January 24, 2000
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Adapting a Bestseller

"Angela's Ashes" is a film based on the bestseller of the same name, which details Frank McCourt's poverty-stricken childhood in 1930s Ireland. Adapting a bestseller to the screen is always a chancy venture, because films and literature are inherently different media.
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Epic-length 'Magnolia' may turn off restless moviegoers
"Magnolia" is the newest film by director P.T. Anderson whose previous work includes the critically well-regarded "Boogie Nights." This film weaves in a number of seemingly unrelated stories, in a stylish, artistic film with the structure of movies like "Pulp Fiction" without the violent tone or fast pace.

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Hyphenation aside, Jucifer rocks hard on newest album
Some genres of music never really die, they just mutate. Or hyphenate. Jucifer is a band that could be classified as post-punk, rock, punk-rock, alternative-rock, hard-rock, rock-and-who-knows-what-else. Hyphenations aren't important, though. What's important is that Jucifer rocks, and rocks hard.

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Line ticket lottery system robs die-hard sports, music fans
The line ticket system doesn't reward fans who have had to wait in line for hours, Cory Blackwood says. So why do entertainment venues do it?

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