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...Times, his wealth is estimated at $7 million. But his output was limited and oddly conventional. He directed the disappointing historical epic The Four Feathers (2002) and helped produce Andrew Lloyd Webber's striking but lowbrow Bombay Dreams (2004). Naseeruddin Shah, star of Monsoon Wedding and Kapur's 1983 debut Masoom (The Innocent), acknowledges Kapur's gift, calling him "the only Indian filmmaker of international standard." But he prefers his earlier works, like Bandit Queen, about Indian outlaw Phoolan Devi, and wonders whether the riches that dazzled the accountant have also blinded the director. "He jumped from small budget...
...produced a mini-masterpiece that merges Jamaican dancehall patois and Missy Elliott's stuttering rhythm with a political viewpoint entirely her own. She's not so eloquent in her anger as Public Enemy or so tuneful as the Clash, but it's a pretty impressive neighborhood for a debut...
SIERRA AND BIANCA Casady, the half-Cherokee sisters who call themselves CocoRosie, have U.S. passports but wrote their debut in their creaky Paris apartment and, by the sound of things, recorded it on Mars. Nothing on this album feels normal, from the coffee grinders and sirens buried deep in the mix to the sisters' spooky voices, which show an infatuation with Billie Holiday in her late, coming-apart phase. Like all Americans in Paris, they're a bit mannered, but the songs work, particularly By Your Side ("I'll wear your black eyes/ Bake you apple pies"), a clattering ballad...
DIED. TERESA WRIGHT, 86, Hollywood actress who achieved the as-yet-unduplicated feat of winning an Oscar nomination for each of her first three films; in New Haven, Conn. After making her screen debut as Bette Davis' daughter in 1941's The Little Foxes, she played Lou Gehrig's wife in The Pride of the Yankees and won an Oscar for her role as Greer Garson's daughter-in-law in Mrs. Miniver. Her wholesome but refined screen presence graced some of the best films of the '40s, including Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt and William Wyler...
...Christian inspiration now have a sacred space on the Internet to download songs. Howard Rachinski, creator of the Church Copyright License program, which allows houses of worship to copy music and distribute it to their congregations, will launch Songtouch.com next month. Billed as a "Christian Napster," the service will debut with 15,000 inspirational songs, from gospel to rap, making it the most comprehensive website of its kind. Songs cost 99¢ each, although a subscription will get you unlimited monthly downloads. Rachinski, whose company gets up to 10% of the proceeds, says Songtouch is the reason he will...