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32,411. Kings are like stars – they rise and set, they have
The worship of the world, but no repose. (King & Stars) Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hellas
22,015. I’d have been a star if I hadn’t married you. (GBH Films & Film Noir & Star) 99 River Street 1953 starring John Payne & Evelyn Keyes & Brad Dexter & Frank Faylen & Peggie Castle & Jay Adler & Jack Lambert et al, director Phil Karlson, her to him
22,881. I’m still a star. I never play frumps or virgins. (GBH Films & Star) Bullets Over Broadway 1994 starring John Cusack & Jack Warden & Dianne Wiest & Jim Broadbent & Jennifer Tilly & Chazz Palminteri & Mary-Louise Parker & Joe Viterelli & Rob Reiner & Tracey Ullman et al, director Woody Allen, Helen
22,940. Great stars have great pride. (Film Noir & Murder & Stars) Sunset Boulevard: A Hollywood Story 1950 starring Gloria Swanson & Erich von Stronheim & William Holden & Nancy Olson & Fred Clark & Lloyd Gough & Jack Webb & Franklyn Farnum et al, director Billy Wilder, Norma
81,324. In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star. (Monster & Star) Bette Davis
89,611. The don’t exist ... In the old days the greatest thing in the world to be was a movie star. Today the greatest thing in the world is to be a pop singer. (Star & Film & Pop Music) Orson Welles, interview The Parkinson Show 1973
91,717. Hogarth and Garrick: he [Garrick] was our first star ... (Art & Star) Face of Britain by Simon Schama III
102,600. I’ve known tremendous back up singers who just don’t look comfortable in that position. (Star & Sing) Twenty Feet From Stardom, 2013, Springsteen
102,601. There’s a power to what it is we do. (Star & Sing) ibid. Janice Pendarvis
102,602. They were all white girls, but they were very tasteful … we called them the Readers, they couldn’t do nothing without that music sitting right in their face. (Star & Sing) ibid.
115,034. I’m an award-winning music agent with over 25 years in the business … I’ve seen countless acts come and go. (Music & Star & Pop & Rock) Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider’s Guide to the Music Business, BBC 2014
115,035. Making a star is a team effort: there are managers, producers, PRs and image consultants. (Music & Star & Pop & Rock) ibid.
117,828. I always wanted to be in the movies. When I was little I thought for sure one day I could be a big big star. (GBH Films & Star & Murder) Monster 2003 starring Charlize Theron & Christina Ricci & Bruce Dern & Lee Tergesen & Annie Corley & Pruitt Taylor Vince & Marco St John & Marc Macaulay & Scott Wilson & Kane Hodder & Brett Rice et al, director Patty Jenkins, Aileen Wuornos’ opening commentary
130,020. Jade was never a fairy-tale person. Never believed in fantasies or pretty things. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain, Channel 4 2019, mother
130,021. One of the most high profile celebrity weddings of the year. Sunday’s ceremony is the latest twist in Jade Goody’s ongoing battle with cancer. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. television news
130,022. She was the impoverished daughter of drug addicts. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. US television news
130,023. Jade was the absolute first of her kind. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. commentator
130,024. She had that fingers on the blackboard kind of thing going on. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. producer
130,041. Am I minging? (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. Jade on Big Brother
130,042. I was a drug addict them times: I was a crackhead. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. Jade’s mum
130,157. There’s a wonderful feeling of achievement when that first flash-light goes off. And you love it and think it’s great. And then you need it. And then you’ve got to have it. And then you’ve got to stay in the limelight. It becomes a totally addictive thing, and you got to have more. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain II, Mark Fuller, former nightclub dude
130,158. Jade is the UK’s first reality TV star to become a millionaire. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. caption
130,159. But she did deal with the rougher end of the business … She was the queen of Big Brother. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. agent
130,160. That’s fucking nasty. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. Jade on the eviction of her mother
130,161. You are so far up your arse you can smell you own shit. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. Jade to Shilpa
130,162. The biggest professional gaffe since Gerald Ratner called his own brand of jewellery … Well, you know what he called it. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. dude
130,353. Hello, good afternoon, the Celebrity Big Brother contestant has denied she’s racist after being voted off the Reality television show … (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain III, BBC News
130,354. You really have a never say die attitude. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. Shilpa to Jade in India
130,355. She’s been diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. contestant on Indian Big Brother
130,356. Surely the most shocking thing to happen on reality television. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. English dude
130,357. Max Clifford dragged Jade Goody into the shit of the celebrity tabloid world. (Stars & Celebrity & Television & Fame) ibid. English dude #2
133,475. She’s a black American, and she’s an exceptional artists: her name is Josephine Baker … she’s the darling of the avant garde … She’s the first black star in history. (Paris & 1920s & Jazz & Star) Paris: The Golden Twenties, Sky Arts 2020
134,376. ‘He was very gentle and didn’t want to hurt a creature.’ (Young & Celebrity & Actor & Death & Star & Biography) Heath Ledger: Too Young to Die s1e1, Sky Arts 2020, father
134,377. By his mid-twenties Heath Ledger had established himself in Hollywood as one of the best actors of his generation. He was an actor who’d never sought stardom, who tried to preserve his naturalness in the spotlight. The news of his sudden death therefore came as all the more as a shock: he died on 22nd January 2008 as a result between prescription drugs that he’d taken in the wrong combination. Heath Ledger was 28 years old. (Young & Celebrity & Actor & Death & Star & Biography) ibid.
134,378. The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus (2000) dir Terry Gilliam … ‘The are forever young. They are gods.’ (Young & Celebrity & Actor & Death & Star & Biography) ibid.
134,379. Heath’s Ledger’s estate is currently being cataloged for an exhibition in the Western Australian museum. (Young & Celebrity & Actor & Death & Star & Biography) ibid.
134,004. Dusty the solo singer burst on to thee screen in 1963 and was an immediate success. But her rise to stardom was not without its difficulties. (Music & Pop Music & Singer & Biography & 1960s) ibid.
134,005. Dusty would have a string of hits throughout the sixties and host her own television star. She seemed to be able to sing anything while remaining distinctly Dusty. (Music & Pop Music & Singer & Biography & 1960s) ibid.
134,006. ‘The look of love …’ [Dusty] … ‘It was smoky, it was sexy, it was restrained, it was held in check but underneath it was smouldering. It was just on fire.’ (Music & Pop Music & Singer & Biography & 1960s) ibid. Burt Bacharach
134,007. She was a tireless promoter of black music. (Music & Pop Music & Singer & Biography & 1960s) ibid. Burt Bacharach
134,008. Dusty was cast as a hero of the Apartheid movement when her 1964 tour of South Africa provoked a political storm. (Music & Pop Music & Singer & Biography & 1960s) ibid.
134,009. Dusty left England at the start of the 70s. He sales were dropping. She had a horror of ending up on the nostalgia circuit. And she wanted to escape the prying into her sexuality. (Music & Pop Music & Singer & Biography & 1960s) ibid.
134,010. #2 in America: Dusty Springfield & the Pet Shop Boys. (Music & Pop Music & Singer & Biography) ibid.
134,491. Rome 4th March 1994: One of the world’s greatest rock-stars has tried to kill himself: Curt Cobain. His wife, Courtney Love, gives the paparazzi the finger as she rushes the hospital. News agencies prematurely announce his death. (Young & Celebrity & Death & Star & Biography & Kurt Cobain & Suicide & Rock Music) Too Young to Die s1e2: Curt Cobain
134,492. The hero of a whole generation: the instigator of Grunge. (Young & Celebrity & Death & Star & Biography & Kurt Cobain & Suicide & Rock Music) ibid.
134,493. MTV Unplugged, recorded in 1993, was an artistic high point for Nirvana. (Young & Celebrity & Death & Star & Biography & Kurt Cobain & Suicide & Rock Music) ibid.
134,494. Aberdeen in the mid-80s: the town was in decline. Kurt Cobain was 17, had dropped out of various schools, and was picked up from time to time by the police for graffiti spraying. He was living from hand to mouth and was surviving on casual jobs. (Young & Celebrity & Death & Star & Biography & Kurt Cobain & Suicide & Rock Music) ibid.
134,495. ‘Another myth is that people think Nirvana were an overnight success.’ (Young & Celebrity & Death & Star & Biography & Kurt Cobain & Suicide & Rock Music) ibid. biographer