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Al Brenner

He was a CFL All-Star in 1972, the same year he set a record of most interceptions in a season at 15, and also won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats.

Ron Tugnutt

During that time, he won the F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy for the rookie with the best goals against average, followed by the Dave Pinkney Trophy for Top Team Goaltending, and was named to the OHL All Star team in 1987.


2007 Oregon State Beavers football team

Beavers' star running back Yvenson Bernard ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Sean Canfield completed eight of 19 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown.

2009 World Port Tournament

Originally, USA Baseball would send an All-Star team from the Great South League, but due to missing papers, the team had to withdrew from the tournament, one day before starting.

Aristaeus

He found the islanders suffering from sickness under the stifling and baneful effects of the Dog-Star Sirius at its first appearance before the sun's rising, in early July.

Artur Gadowski

On October 15 he was guest on a TV show Weekend z Gwiazdą (Weekend with the Star) which was, by way of an exception, broadcast from the Stansted airport near London, UK.

Astrobrite

Astrobrite is a shoegazing supergroup, at times incorporating members of STAR (Scott Cortez), lovesliescrushing (Scott Cortez, Melissa Arpin-Duimstra), Mahogany (Andrew Prinz), Majesty Crush (Odell Nails), Dark Red, Paik (Rob Smith), Xebec (Doug Walker), Coaltar of the Deepers (Narasaki), (Jason Baron), Airiel, New Canyons (Andrew Marrah), Gel Set (Laura Callier), and other members as well.

Beverly Howard

Beverly Crusher, birth name of fictional character Beverly Howard in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation

Bob Hames

While a student at North Texas in 1946, Hames was one of eight student musicians from North Texas to guest star on Interstate's weekly musical radio show, 3:30, Sunday, April 14, 1946, aired on WFAA.

Candy Samples

In 1979, she performed with John Holmes, Johnny Keyes, Serena, Uschi Digard, Kitten Natividad, and Kelly Stewart in the pornographic film John Holmes and the All-Star Sex Queens from Zane Entertainment Group.

Carson Beckett

According to writer-producer Martin Gero, Beckett was set to appear in only a handful of episodes after the Stargate Atlantis pilot episode, "Rising", but the character had such a big connection to the fans that Gero labeled McGillion the "breakout star" in Stargate Atlantis.

Chuck Carrington

Chuck Carrington (born 1968 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American actor best known for playing Petty Officer Jason Tiner on JAG, and also star as Renny Jacobson independent feature thriller The List alongside Malcolm McDowell and Hilarie Burton.

Clisura Dunării

Miodrag Belodedici (born 1964), Romanian retired footballer, won the European cup with Steaua Bucureşti and Red Star Belgrade (1985, 1990).

Copa Movistar

The Copa Movistar is a surfing competition, currently presented by Rip Curl and Samsung, a 2-Star World Qualification Series event held at the San Bartolo District in Lima, Peru.

Corinne Griffith

She married actor and frequent co-star Webster Campbell from 1920 to 1923, producer Walter Morosco from 1924 to 1934, and the owner of the Washington Redskins football team George Preston Marshall from 1936 to 1958.

Daryl Dickey

For most of his college career, Dickey was a backup to star quarterbacks Alan Cockrell and Tony Robinson.

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is a public school district based in Fairbanks, Alaska (USA).

Full of It

Sam tells lies like "I drive a Porsche", "My dad's a rock star", "My dog ate my homework", "I never miss a shot" (at basketball) and that Vicki Sanders and his English teacher Mrs. Moran are lusting after him.

Greg Cipes

The song "Rescue" on the band's 2007 debut release Conscious Revolution features teenage pop star Jesse McCartney.

His Only Chance

Writer and star Captai Conant was aide de camp to the Governor-General Sir Arthur Stanley.

Interhotel

5-star hotels were exclusively for guests from non-socialist states, 4-star hotels were mainly for guests from Comecon countries, for example, Park Inn Berlin (then Stadt Berlin) was built for Soviet people.

Isle of Man Courier

The company made the decision after complaining that the Isle of Man Government was starving it of advertising by favouring the Isle of Man Examiner and its sister papers, the Isle of Man Weekly Times and the Manx Star.

Jonathan LaPaglia

in 2013 published that he will star in the movie "The Reckoning" alongside Luke Hemsworth, He is also a sports enthusiast and model.

José Offerman

He is the father of reality television star and WWE Diva, JoJo Offerman.

