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While I can begin to sympathize with Morgan Grice’s experience (“Zero Minutes of Fame,” Comment, Mar. 9), that sympathy falls away with this one sentence: “I was to appear on a certain cable news network that shall remain nameless (yes, careerism and any potential ramifications unfortunately factor...
...reports that Elvis showed up around 10:30 to a cocktail hour, went unrecognized by most of the wannabe hipsters in attendance, and handed out his digits to perplexed partygoers. Or tried to, at least. While we doubt Elvis will be put up, we do wonder whether any fame-seeking Signette...
...caricature of the “typical feminist,” employed for the wily tactics of the theatrical and substance-devoid media. It was a travesty that possibly ended my interest in broadcast media—not to mention robbed me of my modest, if delusional, bout with fame...
...unseat in Pennsylvania. In fact, one has never been defeated in a re-election bid. So, faced with a popular Democratic incumbent, Governor Ed Rendell, state Republicans are considering a Hail Mary pass for next year's election. They're paying serious attention to Lynn Swann, a Hall of Fame wide receiver for the championship Pittsburgh Steelers teams of the 1970s and now a commentator for ABC Sports. Swann has begun testing the political waters, launching an exploratory committee and making appearances at grass-roots gatherings. At 53, Swann doesn't have any electoral experience...
...owes his fame to his self-lionizing, hard-drinking ways as much as he does to his infiltration of the lawless Hell’s Angels or his chronicling of Nixon’s campaign...