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Mostly it's the song. Can't Get You Out of My Head, written by former teen queen Cathy Dennis, is one of those weird pop miracles that pile on the hooks and dare you not to listen--it's catchier than Ebola. The rest of Fever is not unlistenable, just unremarkable...
...hook have always been a lethal combination. But Minogue has been doing a variation of her current skimpy act for the past decade (excepting a one-off duet with dour artiste Nick Cave), and U.S. audiences have roundly ignored her. Her new album, Fever, sold more copies in its first week of release than all her previous albums did over the past 11 years. What makes her breakthrough even more confusing is that it comes just as America is closing the window on a four-year period of relentless teen pop. So why Kylie...
Growth isn't Minogue's strong suit. She has moved from mere product to producer during her career. But in Europe, when you're sexy and can dance a little, your image doesn't need much nurturing. Fever has the syncopation necessary for modern radio, but the songs themselves--Love at First Sight, Give It to Me, Your Love--are gloriously empty, profoundly superficial...
...Interestingly, many of their biggest opportunities were provided by other filmmakers of color. Berry's first big break was getting a small but showy part in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever." Early in her career, I interviewed Berry and she told me for her part in the miniseries "Queen" producers initially refused to meet with her - she had to pay for a plane ride to Los Angeles and pick up her own hotel bill in order to get a screen test. For "The Flintstones" Berry had to fight to get filmmakers to cast her and thus integrate Bedrock...
...Rouge) Born: Honolulu Moved: c. 1970, age 3 "There's something about the place; it's the smell of the gum leaves. Australia's in my blood, it's in my humor...I love [Sydney's] zest for life and the openness of us Aussies." KYLIE MINOGUE (new album, Fever) Born: Melbourne, Australia! But currently lives in London, visiting home twice a year "My poor parents have three kids living about as far away from them as you can get--and they're very cool...