Lauderdale Mansions South

More recent former residents of Lauderdale Mansions South have included Kathryn Flett, Observer TV critic and star of the BBC’s ‘Grumpy Old Women’ series, and Mary McCartney, celebrity photographer and daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney.

Linda Lee

Linda Lee Cadwell (born 1945), American author and widow to the martial-arts star Bruce Lee

London Rollergirls

The London Rollergirls have an all-star travel team called London Brawling, whose name is inspired by the song London Calling by U.K. punk rock band The Clash.

Lucienne Boyer

In 1927, Boyer sang at a concert by the great star Félix Mayol where she was seen by the American impresario Lee Shubert who immediately offered her a contract to come to Broadway.

Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki

She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award, but she and co-star Asha Parekh lost out the Best Supporting Actress Award to Reena Roy for Apnapan (1978), who refused the award saying that her role in the film was a leading role, not a supporting role.

Millimeter wave scanner

Claims that images are immediately destroyed were questioned after Indian film star Shahrukh Khan said that his image was circulated by airport staff at Heathrow in London.

Miranda Chartrand and Adam Nichols

On November 4, Chartrand and Nichols performed "I've Got Nothing" at a gig at 93 Feet East in London, which was headlined by former pop star Chesney Hawkes.

My Best Friend, General Vasili, Son of Joseph Stalin

Biopic film, based on a true story of friendship between Vasili Stalin, the son of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and the famous Russian sports star Vsevolod Bobrov.

Mynydd y Glyn

It is the mountain which was used in The Englishman who went up a Hill and came down a Mountain in which Hugh Grant and Ian McNeice star as English cartographers.

Najim

Re-titled "Près de toi (Suddenly)", it is a multilingual song in French, English and Persian and contains a sampling of Algerian classic "Abdel Kader" with Arash featuring Najim and Swedish-Mexican star Rebecca Zadig

Orthasterias

The rainbow star is a predator and feeds on a range of invertebrates including gastropod molluscs, limpets, bivalves, brachiopods, chitons, barnacles and tunicates.

Paul Geary

Geary is also co-owner of an authentic Italian restaurant in Boston's North End called TRESCA, along with his partners, hockey star Ray Bourque and real estate mogul Harvey Wilk.

Rashaad Duncan

He was named All-Palm Beach County, All-Western Conference, and was selected to play in the Outback Steakhouse All-Star Game.

Rusty Hamer

For his contribution to television Hamer has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6323 Hollywood Boulevard.

Scott DeFreitas

DeFreitas has been married to his former ATWT co-star Maura West (Carly Tenney) since January 22, 2000.

SS Gallic

She was acquired by White Star Line in 1919 and was sold to the Clan Line in 1933 and renamed Clan Colquhoun.

Star Ocean

There was an incomplete manga series by Mayumi Azuma based on Star Ocean: The Second Story, which became a similarly incomplete anime series Star Ocean EX.

Star Rise

According to the Star Rise liner notes: the Nitin Sawhney remix of Tracery, created after Khan's death, is the only track without Khan's feedback.

Star trail

American astronaut Don Pettit recorded star trails with a digital camera from the International Space Station in earth orbit between April and June, 2012.

Star's End

Star's End was started in 1976 by Steve Pross and John Diliberto as a five hour-long evening program.

Stefanía Fernández

She also traveled to Cannes, France, on 9 December 2009, for the Five Star Diamond awards, with Miss USA Kristen Dalton, and to Willemstad, Curaçao and Barquisimeto, Venezuela, as well, in early January 2010, for the Procesión de la Divina Pastora (Procession of the Holy Shepherdess).

Steve Gilliard

Earlier in his career, Gilliard was threatened with legal action by representatives of Rosie O'Donnell when he "wrote something about Rosie leering at Peta Wilson, the tall, very blonde, very bosomy star of the La Femme Nikita series." He responded that if sued, he would post the responses to his discovery on Usenet.

Subaru Shibutani

At Tokyo, he received many singing jobs and the 3baka became a fixture in the Tokyo Jr TV programs; They went on to star in their own TV series, IkeIkeIkemen, and were regulars on Koichi Domoto's show Pikaichi.

Tamango

Dorothy Dandridge and Curd Jürgens (billed as: Curt Jurgens) star in the film with co-stars Alex Cressan and Jean Servais.

Toti Dal Monte

In 1924, fresh from triumphs in Milan and Paris, but before her debut in London or New York, she was engaged by the diva Dame Nellie Melba to be one of the star singers of an Italian opera company that Melba was organising to make a tour of Australia.

