Word: star
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...noon. He always cut out time during his day as a young comic to make sure he sat down and wrote ... So his success, I think, for the people who knew him from when he started, is so not surprising because he was always kind of a rock star...
...What holds it together is Jackman, an actor who suggests the decency that is meant to be at the core of his character. As Logan struggles to tame his Hulk-like temper, so Jackman works to fit his friendly, temperate persona into the action-film superhero mold. The Australian star, who first came to prominence in a London revival of Oklahoma, just is not a natural glowerer. His benign showmanship hints that what Wolverine is likely to explode into at any moment is not a homicidal rage but a rendition of "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin...
...much. In today's world, people like Winnie Mandela, [Nobel Prize winner] Wangari Maathai in Kenya--these are women who are leaders in their own society. And of course, we're just watching Barack Obama. For us, it's a sea change in American political life. He's a star...
From an early age, Timothy Wright, 61, excelled at playing the piano at his church. Later he composed music that would make him a Grammy-nominated gospel star. He died on April 23 from injuries suffered last July, after a vehicle driven in the wrong direction collided with his car, killing his wife and grandson...
...member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Specter once called witnesses like former adult film star Linda Lovelace, children's television show host Captain Kangaroo, and several jurors from the John Hinckley Jr. trial to illustrate his points on juvenile justice. Senator Paul Simon once publicly chided Specter for the gimmicks...