Word: mandolin
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Should we worry about Nicolas Cage? Watching this gifted actor in the lush new war romance Captain Corelli's Mandolin, as he struts and frets so handsomely and woos starlet-of-the-moment Penelope Cruz--as he pays obeisance to all the courtly gestures of the traditional leading man--a viewer has to wonder if Cage is tethered forever to the peculiar job description of Movie Star...
...Butterfly. But this nontraditional trio is the biggest thing behind a budding bluegrass revival. Their sound? Something like Dueling Banjos as remixed by Fatboy Slim. This cultural collision of the sweetest kind is the handiwork of guitarist Sean Watkins, 24; his sister Sara, 19, a violinist; and mandolin player Chris Thile, 20. Their virtuoso flights of whimsy give the music's Celtic roots a postmodern jangle of complexity. Says Watkins: "We want to bring the acoustic message to youth right...
Captain Corelli's Mandolin...
Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz and Christian Bale star in this wartime romance about a young Greek girl (Cruz) who falls in love with an mandolin-playing Italian commander (Cage) while her fiancée is away...
...interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson said his 22-year-old superstar was bored with the team's offense and a potentially divisive force in the locker room, but perhaps more ominously, a slack reader. Jackson assigned the Italian-raised Bryant Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres because "Kobe's a real Mediterranean kid," said Jackson. "I thought the book would be a good look at the culture he's attached to. It's a beautiful book. Tragic. But he didn't like it. Last year I gave him a book by Paul...