Possible Clues:

• One whose meteoric career is almost over
• Meteor
• Celestial misnomer, and a hint to the circled letters
• Meteor, and a hint to the word that descends in the starred clues' answers ... and this puzzle's grid
• It's a meteor
• Thing to wish upon
• Sky divers' newspaper?
• Meteor the cause of a retake?
• Good for a wish maker, bad for a Hollywood agent