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Golden Globes offer sneak
peak at Oscar potential
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The G olden G lobes w ent w ay outside
the mainstream on some nominations.
W ill O scar follow that lead?
T he w eird, w acky, thoughtful and
provocad ve prevailed in nominations
M onday for the G olden G lobes,
traditionally a sneak preview o f film
and acting prospects for the A cadem y
Awards.
The top G olden G lobe nominees were
mostly unorthodox films that flirt with
the fringes o f standard H ollyw ood
fare, including the dark suburban
satire “A m erican Beauty,” the chilling
“T he T alented Mr. R ipley,” the batty
“ Being John M alkovich” and the
brainy “T he End o f the A ffair.”
“ W e ’v e b e e n u n d e r e s tim a tin g
audiences for a very, very long tim e,”
said Julianne M oore, nom inated for
both dram atic actress for “End o f the
A ff a ir,” a d a p te d fro m G ra h am
G re e n e ’s novel o f adultery, and
m usical o r com edy actress for “A n
Ideal H usband,” a high-society farce.
“ People are interested in different
kinds o f film s,” M oore said. “Life is
strange, it’s chaotic. It’s m uch m ore
interesting than the m ovies. It’s nice
that m ovies are starting to reflect
that.”
W hether the O scars end up reflecting
the unconventional slate o f G olden
G lobe nom inees rem ains to be seen.
The G olden G lobes will air Jan. 23 on
N BC , and the O scar nom inations
follow on Feb. 15.
“ I know people say som etim es that
the G olden G lobes are sort o f a look
at w hat’s going to happen” w ith the
O scars, said 11-year-old H aley Joel
O sm ent, nom inated for supporting
actor for the ghost story “T he Sixth
Sense". “R ight now , I ju st have my
m ind set on late January.”
“A m erican B eauty” led the pack with
six nom inations, including dram atic
picture. The other nom inees w ere
“ T he E n d o f th e A ffa ir,” “ T he
H urricane,” “T he Insider” and "T he
Talented Mr. R ipley.”
M usical or com edy picture nom inees
w ere “A nalyze T his,” “Being John
M alkovich,” “ M an on the M oon,”
“N otting H ill” and “T oy Story 2.”
M ost o f the nom inees have a real
hipness and edge, in som e cases,
perhaps too m uch edge to succeed at
the Oscars.
“ B eing Jo h n M a lk o v ic h ” is the
hilariously w arped tale o f a puppeteer
w ho finds a tunnel into the m ind o f
actor M alkovich. The m ovie has
received rave review s but might be
too far o u t for m uch A cad em y
consideration.
“The Talented Mr. Ripley,” with a
lead character w ho’s a mild-mannered
but m urderous social clim ber, also
seem s a bit disturbing and cold­
blooded for the Oscars. But the film
has a sterling O scar lineage, com ing
from A ca d em y A w a rd -w in n in g
director A nthony M inghella (“The
English Patient”) and starring past
w inners and nom inees M att Damon,
Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett.
Denzel W ashington, nom inated for
dram atic actor for his portrayal o f
jailed boxer Rubin C arter in “The
H urricane,” said he could not predict
w hether the nom ination w ould help
him come O scar time. As the season’s
first m ajor aw ards show, though,
W a s h in g to n s a id n o m in a tio n s
probably help build Oscar momentum.
“ It must,” W ashington said. “There
are situ a tio n s w h ere a c to rs get
nom inated for this and d o n ’t get
nom inated for Oscars, but this m ust
help.”
D ifferences in the O scar and G olden
G lobe nom inating process m ake
variations inevitable. The G lobes are
picked by the roughly 100 mem bers
o f the H ollyw ood F oreign Press
A ssociation, w hile O scar nom inees
are chosen by m ovie-industry people
w ho belong to the A cad em y o f
M otion Picture Arts and Sciences.
T he G lobes also have best-picture
and acting categories for dram a and
com edy, w hile the O scars have a
single category, “ so so m eb o d y ’s
going to be left w ithout a seat,”
W ashington said.
J im Carrey won the Golden Globe for
dramatic actor last January for “The
Trum an Show ” but was not even
nom inated for an O scar. C arrey
e a rn e d a n o th e r G o ld e n G lo b e
nom ination M onday for musical or
com edy actor for his portrayal o f the
late com ic Andy K aufm an in “Man
on the M oon.”
A Tom Hanks factor also m ay come
into play for the Oscars. Hanks was
overlooked by the G olden Globes for
an acclaim ed role as a Death Row
prison guard in “The G reen M ile,”
but he has w on two O scars and
rem ains an A cadem y favorite.
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Moriteli Jordan gettin’ it on
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early to attend the N ew Y ear’s Eve
concert in Los A ngeles w ith the
Eagles, Linda Ronstad, and Jackson
Browne. G ood seats are still available.
G reat seats, in fact: the eighth row,
close enough to tell w hich singers
have gray hair. O f course, the price is
$1,000.
Millennium feverhasn’texactly swept
the concert business. W hether fans
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t.u N n u m r t D M tn n
“T he m usic on my album s has
pretty m uch paralleled my life. W hen
I started out w ith 'This Is H ow W e Do
If Iw a sa young,cocky,and energetic
kid. W ith the second record, “M ore
T o T ell,” 1 w as m ore refined and
mature, then w ith“ Let’sR ide,” I think
I w as com ing into my own persona as
a recording artist. Now with my fourth
album , my life is different. The songs
that are pouring from me reflect my
experiences o f traveling the world,
going to places like Ireland, Nigeria
and Cuba. 1 w ant to slow ly introduce
my audience to other sides o f w ho I
am and w hat I ’m about while, at the
same tim e, giving them the kind o f
m usic they know me for.”
