8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 28, 1998 Awards honor music's spice and legends Interest* gets lost in 'Chaos Los Angekls T'imes The light and sassy Spice Girls used "girl power" to dominate the American Music Awards Monday night, winning three awards and beat- ing out such heavyweights as U2 and The Wallflowers. The Spice Girls, who were in Ireland prepar- 'ig for a tour, ruled the pop-rock category and won the Best Album Award. The girls were also named favorite new artist and best group. Although the all-girl group has been slammed by critics, that doesn't affect the American Music Awards, which are handed out based on a national sampling of approximately 20,000 peo- .pl e. The emotional centerpiece of the show came in a tribute for the ailing Frank Sinatra. His daughter, Nancy, accepted the special Award of Merit. "I bring you greetings from the coolest guy on the face of the planet next to Puff Daddy - my daddy!" the entertainer's daughter said. The three-hour show - broadcast on ABC - included live performances by Garth Brooks and Boyz If Men, who were named Best Soul/R&B Group. Reba McEntire saluted her competitors while eccepting her trophy for favorite female country 4rtist. "I do not take it for granted that you have nominated me along with two beautiful and tal- ented women," said McEntire, who beat out Leann Rimes and Shania Twain. s Julio Iglesias defeated his own son, Enrique, Island' A to win as favorite Latin artist. "This is funny because you know when they tell you that your son is against you in competi- tion, you feel a little like your brain is in anoth- er place because I adore my kids," Iglesias said. In the alternative category, Bush was named favorite artist, beating out the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Sublime. George Strait won two awards, Best Male Country Artist and Favorite Country Album for "Carrying Your Love with Me." Erykah Badu was named favorite soul/R&B The members of Boyz II Men stand with their prize for Best Soul/ R&B Group. Boyz 11 Men also pe formed during the awards show Monday night. new artist. "I'd like to thank the creator for giving my this gift to share with y'all," said Badu, wearing her trademark turban, this one green. Sinatra's tribute included fellow crooner Tony Bennett, who showed black-and-white clips the singer going back to the 1940s. Nancy Sinatra accepted the award for1 year-old father, who has not been seen in since suffering a heart attack a year ago. "When I left the house, Dad said 'Give fans a hug for me, because they made me ble.' So consider yourself hugged r Chairman of the Board," she said. The Lost World: Chaw Island Dreamworks Interactive Windows '95 CD-ROM Boot up "Chaos Island" for the fir. time and you're immediately grew by a helicopter and angry dinosaurs. you watch the helicopter swoosh ove the island, you think to yourself: Steve Spielberg and the people a Dreamworks are just giving us a tast of something potentially great. It'll ju. get better. But it doesn't, and it won take long to realize that the introduc tion is the most interesting and excitin part of the game. er~ The game is played from a bird' view of the island, where you can ch s her 82- to be any variety of characters fror public "'The Lost World." But the differer types of land look almost identical t all the each other and you can't go over c possi- through certain types of rocks or bush by the es, which makes for some frustratin times. Another weak point of the game is th use of celebrity voices. While they d provide clear, concise instruetjons what to do at the beginning of each i sion, the tendency of the characters t speak up with one of a few phrase whenever their icon is clicked become very annoying very fast. Thiigs lik "What's the word?" or "That's custom just don't sound that great after you'v heard them 50 times in the last half hou "Chaos Island" really isn't muc fun either. Excluding the video S mients between levels, the graphic, very elementary. The characters < little blobs of color and are barely di. tinguishable from each other. The move at a snail's pace through' th large islands, so if you find a nst, dinosaur eggs it will take several mmii utes of waiting before the character will get them back to their base Eventually when you get into battle with hunters or opposing dinosaurs, i is nearly impossible to tell how are doing. This is unfortunate becW the dueling is an important aspect o the game. 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