Entertainment
Furtado more varied, 'Loose'
Reuters   Saturday, 17 June 2006

Canadian singer Nelly Furtado is interviewed on the television program 'MuchOnDemand' in Toronto, May 5, 2006. On her third set, 'Loose,' the eclectic singer offers a more varied mix of pop, hip-hop and Latin, showcasing not only her own dexterity but that of chief producer Timbaland as well. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)Reuters - Nelly Furtado suffered the dreaded sophomore slump with the underwhelming sales of 2003's "Folklore," despite the album's ingenuity.


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Beyonce, Dixie Chicks singles reviews
Reuters   Saturday, 17 June 2006
Reuters - It's a safe bet that "Deja Vu," which was leaked online and then digitally zapped to radio June 13, is destined to be a summer 2006 mainstay.
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REVIEW: 'Spring Awakening' ambitious
AP   Friday, 16 June 2006
AP - The turbulence of youth — sad, sweet and, more often than not, sexual — stands front and center in "Spring Awakening," a remarkable, ambitious new musical by pop songwriter and singer Duncan Sheik and playwright Steven Sater.
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REVIEW: 'The Water's Edge' unconvincing
AP   Thursday, 15 June 2006
AP - It's sort of like serving gyros on Wonder Bread. All-American domestic drama collides with Greek tragedy in "The Water's Edge," Theresa Rebeck's strange amalgam of a play that opened Wednesday at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre.
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Sci-Fi Channel ponders "Doomsday" scenarios
Reuters   Wednesday, 14 June 2006
Reuters - There might be a bit of the panic button pushed on this thrilling two-hour telecast, but the threats it recounts are no less frightening for it, no less doomsday material.
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Paranormal crime solvers haunt Court TV
Reuters   Wednesday, 14 June 2006
Reuters - The premise of this spellbinding but nonetheless familiar-looking series, "Haunting Evidence," is simple: If ordinary detectives in small-town (or even big-city) America can't solve a simple murder case, then maybe Court TV can.
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"Solo" feels like Vegas crime thriller Down Under
Reuters   Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Reuters - The winner of the inaugural Australian Project Greenlight scriptwriting contest has watched one too many Las Vegas-set crime thrillers. Or maybe not enough good ones.
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"Lake House" never jells as time-lapse love story
Reuters   Monday, 12 June 2006

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in a scene from 'The Lake House' from Warner Bros. Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - More a valentine to Chicago's architecture than the aching love story it purports to be, "The Lake House" is a slow-moving, never-igniting tale of calendar-crossed lovers that grows less convincing as it proceeds.


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The Streets hits middle of the road
Reuters   Monday, 12 June 2006
Reuters - Old-school rock fans often grouse that hip-hop acts backed only by a DJ lack the visceral thrill of a live band.
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REVIEW: Neil LaBute's 'Some Girl(s)'
AP   Friday, 09 June 2006
AP - The protagonist in Neil LaBute's latest play is typical of the characters in his work: self-centered, emotionally hollow, opportunistic and probably a bit pathological.
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REVIEW: Gleason frank, funny in 'Traffic'
AP   Thursday, 08 June 2006
AP - Is mental illness the last taboo? In the current golden age of tabloid confession, you can talk about your sex life, drug problems, even money woes but mention that you might have gone a little crazy and people shrink away — even in a world as off-kilter as show business.
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