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...doesn't seem to bother Nike. The company recently beat out the competition and signed Yi to a six-figure, multiyear deal worth far more than his actual salary--and indeed more than Yao Ming's original Nike contract. Forget about that other guy for a minute. The klieg lights of stardom are already starting to shine on the kid from Shenzhen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Yao Ming? | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

...cabbage she was turning into coleslaw, she concluded "I'm just going to focus on my salad." In a flash, we saw the Martha behind the fluffy 300-thread count towels, the one alleged to have fired her gardener over pennies and to turn to ice the minute the klieg lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Martha, Meet Hillary | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

Hairspray certainly looks terrific. Scenery designer David Rockwell goes for wit and color (prettiest in pink) rather than bombast. A forest of microphones and klieg lights sprouts from the ceiling; disembodied heads appear, Laugh-In style, inside big-haired pictures that wiggle back and forth. If this is eye candy, dish out more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Desegregation Doo-Wop | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

...What's undeniably real is that Shu Qi, after a frenetic five years in the klieg lights, is one lived-in girl. Born into what she calls a "poor, but not terribly poor, traditional Taiwanese family," her childhood was far from blessed. The family never ate extravagantly, and Shu Qi (who grew up as Lin Li-huei but had her name changed at age 17 by a Taiwanese agent who thought it sounded more artistic) was seldom allowed to buy things for herself. She remembers a childhood education "revolving around hitting and scolding." That helped make her grow up quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shu Perstar! | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...Berlusconi goes toe-to-toe with Rutelli. Where's Clint Eastwood when you need him? FIJI The Indians in the Cupboard That's where George Speight and friends want them?but the voters may disagree. SINGAPORE The Truman Show II: Another Day in Paradise The population gets suspicious when klieg lights fall from the sky killing the entire opposition?but no one does a thing about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

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