A Drone Rises In the void, Rick Ames's dim star ascended.
Like elsewhere along the coast, its star ascended in the 19th century when newly arrived British luminaries triggered an influx of London's high society.
But as a professional, Tillman saw his career go south while Tyson's star, and financial worth, ascended.
And as Big Otto's star ascended, the Grays had seemed to climb right along with him.
In recent years, two national stars, Harry Connick Jr. and Michael Feinstein, have ascended from New York cabarets.
But as quickly as his star ascended, it crashed.
As her star ascended, Madonna's urban-rebel pose has softened and matured into a more sleekly glamorous and aerobicized look without losing its hard-edged sensual provocation.
Bérénice Bejo plays his admirer and protégée, whose star ascends as George's declines.
But although five stars ascended in celebrity sandwichdom, one has fallen.
While his own star has already ascended, Mr. Rhodes found the experience no less moving.