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...MAKE SURE YOU'RE GONNA LOVE ME Even American Idol's Simon Cowell, whose chest cavity apparently developed without a heart inside, rooted for Jennifer Hudson's soulful singer Effie in last year's Dreamgirls. All good movie musicals give us a lovable character to invest in - in Once it's Hansard's tender, awkward busker, in Hairspray Blonsky's cheerful teen reformer and Travolta's well-intentioned big momma. Contrast these huggable characters with, say, 2005's Rent, which celebrates broke, dysfunctional pseudo bohemians who you wish would just shut...
...Nobody knows exactly how Paravicini does what he does. One theory is that his talent developed because of his limitations, not despite them. "People with learning disabilities like Derek's have a strong drive to systemize, to look for patterns," says Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of developmental psychopathology at Cambridge University. "Music is a system, the intervals between notes and the relationship between keys are quantitative. Even when you improvise you are, in a sense, following the rules. And because he's blind, a lot more of his brain may be allocated to auditory information...
...think we were already ahead after the first 10 strokes,” varsity two-seat Simon Gawlick said...
...revealed that the election to which she was referring was not of the presidential variety, but instead that of the popular television show “American Idol.” “I must say that I’d rather be introduced by Dean Ellwood than Simon Cowell,” she quipped. “No, seriously, would you like a speech or a song?” —Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...
...once fined himself $20 for playing a racy Muddy Waters tune on a jukebox instead of a religious song) and oversaw such musical innovations as the use of electric guitar. Although the Birds' fresh harmonies and passionate gesticulating drew secular fans, Davis declined an offer to tour with Paul Simon after singing backup on Simon's 1973 hit Love Me like a Rock. Why rebuff the megamoney? The group had previous commitments to play at churches. "As far as I was concerned," said Davis, "our word was our word...