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Ironically, Platinum is about a singer (played by Ross) who abandons her family for stardom. "A lot of people are wondering if the part she's playing is autobiographical," says Ross's daughter Rhonda,who is also an actress. "This is really the antistory of her life, the opposite of an autobiography. She made completely different choices than her character...
Ross's own songs are still very much a part of youth culture. Sean ("Puffy") Combs has sampled her voice; singer Monica sampled parts of Ross's rendition of Love Hangover for her No. 1 single The First Night. That last bit of borrowing did not sit well with Ross. "They didn't ask me before they did it," she says. "I was furious. They used the whole track." Not long ago, Ross was asked to be part of vh1's Divas Live '99. Although she says she admires some of the other acts on the roster, notably Tina Turner...
Brandy, a best-selling pop-soul singer and the star of UPN's youthful sitcom Moesha, has just awakened. The diva/actress, who first found fame as a teenager, is now 20, more woman than girl. This is her thespian coming-of-age time, the moment when it happens or it doesn't. An ingenue either aims for Jodie Fosteresque acting glory or is condemned to a Peter Pan-ish purgatory, a high-voiced, short-pants-wearing Urkel-ish hell in which she is damned to re-enact the clumsy tics of adolescence forever...
...ruminative ballads echoing the mellow-sweet classical pop of Bacharach and Rundgren. Folds blends everything from the country-western atheistic lament "Mess" to the lovely, disaffected suite of "Hospital Song," "Army," "Your Redneck Past" and "Regrets." The subdued and heartfelt "Jane" transforms him into a breathy late-night lounge singer. Lit by utter honesty and padded with flugelhorns and violins, the album is conceived in sepia nostalgia and weary lucidity. There is an adult awareness beneath the band's play. This is the proof...
...back cover of his 1991 album has him oh-so casually reclining in a wet ribbed tank top.) In 1994 Martin got a big break and landed a regular role on General Hospital. His part on the ABC soap was not a stretch--he played Miguel Morez, a singer from Puerto Rico. Wendy Riche, General Hospital's executive producer, created the role after meeting with him just once. She was struck by his drive and determination to succeed. Says Riche: "He lives to perform...