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...tide of public favor had noticeably turned against the King of Pop. The little boy had never truly grown up, still craving attention in the strangest ways. Gobs of makeup and plastic surgery transformed the onetime teen idol into a ghoulish spectacle, and many found it ironic that the singer would preach “it don’t matter if you’re black or white” while looking increasingly caucasian. The pristine image of Michael Jackson was cracking and fading; he had spoken of his perception once before in Moonwalk, writing...
...chance, Johnson met up with amateur surfer Garrett Dutton, lead singer of the college rock act G. Love & Special Sauce. The two surfed and jammed together, and Dutton liked Johnson's song Rodeo Clowns so much that he asked Johnson to record it with him for the 1999 album Philadelphonic. When Rodeo Clowns became the album's only hit, Johnson found himself on the radar of several major record labels. "I had a pretty good gig, the surf-film gig," he says. "I had a lot of fun, and I could pay my bills, which is all I was really...
...42nd Street formula never dies. Now the starstruck kid is Chris (Mark Wahlberg), who sings with a rock "tribute" band and suffers for his art--he has to wear a nipple ring. When the singer for the real band is fired, our boy takes over and is told, "Your job is to live the story other people only dream about." Yes, we all dream of getting wasted every night and waking up with a strange person next to us. Well, rock fables have to be overstated; how else would you hear the moral over the music? Still, this...
...most prodigious polymaths. His books, starting with his breakthrough inspirational volume Woman, Thou Art Loosed!, have sold in the millions. His 26,000-member Potter's House megachurch in South Dallas drew George W. Bush and Al Gore prior to the 2000 election. Jakes is a Grammy-nominated gospel singer and has a deal with Hallmark for a line of "Loose Your Spirit" inspirational greeting cards. He preaches regularly to millions on both Black Entertainment Television and the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Yet millions more have never heard of him. When they do, new enthusiasts can adopt an awed tone...
...totes a snake instead. Like, who knew reptiles were animals? KEIKO THE WHALE Free Willy star's keepers give up on trying to free him to the ocean. Now they want him to gain 10 kg for a role in Bridget Jones's Diary 2 VICTORIA BECKHAM The singer formally known as Posh Spice dodges flying apples and onions during solo concert. Scary and Sporty deny any role