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due to her grief and despair.
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LAURA’S PICK: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: Academy can't ignore for the third time what is truly excel-
The Return of the King
lent filmmaking.
Elefant soaks up the spotlight
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Austin. He traced the streets with his finger, powered the group
through the set.
ready to move on.
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movie throws chronological the sublime (as evidenced by his roles in Rushmore and The
pointing out Stubb's and the route to his desti-
nation. Meanwhile, I overheard a puzzled Mod
ask our Managing Editor exactly what they
All dates subject to change.
Support your local music
scene. Start on campus.
StMU Jazz Orchestra
March 4, 7:30 pm
Treadaway Recital Hall
This intensely emotional
storytelling out the window.
In a nod to the current "pretty-actress-gets-ugly" award
trend, Watts will appear in one scene with her typical clear-
eyed beauty, while in the next she's nearly unrecognizable,
must get an award for his achievements.
What? He always looks like that? Oh...
PHOTO COURTESY NEW LINE CINEMA
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one can still change the world.
As Aragom (Viggo Mortenson) tells the awestruck hob-
bits after his crowning by the White Tree; this film bows to
no one.
BEST ANIMATED FILM
CHUCK’S PICK: Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo is a wonderful film because it's all things to all
people. It's a cartoon comedy, a buddy movie and a heartwarm-
ing film about fathers and sons.
So what if they're fish? The on-screen relationship between
Marlin (Albert Brooks) and lost son Nemo (Alexander Gould)
was more realized than many live-action films.
Pixar fished out a winner as their creative streak swims on.
Beyonce, Alicia Keys,
Missy Elliott
March 17
SBC Center
BEST ACTRESS
CHUCK’S PICK: Charlize Theron - Monster
Not content to just play all the beautiful women, Charlize
Theron decides she can play the overweight, scabby serial-killer
ones-too and turns in the performance of her career.
Her transformation to misunderstood mass murderer Aileen
Wuaronos is shocking and truly underscored her determination
to lose herself in the role.
LAURA’S PICK: Naomi Watts - 21 Grams
The range of emotion Watts develops throughout this
film is literally heartwrenching. She's contented then soul-
less, half-crazed but still a sympathetic character, complete-
ly isolated yet inexorably connected to other people.
BEST DIRECTOR
CHUCK’S PICK: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King
Peter Jackson got left at the Oscar altar with his last two fan-
tasy epics, but the Academy can't overlook his genius again.
His vision kept The Lord of the Rings trilogy from being the
most expensive failure in cinema history, and any director will-
LAURA’S PICK: Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Like Sean Penn, Bill Murray is an often overlooked actor
who's deserving of this award. He's always been a funny
actor, but his multifaceted talent for humor, ranging from
Linkin Park, P.O.D.,
Hoobastank
Feb. 25
Freeman Coliseum
BEST ACTOR
CHUCK’S PICK: Sean Penn - Mystic River
Past generations had great actors like Clark Gable, Marlon
Brando and Al Pacino. Our generation has Sean Penn.
Sean Penn is one of the greatest living actors today, and his <
portayal of the grief-stricken and revenge-minded Jimmy in
Clint Eastwood's Mystic River is haunting and powerfully grip-
ping. He's been overlooked in the past, but after this perform-
ance, he has to win the gold.
were being interviewed for, while Berral looked the best job in the world. Mod truly shone on
lected Sean Astin, overall it's not as strong as the second
film.
But it will win the Oscar for Best Picture, because the
"Did you order a hot tea... and an iced tea?"
he asked.
"No, I ordered a hot tea," Garcia replied.
"Did you want this?" He picked up the tea.
"No," Mod shrugged.
"Do you want it?" he asked me.
Uh ...okay.
Thanks.
"You're welcome," Garcia said politely.
The official interview portion of our conver-
sation was pretty much over at this point, and
we started talking about the music industry, the
New York scene and what everybody was cur-
rently listening to. McAdams praised Stereolab
and Engelbert Humperdink, asserting "good
music shows no matter what style it is."
"I like, you know... pretty girls, and stuff,"
Garcia said.
Mod blinked, amused. "Is that a song?"
"I don't know," Garcia shrugged. "It's all the
■ same s—."
More favorites were tossed around, includ-
ing art-rockers Radiohead and hip-hoppers
Outkast.