Bold, am bitious, adventurous and
filled w ith the kind o f music that
Jordan’s m any fans will love, G et II
O n... Tonite covers the lyrical gam ut
w hen it com es to m atters o f the heart
and the flesh! M ontell leaves no
doubt about the subject o f tunes like
the insistent “G et Enough” w hich he
says is “m y nasty song! It’s playful.
I’m smgmg down in my lower register
like I ’m w hispering in this w o m an ’s
ear and, yes, I ’m talking dirty to her! ”
Likewise, “W hat It Feels L ike” is
“kinda risque, I like to tell stories over
a phat beat and this song leaves little
to the im agination!”
In contrast, Jo rd an show s his
rom antic side on standout ballads
like “O ne Last Tim e” a ja zz y , sensual
slo w ja m t h a t ’s a ll a b o u t th e
p o ssib ility o f re k in d lin g a love
relationship and “Can We M ove (The
M orning A fter)” w hich continues the
story “w hen the guy w akes up and
w onders w h y -a s id e from s e x - h e ’s
trying to keep the relationship going."
For M ontell’s longtim e fans, th ere’s
the party-flavored “E verybody” and
the infectious first hit single from the
album, “G et It On Tonite” . H e notes,
“ R&B and hip-hop are in m y soul
forever. You can listen to that track
and know it will appeal to those who
know m y m usic; it’s uptem po and
festive. Y ou experience the party,
th at’s w hat I do in my records.”
M ontell has already established
him self as a consistent hitm aker in
the world o f R& B, hip-hop and pop
with three solid best-selling albums
and a half-a-dozen hit singles over
the past four years. From his anthemic
million-seller “This Is How W e Do It”
fear Y 2K madness or are sim ply
guarding their wallets, ticket sales for
N ew Y ear’s Eve 1999 show s have
been disappointing.
“Som e people really overestim ated
the potential size o f the audience o f
people w ho were w illing to pay
hundreds or thousands o f dollars for
an event,” said G ary Bongiovanni,
editor o f the concert industry trade
publication Polls tar.
Producers ofCelebration 2000at New
Y ork’s Javits Center w ere charging
N ational V ideo R entals
1. “A rlington Road” (Sony)
2. “T he B lair W itch P ro je ct”
(Artisan)
3. “The M atrix” (W arnerB ros.)
4. “B igD addy” (ColumbiaTriStar)
4. “N ever B een K issed” (Fox)
6. “ Election” (Param ount)
7. “A ustin Powers: The Spy W ho
Shagged M e” (New Line)
8. “Life”
9. “The M um m y” (Universal)
10. “A nalyze This” (W arners)
M ontell's release o f G et It O n ... Tonite is a springboard f o r his creative
expansion.
to 1998’s chartopping “ L et’s Ride,”
the m ulti-talented singer, songw riter
and producer has proven his ability
to rem ain contem porary and viable in
an ever-changing m arketplace. In
1998, his m usical skills were further
revealed when he co-w rote and co ­
p ro d u c e d th e a c r o s s -th e - b o a r d
sm ash "N o b o d y ’s Supposed To Be
H ere” for D eb o rah C ox, adding
another dim ension to his own success
as a recording artist and perform er.
M ontell Jordan’s desire to grow
as an artist has been apparent since
he began his musical journey, singing
in local talent show s, nightclubs and
o f course, in church choirs in Los
A ngeles during his form ative years.
A graduate ofPepperdine University,
M o n te ll’s a s c e n t in th e m u sic
industry began w ith his 1995 smash,
‘T his Is How W e Do It,” a No. 1 pop
and R&B hit that led the w ay to a
m ultim illion-selling internationally
successful debut album o f the same
nam e. The 1996 gold-plus follow-up
C D M ore To Tell gave audiences
another peek at his burgeoning talent.
“ I w ent from the leather jacket and the
backw ard cap,” sm iles the genial
nearly seven-foot tall gent, “to the
A rm ani suit. I really w elcom ed the
opportunity to show people that I am
Big money concerts, prompting avoidance
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Box O ffice
betw een $ 1,000 and $2,500 for seats
to a gala w ith A ndrea Bocelli, A retha
Franklin, Sting, Enrique Iglesias and
T om Jones. But with stacks o f tickets
unsold, the event was canceled. Jewel
is free for the evening after a show in
her hom e state o f A laska was scuttled.
O ther cancellations include rapper
P u ffD ad d y ’s perform ance in M iami,
a m ulti-artist show in Los A ngeles
w ith Los Lobos and H ow ie M andel,
a n d L u is M ig u e l in S an Jo se ,
California.
a true R& B artist.” His second album
included the hit “ I Like" w hich was
featured on the soundtrack for Eddie
M u rp h y ’s “N utty P rofessor” box
office hit movie.
F ro m the m e m b o ra b le h ead-
b o p p in ’ “T onite” to the sm ooth slow
ja m “Say G oodbye”, M ontell Jordan
show s h e ’s at the top o f the game
w ith G et It On... Tonite, a sizzling
collection o f music that reinforces his
status as a groove m aster and soulful
b a lla d e e r, w h o ’s re a c h in g new
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next m illennium begins.
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4. “ S a v in g P riv a te R y a n ”
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8. “The W izard o f O z” (W arners)
9. “Sarah M cLachlan: M irrorball”
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