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Singer Bif Naked uncovered
We caught up with Bif Naked
in the midst of her zigzag tour of the country. She currently is playing in
the Lilith Fair as well as opening for the Cult's on its U.S. tour.
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by Brian Conant
Dixie Chicks site set
to 'Fly' Dixiechicks.com
is the latest venture for the threesome whose mystique mixes everything from
banjos to boas.
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the article by Sara Lyle
Neither Garth, nor
Gaines to go on Web Despite
extensively marketing his upcoming album and movie, country music ber-star
Garth Brooks still lays low online.
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the article by Sara Lyle
Actors call 'In Too
Deep' a pleasure Omar
Epps says director Michael Rymer's openness to ad libs made filming "In Too
Deep" a lot of fun. LL Cool J enjoyed the stretch his role as a drug dealer
named "God" provided. Stanley Tucci notes in another situation, he might have
had to earn his money.
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article by Emily Lo
Does NC-17 do what
it was meant to? Well-known
attorney Alan Dershowitz supported creating an NC-17 rating so theaters could
show movies that could not be rated R but were not the pornography for which
an X rating had become synonymous. Now studios and theaters will do anything
to avoid NC-17 films.
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by Sara Lyle
Luscious Jackson ponders
Lilith-style tour
Drummer Kate Schellenbach
talks about possibly stepping into Lilith founder Sarah McLachlan's shoes, as
well as the importance of connecting with young fans and the changing environment
for women in music.
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the article by Brian Conant
Rubbing her the wrong
way Singer Christina
Aguilera is burning up the charts with her hit single "Genie in a Bottle" and
getting killer stares from other chicks.
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article by Emma Peele
Lauryn Hill puts values
into action
Grammy-winning
recording artist Lauryn Hill uses her fame to fulfill a longtime dream -- mentoring
inner-city kids through The Refugee Project.
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article by Jessica Turco
Dr. Drew takes
MTV-style advice to the Internet
Through his long-running sex-advice program "Loveline," Dr. Drew Pinsky has
become the Dr. Spock of Generations X and Y. Now he's launching a health-information
site on the Web.
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article by Brian Conant
Celebrities
weigh their options
Brandy is going to Pepperdine and to Milan for a modeling career. Michelle Kwan
has decided to combine a full class scheduled with Olympic skating training.
Melissa Joan Hart can't wait to put acting on hold instead of school.
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the article by Sara Lyle
Jennifer Lopez
breaks ground as role model
Puerto Rican actress, dancer and singer Jennifer Lopezās rise to fame has given
many young Latinas a role model. Her message? "If I can do it, I know you can."
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by Mary Emerita Montoro,
California Bureau
Swing's mainstream
crossover matures
Groups like Royal Crown Revue, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, The W's, Big Bad Voodoo
Daddy, and of course, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, have proved they are more
than a fad.
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by Andy Argyrakis
Cher Still Believes
After a gigantic career in the music industry topped off by her recent smash
"Believe," what could be next for ever-evolving pop diva Cher? Nothing but one
of the biggest tours this summer!
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by Andy Argyrakis, Illinois College Bureau
Work all night,
sleep all day
Life in the party world ... is it always a party? See a night of clubbing through
the experiences of a DJ and a promoter at one of the world's hottest clubs --
Wax in South Beach.
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the article by Jessica Turco
Coal
Chamber: unlikely role models
Covered from head to toe in leather, chains, tattoos, piercings
and make-up, few would mistake Coal Chamber frontman Dez Fafara
as a kindergarten teacher. But presenting positivity to kids
is his first concern.
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by Brian Conant
Goo
Goo Dolls: 'It's a pretty big payoff'
Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls tells the band loves the road
and is excited about the upcoming FUSE tour, which benefits
a national food bank. "The tour just fell together so magically,"
he says.
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by Andy Argyrakis
Kirsten
Dunst: 'I am blessed with everything'
The 17-year-old, who is in two current releases with more in
the works, manages to maintain her hectic schedule while staying
"just a teenager" with hopes of attending college in a couple
of years.
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the article by Sara Lyle
'Dick':
ditzy retelling of Watergate scandal
In the '70s comedy "Dick," a reporter tells his "Deep Throat"
sources he'll never reveal their identities. "For our own protection?"
"No, it's just too embarrassing," he says to Dick Nixon's 15-year-old
dog-walkers.
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by Sara Lyle
Martin
outdoes himself in 'Bowfinger'
"Yeah, this guy is a real loser," admits Steve Martin of the
title role in "Bowfinger," "but I think the most enchanting
characters are ... losers and guys with hopes and dreams.
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article by Brian Conant
Tim
McGraw checks in from the road
The country superstar talks with about his new CD, his tour
with the Dixie Chicks and the benefits of continued success
on the charts, including increased creative control.
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by Andy Argyrakis
G.
Love & Special Sauce have new CD, big plans
G. Love tells he plans to take his band's Dave Matthews meets
Kool Moe Dee style on the road this summer for a 250-stop tour,
including a number of college dates.
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by Brian Conant
Stiller
says he wasn't sure about 'Mystery Men'
"Ultimately it was the combination of the cast and the story
and the opportunity to play something close to approximating
a superhero," he says of the movie, based on Dark Horse Comics'
"Flaming Carrot" series.
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article by Andy Argyrakis
Video
producer recommends
students get hands-on experience
The hardest part of breaking into music videos, says Alfredo
Hernandez of AV1 Productions, is "to get in the door -- and
once you are in the door, you better go. You better run 100
miles an hour."
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by Jessica Turco
They
Might Be Giants talks about Net-only CD
John Linnell of They Might Be Giants, tells that while he's
never heard an MP3 file, the band decided to release its latest
CD on the Web. He also talks about the sneaky way TMBG got its
"Dr. Evil" into the "Austin Powers" sequel.
