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Filming celebrity in 'The Meteor (8,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shooting star

''the meteor' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'filming celebrity' is the wordplay.
'filming' becomes 'shooting' ('shoot' can be a synonym of 'film').
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (a star is a celebrity or famous person).
'shooting'+'star'='SHOOTING STAR'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for shooting star that I've seen before include "Annie Oakley, for example" , "One making meteoric progress" , "on which you'd make a wish?" , "Top toxophilite" , "like a rocket?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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