Word: stardom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Valley Boy O.J. witness steps to semi-stardom guesting on Talk Soup...
Pick: "Forrest Gump" propels Tom Hanks into well-deserved stardom. While a bit sappy at points, overall the film rings true with its portrayal of a simple innocent in the South. A great date flick...
Cliburn has again joined forces with the Moscow Philharmonic, the orchestra that boosted his meteoric rise to stardom in the 1950s and 1960s. Cliburn's recording of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the MPO has recently been released in the United States for the first time...
...where-she-is chronicle of the professional and personal life of the renowned star. It is a justifiably sympathetic portrayal of a talented woman's inner journey to find her strength of character. The screenplay which is based upon the autobiography I, Tina, traces Turner's rise to stardom through the partnership with her husband, Ike. The book explains how she survived Ike's abusive behavior using her belief in Buddhist spirituality, and recounts the circumstances that taught her to stand on her own both mentally and professionally...
...Nirvana's unexpected stardom that seemed to eat at him. He appeared unusually tortured by success, even in a profession famous for containing people who are tortured by success. "He was a very bright, sweet, generous and caring individual, perhaps a little too sweet and sensitive for the business he was in," says Michael Azerrad, author of Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. Danny Goldberg, the former head of Nirvana's management company who now runs Atlantic Records, says, "In all the years I knew him, he had very mixed feelings about being on this planet." Goldberg remembers...