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...himself actually expiring, and collective memory has woven into the fabric of myth the striking spectacle of a man living beyond his life. Elvis reached the peak of his fame at the age of 23 in 1958, the year Colonel Tom Parker, his business manager, encouraged the world-famous singer to enter the Army. Parker figured that in the interim, the record companies would sell out their stock of Elvis' recordings, and that the King could write his own ticket when he returned, in both the recording and the film industries. Parker was right, but after Elvis got mustered...
...perform. The emotions he belted out never took him in. His sobs are more like a parody of sobs. Play I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, and listen to the second phrase nearly disappear under tones of mimicry--the title's order of emotions expresses the singer's ironic detachment. (Yes, there was irony...
...waitress in Studio City, Calif., parlayed a Blind Date appearance into stints on dating-game shows SexWars (she won $4,000) and Friends or Lovers. Ryan played the wild girl on her date, coaxing her beau into a hot-tub dip (surprise!) and a shower. The budding nightclub singer said her bikinied escapades helped increase her, er, visibility. "So many customers would tell me they saw me," she says. "They've played my segment close to 80 times...
...will cause the future young women of the world to recall just how miserable they were as adolescents. Jimmy Eat World's The Middle is packed with enough angst and affirmation to inspire a John Hughes trilogy. It's a classic teen ugly-duckling song that begins with lead singer Jim Adkins' addressing teen girls directly: "Hey, don't write yourself off yet/ It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on." Forget the twee lyrics; it's a taut three minutes of guitar rock that won't let go of your ear. Avril Lavigne...
...himself actually expiring, and collective memory has woven into the fabric of myth the striking spectacle of a man living beyond his life. Elvis reached the peak of his fame at the age of 23 in 1958, the year Colonel Tom Parker, his business manager, encouraged the world-famous singer to enter the Army. Parker figured that in the interim, the record companies would sell out their stock of Elvis' recordings, and that the King could write his own ticket when he returned, in both the recording and the film industries. Parker was right, but after Elvis got mustered...