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HOROSCOPES
Because the stars know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8 There's plenty of action at work, and things are flowing. Creative sparks are firing, and you've got what you need. Stay focused. It may go home with you.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Go ahead and get nostalgic. Reflecting on the past puts a little perspective on current situations. You can learn whatever you need to know. It's getting romantic.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7
Clean up a mess at home.
Add more than a touch of romance to the decor. Stick to the budget with upgrades,
and limit yourself to what you love.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
It's getting creative now.
Friends give you a boost.
Add an inspired touch to the project. Finish a tough job so you can go play. Back up those hard drives.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
A female renegotiates an agreement. It's easier to reach a compromise now.
Good manners help you gain altitude. You could be tempted to spend. Make sure that your house wins.
Leo (July 23-Aug.22)
Today is an 8
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 9
Get the family to help with the tasks at hand. A teammate injects imagination.
A friend has the expertise you need. You're entering a power phase.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Offer to help. You're moved to make a difference.
Discipline gives you more time to enjoy life. Side effect benefit: a rise in resources and status. Get inspired.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
New opportunities for income
show up, especially when
you apply patience without
compromising love. Use
your natural magnetism to
persuade.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7 Do your homework sooner rather than later so that you have time to play without worry. Your community plays an important role, especially now. Stand by them.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
It's easy to get distracted
by fun. Use your talents to
bring in business, no matter
how much fun you're having.
Get your antiques appraised.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
A motivating presence
brings in new energy. Keep
working on what's important
to you, and be compassionate
when you make mistakes. Learn and live.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Todav is a 9
Discover new technology that improves your productivity, even if you have to ask for help. Reconsider a crazy idea that you dismissed before. It might work.
ACROSS
1 Player of old 45s
5 Small barrel
8 Rotate
12 Thing
13 Romano or Liotta
14 Choir voice
15 Wound cover
16 Incoming flights
18 Horror movie reaction
20 With uniformity
21 Boast
23 Big laugh
24 In hand-cuffs, maybe
28 Tower city of Italy
31 Debt letters
32 Gin and —
34 Convent person
35 Give temporarily
37 Set up
39 Neighbor of Kan.
41 Architect Saarinen
42 Short coat
45 OPEC, for one
49 Overbearingly proud
51 Bamako's land
52 Warm and cozy
53 Hair salon application
54 "Woe is me!"
55 Enlivens, with "up"
56 Pigpen
57 Period after Mardi Gras
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1 Greet the villain
2 Need to scratch
3 “— Factor”
4 Drink to excess
5 Indonesia volcano
6 Listening organ
7 Move in a spiral
8 Prepare for a big purchase
9 Recent fad
10 “— have to do”
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31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
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CRYPTOQUIP
11 Inquisitive
17 Wall climber
19 Formerly, formerly
22 Literary category
24 Have a bug
25 Fish eggs
26 Second-place contestant
27 Without detouring
29 Take to court
30 More-over
33 Irene of "Fame"
36 Clears the wind-shield, in a way
38 Standard
40 Plead
42 Grate
43 Sea eagle
44 Tatters
46 Story
47 Verve
48 Roster
50 Butterfly catcher
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"COSVBPOSVRI MRSBO." Saturday's Cryptoquip: WHEN FOOTBALL GURU JOHN WENT ON HIS FIRST-EVER JOURNEY, MAYBE THAT WAS HIS MADDEN VOYAGE.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: Y equals O
"People here took themselves extremely seriously once they were in the public eye" Telegdy, NBC Entertainment president of alternative and late night programming, said in a recent interview. Telegdy, who then was an executive with the BBC, arrived in L.A. in 2004 to start a production firm to make "Dancing With the Stars" for ABC. Initially, celebrities they approached wouldn't even return their calls.
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CELEBRITY
'The Voice' starts its second season
"It was like, 'Guys, just come and play.' Telegdy said.
LOS ANGELES — When Paul Telegdy moved to Los Angeles, he was struck by the contrast between U.S. celebrities and those from his native Britain.
Telegdy wanted to bring that playful sensibility to the singing competition "The Voice," NBC's only solid hit last year. The beleaguered network rolls out the second season of the
series (which features celebrity coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine) Sunday in the coveted post-Super Bowl time slot.
"It might just be the way the show was set up, but these judges said Amy Sotiridy, director of national broadcast for the adbuying agency Initiative. Her firm represents car company Kia, which is a show sponsor.
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But the main selling point was the show's positive energy.
"The (judges) are telling people how to get better, and because they are stars in their own right, their advice is more valuable," Sotiridy said. "They are not just saying, 'You stink, now get out of here.'"
