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being married for 11 years and than in concert love – headlin- having an 8-year-old daughter, ing and referring to himself as INSIDE Locklear filed for divorce from “Mr. Show Biz,” MTV News CONTENTS the Bon Jovi guitarist last week reports … New CD releases of … Former teen actor and singer, the week include family group, 02 Entertainment News Leif Garrett has traveled to the The Corrs’s Home … coinci- celebrity home away from home: dentally Collective Soul will 20 Questions By Mahsa Khalilifar rehab. The 44-year-old, who has also release an album titled Daily Titan Colunmist had alleged drug charges in the Home … Sarah Harmer will past, decided to voluntarily enter release I’m a Mountain … New 04 Free Th eRobots Proﬁ le DVD releases include many L.O.V.E. is not only the title a live-in program, according to romantic comedies such as of Ashlee Simpson’s new hit the Associated Press … It’s a 06 Willie Mason Proﬁ le Reese Witherspoon and Mark but also the emotional topic baby girl for actress Joely Fisher Ruffalo’s “Just Like Heaven” this week among celebrities, who had her second child last … Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Top 10 iPod Download or at least the lack of it … Thursday with husband Chris Bloom’s “Elizabethtown it’s Splitsville for 34-year-old Duddy. The 44-year-old has been (Widescreen Special Collector’s 07 Movie Reviews Lance Armstrong and 43-year- most recently seen on “Desperate Edition)” … and funny film old Sheryl Crow. The Tour de Housewives,” playing an obnox- “Wallace and Gromit: The 08 Seven Th ings Every Guy France biker extraordinaire and iously rude boss to Felicity Curse of the Were-Rabbit” … the singer called off their mar- Huffman’s character … singer R. Celebrity gossip of the week: is riage Friday in a statement con- Kelly announced last week that Should Haveve Dave Chappelle coming back firmed by “People” … another he will be going on tour again. to our TV sets? Say it is so! … couple saying their goodbyes The Light it Up Tour will feature Stay tuned for that and more in ON THE COVER: Art il- are actress Heather Locklear and Kelly – who has been doing more the next Inside Buzz … lustrationmajor Stacy White musician Richie Sambora. After performing amid controversy paintsto the songs in her heart.((Photo Photoprovidedp rovidedbyb y Songha Lee)

Biggie Duets album? 12.Did the music industry give 2.Does Kanye West really the South permission to take think he’s Jesus? over? And if they did, why? 20 Q’S 3. Hasn’t Jamie Foxx come a 13. Does Brokeback Mountain long way since his In Living really need eight Oscar nomina- Color days? tions? 4. Speaking of Jamie Foxx, is 14. Now that Angelina Jolie THE BUZZ is having her own baby, is she his album really that good or is it good because it’s his album? still on a quest to have her own ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR By Dianika Abbott 5. Is Jessica Simpson offi- United Nations? Dianika Abbott Daily Titan Entertainment Editor cially back on the market? 15. Did G-unit hype Olivia up 6. How long will Eminem and a little too much? EXECUTIVE EDITOR Have you ever watched TV ex-wife Kim’s relationship last 16. Does anybody still watch and wondered what the heck is this time? Real World? Nicole M. Smith going on in Hollywood? Don’t 7. What ever happened to 17. Is model Kate Moss final- you get tired of hearing the Pink? ly drug free? DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING same dish about every celebri- 8. Is Dave Chappelle here to 18. Does Cam’Ron feel stupid because his wanna-be beef is Can Sengezer ty? Shouldn’t someone speak up stay or will he be making a dis- and ask the questions everyone appearing act anytime soon? only one sided? wants the answers to? If you’re 9. Doesn’t Ciara look too old 19. Will Jay-Z and Beyonce ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING reading this and agreeing, then for Bow Wow? ever get married? Emily Alford here’s 20 what that will make 10. Should Tommy Lee really 20. Shouldn’t Kevin Federline you go “hmmmmm.” re-make the O’Jay’s hit “Love stick to being Brittany Spears and Train”? Shar Jackson’s baby’s daddy? PRODUCTION 1. Is P. Diddy trying to spark 11. Does Hilary Duff really Does he really need make a rap Dianika Abbott a Bad Boys comeback with the deserve a record deal? album? Danielle Torricelli

