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archive for March, 1998

Celine Dion deposes Mariah Carey

Barely a year after force-feeding the unsuspecting masses with Celine Dion’s Grammy-gilded album “Falling Into You”, Sony Music is back from its ever-so-busy pop kitchen with a brand new Celine Dion stew. So open up and say ahh…

‘The Postman’ fails to deliver

Kevin Costner should be kept away from the director’s chair. After the fiasco that was Waterworld, he took the chair again and the result is The Postman, yet another study of Mr. Costner largely being overwhelmed by his desire to repeat the fluke success of Dances With Wolves.

‘Spice World’ brainless and threadbare

It wasn’t enough that they had deceived millions of people into buying their albums. The Spice Girls want more money — and what better, faster and cheaper way than to have someone take a handicam and point it at them as they wobble around in their hideous pumps and inch-thick make-up, and call it Spice World: The Movie.

Lower your expectations for this one

Don’t expect too much from Great Expectations, inspite of what those months of fancy promotional campaigns have led you to believe.

Smashing Pumpkins lead singer to take voice lessons

Billy Corgan, the esteemed leader of The Smashing Pumpkins, will be taking vocal lessons to make his voice sound less whiny and child-like.

Michael Bolton’s here, bring on the whips

Michael Bolton is getting more and more adventurous with his career these days.