Sentence examples for attaining stardom from inspiring English sources

It became a perpetual party zone and refuge for aspiring starlets and actors, including Mr. Brando, who was just attaining stardom in "A Streetcar Named Desire".

A star for attaining stardom — a star star — Matthew Barney has won much bewildered notice in the popular press for a new film, "Drawing Restraint 9," in which he and Björk have at each other with flensing knives on a Japanese whaling ship.

He was, after signing with Warner Brothers and attaining stardom, one of the first rappers to sit on Oprah's couch; the first to become a bona fide rocker (with his band Body Count, in 1990); the first to land a serious starring role in a major Hollywood film, "New Jack City" (1991) — not to mention his long-running TV show, "Law & Order: SVU," which Ice-T says made cops some of his "biggest fans".

What made the LA scene stand out from the other cultural scenes in the '80s - like NY, SF, UK, Europe, etc.? CA: With Hollywood as a back drop meant being discovered and attaining stardom was much more likely than growing up playing in bands in the scene in Europe or London, for instance which tended to have more of the working class audiences there to support it.

The success of his sons resulted in Ellis's attaining stardom in the 1980s, and he recorded steadily thereafter.

(Getz attained stardom with his solo on Herman's "Early Autumn").

In the early 1960s, McQueen attained stardom when he appeared in two action films directed by John Sturges.

But he did say that he didn't predict that Soriano would go on to attain stardom in the majors.

Kumar made his acting debut with the film Jwar bhata (1944), but it was not until a few years later that he attained stardom with the film Jugnu (1947).

American actor and filmmaker who attained stardom with his sensitive portrayal of composer Frédéric Chopin in the motion picture A Song to Remember (1945), for which he received an Academy Award nomination.

His son, Creighton, also attained stardom in the 1930s and '40s after changing his name to Lon Chaney, Jr., and portraying notable horror roles for Universal Studios, in particular the title character in The Wolf Man (1941).