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Copyright ©2006 Daily Titan WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2006 MAINSTREAM [email protected] THE BUZZ 3 Concert OVERALLS KEPT US COVERED wear overalls Overalls varied overalls. By Kirk Dingley was to have drastically in color. The comfortableness of over- Daily Titan Staff Writer Calendar one suspender- The stonewashed alls is what truly made them strap buttoned, look was prob- great. You had to be comfortable Usually fashion trends go in while letting ably the most com- back then because the dance FEBRUARY new and exciting directions, the other hang mon, but overalls moves at the time required tre- but who can forget when we all freely. came in just about mendous flexibility. wanted to dress like farmers and Some took every color pos- Imagine doing the “running O6 MONDAY coal miners? Most of us wore the look a step sible. Cross Color man” or the “Roger Rabbit” Coldplay them, and those who didn’t sim- further, leaving overalls were the in today’s skin-tight, low-rise ply weren’t cool. Yes, I’m refer- Th e Arrowhead both suspend- boldest, favoring jeans. It’s probably pretty dan- ring to that period in the ‘90s, the er-straps unbut- bright basic col- gerous, but in overalls we could Pond of Anaheim overalls years. toned, and oth- ors, such as school all be our favorite Fly Dancer @ 8:00 p.m. Adolescent hip-hop group ers bought their bus yellow, pump- from “In Living Color.” “Kris Kross” spawned this fash- overalls two or kin orange and fire So let’s hope that overalls ion movement, though this could 07 TUESDAY three sizes too engine red. come back on the fashion car- be debated since a number of hip- big to show The popular ousel again soon. I’m tired of Yellowcardellowcard hop groups also wore overalls. off their boxer Guess overalls painting houses as an excuse to Avalon Hollywood We really don’t know for sure shorts. Others weren’t as loud in wear mine. who started the fad, but it is @ 8:00 p.m. still rolled one color, but they made Remember, it just takes one widely believed that hip-hop cul- pant leg up to up for that by using revolutionary hipster to walk ture is responsible for the move- the knee, and lots of zippers and through the Quad on campus ment. anchored the other down with a pockets. You could never have and give us all the green light to The most common way to 08 WEDNESDAY turquoise Converse. enough storage on your Guess strap them back on. Sex Pistols Experience HOB Anahiem PUTTING THE FORCE BACK IN YOUR WALLET @ 7:00 p.m. of miniature golf and some arcade We ended up spending more time yourself. By Jackie Kimmel games when we noticed we could running than we did hunting. However, there are so many Daily Titan Columnist 09 THURSDAY get a game of laser tag with our Now I explained that little ways to be surprised during your golf for an additional $3. story because laser tag is an eco- “mission” it can be easy to forget Th e Blender Last week I discussed parks Naturally, we took the deal. nomically reasonable way to get the entertainment of it by replac- Chain Reaction as a cheap way to have some old We played our round of golf and one to shoot at friends with- ing the fun with the need for school entertainment. @ 7:30 p.m. proceeded to the laser tag arena out physically harming them, or victory. This week I am counter-acting for battle. secretly pretend you are James So, for those looking for some- the fresh air, fun-loving time you We listened to the safety Bond, Austin Powers or one of thing new to do on a Friday night can have at a park with the fog instructions, donned our vests and Charlie’s Angels. find a local laser tag venue. breathing, strobe light, kill-or-be- 10 FRIDAY laser guns, and let loose into the But, as a word of caution, On average games cost any- killed mentality of laser tag. maze with nothing more than an those who have high levels of where from $5 to $10, and range Res & Van Hunt I rediscovered this ancient adrenaline rush. competitive spirit must remem- from seven to 15 minutes per Roxy Th eatre game by accident while hanging Since we had only three play- ber laser tag is only a game. game depending on the place. out with my friends. @ 9:00 p.m. ers, it was not as exciting as if you Yes, the objective is to hit as Perhaps I will encounter some We had gone to Camelot had a whole busload of targets. many people without being hit of you on the battleground. amusement park to play a round

11 SATURDAY Mason Jennings Troubadour @ 8:00 p.m.

