| Teen on road to music stardom
NEW MARKET -- "I'm gonna do it, darling. I could waste my time trying to figure out, but I'm jumpin' in anyhow," sings Jessica Simms, performing Radney Foster's tune "A Real Fine Place to Start." After Jessica's CD entry was selected as one of eight finalists of the Colgate Country Showdown, the biggest country music talent search in the country, she performed June 30 in its local competition. With most contestants in their twenties, Jessica, 13, was the youngest participant. But intimidated? "I don't get nervous," she said. She started taking singing lessons when she was 7 and competed in two contests -- Rising Star and Headliners -- a year later, taking first place in both. She spent the next five years practicing, without competing at all. "I wanted to get better," she said.
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Viveik learnt to strum guitar for 'Omkara'
By Arpana, Mumbai: Actor Viveik Oberoi is back again with his perfectionist zeal in his ready-to-release "Omkara", an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello", for which he learnt to play the guitar.Directed by Vishal's Bharadwaj, "Omkara" is set against the rustic backdrop of western Uttar Pradesh and Viveik essays Casio's character who is called Kesu Phirangi.In the film, there is a sequence where Viveik's character strums the guitar and the actor wanted to get under the skin of character thoroughly and started taking guitar lessons. His musician friend used to travel all the way to Wai, near Mahabaleshwar, to teach him to play the stringed instrument."Viveik is a very dedicated actor. He started learning to play the guitar only to get into character for the sequence in the film. He has done a fabulous job in 'Omkara'," said Bharadwaj who is quite impressed with Viveik's sincerity towards his work.This reminds one of how Viveik perfected his character in Ram Gopal Varma's "Company".
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