washingtonpost.com - David SegalDavid SegalVote, Dude- March 31, 2005 Hip-hop singers and celebrities try to tap a potentially powerful force -- black youth.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10672-2004Oct29.html?nav=rss_style/music/da... Elvis, One for the Money- March 31, 2005 It's been two weeks since Elvis Presley was acquired in a cash and stock deal valued at $100 million, and still hardly anyone seems to have noticed, let alone gotten worked up about it. There were the obligatory mentions in the business pages. There were groans in the visitor forums of some Elvis Web sites -- "the seven deadly sins come to mind," sniped one fan. But not much more.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35712-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_style/music/da... Gambling's Man- March 31, 2005 Over the course of a year, more than 17 billion scratch tickets will be stamped out at the headquarters of Scientific Games, enough to girdle the globe at the equator 44 times.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27490-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_style/music/da... Reggae's Hot Shots- March 31, 2005 Photographer Kate Simon got up close and personal with the legendary Bob Marley, and made the most of it.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20960-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_style/music/da... Comedians Coalition Finally Gets a Little Respect- March 31, 2005 NEW YORK -- Here's a good one: Four hundred stand-up comics form a union and demand a raise. Local club owners say, "That's funny!" so the union threatens picket lines and protests, complete with a giant inflatable rat. But right before Giant Inflatable Rat Day, a deal is struck with the clubs and the comics wind up with better pay.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17719-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_style/music/da... A Smashing Show- March 31, 2005 The first surprise of the Voting Booth Project, an exhibit at the Parsons School of Design in midtown Manhattan, is that it's funny. It's also, in a few places, just bitter, and elsewhere it's poignant.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37095-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_style/music/da... Curtain Call- March 31, 2005 In full bloom, "The Gates: Central Park, New York, 1979-2005," will have a biblical, wonder-of-the-world quality, and the city expects it to draw 200,000 tourists.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12638-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_style/music/dav... A Focused Friend- March 31, 2005 George Butler captures John Kerry's courage as a soldier and activist in his documentary 'Going Upriver.'http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1582-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_style/music/davi... Hip-Hop Mogul Charged in Drug Money Probe- March 31, 2005 Murder Inc. founder Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo, the record label of Ja Rule and Ashanti, was charged on Wednesday with laundering over $1 million in drug money from a multistate crack and heroin operation.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40187-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_style/music/da... The Spa That Came In From the Cold- March 31, 2005 Cornelia opened earlier this month, hoping to turn up the extravagance dial in NYC's crowded spa market.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48762-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_style/music/da... |