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...DIED. RAY CHARLES, 73, pioneer soul crooner who blurred the lines between R& B, pop and country; in Beverly Hills. (See Essay...
...DIED. EDMUND M. DIGIULIO, 76, Oscar-winning film-technology pioneer; in Malibu, California. DiGiulio developed special equipment for director Stanley Kubrick's movies, including A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. His inventions included the Steadicam, a widely used camera-stabilization system. In 2002 he received a technological lifetime achievement Academy Award...
...help is on the way. One option, introduced a few years ago but only now catching on, is a Dolby-certified surround-sound wireless headphone system. Sony, which introduced its flagship set, the MDR-DS8000 ($800), last year, is about to roll out the MDR-DS3000 ($300). Pioneer this month will begin selling its first pair, the SEDIR800C ($475), and in August Philips will launch its SBC HD1500...
...good do the headphones sound? We found they compare positively with even a medium-price surround-sound setup. In our tests (listening to Finding Nemo), we discerned no difference between the five-speaker system and the new Sony and Pioneer models. The only times we missed real speakers were in scenes with lots of bass. The headphones were no match for the rumble of a good subwoofer. But with the headphones you're able to find Nemo without neighbors wondering what you're looking...
...Calm is a new word for Bausch, 63, who was once dubbed the "wicked witch of German dance" for snubbing classics like The Nutcracker. Along with Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham , she is one of the giants of modern dance. Having done away with formal balletic movements, she helped pioneer "dance-theater," a genre which fuses dance with bits of dialogue and song. Like real people, Bausch's dancers flirt, eat, drink, burp and fall over. Her devotees range from actress Cate Blanchett to movie director Pedro Almodóvar, who paid homage to the choreographer by opening and closing...