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Articles tagged "alicia keys"Mixed MediaJay-Z - “Empire State of Mind” (feat. Alicia Keys) (video)by Tyler Gould[2.Nov.09] :. “Empire State of Mind” is destined to be played in promos for Knicks games. “Let’s hear it for New York!” Alicia sings in the cheesy hook, giving Jay a breather from...  Mixed MediaBlack people doing white people doing Black people.by Diepiriye Kuku[14.Apr.09] :. Certainly, my wet dreams aren’t of some wanton tragic mulatto naked on her hands and knees, projecting that very old Plantation style racial order (See the next-to-last scene of Monster’s Ball). Rather, I fantasize about Mariah, Barack and Alicia.  Film ReviewThe Secret Life of Beesby Cynthia Fuchs[17.Oct.08] :. May's wailing wall appears repeatedly in Gina Prince-Blythewood's The Secret Life of Bees, each time an invitation to reflect, to remember what was and hope for what might be.  Column: Suffragette CityThe Secret Life of Beesby Matt Mazur[13.Oct.08] :. What could have been a brave film turned out lukewarm, lost in its own self-importance, stripped of its feminist overtones and watered down for mass consumption.  The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview FeatureTalk, Talk, Talk: October 2008by Bill Gibron[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience. The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview  TV ReviewWe Are Together: The Children of Agape Choirby Cynthia Fuchs[11.Aug.08] :. Cutting repeatedly between the Moya home and the choir, We Are Together never quite lets viewers feel settled. Alicia Keys plans collaboration with White Stripesby Brian McCollum [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][2.Jun.08] :. The world may be startled, Alicia Keys acknowledges, but she’d love to link up with Jack and Meg White. Keys says she’s a big fan of the Detroit-born duo whose gritty, high-wire rock... Singer-songwriter chats about touring, acting and her old-style grooveby Brian McCollum [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][2.Jun.08] :. When she emerged on the music scene in summer 2001, it was clear Alicia Keys had all the makings for stardom. Lovely, fashionable and gifted, she ably straddled the worlds of classic soul and modern... Alicia Keys isn’t just about music anymore — she’s on a missionby Audra D.S. Burch [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][27.May.08] :. When we first heard Alicia Keys’ velvet voice and masterful piano strokes in 2001, she was a beautiful tomboy singing about falling in and out of love. Hers was a pure, unapologetic sound -... Alicia Keys: From near-breakdown to breakthrough with ‘Yes I Am’by Jon Bream [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][25.Apr.08] :. When Alanis Morissette needed to clear her head, she went to India. When Mariah Carey couldn’t handle the pressure anymore, she went to a sanitarium. When Alicia Keys faced a near-breakdown,... Scarlett Johansson takes a class trip in ‘The Nanny Diaries’by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News (MCT)][24.Aug.07] :. WANTED: Movie ingenue with great sense of humor, earthy sensuality and Hollywood heat, filled with youthful vigor yet old-fashioned movie virtues, for a comedy of manners set in New York’s... The Nanny Diariesby Cynthia Fuchs[24.Aug.07] :. The Nanny Diaries' focus on beleaguered women doesn't lead to any sense of "freedom." Smokin Aces (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.Jan.07] :. Smokin' Aces mashes together at least four movies, with all plots and characters spinning around a Vegas card trickster. Alicia Keys: Unpluggedby Matt Cibula[27.Oct.05] :. It's great if you like her, not so great if you don't, and right down the middle for everyone else. Alicia Keys: The Diary of Alicia Keysby Mark Anthony Neal[11.Dec.03] :. In all the pre-hype that Clive Davis helped to manufacture in the months preceding the release of Alicia Key’s debut Songs in A Minor, it was clear that Ms. Keys was being championed as... Alicia Keys: Songs in A Minorby Mark Anthony Neal[25.Jun.01] :. In the aftermath of Jill Scott’s surprising breakthrough last year and in what is year four of the Badu evolution, there have been several remarkable debuts. The perpetually over-hyped... |
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