12 SUNDAY Keiko Matsui Long Beach Covention Center @ 7:00 p.m.

13 MONDAY My Life with the Th rill Kill Kult El Rey Th eatre @ 9:00 p.m. WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2006 MAINSTREAM [email protected] 4 THE BUZZ CSUF STUDENT MOONLIGHTS AS A ROBOT In 1994, Alfara had his first “I think it’s almost like a preserving what is. I’m not just hands-on music experience when genre in itself. It is hip-hop. It’s going to sample something and his brother came home with a set everything really. The way I then call it my track.” of turntables. But it wasn’t easy. make it is how hip-hop producers “The Prototype” itself is a “I was kind of like their have been making this since way 60/40 percent blend of samples record boy, and I would try to back,” said Alfara, who made his and original beats, Alfara said. sneak on their turntables,” he first Free the Robots EP, “The “I do a lot of sample-based said. Prototype,” over a four-year peri- stuff. I’m really more into the Finally, tired of having to od using his keyboard, turntables grimy drums,” said Alfara, who “sneak” onto his brother’s equip- and computer software. sounds more like a music histo- ment, Alfara, 24, said he saved “I still make hip-hop beats. rian than an entertainment stud- up his money while working at It’s always going to be in me, but ies major. “Anything from jazz Mrs. Fields bakery and, at the I’ve just kind of branched into so records, to classic rock records, age of 15, purchased his first set many different genres throughout to old soul & funk records from of decks and a mixer. my life and I don’t want to limit the 1960s and 1970s – those have Around this time Alfara, came myself,” Alfara said the best drums.” to be known as DJ Urth, occa- Alfara considers himself a DJ Alfara added that he prefers sionally using a second alias, and primarily a hip-hop musi- the gritty sound of older records DJ Adeo. However, his love of cian, though his musical tastes as opposed to the polished sounds music and vinyl would eventu- and experiences run the gamut. on many of today’s records. Photo provided by Chris Alfara ally take him in another direc- He’s played with several rock In the future, Alfara plans tion. bands, mostly as a DJ, but also as to release an official Free the “I was a big music collector. I Now his main focus finds him Robots album. By Dominic Kingdamo a bassist, and he has made beats always knew that there was going as the sole creative force behind for other hip-hop artists. Although Alfara has never per- Daily Titan Staff Writer to be something going on,” said an experimental hip-hop project Alfara’s inspiration for the formed live as Free the Robots, Alfara, an entertainment stud- known as Free the Robots. The Free the Robots sound is usually he has amassed a following pri- Chris Alfara had been buying ies major at Cal State Fullerton. sound, which is easier to com- sparked by his current mood or marily by word of mouth and records before he even owned “We used to just dig for records. pare than describe, is in the same his latest musical tastes. the Internet community on a turntable. Whether purchasing We’d be out just buying scratch vein as DJ Shadow or RJD2. “If I find a fresh sample I just MySpace. from dollar bins at record stores records and then I’d come up on “When I do music by myself, want to mess with it. The way I “Most of the Free the Robots or random garage sales, he some- a Pharoah Sanders record, and it’s more open, I don’t have to want to make these albums is I audience is not from around how knew one day he would have I’d be like, it’s a buck, we’re impress other band members. I just want them to be echoes from here,” said Alfara, an Orange use for his strange obsession. going to use this someday.” have 100 percent creative con- another era. A lot of the musi- County native. “I have a lot of trol,” Alfara said of his music, cians from back then were just so fans in New York, Texas and which he mainly bases on the pure, jazz musicians and the psy- Mexico. Texas is a huge audi- concept of progressive instru- chedelic rock era. People were ence.” mentals, like jazz. just making music to make it.” For his next album, Alfara will While the genre label “hip- Free the Robots does have a keep his same vibe and continue hop” limits the Free the Robots’ heavily sampled sound, a com- with the same kind of sound, only sound, it definitely is hip-hop. mon trait of instrumental hip-hop. heavier and more progressive. But it’s also jazz and down Alfara said that using samples is He said he would someday tempo. More than anything, Free a good way of remembering art- like to connect with an Orange the Robots’ pushes the boundar- ists from the past. County audience as he continues ies of what most people think “The sampling thing, people to look forward to what the future when they think “hip-hop.” criticize it, but it’s just kind of holds for Free the Robots. UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT TAKES HIP-HOP TO ANOTHER LEVEL By Jon Castillo together but have certainly found In “Chemikillz” the upbeat Daily Titan Staff