The Bachelorette †DeAnna Pappas lost her bid to capture the heart of last season's "Bachelor," Brad Womack †who surprised viewers by not choosing any woman in the finale †but won her own prime-time spotlight. And this time, Pappas is the one wielding the power of rejection.
Mentor, friend, and above all, ambassador. Those are just a few of the roles Robert Mondavi played as he led a movement that turned a sleepy farming valley north of San Francisco into one of the premiere wine regions of the world.
It's not entirely cynical to dismiss most late-'70s/early-'80s punk acts touring in recent years as out to make a quick buck or indulging a midlife crisis.
They left family, friends and the things they love about Hawaii -- a temperate climate, tropical flowers, the ocean and Zippy's -- for the thrill of performing in a top show on the Las Vegas Strip.