April 27, 2006
Music, Movies and More
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Got Secrets? Pg. 5 Green: The New Black For Tree Huggers Pg.3 Yellow Card Rocks Out In Pomona Pg. 8
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02 Entertainment News Top 10 iPod Downloas 03 Fashion & Activity Tips 04 Ashes & Snow Feature 05 Got Secrets? 06 Movie Reviews 07 “The Diveners”: A play For Everyone ON THE COVER: Ashes and Snow. Pg. 4 (Photo by Gregory Colbert)
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Hook-ups, break-ups, affairs, sexual harassment lawsuits and jail-time … no it’s not another “Jerry Springer” episode, rather a day in the life of some celebrities making headlines this week … 35-year-old Denise Richards – the soon to be ex-wife of Charlie Sheen – has not only been making accusations of her estranged husband recently, but she has also been making some headlines with her evidently new 46-year-old beau, Richie
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to People … New CD releases of the week include hard rock group Godsmack’s IV … The Goo Goo Dolls release Let Love In … Island girl Rihannas’ A Girl Like Me… a bit more Trance-oriented, DJ Tiesto gives us In Search of Sunrise 5: Los Angeles … hip-hop artist Avant’s Director … Taking Back Sunday’s Louder Now… New DVD releases of the week include Woody Allen’s “Match Point” … Claire Danes and Steve Martin in “Shopgirl” … Hot actor James Franco, in “Tristan and Isolde” … Celebrity gossip of the week: You heard it here first a few weeks ago when we leaked the scoop, Britney Spears pregnant with her second child, a fact! … Ryan Seacrest and Paula Abdul feuding?! … Stay tuned for more news and gossip in the next Inside Buzz…
Top 10 downloads according to www.Apple.com for the week, some pop, hip-hop and everything else in between … Happy listening! 1. “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter 2. Dixie Chicks’ “Not Ready to Make Nice” 3. “Dani California” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers 4. LL Cool J’s (Feat. Jennifer
Lopez) “Control Myself” 5. “Temperature” by Sean Paul 6. Ashley Parker Angel’s “Let U Go” 7. “Ridin’” by Chamillionaire & Krayzie Bone 8. The All-American Rejects’ “Move Along” 9. “What Hurts The Most” by Rascal Flatts 10. T.I.’s “What You Know”
TOP 10 IPOD DOWNLOADS By Mahsa Khalilifar
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Sambora. Currently, musician Sambora (from band Bon Jovi) is actress Heather Locklear’s husband, although the two are now separated. Richards and Sambora were spotted around town holding hands and demonstrating some PDA last weekend … Trouble is brewing for NBC Universal, talk-show host Maury Povich and employees. The company and staff has been hit with a $100 million lawsuit, which includes allegations of sexual harassment … Michelle Rodriquez of NBC’s hit series “Lost,” confessed earlier this week to being guilty of DUI charges. For now the 27-yearold notably feisty actress will spend only a few days in jail for this incident, after deciding to choose the sentence over the community service hours. She will also have to pay a few hundred dollars for fines, according
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The Buzz is your source for the most updated trends going on in the music industry and where would we be today without the ever-so-popular and trendy iPod? So for you iPod fanatics out there: shuffle, nano, mini, etc … here’s the list of the
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GREEN:THE NEWBLACK FORTREE HUGGERS By Lauren Padilla
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Fashion’s going green… In a constantly changing world, the green movement is hard to ignore. Especially with both Elle and Vanity Fair releasing “green” issues to commemorate Earth Day (April 22), this new trend deserves some contemplation. But the question is, are fashion savvy tree huggers here to stay? Our childhood Clueless icon,
Miss Alicia Silverstone swears by them … cloaking her nicely fit body in nothing but the greenest. What exactly is this green phenomenon? It involves using environmentally and socially conscious products. This would include refraining from the use of sweatshops and the burning of rainforests. Though the concept is great, is this style practical? Yes, it is important to save the environment and people – but a
college student’s wallet does not have much to spare.
“Alicia Silverstone Swears by them... Noting but the greenest.” LAUREN PADILLA
It is already difficult to find
bargains on fashions you like, but finding a rare green designer for a good price, well … that is near impossible, or is it? So how can you initiate change in your life without compromising your sense of style? Do your research! Start looking for companies that have a friendly social and environmental ideology. American Apparel is a good example. They have perfect college attire, and manufacture all their own products.
