Word: fame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...September appearance before the judiciary committee, Thomas himself was a disaster. Prepped by White House handlers to avoid anything that smacked of controversy, however mild, Thomas repeatedly invoked the compelling tale of his rags-to-fame life. On everything else, he was an empty vessel. For all that he revealed about his legal philosophy, he may as well have been wearing a bag over his head. When pressed on matters of moment, he backed away from most every opinion he had ever expressed. Incredibly, he told Senators with a straight face that he had "no opinion" on Roe v. Wade...
...real life as zoo pets suddenly released in the wild. They try, too quickly, to catch up on the rambunctious youth they missed, and wind up in the police blotter or on the cover of supermarket tabloids. They can spend their 20s torpid, discarded, in rehab from their early fame...
...usually do it on television. The contestants on Studs do, and we're never allowed to forget it. Studs is TV, cheesy TV, with writers and commercial breaks and a live studio audience. The contestants pose, perform, play up their 30 minutes of fame. The discourse--if you can call observations like "He had a rocket in his pocket" discourse--takes on a strangely fictional aura...
...Fame may come from the fashion magazines, but it is the big cosmetics contracts that bring in the serious cash. A top model agrees to represent a line of makeup for Elizabeth Arden, say, or Estee Lauder for a set time period. A major contract would be worth $5 million and run three or four years. Supermodel Crawford signed a four-year deal with Revlon in 1989 that is said to total around $4 million; Paulina Porizkova's exclusive long-term contract with Estee Lauder is probably worth more than $6 million...
...Guess? jeans model who is starring in Calvin Klein's ads for his new Escape perfume; and Niki Taylor, 16, who has a mole on her face just like Cindy's. Says Crawford: "People think I'm jealous of Niki Taylor. But I got my 15 minutes of fame, and when you get it you realize it's not what it's cracked up to be." But quitting has never been easy for these coddled darlings. Says ex-model Moncur: "You exist through others' eyes. When they stop looking at you, there's nothing left...