Mika FREDDIE MERCURY'S SPAWN: MIKA... George Michael. Robbie Williams. Elton John. Scissor Sisters. Up-and-coming pop sensation Mika channels those four contemporary artists, among many others....
Opening dates are tentative. Subject to change at a studio's whim. SEPTEMBER Gridiron Gang -- The Rock stars as a counselor at a juvenile detention...
ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY 1050 Independence Ave. SW 202-633-1000 www.asia.si.edu Perspectives: Simryn Gill -- The first major exhibit in the U.S. of contemporary Singapore-born artist...
''PATIENCE'' AND ''FAITH''… George Michael's first tour in 15 years, scheduled for the fall across Europe, has been met with such high demand that his...
Season five of American Idol, everyone's favorite karaoke-fest, may be well underway, but fourth season champion Carrie Underwood isn't ready to give up the limelight....
It's turning out to be a banner year for Will Gartshore. Last week, the actor nabbed two Helen Hayes Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor...
Remember when you were growing up and trying to fall asleep at night as weird and wispy shadows crept across your bedroom walls? With one...
ERASURE GOES COUNTRY... Erasure lead singer Andy Bell released his debut solo album Electric Blue last summer, and the first single is just now near...
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Thanks in no small part to the success of 2002's Chicago, the movie musical genre is back in business. Case in point: The Tony Award-winning...
F. Scott Fitzgerald was famously wrong in his declaration, ''There are no second acts in American lives.'' Americans, particularly those in the public eye, have...
''The kids who get bitten by a radioactive spider or fall into a vat of toxic waste, their powers usually show up the next day,''...
Missy Elliott isn't a chef, but she plays one on her new CD. Comparing music to food is one of the more overused clichés around...
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There are albums that you like, and bands you at least want to like. But finding both at once? Well, U2 continues to do it,...