Hudson: Takes more than fame to be happy
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Kate Hudson knows it can be hard for some people to separate her from her famous mom, Goldie Hawn. &quot;You can feel it when you walk into an audition,&quot; she told Vogue for its July issue. &quot;Maybe I was right for a part and maybe I wasn&#039;t. I would always do the best I could, but I knew that if I was having an off day there would have been people sitting there whispering &#039;Goldie Hawn&#039;s daughter is horrible. She should really choose another career.&#039; &quot;
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Kate Hudson knows when you&#039;re married to a rocker like she is, you have to expect the party will be at your house. And that&#039;s fine with her.
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Accidental fame doesn't give you much of a heads-up. You can be minding your own business one minute, sweating up a storm while doing your job. The next minute, your face is being transmitted halfway across the world, like you're the next Elvis or something.
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As host of the New York Baseball Writers dinner last Sunday at the New York Hilton, Newark Star-Ledger columnist Dan Graziano was pointing out celebrities in the crowd when one introduction struck a chord.
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will.i.am has a lot on his mind, and it shows.
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Since being booted from "American Idol," Jennifer Hudson has won a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild prize and an Academy Award for best supporting actress. On Tuesday, the 25-year-old star of the movie "Dreamgirls" added one more award to the collection &#151; she got her own day in her hometown.
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When a portion of a celebrityâs paycheck or time goes to a pet cause, the effort is inevitably lauded. But to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the yardstick is much higher.
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Only a bona fide superstar can parlay a moment of stardom into a long and lucrative career.
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Top stars make more than ever, but they raise the tide for the whole league.
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Celebrities are just like the rest of us when it comes to meeting and greeting famous folks: They're star-struck.
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Playing a living, universally known figure has to be one of the biggest challenges an actor can face.
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Being female and Chinese in the classical music business are helpful in getting yourself noticed, but careers are built â and this one is building fast â on substance. Xian  Zhang has it.
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NEW YORK - If the smile of Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships, and the smile of Mona Lisa lured millions of Louvre-goers, then the smile of Jelena Jankovic won countless admirers last night.
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Famously enigmatic smile was originally wider and more expressive.
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He is literally the center of the story. It is a tale of hard work, more than a few laughs, and increasing recognition, and if it all worked out as planned last night at University of Phoenix Stadium, the ultimate reward of winning a Super Bowl.
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LOS ANGELES  &#151; Anyone who grew up on "The Patty Duke Show" knows "Patty loves to rock and roll, a hot dog makes her lose control." And now they know that receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame makes the Oscar-winning actress tear up.
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Authors, musicians and other artists who hit it big with their first work often find it impossible to match that success the second time round -- and film director Craig Brewer faces that challenge this week.