Word: fame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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GOOD STAR BAD STAR Tracking how celebrities handle the burden of fame...
...strong enough, proud enough and professional enough to handle his celebrity. He wasn't undone by it, as the teen idol of a later generation, Elvis Presley, was; he didn't exploit the gifts of his fame and talent, he built on them, and in the end beat time itself. Not only does his music define the time and temper of the American decades in which it was made, but his singing moves those songs out of time into something indistinct, everlasting. In Sinatra's music, there is no past tense...
Turlais has spent his entire professional career in the minors, mostly in Double A. He played for the Pirates, then the Mets and Cubs, before returning to the Pirates organization. Throughout the years, however, Turlais has seen his share of players who have gone on to major league fame...
...just a schoolboy, but representing his late father John Lennon at the Beatles' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a decade ago, Sean Lennon bluntly reminded an audience, which included George Harrison and Ringo Starr, that his famous genes shouldn't be confused with real achievement. "I'm pretty proud to be up here," said 12-year-old Sean, "for basically doing nothing...
...documentary films released so farthis year, only Love and Death on LongIsland maintains such jubilant gigglesalongside real psychological acuity and with realdramatic flair. Woody Allen himself is filming ascript called Celebrity to be released thisfall. He will be well-challenged to study andvitalize the phenomenon of fame as sharply andengagingly as Kopple does here