To be honest, the quest for green faces its biggest hurdle in the selection department. American Apparel is great, but a rarity. The majorities of environmentally conscious clothes are baggy and have a hippy feel to them, and I’m sorry to say they can’t compete with the high-end fashions. If the “green” trend wants to be here to stay it needs to be more than environmentally conscious …. it needs to be fashion conscious.
A CHEAP WAY TO GET THE PRODUCE YOU NEED By Jackie Kimmel Daily Titan Columnist
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ast week we talked about concerts, this week I have a new idea that I actually tried myself. I attended the Fullerton Market. When I attended market night,
there was a whole array of fun and interesting things to do from having your palm read, to having fun in the petting zoo or even riding a miniature train around the whole market. I was very skeptical about going because I thought it was going to be nothing but food, but it was great because there was a barbecue station, a live band,
and all kinds of little tents with anything and everything one could think to sell at a market. Market night, if you choose not to buy anything is free. Yet, if you go to buy things everything is priced lower than it would be in a store. Produce like green beans, cucumbers, and radishes are sold for lower prices than grocery stores, you could buy
a handmade dress for less than $20 or buy fresh beef jerky in large packages. Not only does the Fullerton market night have a petting zoo it also has a pony ride for children who would not mind riding on the back of a pony in circles. There is also a supervised bounce house that children could play in for a small fee.
The train that goes around market night also costs a small fee but lasts for about six minutes. Market night is located off Wilshire between Pomona and Harbor, on that corner public parking is available If you are looking for a place to socialize without costing any money the market would be the place to go.
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ASHES& SNOW
Photo provided by Gregory Colbert Gregory Colbert, photograher and film maker, travels around the world capturing the most unbelievable interactions between humans and amimals in their natural habitats.
By Lisa Maiorana
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arkness encloses the room as cool air fills the surrounding spaces; bridge like pathways pointed me in the right direction. Artistic photos hung down from the raptures on Japanese paper as music set the crowd in a trance. What may sound like a hidden cave in some exotic place was in fact the Nomadic Museum, a temporary home for Gregory Colbert’s exhibit, “Ashes and Snow” in Santa Monica, California. The Santa Monica venue will be open until May 14, and marks the exhibit’s third stop on the global list after its debut in Venice Italy, 2002; and Pier 54, in New York in 2005. “Ashes and Snow” is a collab-
orative piece conducted over fourteen years of Colbert’s artistic and personal journey through such places as Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, India and Egypt. The title “Ashes and Snow” expresses the idea; beauty and renewal, while it also refers to a literary piece of a man’s yearlong journey in which he wrote 365 letters to his wife. “Ashes and Snow’: A Novel in Letters. The exhibit has received an overwhelming response, from its 100,000 visitor introduction to a growing rise of over 300,000 with additional stops set for South America, Europe and Asia. The beauty with in each photograph and the message expressed in each 35mm film is breathtaking. Each photo display and film is of humans interacting with animals and visa versa. The collaboration of each portrayal
is set in the animal’s own environment, Colbert captivates the unspoken language linking the two species together. What Colbert is trying to do in this exhibit it tell a story that human beings should take care of and honor animals as if they were there own. As mammals there should not be any distance and fear, instead there should be honor and comfort within each other. “It’s that curiosity of the animal to the human that makes up the significance of the photograph,” said Louise Errington, media spokesperson for the exhibit. The film targets the idea to evaporate the natural and artificial barriers that separate humans and other species, dissolving the distance that exists between them. Colbert believes that nature doesn’t have a style-it has
a voice, according to the Ashes and Snow press release. “It was hard to pick a favorite, there was probably twenty some photos that really struck me,” said a man who goes by the nickname “Luna,” of New Orleans. “Like any artistic message there is more than meets the eye.” Luna described the artist’s exhibit as “balladic,” an expression similar to that of ballet. And I’m sure many would agree, especially when the viewer’s eyes are fixated on a woman splashing in a bath with elephants, or enticing a monkey to drink from her hands, which he does. The movements are slow and rhythmatic like a dance that would embody the human and animal spirit. A brilliant collaboration of photos and film production that is sure to captivate the mind and pull at heartstrings.