Writer a common ground in expressing tempo is accompanied with Awol self-pity. One lyrics about the talents of First time listeners beware: The raspy- other rappers, while Mascaria Awol One is definitely an acquired voiced under- mixes in a long trumpet and soft taste. ground rapper acoustics in the middle and end He has been a constant in Los known as Awol of the song. Angeles underground hip-hop for One teams But unfamiliar listeners will 16 years now and not much has with producer be turned off with tracks like changed with his delivery. Mascaria in a “Blood Red Villain” in which His style is unique in that he new 13-track album titled The he sings in a high-pitched voice will break into non-rhyming Chemikillz. about being the “scariest face, rapping that will leave listeners The album is dark themed and the scariest villain.” scratching their heads about what eerie textured, something remi- Overall the album has solid he is talking about. niscent of a B-rated horror movie production with nice bass lines The album shines in tracks like soundtrack. created with Mascaria’s beats and “Chemikillz” and “When I’m Awol One’s style of slow, eerie sounds. The Chemikillz is Dead” with Awol One’s straight- melodic rhyming meshes well an album one can listen to alone forward delivery of everyday life with Mascaria’s dark beats. The and lose themselves deep within happenings. two have never released an album the bleak lyrics by Awol One. WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2006 MAINSTREAM [email protected] THE BUZZ 5 ARTIST PAINTS TO MUSIC IN HER HEART

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book illustrations would be her ate artwork that showcased the By Lisa Chung uniqueness and beauty of black Daily Titan Staff Writer chosen career path. White said her Christian faith people. On paper, Stacy White looks and music have been the two fac- “Black children need to know good; on canvas she looks even tors that have really helped her to why they are beautiful; they need better. develop into the artist that she is to know about their glorious his- She is a 22-year-old illustra- today. tory, about the beauty of our tion and Afro-ethnic studies major Her boyfriend, Sharlok Poems, people,” she said. at CSUF, she will graduate this describes her art as, “exciting, Like White said, she sees the spring, and she’s been the fea- outgoing, loving and funny.” world differently, and in that dif- tured artist at many exhibits here A trip to Brooklyn last year ference, she is able to gather on campus and beyond. really opened her eyes to the inspiration from a variety of After she finishes school, musicians of today who are con- sources. White wants to illustrate chil- tinuing to revolutionize society. She uses the influence of God, dren’s books that represent the White, who said she listens to her mothers, fellow illustrators black people and culture, a part of music while she paints and almost like Faith Ringgold and Tim the population she feels is drasti- always includes a treble cleft in Ladwig, and musicians like India cally underrepresented. her paintings, was afforded the Arie and Erykah Badu, and pours “Growing up I knew that I opportunity to visit Dead Prez’s it all into her art. saw the world differently than my music studio, “Warrior,” where Poems said White has a posi- friends,” White said. she learned the RGB code, which tive influence on those around And that’s where the story of stands for red, green and black, her. Stacy White, the artist, really the colors of the black revolu- “I see her making a change begins. tionaries. through her loving heart. She White found inspiration in her White is more than just a girl loves more than anyone I know,” mother, a painter and sculptor, who enjoys animation and art, he said. who White refers to as her “kin- She paints for a reason. “She can find something lov- dred spirit.” “I have always loved illus- ing in the worst of things. She Another powerful female influ- tration, but the more children’s shares love every day with fam- ence in her life, her stepmother, books that I read the more that I ily, friends, and everyday peo- By Songha Lee/Daily Titan Staff introduced her to animation and began to realize black children, ple.” CSUF’s art illustration and Afro-ethnic major Stacy production arts. our culture and our stories, are Samples of White’s artwork White uses the songs of revolutionary musicians as Throughout high school, White underrepresented,” she said. are available for viewing on her inspiration for her artwork. took painting classes and decided During her freshman year of Web site,www.myspace.com/ at an early age that children’s college, White decided to cre- nubianpaintr. WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2006 MUSIC [email protected] 6 THE BUZZ TOP 10 IPOD BRIGHT EYES PROTEGE DOWNLOADS EMBRACES NEWFOUND FAME By Mahsa Khalilfar Daily Titan Columnist my head I was still on a road self. 2. Beyonce’s “Check on it” trip, you know? I had just The Buzz is your source for the 3. Gabriella & Troy “Breaking left school and I was playing DT: So