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...DIED. LISA ("LEFT EYE") LOPES, 30, fast-rapping member of Grammy-winning R. and B. trio TLC, in a car crash while on vacation; in Honduras. The group's 1994 sophomore venture CrazySexyCool went quadruple-platinum. Lopes had recently signed to produce her second solo album under the moniker NINA, short for New Identity Not Applicable and gangsta slang for a 9-mm gun. DIED. LINDA BOREMAN, 53, better known as Linda Lovelace, star of the notorious 1972 sex flick Deep Throat who later turned antiporn activist, of injuries from a car crash; in Denver, Colorado (see Eulogy). DIED...
...film from director Stephen Herek (Mr. Holland’s Opus, Rock Star) could have been a moving, thoughtful tale about living for yourself rather than for others. It could have been a career-expanding project for star Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted; Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), who plays a platinum-blonde, image-obsessed reporter—a role very different from her usual dark, tortured femme fatales. However, after a promising opening sequence in which Jolie’s voiceover suggests that this will be a thoughtful, introspective movie, it quickly shows its true colors. Life Or Something Like...
Forget Elvis’ unprecedented—and still historically unmatched—popularity. Forget that he has sold more records worldwide (more than a billion) than anyone else in the history of the record industry. Forget that he produced 131 gold, platinum or multi-platinum records. Forget that he was recognized by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the Grammy award people) for achievement in every major category. Forget all measures of Elvis’ fame relative to his time. One could still write him off as a relic—a “white trash...
...their consistently formidable live performances and their support of such groups as Planned Parenthood, Greenpeace and Amnesty International, the band gained a faithful grassroots following. With the smash hit “Send Me On My Way,” their 1994 album, When I Woke, was certified multi-platinum...
...start with a divisive statement: all these "open-minded" artists are getting old. I mean the horde of platinum-selling genre-hybrid acts: rap-rockers (Limp Bizkit), R-and-B-rock-teen-poppers (Pink), pop-dance-post-punkers (No Doubt) and Latin-rock-pop divas (Shakira), who practice the eclecticism that has been hot since way back when it was settled that the electronica revolution was a non-starter. Their songs are generally okay, and occasionally breach the lower depths of pretty good, but they're last decade's news; Rage Against the Machine brought rap-metal mainstream...