339 Results in the "Dreams of Stardom" category
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DOS Ch-163
Troy Armitage Creates History! Matches Walt Disney’s Record of Oscar WinsTroy Armitage, the boy who needs no introduction, has created history once again. At the tender age of 11, Troy became the youngest male ever to win an Oscar, but now, at 17, the young man has stepped into the big leagues by winning three more Oscars in one night in the categories of Best Original Song, Best Original Score, and Best Picture (the former two for and the latter for ).With these three Oscars, Troy now has four, all in…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-162
I didn’t have the words to describe the feeling of winning my second Oscar before turning 18. On one hand, it felt unimaginably good holding the trophy; on the other, I knew I hadn’t created these songs on my own. In a way, this Oscar didn’t feel like it was fully mine. With these conflicting emotions swirling in my mind, I waited backstage for the next award.Usually, winners are ushered off to give interviews, but since I was nominated in another category immediately following this one, I had been…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-161
After that first award for Best Supporting Actor, the award show went by in a blur. One after another, more awards were being given out to different movies. In the last few weeks before the voting ended, Dad and Warner Bros had scaled up the promotions of and significantly. I personally didn’t think we had any chance in a major category when a masterpiece like was right there, but Warner Bros was adamant. They had just won Best Picture last year for and wanted to repeat that feat this year.Usually,…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-160
(Flashback)"Robyn," a middle-aged woman called out from the seat beside her. "When will you let me meet this boyfriend of yours? I'll be honest with you, I don't like you dating some white boy. I need to see if he's good enough for you."Rihanna rolled her eyes but didn't look away from the road as she drove her new Audi R8. "I don't think anyone will ever be good enough for you, Mama. And why do you have a problem with his race when Dad wasn't fully black either?""He was black enough for me," she said…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-16
I woke up Monday morning with a huge yawn and stretched my body lazily getting out all the kinks. That weekend was a crazy one. After spending Saturday at Universal Studios with Evan's family, my parents came home on Sunday and decided to have a dinner outing. They invited the Spaders as well, as a thank you for taking care of me during the weekend. Together we went out to this amazing Indian restaurant. The music and the ambiance were great and they played a very upbeat tune in Hindi and encouraged the…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-159
“Gryffindor wins!” a male voice announced over the loudspeakers. “Four hundred and fifty to one hundred and forty!”I was handed the Quidditch Cup by Madam Hooch because I was the captain of the team.“We won the Quidditch Cup!” Jamie as Ron yelled excitedly, hugging me like his life depended on it. We were both in our full Quidditch gear, soaking wet from head to toe. Our brooms lay forgotten on the ground, just like the rest of the team’s. It was meant to be raining lightly during the game,…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-158
Seeing the audience’s reactions during the premiere of any of my movies is always a treat. Of course, it helped that all my films were carefully chosen from my meta-knowledge, as they were already destined to be critical darlings. might have been an exception to that rule, but I knew it would succeed thanks to its chartbuster songs.“It was a great movie,” Roger Ebert said enthusiastically at the party we had organized afterward for prominent critics, cast members, business associates, friends, and…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-157
“This is so good!” Roger Ebert said excitedly to his wife, the thrill of finally watching a film he had high hopes for evident in his voice. “Can’t wait to see the rest of it.”His enthusiasm was so focused on the movie that he didn’t even notice his wife’s reaction to his words. It had been a while since he had seen a truly great film that wasn’t a rewatch.The hollow eyes of Steve Carell on the screen pulled Roger back into the story. Carell, a comedic genius known for making audiences…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-156
Rihanna felt so tired after all the touring she had been doing recently. No one had told her how exhausting the life of a pop star could be, especially when you had to rely on these tours to sustain the lifestyle. She wasn’t by any means poor, but the amount she had to spend on clothes, makeup, jewelry, fitness, and beauty treatments was entirely too much.It didn’t help that the six-album contract Jay-Z made her sign was just shy of being labeled predatory, with her getting only barebones as compared…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-155
The movie album of became the highest-selling album not just of the year, but of the 21st century. Thanks to Troy’s dedicated fan base, the initial reception to the album was phenomenal. The carefully orchestrated marketing strategy, which focused on popularizing the songs on YouTube, worked wonders for the movie. Coupled with the aggressive promotion by Troy’s own label, one of his songs was almost always playing on radio and TV channels.Initially, songs like Sugar and We Don’t Talk Anymore were…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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