folks. Even Carson Daly managed a 1. As our esteemed colleague Gustave has said, Hilary Swank will probably not last much past this year. But she still has three times the staying power Chad Lowe has. I mean, John Denver? Please.