[GirlShortstop]

Only monarchs know the kind of adoration Hollywood stars enjoy.  Meanwhile athletes must constantly defend their bona fides against other contenders.   As such, theirs is the more democratic glory.  Anyone wrongly anointed in sports is quickly given his comeuppance.  Anyone wrongly anointed in show business can spend years skipping across the covers of glossy magazines before anyone's the wiser.

YES!  Great article.  I would change one thing:
Only monarchs know the kind of adoration Hollywood stars *used to* enjoy.

[EllaMinnow]

Absolutely!

I know that they've lost me.