'ER' docs leave 'NYPD' blue at 50th Emmys
What began as some sort of tribute to the 50-year history of television wound up being another moribund, banal and predictable program that supposedly showcases the best in TV. The "best?" Why, then, were outstanding shows like "Seinfeld" and "The Larry Sanders Show" once again snuffed out of top prize contention by such inferior ratings winners like "Frasier" or the mindless and abysmal "3rd Rock From the Sun?"
Tupac Shakur shot for second time in two years
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Rapper Tupac Shakur and a record company executive were shot in a car as they rode down the city's busy casino Strip, and Shakur was in critical condition yesterday.
It was the second shooting in two years for Shakur, who has a history of violence and trouble with the law.
311 energizes sold-out State Theatre
First rule of life: Know when to make an entrance. Second rule of life: Do not attempt to show up fashionably late to what you think is a 7:30 p.m. concert, only to find out it started at 6:30 p.m., and you just missed the two opening bands. Especially if those two bands are the Urge and Shootyz Groove. Especially if State Theater security guards force your friend to run his chain wallet all the way back to the car, nearly causing you to miss the main act. Oh yeah - and especially if you are supposed to review the show.
Comedies highlight lighter side of Stratford
Reviews of some of the comedies showing at the Stratford Festival in Ontario.
Wayans', Sandler's humor runs dry
Attempting to capitalize on a film trend that became popular with "Lethal Weapon," Ernest Dickerson's new action-comedy "Bulletproof" is an uninspired variation on the buddy-cop genre. Despite a few humorous sequences and a couple of interesting characters, the movie fails because of lifeless action scenes and a typically dull plot.
Low
The beauty of Low's latest 12-track album lies in the band's ability to make stark, lonely vocals and minimal guitar, bass and percussion accompaniment sound extraordinarily large. Resting somewhere between ambient and folk, the melodies on "The Curtain Hits the Cast" are subtle and sleepy. Percussion whispers behind bass, which sounds above the murmur like a heartbeat.
Former child star may leave his spendthrift parents home alone
NEW YORK (AP) - Macaulay Culkin's parents must end their lavish lifestyle or risk going broke during their fierce child custody battle, a judge said. Saying they "can no longer support the family's former standard of living," Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice David Saxe on Friday told Culkin's estranged parents to cut their monthly expenses in half.
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