Word: star
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Actress Judith Anderson and the producers of the Broadway hit, Medea, resigned from each other, refused to tell anybody what it was all about. Business was fine; breast-beating Star Anderson had been a critical and popular sensation. But now everything was off after May, including next season's road tour. "They thought they knew everything and I knew nothing," was all the star would...
...N.C.A.A. championship hinging on the game. And before anybody had a chance to work up a sweat, Kentucky had scored 13 points to Baylor's one. There just wasn't anything that Baylor could do about 6 ft. 7 in. Alex ("The Nose") Groza, Kentucky's star center, whose head seems to threaten the mezzanine. He sucked in rebounds like a vacuum cleaner. He was swift afoot and deadeyed. Final score: Kentucky 58, Baylor...
...Buddha. He sat on the bench, an empty space on either side of him, more unapproachable than ever. The only Boston player brash enough to sit near him is Ted Williams, who calls him "Mister McCarthy" with an inflection that might pass for respect but might also be a star player's impudence. The Boston sportwriters have already declared a cold war on Marse Joe because of his gruff refusal to answer questions. Said a Boston Post sportwriter: "I don't talk to him, unless absolutely necessary...
...Hollywood's biggest box-office attractions. But he obviously cannot go through life playing Andy Hardy. (Says Mickey: "Let's face it. ... I'm practically an old roué.") Since his release from the Army two years ago, Mickey's future as a movie star has been problematical...
Last week, CBS presented him as a radio star in a new program tailored to his short, (5 ft. 2 in.), explosive measure. "Shorty Bell" (Sun. 9:30 p.m., E.S.T.), "a novel written especially for the air," is a continued story about a tough young newspaper circulation hustler who would give his brass knuckles to be a reporter...