Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Million dollar question (okay, for those of you who care deeply for the Spice Girls at least)--can any of the individual Spices create a (respectable?) singing career outside of the multi-colored, in-your-face, garish persona of the past? Melanie C makes a decent attempt on Northern Star--the opening drum and bass notes of the first song "Go," are exciting and unexpected, and the rest of the album too, with its pop/R&B influences is surprisingly listenable, especially on Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (of TLC fame) rapping on "Never Be the Same Again." Look...
...followers of a band known for its recreational use of Scotchguard. There were also a surprising number of 30- and 40-somethings, most of who were singing along with the college-age masses. The enthusiastic audience filled the normally calm theater to cramped standing room, inspiring the band to attempt their P-Funk-parodic magnum opus. "Okay, this hasn't worked for the last six nights," Gene told the crowd, "But if we all concentrate really hard I bet we can get the Poop Ship to descend on Butt-F**k, Mass., or wherever we are." The next 15 minutes...
...Quaker ground attack is spearheaded by Ryan, the league's leading rusher. He has 1161 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season and averages 5.8 yards per rushing attempt...
Rozema's adaptation centers around her attempt to bring Jane Austen herself into the story through the character of Fanny Price (Frances O'Connor), our heroine. Rescued as a girl from her family's poverty by a wealthy uncle, Fanny moves to Mansfield Park, where she lives as a quasi-servant--constantly aware of her secondary status--for the duration of the story. In the novel, Fanny is quaintly moral, and pretty much chock-full of sugar and spice and everything nice. But Rozema has taken Fanny to new heights by giving her a boldness and sauciness which the director...
...actually hit bookstores. Publishers wanted to see how much they should demand for the movie rights. Agents wanted to see whether the sequel might have room for new characters. Directors wanted their name attached to the project, producers wanted to finance it, etc., etc. But after a prolonged, tortuous attempt to translate Hannibal into a viable screenplay, Jodie Foster has officially refused to reprise her role as Clarice Starling. Anthony Hopkins, meanwhile, is still all for one more meal of fava beans and chianti...