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...although always nice, he does a remarkable job at this, listing, at one point, nearly 20 endangered species. The only other thing besides his dating that I can muster any interest in is what it's like to be crazy famous. "Is winning the lottery paradise for you? Is fame your paradise? Is that going to cleanse you of all your demons?" he asks. "Paradise to me is a false concept. You learn that happiness is something that comes in fleeting moments, in little moments when you least expect...
Unfortunately, INXS's fame coincided with a Northern Hemisphere boom where anything tagged with a "Made in Australia" leapt off the shelves. While a talented band, the group faded from American consciousness as quickly as Crocodile Dundee. They were again--if only briefly--thrust to the forefront two years when lead singer Michael Hutchence was found dead in a Sydney hotel room, apparently having hung himself, which sparked off a flourish of tabloid-induced controversy...
...down from the rafters and Chris Matthews slip into trench coat to depart. For most of New Hampshire, the night was over. Gore and McCain were surely going to bed happy only to wake up to another day in another state. We finally attained our few moments of vicarious fame, and had to go home on the slick roads only to wake up and shop English 10b in the morning...
...audience member of the show, Suzanne didn't anticipate much camera time. But, she was soon selected to participate, along with one other audience member, in a musical trivia contest. Fame was in the making. The topic of trivia--Britney Spears...
...Luckily, Guy's new fame hasn't gone unnoticed. At softball practice, a stranger stopped her to exclaim, "Hey, weren't you on TV?" Overall, Guy says, the experience was thrilling but exhausting: "They make you scream all the time. It's tiring. Thirty seconds of clapping is a lot more than it seems," Guy says. And her biggest regret? "My mom told me to take my gum out before I went on. I was so mad I didn...