Triannon

The Triannon, an alien race in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Chosen Realm"

Way of the Warrior

"The Way of the Warrior", a feature-length episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Willis Kent

Its films, about 40 in all, consisted mostly of low-budget westerns, many of which starred short-lived cowboy star and former football player Lafayette Russell (aka Reb Russell), and cheap, sensationalist exploitation epics.


see also

1975 NASL Indoor tournament

The Soviets beat an outmatched NASL All-Star team 8-4 on February 7 at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens.

2005–06 CBA season

Also, all-star games were played against the KBL, on January 22, 2006 in Korea and January 24, 2006 in Jiyuan, Henan, China.

All Star Tennis '99

The featured player on the USA and Europe versions is Michael Chang while in the French version the featured player is Yannick Noah who, has his name above the title as Yannick Noah All Star Tennis '99.

Anatoli Semenov

He was the team's top player for most of the 1980s (succeeding the great Alexander Maltsev, who retired in 1984), as he led them in scoring on three occasions and was named a Russian All-Star in 1985.

Arden Heights, Staten Island

Jason MarquisWashington Nationals All Star starting pitcher; though born in Manhasset, New York, he was raised in Arden Heights and attended Tottenville High School, whose baseball team he pitched to two New York City championships.

Barry Bonnell

As an accomplished aviator with a lifelong passion for flying, Bonnell pursued a career in aviation after exiting Major League Baseball during the All-Star Break in 1986.

Beatrice Blues

Spud Owen averaged .343 and was also named to the All Star team.

Beryl Cook

Entitled 'Bosom Pals' had an all star cast of voices with Dawn French, Rosemary Leach, Alison Steadman and Timothy Spall.

Bill Sargent

Around this time, boxer Joe Louis organized an all-star game intended to pit a collegiate team of recently graduated players—possibly to feature such stars as Charley Trippi, Buddy Young, Alex Agase, and Burr Baldwin—against a team of professional players.

Bob Martyn

Bob was a Northwest Conference All-Star in 1950, 1951 and 1952, and he helped lead the Linfield Wildcats to conference championship victories in 1950 and 1951.

Carver Military Academy

Tim Hardaway, retired basketball player who became an NBA All-Star five times during his career (1991-1993, 1997, 1998)

Claudio Reyna

Reyna married Danielle Egan, then a member of the United States women's national soccer team, in July 1997, one week after attending the FIFA All-Star Game in Hong Kong and two weeks after the U.S. team's World Cup qualifier at El Salvador.

Come Back Baby

Pat Donohue (member of The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on NPR's A Prairie Home Companion) covered the song on his 2011 album Nobody's Fault.

Danielle Egan

Egan married Claudio Reyna, then a member of the United States national soccer team, in July 1997, one week after he attended the FIFA All-Star Game in Hong Kong and two weeks after the male U.S. team's World Cup qualifier at El Salvador.

David Sunflower Seeds

As the “Official Sunflower Seed of the Babe Ruth League,” DAVID provides free scorebooks and safety tips to each team in the league, awards to All-Star players, and DAVID Sunflower Seeds to be sold at concession stands.

DeWalt

In this time period, Kenseth won 18 races, the 2000 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Award, 2003 Sprint Cup Series Championship, 2004 Sprint Cup All Star Race and the 2009 Daytona 500.

East-West Game

East-West All-Star Game - an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players

Eiji Sawamura

On November 20, 1934, the 17-year-old Sawamura faced a team of visiting all-star players from Major League Baseball, including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Charlie Gehringer.

Houston Mavericks

Willie Somerset and DeWitt Menyard of the Mavericks played in the ABA All Star Game.

Howard Koh

In recognition of his national contributions to the field of early detection and prevention of melanoma, the Boston Red Sox designated him a “Medical All Star” (2003) which included the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park.

Jeff Maehl

He played in the 2007 Lions Club District 4C-1 All Star Game along with former rival at Pleasant Valley High School, now Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jordan Rodgers.

Jess Kersey

Joining the NBA in 1973, Kersey was a highly regarded referee and officiated at the 1975 ABA All-Star Game, the NBA All-Star Games in 1983, 1987 and 2002, and the NBA Finals in 1983, 1984 and 1991.

Jimmy Smallhorne

At the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, it was announced that Smallhorne would direct his comedy screenplay Pushers Needed with an all-star cast of Joan Allen, Claire Danes, Kathy Bates, Brenda Blethyn and Maggie Smith.

