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Gangsta rap rules at the checkout counter
Times Staff WriterThe Black Eyed Peas are huddled around a low table overflowing with pizza and soggy Japanese takeout, but at the moment the Los Angeles rap trio is gnawing instead on a frustrating and familiar challenge: Why do even the lamest hard-core rap acts seem...Tags: Ice Cube, Jay-Z, Bars and Clubs, Popular Music (genre), Juvenile Delinquency
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Movie review, 'Scooby-Doo'
As smoke rolls out of the sunroof of the Mystery Mobile and the words "primo stuff" are uttered by a major character, finally, we're led to think, someone is coming clean about Scooby-Doo's psychedelic roots. It would explain a lot, from Shaggy's reefer-...Tags: Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc., Warren Beatty, Casey Kasem, Matthew Lillard
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Movie review: 'Lightning in a Bottle'
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC3½ stars (out of 4) The blues, subject of the rousing new musical movie "Lightning in a Bottle," has always been a soul-searing public demonstration of private sorrow, raw anguish and sometimes dark humor. It's the American music of commiseration, and...Tags: Bonnie Raitt, Music Industry, Blues (genre), Music Theater, Natalie Cole
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Did you see Sofia?
If it's any indication of changing trends, visiting celebs have kept things simple and classic in their eating habits. Vintage steakhouse and simple Italian chow are in--sushi is out. Then again, perhaps it's the city's stellar rep for good ol' fashioned,...Tags: Celebrities, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sushi and Sashimi, San Diego Padres
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Time to be real
Chicago Tribune rock criticWill the Grammys get in touch with commercial reality at the 43rd annual awards on Wednesday (7 p.m. on CBS-TV)? And, if they do, will this gang of industry professionals be able to look at itself in the bathroom mirror the morning after? The National...Tags: Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill, Dr. Dre (music artist), Trisha Yearwood, Don Henley
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'Scary Movie 3'
Times Staff Writer"Scary Movie 3" is, fortunately, a sequel in title only. The first entry was an amusing sendup of Dimension Films' "Scream" movies, but the second was a gross-out comedy that was more gross than funny. For this one, Dimension brought in spoof-master David...Tags: Jeremy Piven, Rose Marie, Cinema Industry, Denise Richards, Pamela Anderson
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Having it both ways
Chicago Tribune rock criticListening to the new wave of natural R&B and hip-hop artists, from Macy Gray to Wyclef Jean, is like eavesdropping on a kitchen-table conversation. These artists -- a new generation's answer to Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley and the Last Poets -- use their music...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Bob Marley, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure
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'Lightning in a Bottle'
Times Staff Writer"Lightning in a Bottle" is one terrific concert film. It's a tribute to the blues that's structured around a show held last year at New York's Radio City Music Hall. If you ever loved this kind of music, "Lightning" will bring the reasons back. If you...Tags: Cinema Industry, Music Industry, B.B. King, Music Theater, Movies
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'Training Day'
Times Film CriticAgreat performance makes its own rules. It can allow a director to look better than he has, transform and heighten a script in ways even the writer may not have anticipated, add strength and balance to a co-star's work. In these ways and more, Denzel...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice, Scott Glenn, Snoop Dogg
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Growing and grooving
Maxwell, he of the voluptuous Afro and the delicate falsetto croon, is back in town this weekend (headlining shows Friday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Arie Crown Theatre) to steal the ladies' hearts with some good old-fashioned supplication...Tags: Alicia Keys, Clive Davis, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack
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Viewers guide to the Grammys
Usually the Grammys are a predictable snoozefest. One word that explains why Wednesday night's broadcast (7 p.m. on WBBM-Ch. 2) will have at least a little excitement: Eminem. What if he wins? Will he keep the expletives to a minimum in his acceptance...Tags: Radiohead (music group), Faith Hill, Eminem, Bob Dylan, Jon Stewart
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Who won last year?
Tribune Rock CriticLOS ANGELES--Besieged by protests from gay-rights groups and cultural watchdogs over album-of-the-year nominee Eminem, the Grammy Awards tried to have it both ways Wednesday. While Eminem stole the show with an explicit performance of his song about a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, ABC (tv network), Bono, Wars and Interventions, Dr. Dre (music artist)
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