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Comment? Contact Elizabeth Snyder editor (414) 656-6271 after 9 am or B6 MONDAY MAY 11 1998 Aces on Bridge Rolling Stone Notes 14 i i Natalie Imbruglla has moved from soap opera star to singer with a hit single Hot tom star BY BOBBY WOLFF few strong instincts and a few plain Wordsworth signaled in accordance with our prior claimed East defending himself against criticism plain rules is one countered West the obvious is quite an- Which side had the better argument? West led his fourth-best spade and South played queen winning file trick when East followed with his trey In a prior discussion East and West had agreed to signal the count when third hand could not cover card against a no-trump contract (Low-high equals odd high-low equals even) application of the agreement backfired Whfen South led a heart to ace South covered spade jack return blocking the spade suit 10 prevented the run of the spades and South escaped with an overtrick Did East deserve criticism for following their prior agreement? Yes he did Whether the agreement was a good one or not East should have recognized the need to unblock at trick one Audio BY DAVID WILD ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE LEFT OF THE MIDDLE Natalie Imbruglla RCA two and a half stars "Left of the the already massively successful debut effort by Natalie Imbruglia could also be titled Little since Imbruglia seems to be the latest in a line of fetching young actresses turned into confessional singer-songwriters for the post-grunge era Alanis phone home And though Imbruglla seems less than a total musical original yes Virginia her hit single is in fact a cover tune the fact Is that of the is a perfectly pleasant piece of modestly tortured pop rock Sounding at times like a young Debbie Harry Imbruglia is at her best on and and the now radio-saturated CITY OF ANGELS: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Various Artists Warner SunsetReprise three stars Though it may be unlikely to ever outsell the soundtrack of has at least one huge selling point: the first new song from Alanis Morissette since she took over the world is no big letdown a big orchestra beauty with an excellent string arrangement And there are other notable pleasures here Including an atmospheric new Peter Gabriel song and tracks by U2 Jimi Hendrix John Lee Hooker and Goo Goo Dolls plus some of Gabriel score GREATEST HITS LIVE Journey Columbia two and a half stars Having already sold you millions of copies of greatest hits Columbia now wants to sell you some old live performances of those same songs remixed by producer Kevin Shirley And anyone who might be tempted to take Columbia up on that bargain probably will get exactly what heshe hoped for her with faithfiil concert ver- scrapped NEW YORK (AP) The city that boasts of having everything will have nothing for this finale Plans for a mass viewing of the May 14 farewell show have been scrapped because of problems finding a location the city and would-be sponsor Fujifilm said are as surprised as we are that New not doing a Fujifilm spokesman Mindy Kramer said Natalie hit single tears up the charts NORTH A 8 10 7 4 Q2 A A 8 5 3 05-ll-A WEST A A 9 7 6 2 532 KJ6 A 10 9 EAST A 10 3 A96 10 85 43 A 72 SOUTH A K54 VQJ8 A9 7 AKJ64 Vulnerable: Both Dealer North The bidding: North East 1 A Pass 13-15 HCP South 3 NT West Opening lead: Spade six fourth-best lead promised three cards higher than the six With two higher cards in dummy and two in hand South could hold only one (11-6 5X and the unblock becam an obvious and intuitive play After East unblocks his jack at trick one South has no chance When East wins his heart ace he retunis the 10 and the defenders collect four spades and the heart ace for one down Review sions of such AMFM stadium rock staples as Stop Crying in the and yes KEEP ON THE BEST OF JUNIOR WELLS Telarc three and a half stars Anyone who had the chance to see or hear blues great Junicli Wells who sadly passed away recently can do some deeply soulful catching up by checking out on The Best of Junior which gathers his finest recordings for the Telarc label Among those guesting here are Carlos Santana on and Sonny Lan-dreth on Me One and other tracks This may not be the definitive but undeniable stuff THE HORSE WHISPERER: SONGS FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE Various Artists MCA Nashville three and a half stars all gotten used to the usual by-the-numbers rock soundtrack but there have been fewer such country-oriented collections one that actually works as a coherent listening experience an album of songs by just about everyone good left in not schlocky country music Gillian Welch George Strait Iris Dement Lucinda Williams and even a reunion of the legendary Flatlanders Are you ready for the real country? Then take this unusually sturdy soundtrack ride (All reviews are based on a five-star system) £1 EMARIdJH FATR nm Seuthport Plaza 942-8530 is AU SHOWS BEFORE I PM RSt CHILDREN -M50 ADULTS STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS misname rans DEEP IMPACT (PO-13) DTS (ON 1 SCREEN) 7:007:207:409:359:5510:15 HE SOT SAME (R) THE BN HIT(R) 12:352:455:057:259:50 THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION (R) PAUUE (P9) DTS MERCURY RISHM (R) CITY OF ANSELS (PO-13) DTS LOST IN (PACE (PA-13) SPECIES i (R) 12:152:354:457:209:40 PRIMARY COLORS (R) WILD THINOS (R) 9000 WILL HUNTINO (R) Ne NibiHs nBinr WiT Viiit Ow-Web rk-tom PIZZA Additional Topping Beatty still hip after all these years BY MATT HENDRICKSON ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE Warren Beatty: actor director or hip-hop impresario? have ever thought work