At some point during director Ridley Scott’s grisly take on the Thomas Harris franchise, one gets the feeling the hype over “Hannibal” just results in a conditioned response.
Don’t cry for the elite pop star-turned thespian club. The ranks, which include the likes of Madonna, Courtney Love and Jon Bon Jovi, consist of scenery-chewers who’ll treat any dramatic act like a shot to the heart.
Friday: One of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, “Comedy of Errors,” will be presented at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
In an upstairs bedroom on Sunrise Street, Emily Mickelson and her friend R.J. Mahaney sat in nervous anticipation, awaiting the decision of the “Sylvia” cast list to be posted the next day.“The night before, after callbacks, I was really bored and antsy,” Mickelson, a theater junior who auditioned for the uptight but likable role of Kate, said.
While most MSU students were spending time with their families and drinking eggnog next to the Christmas tree last December, East Lansing-based band, The Flow, was preparing for that evening’s concert in Colorado.They’re back in town and ready to rip it up tonight at Rick’s American Cafe, 224 Abbott Road.“We played 14 different dates and we got good crowd responses,” vocalist Ted Moss said.
NEW YORK - Oops, she drank it again. Britney Spears has signed a global marketing deal with Pepsi Cola.
Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” will open this weekend in the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre, bringing the ever-popular theme of mistaken identity to the stage once more. “Two twins looking for each of their brothers come into a small town, are mistaken for their brothers and chaos ensues,” said Jay Burns, a theater graduate student who plays the part of the Duke.
Every few years, a foreign language film comes along with enough hype to make a splash on these shores.
By NEKESA MUMBI WOODY AP Music Writer NEW YORK - O-Town, the latest boy band to make teen-age girls swoon, has a message for its critics: Don’t hate us just because we’re beautiful. “We’re going to be the best band out there, and we’re not even going to let the fact that we’re five good-looking guys in the teen market affect us musically and let it lower the bar,”group member Jacob Underwood said. Credibility is what O-Town is seeking since their gimmicky formation on ABC’s “Making the Band” reality show last May.
Nobody can describe it in more eloquent terms than Homer Simpson - “Mmmm, Beer.”But not everyone is a fan of the cure-all temporary solution to life’s problems.Prime example: the residents of Iowa City, Iowa, and the administration of the University of Iowa, which calls the city home.According to an Associated Press story, school officials instructed the Hawkeye pep band to quit singing the words to the polka song, “In Heaven There Is No Beer,” three weeks ago after residents questioned the appropriateness of the song, given the university’s and city’s efforts to put underage and binge drinking in check.The song’s lyrics include the chorus, “In heaven, there is no beer/That’s why we drink it here/And when we’re gone from here/All our friends will be drinkin’ all the beer.”The band has performed the song to celebrate Hawkeye basketball victories for more than 20 years.
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With spanking-new theatrical Spartan blood and lots of enthusiasm, two freshmen will put their talent to work and lead the MSU Department of Theater’s spring productions, “Sylvia” and “The Diary of Anne Frank.”“We give the roles to the talent,” said Frank Rutledge, MSU professor of theater, of his decision to cast no-preference freshman Megan Milota as Anne in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” “It’s how professional theater works, and university theater should echo pro theater as much as possible.”Anne is a character who possesses an unbridled amount of spirited girlish charm, which develops to a somber maturity beyond her years, and the play covers serious and accurate areas of history.
Brassy Got It Made Wiiija Records “Nothing, can compete, with the B-R-A-Double S-Y Beat!” At least, that’s what Brassy chants in the opening track of their debut effort entitled, appropriately enough, “No Competition.” The boggle is, they have a lot of competition.
Wayne Kramer isn’t a fan of the “ghettoizing” of music tastes.“I don’t think it’s necessary to push everyone who likes one type of music in one corner and everyone else in another corner,” he said.
Have you ever wondered if astronauts have had sex in space? If so, Playboy magazine adviser Chip Rowe will be at MSU on Friday with the answer to that and other strange, sexy or hilarious questions running through your brain. Rowe is coming to Spartan country through efforts of the Campus Center, a student organization that provides weekend entertainment at the International Center and Wells Hall.
The world needs another Jim Morrison. This thought dawned on me as I was driving back to MSU on Sunday morning.
LOS ANGELES - After 11 years of marriage, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman said Monday that they are separating because their work is keeping them apart.Pat Kingsley, a spokeswoman for the actors, said the decision was made regretfully.“Citing the difficulties inherent in divergent careers, which constantly keep them apart, they concluded that an amicable separation seems best for both of them at this time,” Kingsley said.The couple have two adopted children, Connor and Isabella.
LOS ANGELES - Traditional Valentine’s romance won out over the slasher variety at the box office. Jennifer Lopez’s “The Wedding Planner” remained the No.