... actress, record company holder, wife, mother, and mass media phenomenon. Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music defines Madonna: "She is an ideal icon, her skilful stage act, image and music combining to make an oddly innocent pop phenomenon, harking back to the flirtatious glamour of earlier times: it was an illusion then, ... Madonna's ability to remix and repackages herself. Heavily inspired by Madonna, Minogue has become the second most postmodern artist. Minogue tapped back to the stage with a more pleasant version lately. "People that don't know anything about pop music still know ...

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... it into Ms. B's last directed play entitled, "Noises Off." I remember how scared I was to audition, and how I really didn't know anyone there. I was a lonely freshman girl who was auditioning in front of everyone trying to act as if I was walking through a bowl full of Jello. Imagine the insanity! My Mom says that you are your worst critic, and back then I was ... part of Poppy Norton-Taylor - a girl who got pregnant from her boss who wanted nothing to do with the child. On opening night I knew after watching the audience from the stage view, rather than vise-versa, that acting was my p...

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As the lights go down, thousands of girls scream with anticipation as they wait for the worlds "pop princess- to take center stage and explode into dance. Raised in the suburbs of Louisiana former Mouseketeer, Britney Spears appears accompanied with eye catching flashing lights and dazzling high tech special effects. Sporting a brightly colored ... girls comes across a televised concert special of the most famous "lightweight sexpot- of the decade. Beginning a life of performing for attention in front of others at local dance revues and even church choirs, Britney Spears seductively struts a...

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As the lights go down, thousands of girls scream with anticipation as they wait for the worlds "pop princess- to take center stage and explode into dance. Raised in the suburbs of Louisiana former Mouseketeer, Britney Spears appears accompanied with eye catching flashing lights and dazzling high tech special effects. Sporting a brightly colored ... girls comes across a televised concert special of the most famous "lightweight sexpot- of the decade. Beginning a life of performing for attention in front of others at local dance revues and even church choirs, Britney Spears seductively struts a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate