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Because the stars know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9
Your charm has extra potency today. Make an emotional appeal for a good cause, and raise a bundle. Go ahead and be someone's champion.
The force is with you.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Invite a surprise visitor in for tea, there's something interesting brewing.
Prospects are excellent. Get out the maps and plot the perfect course.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
A discovery brings sought-after information. Friends have all kinds of great suggestions. Cash flow improves. Maintain a congenial public image.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Your team is hot. Offer encouragement and avoid hornet's nests. Think quickly; move slowly. There's more money coming if you'll do the work.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 9
There could be a lucky break today. Reach out to a distant friend (without travel). Send your message far and wide, with love and respect. Stay connected, organized and in action.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 9
Courage and confidence levels are on the rise. Start a revolution and create a new you. Pay close attention to your dreams, and make the best ones come true.
Thinking it over is a good idea. Once you share your comment, it may be impossible to take it back. Meditation is especially helpful now.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
When you focus too intently on the obstacles, you're likely to crash into them. Look into the distance toward your ultimate goal. Keep your eye on where you want to be.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21)
Today is an 8
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012
Money looks good today as long as you are willing to do the work. Find a niche and fill it up creatively. Be yourself, no matter what they say.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.19) Today is a 9
It's an excellent time to travel. A writing or recording project goes well; document your creative vision in some concrete fashion. Inner harmony rewards your efforts.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Your work attitude gets celebrated. Dig deeper to find the treasure with the assistance of friends. Get all fired up and solve the puzzle.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 9
Working together in your community helps you complete the assignment. Don't be afraid to take a leadership role to create partnerships. Rebel intelligently.
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MUSIC
It's catchy and upbeat and has a chorus that's instantly memorable. It's one of those songs that sticks with you long after you first hear it. And it certainly doesn't hurt that Justin Bieber got behind it early and introduced it to millions of his Beliebers.
Fan videos help pop song top the charts
NEW YORK — Carly Rae Jepsen's adorable pop song "Call Me Maybe" (Schoolboy/Interscope) would probably have found an audience the old-fashioned way.
What's unusual, though, about the song's rocket ride up the charts — currently No. 8 and already certified platinum after only two months of
availability in America --- is the role fan-generated videos have played in its success.
Her official video for the song just passed the gofy version from Bieber, girlfriend Selena Gomez and famous pals Ashley Tisdale and Big Time Rush's Carlos Pena, — who posted it on his YouTube channel — with both videos netting more than 35 million views. The Bieber video, which gets the song in front of his core audience by showing a slice of his life, established it as something fun and, more important, cool to like.
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LOS ANGELES — The nine young women of Girls' Generation sauntered onto the performance stage of "Late Show With David Letterman." Flanked by a DJ and live drummer, the South Korean pop group wore lacy black mini-dresses and thigh-high leather boots, as if they were hosting a goth cocktail party. It was a rare American network television performance from a South Korean music group.
Group parodies pop culture in America
"As soon as I heard that wed be performing there, I ran screaming and crying up and down our house," said Girls' Generation's Diamond Bar, Calif.-raised, Korean-American singer Tiffany. "The other members were just like, 'Huh?'
The song they performed on the January show, a slinky bit of minor-key dance-pop called "The Boys," owed an obvious debt to Kelis' catechalling hit "Milkshake." The band's gently lascivious choreography underscored the track's sex-appeal boasts; lead singer Kim Taeyeon made come-hither hand gestures while her bandmates pulled PG-13 versions of Lady Gaga's alien body bends. The song was in English, but the message was clear in any language. This was something new yet uncannily familiar on the American pop scene.
Girl's Generation is arguably the biggest name in an effervescent, operatic Korean pop music culture that quietly has won a fervent fan base of young Korean Americans and plenty of non-Koreans as well. K-pop artists pull from techno, hip-hop, R&B and top-40; singles are often focused vehicles for elaborate music videos and rarely less than bonkies good fun. Traditional Korean culture can be patriarchal, but K-pop's most famous acts, whose members often have roots in California, are groups of women deploying butt-kicking superhero imagery.
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The song, written by the South Korean duo E-Tribe, used double-time electronic drums, fluorescent synthesizers and a cute-cloying repetition of the song's title. It's so insistent and poppy, it's almost avant-garde.
For years, Korean pop lived in the shadow of Japan's hyperkinetic music and fashion scene, whose anime culture stormed American television. But in 2009, one single instantly transformed the country's role in the Asian pop landscape. Girls' Generation's "Gee" was the K-pop equivalent of Elvis walking into Sun Studios: It drew the blueprint for a culture to come.
two countries' fast-moving pop cultures and cutting-edge media technology, the sprawling genre collouquially known as K-pop has operated outside the American pop limelight. But that's changing. A-list producers like will.i.a, Diplo and Kanye West are lining up to work with South Korean artists like 2NE1, GD&TOP and IYI.
K-pop comes alongside tide of Korean filmmaking and culinary interest turning heads in L.A. and in the U.S. As K-pop makes its first big moves into America this year with English-language tracks on U.S. major labels, a big question is this — does this music, at the vanguard of global pop, even need mainstream America at all?
"It's just really good pop music. It's very hooky and fast and just doesn't sound like Western pop," said James Brooks of electronica band Elite Gymnastics, who wrote an essay on K-pop for the influential music website Pitchfork.
The track stormed Asia — the official version of the video where the nine girls dance around a clothing store clocking in at just more than 70 million plays on YouTube. The song topped South Korean pop charts for two months and made Girls' Generation the first non-Japanese Asian girl group to top Japan's singles charts.
FILM
Avengers' expected to top box office sales
LOS ANGELES — "The Avengers" is set to dominate the domestic box office next weekend with a massive opening of more than $150 million, but overseas, the film's ticket sales are already soaring.
The movie, which was produced by Disney's Marvel Entertainment for about $220 million, brings together a cavalcade of beloved comic-book heroes played by A-listers such as Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner.
The superhero action flick debuted in 39 foreign countries last week and has since risen in a phenomenal $178.4 million, according to an estimate from distributor Walt Disney Studios. By comparison, Universal Pictures' "Battleship" passed the $170 million mark overseas this weekend after three weeks in international release.
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