Word: stardom
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...much fun laughing, singing and drinking with them. Theirs is good time music about whimsical loves like Winnie the Pooh, rock and roll, and Jamaican girls. Full Sail, their third album, is slicker and, at times, too cute, but Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina seem to have survived stardom to remain distinctively refreshing...
...Olympics, the Soviet basketball team has enjoyed a special status in Russia. Feted at home and privileged with frequent tours abroad, the Soviet players have lived pampered lives. Then they started losing games. Suddenly last week they found themselves the objects of a scathing critique on the pitfalls of stardom...
...Park, Mame), live with their two adopted sons in a rented house near Los Angeles, while Arthur tapes Maude and Saks completes his film version of Mame (in which his wife re-created her supporting role). She is sensibly private about her personal life, but her late-blooming stardom overtakes her occasionally. "My God, you're Maude!" a waitress shouted at her recently. "To tell you the truth, I don't know if you look better or worse...
...Rebel Without A Cause. James Dean rose to instant stardom as the troubled teenaged Jim Stark, a young man who has to learn to "choose your own friends; don't let them choose you." Nicholas Ray's talent is evident, but the script has some appalling weaknesses that even Dean's mumbling can't obscure. The film affected an entire generation, not to mention a generation of cinema, and Dean became a cult hero overnight. His talent is both marvelous and overwhelming, and the supporting cast is understated enough not to cramp his style. Natalie Wood, Jim Backus, Sal Mineo...
...honorary doctorate from the New England Conservatory of Music and gave the graduating class some off-the-cuff advice. "Don't be the critic in the grandstand, be the bullfighter in the arena. Say 'yes' to life." She also talked about her sudden elevation to stardom at 37, seven years ago. "I'd worked for 30 years and, if that was overnight success, that was the longest night of my life...