Friday, February 23, 2007
Hallelujah Holla -Back
By Joshua Lane
student life editor
The first season of VHl's "(White)
Rapper" show will be coming to a close this
week. The two remaining finalists, John
Brown and Shamrock, will face off in the
final battle on Monday
Feb 26, at 10 p.m. to
find out who will be
the next great (white)
emcee
For those who are not
familiar, VH I's "The
(White) Rapper" show
started off with 12 con
testants, and they are now
down to the final two. The
show is hosted by the legendary emcee "MC
Serch," from the group Third Bass (check i-
Tunes for "Pop Goes The Weasel" if you still
don't know who I'm talking about). The show
keeps with the style of hip-hop using plenty
of wordplay. For instance, the contestants stay
at the "White House," a run-down house
located in the capital of hip-hop, South
Brooklyn. When they receive their messages,
a voice comes on the house intercom telling
the rappers, "You've got mayo."
The two finalists are all that remain from
the 12 that started the show. Brown is the self
proclaimed "King of the Burbs." He doesn't
consider himself a "rapper." He prefers to be
called an "entity" because the word "ra
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ACTOR -- LEADING
Leonardo DiCaprio BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling HALF NELSON
Peter O'Toole VENUS
Will Smith THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Forest Whitaker THE LAST KING OF
SCOTLAND
ACTOR -- SUPPORTING
o Alan Arkin LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
o Jackie Earle Haley LITTLE CHILDREN
o Djimon Hounsou BLOOD DIAMOND
o Eddie Murphy DREAMGIRLS
o Mark Wahlberg THE DEPARTED
ACTRESS -- LEADING
o Penelope Cruz VOLVER
o Judi Dench NOTES ON A SCANDAL
o Helen Mirren THE QUEEN
o Meryl Streep THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
o Kate Winslet LITTLE CHILDREN
ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
o Adriana Barraza BABEL
o Cate Blanchett NOTES ON A SCANDAL
o Abigail Breslin LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
o Jennifer Hudson DREAMGIRLS
o Rinko Kikuchi BABEL
ANIMATED FEATURE
o CARS
o HAPPY FEET
o MONSTER HOUSE
CINEMATOGRAPHY
o THE BLACK DAHLIA
o CHILDREN OF MEN
o THE ILLUSIONIST
o PAN'S LABYRINTH
o THE PRESTIGE
COSTUME DESIGN
o CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
o THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
o DREAMGIRLS
o MARIE ANTOINETTE
o THE QUEEN
DIRECTING
o BABEL
o THE DEPARTED
o LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
o THE QUEEN
o UNITED 93
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
o DELIVER US FROM EVIL
o AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
o IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
o JESUS CAMP
o MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY
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(White) rappers Persia
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tough competitor from day one, and probably
the most talented. He comes up with witty
rhymes and good flows week after week, but
he is terrible at freestyling.
None of the rappers have been stellar from
day one and that is probably the main reason
that contestants are given a cash prize of
$lOO,OOO, and not a record deal.
Last weeks show took the final three to the
so-called "Mecca" of (white) rap, Detroit.
The contestants went to Saint Andrews Hall,
which is famous for its legendary rap battles.
The contestants were forced to freestyle
against some of Detroit's biggest emcees.
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doesn't encompass everything he's all about.
He claims to be starting a business called
"The Ghetto Revival," but it is very unclear as
to what this business does. When Brown gets
questioned on what the "Ghetto Revival"
actually does, his answer is vague at best and
usually just resorts to repeating his favorite
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
o AFTER THE WEDDING
o DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGENES)
o THE LIVES OF OTHERS
o PAN'S LABYRINTH
o WATER
ORIGINAL SCORE
o BABEL
o THE GOOD GERMAN
o NOTES ON A SCANDAL
o PAN'S LABYRINTH
o THE QUEEN
ORIGINAL SONG
o "I Need to Wake Up"
TRUTH
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
o THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT
o RECYCLED LIFE
o REHEARSING A DREAM
o TWO HANDS
ART DIRECTION
o DREAMGIRLS
o THE GOOD SHEPHERD
o PAN'S LABYRINTH
o PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
DEAD MAN'S CHEST
o THE PRESTIGE
MAKEUP
o APOCALYPTO
o CLICK
o PAN'S LABYRINTH
FILM EDITING
o BABEL
o BLOOD DIAMOND
o CHILDREN OF MEN
o THE DEPARTED
o UNITED 93
VISUAL EFFECTS
o PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
DEAD MAN'S CHEST
o POSEIDON
o SUPERMAN RETURNS
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Ghost Rider burns through box office
Ghost Rider burned the competition this weekend at
the box office, pulling in an estimated $52 million.
