stardom
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Notorious for his fiery personality, Ditka also took his stardom from field to screen, starring alongside Will Ferrell in “Kicking & Screaming,” in which he played himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Over the last decade, Cruise has resigned himself to action stardom, writing death-defying stunts into his contracts.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
There is still plenty of Dickensian melodrama, especially when Livia relates the sequence of catastrophes that account for her transformation from a virtuoso with dreams of stardom to a small-town piano teacher and farmer’s wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
But the rapid ascent to stardom has been dizzying for the 25-year-old actress.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
When a warm body was needed, Ernest would recruit almost off the street, like a Hollywood talent spotter dragooning a soda fountain girl into instant stardom.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
