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...Aida in which he appeared, he had already sung with that company several times and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. But that same year, he had a nasty bicycle accident. Health difficulties and medical bills took him away from opera and into his job selling phones. (Read "Why American Idol Keeps Soaring...
...Paul Begala, "where you will get to tour all the amazing sights D.C. has to offer and who knows what else could happen!" And if politics isn't really your thing, well, there's always the third option: "You and a guest will watch live as the American Idol judges make their final comments and decisions on this year's most anticipated season finale!" (See pictures of Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail...
...Clinton is in fact making significant progress in tackling her debt, which she managed to trim by nearly two-thirds during the first quarter of 2009. But that's not because of gimmicks like raffling off tickets to American Idol. Her campaign's real asset is its database of supporters. In the first quarter alone, it raised more than $2 million renting out that list. Among those who paid the most to use it: Barack Obama's Inauguration committee and the William J. Clinton Foundation, each of which spent...
...clips were evaluated by members of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin and New York Philharmonics, among other ensembles, who selected 200 finalists. Those videos were posted on the YouTube Symphony Orchestra channel in February. YouTube users then voted for their favorites, American Idol-style - and in Idol-like droves. Since the launch of YouTube.com/Symphony in December 2008, organizers say, the site has received more than 14 million views. (Read TIME's 1974 story "Carnegie Goes Electronic...
...Eddie Vedder, who sounds like he's asking someone to buy him "some peanuts and crack;" and in an appalling lack of judgment by the Cubs front office, Ozzy Osbourne, who sang not a single word of the song correctly. Thankfully, no chickens were harmed. And mysteriously famous American Idol castoff William Hung? Perhaps it's better to forget that altogether...