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Star Quality (short Story)
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Star quality may refer to: *Charisma, in quantities allowing for a chance at celebrity *Glamour (presentation) * ''Star Quality'', the last play by Noël Coward * ''Star Quality'', a novel by Joan Collins * ''Star Quality'', a romance-novel omnibus with works by Lori Foster, Lucy Monroe, and Dianne Castell * ''Star Quality'', an American short film featuring Jaime Ray Newman * Star Quality, a short lived UK gameshow hosted by Gyles Brandreth Gyles Daubeney Brandreth (born 8 March 1948) is an English broadcaster, writer and former politician. He has worked as a television presenter, theatre producer, journalist, author and publisher. He was a presenter for TV-am's '' Good Morning B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charisma
Charisma () is a personal quality of presence or charm that compels its subjects. Scholars in sociology, political science, psychology, and management reserve the term for a type of leadership seen as extraordinary; in these fields, the term "charisma" is used to describe a particular type of leader who uses "values-based, symbolic, and emotion-laden leader signaling". In Christian theology, the term appears as '' charism'', an endowment or extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit."Spiritual gifts". ''A Dictionary of the Bible'' by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford University Press Inc. ''Oxford Reference Online''. Oxford University Press. Accessed 22 June 2011. Etymology The English term ''charisma'' is from the Greek (''khárisma''), which means "favor freely given" or "gift of grace". The term and its plural (''charismata'') derive from (''charis''), which means "grace" or indeed "charm" with which it shares the root. Some derivatives from that root (including "grace") have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamour (presentation)
Glamour is the impression of attraction or fascination that a particularly luxurious or elegant appearance creates, an impression which intensifies reality. Typically, a person, event, location, technology, or product such as a piece of clothing can be glamorous or add glamour. "Glamour" originally referred to a magic spell, an illusion said to be cast by witches. Virginia Postrel says that for glamour to be successful it nearly always requires sprezzatura—an appearance of effortlessness, and to appear distant—transcending the everyday, to be slightly mysterious and somewhat idealised, but not to the extent it is no longer possible to identify with the person. Glamorous things are neither opaque, hiding all, nor transparent showing everything, but translucent, favourably showing things. The early Hollywood star system in particular specialised in Hollywood glamour where they systematically glamorised their actors and actresses. Glamour can be confused with a style, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise"."Noel Coward at 70" ''Time'', 26 December 1969, p. 46 Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as ''Hay Fever (play), Hay Fever'', ''Private Lives'', ''Design for Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. Collins is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 1983, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been recognised for her philanthropy, particularly her advocacy towards causes relating to children, which has earned her many honours. In 2015, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her charitable services. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Collins was born in Paddington, London and trained as an actress in her teens at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She signed to The Rank Organisation at the age of 17 and had small roles in the British films '' Lady Godiva Rides Again'' (1951) and '' The Woman's Angle'' (1952) before taking on a supporting role in '' Judgment Deferred'' (1952). Collins went u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Foster
Lori Foster is a best-selling American writer of over seventy romance novels. She also writes Urban Fantasy novels using her first and middle initials, L.L. Foster. Since first publishing in January 1996, Foster has become a '' USA Today'', '' Publishers Weekly'' and '' New York Times'' bestselling author. She has published through a variety of houses, but is currently with Harlequin. Bibliography As Lori Foster The Winston Brother #''Tangled Sheets'' (Berkley, Feb 1999, in Hot Chocolate, The Winston Brothers and Wildly Winston) #''Tangled Dreams'' (Berkley, Oct 1999, in Charmed, The Winston Brothers and Wildly Winston) #''Tangled Images'' (In Sinful, The Winston Brothers and Wildly Winston) #''Wild'' (Berkley, Jan 2002 and in Wildly Winston) #''Deuces Wild'' (Berkley, Dec 2008, in Double the Pleasure) #''Hart and Soul'' (Berkley, Dec 2009, in Double the Heat) Visitation, North Carolina #''Fantasy'' (Harlequin, March 1998, also In Unbelievable) #''Say No to Joe?'' (Kensin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Ray Newman
Jaime Ray Newman (born April 2, 1978) is an American actress, producer and singer. She is known for starring as Kristina Cassadine in the soap opera '' General Hospital'', Mindy O'Dell in the drama series ''Veronica Mars'', Kat Gardener in the fantasy series '' Eastwick'', Lt. Laura Cadman in the science-fiction series '' Stargate Atlantis'', Tess Fontana in the science-fiction series '' Eureka'', Kat Petrova in the drama-thriller series '' Red Widow'', Sam Gordon in the comedy-drama series '' Mind Games'', Allison Roth in the crime drama series '' Wicked City'', and Sarah Lieberman in the Marvel series '' The Punisher''. Along with her husband Guy Nattiv, she won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2019 for producing the drama ''Skin'' (2018). Early life Newman was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, to Jewish parents, Marsha Jo and Raphael Newman. She has one sister, Beth Nicole, a global public relations director at J Brand. Newman started performing at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