I looked you up and latest trends in the music industry Free” gigs and I put out a record for you’re on MySpace, do you man- and where would we be without 4. “Unwritten” by Natasha Team Love but it was all very age your own site? the ever so popular Bedingfield informal and casual. I was and trendy iPod? 5. T-Pain & Mike still getting around like hitch- WM: I really like the idea of So for you iPod Jones “I’m N Luv ing rides from people, so at it. It’s a weird feeling to write fanatics out there: (Wit a Stripper) that point I was the observer. to like, thousands of people shuffle, nano, mini, 6.St. Louis represents, Nobody had a fixed notion of but at the same time things like etc. (we don’t dis- Nelly’s hit featuring me or of who I was. I was just MySpace and my own site, which criminate)… Here Paul Wall “Grillz taking in the world because I I’m working on, those are all is the list of the top (Dirty)” grew up in such a small town independent forums where I can 10 downloads for the 7. Ashlee Simpson’s and then all of a sudden I share. It runs parallel to what a week, according to “L.O.V.E.” became the observed. It took record is. A record is a document Apple iTunes Web site. 8. TheAll-American some quick adaptation. that represents me and the Web There’s some pop, hip-hop and Rejects’ “Dirty Little Secret” sites are like a forum of not going everything in between. Happy 9. “Get’cha Head In the Game DT: Did you feel pressure by though any middle men. Listening! by Troy that at all, that people were so 1.James Blunts“You’re 10. Eminem’s “Shake That” By Jickie Torres/ Daily Titan Stafffamiliarfamiliar wwithith yyourour wwork?ork? DT: By now you must be sick Beautiful” of comparisons to Bob Dylan By Jickie Torres WM: I didn’t at first really. It did and Tom Waits, and even Elliott Daily Titan Staff Writer catch up with me a bit towards Smith. But what are your expec- the end but, like, I don’t think that tations of yourself and are you It’s a difficult place out there was necessary. I don’t think that pressured by these predictions of in the world of music if you don’t was conscious. It was weak ego. being the next great folk musi- have cash to flash, high powered cian? cribs to flaunt, and high tech DT: A lot of people describe your boards and power producers that music and lyrics as honest and WM: You know, there’s a quote work them to fashion ready made stripped down of pretense. Do that Louis Armstrong said, “All hits that seem destined for the you agree? music is folk music, ain’t no charts. horse ever gonna sing a song.” Willy Mason, a 20-year-old (of WM: Um, yeah, I mean I’ve It’s like I guess people call me all things) folk singer, had abso- never been very good at taking a folk musician now because I lutely none of these. on a role. When I do that, I tend play by myself with an acoustic In fact, what he did have was to make a fool of myself. But guitar and my roots are appar- a room in a house in Martha’s most of these songs were written ent … and I mean that tradition Vineyard where he recorded his before I had a career, they were of having clear lines of yourself tracks himself and played most of songs to pass the time, to play to past generations is probably the instruments. with my friends, so I had nothing something that I’ll always carry However, what he did have to gain by trying to fool anyone. with me but my ancestors are was raw honest talent and a pure, There was nobody to fool. No one not Bob Dylan’s. There are some stripped down sound that he took was listening. crazy people back there and I with him to New York, where he have plenty of different colors to struck out to hit the open-mic DT: So is that going to change shine. I’m not the kind of writer market. Soon after, the recent things the second time around that can decide what kind of song high school graduate was dis- when you lay down a new they want to write. For me I have covered by Bright Eyes’ Conor album? no choice but to let the songs Oberst and was yanked from his come out. eBay-purchased van where he’d WM: No, I don’t think so. I been living and taken on tour as wouldn’t worry about it because DT: So other than touring, what’s an opening act. by the time I started thinking next for you? From there Mason landed for about another album, I realized an extended stay in the UK where that I have quite a few songs. WM: I’m recording a new record. a few pub gigs turned into a They all came out slowly; I didn’t I’m building myself a house, a three-week tour due to an over- realize how much I was writing. shack. Actually officially, it’s a whelmingly positive response. It is a little different but … I think tool shed because I don’t have As Mason sits, ready to per- that its good that it’s different. the permits yet … And I’m start- form in Los Angeles at the famed ing to work on a recording studio Troubadour, he shares his thoughts DT: Your song “Oxygen” is with some friends of mine. And on his burgeoning fame, the pres- quickly being adapted as this reading a lot. I just got a new sures of being called another Bob anthem for new hope and a more truck