Word: soloing
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...headlining major venues this summer. While he won't have all of the superstars that backed him up on his latest album, his tour still promises (supernaturally?) good shows. Santana isn't the only legend returning to the road this summer. Ex-Eagle Don Henley embarks on his first solo tour in over a decade. Is he still one of the "Boys of Summer?" If you don't think so, there's always Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffet (right) and the Coral Reefer Band are always a safe bet for summer fun. Folk great Joni Mitchell kicked off her 12-date tour...
...Diva of all Divas, Diana Ross returns to the road this summer with the Supremes. Well, not exactly. She joins not the original Supremes, but the ones that joined after Ross left for her solo career. Nevertheless, the tour promises big glam and big style-not to mention big ticket prices, with the best seats going for $250. Meanwhile, this summer may be one of your last chances to catch Diva royal Tina Turner in full-fledged concert: she says that the upcoming "Twenty Four Seven" tour will be her last. But don't fret: Turner and her bionic legs...
...benefit began with Bach's "Chaconne," a solo violin piece...
What is rough, Hanks says, is carrying a major chunk of the movie solo. (Co-star Helen Hunt, who plays his girlfriend, isn't around for the scenes in Fiji.) "It makes you crazy," he says. "You're not sharing the storytelling lifting with someone you can react off of. It's almost like making a silent movie; you have to tell every aspect of the story physically, being totally alone." Well, not totally alone. The castaway adopts a piece of flotsam--a volleyball he names Wilson, for its manufacturer--as his best friend and foil. (Strangely enough, Wilson...
Zemeckis and the other producers acknowledge that Cast Away, slated for a Christmastime release, will live or die on how well Hanks sells the harrowing solo act. From Back to the Future to Contact, Zemeckis is known for movies that rely heavily on special effects and complicated logistics. Here his special effect is the incredible shrinking Tom Hanks. Since he started slimming down, everyone wants to talk about the weight loss, which bores Hanks no end. "All it is is time and discipline," he says. "It's like, 'How do you get to work every day?' 'Well, first I take...