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...bright May day, and the arts wing at Gustav A. Fritsche Middle School in Milwaukee, Wis., is hopping. In a band room, 21 members of the jazz ensemble are rehearsing Soul Bossa Nova with plenty of heart and impressive intonation, in preparation for a concert downtown. In another room, woodblocks, timpani and bells are whipping up a rhythmic frenzy as the 75-member Fritsche Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Elliott Del Borgo's Aboriginal Rituals. In an art room, eighth-graders are shaping clay vessels to be baked in the school kiln. Down the hall, students are dabbing acrylic paints on canvas...
Whenever a fiction film goes hard-core, the artifice of character and story disappears, and the movie instantly becomes a documentary record--something between a stag film and a nature special on Nova. Realizing this, Winterbottom dispenses with most of the standard narrative props: there's no Other Man, no mistaken identity, no quest. Matt and Lisa are not really people, in the multiplex-movie sense. They are performers, like the band members, working in public for our pleasure. The only drama is that, omigod, they're doing it! And one of them, O'Brien, is a professional actor. (Stilley...
...insured for $1.75 million? Because swimmers in the race will be paddling two circuits of Scotland's Urquhart Bay, home of the fabled Loch Ness monster. "We couldn't take the risk of one of them being attacked by Nessie," said David Hart, of British race organizer Nova International, which financed the cover. "There's going to be a lot of noise and a lot of splashing going on, just the sort of thing that might annoy a prehistoric lake monster. Or even worse, give it an appetite." Maybe so. But the burden of proof lies with the athlete. Insurer...
...Harvard marks another stage in a career that has spanned several fields, from academia to journalism, and continents, from Europe to America. His past posts have included an editorship at the German art journal Interfunktionen; teaching positions at art schools like the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and Cal Arts; and appointments in art history at SUNY Westbury, the University of Chicago, MIT, and, most recently, Barnard College and Columbia...
...benefits of suicide with a jaunty clarinet sample and lyrics ("Committed suicide to enhance me career/ It worked for Biggie and Tupac Shakeer") - both rappers were actually killed. Brazilian Girls Don't Stop None of them are Brazilian, and only one is a girl, but this foursome uses bossa nova, reggae, lounge and any teasing rhythm to create a dance track you might actually dance to. 50 Cent Candy Shop For a guy who once sparked a rap feud by accusing Ja Rule of being too soft, Fitty engages Olivia in a whispery duet about mutual satisfaction, built...