Word: fame
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...Antonakos selected the four artists (upon whom time has since granted the benediction of fame) because their modes of working were so disparate. Ryman is the consummate painter, whose variations in white paint on all manner of supports are about the empirical discovery of facture. He has said that "there is never a question of what to paint, but only how to paint." Artschwager (whose work was exhibited in the Carpenter Center earlier this year) creates objects, often boxes, with no clear function, and painted images based on commercial sources. LeWitt has been an avatar of the conceptual art movement...
...special treat in store. Sib stepped off stage for a second and came back with none other than Dicky Barrett of Boston's ska-core heroes the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The nattily clad Dicky then gamely sang along with a hornless cover of "Someday I Suppose" (of Clueless fame...
...calls. But I'll tell you what I do know. Jennifer Lopez loves to talk about how she used to be fat-now, of course, she isn't, due to the wonders of dieting, lypo, etc. And Jennifer is a workaholic-her three careers have yielded her equal fame. First and foremost, she is an actress. And sure, she's made a name for herself in studio flicks like Selena and Out of Sight, but she's also starred in highbrow indie fare like Anaconda. Second, Jennifer is a singer. Not a particularly good singer, but nothing that mixing...
...discoverer of species, Van Roosmalen has the right to choose their scientific name. Instead he may auction off this privilege to the highest bidder and use the proceeds to protect the species in their original Brazilian habitat. Fame means less to him than saving a pure, emerald swath of the Amazon. Otherwise, he warns, "the rain forest will be destroyed before we even know what plants and animals are out there...
...this woman, and all the others who entered into the bride contest, decide to answer the cattle call? Well, duh. Ka-ching! For money, for 15 minutes of manufactured fame, two complete strangers tie the knot on national television. Any bets on how long that knot will take to unravel...