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...audience and have them judge it right there-that's exciting." His life on the road was chronicled in the 2002 documentary Comedian, and Seinfeld does occasionally emerge to promote the DVD releases of his sitcom, but he has made no effort to cling to the global fame that it bestowed on him. To most people-the vast majority of fans who haven't been lucky enough to catch his stand-up act-he has seemed almost Johnny Carson-esque for the past few years, the wealthy recluse who left us wanting more...
...president of Harvard, Drew G. Faust holds a celebrity status that few academics share. While her fame may be a tad subtler than the acclaim that, say, The Beatles once enjoyed—teenagers around the world haven’t adopted her hairstyle...yet—it nevertheless places her under a perpetual spotlight. Every aspect of her life is fair game for scrutiny, from fashion faux pas to comments about female scientists to the car she drives. How a person chooses to travel can say a lot about her, but Harvard provides a default mode of transportation. Along...
Unlike J.D. Salinger, however, who spent much of his literary career hiding from fans, Eggers has used his fame to promote philanthropic causes. In addition to founding 826 National, the proceeds from his latest work, “What is the What,” which relates the life of a Sudanese refugee, will go to aid people displaced by the political turmoil in Sudan...
...CLAIM TO FAME WAS ONCE A CO-WORKER OF LENNY KRAVITZ...
...CLAIM TO FAME DATES LANCE ARMSTRONG...