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MAINSTREAM THE BUZZ 3 M A R C H 2 3, 2 0 0 6 T H E B U Z Z @ D A I LY T I TA N . C O M BYNES’ PROVES SHE’S REALLY THE MAN
manda Bynes may be well on her way to having a great career as a comedic actress.
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In her latest film, “She’s the Man,” Bynes truly shines as a teen who transforms herself into a boy – just to be noticed as a girl.
Bynes is a perfect fit as Viola Hastings, a high school soccer player who has just learned that her team has been dropped from the school’s roster.
Worried that a college scout will never discover her because she doesn’t have a team to play on, Viola comes up with a plan.
Justin (Robert Hoffman) makes matters worse when he tells her girls can’t play as good as boys.
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This doesn’t sit well for her, and she dumps Justin right on the spot. Viola then must come up with a plan B.
Luckily, her twin brother Sebastian (James N. Kirk) is planning on sneaking off to London before he transfers to his new private school.
Sebastian is also a soccer player, and plans on being on the school’s team as soon as he gets back from his mini-vacation.
Viola takes advantage of this opportunity and decides to impersonate her brother so she can be seen as a valid soc cer player.
This is where the fun really begins.
Bynes is very entertaining to watch as she flounders about as a geeky guy trying to be cool for her new jock friends.
Things go smooth for a while, but Viola soon finds herself
entangled in a teenage love web that begins to make matters very complicated.
She secretly falls for her new roommate and fellow soccer player Duke, played by Channing Photo provided by Dream Works Pictures
By Lauren Padilla Daily Titan Staff Writer
Have you ever shown up to a party decked out and feeling abso lutely beautiful, only to be met by a crowd of casual jean-wearing party goers … leaving you to feel just a tad out of place? Don’t you wish there was a manual on what to wear in different social settings? When is it overdressed or underdressed? Style is not just in what you wear, but how what you’re wearing fits the occasion. Here’s a little teaser to clue you in and you can go from there.
A WARDROBE FOR EVERY OCCASION
The Bar/Lounge: Ladies leave your Diva sides at home. The point is to be comfortable, hence the word “lounge.” Of course you want to look good, but now is the time to enhance a more natural beauty. Mix and match, if you have a dressy top, pair it with jeans. Or if you have nice pants or dressy skirt, play it down with accesso ries or a not so loud top. Stilettos are not welcome, you are looking to start conversations, not take a guys toe out.
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Screenwriters Ewan Leslie, Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz do a great job with the script, which is based on William Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night.”
This contemporary version of the story is original and refresh ing, avoiding the corniness that some tales of assumed identity could bring.
Bynes is the real gem of the film with her comical facial expressions and fake cool-dude accent stealing the show.
There are some other notable performances in the film as well. Julie Hagerty is quite amusing as Viola’s well-intended mother, and David Cross is hysterical as the school’s nutty principle.
This film might have been intended for teen audiences, but in actuality it can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
The Nighttime Event (invite only): Cocktail attire is required. If they can take the time to send you an invitation, you can take the time to look good. An invite adds a bit more class, and therefore a notch up on the dressy factor. A nice dress and heels would be perfect. Leave the gowns at home; prom is so high school. Accessories are a great character adder and can dress up any outfit. Play with your hair too, do something different. Don’t look like your everyday school self, be creative.
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4 Concert Calendar MARCH
TUESDAY Black Eye Peas Gibson Amphittheatre Universal City
WEDNESDAY Chris Brown HOB Anaheim Anaheim
THURSDAY The Strokes Gibson Amphitheatre Universal City
FRIDAY Dilated Peoples HOB Anaheim Anaheim
SATURDAY Blackstreet & Johnny Gill The Forum Inglewood
SUNDAY Van Hunt Galaxxy Theatre Santa Ana
MONDAY Floetry HOB Sunset Strip Hollywood
THE BUZZ MAINSTREAM M A R C H 2 3, 2 0 0 6 T H E B U Z Z @ D A I LY T I TA N . C O M THE MUSIC SCOOP PART CINQ
By Jimmy Stroup Daily Titan Staff Writer
Welcome back to my weekly Buzz column where I degrade your pitiful musical taste and give you alternatives in the hopes of rectifying your natural urge to listen to crap. So here’s some more of my pick for your listening pleasure. (21) Grace by Jeff Buckley. Unlike some of the other stuff I’ve been recommending, this one’s probably pinging a bit on your memory radar. A brilliant singer by all rights, Buckley suffered an untimely death at 30 when he drowned in the Mississippi River in the summer of 1997. That in mind, Grace is what should’ve been the start of a great career, but is now the only true studio album of a talented prospect. Anyway, this album’s got some good rockin’ tunes (“So Real”) and some good, haunting soft stuff (“Lilac Wine” and “Hallelujah”). This one’s very rhythmically-oriented and built on sometimes-subtle (sometimes not) crescendos. You’ll notice a lot of newer bands can sound like Buckley . (22) Dad Loves His