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...ceremony began with a film of a snowboarder gliding down a high alpine peak - before he slid down a giant faux hill into the arena of 60,000 spectators. During the cultural portion of the evening, Canadian singer K.D. Lang gave a virtuoso performance (Nelly Furtado, not so much). Another highlight was the stadium's virtual floor, which transformed into a vast ice floe that appeared to break apart and disperse, revealing a virtual ocean across which whales swam in 3-D. (See 25 Winter Olympic athletes to watch...
Perhaps Nelly Furtado isn’t the only one who wants to “Turn off the lights...
With her fourth studio album, “Mi Plan,” Nelly Furtado shifts her focus wholly onto the Latin genre. Although she’s had several Spanish-language singles and has collaborated with famous Spanish-speaking artists, this will be her first album recorded entirely in Spanish. After delving into hip-hop and R&B with her 2003 album “Loose,” Furtado returns to pop with varying Latin styles, creating a record of intoxicating melodies. With her breakout hit “I’m Like a Bird...
...Verões,”the character Roza repeats the phrase“I’m pregnant” three times. Each declarationmarks a distinct chapter inthe movie, which is divided into equalparts with almost mathematical precision.Professing one’s pregnancy hasbecome cliché in cinema, and Furtado isthe first to admit that his films are fullof stereotypical characters. However, it’sthe inversion and manipulation of thesestereotypes that has garnered Furtadorespect in the film world.“I trace my influences to the directorBilly Wilder,” Furtado told the audienceafter screening...
...whose “D.A.N.C.E.” was omnipresent in America at the time of my departure. This was the land of baguettes and Bizet, and I, a professed Francophile, was gagging down processed pastry and watching similarly packaged English-language videos by Kelly Rowland and Nelly Furtado on the lobby’s television. C’est affreux, n’est-ce pas?Hours later, I was asking a French friend about Justice, and I got a blank stare. Hadn’t heard of them. “Oops!... I Did It Again...