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...this an hour ago when it was ten degrees outside?” she said when asked to wear a fat suit during the roast. Before they presented her with the traditional golden Pudding Pot, Andersson and Compton required Zellweger to complete tasks including seducing a “proper British gentleman” by answering questions testing her knowledge of “British idiosyncratic slang” and providing the voices for a shark and a bee. In addition to the Pudding Pot, Zellweger was given a more practical gift—a pair of adult diapers...
...force behind both trends is an ingenious plug-in called Auto-Tune, a downloadable studio trick that can take a vocal and instantly nudge it onto the proper note or move it to the correct pitch. It's like Photoshop for the human voice. Auto-Tune doesn't make it possible for just anyone to sing like a pro, but used as its creator intended, it can transform a wavering performance into something technically flawless. "Right now, if you listen to pop, everything is in perfect pitch, perfect time and perfect tune," says producer Rick Rubin. "That's how ubiquitous...
...band grew exponentially—and rightly so—for two reasons. The first came in March, when Lennox released his third solo album, the sublime, sample-bending “Person Pitch,” to widespread critical acclaim. The second came in December, when the band proper released their seventh album, “Strawberry Jam.” Delivering on the promise of their finest early work—2003’s “Here Comes the Indian” and 2004’s “Sung Tongs” in particular?...
...great rapper. At least the filmmakers chose a rapper—if not a great one—to portray Wallace. Jamal Woolard, a.k.a. Gravy, brings weight to the role (he gained 100 pounds to equal the heft of 300-plus-pounder Biggie) if not always the proper gravitas. And while he may not have Wallace’s deep voice or charisma, he often nails the cadences of Biggie’s flow and delivers a convincing and emotionally candid performance. “Notorious” spends a substantial slice of its running time as a romantic dramedy...
Unsurprisingly, rich nations - like Canada and the U.S. - tended to score highest in the study, with African, Asian and Latin American nations generally failing across the board. Nations with a history of corruption, such as Thailand and Indonesia, also scored poorly, which makes sense since proper fishing oversight requires not just regulations on the books, but a government willing to enforce them. But even a relatively scrupulous government offers no guarantee of fish-stock safety; Canada, Pitcher notes, has great fishing laws but in recent years, under a conservative government, they haven't always been executed. "It's not just...