The charity claims Shaikh has always maintained he went to China to start a career as a pop star, despite no history of public singing, having previously lived in Poland where he tried to set up an airline.

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But Norwich-born Dennis, who also had a stream of hits in the 1990s as a solo pop star, has not let success go to her head with her quiet determination to succeed and strong work ethic.

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Hannah Montana, which stars the daughter of country crooner Billy Ray Cyrus as a high school pop star who hides her real identity, was the second-most-watched show on cable the week of June 24.

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Though Spears has used social platforms to share pictures of her two sons and announce her engagement to former manager Jason Trawick, she's come off as a sort of "Stepford" pop star of late, Greene said.

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The exposure and his marriage to Victoria Adams, also known as the pop star Posh Spice, turned him into a lightning rod for criticism of whether he was more interested in fame than sport.

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As the sun rose, a man crouched on the sidewalk and painted a portrait of the pop star, who died suddenly on Thursday.

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The card may not have a pop star's name attached to it, but it also won't carry as many fees.

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"If I'm at an event sponsored by a designer, I pick at the really chic food passed around, " said Lauren Shane, a 28-year-old stylist who goes by the name elshane and works for celebrities such as pop-star Carly Rae Jepsen.

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