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The world of acting isn't all glitz and glamor.

I am looking for a phrase with a similar structure, namely an irreversible binomial, to replace "glitz and glamor". The phrase doesn't have to be alliterative, but should be an idiomatic binomial pair like "glitz and glamor".

Edit:

On the research side, I did think of "flash" but wasn't able to come up with anything Googling "flash and", "phrase flash and", etc. There are a lot of synonyms for "glamor" that I thought of, but nothing as neat as "glitz and glamor" sprang to mind. The suggestions so far given in the comments and answer(s) are great!

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    How about romp and pomp? I'm not sure if this is idiomatic, though.
    – user405662
    Jan 8, 2021 at 20:03
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    Is anything wrong with “glitz and glamour”?
    – user 66974
    Jan 8, 2021 at 20:04
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    Razzle Dazzle? Flash and Fancy? Surf N Turf? Hollywood and Bollywood? Jan 8, 2021 at 20:04
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    What synonyms for the individual terms have you discovered? Jan 8, 2021 at 20:05
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    Help yourself to any of the GL- words. Most of them have meanings coherent with glitz and glamor. Jan 8, 2021 at 20:35

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There is the razzle-dazzle.

If you don't mind adjectives, you could say:

The world of acting isn't all loud/bright and flashy.

(I found these on Gngram)

Edit: You might also consider:

The world of acting isn't all glitter and shine.

but I personally prefer the adjective twins.

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Maybe too on the nose, but I'll add fashion and fame.

It carries the alliteration, goes hand in hand with "glamour and glitter"/"glitz and glamour," and there's some 80's music to back it up. Ngrams

The world of acting isn't all fashion and fame.

Similarly, fame and fortune comes to mind.

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I would consider pomp and circumstance.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/pomp-and-circumstance.html

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