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Decades later, those moments and the others that went on to define the pop star and her very public unravelling are back in the limelight - but what exactly happened and why depends on who is doing the retelling.

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She clearly thrives in the limelight and embraces the glamour that comes with being her country's most celebrated foody.

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In a relatively short amount of time in the limelight, Qualley, a daughter of fellow actor Andie MacDowell, has stepped far from her mother’s shadow and repudiated claims of nepotistic privilege the old-fashioned way: with terrific, hard work.

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In an interview with Stereogum, Ebert said he was shocked his era in the limelight was coming around for reevaluation so quickly.

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Celebrity defense attorney Mark Geragos, who has been in the limelight for representing Erik and Lyle Menendez, must pay $100,000 to a youth basketball coach for his role in a 2018 scheme to extort Nike, a Los Angeles jury decided Wednesday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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