FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012
HOROSCOPES
Because the stars know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
Think it over before making a change. Check the facts. Go over your lists again, and postpone travel or big expenses.
Stick to simple tasks. You're clever with words.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
A friend of a friend is a big help. Get some physical exercise. Don't dip into savings.
Learn from resistance, and don't launch any new endeavors yet. There's love around
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Money is flowing, so keep an eye on the budget or be tempted to blow it all on spontaneous luxury (rather than those necessities you've been saving for). Get them on sale.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Work behind the scenes and travel later. A secret is itching to be shared. Build energy, and research the background. Save up and prepare. Baby steps get you a long ways.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
It's important to show you
care. Take a walk together,
somewhere lovely. Share a
nice experience, and get some
exercise: It's a win-win. Turn
your phone off for a while.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Passions stir. Take advantage,
and capture them on film, can-
vas, paper or your hard drive.
Working up a sweat provides
contemplation and release.
Stay thrifty.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
You're in the limelight and things could get confusing, especially around love and money. Listen to the one who tells the truth. Find an answer in meditation.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Adventure time again! There are dragons to be slayed and hanging bridges to be crossed.
You could just stay at home, but then who will save the villagers?
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
You're in the middle of a practical phase. Creativity comes in handy. If at first you fail, don't worry. There is a lot to learn from the experience.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7
When the going gets tough, it helps to stick together. Don't fall for the negative thoughts Listen instead to those who support you. Take regular breaks.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
Today is a 6 Stick to your plan and to what worked before. Don't get distracted, and rake in the profits. Only go for cost-effective strategies, and don't gamble your winnings.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Todav is an 8
Romance is here to stay (at least for the weekend). Make sure you understand the instructions before moving forward. Now your creativity counts double.
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The South African-born director, whose filmmaking inspiration ranges from Michael Jackson music videos to Steven Spielberg, has amped up the action in his films since he debuted with "Darkness Falls" in 2003. One thing is clear — he tries to adapt and change on the set.
Filmmaker uses 2011 movie for inspiration
FILM
FRESNO, Calif.  A Los Angeles community destroyed by aliens and the ravaged remains of Mt. Olympus have more in common than you think. Director Jonathan Liebesman took what he learned while filming the 2011 release "Battle Los Angeles" to make his latest action-heavy feature, "Wrath of the Titans."
"I definitely learned a lot about the hand-held style of filmmaking," says Liebesman. "I also learned a lot about how to integrate CGI characters into the hand-held frame. If you want visual effects to work, they have to interact with what's in the frame. You have to have the actors hit by real things."
In "Battle Los Angeles," creepy looking creatures from another world created massive destruction in California. The action moves to Greece and the characters are mythological in origin for "Wrath," but the destruction is just as grand as the heroic Perseus (Sam Worthington) tries to stop the release of the Titans.
"That was a major lesson."
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
From left, Sam Worthington, director Jonathan Liebesman and Liam Neeson on set during the production "Wrath of the Titans."
Such willingness to adapt was important because the director discovered there was both a freedom and restraint to directing the sequel to "Clash of the Titans." He knew he had the entire Greek mythology catalog he could use, but he was afraid to go too far off the path from the original film because the story has continued to have a following since the original opened in 1981.
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Katie Couric is returning to morning TV, for a week anyway. But what's got people raising their eyebrows is where she's doing it — ABC's "Good Morning America."
TELEVISION
Couric, who has a deal with Disney-ABC Domestic Television for a daytime talk show called "Katie," which will debut in September, will be filling in for regular GMA co-host Robin Roberts, who is on off vacation next week.
Roberts made the official announcement Thursday morning and Couric tweeted, "Rise + shine! Excited to be back on morning TV next wk, guest hosting @GMA w/ @GStephanopoulos. #KatieOnGMA."
Katie Couric on morning news for Robin Roberts
The news can't be welcome over at Courc's old home at NBC. While "Today" is still the No.1-ranked morning show, "GMA" is on the rise. According to the average ratings for the week of March 12, "Today" was just 260,000 viewers ahead of "GMA" the smallest gap between the two since July 2008.
Couric made her name on "Today," where she began as a national correspondent in 1989. She soon became the permanent co-anchor in 1991 when Deborah Norville didn't return to the show.
In 2006, she left "Today" to become the anchor of the "CBS Evening News," where she stayed for nearly five years.
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
Finale lets down 'The Killing' fans
TV SERIES
In its first season, AMC's offbeat crime series, "The Killing," started with a really cool idea and then blew it big time. Now, as Season 2 is about to unfold, the question is: Can this show win back the skeptics who feel burned by it?
