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Bow became one of the biggest movie stars of the 1920s, reaching a stratospheric level of stardom that exceeded her dreams without actually fulfilling them.—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024 The studio wanted to rerelease the old picture to take advantage of Tracy’s burgeoning stardom, and therefore sought to bring it into line with the moral strictures of the Hays Code, a doctrine of self-censorship that Hollywood had adopted to ward off the threat of actual censorship.—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024 Still, the number of Clark's cards getting graded has grown exponentially with her stardom.—Caitlin Clark, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024 This was an era in which a woman like Barbra Streisand, simply by virtue of her prominent nose, was considered a disruption to conventional female movie stardom typified by the likes of Goldie Hawn and Ali MacGraw.—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024 Mike Ehrmann / Getty Images For all of Strasburg’s success, however, his stardom was derailed by a multitude of injuries.—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2024 Shirley and Patrick have also appeared on Broadway together multiple times
Unlike his older brothers, Patrick focused on the theater rather than trying his hand at pop stardom.—Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024 Before film stardom, Mr. Gossett had sustained a thriving theater career.—Anita Gates, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024 Despite reaching the height of rock stardom over the past 22 years, the Black Keys have rarely strayed too far from their roots.—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Apr. 2024
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