All-star (also, allstar or all star) is a term with meanings in both the worlds of sports and entertainment. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively See also Entertainment (disambiguation and The Entertainer (disambiguation Entertainment is an activity designed to give people

Entertainment

In the entertainment sense (all-star cast), it is used to describe the cast of a movie in which most of the speaking parts, even relatively minor ones, are played by motion picture stars who are generally associated with leading or major supporting roles. Despite the term, the phrase has rarely (if ever) been intended to apply to a film where every cast member is a star.

This practice is generally limited to large-budget, "epic" pictures — usually war movies or biblical epics. War film is a Film genre concerned with Warfare usually about naval, air or land battles sometimes focusing instead on This is a list of movies (including television movies based on the Bible ( Old Testament and New Testament) depicting characters or figures from the Bible or broadly However an outstanding example of the genre is a western — the original 1962 version of How the West Was Won. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr How the West Was Won is a 1962 epic Western film which follows four generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts as they move ever

Other films described as having an all-star cast have included:

• The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (and similar films) (1929)
• Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
• Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
• The Longest Day (1962)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• The V.I.P.s (1963)
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
• The Bible: In The Beginning (1966)
• It's a mad mad mad mad world (1966)
• Casino Royale (1967)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
• The Towering Inferno (1974)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
• True Romance (1993)
• Ocean's Eleven (2001)
• Ocean's Twelve (2004)
• Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
• Bobby (2006)

The increasing pay demands of major Hollywood actors since the 1970s has largely precluded similar ensemble casts appearing in more recent productions. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 is an American Musical film / Comedy motion picture released in 1929. Ziegfeld Follies ( MGM) is a 1946 Hollywood musical comedy Film, directed by Roy Del Ruth and Vincente Minnelli The Longest Day is a 3-hour-long War film with a very large cast based on the 1959 history The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan The Great Escape is a popular 1963 War film about the 250 Allied prisoners of war escaping from a German POW camp The VIPs, also known as Hotel International, is a 1963 MGM Drama film. The Yellow Rolls-Royce The Greatest Story Ever Told is a United Artists 1965 film about the life of Jesus, directed by George Stevens (with some scenes The Bible In the Beginning is a 1966 Biblical epic film recounting the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is a 1963 American Comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350000 Casino Royale is a 1967 epic surrealistic Satire originally produced by Columbia Pictures starring an Ensemble cast Oh! What a Lovely War is Stage musical and 1969 Musical film. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 feature film directed by Sidney Lumet and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by The Towering Inferno is a 1974 Disaster film starring Steve McQueen and Paul Newman and directed by John Guillermin A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic War film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by For the play see Glengarry Glen Ross Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1992 Independent film, adapted by David True Romance is a 1993 American romantic Crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 Remake of the 1960 Rat Pack Caper film of the same name. Ocean's Twelve is a 2004 film that takes place after the events of Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960 film. Ocean's Thirteen is a 2007 film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring an Ensemble cast. Bobby is a Golden Globe Award -nominated historical Drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

Music

In Music, an All-Star band relates to an ensemble in which every member is considered to be of star quality or to have had a career as an artist in their own right, for example Ringo Starr's All Stars or The AllStars, a collective of session musicians based in London. The AllStars is a collective of session musicians based in London England who between them have worked with international music artists such as George Michael, Michael

Sports

Main article: All-star game

"All-star" as a sports term can refer to an "all-star" team selected as the best players at particular positions in team sports, or a list of top participants in individual sports such as golf and automobile racing. An all-star game is an Exhibition game played by the best players in their Sports league. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It Events limited to all-stars in the field of individual sports are referred to as "all-star events"; in 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. A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for Enjoyment and sometimes also used as an Educational tool The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League The National Basketball Association staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL The National Hockey League All-Star Game (Match des Étoiles de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey is an exhibition Ice hockey game that traditionally marks the midway The MLS All-Star Game has been held each season that Major League Soccer has existed Many all-star teams, such as collegiate "all-conference", All-America or All-Australian teams, are named on a purely honorary basis with no intent of their ever performing together as a unit. An All-American "team" is an honorary Sports team composed of outstanding Amateur players those considered the best players of a specific season for The All-Australian Team is an All star team of Australian rules footballers selected by a panel at the end of each season

The British and Irish Lions rugby union team is similar to an all-stars team; they tour to either Australia, New Zealand or South Africa every four years and are a composite team from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British Isles Rugby Union Team or "British Lions" Rugby union side comprises a pick of the best players from Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Being selected for the Lions is one of the biggest honours a player from those nations can receive. The Pacific Islanders rugby union team is a similar team from Samoa, Fiji and Tonga but thus far have only played 3 separate one-off tests against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in 2004. The Pacific Islanders rugby union team (usually known as just Pacific Islanders) are an international Rugby union team started in 2004 that represents Fiji Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles

The Gaelic Athletic Association chooses GAA All-Stars teams in hurling and Gaelic football every year. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh The All Stars Awards, currently sponsored by Vodafone, are given annually since 1971 by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the best Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football

Variations

A variation on this term is used to show that an individual has been honored to be chosen ahead of his or her peers within a certain geographical or other limitation. Hence, All State and All District denotes someone chosen as a top performer within their state or district, respectively.

See also

• The AllStars
• Chuck Taylor All-Stars
• All Star (song)
• DotA Allstars

Sources

• Everything you ever wanted to know about allstar selection