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...recruiting her to Harvard. “She had everything.” However, like most recruits, Franklin had to adjust to the greater intensity of play at the college level, as well as a different role on a new team. Gone was the pressure of night-to-night stardom, especially as Franklin arrived in time to play with both perennial All-Ivy players Hana Peljto ‘04 and Reka Cserny ‘05. But there arose a new pressure to adjust to: the faster, more aggressive style of play she found at Lavietes Pavilion...
...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...
...Soirée de Star offers its staged stardom in Paris, Nice, Cannes, Toulouse, Barcelona and Madrid. It's not unusual to spot celebs on the streets of those cities, but now the heavenly body you're chasing might turn out to be more earthbound than you thought. tel: (33-1) 47 49 80 77; www.soireedestar.fr
...evening Paris Hilton might find pleasantly routine. Prices start at $362 for an hour-long package, while tailor-made all-day glitzfests that can include limousine rides, hovering photographers, red carpets and four hysterical fans cost up to $4,234. Soirée de Star offers its staged stardom in Paris, Nice, Cannes, Toulouse, Barcelona and Madrid. It's not unusual to spot celebs on the streets of those cities, but now the heavenly body you're chasing might turn out to be more earthbound than you thought. tel: (33-1) 47 49 80 77; www.soireedestar.fr
...Bleiler, who tests limits both on and off the pipe, who appears most ready for breakout stardom. Clad in a painted-on bikini, she posed for a racy FHM cover before the 2004 X-Games. "It definitely crosses the line of my comfort zone," she says. "I pushed myself." She plans to push at the Olympics too. On her program is the Michaelchuck, a backflip trick that no woman has ever landed in competition. Bleiler credits her Collection teammates for some of her success. "We're definitely having to bushwhack our way through this whole thing, but it's exciting...