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...past rooting interest, giving the masses a vote on which of a pair of rejects has to leave the CBS lot each week and letting them choose the $500,000 winner from among the final three contestants. (Early guess: In a house that has cameras everywhere, Jordan the exotic dancer and Jamie, Miss Washington 2000, will be among the last to be booted from afar...
...report on the Cannes Film Festival [LETTER FROM CANNES, May 29], Richard Corliss referred to the film Dancer in the Dark. He said it "showcased the minimal talents of Icelandic pop star Bjork. She's a quadruple-threat artiste: can't act, can't dance, can't sing, can't compose." This movie went on to capture the prestigious Palme d'Or, and Bjork won the best-actress award. Exactly who is the incompetent one here, Bjork or your critic? ERLENDUR S. ORSTEINSSON Reykjavik...
Ravers often wear loose, wide-legged jeans that flare out at the bottom. Knickknacks from childhood, like suckers, pacifiers and dolls, are common accessories. Dancers, sweating to the music all night, often carry bottles of water to battle dehydration, which can be aggravated by ecstasy. Attendees sometimes dress in layers so clothes can be stripped off if the going gets hot, and blue and green flexible glow sticks are popular. One sound you'll hear if the party's going right: a communal whoop of approval when the deejay starts riding a good groove. "The first rock-'n'-roll shows...
...Palme d'Or and the thousand others screened in this Cote d'Azur paradise is granted by press pass or market badge (for members of the industry). But lacking those, you can always try begging. One Frenchwoman, denied admission to a screening of Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark, sobbed at the barricades with such fervor that she could have earned a role in Les Miserables...
Newton originally studied to be a dancer and got her first job acting--as an African diplomat's daughter in Flirting--by accident. Sidelined by injury, she was looking to waste a day in London when, as it happened, auditions for the part were being held. Her only formal acting training to this day remains some boarding-school drama classes. She is an instinctive actress. Demme remembers bursting out laughing with pleasure when she came up with the croaking voice for the title character Beloved, the ghostly daughter who returns to haunt the mother who killed her. "The voice...