Word: idols
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There has never been a better time for a girl with an Aretha cover and a dream. According to a TIME/CNN poll, 7% of Americans think they'd be a good contestant on American Idol, and 23% say they have a friend or family member who would. Now they will have plenty of chances: several American Idol imitators are in the works. In the spirit of the show's acid host Simon Cowell, here's our honest preview...
MAKING THE BAND 2 It didn't set the ratings on fire last season , but with Idol fever, MTV figures it's worth another try. This time, P. Diddy runs a hip-hop boot camp. Diddy hogs the spotlight--but at least there's one real star onstage...
...after all, is the life she bargained for. Two and a half years ago, Chen was a newly minted college grad just entering the working-stiff world as a credit analyst in the Hong Kong branch of a foreign bank. That was before she decided that her brother, teen idol Edison Chen, was having way more fun than she was. Meetings were held, a contract was signed?and Chen popped out of the Hong Kong star-making microwave like a sugar-coated pineapple bun. Her first single, Future Tense, was released to local radio stations last month, and her debut...
...Unlike the I'd-kill-to-be-famous contestants on reality-TV shows such as American Idol or Popstars, Chen didn't aspire to be a product when she was growing up. Up until June 26, when she formally announced that she was going into show business, her only stage experience had been in an elementary-school musical. But she had been exposed to glamour in other ways. Although she grew up in Vancouver, her father, business tycoon Edward Chen, took her to star-studded parties and exclusive backstage events whenever she visited Hong Kong. Later, Chen watched Edison launch...
...whole schmear and the impact this might have on the future Supreme Court). But standing for something—learning about an issue and then putting yourself on the line for it—is even more important. Think of Jeffords, who became an independent, and my new idol, Republican Sen. Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island, who voted against both Bush’s tax cut and giving Bush his new war powers. Guys like these will get my vote any day, no matter what party label they come under...