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...American Idol, calling a performance "bad karaoke" is the worst insult the judges can hurl. It is also the greatest compliment they can bestow. Idol viewers, after all, have made the caterwauling audition episodes the highest-rated, except for the finale. In their eyes, karaoke is the Mae West of entertainment: when it's bad, it's better...
...Senator Barack Obama have both called for the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. And even New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton opposes a proposed free-trade deal with South Korea, though it was her husband who brought Americans NAFTA, the WTO and helped bestow China permanent most-favored-nation trade status...
...rooting for them even when Coupland’s script fights their progress. Song is refreshing as the no-nonsense Ming, but she struggles in some scenes to overcome the conflicted path set out for her slightly stereotypical character. The music and cinematography are excellent, and their subtle contributions bestow an overtly professional and polished quality to the film. Cinematographer David Frazee guides the camera expertly to capture the natural beauty of Vancouver and the isolating qualities of urban life. The soundtrack is up to date and appropriately paced, accentuating the funky demeanor of the plot while moving the film...
...ready to believe the fortune-teller, nor does he sufficiently demonstrate Starks’ motivation for suddenly deciding to seek out his terrible fate. Many of Pearce’s shortcomings are thanks to Fergus’ script, which expects the audience to make far-fetched connections and bestow unearned significance to directionless scenes. For example, Starks’s near-breakdown—in which the character locks himself in a motel room for days with a loaded gun—is painfully rushed. Unfinished and unmoving, the pivotal sequence hardly illuminates Starks’ motivation or advances...
...It’s difficult to take a celebrity’s life seriously when it’s printed in the National Enquirer alongside “Leading Experts Charge: Lovelorn Astronaut Intended to Leave Victim BURIED ALIVE or Even kill Her.” Books bestow a certain legitimacy on their subject matter, giving lower-rung celebrities the validation they lack. Authordom and celebritydom have always had a thriving relationship. It used to be that the literary stars were part of the glittering social elite. Authors like Truman Capote gained access to a whirlwind life of cocktails, beautiful...