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Frank Warren, the author of Post Secret, exposes the deep dark secrets of those who wish to anonymously share their secrets with the world.
By Alicia David
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Frank Warren is a man who has a number of secrets—over 35,000 to be exact—and the secrets aren’t even his, but instead belong to complete strangers. About a year and a half ago Warren had an idea and started passing out postcards to people he didn’t even know. “I gave the postcards to people I passed on the streets, or waiting at the bus stops. I also left some in library books,” Warren said. The postcards were an invitation for the strangers to anonymously send Warren a secret or two on a decorated postcard for a local art exhibition. The first exhibit took place at Artomatic, a bi-annual art exhibit held in Washington, D.C., Warren said. “I always believed everybody has a rich interior life,” Warren said. “I thought they could have a safe place
to share their secrets. I wanted to create a place where they could do that in a non-judgmental environment.” After the art exhibit closed, the postcards just kept coming to Warren, so he decided to start a blog on PostSecret.com. The blog featured the collection of secretive postcards and slowly the Web site started catching on, becoming more and more popular The success of the site eventually led Warren to put together a book called “PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions From Ordinary Lives.” The book contains over 200 colored pages of artistically designed postcards. “How you see the postcards are how they are sent to me,” Warren said. The secrets that fill the pages offer readers an assortment of emotions. Some of the secrets are funny and entertaining, while others are more on the serious side and sometimes even heartbreaking to read.
The postcards seem to almost be a form of therapy for people. The secrets deal with a wide variety of topics such as death, relationships, sex and several other subjects that people can easily relate to. The popularity of PostSecret.com is still on the rise. “The All American Rejects contacted me to use some of the images in their [“Dirty Little Secret”] video,” Warren said. “They offered me $1,000, but I asked them to donate $2,000 to the (800) SUICIDE hotline instead and they did.” The book is currently available at amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and independent bookstores. The Web site is still updated with new secrets every Sunday and Warren will be traveling the country with his latest exhibit, making stops at various bookstores and universities in the country for book signings.
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Concert Calendar MAY 1
MONDAY Bubba Sparxxx Incahoots Riverside
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TUESDAY Ladytron El Rey Theatre Los Angeles
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WEDNESDAY Rainer Maria Troubadour West Hollywood
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THURSDAY Dramarama HOB Anaheim Anaheim
‘THE SENTINEL’SUSPENDS AUDIENCES By Kristi Allen
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ichael Douglas plays the role of Secret Service agent Mike Garrison, who has a secret regarding a romantic nature. His life revolves around work and includes little play in his routine. He is known as a legendary figure in the service, and even took the bullet for Reagan during his career. But, amongst all of the stress and chaos, he still finds time to have an affair with a very prominent woman and wife. Although he has earned a lot of respect from those around him, his affair with the first lady gets him in a lot of trouble when some pictures show up and are used as black mail. The first lady (Kim Basinger) falls in love with Garrison, and causes a lot of problems. The major problem is that Garrison is accused of a plot to assassinate the president. After the pictures of him and
plays all of his talents as an agent while doing so. He shows how much talent and intelligence it takes to maintain his career. It takes a lot of drive and quick mind and body to do what he does. During all of the suspense, other well-known actors such as Kiefer Sutherland and Eva Longoria surround him. Kiefer plays the role of a top invesPhoto provided by 20th Century Fox tigative agent who is no longer his best Secret Service Agents Jill Marin (Eva Longoria, left) and David Breckinridge (Kiefer friend, because he Sutherland, right) pursue an assassin. suspects Garrison to have had a fling The film is full of guns inter- with his ex-wife. the first lady in questionable acts show up on his desk, he is used twined with romance. Eva plays the role of a rooky, The best of both worlds com- who is a distraction to the men due as a pawn in an assassination bined for both sexes – tough action to her sex appeal. scheme. After this all comes clear, he for men with love and passion for Overall this film is a well-craftthe ladies. begins to run. ed thriller full of a lot of jump-out During his run he is determined -of-your-seat suspenseful scenes. And that‘s where all the susto prove his innocence, and dispense begins.
