A Downtown Star Who Aspired to Be Out of This World
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"The Nomi Song" chronicles the short and haunting life of Klaus Sperber, a trained classical singer from Germany who came to New York as a young man in the late 1970's.
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A Times reporter remembers a time when, in the shadow of the Twin Towers, art, creativity and open space flourished.
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Street artists have speculated for months about the identity of a mysterious figure who has become known as âthe Splasher.â
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Celebrities always are looking to show new sides of themselves, and the Toronto International Film Festival is one of the best showcases for their transformations.
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Before flying to the United States to  pursue his NBA dream in April, Yi Jianlian said he wanted to  step out from the shadow of Yao Ming and carve out a career in  the world&#39;s top league in his own way.
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The creator of  the first privately-financed craft to carry a human into space traveled to New York to show detailed models of a new bigger, model.
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The mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar B. Goodman, has made his love of drink a central element in a very successful public persona.
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BLOOMINGTON - Scott Altman was 10 years old and growing up in Central Illinois when he looked at the moon and realized someone was walking on its surface. His imagination was fired. He turned his gaze even deeper into space.
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Johnny NuÃ±ez uses his charm to gain valuable access in the world of hip-hip.
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Being a real-life star is hard work, and it's not much easier being a cultural icon's avatar. By Lisa Katayama.
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A pioneer of scatter art goes back to her hometown with more high-glamour fantasies.
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She wasn't an icon. She wasn't an artist. Her life was a mess. She was a celebrity.
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Don't let market pessimism about the casual dining sector discourage you from taking a look at this potential star.
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Mega-star has been spotted filming her first commercial in downtown Manhattan under a new deal to represent Samsung. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.
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Veteran Swedish hotelier Sven Wermelin has travelled across Europe and Asia for his career, but also in search of a place to spend his retirement.
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From shaggy rebel to bald dad, a tennis icon caps an unlikely - and very public - career.
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He knew he had this in him, from the time he was a little boy in bare feet in the Dominican Republic, yearning to play shortstop, dreaming of becoming an NBA star, fantasizing about crushing home runs out of major league parks. Some dreams simply don't come true.