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...under-the-radar 2003 EP, The Soul Sessions, Joss Stone won critical praise and a blues-club-ful of Norah Jones comparisons with her husky, knowing renditions of vintage soul covers. Stone showed she has taste, but the important question--does she have soul?--went unanswered. Her covers were emotive, but the depth of her feeling, at 16, was a tad suspicious. Where Jones, an ancient 25, shrewdly concedes the limitations of her experience by never oversinging her tidy little songs, Stone, a native of Devon, England, who signed a record deal after performing on a BBC talent show, heaved...
...ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING," BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (UPN) You could apply the title of this audacious musical episode to the whole season of Buffy, which survived an acrimonious move from the WB to return smarter, funnier and dramatically richer than ever. Who'd have thought creator Joss Whedon (who taught himself piano to write the episode's surprisingly tuneful score, as well as the nimble lyrics) studied his Sondheim along with his sarcophagi...
...Buffy" creator Joss Whedon came out to thank his new masters, saying it was "not in my nature" to be brief - and then proved himself right. It was charming, his precious locutions - "I'd like to say two words, 'thank' and 'you'" - making him seem like a kind of husky male Willow. At least for the first, oh, five hours or so (My notes end, "Joss Whedon will not shut up."). As Whedon rambled on - UPN must not have known what was coming, as the teleprompter apparently said only "Joss speaks" - the audience eventually played him off, applauding at every...
...meant operating at a loss for the expensive production, with the hope of making it up in syndication and richer later-season deals). Talks were at an impasse and bad feelings running high when UPN jumped in with a reported offer of about $2.3 million per episode, which creator Joss Whedon and Fox leapt at like a vampire at a Red Cross bloodmobile wreck...
...worldwide need for management skills has never been greater, and the demand for innovative approaches to management education is high," said Robert Joss, dean of Stanford's Business School in a press release. "We believe partnership with Harvard Business School offers good prospects for developing new models in both educational content and delivery...