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...Detroit-raised star was also set to appear in two sequels to The Matrix, and she starred in the movie version of Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned, to be released early next year. Grieving fans lined Manhattan's Upper East Side streets as the singer's coffin rode to the chapel in a horse-drawn, glass-paneled hearse. "Aaliyah had a refreshing outlook for one so young," said Gladys Knight. "With true respect for her art and her elders...
...Aaliyah's debut album, "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number" was a beautifully restrained work - her girlish, breathy vocals rode calmly on R.Kelly's rough beats. While other R. and B. divas turned their songs into workouts or prayer revivals or wild romps in the sack, Aaliyah's work was calm, almost prayerful. On her latest album, she came into her own as a vocalist - she was still laid back, but her voice, as a result of training and maturity, was even better able to emotionally detail a song. She was setting an example for all the other young...
...rode my first roller coaster, and despite the fact that the Superman ride had gotten stuck moments before I got on, I wound up riding it until they kicked us off and closed the park...
After 14-year-old Nathaniel Brazill was convicted of second-degree murder in May for the shooting death of his favorite teacher, he rode back to the Palm Beach County Jail in silence. Tried as an adult, he had faced the possibility of being found guilty of Murder One. As he strode into the 12th-floor cell he shared with other youths accused of violent crimes, the Florida teenager could hardly imagine the life in prison awaiting him when the judge eventually sentenced him. "What up, Nate?" the others greeted him. "Saw you on TV. Coulda done worse." He laid...
...first day at work, I got lost among the soaring skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan and arrived to check in with the receptionist with only five minutes to spare. After filling out the requisite paperwork, I rode to the 24th floor only 10 minutes late. I chatted with the security guard via intercom and then stepped into the gray and green hallway that would be my office for the next eight weeks. The place was completely empty. My coworker Miriam cheerily informed me at 9:45 that no one comes in on Mondays. The other interns...