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Tomorrow - The Agronomist: Jonathan Demme, keeping his hand in documentaries and pursuing his fascination with Haiti (previously reflected in a CD compilation of Haitian music), tells the story of the volatile Caribbean nation through the dissident...Tags: Social Issues, Hilary Duff, James Garner, Helen Mirren, Matthew Broderick
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Video awards could be heated contest
Sun Music CriticIt will be a battle between the good, the bad and the funky at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Among those acts slugging it out for Video of the Year honors are rap bad boy Eminem and boy-band good guys 'N Sync, both of whom netted six nominations...Tags: Television, Sisqo, Aaliyah, Chris Rock, Entertainment
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Producing films, by way of Jersey
Times Staff WriterSeeing him sitting in a cramped trailer on a film set, dressed in all black except for a pair of purple flower-patterned socks, his cell phone constantly chirping, it's hard to imagine that Michael Shamberg has ever been anything but a movie producer....Tags: Drama (genre), John Quincy Adams, Academy Awards, Julia Roberts, Cinema Industry
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Run DMC Getting Help With Comeback
The Associated PressRun DMC have never been shy about emphasizing their importance in the rap world. The hip-hop pioneers are quick to boast about the millions of records they've sold, how they took rap mainstream with hits like "It's Tricky," and how they basically...Tags: Disc Jockeys, Bob Dylan, Bow Wow, Fred Durst, Run-D.M.C. (music group)
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Top 25 hip hop albums
We asked readers at Newsday.com and NYNewsday.com for their favorite 25 hip-hop albums. Here's the tally: 1. "Ready to Die" (1994), The Notorious B.I.G. 2. "Illmatic" (1994), Nas 3. "Life After Death" (1997), The Notorious B.I.G. 4. "The Chronic"...Tags: Slick Rick, 50 Cent, Lauryn Hill, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre (music artist)
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It's Cheech and Chong for the 21st Century
TIMES STAFF WRITER"How High" generates considerable hilarity when it turns loose rappers Method Man and Redman on an unsuspecting Harvard University. The way they get there is pretty funny in this raunchy, good-natured comedy from Universal. Written by Dustin Lee...Tags: The Happiest News!, Lark Voorhies, Jeffrey Jones, Entertainment, Danny DeVito
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Backstage
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESWednesday September 6, 2000 What did it take to be backstage on last year's Hard Knock Life tour--touted as the most successful and problem-free major rap concert tour up to the time? Well, unless you were a rapper worthy of being in the company...Tags: Documentary (genre), Jay-Z, Movies, Entertainment
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The Show
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESFriday August 25, 1995 "The Show" is not much more than a glorified ad for its soundtrack album. As the filmmakers have clearly targeted this hip-hop documentary at the converted, they make no real effort to explore the music's sociocultural history...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Slick Rick, Television, Plastic Surgeons, Run-D.M.C. (music group)
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