I didn't achieve instant stardom, nor did my parrot.
And to this day, top departments regard instant stardom as the normal career track for the kind of person they want to hire.
Denispat commented on this story and is now apparently waiting for the instant stardom to arrive.
South Africa's art world is still small and rather isolated, and the pitfalls of instant stardom are obvious here.
It hit the pulse of the audience, and catapulted Prem to instant stardom.
In "Public Enemy," the film that gave him instant stardom, Cagney originally had the second lead.
But he did it anyway, and like everyone associated with the film, he attained instant stardom.
Valenzuela, whose instant stardom is still unequaled, came from another land (Mexico), too.
The days of instant stardom, in other words, appear to be largely over.