John Savident

He was one of the readers on the BBC's online Advent Calendar in December 2006 and starred in the 2006 pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as the henchman at Manchester Opera House, appearing alongside Suranne Jones, Justin Moorhouse, and the all-star seven dwarves including Warwick Davis.

Kestie Morassi

She has worked in both local and international television, including BeastMaster, Stingers and The Secret Life of Us before making the transition to films in 2002 alongside an all-star cast including Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington, and John Goodman in Dirty Deeds which saw her nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award by the Film Critics Circle of Australia.

Kevin Seitzer

Seitzer hit .323 with 15 home runs and 207 hits (tying the MLB record) in his rookie 1987 season and, though overshadowed by fellow rookie teammate Bo Jackson, he was selected to the American League All-Star team.

Kimiyasu Kudoh

Again he won the ERA title, an All-Star selection, and even led the league in wins, but would ultimately lose the coveted Sawamura Award to young Yomiuri Giants ace Masumi Kuwata (15-6, 2.17).

Lamar Neagle

He also broke a 31-year-old school record by scoring six goals in one game as well as being Seattle Post-Intelligencer pick for High School All-Star Team during his senior year.

Linde Nijland

July 2009 Linde was asked by Joe Boyd (former producer of, among others, Nick Drake, Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd) to sing the songs "Fotheringay" and "Si tu dois partir" as part of an 'All Star' Fairport Convention reunion concert in the Barbican Hall in London with original Fairport members Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Judy Dyble, Iain Mathews, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks and Dave Pegg.

Marquis Floyd

Floyd ended his college career participating in the 2003 Cactus Bowl Division II all-star classic in Kingsville, Texas.

Mitchell Stadium

The festival was organized by partners of the Second Chance Learning Center, Erik Robinson and former MLB all-star pitcher Billy Wagner.

New Wrestling Stars

NWS will relaunch on Sunday March 29, 2009 in Aguada, Puerto Rico at the All-Star Court and it was a great event with plans to hold more events and secure a TV deal.

Paris Holiday

Sturges did a walk-on in his 1940 film Christmas in July ("Man at shoeshine stand"), played the small part of a film director in his Sullivan's Travels (1941), and appeared as himself in Paramount's 1942 all-star extravaganza Star Spangled Rhythm.

Perry Florio

Florio also played in Roller Hockey International for the Philadelphia Bulldogs in 1994 and 1995; he played in the RHI All-Star Game in 1994.

Rowland Greenberg

Greenberg took part in the «All-Star Trumpets session» (Paris Jazz Festival, 1949) with Miles Davis, Bill Coleman, Jimmy McPartland and Aime Barelli.

Susan Hutchison

Hutchison serves as an officer of the following boards: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, DC), Finance Chair (present) of Young Life International, Vice Chair (present) All-Star Orchestra, Vice President (present) and Chair (2006-2009) Seattle Symphony, and on the following boards: Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation, Discovery Institute, and Salvation Army.

Tauna Vandeweghe

Her uncle Mel Hutchins was also a professional basketball player and NBA All-Star.

Tommy Joe Gilmore

The Galway centre half was honoured with All-Star awards in 1972 and ’73 appearing on All-Star teams in the esteemed company of the likes of Sean O'Neill, Kevin Kilmurray, Brain McEniff, Mick O'Connell and Jimmy Barry Murphy to name but a few.

Tony Windless

The following season, which saw another him elected to another All-Star game appearance, Tony helped Towers to another Trophy win and a victorious Playoff run, beating fierce rivals Greater London Leopards 89-88 in an intense Wembley final.

TwentyWonder

Featured acts included an All-Star Roller Derby match featuring members of the LA Derby Dolls, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Exene Cervenka, Funny or Die, The Axis of Awesome, Joel Hodgson, Lynda Barry, JP Incorporated, Two-Headed Dog, and R.V.I.P. Karaoke.

UNB Varsity Reds

1995: Midfielder Paul Noble (4th year from Fredericton, NB) was named AUS 1st team All-star, AUS Most Valuable Player, CIS 1st Team All-Canadian.

Unknown Instructors

The Unknown Instructors are an all-star improvisational rock outfit that features the former rhythm section of The Minutemen and Firehose, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley; Saccharine Trust members, guitarist Joe Baiza and vocalist Jack Brewer; and vocalist/saxophonist Dan McGuire.

WKAT

In 2005-06, WKAT was the radio station that carried games of the Florida Pit Bulls, a franchise in the American Basketball Association owned in part by NBA all-star Tim Hardaway.

Yosvani Peraza

Josh Bard beat him out for All-Star catcher honors in the event.