2008 Comeback Stories

This post is part of our series about people, places and things that have found new life in 2008. I never would have thought I'd become a Paula Abdul fan. Her career as a hit maker came well before my time, and I've known her only as the squeaky-voiced too-kind judge from American Idol: always...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things finding new life in 2008. Uno the Beagle made history last month when he took Best of Show in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, becoming the first of his breed to ever do so. Did the winner's triumphant barking herald a comeback of...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things finding new life in 2008. Call it "green" or think of it as post-modern, but Hollywood seems to be deeply committed to recycling. Indiana Jones, X-Files, Batman, the Hulk, Harry Potter, and the Mummy will all soon be returning to the...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things finding new life in 2008. Travel agent may seem like an occupation of the past, like elevator operators and milkmen, but they're not only hanging on, some of them are thriving. In fact, the February/March issue of ShopSmart magazine,...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things that have found new life in 2008.Finally. Just when you've lost faith in everything stylish and genteel, men's hats are making a comeback. Not a moment too soon, if you ask me.Time was every man wore a hat in public. Everyone, from the...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things that have found new life in 2008. Evidently, every entertainment idea possible has already been thought of. How else to explain the resurrection of old television standards into new series (Knight Rider, Bionic Woman) and big-screen...

This post is part of our series about people, places and things that have found new life in 2008. When I was growing up, our pediatrician lived two doors away. After hours, the doctor could usually be found toiling away in his garden. When one of the four kids in my family got sick, my mother...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things that have found new life in 2008. Silicone breast implants, after falling into disfavor in the early 90's on claims that they caused various diseases including cancer, are back. In their latest incarnation, a safer fourth-generation...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things finding new life in 2008. The upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics could provide a bully pulpit for Americans who want to prove that athletes can continue to compete on a world level far longer than once thought possible. By employing cutting...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things that have found new life in 2008.If you're a Hollywood has-been, or even a current star like Eva Mendes, it seems as if the best way to resuscitate or boost your career is to go to drug and/or alcohol treatment. In fact, rehab is so...