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THE FRESNO BEE FRIDAY MAY 14 1999 E5 UPN probably adding wrestling Boys Men Smackdown drew an audience of 56 million viewers Kan ratings episode of Raw was the highest-rated wrestling telecast in the history of cable television drawing more than 8 million viewers Raw benefited from the absence of WCW Monday Nitro which was pre-empted by the NBA playoffs Nitro returns Monday but will be hard-pressed to quash the momentum Raw has gained Scripps Howard News Service UPN (Channel 53) is expected to announce a weekly WWF show for its fall lineup when the new schedule is announced next week The hour-long show probably will air on Tuesday nights and be similar in format to the Sunday Night Heat episodes on USA Paul McGuire senior vice president of media relations said the Smackdown telecast on April 29 drew more than double what the network usually averages for Thursday-night programming The final ratings also show ALBUM REVIEW'S RICKY MARTIN Columbia Grade: ROBBIE WILLIAMS Ego Has Capitol Grade: exhilarating effect The addition of campy rock guitar on several tracks puts even more snap in this bubblegum salsa certainly an improvement over four Spanish records which tended toward saccharine ballads or watered-down Latin beats Luckily new ballads boast stronger melodies Most sound like the stuff George Michael should have kept doing The best one pairs Martin with Madonna Musically they chose an improbable amalgam mingling Spanish guitars and whooshing electronica courtesy of producer William Orbit But it clicks As a singer Martin owns an appealingly muscular voice though it never risks meaningful emotion Like everything about the guy its appeal all lies mainly on the surface But what a surface album (a blend of hits off his two English LPs) offers brainier lyrics than but manages an equal measure of great tunes A typical British wit Williams never stops with the self-aware quips morning when I wake upI look like KISS but without the makeupand a good line to take it to the goes one typical stanza just as clever and English in his approach to melody and arrangement His Brit-pop sources range from Hermits and The Kinks to Queen and George Michael He can sound like Neil Tennant one minute (he even duets with the guy) Freddie Mercury the next Teen heartthrobs Ricky Martin and Robbie Williams bring more mature sounds to the States By Jim Fakber NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Everyone wants to be a teen idol these days Except those who used to be one Ricky Martin and Robbie Williams served their time as pinups for the underaged and overexcited Martin started his career at 15 as an interchangeable cutie pie in Menudo He went on to became a blow-dried soap opera star then evolved into a junior version of Julio Iglesias posing for hordes of screaming girls around the world Williams emerged as a face in the English boy group Take That the second singer behind prime hunk Gary Barlow The tension between the two stars finally got Williams booted from the band Both singers easily could have had their careers halted or stalled by those situations But during the last year their marketing machines have worked overtime to resell them to new audiences Williams wants to expand his market beyond British girls Martin aims to move his beyond Spanish girls MATTHEW BRODERICK REESE WITHERSPOON election ST Williams issued two solo albums in the United Kingdom which sent several singles up the charts missiles giving his US company enough ammunition to hype his Stateside debut to the hilt As most humans know people have spent much of the last year priming the public for an Anglo crossover big enough to make Gloria Estefan look ghettoized When Martin brought down the house at this Grammys his superstardom seemed guaranteed especially because it was followed by a radio smash with La Vida (included on the new album) Now both albums have arrived and dam if they more than live up to their presell jobs Neither can make a claim on depth But two of the zippiest efforts of the year work provides a textbook example of how to mix Latin beats with pop tunes and rock intonations something of a surprise considering the producers and writers behind it Names like Emilio Estefan Walter Afanasieff and Desmond Child (known for their work with people like Mariah Carey Gloria Estefan and Bon Jovi) hardly promise pizazz But their efforts here really bounce On the upbeat tracks they embolden salsa with rock to EDWARDS THEATRES FRESNO STADIUM 21 CINEMAS NOW PLAYING OFF 41 FWY AT BLACKSTONE AVE I PHONE: 209-447-3140 BUM Absolutely FREE to browse hundreds of voice personals loads o( FREE options Access for as little as'33Cmin tLi Call today in Fresno 56-2000 Finale Lines of fresno assumes no liability tor any circumstances resulting Pom the use ot this system Cillers ate not pre screened User discretion advised Must De IS- EDWARDS CINEMAS I GET READY FOR THE WILDEST PARTY THIS SPRING! 11 A HIP-HOP CONCOCTION WITH THC SOUL OF 'HOUSE PARTY" SfICt MiUIlH CASHF0R TEXTBOOKS! 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