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...Underwood’s part but, rather, by the emergence of rivals: Miranda Lambert, whose fiery country-rock made Underwood seem tame by comparison, and, above all, Taylor Swift, a true singer-songwriter whose undeniable hooks, felt lyrics and incandescent enthusiasm have propelled her to a level of national stardom far above Underwood. It is no coincidence, then, that in the same week that Swift has a Springsteen-esque seven singles simultaneously in the Top 50 (pop, not country), Carrie Underwood released an album that from outset to coda is a unified attempt to move from the mainstream of Nashville...
...point of “Rock Band” may be to let you reach stardom in your sweatpants, but count on Harvard to do what it does best: make this brutally competitive. This past Saturday, many hopefuls who came out to the Harvard College Interactive Media Group’s (HCIMG) Battle of the Rock Bands found out that even virtual success is tough...
After Slumdog Millionaire's triumph at the Oscars, the children were catapulted into stardom. Azhar tells TIME with pride, "the children in my school call me a hero." Lade, who monitors the children's progress at school through regular updates from the teachers, corroborates that the other children are awed by their status. She says the combination of sudden fame without balancing guidance at home has made the child stars lose touch with reality. "This is a matter of grave concern," says Noshir Dadrawala, one of the trustees. "Both the children have attendance below 40%. They are traveling...
...novel.Insteadman splits his time between Manhattan’s high society, where he is a fixture more for his headline-garnering astronaut fiancée—Janice Trumbull, whose reentry to earth is blocked by Chinese space mines—than for his good looks or former stardom. Its here that he meets Abneg, a mayor’s aide who recognizes Chase as a disciple of Perkus and helps to close the gap between the foggy reality of 84th street and the rest of the world.Laszlo is a cynical and withdrawn ghostwriter who fully cinches the two realms...
...could such an affair have actually happened? Certainly not in the way the book describes, because Giscard had been voted out of office and into semiretirement by 1981 - the same year Diana's royal marriage launched her rise to international stardom. However, press reports speculate over whether he could have been hinting at a postpresidential liaison by describing his fictional President's affair while in office - unfounded speculation fanned by Giscard's remaining tight-lipped. (See pictures of a service of thanks for Diana...