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...Billy Idol released two songs online today that anyone can download for free -- and as if that weren't enough bad news, a coalition was formed today to protect the rights of musicians and the music industry from Net pirates. The Secure Digital Music Initiative, the group of consumer electronics, technology and record companies whose existence was revealed at a press conference in New York on Tuesday, announced it plans to create yet another new standard for the secure online distribution of music, within a year. "Secure" of course, means no more pirated stuff, kids...
DIED. JEAN MARAIS, 84, swashbuckling French screen idol of the '40s and '50s; in Cannes, France. Marais got his break as the beast in the 1946 film Beauty and the Beast, co-directed by his longtime lover, the artist Jean Cocteau. A wildly popular pinup for women and men alike, the actor starred in 70 movies...
...journeyed to the Tsongas Arena last night only to discover that the Tori Amos concert you had traveled so far to see had happened the night before, this listing's for you. Before you can write a depressing, angst-ridden song about missing your chance to see your idol perform, Tori will take the stage tonight for real this time--we swear. 8 p.m., Whittermore Center Arena, University of New Hampshire, 128 Main St., Durham, NH. 603-868-7300. Tickets $26.50, students...
...source of this idle idol worship is the "breakdown of the family in our society," says Kyle A. Gilman '02. "Teenagers don't have anyone to look up to in their family, so they fixate on these strange people like the New Kids on the Block...
Other quintessential teen experiences include stressful episodes related to cheerleading tryouts and the time I was busted for having a party while my parents were out of town. Lest I forget, I also met my teen idol, Leonardo DiCaprio and was so giggly when he agreed to a photo that I bumbled embarrassingly as I tried to extract my camera from its case...