with asked Pras of the Fugees I went to his crib and hung out a cool Pras Wu-Tang Dirty Bastard and upstart Mya recorded for the soundtrack to new satire (out May 15) Beatty visited the studio where the track was recorded was a Mya said with a laugh give me advice he just told me to stay Hear no evil notice Woody Allen covering his eyes Sitting in the front row with his wife Soon-Yi Previn at the Versus fashion show in New York where models including Naomi Campbell worked it on the runway the Wood-ster jammed his fingers in his ears as musical guests Foo Fighters roared through three songs "That was the highlight of my said the Dave GrohL watched him during the entire performance and I know what to think but afterward kd lang said that as a compliment my So I Also checking out the mode-lage the clothes and the music were Minnie Driver Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley Patricia Arquette No Gwen Stefani and our friend Puffy Said a bewildered Grohl our typical audience at a Pulp fiction He may sing about staying home and doing dishes on new album Is but frontman Jarvis Cocker still gets out of the house especially when the party is in his honor In London as members of Supergrass and Elastica (taking a break from recording its long-overdue second album) looked on Pulp played its first live show in almost two years offering up six new songs (including the homey back to the nitty-gritty of being in a Cocker said Pulp will play a few North American dates in June then return for a longer tour in the fall said Cocker Stern warning I am the King of All Media! Kneel peasants and kiss my hand Or at least watch my new late-night TV show Howard Stern announced that he wants to duke it out with Night on hiSjOwn Saturday-night comedy show premiering in August on CBS lazy tired and said Stem of the crew have some cheerleader skit on day in and day Amen Your Highness hour-long show will include comedy sketches animation segments and video footage from his radio show and Stem promises to deliver his brand of ribald humor in full effect LES MISERABLES (PG-13) MON-THUR BLACK DOG MON-THUR THE ODD COUPLE II (PG-13) MON-THUR TITANIC MON-THUR 4 :10 BY JONATHAN BERNSTEIN ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE On the warmest day (86 degrees) of an early-spring heat wave Natalie Imbruglia is doing her best to make her small frame disappear into her oversize hooded top so she says all but curling up in her chair Though been in front of a camera on and off since she was 11 she has yet to perfect the protective reticence and plastic demeanor of a lifelong celebrity but working on it There are subjects such as Her Dark London Days about which only imply went a bit and others Whom Shagging for example that she politely dismisses talk about my personal But even as she says this she tries to mend the awkward silence with compensatory warmth you like some she asks offering a forkful of grilled spinach What she will discuss and discuss at length are her insecurities her lack of confidence the trouble she has believing the global success of her single and her debut album of the know how it happened Can you explain it to The requirements of being permanently available to stoke the flames of an already white-hot career are taking their toll Just off a plane from Japan and into the second interview the 23-year-old Australian sighs usually get jet she says really feeling Which is to say her olive skin is glowing and unblemished her eyes are saucer-shaped and alert and her lower lip maintains its full pout Even before it was in stores had been and heavily rotated and Imbruglia had already performed it on Night While many fans were still bungling loin a Sprint League BOWL FREE! Join now and get 3 FREE GAMES of open bowling with each week of league play at GRC GiffR Guttormsen SIS Recreation RG Center REE! 5411 Green Bay Road 1414) 658-8191 So I just went out all the After a year of nocturnal indulgence Imbruglia realized that she was just another unemployed Australian girl taking up space in London and then it hit her: "I was like got to make something happen or going to have to go home with your tail between your So motivated she bid adieu to the drum-and-bass clubs pulled her acoustic guitar out of mothballs and sequestered herself in her Chelsea bedroom to make demos One of those demos got her a deal with RCA in Britain and she began working with sympathetic collaborators: the cowriter Mark Goldenberg Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and Phil Thomalley formerly of Johnny Hates Jazz and the Cure Thomalley kick-started career when he played her a song that co-written five years earlier for the Los Angeles group Ednaswap a song that had gone on to become a European hit for Scandinavian' singer Trina Rein Both and the subsequent of the were instantly accepted in her homeland The crystal clarity of is the most commercial contribution to of the which relies on scuffed-up guitars and not-un-Ala-nis-like delivery Thematically the album is consistent Mistrust paranoia and romantic disillusionment permeate such songs as and More At her current rate of ascendance Imbruglia may soon run out of sour subject matter that be a she asks hope I get too happy People start making bad albums when they get happy I can create my own misery She beams cheerfully at the prospect ACADEMY 4 $7di AvcnuiKenoshi 4-t 30 ALL SHOWS $175 GREASE 4:307:109:30 (PG)) US MARSHALS 4:207:00935 (PG-13) MR NICE GUY 5:10 720920 (PG-13) LA CONFIDENTIAL 7:00 and 9:25 (R) HOUSEHUNT 5:00 (PG) ASGOOOASITGETS 4:15 7:059:40 (PG-13) 4 COMINC WON: CREASE 4 Ui MARiHAU 4kms n)r Shews imwe Ri I LOWS! 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