To be sure, radio still flourishes, and cabaret sputters on, but neither is a hot center of modern star-making machinery like television and the movies.

The fledgling actor's career quickly took hold as he gathered the accoutrements of Hollywood's star-making machinery.

He would be like any other Hollywood aspirant if he just turned into a movie star without commenting on the star-making machinery.

Now it's just another part of the star-making machinery.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center program also has its own star-making machinery at work.

Consumer capitalism - in this case, the entertainment industry's star-making machinery - had simply and drastically transformed something profound into a sad, empty spectacle.

He never stopped making albums or touring, but for years he left behind the star-making machinery of the major labels.

The problem is that despite unprecedented exposure and financial opportunities for players, the star-making machinery in American golf doesn't work as well as it used to.

It is the festival's star-making machinery, along with record company support, that has given these traditionalists marquee value.

On both sides of the Atlantic, female designers have complained that the industry's star-making machinery gives short shrift to women.