idol

"I cared deeply for him, I loved him, he was my idol and my friend," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Once the quintessential ’90s heartthrob, Hartnett has parlayed the goodwill from his hunky idol days into something far more compelling.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

“God, I feel like I’m a teenage idol again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

But he was famous way before politics—Pulido is a Tejano star, a 1990s teen idol, a Tejano Backstreet Boy before there were the Backstreet Boys.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Vu Lee refuses to apply to a real college, instead will go to a cooking school in San-fran-cis-co, where his idol once walked.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

And now, instead of opening for their idols, they are inviting them up on stage as guests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

For many attending on Saturday, the show served as a direct lesson in K-pop's lineage - a chance to see "the idols' idols" perform live.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

His influences and idols were eclectic; he was an English rock fanatic and a salsa obsessive; he loved everything from Hollywood westerns and gory B-pictures to European art-house cinema.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

But Eatherly was so extreme, he made even his idols blush.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

I leafed past pages of TV stars, rock-and-roll groups, and pop idols.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia