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CMA reveals 2003 award hopefuls THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 0n ♦ Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw. ♦Female Vocalist: Terri Clark, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton. ♦Male Vocalist: Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, George Strait. ♦Horizon Award: Gary Allan, Buddy Jewell, Joe Nichols, Blake Shelton, Darryl Worley. ♦Vocal Group: Alabama, Diamond Rio, Dixie Chicks, Lonestar, Rascal Flatts. ♦Single of the Year: “Beer For My Horses, ” Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson, produced by James Stroud/Toby Keith; “Celebrity,” Brad Paisley, pro duced by Frank Rogers; “Have You Forgotten?” Darryl Worley; produced by Frank Rogers/James Stroud; “Hurt,” Johnny Cash, produced by Rick Rubin; “Three Wooden Crosses,” Randy Travis, pro duced by Kyle Lehning. ♦ Musician of the Year: Jerry Douglas, dobro; Paul Franklin .steel guitar; Aubrie Haynie, fiddle/mandolin; Brent Mason, guitar; Randy Scruggs, guitar. ♦Album of the Year: “American IV: The Man Comes Around” Johnny Cash, produced by Rick Rubin, Lost Highway Records; “Home” Dixie Chicks, produced by Dixie Chicks/Lloyd Maines; “Man With A Memory” Joe Nichols, produced by Brent Rowan; “Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors” Tim McGraw/Dancehall Doctors, produced by Byron Gallimore/Tim McGraw/ Darran Smith; “Unleashed” Toby Keith, produced by James Stroud/Toby Keith. ♦ Music Video of the Year: “Beer For My Horses” Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson, directed by Michael Salomon; % “Celebrity” Brad Paisley, di rected by Peter Zavadil; “Concrete Angel” Martina McBride, directed by Robert Deaton/George J. Flanigen IV; “Hurt” Johnny Cash, directed by Mark Romanek; “Red Dirt Road’ Brooks & Dunn, direct ed by Steven Goldmann. ♦vocai tvenior the Year: Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson “Beer For My Horses"; Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett “It’s Five O’clock Somewhere”; Kid Rock featur ing Sheryl Crow “Picture”; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featur ing Johnny Cash “Tears in the Holston River”; Tracy Byrd ■k (with Andy Griggs, ™ Montgomery Gentry and Blake Shelton) “The Truth About Men.” ♦Song of the Year: “Beer For My Horses” Toby Keith/Scotty Emerick; “Celebrity” Brad Paisley; “Have You Forgotten?” Darryl Worley/Wynn Varble; “Red Dirt Road” Kix Brooks/ Ronnie Dun; “Three Wooden grosses” Doug Johnspn/Kim Williams. Fall “Classic” Films Schedule Reprising last year’s successful film series, Carolina Productions is again showing “classics” and critically acclaimed movies on Monday and Tuesday nights in the Russell House Theater. This fall’s schedule includes some of the latest films that were shown in limited release at theaters as well as favorites such as “The Matrix.” Show times are Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. SEPT. 8-9 Adaptation SEPT.15-16 The Hours SEPT. 22-23 The Matrix SEPT. 29-30 The Real Cancun OCT. 6-7 The Pianist OCT. 21-22 Far From Heaven OCT. 27-28 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? NOV. 3-4 Bowling For Columbine NOV. 10-11 Talk to Her NOV. 17-18 American History X DEC. 1-2 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ‘Animal House’ cast reflects on 25 years of raucous frat life BY ANTHONY BREZNICAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - Maybe you were the beer-belching omni vore Bluto, the fun-loving yet re sponsible Katy, the smooth ladies’ man Otter, the cackling anarchist D-Day or the geeky ro mantic Pinto. And you probably remember . someone like the priggish ROTC horseman Neidermeyer or the snooty Southern belle Babs. Worst-case scenario: You crossed paths with the blockhead authoritarian Dean Wormer who declares, “The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot... is me.” In honor of the 25th anniver sary of “Animal House,” Universal Studios Home Video is releasing on Tuesday a new DVD package set subtitled “Double Secret Probation Edition,” a reference to Dean Wormer’s covert fraternity house punishment. The disc also includes a “mockumentary” auoui me cnaiaineis as auuiis. The studio held a reunion on Hollywood Boulevard for the cast and crew last week to recre ate the comedy’s parade climax, complete with a cake float, a live elephant, cheerleaders and a per formance of “Shout” by Otis Day and the Knights. As the castmates reminisced about the antics a quarter-cen tury ago that led to one of Hollywood’s most enduring comedies, most agreed that “Animal House” became popu lar because people could see parts of themselves in its array of lovers, losers, jocks, preppies and wannabes. The most sympathetic of them all was Flounder, said the now slim Stephen Furst - who played the portly, shy newbie. “He was the guy who just wants to be like everybody else and just isn’t quite as cool as