Not exact matches
Getting more hits, and concert tours, often did depend on the celebrity - friendly - manners and publicity - work that labels like Motown emphasized, but still,
pop - music celebrity always remained somewhat different from the image - drenched Hollywood method of
star - creation, which especially in the early days
tended to be far more about the
star's type - cast and sex - appeal possibilities than acting talents.
She also posed for a well - publicized layout in Playboy which, coinciding with the film's release, certainly didn't hurt her growing popularity.While Basinger's career took off after Never Say Never Again, and she appeared in several major hits (including The Natural, 9 1/2 Weeks, and Batman, the latter of which led to a brief romance with
pop star Prince), quality roles
tended to elude her.
It's why our phones are smarter, our farms are more productive, our athletes run faster, our
pop stars are raunchier, and our lives
tend to be better — except for the raunchy
pop stars — every year,» June writes.