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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012
HOROSCOPES
Because the stars know things we don't
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8 Get ready for another great learning experience. Your ability to concentrate will be enhanced marvelously for the next two days. Resist the temptation to splurge.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7 Edit the presentation again for clarity and brevity. You're entering a two-day domestic phase. Get practical, and watch for a new source of inspiration.
An antique figures into your plans. Go over financial information with an expert. Step into the spotlight, and let it rip. Sing out for what you care about.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
Cancer (June 22-July 27)
Today is an 7
Speak, email and send your messages out. You may be under a bit more pressure.
Slow down and think it over.
Let your partner choose the color.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 7
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Today is an 8 Little successes add up. Enjoy gorgeous moments. Your good manners gain you brownie points. Network socially, and spread the good vibes around.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Writing, recording and communications go well today. Prepare in private for the attention that's coming later. Go over planning and schedules. Edit the speech down to it's most powerful form.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
You're probably thinking about it too much. Trust your instincts for a brilliant solution. Be open to new ideas, even if they seem crazy.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 9.
You don't have to do the boring stuff. Delegate to someone who's better than you at that, and focus on what you do best. Reward with rest and relaxation.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21)
Today is a 9
Today is 8 a 5
There's gain without pain, although it does require discipline. You can be very convincing now, and move forward with celerity. Don't dodge the acknowledement
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
You can get farther when you team up with a partner. You get a boost of confidence. Go ahead and dream. A plan, a team and actions make it real.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feh.18)
Today is a 6
Today is a 6
Solving problems comes easily, especially when you let your higher sense prevail Creativity flows, and it's so romantic ... share it with someone interesting.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
You find new answers to olo questions. You're motivated to take action. You're imaginative, inspired and just plain lucky. Take a step.
CROSSWORD
AUDIOUS
1 Humpty's perch
5 — out (relax)
8 Applaud
12 Applause (Lat.)
13 Mrs. McKinley
14 Helper
15 Dracula's ilk
20 Reject disdainfully
21 Quid pro —
22 3, on the phone
23 Counterfeit
26 Spoke highly of
30 Met melody
31 Bliss
32 Italy's capital
33 "Oh, what a — web we weave .
35 Underneath
36 Wrestling surface
37 Storefront sign abbr.
38 DJ's creation
41 Twosome
42 Ostrich's cousin
45 Tresses
46 Short-circuits the ignition
48 Slave to cross-words?
49 Joan of —
50 Work-bench attachment
51 Nays' opponents
52 — jongg
53 12 months
DOWN
1 Greet silently
2 Winged
3 Key — pie
4 Once around the track
5 Migratory songbird
6 Biblical garden
7 Petrol
8 S'mores are often cooked over them
9 Stead
10 Jewish month
11 Teller's partner
16 Don of radio fame
20 Vast expanse
21 Marshes
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23 Cudgel
24 Man-
mouse link
25 Martini
ingredient
26 Space-
craft com-
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27 Scale
member
28 Comedian
Philips
29 Morning
moisture
31 Lustrous
black
34 Remiss
35 Forehead
37 Starsky's
pal
38 Perlman of
"Cheers"
39 Simple
40 Gold
digger's
place?
41 Nickel-
odeon's
explorer
42 Great
Lake
43 Arizona
city
44 Addict
46 Easter
entree,
often
47 Wall
climber
CRYPTOQUIP
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For anyone who's followed the riptide history of the Beach Boys, this is a future that seemed very unlikely; after years of feuds and legal filings — most notably by Love, who sued to get his share of royalties — who would have expected Love, Brian Wilson and Al Jardine to be in harmony again? The trio are joined by two other longtime members, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, for the golden anniversary tour, which includes a June 2 stop at the Hollywood Bowl, a booking that is sand-packed with Southern California music history.
"It is weird," said Mike Love, who turns 71 next month, about singing those young man's lines from "Wouldn't It Be Nice." "We do another one," 'When I Grow up to Be a Man' — the opening is incredible, it's got fantastic harmonies — but yeah, it's written from the point of a young guy looking to the future and here we are, very much in that future."
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HAVBLTOCK RO LVLSJ-LIA. Yesterday's Cryptoquip: SONG ABOUT A FELLOW WEARING A CLERICAL ROBE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY: "FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK."
LOS ANGELES — The sands of time can be cruel, sure, but sometimes they settle for wryly ironic. After years apart, the three surviving founding members of the Beach Boys will launch a 50-date, 50th anniversary tour in April and at every show they will ask the musical question,
"Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?"
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: R equals O
Beach Boys original members go on tour
MCGLATCHY TRIBUNE
MUSIC
More than that, the reconstituted Beach Boys have also been in the studio at Ocean Way Recording on Sunset Boulevard — a site that was called United Western Recorders back when they recorded much of "Pet Sounds" there — and say that they are about halfway through a new album.
The world got a glimpse of the new old group Feb. 12 at the 54th annual Grammy Awards, and the performance was a reminder that Wilson has an air of fragility around him and — despite his undisputed stature as sonic genius — his stage capabilities are limited, to say the least.
"We just had to make our minds up to do it," Wilson said. "It's a thrill, I like being with the guys. I didn't see them for a long, long time and then I've been seeing them recently because we're getting ready for our tour."
Gary Bongiovanni of Pollstar, the concert industry trade publication, said after years of knock-off tours (by groups that used the name but usually had only one Beach Boy member on stage) this real-deal edition of the group has sunny prospects.
Johnston knows that when audiences are paying for tickets, the group will have to live up to its own legend.
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SUDOKU
FILM
Oscars struggle to incoporate diversity
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MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — With open arms, the Oscars welcomed diversity back to its ceremony, but the embrace turned out to be more awkward than warm.
