At 37, Bernard Hopkins, the International Boxing Federation middleweight champion, is finally where he always thought he should be: fighting a high-profile contender -- Keith Holmes, the World Boxing Council middleweight champion -- for big prize money, at least $1 million.
The demise of Pop.com could ripple through an Internet entertainment industry already reeling from layoffs, stock market jitters over dot-com companies and the failure earlier this year of another high-profile contender, the Digital Entertainment Network.
If she chose to run — party officials say she is intrigued but far from decided — she would emerge as the most high-profile contender among those currently in the mix.
Mr. Cox spent months trying to recruit a high-profile contender to take on Ms. Gillibrand, who was appointed to her job by Gov. David A. Paterson and remains relatively unknown to voters.
Rumor has it Google Glass 2 could be released this year, so we know we won't have to wait long to see at least one high-profile contender in this space.
But the Republican primary field just got a new high-profile contender: Del. Bob Marshall of Prince William County.
Guild voters will also receive screeners for "Joy" and "The Revenant," their studio reps say, leaving "The Hateful Eight," Tarantino's claustrophobic post-Civil War western, as the only high-profile contender on the bubble.
While there had been rumblings in Kansas political circles that Roberts could face the same type of tea party-inspired challenge that felled former Sens. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) and Dick Lugar (R-Ind). in recent years, a high-profile contender has failed to materialize.
Oddly, the paucity of high-profile contenders comes as party leaders have reason to feel sanguine about their prospects in 2010.
High-profile contenders who also failed to make the frame included Monbeg Dude, who owners include the former England rugby internationals Mike Tindall and James Simpson-Daniel, who ran on to finish seventh, while The Package, another to attract solid support, finished 12th.
These include two of last year's most high-profile contenders, Cartel Land and What Happened, Miss Simone?, as well the musical documentaries, 20 Feet From Stardom (2013) and Searching for Sugar Man (2012), both of which won the top honor during their respective years.
