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  • NEW MONTHLY FEATURE: emember Limo BizkitP By Geoff Boucher I Los Angeles Times Are the gravy days over for Limp Bizkit? Few bands have inspired such grand animosity and such commercial success as the curious crew headed by Fred Durst, who became not only the poster boy for the bombastic sound of rap-rock but also the central figure in more than a few soap operas (Fred vs. Christina, Fred vs. Wes, Fred vs. Metallica, Fred vs. Creed, Fred vs. Britney, Fred vs. rock critics ...). The biggest showdown now for Durst and Bizkit is against their own past — with three years having gone by since their last studio album and star guitar player Wes Borland out of the band, can Bizkit match its past two major albums, which sold a combined 13.9 million copies in the U.S.? This Wednesday the new Limp Bizkit release, "Results May Vary," will make its debut on a sales chart where there is fierce competition for the top spots. The new OutKast album is a lock for No. 1, but can Bizkit get in the mix for No. 2 with the solo debut from Dave Matthews and an R. Kelly greatest-hits package, among other key releases? "'The first couple of days of sale have been very strong for Limp Bizkit and their fan core seems to be intact despite their absence," said Bob Bell, a buyer for the Wherehouse music chain. "There has been a certain degree of skepticism about the record and mixed reviews of the summer tour dates." Mixed reviews indeed — such as fans booing and throwing bottles at the band in Chicago and other stops of the Summer Sanitarium tour headlined by Metallica. Bell says strong opinions of Durst and Bizkit keep them in the public eye and, more importantly, in the awareness of radio programmers. The first single, the in-your-face "Eat You Alive," is being followed up by a version of "Behind Blue Eyes," the Who classic interpreted for the soundtrack to "Gothika," an upcoming film starring Halle Berry. The music video has Durst and Berry locked in passionate kisses. Perhaps a new feud is brewing — Fred vs. Berry's husband, R&B star Eric Benet. 0 2003 LA TIMES TV ARCADIA: Executive producer James Hayman scours actors' photos to find the next unknown to play God. Photo by Carlos Chavez 0 LATIMES Finding God By Greg Braxton I Los Angeles Times HOLLYWO()D James Hayman is a television executive who has been searching for God, And he's been successful Assisted by *'Joan of Arcadia'sW casting directory Mcki Rosenberg, Hayman has found God in a 6•year-01d girl and a hunky 18-year-old male He has also located God in a 70-year-old woman, Hayman, an executive producer on "Joan of Arcadia," is on a constant search for unknown performers who can play God, who appears several times each episode to talk to teen-ager Joan Girardi (Amber Tamblyn). 0'Usuaily in the beginning of the episode, we have a God who is more ditzy, absent-minded," Hayman said* ' 'The God We have at the end of each episode tends to be more serious; has to be more gentleaiid warm. That God is usually providing OutKast's All-you-can-Eat Audio Buffet By David Segal I The Washington Post Someone should have warned OutKast about the perils of audio obesity during the making of "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," the Atlanta duo's latest confection of sassy funk and tacky soul. Even the title ought to go on a diet. The CD—double CD, actually—weighs in at an indigestible 2 hours 15 minutes, a span of time better suited for an epic film than a hip-hop disc. The amazing thing is that you ultimately forgive this project its stupendous girth. It's a big, fat, lovable slob. OutKast's co-stars, Dre (born Andre Benjamin) and Big Boi (Antwan Patton), have pshawed recent talk of a falling-out, but this two-fer sure feels like the work of roommates who aren't talking anymore. Each guy gets his own album— "Speakerboxxx" is Big Boi's baby, and "The Love Below" is Dre's—and his own section of the liner notes. There's only minor evidence of overlap and teamwork. Each singer has released a single and a video. If this is a contest thinly disguised as a collaboration, it's a pleasure to report that it's hard to pick a winner. There's one great album to be culled from this material, and the culling is worth the effort. "S/TLB" is wicked, tender and loaded to the bursting point with questionable wisdom and undeniable grooves. Dre's is the beefier contender here, with "TLB" clocking in at just over 78 minutes. Like Big Boi, he's often standing on the epaulets of giants, particularly those of Prince (on tart "Happy Valentine's Day") and Parliament Funkadelic (on the fizzy "Behold a Lady"). Dre is consumed with the search for a woman, and on "God" he literally prays to meet a sophisticated babe with class, smarts and ... a quality rear end, one that is "well proportioned to her body." Age is not a factor. "Your head sports a couple of gray hairs," he coos to a woman on "Pink & Blue," lifting a sample from R. Kelly's "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" and then turning that song's jailbait logic on its head. "Same here, and actually I think it's funky, in a Clair Huxtable kind of way." The standout is Dre's first single, "Hey Ya! " which sounds like the sort of song that George Clinton would have written if he'd been a Beatle. There's also a jazzy interlude for "Take Off Your Cool," with a guest vocal turn by Norah Jones, though she seems underused—she sings the chorus and not much else—considering the scale of her following these days. "Speakerboxxx" takes on darker subjects, though it's musically just as sunny. Big Boi is too preoccupied with his kids, the world and his clothing to pine for love everlasting. He's the rapper of OutKast, which is why there's nearly twice the verbiage on his album although it's about 20 minutes shorter. He flashes his new alligator shoes on the ridiculously catchy "Bowtie," and rues his complicated home life on "The Rooster." (The horn riff on that number stands out in an album that is packed with great riffs.) He rants against the Bush administration on "War," and laments the prospects of a local hooker on "Knowing." The whole of these two parts can try your patience at times, especially during the numerous interludes of pointless chatter. There's even a solo turn by Big Boi's infant son. Did we need that? And though nothing feels unfinished, some of these songs could have been left in the studio and nobody would have felt cheated. This is a supersize production that should have been whittled to a manageable scale. Whittle it yourself, then move the chairs and dance. 0 2003 WASHINGTON POST She has also written up her own 10 commandments as a guidepost of what God can and cannot do. It's drawn both from her studies into various religions, as well as the needs of casting a weekly television series. "ICs something that comes in very useful when I'm trying to explain 'howGod works in the show; s she said. And those commandments are? —God cannot directly intervene. —Good and evil exist, —God can never identify one religion as being right. job of every human being is to fulfill his or her true nature. —„Everyone is allowed to say no to God, including Joane ----G0d is not bound by time this is a human concept —God is not a person vand does not possess a human personality. —God talks to everyone all the time in different ways. plan is what is good for us, not what is good for "Him. purpose for talking to Joan, and everyone, is to get her and us to recognize the interconnectedness of all things: All of your actions have consequences; God can be important. information or teaching a found in the smallest actions* HOweWei9 the éxåc€ nature of God is a mystery that can Barbara Hall, the show's creator, is certainly specific about Who can't play never be solved. 2003 LA TIMES Go&celebritiesegyousre see Tony Danza -asGods at leastnot„this
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