Movies
August, 2002
Music hath charms, but music performers with charm to spare are carving new careers on film. There's nothing new about the idea: Al Jolson ushered in the era of sound in the late Twenties, Bing Crosby brought his crooning to the big screen in the Thirties and Elvis Presley and Doris Day topped box office and record charts in the Fifties.It's also business as usual for Hollywood to seek new faces and potential stars outside theater and TV. Thus, when Mike Myers' Austin Powers grooves his way onto...