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...says he never thought of modeling as a serious career, only as a way to make a little extra money for school. Apart from sports cars, he did not have his father's passion for the appurtenances of celebrity. Says Hood: "He was not into being in the spotlight." Julia Bond recalls that as a freshman at Morehouse, Ennis "had a car, but his parents wouldn't let him bring it to the campus, so I ended up driving him up to Lennox [a popular shopping mall in Atlanta] all the time. His parents didn't want him to have...
...different standard than Democratic leader Richard Gephardt. When Gephardt twice gave inaccurate information to a committee probing income from one of his rental properties, he was slapped on the wrist with a mild "be more diligent in the future." Though the chairman denied that his last-minute spotlight-hugging was an attempt to change the minds of doubtful Republicans - and said it was for the benefit of the public only - the timing was critical. Earlier, it seemed the effort was too little, too late anyway. But as the day progressed, 12 previously wavering Republicans agreed to support Gingrich, bringing...
...through a well-planned operation designed to catapult itself into the international spotlight, Tupac Amaru has upstaged the President. Even if its bid does not succeed, the group will bask in exposure for as long as the crisis lasts. And by week's end it looked as if that may be a prolonged period. When the initial fireworks subsided, a more grinding routine ensued as an exhausted Red Cross mediator shuffled between embassy and presidential palace, conveying requests for toothbrushes and toilet paper. Batches of hostages were released, but the impasse remained unbroken. Meanwhile, the Peruvian government withdrew behind...
...national spotlight revealed Lisa Hathaway (pictured on this page) as a New Age mother who had been schooling her children at home. In September she was notified by the La Honda-Pescadero, California, school district that she had to enroll her son Joshua, 9, in school in order to comply with state law. She reluctantly agreed to do so, saying, "I'm doing it to be legal and doing it as a temporary measure until I get the law changed. I happen to value education. I do not value school in any way." Hathaway, who is writing a book about...
Well, maybe they were what two famous women desired. Maria Eva Ibarguren Duarte de Peron kept her eye on the spotlight, her hand tightening around the cojones of power. And Madonna fought like hell for the right to incarnate, in one of the era's most vivid musical dramas, a woman whose career and notoriety mirror her own: model for steamy photos, singer on the radio, movie actress of disputed pedigree, sexual adventurer. In both these stars one can see the great goad of ambition, the ability to enthrall and outrage. So there's tabloid poetry in the fact that...