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...reinforce this message, groups aren’t shy about bestowing material tokens of appreciation on potential members. “It’s subtle bribery,” Anidi laughs, referring to the not-so-subtle stream of handwritten notes, CDs, candy, chocolate, and roses that mysteriously appeared outside his door each night of callbacks...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: La Famiglia A Capella | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...reasons to understand it better. Encouraging people to study the country "furthers our mission to explain America to the world," says Liza Davis, the Embassy's cultural attaché. The embassy has also given Richard Ellis, a professor at the University of Birmingham, a generous grant to produce promotional CDs and a website that asks: "Why Study America?" The site features interviews with people enrolled in American-studies courses (one student says he's developed a "toolbox" to analyze cultural phenomena such as ripped jeans), useful factoids (the novel Moby Dick tells the story of the hunt for a whale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Studies: Stars and Gripes | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...films on the piano. His recounting of one instance in which he unwittingly played a Tiger Rag in conjunction with a scene of Christ’s crucifixion drew much laughter, as did several of his other forthright comments. “I’ve made over 300 CDs,” he said. “That’s too many.”Many of the audience members stayed around to talk to Previn in person. “His advice was really good, and not just because he’s a musician...

Author: By Natalie J. So, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Previn Shares Musical Insights | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...Hardy), a gang member who unexpectedly plights his homoerotic troth to the flummoxed One Two ("What exactly is it you want to do to me, Bob?"); and, best of the lot, Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell), a junk rocker who has faked his own death to sell more CDs. It's a star-making part for Kebbell, and he's a delight to watch, giving it the creepy swagger of American-style bravura acting. (Disappearing into the crowd are the two actual Americans imported to play Johnny's handlers, Chris (Ludacris) Bridges and Entourage's Jeremy Piven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thug Chic: Guy Ritchie's RockNRolla | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...thing,” he said. Shields wrote his first song for a senior project in high school, and in the ensuing summer he wrote and produced a music video for his first real song, “Afroditi.” Since then, Shields has released two CDs on iTunes. An English concentrator, Shields said that a recurring theme in his songs is ambiguity. “Ambiguity is the new explicitness,” he said. But he noted that “Predator” is more straightforward than his other songs because...

Author: By Niha S Jain, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Dance in Petros’ Pop Video | 10/5/2008 | See Source »

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