‘SILENT HILL’ NOT SO SCARYAFTER ALL By Kristin Alto
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Unlike Tomb Raider, movies based on video games aren’t normally very good, but director Christophe Gans’ film adaptation to Silent Hill, the 1999 Playstation video game, was actually quite entertaining, and scary. The film may have been much better if I had played the game before, at least I wouldn’t have been so confused. But I do give credit to Gans for following the origin so closely that the video game elements could be seen throughout the film. There were clues that needed to be found, maps to be memorized and followed, monsters needing to be killed and a clear problem to solve – all of which would normally have been done by you, the player, but instead it was as if we the audience were watching our friend play the game all the way through. The movie’s plot was a stan-
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Deborah Kara Unger as Dahlia in TriStar Pictures’ “Silent Hill”
dard for the horror genre: child, in this case daughter Sharon (Jodelle Ferland), has problems, mom (Radha Mitchell,) tries to solve problems, mom loses and, therefore, must find child. The other layers of Silent Hill’s town history of witch burnings and the happenings of the father (Sean Bean) searching for his wife and daughter
throughout the film are what make this movie a good addition to the horror movie family. For some reason, Gans decided this movie could not be condensed, which is one reason for critics’ low ratings. The one major problem with that last hour was it not making sense in the end. One scene could have been
added to the film to make the ending much clearer and overall, much better. The acting could have been better too, a problem that enhanced the downfall near the end, but what can we really expect from a scary movie. And along with the few problems, there were also a few excellent aspects of the film, the visual effects being one of them. Normally I wouldn’t enjoy watching a movie resembling a video game, but I’m sure it was intended in this one and done very well. The camera work also a plus as it, along with the sound, created most of the suspense. As a fan of horror movies and being scared in the theater, I have to recommend this to people who like the genre, and definitely to those who like the game. But, on the other hand, if you’re going to see a scary movie this weekend, you’re better off with The Hills Have Eyes.
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‘THE DIVINERS’: A PLAY FOR EVERYONE By Lisa Chung
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Zion, Indiana in 1932 wasn’t the most promising of places. Eighty cents a day was a respectable wage and getting all forty townsfolk together for a Sunday service was a far-fetched dream. The current performance of “The Diviners” by the Theatre and Arts Department asks many questions about hardship, hope and most of all, community, at a time when that is all the people knew. From the moment one walks into the theater, the sounds of crickets and birds takes him or her to a different place and time. With the simplest of sets – just a
few wooden platforms – the cast of this play helps the audience to simultaneously escape and delve deep into themselves. The distractions of traffic, the internet and Hollywood drama are gone. There are deeper issues to keep the mind busy, like the intimate relationship between the people and the land, priorities of friends and family and the energy of a town to get through the toughest of times. Because community is such an important element in this play and is also something that’s a foreign concept to most people growing up today, the cast had a great challenge in front of them. They nailed it!
The students in this performance gave the illusion that their lives were intricately linked to
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each other, that their happiness and the rhythm of their small town was dependent on one another and the contribution that each person made.
It was such a fluid performance, with each actor interacting with one another, and although there were obviously characters that were more prominent, there wasn’t a steal-the-show star. Eric Czuleger brought a very lovable innocence to Buddy Layman, and the relationship between him and his sister, played by Valorie Curry, was truly heartwarming. Curry, especially in the dramatic scene toward the end of the play, was completely believable and a perfect fit for her role. Even though the play takes place before most of the audience was even born, the themes and questions about life inspire one to
examine his or her own life. Most females can relate to the dynamic of the townswomen. Anyone who’s ever been in love can feel the words of Ferris Layman when he speaks of his wife. Almost all of the quarter-lifecrisis aged population of CSUF knows what the lost feeling of C.C. Showers is like. I urge the students of CSUF (and others) to go see this play. I do this not simply because it was a stellar performance, but because the actors really take this phenomenally written script to the next level. They make you think, feel and relate and you will leave the theater enlightened.
DANIEL POWTER DEBUTS A HIT ALBUM By Jamie Quarles
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Refreshing and upbeat, Powter’s selftitled new album is perfect for the
spring season. With one of the most recognized songs of April, “Bad Day,” topping the charts, fans will be glad to hear some new music from his newly released album.
