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...been made out to be. Sure, they like attention an awful lot and have a strange kind of self-focused intensity you don't normally see after high school--they describe each other as "intense" and "heavy" and "feeling so much"--but they're also surprisingly smart and laid-back and un-Marilyn Mansony. And besides, if Jolie is going to continue to serve as the goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and Thornton is really going to have a shot at winning the best-actor Oscar in addition to being a respected indie writer-director...
...days' walk from the nearest road. Despite this, many speak excellent English, the medium of instruction in all Bhutanese schools. Villagers delight in translating the age-old stories of wicked demons and angry gods that once stalked the population. As for tourist touts, they are rarer than dragons. So laid-back are Bhutanese, said our tour organizer Sonam, that unlike their visitors, they have little use for vacations. "Life in Bhutan is so stress-free," he said. "Why would we need holidays...
...advice columnist, Hax has a laid-back approach to her work. She speaks glibly about her job, “I don’t really have any system. I just got through my inbox and keep reading till somebody particularly angry, bright, funny or with an interesting outlook on life provokes me. I look for somebody who is asking the question in a different manner because so many of the questions I get all sound the same...
Most love-balladeers aim for the heart; neo-soul crooners Maxwell and Bilal want you for your mind. Maxwell's laid-back CD Now lacks the fire and immediacy its title seems to promise, but the immaculate production and Maxwell's thoughtful, nuanced vocals raise the album above standard R.-and-B. fare. Bilal's smart debut, 1st Born Second, has an admirably adventurous spirit, blending hip-hop, scat, reggae and rock. On a few tracks, Bilal's eclectic musical vision flies out of control, but on the best songs, such as Sometimes, he conjures up gritty grooves that keep...
...kids call her the Queen of Kwaito, a pulsating pop style that exploded out of the townships in the early '90s and that Fassie quickly adopted. Kwaito (slang for "these guys are hot") fuses slowed American house and hip-hop, British garage and Jamaican reggae, held together with laid-back bass lines and percussion from traditional African chants. Like hip-hop, kwaito has become a cultural movement that incorporates lifestyle and fashion. And like hip-hop, it sells. In South Africa, where a platinum album means sales of 50,000 units, kwaito records regularly sell more than 100,000. Fassie...