“You don’t age out of your passion,” Radha Blank shared with Robert Townsend, her filmmaking idol whose Hollywood Shuffle inspired her, during their spotlight discussion for the Urbanworld Film Festival last month.
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In short, they will influence their followers – who follow suggestions and advice from their idols.
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Working for his idol, though life-changing, is far from easy.
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Second baseman Isan Diaz has a swing that resembles his idol Robinson Cano.
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Ratings for talent competitions like Idol, once viewership juggernauts, are plummeting.
Nigel Lythgoe on How to Save Reality TV, ‘On the Town,’ and ‘Brokeback Ballroom’|Kevin Fallon|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The other thing about Idol was that it really was a star-maker at first.
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The standard bearers of reality TV—American Idol, Dancing With the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance—are aging.
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These are men and women who want to retain faith in an idol, who just want to forgive and forget.
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Nearly 90 years later, a group of magicians still honors their idol with a “Broken Wand” ceremony at his gravesite each year.
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The lady is no idol to you at present, but neither is she indifferent.
My Lady Nicotine|J. M. Barrie
He brought the books and knife to him cheerfully; the watch he wanted to keep—that was his idol.
Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters|Various
"I dropped my idol on the ground yesterday and it broke," he said.
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends|Gertrude Landa
The King, who led the van of his army, was an idol made for such worship as Garibaldi's.
Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General|Charles Lever
If you will permit me, Mr. Bagwell, I will examine this idol more particularly.
A Master of Mysteries|L. T. Meade
British Dictionary definitions for idol
idol
/ (ˈaɪdəl) /
noun
a material object, esp a carved image, that is worshipped as a god
ChristianityJudaismany being (other than the one God) to which divine honour is paid
a person who is revered, admired, or highly loved
Word Origin for idol
C13: from Late Latin īdōlum, from Latin: image, from Greek eidōlon, from eidos shape, form