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...struggle out of bed. Two nights before, I had stayed out late for a Wesley Willis concert. Then last night, I was stupid enough to attend Quad parties until 2 am in the morning. I am such moron sometimes...

Author: By John PAUL M. fox, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An 'Exclusive' Experience | 9/20/2001 | See Source »

...WHALE Free Willy star's keepers give up on trying to free him to the ocean. Now they want him to gain 10 kg for a role in Bridget Jones's Diary 2 VICTORIA BECKHAM The singer formally known as Posh Spice dodges flying apples and onions during solo concert. Scary and Sporty deny any role

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...population than North Carolina, smaller in size than Rhode Island--comes pop music, in Hong Kong's Cantonese language, that dominates the Chinese-speaking world. Cantopop stars are mobbed in Beijing and Taipei, in London and Las Vegas. Last Christmas, veteran mesmerizer Leslie Cheung gave a sold-out concert at Caesars Palace, where tickets went for $80 and $238. The same night, half a mile down the Strip, Jackie Chan--yes, he's also a singer--led an all-star music revue that packed the 17,000-seat Garden at the MGM Grand at a top price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cantopop: Cantopop Kingdom | 9/15/2001 | See Source »

There's a sweet dizziness to Cantopop fandom that's reminiscent of the innocent bobby-sox frenzy of the Sinatra years. At Lau concerts, his fans hold up flash cards that spell out his name in English; a group of votaries rented a minibus and trailed him from one Taiwan concert to the next. (In return, each year around his birthday, Lau attends parties thrown by his fan clubs.) If fans don't stalk the stars, the insatiable paparazzi do. "They follow me everywhere," says Leslie Cheung. "I don't even put my litter outside the house anymore. People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cantopop: Cantopop Kingdom | 9/15/2001 | See Source »

...divas are content to sing throwaway tunes in baby-girl tones, Hikaru, who says that growing up she used to go to sleep to Metallica and wake up to Pearl Jam, performs songs that draw from R. and B., rap and even rock. During a recent MTV Unplugged concert, she surprised fans with a rendition of the Irish rock band U2's song With or Without You. Except for such occasional covers, Hikaru writes almost all her own material, combining light melodies and strong grooves. Her lyrics, though mostly about adolescent angst, can be intriguingly off center. "Our last kiss/Tasted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diva On Campus | 9/15/2001 | See Source »

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