Today, stars queue up to lend their talents to sure-fire hits, receiving top billing for a fraction of the work involved in live-action performances.
Williams, who composed "Zodiac Suite," was a child prodigy who went on to help shape jazz and lend her talents to political causes.
There is indeed a strong suspicion that Isocrates would lend his talents to any cause whatsoever, merely for the pleasure of presenting it well.
Regina Spektor, below, the singer-songwriter and mainstay of the East Village music scene, will lend her talents to a planned Broadway musical called "Beauty," based on the Sleeping Beauty tale.
"It's good to try to find some sanity in all of this," said Mr. Romano, who will lend his talents to a big pasta dinner at the conference.
Maybe, for awhile, Larry Ellison will lend his talents and riches to new asymmetrical games.
I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and not as a two-dimensional character".
Following that, Maclean will be presenting a variety of currently undisclosed names to lend their talents to the debut month of the series.
Idols of classic rock lend their talents to the game's software just as Wyatt Earp once consulted for John Wayne and filmmaker John Ford.
Volunteers with basic crochet or knitting skills can lend their talents to making princess wigs from yarn for little girls going through chemotherapy.
The Miami Heat center, fresh off helping win a repeat championship, couldn't pass up a chance to lend his talents to another formidable conquest: India.