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The news comes less than a month after the band publicly revealed that it was forced to pull out as headliners of this year's Coachella festival line-up due to guitarist Tony Iommi's lymphoma diagnosis.
Contract issues stop Black Sabbath tour
McClatchy Tribune
LOS ANGELES — Iconic metal band Black Sabbath could be facing another hitch in its plans to reemerge with a new tour and forthcoming album this year due to drummer Bill Ward's unhappiness with the touring and recording contact he was offered. Ward released a public statement Thursday saying that the proposed agreement was "unsigned" and would cause him to lose his "rights, dignity and respectability as a rock musician."
NBC hopes to boost ratings with musical
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — NBC is banking on a musical about a tragic icon for a reversal of its own misfortunes.
"Smash" is a passion project for NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt, who took the top programming job at the network a little over a year ago. A lifelong theater afficionado, Greenblatt even took a breather from his then job as head of programming for Showtime in 2009 to put on a musical version of the movie "9 to 5" on Broadway.
That level of talent and production hasn't come cheaply. The pilot for "Smash" cost more than $7 million to make, and subsequent episodes are running close to $4 million apiece, according to people with knowledge of the show who did not want to speak publicly on the subject.
Before Marilyn can find her way to the Great White Way, "Smash" has to open big on NBC.
"I didn't have time to make 'Smash' when I was at Showtime, so when I came to NBC, it's one of the first things I picked up," Greenblatt said last month at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena. "We are doing something very ambitious here, not only producing a musical every week but one that has original songs in addition to covers of well-known hits."
"Smasch" has an all-star lineup in front of and behind the camera. It stars Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston and Katharine McPhee and was created by playwright Theresa Rebeck. Producers include Steven Spielberg, Tony Award-winning composer Marc Shaiman, and Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, producers of the Oscar-winning "Chicago."
In its biggest gamble since betting on Jay Leno in prime time, NBC on Monday will debut "Smash," an ambitious drama about turning Marilyn Monroe's life into a Broadway musical with soaring song and dance numbers.
That's no small task. The majority of NBC's new shows this season have flopped, including "The Playboy Club," "Prime Suspect" and, most recently, its version of the hit movie "The Firm." Take NBC's Sunday football out of the equation and its prime-time audience is about 5.7 million viewers, down 11 percent from last season, according to Nielsen.
"It's not pretty." Ethan Heftman, a senior vice president with Initiative, an advertising firm whose clients include Dr Pepper, said of NBC's performance over the last few years.
Ratings have gotten so low that a quick scan of a Nielsen chart reveals that outside of football, NBC has one show — "Harry's Law" — in the top-50 most-watched programs this season. Among adults in the 18-49 demographic coveted by advertisers, only two shows — "The Office" and "Fear Factor" —
crack the top 50.
"People keep saying the only place we have to go is up, which I do believe is true, but there's a lot of work to do before we get there," Greenblatt recently told reporters.
"We are doing something very ambitious here, not only producing a musical every week but one that has original songs in addition to covers of well-known hits."
"If you are promoting yourself on your own network and few are watching, it is challenging," said Maureen Bosetti, an executive vice president at Optimedia, a firm that buys advertising for T-Mobile and Pizza Hut.
That's why NBC has launched a huge promotional campaign to hype "Smash" that goes far beyond plugs on the network, although there has certainly been no shortage of those during its lead-up coverage to Sunday's Super Bowl. In some big cities, it is hard to go a block without seeing an ad for "Smash."
BOB GREENBLATT
NBC Entertainment chairman
Compounding the problem are the networks' ongoing ratings woes. With a relatively low
viewership, it may be difficult to lure in viewers to sample the show.
The NBC show will have to draw an audience far bigger on broadcast than required in the niche world of cable, where even a viewership of several million can be considered a rousing success.
"Smash," which will occupy the 10 p.m. slot, has good buzz from critics. While critical acclaim certainly helps, kind words are far from a guarantee of strong ratings, particularly for a show that was conceived with a cable sensibility.
"We've had the best care you could ever dream of having from a network," said Zadan.
There has been speculation in industry circles that the marketing campaign has topped $20 mil.
lion, but Len Fogge, NBC's marketing chief, put the cost at less than $10 million.
NBC'sneed for a smash isn't lost on the show's producers.
"You can't help but acknowledge that the network is looking to resurrect itself, and there is an enormous amount of pressure to deliver a good show every week," said Meron.
"Musicals have always been the bastard genre," Meron said, but he added that Fox's "Glee" has opened the door and shown they can work.
No one can quibble with the production values behind "Smash," but how will she show about the theater world play in Peoria?
Initiative's Helfman agrees: "Everybody's been in a school play at one point in their lives. It is absolutely a relatable concept."
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