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...show concluded with Bela executing about half an hour of solo acoustic work, what he jokingly entitled "his MTV Unplugged Album." These minutes were a showcase for the best of B‚la's unique talents. When Bela starts on the banjo, you might think at first that he is tuning his banjo. That is until you realize that he is actually playing the banjo not by fretting, but by twisting the tuners on the head of the instrument. B‚la even went as far as to fret a note with his nose. He brought his brand...
...played by Matthew Lillard to stunning heights of distaste. Best friend and rival Dean (Paul Walker) sees this as his opportunity to be the new alpha male and ribs Zack into accepting a bet that he can transform any girl into the prom queen. Ensue about two hours of MTV-esque storytelling: clippy, slick, brisk, but jumpy. Jumpcuts, stylish melanges, smartass parodies of The Real World and even a choreographed dance sequence to Rockafeller Skank--all of this sealed with a kiss...
...Datamatch is one thing. It's a lame version of MTV's Singled Out, really. You tell the computer matchmaker about yourself. Our friends at Harvard Computer Society (HCS) automatically weed out the clearly incompatible and magically tell you who also thinks that "The Sound and the Fury" is the appropriate book title to describe their life. Never mind the fact that none of these people will ever talk to one another. This stupid cupid leaves a little intrigue in your life--who are you, Carmen Iglesias?--and technology has done all it can to bring some unlikely pairs together...
...undercover cop"; and Tupac crying, "Even as a crack fiend, mama/ You always was a black queen, mama." Then Mary J. Blige singing hip-hop soul; Guru and Digable Planets mixing rap with bebop; the Fugees "Killing me softly with his song"; Puffy mourning Biggie on CD and MTV...
Lewinsky is trying to regain control. Last week her lawyers asked a judge to free her from Kenneth Starr's gag rule so she could go on TV for a ritual cleansing administered by Barbara Walters. MTV's Carson Daly would have been a much cooler choice...