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...show is miles beyond the other biographical musical playing down the block - The Boy From Oz, a candy-coated account of the life of pop star Peter Allen. With the exception of O?Dowd, who?s a little stiff as Bowery, the cast is superb, especially Morton, a sweet-voiced doppleganger for Boy George, and Esparza, an electric Broadway star, who touches the humanity behind the high-camp shallowness of Sallon...
...this sounds improbably melodramatic, but that reckons without considering the tone German director and co-writer Rolf Schubel establishes, a kind of sweet-tart nostalgia that's capable of accommodating the muted horror of the film's later passages as well as a great morally balancing surprise ending. It also reckons without taking into account the acting, especially Krol's combination of innocence and worldliness and Marozsan's blend of yielding and manipulation. The film is high romance, rather like those American movies of the 1940s--people snatching at happiness in a world aflame. We don't make them anymore...
...save music to your hard drive, CD or iPod music player--no subscription necessary, just 99¢ per song, or $9.99 for an album. Competitors tried to match that price but couldn't come up with a service as free of restrictions. They said Jobs had been given a sweet deal by the labels because Apple, with its minuscule share of the computer market, was never going to be a real distribution threat. "The Mac world is a walled garden," said BuyMusic.com vice president Liz Brooks. "The PC environment is like the Wild West...
...aluminum platters stacked on top of these BeoLab 5 speakers aren't just for show. They're designed to distribute the high-and mid-range sound waves emanating from within the cone-shaped speakers a full 180°--without the usual sweet and not-so-sweet spots. To ensure that the speakers sound their best in any space, there's a built-in calibration system. Simply press the button on top of each speaker. It will send out test bass notes and then automatically adjust the sound to be evenly distributed. Pumping out 2,500 watts apiece, these saucy speakers definitely...
...Sweet Tooth...