Word: idol
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Then there?s the whole heartthrob thing. Where did we go so far astray in this country as to consider someone like Ben, who is a reasonably nice-looking fellow, but no more a heartthrob than most of the guys in my high school class, worthy of matinee idol status...
...storylines are overflowing in this contest—Martin Brodeur squares off against his boyhood idol, Patrick Roy, between the pipes; Colorado rallies without the help of superstar Peter Forsberg, still recovering from a ruptured spleen; Patrik Elias continues his emergence as the best left wing in the NHL on the Devils’ dominant “A” line; New Jersey seeks to become the third expansion team to win three Stanley Cups, joining the Edmonton and Long Island dynasties...
...Sixers will take on the Lakers in this year’s championship. The Lakers will go ahead 2-0 in the series, at which point Shaquille O’Neal will claim that Kobe Bryant not only is his “idol,” but also his biological son (though Shaq will not remember whether it was Cindy, Venus or Aaliyah who mothered Bryant...
...That's our Leslie: suave, cocksure, with a touch of the brute (they love him for it) and a hint of sad solitude. A Canto-pop idol and film star since the late '70s, Cheung has been called "the Elvis of Hong Kong" by Canadian critic John Charles. He gets top dollar for film work, his new CD Forever Leslie is climbing the charts, and his concerts still pack 'em in around the world; for a pre-Christmas gig at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, tickets went?fast?for as much...
This year, Bob Saget has become the show's idol. The two B.J.s have decked the Yard with eerie two-tone posters of Saget's head above the text, "Obey Saget." Those expecting Saget's saccharine sitcom smile might find a more subversive side to the star, Novak warned...