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The secret garden The mediterranean heart jack black by Paulo Coutinho Movies: Pitch Perfect 2 Books: Solitude Creek by Jeffery Deaver Music: Pitch Perfect 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Wine: Food: times square by rodrigo tea leaks by talkers X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Jocelyn Noveck, AP IRL POWER ITCH ERFECT G ! ‘P P AP PHOTO 2’ HITS THOSE SWEET NOTES ho run the world? mony, and most of all, girl lau- tably the sweetly geeky and GIRLS!” sing those ir- ghs. As the Beyonce song goes adorable Anna Kendrick and Wrepressible Barden University on to say, “Boy, don’t even try the bawdy, nothing-is-sacred Bellas, channeling Beyonce, in to touch this.” Rebel Wilson, whose Fat Amy “Pitch Perfect 2.” That should be good news for gets more screen time and And yes, they sure do run the the many, many young women makes the most of it. world. who loved the infectious “Pit- There’s also a new addition, The highly anticipated se- ch Perfect.” And really, all the Hollywood it-girl Hailee quel to the 2012 surprise hit news is good about this sequel: Steinfeld as an aspiring son- “Pitch Perfect” is now, more It is, if anything, funnier than gwriter. Aside from injecting than ever, a celebration of girl the original. It brings back all new blood into the Bellas, power, girl bonding, girl har- your favorite folks, most no- she’s pretty much the only one who doesn’t graduate college by the end of the movie — sig- nificant for future sequels. The other important change AP PHOTO of note is that “Pitch Perfect 2” is directed by actress Eli- From left, Ester Dean as Cynthia Rose, Shelley Regner as Ashley, Kelley Alice Jakle as Jessica, Hailee zabeth Banks, who also pro- Steinfeld as Emily, Anna Kendrick as Beca, Brittany Snow as Chloe, Alexis Knapp as Stacie, Rebel duces AND reprises her role Wilson as Fat Amy, and Hana Mae Lee as Lilly Anna Kendrick as Beca, as the Barden Bellas in a scene as Gail, half of one of the most from the film, “Pitch Perfect 2” hilarious broadcast teams ever conceived, real or fictional. Her scenes with the cheerfully the government has “ruled out mon! “ she cries. rapid-fire jokes coming. A racist and sexist John (a su- terrorism.” The groups first compete at an throwaway reference to Supre- blime John Michael Higgins), The disgraced Bellas are sus- epic “riff-off” which recalls me Court Justice Sonia Soto- narrating the Bellas’ various pended from competition. one in the first movie, only mayor is hysterical. Much less competitions, are the film’s But the ever-practical Beca much more elaborate, as ha- funny is a no-means-yes sex highlight. “This is what ha- (Kendrick) finds a loophole: ppens in sequels. Among the joke; we could have done wi- ppens when you send girls to if they can win the WORLD groups competing: the Green thout that one, particularly in a college,” he says disapprovin- championships, will they Bay Packers. Yes, THOSE college setting. gly at one point. He describes be reinstated? Sure, they’re Green Bay Packers. (Turns out It all comes down to a huge the Bellas as an “inspiration to told, like THAT would ever they’re huge fans of the fran- final confrontation before girls all over the country too happen. chise, and not too shabby at a thousands of fans. It’s panache ugly to be cheerleaders.” Their biggest competition: cappella.) and polish (Das Sound Machi- We begin with our Bellas gi- Das Sound Machine. These The Bellas sure have their work ne) vs. spunk and spirit (the ving a command performance European champions are terri- cut out for them. Meanwhile, Bellas). And, of course, these at Lincoln Center for Presi- fying in their perfection, their busy Beca’s secretly moonli- girls have a few surprises up dent Barack Obama’s birthday, production values and their ghting with an internship at a their sleeves. Remember what no less. All goes well until general awesomeness — and recording studio. (By the way: Beyonce asked: Fat Amy’s spandex pants rip. their disdain for the Bellas. “I do these people ever have, “Who run the world? Girls!” She’s suspended in the air, and don’t speak Loser, what did like, schoolwork?) She’s also she’s not wearing anything un- you say?” their lead singer still dating boyfriend Jesse “Pitch Perfect 2,” a Universal derneath. The theater erupts (an imposing Birgitte Hjort (Skylar Astin), but the rela- Studios release, is rated PG-13 by in shock. Newscasts go wild Sorensen) says icily. Beca is tionship feels like a total after- the Motion Picture Association over the portly Aussie’s “bir- horrified but helplessly smitten thought here. of America for “innuendo and thday gift