BEST PICTURE
CHUCK’S PICK: The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King
This is truly the one ring to rule them all at the Oscars.
Peter Jackson's film trilogy is nothing short of a miracle:
beautiful to behold, epic in scale and devastatingly person-
al. Amid all the breathtaking battles and CGI spectacle'
(Shelob was the scariest movie spider since... ever), the
By CHUCK KERR AND LAURA E. HALL
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR AND MANAGING EDITOR
guitar, having apparently saved all of his ener-
Even though every year some vapid television correspondent
from the Academy Awards red carpet tells us "Anything can
happen..." this time it could actually be true.
On Feb. 29, the 76th annual Academy Awards will honor the
top films of2003.
Hosted by Billy Crystal, the night looks to be one that will go
down as history, since all bets seem to be off in the major cate-
gories.
For every sure thing, there's a long-shot waiting to upset the
balance. For every favorite like Peter Jackson or Sean Penn,
there's a dark horse like Sofia Coppola or Bill Murray.
It's really a match-up between classic Hollywood spectacles
and intimate art-house films, a clash of the titans of Tolkien-esque
proportions.
Come Sunday, there will be surprises.
Hopefully one of them won't be Meryl Streep suffering a
"wardrobe malfunction."
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as he smoked his way
Guided By Voices
March 6
La Zona Rosa (Austin)
LAURA’S PICK: The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King conclusion of
an epic, but it's not as concise as The Two Towers, and
Ryan Adams
March 5
Austin Music Hall (Austin)
Primus
Feb. 27
Austin Music Hall (Austin)
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LAURA’S PICK: Tie: Finding Nemo & The Triplets of
Belleville
The Triplets of Belleville, excellent, sublime and captivat-
ing, reminds us of what the neglected medium of 2-D ani-
mation should be, and offers hope for the technique's
future as a vehicle for artistic expression. But the 3-D
Finding Nemo also represents that future, artistically and,
perhaps more importantly, commercially - this film honest-
ly appeals to both children and adults, and along with an
all around good story, features intelligent dialogue and
stunning visuals. Plus, as Pixar continues to find its footing,
its projects keep increasing in scale and imagination. As a
result, it's nearly impossible to judge between the two -
they're equally deserving of reward and encouragement.
Royal Tenebaums), is what makes him Best Actor material.
His role in Lost and Translation tipped the scale, as he
pulls off a disheveled, charming role full of melancholy
amusement. The Academy should encourage talent of this
McAdams pounded his drums with
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Andre [3000]," McAdams revealed. With that, the band departed the table to
"Oh yeah?" Garcia asked. make final preparations for the show, which
McAdams pounded the table in affirmation, apparently included getting deep tissue mas-
"I'm all about Big Boi," he declared. "He sages from Swedish women.
never gets the love." Later that night, Elefant took the Stubb's
"Really?" Garcia smiled. indoor stage and were greeted by an enthusias-
"Andre's out/' McAdams deadpanned. "I'm tic crowd.
claiming it right here." They ripped through thir set with confi-
As some fellow Rattler staffers came over to dence; Garcia owned the stage and held the
the table to mingle with the group, a waiter audience spellbound, as he appeared to bless
approached Garcia with a hand-drawn map of them with his microphone. Berral's steady bass
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Although the LotR films are successful individually, the
real triumph is that they exist together, in an amazingly
well rendered whole, a task impossible without director
Jackson at the project's helm. But because the first two of
the series didn't get Best Picture, Oscar politics ensure a
win for RotK over Sophia Coppola's beautiful, precise Lost
in Translation. Although no less deserving, she'll get Best
Director as a consolation prize.
Entertainment
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The waiter continued, throwing out phrases gy for his performance.
like "there's this Swedish massage parlor, but I It was a fantastic show, but they've got many
don't know how professional they are." more to come on the tour. As good as they were,
Garcia clued me in as to what was going on. they're only going to get better, tighter and
"If you're curious as to what he's doing, he's more confident.
giving me directions to a deep tissue massage," The sunlight may make them paranoid, but
he said with a sly grin. "I like to have a steak, a the spotlight certainly doesn't.
glass of wine, a nice massage and a cigarette It is clearly where this band belongs.
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