to replace the van I had Dylan and the weird world of benevolent generation. How do been living in. MySpace. you feel about that being your sort of ID song? DT: Did you buy your truck on DT: You’ve been so well received eBay too? over in the UK. You arrived to this WM: I guess it’s kind of a cool preexisting fan base that knew all starting point you know, as far WM: (Laughs) No, I didn’t actu- your lyrics, how did that feel? as ID songs go. That’s a pretty ally, I decided to go official and I healthy way of thinking for your- went to a dealership. WM: It’s weird. It’s surreal. In WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2006 MUSIC [email protected] THE BUZZ 7 THERE’S SOMETHING NOT SO NEW Because of her racial struggles in the business world, and the By Kirsten Alto world in general, she finds it Daily Titan Staff Writer almost impossible to date anyone who doesn’t meet the require- A white person falls in love ments on her list: black, estab- with someone of a different race, lished, well traveled, fine and a while his or her family members part of the black upper class. and friends disagree with the Her list prevents her from love affair. We’ve all seen it finding a man who can satisfy before. her desires. Most recently in Guess Who That is, until her colleague with Ashton Kutcher and Save sets her up on a blind date with the Last Dance with Julia Stiles. a man who is totally opposite The audience always knows of the IBM (Intellectual Black in the end the relationship suc- Man) she’s looking for. ceeds, but watching them strug- Her love interest, Brain gle along the way, whether it’s (Simon Baker), a white architec- dramatic or comical, is what the tural landscaper, falls madly in movie is about. love with the real Kenya, not the In Something New, directed pretentious woman she pretends by Sanaa Hamri, the focus is on to be. Kenya (Sanaa Lathan), a suc- In an attempt to “let go and cessful black woman who is a let it flow,” she throws her list Picture provided by Focus Features big control freak. out the window and becomes the edy). for a group of girlfriends who As one of the only black free-spirited person she always realizes that the foundation of a With occasional spurts of need a pick-me-up or maybe even women in a senior managerial wanted to be. relationship is based on love rath- laughter, the casts’ delivery was a date for Valentines Day. position at her accounting firm, Just when she thinks she’s er than race and allows herself to average and every now and I don’t think this movie is a “black tax” is major issue. Kenya found the man of her dreams, love Brian, despite their obvious then, Baker’s Australian accent must see wait for this to hit video feels that because she works in she is introduced to an “IBM” differences. slipped through his well prac- stores. In fact, bring Guess Who a predominately white environ- that her family and friends agree The movie works well as a ticed American dialect. and Save the Last Dance along ment, she has to work harder to is “the one.” romantic comedy (sometimes I recommend Something New too and make a night out of it. be taken seriously. But before it’s too late, Kenya more with romance than com- WHEN A STRANGER CALLS ON SUSPENSE and director Simon West this film is the fact that the that assists our heroine as she manages to do somewhat filmmakers make the house battles for her life. the same with his remake one of the main characters. Belle does an adequate job of the classic cult-hor- The house overlooks a large portraying this young woman, ror film When a Stranger lake and was built solely for filled with terror who finds Calls. the purpose of this film. the strength to put up a good Jill’s terror starts Its large glass windows fight. almost immediately after Belle isn’t given Dr. and Mrs. Mandrakis much dialogue due leave her in charge of to the nature of the their secluded house in story, but makes up the country. “HaveHave youyou checkedchecked for it nicely with At first she thinks her great facial expres- boyfriend and friends sions that convey are responsible for the the children?” her character’s creepy phone calls, but angst. soon discovers they are Overall, I can coming from a strang- honestly rate er who is watching her - When A Stranger Calls “When a Stranger Photo provided by Screen Gems, Inc. every move. Calls” as a decent By Jody Cason The stranger, who does not film and a pret- Daily Titan Staff Writer were already fast asleep by the appear until the very end, keeps ty respectable time she arrived. the audience in grand suspense make Jill a very vulner- remake. High school student Jill It was the homicidal maniac as Jill constantly struggles to able character by giving the The filmmakers took good Johnson (Camilla Belle) had on the other end of the phone find his whereabouts. stranger incredible vantage care not to go overboard by no idea what she was in store line that gave Jill her troubles There are many obstacles points to survey her. making it a typical teenage for when she took an offer for when he kept asking the same that keep Jill from rescue, like There is also a very reflec- slasher film. Sure there is a what seemed like an ordinary annoying question, “Have you the maid who disappears and tive glass atrium inside the little blood and guts, but it is baby-sitting gig. checked the children?” the police who don’t take her home with a super-powered the lingering suspense in this It wasn’t that the children This disturbing question ter- claims seriously. mister that helps serve the film that will keep you on the were misbehaved; in fact, they rified movie audiences in 1979, One of the best aspects of plot, as well as trick lighting edge of your seat. WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2006 THE BACK PAGE [email protected] 8 THE BUZZ 7 FASHION TIPS EVERY GUY SHOULD KNOW

