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...June 1972, Raitt was out of college and on the road to stardom--a road that would prove long and at times unpromising, but that would ultimately make her one of the biggest female pop stars of the early...
...passions outside of stardom include golf and music...
...career. His breakthrough album, Sweet Baby James, was made for a mere $8,000 in 1970. Hourglass, which was recorded in a rented house on the Vineyard, cost $400,000. One thing that has not changed is the often bumpy transition as an artist moves from oblivion to stardom. It can be a scary ride, and it almost killed Taylor. "I was just swept away," he recalls about his bouts with heroin and alcohol. He has been clean and sober for 13 years, and is convinced that 12-step programs are the only answer to substance abuse...
...Riverdance producers are not the only people with whom Flatley has had tumultuous business relationships. Since his rise to stardom with the company, he has gone through a long list of lawyers and handlers. Former Lord of the Dance publicist Mark Borkowski left Flatley this year. "He's focused on one thing, and that's himself," says Borkowski of his former client. "I can't be at his beck and call every moment of the day. He wanted me to stay, but I have a business to run." In January Flatley fired his manager John Reid for not being sufficiently...
...seven Oscar nominations; chaotic though it is, Helfgott's recording of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto (the "Rach 3" of the movie) is a hot seller, and Love You to Bits and Pieces, Gillian's fuzzy-warm book about how she rescued this lost soul and lofted him to stardom, has 185,000 copies in print. "It's almost as if we've gone into orbit," says Gillian. It would seem that the only thing lacking is a Disney tie-in for a Helfgott doll...