Word: rufus
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...appreciate vocal music, now’s the time to find out. The angelic lyric soprano has just released her fourth and most accessible solo album, “Build a Bridge,” filling it with covers of songs by mainstream pop songwriters like Bacharach, Costello, Rufus Wainwright, Randy Newman, and John Mayer...
...predecessor. While the first album was sometimes dark in its treatment of sex and drugs, “Ta-Dah” seems to anticipate a rapidly approaching Judgment Day with every song. The Sisters seem to have taken a page from Rufus Wainwright’s songbook, lacing every track with Biblical allusions and crises of faith. “Intermission,” another collaboration with Sir Elton, at first sounds like a cheery 1920s recording until the music subtly darkens and Jake Shears begins accusing his listeners of “livin’ in sin?...
Viktor & Rolf also touched on the theme of formality and showed their collection of Ice Capades-inspired clothes against the backdrop of a full orchestra and Rufus Wainwright singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." A pair of ballroom dancers opened the show and four pairs of male-on-male ballroom dancers closed it. The purpose was to launch their new men's fragrance, Antidote, but this witty Amsterdam-based duo are not afraid to add a bit of social commentary to their work...
Students see a strategy: choose intimacy and attention now, and reach for the world-class research university for grad school. Ashley Rufus, 19, gave up a coveted spot on Harvard's waiting list in favor of Truman State University in rural Kirksville, Mo.: "It started out as a financial issue," says Rufus, who got a full ride to Truman. She loved Harvard when she visited, but she hated the idea of eight years of debt if she were to go on to medical school. Truman was closer to home, had a student-faculty ratio of 15:1, and its graduates...
...child, the magician had met and fallen in love with a young duchess and schemed to elope with her. In maturity, this beauty has become Princess Sophie (Jessica Biel), who is likely to be wed to Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), a potentate as brutal as he is handsome--and he is very handsome. If Eisenheim and Sophie are to resume their tryst, they must elude both Leopold and his wily Chief Inspector Uhl (Paul Giamatti). All are ready to play roles in Eisenheim's game: to be his accomplice, his stooge, his unmasker, his ruin...