Work by James Taylor. Picking a James Taylor album is like going shop ping for fruit at Harry and David: it’s all pretty good. So I picked the one I like best to sing along with while hitting the road. My favorite track is “Her Town Too,” written by Taylor, some other dude no one’s ever heard of named Wachtel and J.D. Souther, who helped write a few of the Eagles’ better tunes. Also good is “ S u m m e r ’ s Here.” This album’s just what you’d expect from Taylor, and so is very good all-around. (23) Little Criminals by Randy Newman. You might know Newman as the guy who couldn’t win an Oscar if his life depended on it (until Monsters Inc., that is). Before his movement into the movies, though, Randy was a semisuccessful pop musician, bringing his distinctive voice and consid erably cynical demeanor to bear on several solo albums. “Short People” – a Little Criminals single that made fun of the vertically challenged – was a big hit among the not-so-tall. It’s satire, and not meant to be taken seriously, but who could expect short people to under stand? They are short, after all. Also good is “Rider in the Rain” (with some b a c k - u p work by some of the Eagles), and “Baltimore.” (24) Quadrophenia by The Who. For me, it’s not easy to pick one Who album over another. Still, Quadrophenia is probably my favorite. Like other works of theirs, Quadrophenia is a con cept album that details the pain and anguish of adolescence. It stories a teenager growing up in “Picking a James Taylor album is like ... shoping for fruit at Henry and David.” JIMMY STROUP
By Kirsten Alto Daily Titan Staff Writer
Eight years and 11 albums have com bined into one for Black S a b b a t h ’ s Greatest Hits 1970-1978 album just released on March 14.
Black Sabbath formed in 1970 with front man, Ozzy Osbourne, as the focal point with his unique vocals along with Tony Lommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward.
Black Sabbath were the origi nators of metal, and perhaps it has something to do with the band’s recent selection to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month which prompted the release of another hits compilation, according to Rolling Stone Magazine.
This album takes place over the years that original singer, Ozzy Osbourne, was the front man.
BLACK SABBATH’S GREATEST... AGAIN?
Though there have been many other “best of” albums and box sets for the classic metal band, this one happens to have Ozzy’s savvy businesswoman wife, Sharon, as the executive pro ducer.
Obviously, she wants her husband and family to get the most money as possible off of Ozzy’s success.
The Greatest Hits include all the classics that fans will love.
Even those who haven’t heard or liked Black Sabbath would like the songs on this album. You can’t go wrong with “Iron Man,” “Paranoid” and “The Wizard.”
If you already own many of their CDs, or you’re an iTunes user, I’d probably recommend picking your favorite Black Sabbath songs for $1 each and making your own Greatest Hits.
But, if you like the prepack aged thing, this is a well put together “best of” album to pick up.
London and his troubles with his parents and the two competing fictionalized gangs – the Mods and the Rockers, who fight in the streets on their Vespa-like motor scooters (hey, man, it’s set in the ‘60s). Written entirely by Pete Townshend, the only beef I can even invent about this work is that the bass is, at times, a little muddy. Best tunes are “Bell Boy” and “5:15.” (25) Shangri La by Mark Knopfler. The unmistakable gui tarist of Dire Straits went solo offand-on during the life of that band, and now records alone full time. With Shangri La, Knopfler brings all the good Dire Straits roots to a much more mature sound. This album is eloquent and elegant, with crisp guitar and good timing and tunes that Knopfler – a stu dent of blues and rock from eras long past – writes and sings with seeming ease. I love this album because it’s got lots of hills: slow, fast, subtle, rocking, bluesy, mel low. OK. See you next week for more musical education. I suggest you take notes.
FALL OUT BOY’S REMIX: A BIG WASTE OF MONEY
By Jessica Horn Daily Titan Staff Writer
It’s no doubt that by now every person knows who Fall Out Boy is.
W i t h chart-topping, catchy singles, such as “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” and “Dance, Dance,” Fall Out Boy has been pulled into mainstream pop culture.
With the new release of a limit ed edition of their previous album, From Under the Cork Tree, Fall Out Boy introduces three new tracks and two remixes.
“Snitches and Talkers get Stitches and Walkers,” is the first of the new tracks.
Although the stuttering throughout the song was bother some at first, I soon found it to be very catchy, such as was the case with “My Humps” by the Black Eyed Peas.
“The Music or the Misery,” and “My Heart is the Worst Kind of Weapon” don’t disappoint fans if they are looking for the same beat and feel as many other Fall Out Boy songs.
The Lindbergh Palace Remix of “Dance, Dance” is better than that of the previous remixed song.
While the remix slows down the words and beat letting you actually hear the words of the song, this type of song is best suited for its title: To allow listen ers to dance, and dance fast.
The original tracks are better than the remixes, causing them to lose some of the ambiance of what makes them popular in the first place.
The new tracks sound so alike to the original album’s songs.
My advice, unless you don’t mind spending an extra 10 or 15 bucks you have lying around the house, skip this limited edition album.
