Word: fame
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Judy Garland lived to the ripe age of 47 before the pills and fame took her down. But even at 25, in this genial 1948 Irving Berlin songfest with Fred Astaire, there was an eerieness to her charisma. Garland is visibly depleted, her voice often reedy, her teen sweetness now a mask. And then, by an act of sternest will, she summons the old fun, as in the numbers A Couple of Swells and I Love a Piano. The innocent girl from The Wizard of Oz is reborn, through her pain, as a depression-defying diva.. --By Richard Corliss
Monday, Feb. 28. Sue Erikson Bloland discusses In The Shadow of Fame: A Memoir by the Daughter of Erik H. Erikson. 6:30 p.m. Harvard Book Store...
Their songs are folksy, but have a lot of muscle, and rely heavily on Meloy’s uncanny ability for wordy lyrics and high-flying melody. Meloy’s talents seem to be the principal explanation for the sudden fame of the group within indie rock circles and beyond. The band still maintains a relatively low profile, so don’t feel guilty if you’ve never heard of them...
These very public politics have earned Robbins a roast much less friendly than the Pudding’s in the conservative press. In one notable April 2003 incident, as the United States entered its second month in Iraq, the Baseball Hall of Fame planned a Cooperstown celebration of 1988’s Bull Durham featuring members of the film’s cast and crew. The event was cancelled when Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey declared that recent remarks by Robbins and Sarandon—who were busy advocating for peace 15 years after starring in the minor-league...
...SEEMS TO ME, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS TO AN ACTOR IS THAT FAME CUTS HIM OFF FROM HIS SOURCES. Yeah, You can't see out if everybody is seeing...