from Down Under.” with the Heidi Klum lookalike. The script by Kay Cannon language.” Running time: 115 Anna Kendrick as Beca A jittery public is assured that “Your sweat smells like cinna- and Mickey Rapkin keeps the minutes. BOOK IT tTUNES ‘SOLITUDE CREEK’ IS OUTSTANDING ‘PITCH PERFECT AP PHOTO THRILLER BY JEFFERY DEAVER 2’ SOUNDTRACK NOT SO PERFECT hat begins as a fun outing for a mother and her daughter turns terrifying in “Solitude WCreek,” Jeffery Deaver’s latest thriller. They go to a small concert venue that brings in here is such a thing as being too clever. popular music acts. During the show, smoke and TThe Barden Bellas and the Treble- cries of fire create a panic. There’s no fire, but makers, who return in the film “Pitch Per- people die in the ensuing stampede, and many fect 2,” have found a way to cram even more are injured. songs per square airwave in their mash-ups. California Bureau of Investigation agent Ka- Although the tunes are neatly stacked and thryn Dance knows how to read body language, folded into each other, they don’t always and she knows that the man responsible for star- work outside a visual medium. The reason is Various artists, “Pitch Perfect 2: Original Motion ting the chaos has more attacks planned. their brevity, two lines and they’re on to the Picture Soundtrack” (Universal Music Enterprises) Meanwhile, Dance’s personal life is in turmoil, next song. Thus listening turns into a race to and the perpetrator has uncovered what makes recognize the song. Sam Smith and Sia. The ballad, poignant and her vulnerable. He knows every move her team The tunes span decades and genres and are memorable, is one of the album’s highlights, is going to make to stop him. Dance — and deftly mashed into new entities. Some take while singer-songwriter Ester Dean brings a everyone she loves — will not come away uns- flight, like the pleasant “Back to Basics” se- modern EDM feel to the comedy with “Cra- cathed. quence that includes a cappella versions of zy Youngsters.” And the unexpected Snoop What do we truly fear, and how would we react “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” ‘’Lady Mar- Dogg rendition of “Winter Wonderland” in a crisis? Would we fall apart and claw our way malade” and “Mmmbop.” However, “Riff feels like a good gamble in an otherwise to safety? Or would we help someone else? Dea- Off” starts with an enjoyable rendition of the predictable sound. ver forces the reader to tackle these questions, “Thong Song” and cycles through a dizzying For fans of a cappella, this will be a treasure then adds his own brand of twists to play with array of booty-praising tunes in a short span, trove of inspiration; for fans of the film, a expectations, delivering another outstanding and losing its head to its own ingenuity. serviceable memento; and for the rest of us, unpredictable thriller. “Solitude Creek” (Grand Central Publishing), The song that everyone keeps on coming just an OK album. Jeff Ayers, AP by Jeffery Deaver back is Jessie J’s “Flashlight,” written by Cristina Jaleru, AP 15.05.2015 fri jack black by Paulo Coutinho times square by rodrigo Blaming Raimundo shouldn’t be an easy task: he wasn’t here for 15 years! Still, legislators of different colors somehow find a way to blame Secretary Raimundo do Rosário, demanding solutions for all sorts of problems this city has been suffering over the last decade or so. During the five-hour Q&A (with a 15-minute break), Mr Rosario was “grilled” by lawmakers who raised issues about the delays and cost overruns of the LRT project, idle plots of land, water leaks in residential buildings and the disposal of electronic devices. Lawmakers Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong and Kwan Tsui Hang slammed the government for the hugely delayed and massively over-budget LRT construction in Taipa. “So many” contractors is one of the “big difficulties” that the government-run LRT project is facing, the Transport and Public Works Secretary humbly admitted on Monday at the Legislative Assembly. “We are not here to play the blame game,” but to find solutions and speed up the process, he said. Sonia Chan has been praised by a voice from unsuspected quarters, Jason Chao, for her “great openness” concerning the revision of legislation that establishes the norms for applications for identifica- tion cards. The case recently hit the headlines when Avery, a transsexual, tried in vain to change gender on her resident ID card (BIR). Chao’s Rainbow As- sociation has been helping Avery over at the ID de- partment that, according to the popular activist, handed the case over to Secretary Chan’s office. Unfortunately, it’s not all roses for Ms Chan.