Within a year of their first U.S. Open wins, their blossoming romance would make them tabloid celebrities.
They can be counted on to square off against stage directors, conductors and each other, lead private lives that make them tabloid worthy or engage in skirmishes with the Met management over repertory, production details, perceived slights and untimely cancellations.
At one point she described how her children had voted in favor of her doing this — "Four yeses and one 'Hell, yeah!' " she said — suggesting that the family had had enough of the scrutiny that had made them tabloid staples.
Their later split, reconciliation and subsequent breakup made them tabloid favorites.
Yes, in the last four years the National Enquirer has lost more than a third of its circulation, now hovering at about one million, and Mr. Pecker's efforts to gussy up the tabloids to make them attractive to advertisers did not change the fundamental math, but the Enquirer still kicks up very good cash flow from its newsstand price of $3.49.
They aimed to reclaim terms like "nutter" and "mad" from the tabloid newspaper headlines, and make them their own.
They grumble that the Albanians who are arriving here generally have little to do and often fall into petty crime so giving all Albanians a bad name and making them targets of tabloid venom.Their concern is shared by Agim Fagu, the Albanian ambassador.
While the police largely limited their investigation to the royalty case, lawyers representing people believed to be victims of hacking fought for access to Mr. Mulcaire's records and made them available to the tabloid executives during the litigation.
Their charitable donations, like a $10 million gift to the High Line in Manhattan, were overshadowed only by a flashy taste for fashion and real estate that made them the subject of tabloid fascination.
His battle with sex addiction led him to check into a rehab facility in 2008, and his on-again, off-again marriage to fellow actor Téa Leoni, with whom he has two children, has made them both fodder for tabloid speculation.
During parts of the tour, the band attracted the fashion crowd; Clayton's romantic relationship with supermodel Naomi Campbell and Bono's friendship with supermodel Christy Turlington made them the subjects of unwanted tabloid attention.
