WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017
HOROSCOPES
entertainment
Because the stars know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
Slow down. Don't take on a new responsibility before considering what you want.
Listen to someone who's been there. Get the facts. How will it impact home and family?
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Distractions abound this morning. More practice leads to greater skill and increased power. So keep it up! Let a partner, coach or trusted adviser support you.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
Go by the rules you set to gain respect and wealth. A careful work investment may be necessary, like a power suit or some polish for the presentation. It pays off.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Don't be too hasty this morning. Keep it simple, and stick to core commitments. Rely on a loved one and your own common sense. Reaffirm your bonds.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Things may seem illogical or confusing. Rely on old standards for solid quality. Do more planning and research. Friends chime in. Think it over more, and the situation resolves itself.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22)
Today is a 9
Think through the consequences of your actions before committing. Relay on experienced friends, if you get stuck or confused.
They've been there before.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Orders are coming in. The breakfast rush could leave you all aflitter, chaos could distract you from your purpose if you let it. Concentrate on providing good service.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Bring your balanced view into the project. Make a choice, despite your fears. Have faith in your own solid skills. Your transformation continues as you keep up practice.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21)
Today is a 9
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21)
Today is a 9
Flexibility and a sense of humor keep you dancing gracefully today. Don't worry about the money. When all it's done, receive an acknowledgment with a bow.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.19)
Today is a 9
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Running around with your head cut off doesn't help. Breathe deep. Find a goal to focus on, and then take one step at a time. An older person offers partnership.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Immerse yourself in writing
or another artistic endeavor
while your creative juices are flowing. Reinterpret a negative as a positive. Choose love. Howl at the moon.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7
Try to stay grounded and close to home. Don't rush your decision. Don't lose your sense of direction, either. It will all get easier soon. Lie low for a while.
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
ACROSS
1 Houston acronym
5 Chic, 1960s-style
8 Greenish blue
12 "Zounds!
13 Bobby of hockey
14 Robust
15 Clothing
17 Vicinity
18 Son of Poseidon
19 Muffet's bugaboo
21 Umenyi-ora of the NFL
22 Back talk
23 Doo follower
26 Conclusion
28 Sordid
21 "Sad to say, ..."
33 Workout site
35 — gin fizz
36 Canoe material
38 Listener
40 Chow down
41 Conked out
43 Tit for —
45 Ball
47 One
51 Verve
52 Twenty-one, for one
54 Campus mil. grp.
55 Gorilla
56 Ms. Brockovich
57 Church section
58 CDs' fore-runners
59 Deterio-rates
DOWN
1 Mr. Gingrich
2 Gel in a Petri dish
3 Ganges garment
4 Supplement
5 Lost in thought, maybe
6 Eye, poetically
7 Frock
8 Long recliners
9 "Get rid of junk" event
10 Sheltered
11 Approach
12 Got up
13 Faux —
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23 Slight touch
24 Foreman toe
25 Construc-tion protections
27 Coloring agent
29 Extinct bird
30 Never-theless
32 "Nothing but percep-tion," said Plato
34 Ripens
37 That woman
39 McNally partner
42 Transfer
44 "Crouching —, Hidden Dragon"
45 Antitoxins
46 Drop heavily
48 Poi base
49 Send forth
50 Lairs
53 iPhone download
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Today's Cryptoquip Clue: A equals O.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: A equals O
The actress will star as the Hollywood icon in "Liz & Dick," a TV movie based Taylor's romance with Richard Burton. The couple met on the set of "Clepatra."
Lindsay Lohan to play Elizabeth Taylor in biopic
Elizabeth Taylor in biopic LOS ANGELES - Spritz some "White Diamonds" in the air. Lindsay Lohan will play Elizabeth Taylor in a lifetime biopic.
TELEVISION
Production is set to begin in early June in Los Angeles and LiLo might be as happy as she was the day her legal troubles ended last month after five years of court visits.
Lohan did "Saturday Night Live" in March and is slated to guest star on "Glee" next month, playing a meta version of herself while serving as a judge during a nationals competition.
McClatchy Tribune
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Difficulty Level ★★★
4/25
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MOVIE REVIEW
Jason Stahlaights off Chinese and Russian mobsters to protect Mei, a young Chinese girl capable of memorizing practically any J.J. Perry's new film "Safe." Despite a mediocre plot, the dialogue and characters remain strong.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Another B-movie thriller for action star Statham
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
His Awesomeness, Jason Statham, has let it be known that he chooses his films based on the fight choreographer the producers hire.
Often as not, that blows up in his face. Why else would the Human Bullet from Blighty end up in dogs like "War," "Transporter 3" and "Death Race"?
But with "Safe" working with choreographer JJ. Perry ("Haywire"), that strategy pays off. A slow-building B-movie thriller, the plot is nothing new for Statham. There's a girl in need of his protection from assorted gangs of bad men. But the dialogue crackles with flinty one-liners.
We meet Mei (Catherine Chan), who is in a Russian mobster's office. He wants something from her. A number. He says he'll subject her to "one of those tortures you people are so famous for."
Nobody in "Safe" is politically correct. And nobody thinks anything of menacing a little girl. Mei is 11.
Flash back to a year before, when Mei was in a Chinese school correcting her teacher's math. A Chinese mobster (James Hong, reliably evil) needs her as his courier. Numbers on a computer "leave a trail that's easy to follow," he purses in Mandarin. Little girls who can remember long strings of numbers do not.
Writer-director Boaz Yakin ("Remember the Titans," "Uptown Girls") keeps us off balance, spending much of the film's first half hour following Mei, winning sympathy for her plight. Shipped to America, in the care of a murderous adoptive dad (Reggie Lee), she's had to learn "business" the hard way — witnessing torture, murder, shakedowns and corruption.
Then, there's mixed martial arts cage fighter Luke (Statham), a man who has just crippled an opponent in the ring in a fight Luke was supposed to throw. The Russian gamblers plan elaborate punishment for him.
They kill his pregnant wife and turn him loose, promising to murder anyone he gets close to,
no matter where he goes.
Mei slips free of her captors, but only temporarily. The Chinese Triads want her, and the Russian mob, and crooked cops playing both against each other, led by Capt. Wolf (Robert John Burke; menacing as all get out). That's when Luke sees her and finds, in her, a purpose: keep her "Safe."
What we have here is basically an American "Transporter," with Statham caught up in the most jaw-dropping, quick-cut fights you've seen in years.
He plows through Russians on the subway, Chinese gangsters in a casino and cops in between, on the mean streets, which he navigates with dazzling automotive dexterity. Occasionally he stops long enough to make a threat.
The dialogue and the characters are better than the plot. And the fights are better than even the one-liners. Statham never phones it in, though his roles can seem to be one long version of the same guy: haunted and hunted, in need of a shave.
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