The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 2002 Page: 8 of 8
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8 The Rambler February 14, 2002
Entertainment
The talented Britney Spears will be singing and acting
in her debut this Friday in Crossroads.
Britney is "Not a Girl, Mot
Yet a Woman" in Crossroads
Jaclyn Gonzales
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
If you haven't had enough of
Britney Spears you should check
out her acting debut in
Crossroads, which will be
released this Friday.
The story is about three
childhood friends—Lucy (Britney
Spears), Kit (Zoe Zaldana) and
Mimi (Taryn Manning)-who are
on different paths as they reach
high school.
After eight years apart, the
trio rediscovers their friendship
on a cross-country trip.
Who's driving? Mimi's
handsome and mysterious friend
Ben (Anson Mount) in his '73
Buick convertible.
Britney is a straight-A stu-
dent. but in search of her dreams,
she runs from home and from her
father (Dan Aykroyd) to join her
friends on an adventure of fun
and singing.
A group of dreaming
teenagers hit the road in
Spears first fdm.
This is definitely a teenage
drama with Britney's hit song
reflecting the film, "Not A Girl,
Not Yet a Women."
This song is off of her self-
entitled album, "Britney," which
has been certified as quapdruple
platinum.
Believe it or not, Britney is a
talented star who has made it in
the music industry and her film
will be a big hit with all of her
dedicated teenage and older fans
flocking to the theaters this
Friday.
Jaclyn Gonzales
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
February is Black History
Month, when the nation celebrates
the culture and history of the African
American people.
When surfing the Internet, I
found Lycos search engine to be a
helpful portal to the vast world of
information.
The web site www.entertain-
nient.lycos/features/blackhistorv is
an aesthetic, well organized and
informative page.
With only one advertisement
and no pop up advertisements, my
visit was fast and efficient.
This page names eight insight-
ful books for Black History Month.
The book covers are used as
icons for a simplistic link to the pub-
lisher, Randomhouse.
This link gives a detailed
description or comment about the
book and even allows you to read an
excerpt from the chosen book.
Furthermore, the linking page
provides a retail price and ways to
purchase the book. It will aid in your
search for the book w ithout you hav-
ing to drive from place to place.
Could you ask for anything more
convenient?
I especially like this web site
because it's quick and simple; there
are no ways of getting lost in a mix of
linked webpages.
Among the books are 10 Good
Choices That Empower Black
Women's Lives by Dr. Grace Cornish,
No Man Can Hinder Me The Journey
from Slavery to Emancipation
through Song by Veima Maia
Thomas and Satisfy My Soul by
Colin Channer.
If you like easy surfing and
good readings, visit this web site.
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jaclyn Gonzales
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The hot topic of interracial
relationships has moved from
the TV screen of daytime talk
shows to the big screen starring
Oscar nominee Halle Berry and
Billy Bob Thornton ir. last
week's release of Monster's
Ball.
Monster's Ball does not
entail Jerry Springer's tactic of
"glamourizing" conflicts of
interracial relationships.
The film is set in the con-
temporary South and centers on
three generations of racists and
the interracial relationship that
affects them.
Though the movie is slow
to get into, say, the first half;
Berry and Thornton give pow-
erful performances that explore
the characters in their entirety.
Thornton stars as Hank
Grot ow ski.
Hank works as a guard on
death row in a Georgia town
alongside his son, Sonny (Heath
Ledger).
He lives with his malevo-
lent racist father. Buck (Peter
Boyle, Everybody Loves
Raymond). Buck is a retired cor-
rections officer as well.
Leticia (Halle Berry) works
a night shift in a diner frequent-
ed by Hank. She has a chubby
son named Tyrell (Coronji
Halle Berry is the leading lady of Monster's Ball. She
plays the mother of Tyrell (Coronji Calhoun).
curses and beats her overweight
kid for hiding and eating choco-
late bars.
Hank can't control his son
who pulls away from his first
corrections responsibility of
executing Lawerence Musgrove
(Sean "P. Diddy" Combs).
Perhaps Hank's son, Sonny
is trying to pull away from the
cycle of racism.
Hank and Leticia have a
slow courtship as they deal with
their pain.
Besides the gruesome
detailed execution and intimate
scenes, the in-depth characters
and plot make this film worth-
while to see.
Calhoun) and an ex-husband
(Sean "P. Diddy" Combs) on
death row. And
that is the connection: the pain
of a man raised by a racist, bru-
tal man and the pain of a woman
and her hardships joining
together by violent deaths in
search of comfort.
The film details the steps
that lead to the barbaric electro-
cution scene.
The story of each character
is focused on, thus the audience
can see the individual weakness-
es, flaws and needs and how
they intertwine with the interra-
cial relationship.
Leticia smokes, drinks.
Oscar nominees make breakthrough
Denzel Washington was nominated
Tuesday for best actor in Training Day.
Kthan Hawke also starred in the film.
Jaclyn Gonzales
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The Oscar nominations released early
Tuesday morning could not have come at a more
fitting time as the nation celebrates Black History
month.
Will Smith (Ali), Denzel Washington
(Training Day) and Halle Berry (Monster's Ball)
made a historic breakthrough.
For the first time in Oscar history, two black
actors (Smith and Washington) are nominated for
best actor.
Berry is nominated for best lead actress. Her
outstanding talents could change Oscar history
since no black woman has ever won for best lead
actress.
Whoopi Goldberg will be hosting the Oscars
for the fourth time.
Sidney Poitier will receive a special honor at
the Oscars. In 1965 Poitier was the first black
actor to receive an Oscar for the lead category for
the film Lilies of the Field.
Other big winners in the leading category for
best actor include Sean Penn (I am Sam), Tom
Wilkinson (In the Bedroom) and Russell Crowe (.4
Beautiful Mind).
Best actress nominations besides the afore-
mentioned Berry include Judi Dench (Iris), Nicole
Kidman (Moulin Rouge), Sissy Spaeek (In the
Bedroom) and Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones's
Diary).
Beautiful Mind brought in eight nominations
including best picture, best actor (Russell Crowe),
best supporting actress (Jennifer Connelly), best
director (Ron Howard) and best screenwriter
(Akiva Goldsman).
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