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...What do Cher, Greg Louganis and Whoopi Goldberg have in common? Surprisingly, the answer is a learning disability--dyslexia. Yet, as dyslexics, these celebrities are not alone. As many as 15 percent of American students may be dyslexic, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
...video, I Got You Babe, has the two cartoon metalheads cackling wildly as they put on virtual-reality headsets, plunge into cyberspace and select a "chick" from a computer screen menu. Among the choices: "sexy," "wild" or "was married to dork." The boys choose No. 3, and out pops Cher...
Modern advertising and modern celebrity arose simultaneously in America. The symbiosis was automatic, and Sarah Bernhardt leased her name and reputation to merchandisers decades before Cher was born, let alone starring in infomercials for personal-grooming products. At first endorsements were simply that: straightforward firsthand testimonials about the virtues of a product. William McKinley appeared in Waterman pen ads even while he was in the White House ("An invaluable pocket companion...
Since the late '80s, we have been asked to believe that Elizabeth Taylor, Julio Iglesias, Herb Alpert, Gabriela Sabatini, Joan Collins, Princess Stephanie, Dionne Warwick, Liza Minnelli, Sophia Loren and, of course, Cher are people whose eponymous perfumes are better than fragrances to which the names of show people have not been appended. Certainly Julio, Liz and Joan are people whom we instinctively believe to be intensely scented, but do even the buyers of White Diamonds imagine that Taylor concocted the stuff...
...seen so many extortion attempts against the Jackson camp, and they never turn out to be worth anything." While researching his book, Taraborrelli says, "every damn butler, housekeeper, chauffeur and chef wanted $100,000 for their insights into his private life. I've written about Diana Ross, Cher, Carol Burnett and Roseanne Arnold, but I never had that experience with any of my other books. And that was just me, a biographer. You can imagine what it's like for him with his millions...