They rose blissfully above the backstage tensions and excoriating reviews, producing an acting masterclass that surpassed anything they actually achieved in the film.
Between them, the Times and the Sunday Times have in fact managed to repeat the myth 40 times in total since 1998, an achievement only surpassed by the Daily Mail, which leads the field with 44 mentions.
Allin aimed to be the ultimate rock'n'roll degenerate, but as an icon of filth, Barlow has surpassed him.
This diversity faded away, however, as one particular model gradually surpassed all the others to become the world map that is now ubiquitous on classroom walls, in books and now even on Google Maps.
The new party, the HDP or Peoples' Democratic party, largely representing the Kurds but also encompassing leftwing liberals, surpassed the steep 10% threshold for entering parliament to take more than 12% of the vote and around 80 seats in the 550-strong chamber.
The Hungarians' ball control and movement utterly surpassed England's.
NBC's flagship morning program, Today, was surpassed in 2012 by its main competition, ABC's Good Morning America, after leading the morning ratings for 16 years.
The landmarks related to the old soldiers Jimmy Anderson, who notched his 400th wicket on Friday, and Alastair Cook, who surpassed Graham Gooch's number of Test runs, and to the newcomer Adam Lyth, who hit his maiden Test century on his home ground.
Xavi surpassed the previous record he held with the former Real Madrid and Schalke striker Raúl.
Kalamma has never been to school and Ramish has already surpassed her educational achievement.
When the couple first put their business plan together they hoped to sell 10,000 bottles in the first year, but eight months in and they have already surpassed their own target and sold 12,000, with the first batch selling out in 40 hours.
