Word: fame
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first season was, it's intriguing in its own way. MTV has never been shy about embracing the postmodern paradoxes of reality programming--The Real World no longer even pretends to be about real life, and millions of viewers couldn't care less--so The Osbournes takes the fame issue straight on. We catch up with Ozzy and wife manager Sharon primping for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the annual fete during which the two nerdiest groups of celebrities--politicians and journalists--surround themselves with actual stars to bask in the reflected cool. As George W. Bush gives Ozzy...
Morris doesn’t run from his surprising fame. He seems to enjoy it—he keeps one of his uniforms in his common room and once posed for a campus magazine dangling playfully from the goalpost—but is guarded when asked about the NFL, about his role on the team, about agents and scouts. He’ll open up more when talking about the game, whatever the game is at the moment. Here it’s basketball, and Morris’ eyes light up as he talks about hitting the courts for pickup...
...single-season record-holder both in passing yards, with 1,351, and passing touchdowns with 16. In just one season, Holt had catapulted himself from career backup to All-Ivy quarterback, an amazing ascent that would ultimately land him in the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame...
Once separated from the fray for more than two weeks, the spectacle becomes nauseating. The couples sacrificing their relationships for momentary fame on reality television and the game show hosts in minimal outfits are just embarrassing themselves. Those people of questionable intelligence who trek down 30 red carpets a year become laughable. Did anyone catch this summer’s MTV Music Video Awards? Who are these people? Who ever thought that this is okay...
...segment was taped in mid-August, but Golder had to wait until the show’s recent airing to taste his fame...