ON THE BIG SCREEN, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s closest brush with Shakespeare was playing a gun-toting, not-so-sweet prince in Last Action Hero (“something is rotten in Denmark–and Hamlet is taking out the trash”). But with Californians set to decide his reform agenda in Tuesday’ special election, Schwarzenegger will soon learn the answer to another Shakespearean question: Does the fault lie in the state’s biggest political star?

Indeed, as California braces for its vote, the stars seemed in alignment. Senator John McCain rushed to the Golden State for a final round of campaigning for Proposition 77, which would strip the state legislature of its redistricting responsibilities. In Hollywood, a bevy of B-listers worked the phone banks to get out the vote against the Governator (among those doing the dialing: Kurtwood Smith from That ’70s Show and Lori Alan, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants).