idol
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The media and entertainment company’s idol marketing business is overtaking its TV and content businesses by revenue contribution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Arias, the Fresno councilman and a former farmworker himself, acknowledged that Chavez has “been an idol to us as a community, because he fought and advocated for ourselves and our parents who are farmworkers.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Like the idol supergroups it celebrates, this Netflix hit has been engineered to entertain.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
K-pop idol Rose -- a member of Blackpink -- and Bruno Mars won the international song of the year for their viral hit "APT" while Brooklyn rockers Geese bagged best international group.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
He had his alto sax idol, Johnny Hodges, with Duke Ellington’s band, but he said he thought too many young musicians were only carbon-copying the big-band names on the same instrument.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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