From Justin to Kelly (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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From Justin to Kelly (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY (2003) Starring Kelly Clarkson, Justin Guarini, Katerine Bailiss, Anika Noni Rose, Greg Siff, Brian Dietzen, Jason Yribar, Theresa San-Nicholas, Justin Gorence, Christopher Bryan, Kaitlyn Riley, Renee Robertson, Yamil Piedra, Marc Macaulay and Toi Svane Stepp. Screenplay by Kim Fuller. Directed by Robert Iscove. Distributed by 20th Century Fox Pictures.  95 minutes.  … Continue reading

Marshall Crenshaw – What’s In the Bag? (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Marshall Crenshaw – What’s In the Bag? (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Marshall Crenshaw – What’s In the Bag? (Razor & Tie) It’s nice to see that over twenty years on from the self-titled debut album which had Marshall Crenshaw anointed the next big thing, Crenshaw is still releasing vital, passionate music. He never became as huge as the pundits said he would in 1982 when he had … Continue reading

Michael McDonald – Motown (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Michael McDonald – Motown (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Michael McDonald – Motown (Motown) Michael McDonald does have one of the finest white soul voices in the world. With the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan and over twenty years of solo work his instantly identifiable baritone became a part of the pop music lexicon. So, it makes a certain amount of sense that on his … Continue reading

Rosanne Cash – The Rules of Returning
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Rosanne Cash – The Rules of Returning

Rosanne Cash The Rules of Returning by Jay S. Jacobs It’s sometimes funny the changes life puts you through. In 1990, Rosanne Cash was on top of the world. Her album, Interiors, was a crowning achievement in a career that had been on the fast track for over a decade.  Cash had to overcome the blessing … Continue reading

Olivia Newton-John-2(A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Olivia Newton-John-2(A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Olivia Newton-John-2 (Festival/Mushroom) Lately in Europe, there have been several slightly-past-their-prime artists who have done all-duets projects to show that they still have some hipster cred. Probably the best of these was Tom Jones’ Reload, in which he proved he could get the kids like Barenaked Ladies, Robbie Williams, Natalie Imbruglia and the Pretenders on board, and … Continue reading

Elton John – Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Elton John – Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Elton John – Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (Mercury) From 1970 to 1977 Elton John had an almost unprecedented run of musical brilliance, during that time his work with lyricist Bernie Taupin rivaled the work of Lennon and McCartney and Brian Wilson.  In this short bridge of time, John recorded about two very good albums a year … Continue reading

Vanessa Paradis – Au Zenith (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Vanessa Paradis – Au Zenith (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Vanessa Paradis – Au Zenith (Barclay/Universal-France) In the United States, Vanessa Paradis is probably best known as Johnny Depp’s live-in girlfriend. Other people may know her as the Chanel model or an actress. But in her native France, she is an institution.  Paradis first made waves when she was only 14, with her 1987 international hit … Continue reading

Shania Twain – Up! (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Shania Twain – Up! (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Shania Twain – Up! (Mercury) Never in my life have I seen so many exclamation points as there are in the song listing for Shania Twain’s latest. There are nineteen song titles on Up! and ten exclamation points. It’s almost like a teenaged girl’s diary.  Now Shania has a long history of unwieldy titles anyway, and this album’s … Continue reading

Axelle Red – Alive (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Axelle Red – Alive (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Axelle Red – Alive (Virgin-France) I might have never heard of Axelle Red if I weren’t channel surfing one August night last year in the Sofitel Méditerranée in Cannes. With my admittedly rudimentary skills in the French language, I was looking for something, frankly, which I could understand.  That’s when I stumbled upon an hour-long interview … Continue reading