By Lauren Padilla your shirt to your blazer. The ening her hair seems complete- shoe store, you’re even allowed California and not have a nice Daily Titan Staff Writer contrast carries this look. If you ly crazy and pointless to a guy, the privilege of looking at new pair of sunglasses? Besides the try to match the two, it doesn’t but at the same time he wants shoes on the Internet. Find the boring but very important rea- look so effortlessly sexy and you to look good too. Although he right shoe that polishes your son that they protect your eye- K mister: Admit it. don’t want anyone to think you might only contribute minutes outfit. You know, the “one” that sight, they also add a bit of You want to look tried, right? rather than hours to his hair, the will make you the envy of all drama and mystery to any man. O good. Why wouldn’t concept is the same. Wanting your “macho” friends. What man doesn’t want to keep you? It is understandable that (2) Dress the Booty to look hot is gender blind. a girl guessing? Sunglasses have you might not want to sur- It’s uncool to act like you Just like girls, there are days always been sexy, from James vey your friends on the latest know all the designers your girl- when your hair just won’t coop- (5) Decorate yourself Dean to Stephen from Laguna fashion trends, so let this be friends freak out over, but it’s erate. We’re talking bed hair, That’s sound uber-feminine, Beach. This is definitely not your outlet. No one has to pretty obvious you’re checking and not the sexy kind. This is but it’s the truth. Instead of ear- a passing trend, so be a little know your reading this, but out our nicely clad rear ends. where men have one of the few rings or necklaces, your focus shady. a little advice wouldn’t hurt. Even more obvious is the ris- advantages over women; a man should be watches and belts. A Besides the way you dress can ing trend of Clueless boys wear- almost always looks hot in a watch can change your whole (7) The Classic either scare off the girl of your ing these same designer jeans. It hat. Just cover the unruly hair outfit. If you want to make your The T-shirt is definitely the dreams or reel her in. Don’t seems rather rational; if you have up, and you will look even hot- outfit night worthy add some all-time favorite. It is comfort- you want to make sure it’s the a nice rear end, why not show ter, minus the effort. bling; if you prefer a laid back able, and you can never have ladder? So let’s get started… it off? Besides a nice pair of athletic vibe go for the new too many. The cut is the same, jeans dresses up any shirt. Also, (4) Stepping in style thicker wrist bans that seems to but depending on the color or (1) Casually over-dressed it might show that girl you’ve This is the one fascination make a man look so much more brand they please all different There is nothing hotter than had your eye on that you do pay men never had to play down. muscular. Don’t forget your kinds of boys. To be honest a blazer thrown over a t-shirt attention, and might just supply From the days when you were belts. Please, women have been it is a little perplexing how a with jeans. It’s like your trying her with a hot shopping partner. starting to wobble, you were scared away by way too many printed brand name can make to look nice but at the same Just let her continue believing bombarded with “cool,” flash- plumber butts. Forget what you one T-shirt so much better than time being your manly laid this: You’re the clueless boy. ing footgear or whatever new have heard, it is not sexy! Pull another, but men probably feel back self. Best of all, it takes sneaker your favorite basketball yourself together and find the the same about women’s brands. like zero effort. You can throw (3) If it won’t cooperate, cover player was endorsing. A man’s perfect belt to complete your Although, the T-shirt may seem a blazer over almost anything it up shoes speak for him. When look. a bit dull, the sexy and easy and suddenly look so pulled It’s well known that the con- something you wear has that confidence it oozes makes this together. To get the whole cept of a girl spending hours much power, you must do it (6) Be a little shady classic anything but boring. casual effect try not to match blow-drying, curling or straight- justice. So men, go in every How can you live in Southern