everybody else. But it was great because the only requirement of being a Delta was wanting to belong.” The Deltas, of course, were the fictional fraternity that put the “animal” in “Animal House,” a group of relentless partiers who sacrificed their dig nity, grade-point averages and millions of brain cells on an al tar dedicated to loose women, booze and bad taste. When the low-budget film de buted in the summer of 1978, most of the people involved in its creation expected it to vanish quickly. “I don’t think any of us had a clue,” said Karen Allen, who went on to “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Starman” after mak ing her breakthrough as Katy in “Animal House.” “When I did the film, it was me thinking, ‘Well, I could get a job in a book store or I could do this film to support myself for the next cou ple of months.’” “Animal House,” promoted under the banner of the National Lampoon comedy magazine, went on to earn $141.6 million at the box office and inspired countless imitators, including the short-lived TV series “Delta House” and a legion of oft-re peated catch phrases. X »» XUiUU L«^X uuvvt Neidermeyer’s barked insult “You are all worthless and weak!” in its song “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and the title comes from John Belushi’s ral lying cry as Bluto. Scenes of that same drunken speech — which includes the re mark: “Was it over when the Germans bombed Peprl Harbor? ... NO!” — has become a staple on the scoreboard screen of any sports stadium where the home town team is losing. “Animal House” did not in vent the schoolhouse comedy but it took the format to new highs by sinking to new lows. “The movie came out and complemented the culture, which was in a very anti-au thoritarian state of mind,” said Peter Riegert, who played the moral-equivocator Boon. “Vietnam had just ended three years earlier and the culture was changing rapidly, rapidly, rapid ly and rejecting its former skin, its more conservative skin. That’s what the movie was about. It’s about the rejection of uniformed foolish authority.” •w SHOW REVIEW New band, veterans rock New Brookland Tavern SKELTON, BEN WALKER RADIO, AND MADISON FAIR New Brookland Tavern outof****# BY BRIE WALLACE THE GAMECOCK A trio of local artists took the stage at the New Brookland Tavern Monday night, delivering an evening of solid pop-rock tunes. Two local singer-songwriters, Ben Walker and Eric Skelton, brought their bands to the stage, opening for the evening’s headliner, Madison Fair. Upstart band Skelton made its debut Monday night. The group features Eric Skelton on lead vo cals, Chandler Carriker on bass, Chuck Tomlinson on drums, and Matt Simpkins on electric guitar. Despite only practicing two times before last night’s show, the band was warmly received by the local audience. Skelton brought a laid back, acoustic vibe to the music, while Simpkins accented the tunes with a more electric dy namic. The group also slipped into three-part harmony at times, which further augmented its sound and added to the Skelton ex perience. The group obviously works well together. “I walked into the room to practice with these guys Loneliness CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 shortcomings and regrets, he still holds out hope for the future. “Loneliness Knows My Name” is a strong debut for Patrick Park that shows his depth as a lyricist as well as his mastery of song writing. Park might know loneli ness all too well, but he sure makes good company. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com PHOTO'BY SARAH WINFORD/THE GAMECOCK Bassist Blake Rodchester, drummer Chris Carroll and vocalist. Justin Register of Madison Fair perform Monday night. and it was like, bam! We had an instant chemistry, and it really mixed well,” Carriker said. With its strong acoustic-based sound, the quartet really engaged the crowd. If you missed the band’s debut, no worries. Carriker said the band is “ready to rock Columbia.” Second on stage, Ben Walker Radio engaged the crowd with its. lyrics on love and life. Singer Ben Walker’s emotional vocals pro pelled the group’s heartfelt tunes and turned the band’s somewhat unrefined guitar strumming into something endearing. “I am mostly influenced by the artists I’m surrounded with,” Walker said. “Almost every night I’jn out watching other musicians, especially local musicians, and they all inspire me to write.” The night’s headlining act Madison Fair capped off the evening with a pop-influenced set of upbeat romantic songs. The band has generated a local buzz, and it will be exciting to see where its peppy rock talents take it in the future, especially con sidering that rock station WARQ FM has added the band’s new sin gle, “Beautiful Story,” to its ro tation. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com Like dealing with people? THE GAMECOCK needs a public affairs director. 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