- published: 02 Jun 2016
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All-star (also All-Star) is a term designating an individual as having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry. It can also be used for a group of individuals, who are popular in certain areas.
"All-star" as a sports refers to an individual named as an "all-star" on a team representing the top performers in a given sport, or to a list of top participants in individual sports such as golf and bowling. Events limited to such honorees are referred to as "all-star games" or events.
In American team sports the premier all-star games are the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, NBA All-Star Game, Pro Bowl, NHL All-Star Game, and the MLS All-Star Game. Many all-star teams, such as collegiate "all-conference" and All-America squads, are recognitions of performance only, without the connotation of those selected ever being teammates in a game.
The term all-star is often used as a form of publicity gimmick to promote the cast of a movie in which a number of high-profile actors appear, sometimes merely in cameo roles. Well-recognized examples include Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Ocean's Eleven (1960), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Casino Royale (1967), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and The Expendables (2010).
Stars in your eyes little one
Where do you go to dream
To a place we all know
The land of make believe
Shadows tapping at your window
Ghostly voices whisper
Will you come and play
Not for all the tea in China
Or the corn in Carolina
Never, never ever
* They're running after you babe
** Run for the sun little one
You're an outlaw once again
Time to change
Superman will be with us while he can
In the land of make believe
Something nasty in your garden's waiting
Patiently 'til it can have your heart
Try to go but it won't let you
Don't you know it's out to get you
Running, keep on running
[Repeat * , **]
Your world is turning from night to day
Your dream is burning far, far away
Into the blue, you and I
To the circus in the sky
Captain Kidd's on the sand
With the treasure close at hand
In the land of make believe
In the land of make believe
[Repeat ** , **]
(Run for the sun, run for the sun)
I've got a friend who comes to tea
And no one else can see but me
He came today, but had to go
To visit you
You'll never know