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...sexing up" the British case for going to war in Iraq, did his best last week to defend himself and his boss. He appeared to be smooth and understated at the investigation into the apparent suicide of David Kelly, the former government weapons expert who shared with a BBC reporter his doubts about the government's case for war, got dragged before parliamentary committees and then took his own life. Campbell had a denial ready for the central question of whether he had influenced the words used in the British claim that Iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction...
Further roiling speculation was senior diplomat David Broucher's testimony about a peculiar conversation he had with Kelly in February, before the scientist talked to the BBC. Kelly told Broucher that if Britain invaded Iraq, Kelly would "probably be found dead in the woods." Kelly was upset that he had told Iraqi scientists that there would be no repercussions if they cooperated with the U.N., and Broucher surmised that Kelly agonized over betraying his contacts. The revelation brought the investigation face to face with Kelly's pain. The emotional pitch will remain high at least until late this week, when...
...want to be an overnight sensation in classical music these days, you'd best look the part. You can be moodily romantic like long-haired Argentinian guitarist Dominic Miller (signed up by BBC Worldwide to launch their Inversion label), sulkily sexy like the all-girl string quartet Bond (2 million albums sold and counting). Skittishly sexy is also fine, a la Myleene Klass, the English Popstars siren turned classical pianist (also signed by Universal, reportedly for €1.4 million-plus). Smoldering sulkiness is equally bankable, as bad-boy Croatian pianist Maksim is finding out (EMI has signed him for five...
...recognized on the streets. Now that success is spreading to the West. He's onto his second record contract, having just been snapped up by Deutsche Grammophon, which recently released his recordings of Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn concertos. In July he was given the honor of opening the BBC Proms in London with a nationally televised concert. A few days later, he played on Good Morning America, and as a result, his Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn album made No. 1 on Amazon.com's "Movers and Shakers" list for the biggest leap in sales. Hearing Lang Lang on disc is gratifying...
...fare better with the classics. Commercial potential: $$ Artistry: Too soon to tell Dominic Miller Argentinian session guitarist and a favorite collaborator of Sting, he hit the classical charts earlier this year with Shapes - pop reworkings of classics by Beethoven, Bach, Elgar and Albinoni. When his album launched BBC Worldwide's Inversion label, rivals feared the label's built-in media access would mean unfair playtime. Sales might have more to do with model looks than the inoffensive muzak. Commercial potential: $$$$ Artistry: ... Tony Henry...