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Concerned with stars describing film that's superficial (8)

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I believe the answer is:

cosmetic

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'superficial' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'concerned with stars describing film' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'film' could be 'et' (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) and 'et' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cosmic' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cosmetic that I've seen before include "Facial preparation" , "With surface effect only" , "Used to beautify face etc." , "Good for appearances only" , "Eg, make-up item" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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