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...recently as December, the Georgia Supreme Court rejected Wilson?s first appeal on the grounds that the Legislature had explicitly decided not to apply their legal changes to Wilson's case. In the court's opinion, Justice Carol Hunstein wrote: "While I am very sympathetic to Wilson's argument regarding the injustice of sentencing this promising young man with good grades and no criminal history to ten years in prison without parole and a lifetime registration as a sexual offender ... this Court is bound by the Legislature's determination...
...characterization as a slumping, sloth-like pole dancer seems eerily prophetic. While above-the-waist framing and strobe lighting keep Britney from looking too haggard, it’s undeniable that the she’s looked better. Historically, a certain amount of Britney’s appeal rested on the sheer hilarity of her continued existence, but this video is proof of how far she’s fallen. Wallowing in mediocrity, “Gimme More” isn’t even bad enough to be good. Britney clearly couldn’t care less about this...
Kylie’s getting old. Not just regular old: Madonna old. In her prime, Kylie Minogue brought composition and color to her music videos at a time when most middle-of-the-road pop artists thought sex appeal just meant humping the camera. However, for the first single off her tenth studio album, “X,” Kylie seems to be merely going through the motions, and barely even that. Nothing happens in the video, except for her singing atop a black piano and then a black stage. Actually, there?...
...endgame, but instead of bringing them back to the living with his trademark wit, he terminates them with all the passion of a Xerox user manual.“The Gum Thief” may have been Coupland’s play for postmodern literary power, an ill-conceived appeal to critics to see him as more than a pop-culture reference point. It may never have occurred to him that “JPod” confirmed his place as one of literature’s most cherished living satirists. While it is generally laudable for an artist...
...interesting run. We have different cuisines, languages, customs, ways of being in the world. That has been a problem in the past, but now we have a really good group that works well together.”Even their name is meant to overcome the obstacle of cross-cultural appeal. “We wanted a name that you could say in any language,” Clark says. “‘Three zee plus’ can be said in German, in French. It sounds sort of silly, but it really works, since none...