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American Rhapsody
By Joe Eszterhas
Alfred Knopf

  Hollywood meets sexual politics in America in this Mailer-esque opus written in the vein of Armies of the Night (History as a Novel: The Novel as History).
  Eszterhas, the celebrated screenwriter (Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge) is one pissed-off dude. He savages, in no particular order, Bill Clinton, Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Ryan O'Neal and Richard Nixon, among others.
  Let it go Joe.
- Gerry Young

 
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Mercury/Universal
The soundtrack for the George Clooney chain gang vehicle by Joel and Ethan Coen, like the film, is set in the 1930s and features what some call roots, delta blues, or country music, but what the Coen brothers simply call "folk music."
  Produced by T Bone Burnett, the CD features 19 tracks mixing the hillbilly and blues sounds of Emmy Lou Harris, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Alison Krauss, John Hartford and the Nashville Bluegrass Band, among others.
  Joel Coen calls the film "a valentine to the music" and with one listen to the hobo classic "Big Rock Candy Mountain" from 1928, by Harry "Mac" McClintock, one can understand the object of the director's affection.

What Women Want
Columbia/Sony Music
Filled with great old standards by "Rat Packers" Frank Sinatra ("I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Too Marvelous For Words") and Sammy Davis Jr. ("Something's Gotta Give") as well as Tony Bennett ("The Good Life"), Lou Rawls ("Nobody But Me"), Bobby Darrin ("Mack The Knife") and Peggy Lee ("I've Got The World On A String"), this 14-song opus ranks as one of the best jazz vocal soundtracks ever put together.

Miss Congeniality
TVT/Universal
The CD is worth a listen if only to hear William Shatner's hilarious "Miss United States." Fuelled by a Berman Brothers mix, the track stands out, especially as the rest of the compilation is fairly ordinary.
  A remix of Tom Jones' "She's A Lady", Los Lobos' "Mustang Sally", Salt n Peppa's "None of Your Business" and P.Y.T.'s "Anywhere U.S.A." bring up the best of the rest.
- Gerry Young