For " Music, " she chose to work with producers William Orbit and the French artist Mirwais Ahmadzai.

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Ultimately what makes Madonna a successful artist is her uncanny knack for reading the musical pulse and choosing the best producers like Mirwais, William Orbit and Stuart Price, keeping her relevant to a young audience.

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From his underwear ads to his adventurous magazine spreads to his top-hatted appearance at Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton, Beckham occupied a different, glossier, global orbit than most celebrity athletes. (He will never be confused with Peyton Manning yapping to his dad in a Buick.) That day in the basement, however, Beckham said soccer was the thing he thought about when he woke up every morning.

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William Safire prepared a eulogy for Richard Nixon to deliver should the lunar module fail to get back up into orbit.

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