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WERE EDWARDS not Canadian, her second album of alt-country old-flame songs might be too vicious to take. But because she sings with a sleepy, almost polite affectlessness (like Beth Orton or Suzanne Vega), the moments when Edwards eviscerates cads with such lines as "You say you like me in your memory/ You've got to be f___ing kidding me" sound less like insults than laments. She would like to be rough around the edges, but she knows softness is her best feature...
...year-old college student, and a young singer-songwriter named Bob Dylan used to play between acts. Bonnie Raitt hung out there, and Muddy Waters’ first performance at Passim was one of the entry points for Chicago Blues on the east coast. Contemporary folk stars Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin got there start there, too. Arlo Guthrie has played there a solid week each of the past two years...
...Vega plays Flor Moreno, a Mexican woman who moves with her daughter Cristina to Los Angeles and ends up working as a maid in the upscale home of successful chef John Clasky (Sandler) and his high-strung wife Deborah (Leoni). They don't speak Spanish and Flor doesn't know a word of English - it's a comedy of confusion. But with a message: Between the laughs, Flor struggles to protect her humble values and shield her daughter from the corrupting power of money. Vega's faltering English didn't deter director James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, As Good...
...says Vega, "the language issue was hardly a problem in the film. I speak mostly Spanish with a Mexican accent. That helps the story with all the idiomatic misunderstandings." In fact, the only real surprise Vega found in Hollywood was the scale of things. "In front of the camera, it's the same," she says. "The difference is in the surroundings. In America, for every single thing there are many more people involved. But it doesn't intimidate me; it makes me feel more supported, more protected...
...goes well, Vega could have another comedy out before the end of the year: Di que Sí (Say I Do), in which she plays Estrella, an aspiring actress who agrees to star in a TV reality show. The rules: she has to spend a week at a beach resort with a nerdy cinema usher she despises - and pretend to be in love. In the film, Vega will do anything for the spotlight. Luckily for her, in real life, the world is already watching. Cecile De France isn't, strictly speaking, from France. But that hasn't prevented...