Nicholas Cage portrays Johnny Blaze, a man who sells
his soul to the devil to save
his father, in this latest
effort by Marvel Comics
to bring one of their char
acters to the screen follow
ing the success of such
movies as X-Men 3 and
Fantastic Four.
phrase,
"Hallelujah,
holla-back."
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ern emcee with
some of the
worst chin hair
Both Cage and Eva
Mendez, who plays
Cage's love interest, Roxanne Simpson, give strong
performances. However Cage seemed to be at his best
when he was playing the fearless stunt cyclist. not
when he was trying to play the cursed man trying to
figure out what is happening to him. Sam Elliot is great
as the Caretaker, and helps add to the "old west" feel
that seems to be underlying in the movie. Peter Fonda's
portrayal of Mephistopheles and Wes Bentley's per
formance of Blackheart are truly evil and just general
ly creepy. Matt Long and Raquel Alessi, who played
the young versions of Johnny and Roxanne, were
uncanny to their older counterparts.
Previous to its release, fans said they were worried of
a repeat of the terrible CGI displayed by another
Marvel movie The Hulk. However, fan response for the
most part seems to say that those worries were not well
founded. Ghost Rider himself looks great and the trans-
"Listen"
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"Love You I Do" DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" CARS
"Patience" DREAMGIRLS
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contributing writer
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formations of Johnny into Ghost Rider are flawless.
The Hell Cycle. Ghost Rider's evil chopper, also looks
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However. the movie was not completely without its
faults. Much of the dialogue spoken by the title charac
ter will have even long-time fans of the comic rolling
their eyes. This is one movie that
proves that you cannot take
comic book dialogue and put it
up on the screen without sound
ing ridiculous. The movie at
times seemed to move almost
too fast at some places. Many of
the lesser villain's defeats
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seemed rushed. The climax of
the movie leaves a lot to be
desired. The movie offered great build-up, then deliv
ered a cut and dry ending that didn't seem to match up
with the rest of the action-packed sequences its the
film.
If you can suspend disbelief enough to believe a man
who has a fiery skull for a head riding around town on
a motorcycle covered in hellfire, you will enjoy this
movie. Is this Oscar material? No way. But it is a fun
movie that fans of the comic as well as newcomers to
the character will enjoy.
Producer Avi Arad stated that Ghost Rider 2 is
already in the works, so we can expect Johnny Blaze to
ride into theaters again in the future. Marvel has a big
slate of movies set for release this summer. Spider-Man
3 and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer are hop
ing to keep the recent success of comic book based
movies going strong.
SOUND EDITING
o APOCALYPTO
o BLOOD DIAMOND
o FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
o LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
o PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD
MAN'S CHEST
SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED
o BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF
AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT
GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
o CHILDREN OF MEN
o THE DEPARTED
o LITTLE CHILDREN
o NOTES ON A SCANDAL
SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL
o BABEL
o LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
o LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
o PAN'S LABYRINTH
o THE QUEEN
SOUND MIXING
o APOCALYPTO
o BLOOD DIAMOND
o DREAMGIRLS
o FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
o PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD
MAN'S CHEST
SHORT FILM -- LIVE ACTION
o BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA
LA GRAN IDEA)
o ERAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
o HELMER & SON
o THE SAVIOUR
o WEST BANK STORY
BEST PICTURE
o BABEL
o THE DEPARTED
o LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
o LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
o THE QUEEN
SHORT FILM -- ANIMATED
o THE DANISH POET
o LIFTED
o THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
o MAESTRO
o NO TIME FOR NUTS
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