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...Liverpool lightens up, and Britain brightens, when Beatlemania breaks loose in the early '60s. Guys in leather jackets and girls in plaid jumpers cavort around a Volkswagen car (a Beetle, what else?). The Fab Four, caged by their superstardom, are seen in silhouette, trying to escape from spotlight bubbles; then they walk off, duplicating the Abbey Road cover amble - cute. Love follows the Beatles through their phases: psychedelic ("Strawberry Fields"), Hindu-mystical ("Within You, Without You") and political ("Revolution," with images of protests, then the letters in Peace and Love literally disintegrating...
Puma found success with such star athletes as Joe Namath and soccer king Pelé, who led the brand to superstardom in major arenas. Athletes such as Walt Frazier, Oscar de la Hoya, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams followed suit, and Puma further revolutionized the category with the introduction of Velcro fasteners. Not content to stay in the stadium, Puma branched out, marrying sports with fashion in 1998 with a collection of Jil Sander--designed sneakers. Lines for Christy Turlington's Nuala brand followed, as did Evisu's True Love Never Dies jeans and collaborations with Philippe Starck and Alexander McQueen...
Sara Evans “Cheatin’” Dir. Peter Zavadil The late 1990s witnessed a little flourishing of female country musicians who were both easy on the ears and the eyes. Artists like Faith Hill and Shania Twain (she technically is country, okay?) shot into superstardom. And if the gorgeous and twangy Sara Evans continues churning out hits like “Cheatin,’” she can soon be added to that list. The full-voiced country diva took Nashville by storm in 2000 with her huge hit “Born...
...industry's economics remains unchanged. Typically only 5 to 15% of a label's artists - the megastars - bring in the cash to pay for the rest. That's why artist development - finding the next Radiohead or Kanye West - is critical. Grooming a new or niche act into superstardom in the digital era requires the same marketing effort it always did. "Just putting it out on the Internet without marketing is like shooting it out into space," Kennedy says. And only the labels pay those marketing costs. EMI has a reputation for investing heavily in artist development. It's got high...
...Gorgeous Georgie Soccer's bad boy George Best, who died in November [MILESTONES, Dec. 5], was among the first to combine celebrity cachet with sports superstardom. His off-field antics were surpassed only by his dazzling skills as a player, TIME noted in a May 18, 1970, article...