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article by Brian Conant
Kosovo
benefit CD has oddball charm
"No Boundaries: Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees" has rare material
that is sure to please fans, but is also endearing to newcomers
for its scattered, oddball feel.
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by Brian Conant
'Hannibal'
Sumptuous dining in the palace of a madman
Thomas Harris cooks up an extraordinary experience laid out
in five generous courses with the release of his newest and
most anticipated novel about everyone's most beloved cannibal,
Hannibal Lecter.
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the article by Lauren Hejna-Doan, New York Bureau
Verbena
is in Nirvana's shadow -- for now
If Verbena songs like the haunting "Baby Got Shot" don't stick
with you, the chilling similarity between lanky bottle-blond
Scott Bondy and famed angst distributor Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
will.
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by Brian Conant
Woodstock
'99: Peace, love and a little arson
Naked or clothed, tripping, drunk or sober, they gathered together
in Rome, N.Y., to let go, listen to varied tunes from popular
bands and hoping to relive an almost indescribable peace of
history.
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article by Jessica Turco
Bicycle
offers creative sampling, Beck style
Kurt Liebert has made his band Bicycle's debut a swerving collage
that pays as much tribute to eight-tracks and sample machines
as it does to the endless, dusty road.
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by Brian Conant
Gross-out
humor eclipses nudity, vulgarity
Movies like 'Something about Mary' and 'American Pie' use bodily
fluids and incredibly humiliating situations rather than nudity
or strong language to shock viewers.
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article by Frank Musero
'American
Pie' actor's classic movie moment
For Cruise it was dancing through the house clad in sunglasses
and underwear. For Cusack it was standing outside his girlfriend's
house holding a blaring boom box aloft. For Jason Biggs it could
be humping an apple pie.
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by Brian Conant
'Blair
Witch' Review: The hype is better
The "Blair Witch" phenomenon continues but more because of creative
Web sites than the movie itself. One film critic said he and
his friends agreed it was an interesting idea, but the "promise
of something truly nightmarish never happens."
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article by Casey Hailey
'Blair
Witch Project': Hitchcock style horror
There's no blood, no guts, no graphic visual shots of carnage.
There's just you, the darkness and a million horrifying possibilities
racing through your mind. "I was crying. I was afraid. I was
terrified," said Kevin Overstreet, 18, one of the many students
who saw the premier of "The Blair Witch Project" at this year's
Sundance Film Festival.
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by Casey Hailey
New
Kids still have the right stuff
After a five-year hiatus, Jordan Knight and Joey McIntyre of
New Kids on the Block return to the music scene. Their CDs didn't
get the fanfare that greeted NKOTB, but this time, the music
is on their own terms.
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by Mary Emerita Montoro,
California College Bureau
Self's
frontman knows art when he makes it
Don't ask Matt Mahaffey to explain exactly what it is he is
peddling on his band Self's new release "Breakfast with Girls."
He's not really sure what it is, but he knows it's art.
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by Brian Conant
V-Day
2000 gets personal for a good cause
Valentine's Day performances of Eve Ensler's play "The Vagina
Monologues" on campuses nationwide benefit charities that work
against sexual violence. The goal for the V-Day 2000 College
Initiative is 300 schools.
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by Sara Lyle
Cynical
wit and wisdom from Garofalo, Stiller
Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo offer mind-bending observations
and advice about everything from how to improve your self-esteem
with Faster-mation© affirmations to the Deepak-Tupac conspiracy.
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the article by Lauren Hejna-Doan, New York Bureau
'Runaway
Bride' wins hearts in small town
"I'll tell you what, it was one of the best things that ever
happened to this town," said longtime Berlin, Md., resident
Beverly Cooper. Locals ended up in the film and even on the
soundtrack.
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article by Casey Hailey
Internet
puts raves at your fingertips
Looking for an all-night party has never been easier. Around
the country, Web sites claim to enrich rave culture and promote
the once-underground scene.
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by Sara Lyle
MTV
pits lovers against friends
Couples auditioned in Miami for a trip to the Bahamas for an
MTV game show that explores who knows someone better, a lover
or a best friend. The program promotes the July 16 opening of
"The Wood."
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by Jessica Turco
Lee
denies 'Summer of Sam'
exploits tragedy
"In no way, shape or form is this film a gratification of Son
of Sam and in no way, shape or form do we feel that we exploited
the people that David Berkowitz murdered," said director Spike
Lee.
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article by Joshua Hyman, New York Bureau
Hollywood
does Shakespeare
From the 1996 "Romeo and Juliet" to this year's "A Midsummer
Night's Dream," Shakespeare has been at the box office lately
almost as much as Spielberg; however, the Bard is not as new
to the big screen as some might think.
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article by Casey Hailey
Blues
CD enriches
listener and environment
A combination of great blues and jazz tunes performed by a rainbow
of artists and their common vision to work for a greater cause,
has birthed an extra value meal in record sales. "Fish-Tree-Water
Blues" features artists from Ani DiFranco, a folky, free-flowing
poet, to John Lee Hooker, a legendary bluesman.
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article by Jessica Turco
Boy
bands promise eternal love
You can't pass a music store, the radio or daytime shows without
seeing one of countless singing, gorgeous berbabes pledging
their promises of love and devotion, to sea of screaming female
fans.
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article by Mary Emerita Montoro,
California College Bureau
Dueling
divas take on Christmas
Pop star Amy Grant is old hat at it... But it's a first for
Jewel. Both are belting out some old Christmas favorites --
and some new holiday tunes -- recorded specially for their new
Christmas CDs. If you're looking for some hip holiday music,
which diva do you take home? Read on for a double CD review.
Read the article by Brian Conant
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