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...houris in saris frolic while the stars risk dislocating their shoulders and display '60s-style legwork not seen in the West since the Peppermint Lounge closed. The stars dance, but they don't sing. That's the job of "playback singers," unseen onscreen but famous on CDs. One playback diva, Lata Mangeshkar, has recorded some 50,000 songs in a 60-year career. (Sinatra, you slouch...
When the WorldCom scandal broke, Martha Stewart must have smiled. Here, surely, was deliverance--a fresh spectacle that would shift the fickle spotlight of the tabloids and TV shows away from insider-trading allegations against the Diva of Domesticity and onto some other supposed villain...
...Authentic colleagues are revolting against something bigger than stale music: "We aren't too scary. I'm not here cussing every other word and talking about politics." You don't have to be a rebel to join this movement--which means that soon every 105-lb. diva with glitter in her hair may be going Authentic...
...inspiration for his life's work. A press statement introducing his latest album observes, in all seriousness: "He can't say himself how many times he has been married since his return from prison, and God alone knows how many children he has fathered throughout the Balkans." The gypsy diva of the Czech Republic, Vera Bila, meanwhile, has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and London's Barbican. But until a few years ago she was working odd jobs cooking and cleaning. Whatever the roots of their popularity, these musicians may be helping preserve the cultural traditions of an entire region...
...those media jackals allow the famous to go through rehab in peace like the rest of us? MICHAEL MOORE Liberal scores with his Bush-bashing book Stupid White Men. That's a great way to get added to the FBI's "Full Body Cavity Search" list Losers MARIAH CAREY Diva wins Worst Actress at the Raspberrys. She announces her award "gives every nameless, faceless woman the chance to totally fail" MOHAMMED ZAHIR SHAH Afghan King has trip delayed a month, citing bad security. Right, because Afghanistan is just a few weeks from being as safe as Club Med JOSEPH BERARDINO...