No such thing as a stupid question. (On the Web).Want to know what team your favorite pop star bats for? You're not alone. The sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. of celebrities is one of the most popular queries on Internet search engines, say officials at Overture. corn, a company that tracks the specifics of searches launched on sites such as Yahoo! and MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). . One of Overture's special tracking features shows that the top 10 music stars searched most often with the word gay in February were, in order: Ricky Martin, with 807 searches; American Idol American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol. host Ryan Seacrest, with 701; American Idol Kelly Clarkson, with 688; Britney Spears, with 611; Justin Timberlake, with 568; Eminem, with 524; Teen star Aaron Carter, with 484; Michael Jackson, with 446; Advocate cover boy, Robbie Williams, with 305; and Backstreet backstreet Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boy Nick Carter, with 231. |
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