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1. REVIEW: ‘Sleeping Beauty Wakes’ at McCarter Theatre
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the confusion. The music (score by Brendan Milburn, lyrics by Valerie Vigoda) has the problems of many rock musicals – all the tunes seem to sound much alike. But Rachel Sheinnkin’s book sparkles with ...

2. Did White House rapper Common name daughter after N.J. cop killer Assata Shakur?
(U.S./Nation)

... b/c of those lyrics JMHO USMCMGST” Other responses on the Yahoo site were not actually in support of the rapper allegedly naming his child after the fugitive, but more on details about Shakur’s conviction, ...

3. Cop killer lyrics cause of N.J. State Police reps' outrage over Common's invitation to White House
(U.S./Nation)

... our youth are receiving from his lyrics, the fact that he pays homage to an accused cop killer in one of his songs is wrong. The White House poetry event that Common, whose real name is Lonnie Corant ...

4. REVIEW: ‘Candida’ gets tuned up as ‘A Minister’s Wife’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... engaging at best, the 90-minute musical somehow never catches fire. Actor-director-writer Austin Pendleton has dutifully adapted Shaw’s story with lyrics by Jan Levy Tranen. Composed by Joshua Schmidt, ...

5. REVIEW: ‘The People in the Picture’ frames a Holocaust story
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and lyrics for this lugubrious saga is written by Iris Rainer Dart, best known as the novelist of the mother-daughter epic “Beaches.” The music is mostly composed by Mike Stoller, whose many hits with ...

6. REVIEW: ‘Wonderland’ opens on Broadway
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... lyrics by Jack Murphy and bust-a-move choreography by Marguerite Derricks. The performances are able, if not brilliant. Nicely holding her own among far more florid performances, Dacal’s relatively ...

7. ‘Gnarr’: Movie review and trailer
(Entertainment/Movies)

... has unexpectedly given permission to Gnarr to use the music from her 20-year-old "Simply the Best" as a campaign song. Now, he and his friends are in the studio, singing lyrics that promise Reykjavík residents ...

8. Rutgers wants Springsteen to save them from Snooki sin
(Entertainment/Movies)

... have to offer. But would his message be that much better than Snooki’s “study hard, but party harder” advice? Here are some of Bruce’s lyrics: “I learned more from a three minute record, baby, then ...

9. REVIEW: ‘Catch Me If You Can’ musical delivers solid entertainment
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  The lyrics are smart, the tunes usually are upbeat and the orchestrations/arrangements are witty, all of which propel the show along quickly and divertingly. Choreographer Jerry Mitchell’s busy, energetic ...

10. It's alright... ;-)
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Hey, it's alright. It's not worse than a lot of other songs out there. Yes, the lyrics are a bit silly but it's not a reason to wish the singer would die, that sounds quite stupid and hateful !! If ...

11. Well...
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Obviously the song isn't quality. Most of us agree on that. However, most people seem to forget that those weren't even her lyrics--they were the companies. And the lyrics are definitely the most scorned ...

12. REVIEW: ‘South Park’ makers open ‘The Book of Mormon’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... laughter created by the lyrics, staging and performances. Nimbly staged with speed and visual wit by Parker and choreographer Casey Nicholaw, the production is expertly enhanced by the agility of Scott ...

13. Redefined music
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

It's just plain awesome because the lyrics are so simple. Who can't love it? FUN FUN FUN FUN YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! psych. ...

14. friday!!!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Its friday friday gotta get down on friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow it is saturday and afterwards is sunday! I dont care if a messed up the song lyrics at least Rebecca and I now know the order of ...

15. Rebecca Black gains critics for ‘Friday’ (VIDEO)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... teen (barely) pop artist. It's simplistic, heavily auto-tuned, and features lyrics that can be called repetitive at best, asinine at worst. The video features a rap break from a rapper who appears about ...

16. R.I.P. Gino Cimoli – you were a wonderful part of baseball history
(Sports/Professional)

... Benack. The song will never be compared with Nessun Dorma, but Pirate fans will always remember these lyrics: Oh, the Bucs are going all the way, All the way, all the way, Yes, the Bucs are going all ...

17. Valentine’s Day love song that warms the heart
(Life/Style)

... glee. I am not among them. I hate anything about car maintenance. My husband knows this quirk of mine. The lyrics of his love song to me that afternoon are as sweet as if Barry Manilow himself were delivering ...

18. Whitney Houston pregnant fueled by appearance
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to lyricsfreak.com, Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey. She is the third and youngest child of John and gospel singer Cissy Houston. Her mother, along with cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee ...

19. REVIEW: ‘The Road to Qatar!’ goes nowhere fast
(Entertainment/Movies)

... led by James Beaman and Keith Gerchak as the fictional version of Cole and Krane, the show strangely duds out. Somehow Cole's libretto and lyrics fail to mine effectively the humorous incongruity ...

20. REVIEW: ‘Knickerbocker Holiday’ throws a musical Tea Party
(Entertainment/Movies)

... text and lyrics for a merry operetta set in 1647 Manhattan when it was a tiny Dutch colony. "A government is a group of men organized to sell protection to the inhabitants of a limited area — at monopolistic ...