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
Presenting itself last spring as a fresh alternative to broadcast television's formulaic crime-of-the-week shows, "The Killing" took on a single case — the murder of Seattle teen Rosie Larsen — and examined it in-depth, from various angles, over 13 moody episodes. It instantly seized our attention.
Then came a disappointing bait-and-switch finale. Instead of providing a resolution, executive producer Veena Sud and her writers not only kept the case open, they tossed in a couple of wild, out-ofnowhere twists right at the end. For the show's ever-patient devotees who expected some closure, it was a slap in the face — a senseless act of disrespect and betrayal.
But is that what fans really want to hear? That they've spent 13 hours following a complex,
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Actors Joel Kinmanan and Mireille Enos pose for a photo for the new AMC television series.
So the haters went on a rampage. Critics and viewers tore into Sud, many of them vowing to dump the show for good. All the clamor put AMC executives in the awkward position of having to apologize without overtly admitting they did anything wrong. At a news conference with TV critics last year, network programming chief Joel Stillerman said, "If we had to do anything differently ... we would have taken a different approach with respect to managing the expectations..."
Now, as 13 new episodes come down the pipeline, Sud and AMC are doing their best to head off those expectations, telling anyone who's still listening that - spoiler alert! - Rosie Larsen's killer will, indeed, be revealed at the conclusion of Season 2.
sprawling mystery, just to be told that they're only halfway there?
The ratings will provide our answers in coming weeks, but first a quick review: When Season 1 ended, stoic homicide detective Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) believed the Larsen case was solved. But suddenly, one phone call changed everything: The prime suspect, mayor candidate Darren Richmond (Billy Campbell) apparently might be innocent, and Linden's partner, Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) might be corrupt.
The good news is that Sunday's two-hour opener answers several key questions in relatively rapid fashion and in ways that don't seem totally unreasonable. The bad news is that it also puts Sarah back at Square One, and therein lies the problem.
Even before critics vented their spleens in righteous outrage over last year's finale, the show had developed a limp. In their effort to lather the Larsen case over a full season, the writers found themselves backed into narrative corners with too much time to fill. So they frantically threw out red-herrings and eye-rolling plot contrivances like "24" used to do.
CATCHING UP
'Thrones' begins season premier
Meanwhile, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) — among many vying for the throne — smothered her beloved Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa). She places Drogo on a funeral pyre, along with her precious eggs, enters the roaring fire, and emerges with three new pets — her baby dragons. Finally this: Ion Snow (Kit Harington), Stark's illegitimate son, has headed out with the "Night's Watch" north of the "Wall" — that towering edifice that keeps the ghostly "Others" out of Westeros. Who knows what they will find?
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The cartoonishly cruel sociopath boy king Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) has taken the Iron Throne after murdering Eddard Stark (Sean Bean), which gives him effective — if not actual — control over the seven kingdoms of Westeros.
WHAT SUNDAY'S ABOUT
A great comet with a tail the color of blood stretches a quarter of the way across the sky of Westeros. An omen ... but of what? Winter is finally coming, too, and winters — like the summer just ending — last years. On the eve of this monumental natural cycle, civil war is tearing Westeros apart, with no fewer than three would-be kings vying for the Iron Throne, including Joffrey's brothers Stannis (Stephen Dillane) and Renly (Gethin Anthony). Joffrey's uncle Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) arrives at the kingdom, King's Landing; where he finds (what else?) trouble and court intrigue.
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His evil sister, Cersei (Lena Headey), is trying to keep her idiot son, Joffrey, in check but also wants to find her twin brother (and lover), Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), now in the hands of Robb Stark (Richard Madden), who wants to use him as bait to who has beloved sisters back.
One is with the evil Joffrey,
The other, Arya (Maisie
Williams) has gone missing.
But where? This season is
based on "A Clash of Kings",
the second volume of George
R.R. Martin's epic fantasy
novel series, "A Song of Fire
and Ice."
MY SAY
Even for those who have read the books — and "Fire/ice" fans are many — here's a sage word of counsel. Go back and watch the last two episodes of the first season. You'll be glad you did. "Thrones" may be a faithful adaptation of the Martin series, but it's foremost a self-contained television series bound by its own logic, plot and cast of characters.
SERIES
Sunday's second-season premiere sounds dense and impenetrable, but (trust me) it's not — if you come prepared. "Game of Thrones" is worth the effort because this is the best show on television.
"Thrones" is the rarest of the rare — a TV show with lofty intellectual ambitions that manages to be entertaining and even strangely relevant at the same time.
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