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Ashlee Simpson – Interview [2005]
Ashlee Simpson Steps Up By Colleen M. Quill As I arrived at Ashlee Simpson’s hotel, there were paparazzi camped outside the doors. I wondered if they were waiting for her. It was the day of several television channels ‘Upfronts,’ to announce the upcoming season’s show line up. Ashlee was happy to find herself in the…
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Beastie Boys – To The 5 Boroughs
Artist: Beastie Boys Title: To The 5 Boroughs Label: Capitol Rating: 4/10 “Your rhyme technique it is antique” shouts MCA and the irony is enough to literally make you laugh out loud. The Beastie Boys have had these wonderful box seats looking down upon the music scene. How did they get these seats? One great…
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White Chicks
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Rochelle Aytes, Jennifer Carpenter, Jessica Cauffiel Studio: Columbia Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: After messing up a major drug bust in New York City, two African American FBI agents (who are also brothers), Marcus and Kevin Copeland (Shawn and Marlon Wayans), try to impress their boss by volunteering to protect the…
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Uncle Kracker – Interview [2004]
Uncle Kracker is back for more! We chat with him about his latest record 72 & Sunny. This record leans more toward country—what inspired it? It’s just traditional songwriting. I love pedal steel guitars. Even when I was doing more of the rap stuff there was still pedal steel guitars on there. There is always…
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Lit – Lit
Artist: Lit Title: Lit Label: DRT Rating: 4.5/10 THE GREAT: “Looks Like They Were Right” – An overdone style that usually leaves you yawning yet Lit still make you tap your toes and singing alone. “Pictures Of You” – This cover song should have been on a soundtrack not on a full release. I will…
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Dodgeball
Cast: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Jason Bateman, Rip Torn Studio: Fox Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn team up for this hilarious parody of gym culture. Representing rival fitness clubs, Average Joe’s (Vaughn) and Globo Gym (Stiller), the two men organize teams to compete in a cutthroat dodgeball competition in…
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Avril Lavigne – Interview
Unapologetically original. Unabashedly in your face. Avril Lavigne’s 2002 debut Let Go gave young women a defiant voice and set it to music they could rock out to. Fourteen million albums and eight Grammy nominations later, the Canadian chanteuse returns with Under My Skin but if you’re expecting a whole lot of the same, you’ve…
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Rachael Yamagata – Happenstance
Artist: Rachael Yamagata Title: Happenstance Label: Private Music Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Happenstance, produced by John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews etc.), is a collection of songs inspired by my obsessions, often love related, but not always. It’s about the battle between chance circumstances and the belief that everything happens for a reason. The title…
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The Chronicles of Riddick
Cast: Vin Diesel, Ja Rule, Keith David, Thandie Newton, Karl Urban Studio: Universal Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: The further adventures of Riddick (Vin Diesel) continue five years later, as the escaped convict with the ability to see in the dark finds himself caught in the middle of a galactic war between two opposing forces, with…
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The Stepford Wives DVD
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken Studio: Paramount Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Stepford has a secret: all of the wives are way too perfect, and all of the husbands are way too happy. “The Stepford Wives,” a comic re-imagining of the 1975 suspense classic, follows the tale that unfolds when a young couple moves…
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