1.   And, despite her fading star and monster daughter, Pepper, she remained wistful and optimistic.

2.   A fading star.

3.   But it may be unrealistic to expect a good performance from Fernando Valenzuela, whose fading star flared briefly late last season.

4.   Direct-to-video is where fading stars go to pay the mortgage and avoid total oblivion.

5.   First came the slightly fading star, Roger Clemens, whom they buried in a shower of home runs Thursday.

6.   How was a fading star transformed into a perpetual money machine?

7.   If he is really a fading star on a fading team, his season, playoffs and all, could be over in three weeks.

8.   On the other, he was a little worried that career tributes are only bestowed on fading stars.

9.   Others who know Korbut paint a picture of a self-absorbed fading star who believes she is owed a living.

10.   Sally is a fading star, edgy about everybody and everything.