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...could possibly have kept P. Diddy's The Saga Continues out of Billboard's top album slot this week? The answer is ALICIA KEYS, 20, whose Songs in A Minor is the musical surprise of the summer. Keys, a classically trained pianist, describes her sound as "Beethoven meets Wu-Tang, with a lot of soul." Besides reaching record buyers, she also grabbed Prince's attention with a cover of his B-side chestnut How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? "He invited me down to perform at this festival he just finished putting on in Minneapolis," says Keys. "Before...
...paying their dues two or three hours at a time in places such as Ljubljana, Slovenia, that most Americans haven't heard of. That's an everlasting statement of their commitment to the craft, and it's one of the criteria that separate them from the Wu-Tang Clan and other great hip-hop acts. Wu-Tang has as many seeds of interest across the world as the Roots do, but you have to go to each one of those seeds and water them. You've got to be able to get in front of the public and make your...
...open the Tang family's refrigerator and see three Tiger beers inside. Why, I wonder, are 36 beers listed on the automated scanning device, which is designed to beam their grocery inventory to a local store? The Tangs - living guinea pigs in a prototype Internet home sponsored and heavily promoted by the Singaporean government - offer a sheepish explanation. Shortly before I arrived at their model apartment, they ran a bunch of grocery items through the scanner to make it look like they use it all the time. Eager to accommodate, they did so at the urging of the pair...
...Rose, White Rose), filmed in secret and without official clearance. The story, about city-man Handong (Hu Jun) and country-boy Lan Yu (Lu Yue), could be a ripe pile of clichE if not handled deftly, but the clarity of Kwan's view gives the affair a somber tang. "You probably don't know it, but I love you," Handong says toward the end, and Lan Yu replies, "You probably don't know it, but I love you too." In its mix of regret and affection (and maybe a little white lying), this could be the last couplet uttered...
...recipients of the Hoopes Prize, all seniors, are Judith Batalion, Lauren K. Brozovich, Aaron D. Goldberg, Susannah L. Hollister, Jie Li, Priya H. Patel, Michael H. Tang and Benjamin D. Tolchin of Adams House; Elizabeth D. Chao, Jeremy U. Gaw, Charles C. Lin, Benjamin J. Morgan, Wesley T.W. Shih and Blythe Yee of Cabot House; Andreea S. Balan, Long Cai, Isabel de Sola, Grace Kao, Ciprian Manolescu, Pawel M. Nowak and Shauna L. Shames of Currier House...