SMART LIST: Pop culture talking points (Week of May 3-9)
Her voice is like butter. Rich, velvetty-but-bad-for-you butter. When the acclaimed, Grammy-winning R&B singer croons So I think Im just about over being your girlfriend, Im leaving on the first single from her new album, both titled Epiphany, it almost sounds like a come-on. Fooled again. (Tuesday)(Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
The pair play brothers divided when one of them is recruited to play professional soccer, leaving the other behind. Best not to expect Y Tu Mama Tambien from director Carlos Cuaron (brother of Alfonso). His specialty seems to be sibling rivalry played for laughs. (Friday)(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
