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Spoleto showcases rising talents By ALEXIS ARNONE FOR THE GAMECOCK Opera, Theatre, Dance, Jazz, Art...the Spoleto Festival has it all and it’s right in your backyard. For the past 29 years Charleston, South Carolina has put together one of the greatest art festivals in the world. The mission of the Spoleto Festival is to bring together a mixture of prominent artists and talents that are on the rise. One of the major agendas is to allow emerging artists work with the celebrated ones to give them the experience of a lifetime. Gian Carlo Menotti, Christopher Keene and others who had been involved with another festival, the Festival of Two Worlds, founded it in 1977. The Festival of Two Worlds actually began in Spoleto, Italy. When considering bringing the festival to America, Menotti and company wanted a city with the same homey charm of Spoleto, Italy and eventually settled on Charleston due to the vast amounts of performance spaces. The festival features over 120 events throughout 17 days and nights. It began on the 27 of May and will run until Sunday the June 12. After the 2004 Spoleto Festival William Litder of the Toronto Star reported, “A true festival is a place where the new is championed and the old is revisited in fresh ways.” Spoleto is a non-profit organization. To get a full schedule of events, head to www.spoletousa.org. Ticket prices range anywhere from $15 to $125. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc. edu ■ BACKPACK Continued from page 6 decision to become a college student. Although he hasn’t begun his business courses, he is able to articulate the value of the courses he has taken. “My speech course helped me feel more comfortable speaking in front of different people and my philosophy course helped me to think outside of the box,” he said. USC, he said, will nurture those business skills he realized he needed while in the Upward Bound Program. “I like school, but I love music,” Smith said. He said he believes his love for music will help him to continue until graduation. With the success of West’s “College Drop-out,” one can only hope that if Smith really believes he chose the right path that he will continue upon it until the end. For now, we have a new way of looking at the way we see “backpack” rappers — not just the ones with rhymes inside looking for deals but also the ones who have textbooks with college tuition bills stuffed inside. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc. edu MOVIE REVIEW Howard, Crowe reunite for ‘Cinderella ’ knockout “Cinderella Man” Directed by Ron Howard ★★★★ out of ☆☆☆☆☆ By LESLIE DENNIS FOR THE GAMECOCK After the success of the Academy Award-winning film “A Beautiful Mind,” it was only a matter of time until Ron Howard and Russell Crowe reunited, and they couldn’t have picked a better film than “Cinderella Man” as a follow-up. Howard, named best director in 2001 for “A Beautiful Mind,” and Crowe, named best actor in 2000 for the Ridley Scott epic “Gladiator,” re-team with Akiva Goldsman, the Academy Award PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Russell Crowe stars opposite Renee Zellweger in the tale of a real-life 'Cinderella Man.’ winning writer of “A Beautiful Mind” and co-writer of “Cinderella Man.” Based on the story by Cliff Hollingsworth, “Cinderella Man” is a boxing story about a genuinely good guy who works hard to support his family and keep it together under unbearable circumstances. i ne piot is pretty straigntrorwara — Jim Braddock, a once-successful boxer living a comfortable life with his wife, Mae, played by Renee Zellweger, and his three children, Rosie, Howard and Jay, falls on hard times during the Great Depression because of rising unemployment and eventually loses his boxing career because of injuries. But one day the fighter facing Corn Griffin drops out,-and no one but Braddock is able to replace him in one day without training. Braddock is expected to lose easily to Griffin but ends up beating him and, through i • n • i U It ItOUI IttllUU Ul 1113 UUAlllg tdlttl, gives hope to the unemployed Everyman of the Great Depression. Of course, what would a boxing movie be without the dangerous boxer who has killed fighters in the ring? Max Baer, played by Craig Bierko, is portrayed as the bully, the clown and the playboy of boxing all at once. The depiction of Baer in the ♦ 'CINDERELLA,' page 8 Brand New Student Housing! Located on Pickens Street - walking distance to USC Limited Availability Call Today! 803-779-5888