Last year's Academy Awards were roundly criticized by several observers for its notable lack of diversity. Actor Samuel L. Jackson felt the omission was so glaring, he sent an angry email to a Los Angeles Times reporter saying that black actors were apparently not "hip enuf" for the awards show.
But the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday was noticeably more diverse, placing blacks in marque spots throughout the ceremony.
Even before host Billy Crystal took the stage, Morgan Freeman spoke about the glory of films. James Earl Jones received one of the first salutes from Crystal. Pharrell Williams, one of the show's music producers, played the drums alongside percussionist Sheila E. And Octavia Spencer received the evening's first standing ovation when she won the supporting actress Oscar for her role as a downtrodden maid in "The Help."
The evening had its share of other uncomfortable moments and instances of what appeared to be cultural insensitivity, courtesy of Crystal and Natalie Portman.
But the most anticipated nod to African Americans — a lead actress win for "The Helps" Viola Davis — never came. Despite having won several awards coming in to the ceremony, including the Screen Actors Guild award, Davis lost the Oscar to academy favorite Meryl Streep.
The host came under fire almost immediately in the Twitterverse soon after Spencer won her Oscar when Crystal talked about how much he loved "The Help" and came out of the theater wanting to hug the first black woman he saw "which, from Beverly Hills, is about a 45-minute drive."
Also provoking negative reaction was Crystal's appearance
in blackface as Sammy Davis Jr. during the show's opening film montage, which tweaked several of the nominated films. Crystal as Davis Jr. — a bit he did often in his "Saturday Night Live" days — appeared with Justin Bieber during a parody of Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris."
Tweeted one viewer named Lisa: "So glad they got rid of the producer who used a homophobic slur so we could get Billy Crystal doing racial jokes and blackface."
The jokes played slightly better at the show itself. Of the Beverly Hills quip, one studio executive who did not wish to be identified, "It was kind of funny. He was almost sending up the academy for the diversity issue, tweaking them a little."
"Margin Call" screenwriter J.C. Chandor said, "I thought it was a good joke, but it missed. Plus, Beverly Hills is actually a diverse place in a weird way. It's rich people, but it's rich people from all over the world."
Late in the show, Portman's scripted introduction of the five lead actor nominees left some feeling her wording was potentially more insulting to minorities than complimentary to Demian Bichir, the Mexican star of "A Better Life." Saluting his portrayal of illegal immigrant Carlos Galindo, Portman said the actor "made us face a very true portrait of a human being no one had ever dared us to consider before."
Rock joked that while a fat woman can play a skinny princess, a wimpy guy can play a gladiator and a white guy can play an Arabian prince, "if you're a black man, you can play a donkey or a zebra. You can't play white."
Chris Rock may have unexpectedly best defined the continuing awkwardness of Hollywood and race when he made his presentation of the award for outstanding animated film by referring to his voice work in the "Madagascar" movies and Eddie Murphy's role in the "Shrek" films.
AWARDS
LOS ANGELES — Maybe the Justin
Bieber stunk work for Billy Crystal.
Billy and Beiber reach 39.3 million viewers
Sunday's Oscar telecast delivered a total of 39.3 million viewers, up 4 percent compared with last year, according to Nielsen. And it was flat in the demographic advertisers care about most, adults ages 18 to 49, with an 11.7 rating.
That may not sound world-beating, but it counts as a victory for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which rolled the dice by bringing back the 63-year-old host Billy Crystal as host. The academy has been struggling for years with an exodus of young viewers from the annual awards telecast, which it counts on for crucial licensing income. Critics said that hiring a sexagenarian host didn't exactly help project an image of youthfulness. In a filmed
Those industry worries didn't seem to faze the audience, which tuned in to watch "The Artist" take the top prize as Best Picture. ABC estimated that 76 million viewers watched at least six minutes of the broadcast.
In an interesting sidelight, ABC also said that its Oscar app was downloaded 370,000 times this year — an 1,154 percent leap compared with last year.
port that opened the show, Crystal alluded to the dilemma by greeting teen idol Bieber, who said he was there to help capture "the 18 to 24 demographic."
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MOVIES
That's what you get when you write a character who says, "I speak for the trees" Lou Dobbs speaking up for the clear-cutters.
Dr. Suess book causes controversy on screen
From the day it was published, Dr. Seuss' environmental parable The Lorax has courted controversy. A screed about consumerism, greed and its cost to the environment, this anti-clear-cutting tale prompted protests in lumber-country school districts and just last week inspired an attention-starved Fox Business News anchor to attack its "indoctrination."
A goldfish trio sings and chirps a funny accompaniment, just like the mice in "Babe."
The film is a feast of bright, Seuss colors and wonderful Seuss design all curvy, undulating lines and shapes. The 3-D kicks in as Ted dodges axe heads and the Once-ler is sent hurtling down river rapids.
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The gorgeous and glorious new film of this fable from Universal's "Despicable Me" team turns a somewhat gloomy, cautionary tale into a 3-D musical, with catchtunes and gags borrowed from every film from "Toy Story" to "Babe."
And the songs are a stitch Helms warbling "Everybody needs a thneed," advertising his new scarf-like product made from the Truffula trees.
"lorax" takes on echoes of "Wall-E" as it embraces its gloom. The Once-ler's replacement entrepreneur/villain is a fellow who has figured out how to bottle and sell clean air. But it's all a set-up for the redemption song, the gospel-tinged "Let it Grow."
That's when it becomes obvious why the Seuss rhymes here are subdued, saved up for big moments when they'll have the most impact. That's when the warning of the Lorax "Unless" threatens the Lou Dobbses of this world with extinction.
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
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