Word: stardom
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...roles as bumbling deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and ascot-sporting landlord Ralph Furley on Three's Company; in Los Angeles. Barney Fife was a tiny ensemble part until Knotts turned it into something grander, winning five Emmys in the process. A bid for family-film stardom in vehicles like The Incredible Mr. Limpet fell short, but Knotts was consistently in demand for character roles on sitcoms and in films, most recently lending his voice to Disney's Chicken Little.V...
...During Common Casting week, actors wait their turn to audition from 6 p.m. until midnight. The process works with surprising efficiency; hopefuls sign up to audition for specific plays, they are called up a handful at a time and given script excerpts, or "sides," for their preliminary stab at stardom...
...lucky, you ain't talking to me now/ Little Miss Plucky/ Pluck your eyebrows for the crowd." It's still Belle and Sebastian, but more confident, proficient and danceable. It may not turn out to be the record that finally catapults the band to pop stardom. But then, what the hell ever happened to Steps, anyway...
...Regattabar at the Charles Hotel. $18. Who needs college? Not Kurt Rosenwinkel. In 1992, after spending two-and-a-half years studying jazz guitar at the Berklee School of Music, Rosenwinkel dropped out, leaving Boston for the greener pastures of international jazz stardom. This weekend, he returns to his college town—only this time he’ll be playing across the Charles in Cambridge’s Regattabar Jazz Club. After leaving school, Rosenwinkel toured internationally with famed vibraphonist Gary Burton. He later joined Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop Band, where he flourished throughout...
Squash, needless to say, is ancient history by now. These days, he’s more into yoga and meditation. In fact, one of his TFs, Deborah R. Cohen, is also his yoga instructor, which is as good an indication as any that his days of intercollegiate stardom are long behind...