So gamblers might pick a current star from the 1980s and 1990s--such as Madonna, Tom Cruise or Calista Flockhart.
Finally, a new clamshell Smartphone will pick up where the Star Trek left off, rocking a GPS receiver and more wireless radios than its predecessor.
The ceremony also saw former Barcelona coach and Holland football star Johan Cruyff pick up a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Murray has a bone to pick with his co-star, claiming that the two were not treated as equals.
The 28-year-old Yao has been a perennial pick for the NBA All-Star teams since moving from the Shanghai Sharks to the Rockets in 2002.
When Bush nominated the Goldman Sachs chairman for the Treasury post on May 30, most observers saw the pick as a chance to snag a Wall Street heavyweight whose star power could boost the public's perception of his handling of the economy, especially after the drab tenures of Paul O'Neill and John Snow.
When Bush nominated the Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ) chairman for the Treasury post on May 30, most observers saw the pick as a chance to snag a Wall Street heavyweight whose star power could boost the public's perception of his handling of the economy, especially after the drab tenures of Paul O'Neill and John Snow.
But with future telescopes, scientists say it may be possible to see past the blinding glare of the parent star to pick out just the faint light passing through a small world's atmosphere or even reflected off its surface.
BBC: Kepler telescope spies 'most Earth-like' worlds to date
Still on the list but dropping from last year are LeBron (No. 2 to No. 9), whose 2010 "Decision" didn't please many fans, and Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (No. 3 to No. 10), who went from college star and first round NFL draft pick to mostly benchwarmer as a rookie.
He traded three players and a first-round draft pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets in July to acquire star forward Rick Nash.
Beyond that, Stoudemire didn't play particularly well with center Tyson Chandler, who thrived off the same pick-and-roll plays that helped make Stoudemire a six-time All-Star.
The infra-red light from dust heated by a star has a much longer wavelength ie, is cooler than most of the light from the star itself, so a camera tuned to the right wavelength can pick out a dust disc without being totally blinded by the stellar glare.
In the last game before Lin became a star, last Friday against the Boston Celtics, the Knicks ran nine pick-and-rolls.
Leinart, the dazzling first-round draft pick who won the Heisman Trophy at the University of Southern California, is a quarterback with movie star looks who, some think, could go on to a second career in film.
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