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...just possible, though, that White Shoes will be able to leverage its Internet buzz and get noticed by college trendsetters on the lookout for musical exotica. The debut album treads a daring line between cool and camp, filtering Paris of the 1960s, or swinging London, through an Asian prism. The tunes call to mind not only film soundtracks but also TV themes and tacky advertising jingles from consumerism's golden age. It's a deliciously anachronistic sound, underscored by the lack of digital instrumentation (the band's lineup includes three classically-trained musicians...
...holds a special place among his immense body of work.As only the second film Washington has directed (the first was the critically praised “Antwone Fisher”), “The Great Debaters” is already receiving noted Oscar and Golden Globe buzz from both Hollywood insiders and critics across the nation. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Oprah, who Washington describes as “great” and “there when you need her,” helped produce the movie and has given it her signature stamp...
...impact of celebrity endorsements is highly questionable, but that doesn't stop candidates from courting famous friends. Not everyone can claim Oprah or Streisand, but even martial-arts stars and porn kings create buzz. Test your campaign and pop-culture knowledge by matching up the endorsements below...
...Rudy Giuliani is always up for a fight. The lights and the television sets go on at 3:30 most mornings in the headquarters of the former New York City mayor, thanks to a former Bush White House aide named Kathryn Grosso. As war-room manager, she monitors the buzz, and the buzz starts early. "We never know what the news cycle is going to bring," she says. "It always keeps you on your toes." Surrounded by other staffers, volunteers and orders from Chipotle, Grosso tunes in to radio with one ear and TV with the other. A stray story...
...private trading room that Shanghai Securities, his broker, makes available to their sophisticated clients and awaited the highly anticipated Shanghai-market debut of PetroChina, China's biggest oil-and-gas conglomerate. PetroChina was raising $8.9 billion, the largest initial public stock offering in China ever, and the buzz surrounding the listing was deafening. Tian thought the shares would quickly become overpriced, so he decided not to even try to buy. Indeed, PetroChina shares nearly tripled that first day, pegging the company's market capitalization at more that $1 trillion...