A Canadian born and raised in British Columbia, Powter began his success impressing fans in Europe with his 2005 release of “Bad Day.” Now with his new U.S. record fans will find similarly energized and vocally pleasing pop songs on the album. One greatest aspect of Powter’s music is his fantastic vocal range. One minute Powter is singing in a lower register, and the next
he is singing falsetto. One example of this would be in his song “Suspect.” In this song, Powter’s voice resembles that of Prince. In an unnaturally high register, Powter sings the entire song that way. Still, although interesting, the song is weird and gets annoying after a while. Among the best of Powter’s songs would be “Styrofoam,” “Lie to Me,” and “Jimmy Gets High.” These songs have some great piano moments and are easy to listen to. The piano music throughout most of Powter’s CD is what makes his music enjoyable. For those who like to hear the sound of someone expertly caressing the ivories, Powter’s music is for you.
Still, even with some upbeat music and a few good piano moments, the lyrics for most of Powter’s songs can be confusing. In the song “Styrofoam,” Powter sings, “I paid bills and I paid more/ Isn’t this an ordinary song/ Styrofoam.” In another song, “Lost on the Stoop,” Powter sings, “When you’re lost on the stoop/ When you follow them bounce, yeah/ You could be least undone.” With lyrics like these, you have to listen to the songs more than once to find the meaning. Even with the confusing lyrics, Powter has a great sound and it’s easy to enjoy the music he produces. All in all, Powter expertly laces together a good album, filed with catchy tunes that will mostly likely leave listeners satisfied.
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YELLOWCARD ROCKS OUT IN POMONA
By Bryan Barnett/Assistant News Editor
Lead singer Ryan Key, passionately plays his guitar as the camera films the intimate moment at Cal Poly Pomona.
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ellowcard is thankful. To the hot, screaming legions of loyal fans, to the sweaty, signwielding teenage girls in the front row, to the sweatier teenage boys stomping around the floor of Cal Poly Pomona’s drenched basketball court, Yellowcard says thanks. And thanks again. And again. Five more times during last week’s show they stopped the flow of music to talk in length about their appreciation for the fans. Should we have said your welcome? Why all the gratitude? We should be the grateful ones. The band has been playing quality pop-punk for audiences since well before Ocean Avenue, and we’ve shown plenty of appreciation with our applause, our head walking and our underage groupies. All we expect in return is one or two props for our town, but
any more is overkill. One simple “We’re glad to be back in the Pomona,” would more than suffice. But after last week’s show, it’s probably better that they did the thanking. The band released Lights and Sounds in October to an Ocean Avenue crowd that expected another trip down the same street. The pop success of 2003’s Ocean Avenue pushed Yellowcard into the MTV spotlight; they had developed a sound all their own thanks to violinist Sean Mackin. The band sold out shows and fans got what they wanted: poppunk with the tinge of emotion only a violin can create. Now, on their Virgin Megastore College Mega Tour, their live act has changed with their sound. On Lights and Sounds that tinge of violin has bloomed into a full-blown caress, possessing less of the punk energy of Ocean Avenue. Their Cal Poly show, although
it still motivated bodies to fly through the air kicking and screaming, only during Ocean Avenue songs. The crowd wanted the old Yellowcard. They wanted less polished violin, catchier riffs and the songs they knew. The band’s following likes Yellowcard because of their upbeat pop-punk image, not because of sprawling violin solos and full orchestras, which they flaunt in Lights and Sounds. They’re walking a dangerous fine line; the two audiences they’re catering to are nothing alike. Either they continue to please their young, pop-culture obsessed fans, or they don’t and move on to more difficult, more mature music. Yellowcard must know they’re growing up, or else why would they go to such lengths – i.e. stopping the show at least three times to say thanks for longer than a minute each time – to convince their audience that they are appre-
ciated? Cal Poly’s gym worked nicely for the band, being the high school soundtrack type. The basketball hoops and bleachers matched the average age of the crowd. The whole spectacle looked like an amped-up homecoming. Still, gone are the days of small, Chain Reaction-style venues that work – and always will work – best for bands like Yellowcard. Moving on or not, they are still an entertaining band, and they know how to put on a decent, adrenaline-pumped act despite vocalist Ryan Key’s upcoming throat surgery – his cyst removal has delayed a few upcoming concerts after May 13 – which might also help to explain a few vocal problems during last week’s show. He wasn’t hitting highs or mids like he has in the past, and a few newer songs sounded just plain off-key. He should be in full recovery by June 7, though, and sounding much better.