When sports stars break down, specialist surgeons like Richard Steadman in Colorado become star practitioners in piecing them together.
On Oscar night it's a tradition: The stars break down and weep -- and that's before they know if they've won or lost.
Inevitably there will be an October when the Yankees do not win the World Series, when their seemingly ageless stars break down and pressure finally buckles them.
Robust broadband Internet access and connected devices like cellphones and laptops have the potential to let stars "break away from the traditional content-distribution ecosystem," said Richard Greenfield, a media analyst with BTIG Capital.
At moments in the hard-boiled tale, the stars break out into dance, and while Mr. Sostek moves more fluidly than his partner, these numbers add a little fleet-footed fantasy that you didn't expect.
His role in turning reggae into a worldwide phenomenon is one of the reasons the category of "world music" was invented, in 1987, to help stars break out from beyond America and Europe, many of whom inevitably get described as the Bob Marley of their homeland.
