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Tuesday, April 22, 2003 Section 1 The Luxury Spa That Delivers ResultsI SELECTED TO BE THE SPA AESTHETIC MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER for "THE BEST OF ITALY AT THE OSCARS" event NO MORE CELLULITE! Exclusively at SPA HELIOS FDA Approved Treatment for Cellulite TRIACTIVE ULTRA-SOUND ENDERMOLOGY DESERT The art of tango Artists show their visions of the sultry dance. ON WEDNESDAY'S DESERT TODAY features editor Melanie Velisek phone 778-4544 fax 778-4654 e-mail melanle.velisektliedesertsun.com Ik is I 1 it I ft I. i ff SlTUM. TO IHU UhiLKT SUN Limousine at the door. Check.

Spend the weekend at a Palm Springs resort. Check. Massage and spa treatments for you and your entourage. Check. All the Yoo-Hoo you can' drink.

Check. Ah, the rigors of stardom. 10 TIPS for Earth Day GANNETT NEWS SHRVICB WASHINGTON Every day you make choices that affect the environment. When you turn the rinse knob on your washing machine to cold instead of hot, you're saving energy. When you pack your kids' lunches in boxes instead of throwaway bags, you're saving paper and trees.

When you donate unwanted possessions to charity instead of putting them in the trash, you're recycling and reducing the need for more landfills. In honor of the 34th annual Earth Day today, Gannett News Service has compiled advice from a wide variety of environmental, business and government sources to come up with 10 Ways you can help the environment. Underworld: Karl Hyde (left) and Rick Smith Underworld up close Brit techno duo chats about return visit to Coachella Fest A A A A Set your computer to go into "sleep" mode when not in use to save energy. Keep your car tuned up and its tires properly inflated to consume less gas. ii if t4 it if it it ifi i5 -i I 5 By Jose Paul Corona THE DESERT SUN Underworld burst onto the U.S.

music scene in 1996 when their song "Born Slippy" was featured on the soundtrack to the controversial film "Trainspotting." The film about heroin addicts in Edinburgh, Scotland gave the group electronic music group exposure and gained them new fans. When the duo of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith aren't making music they're touring. Live performances are something that the group is known for. The two also keep busy by running their own graphic design company which has produced commercials for Nike, Sony, Adidas and Pepsi. They've also produced a live concert DVD which they mostly financed themselves.

And if that isn't enough Hyde and Smith are currently working on a project for the Playstation 2 game console. Underworld will be one of the featured performers on the lineup Sunday, the second day of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. This is the group's second appearance at the festival. Karl Hyde, the group's singer and guitarist took time out of his busy schedule while at his home in East London to discuss the group's work and the festival. QUESTION: Do you enjoy performing at these types of festival? ANSWER: (Whether) you're playing to a dance, club or mixed festival crowd they're all different vibes.

We improvise. You throw the tune out and the vibe that comes back is how the set starts to develop. I think people want to party that's what we do live, we don't play mellow chilled-out tunes. We play to party and that's what we do. QUESTION: Is playing at this type of show different then playing at a club or Indoor venue? It's a different intensity.

If you're Please see UNDERWORLD, D2 Shop through the Internet to cut down on unnecessary driving. Buy clothes that don't need to be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning typically 1 involves chemicals that are harmful to the environment. 5 In the market for a new barbecue for the summer? Electric grills generate far fewer air pollutants than burning charcoal or even propane gas. Anna Nicole Smith is in Palm Springs.

The reason? Easy. Men. PALM SPRINGS Tonight, Anna Nicole will judge the allamericanguys.com the best site on the net featuring ail-American modeling contest at Caliente Tropics Resort, 411 E. Palm Canyon Drive and Atlas Restaurant, 210 S. Palm Canyon Drive, both in Palm Springs.

It would be a tough assignment for most celebrities, but, then Anna Nicole Smith isn't most celebrities. The dancer-tumed-Playboy and Guess! Jeans model-turned-tabloid queen-turned-TV star has struck pop culture gold with her Entertainment Television series, "The Anna Nicole Show," a bizarre behind-the-scenes look at the zaftig star and her circle of friends. And they're all here this week: Personal assistant Kim-my (who met Ms. Smith while working at a Palm Springs resort); manager Howard K. Stern; El's cameras and, of course, Anna Nicole's beloved pooch, Sugar Pie.

But just try to get ahold of the star-slash-cult figure. No word on whether her teenage son co-star, Daniel, will be there. Her field producer Kevin Hayes tried valiantly to connect her to reporters on Sunday afternoon. The star's availability was originally from 2 to 4 p.m. on the limo ride to Palm Springs.

Better make that 2:30. By 3:30 p.m., she was up and Please see ANNA, D2 Send documents by I e-mail rather than I fax to save paper. 7 Consider color in choosing a new car. Avoid dark-colored cars if you live in a warm climate. They get hotter inside and require more gas-draining air conditioning.

(Heating a car takes less energy than cooling it.) If you go Adjust your lawn mower to a higher What Coachella Music and Arts Festival When: Saturday and Sunday (Underworld performs Sunday) Where: Empire Polo Grounds, 81-800 Avenue 51, Indio Cost 1-day pass, $75 plus $1 charity and applicable charges; $140 for both days plus $2 charge Other info: Free parking, all ages Online: www.ticketmaster.com or www.goldenvoice.comcoachella setting. Longer grass i retains water better and you won't have i T.f!i to water as often. Water plants and grass in the early morning, when temperatures are cooler, to minimize evaporation. Always clean up after pets. Dog droppings wash Insights get lost on Madonna's jumbled 'Life' Poets get their 15 minutes Fans of verse and rhyme will find fellow poetry lovers at La Gour-mandise French Cafe and Bakery tonight.

From 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gardens on El Paseo, the second floor cafe will mark National Poetry Month by giving local writers a chance to step up to the mic and read their work. The event also features Sholeh Wolpe, a Redlands-based poet involved in putting together the April to April "Poets of Southern California Calendar: The Swimsuit Issue." For information, call Lori Davis, 346-7575. followed by an almost incongruous acoustic guitar, followed by some semblance of a song structure, followed by the title track's final insult the choppy "rap" listing her managers, double shots of soy latte and so on. The pattern continues on other songs.

Madonna has insightful and obviously pressing things to say about her lonely upbringing and the pursuit of fame achieving it and the toll it exacts So But just when she's got your attention, in comes an abrupt turn in arrangement or lyrical direction that distracts you from that initial interest. COX NEWS SERVICE Having a lawyer, a manager, an agent, three nannies and a jet never sounded so sad. Or for that matter, so weird. But such is the "American Life" Madonna unveils today an interesting, personal record you too often have to peel back a lot of layers to find. From the moment "American Life" comes on, it's clear this isn't the super-confident star we've heard for two decades now.

The first lines: "Do I have to change my it get me far? Should I lose some weight? Am I gonna be a star?" Then comes the sharp keyboard squiggles, into storm drains and end up in creeks, rivers, lakes and oceans. For more tips, search these Web sites: www.epa.gov, www.earthshare.org, www.sierraclub.org i I 1 More on Earth Day: B3.