Reed was Vee-Jay's first star and helped the label take on local blues giant Chess Records.
The network began TV broadcasts in 1939 and produced TV's first star in 1948 when Berle became a beloved figure.
She was African music's first world star blending different styles long before the phrase "world music" was coined.
La Samaritaine is set to house LVMH's first five-star Cheval Blanc hotel in the capital.
Britain's first NBA basketball star John Amaechi has been awarded the OBE by the Prince of Wales.
Richard LeParmentier, the US character actor known to millions as one of Darth Vader's first victims in Star Wars, has died aged 66, his family has announced.
New York's star first baseman said he expects to be cleared to begin swinging a bat as early as Friday in his recovery from a wrist injury that will sideline him for the first month of the season.
In the 1970s he was the entertainment editor for Rupert Murdoch's first American tabloid, the Star.
Kevin Brown was Huddersfield's star with two first-half tries while Robbie Paul's solo effort secured victory.
The Porridge and Two Ronnies star's first job after leaving school in the city was clerking at the Westminster Bank in Cowley.
Among the more esoteric offerings are the world's first text message movie and Star Spangled To Death, a six-hour video started 50 years ago by director Ken Jacobs.
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Set to air on April 14, this is the "Pitch Perfect" star's first time hosting, and the first time a woman has hosted since Sarah Silverman's stint in 2007.
It is not the star's first visit to Downing Street - he was a guest of Tony Blair's on 26 June 2007, Mr Blair's last full day as prime minister.
Last year's Casper was the first film to star a completely digital image.
Earlier in the night, children's TV star Dani Harmer became the first celebrity to be eliminated, after nerves appeared to affect her showdance, performed to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.
The Knicks acknowledged Tyson Chandler's All-Star selection during a first-half timeout.
After Brazil's star striker had played a first half at walking pace in the semi-final, Zagallo was adamant that he should be taken off at the interval.
Take Madonna's current world tour, the first in eight years by the pop star, who is signed up to the group's Warner Brothers Records.
This is not the first time the pop star's concerts have upset the Church.
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On any all-time all-star baseball team one's first baseman would not be Greenberg but, indubitably, Lou Gehrig.
In 1992, Australia-born Rupert Murdoch's five-channel Star Network was the first to take advantage of increasing economic liberalization.
Lopez was faced with Pau Gasol in Howard's absence and the first-time All-Star was up to the challenge.
Diana's first visit to the White House was a star-studded event, flustering even then-President Ronald Reagan -- a Hollywood veteran himself.
Joining 12 other women now in an elite men's club, the star power of a first lady, the women say, will help their causes.
The Pacers absolutely routed the Knicks, 125-91, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in a largely embarrassing display that served as the team's first game back from the weeklong All-Star Break.
The common family name of Lee is often spelled Rhee, Ri or Yi (meaning opposition leader Lee Hoi Chang, South Korea's first president Syngman Rhee, North Korean basketball star Ri Myong Hun and 16th-century naval hero Yi Sun Shin all share the same family name).
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It would give McCain a chance to add an element of diversity both gender and race to his ticket, somebody who's respected around the world, who's something of a rock star in terms of her popularity and diplomat - it's where she first started.
This was something the film's star, Patel, found challenging at first.
Bangalore looked on track to successfully defend their total when the South African side's star batsman Herschelle Gibbs fell for a first-ball duck in Praveen Kumar's first over.
Williams was arguably Britain's biggest pop star in the late 1990s and first part of the 2000s, selling 60 million solo albums and winning a record 17 Brit Awards.
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