Word: hometowner
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...just his second season in Formula One, 23-year-old Briton Lewis Hamilton became its youngest ever world champion, sensationally grabbing fifth place on the last corner of the Interlagos track in São Paulo to claim motor sport's premier prize by a single point from hometown hero and Ferrari star Felipe Massa. Italian Giancarlo Fisichella was less fortunate. Fisichella, 35, and in his thirteenth year in Formula One, was the last driver to finish, and ended the season without a single point...
...hometown pride is not enough to sustain an industry, and Massachusetts hopes that Hollywood producers’s devotion to the bottom line will draw more films to the state...
...Producer of 13 Best Picture Oscar winners, including Platoon and The Last Emperor, John Daly helped boost the careers of directors such as Oliver Stone and Roberet Altman, as well as actors Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves and Julia Roberts. Daly, who began his career in his hometown of London, created Hemdale, an independent film company, with Blow-Up star David Hemmings. Together they produced more than 100 films that earned upwards of $1.5 billion. Daly...
...Spencer H. Hardwick ’11, a native of Kansas City, Mo., said that people in his hometown had a hard time believing that a black man could actually win a national election...
...Hometown: Indianapolis...