WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
entertainment
HOROSCOPES
Because the stars
know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Arles (March 21-April 10)
Today is 5
Your actions speak louder than words,
especially now. It may require more
concentration and effort, but it's
worth it. You'll get more for your money.
Stash away savings.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Patience helps getting things done. It's easier to motivate and inspire. Love finds a way. Failures can accelerate growth faster than successes; they illustrate the road to avoid.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 5
Knowing what you want and expressing it clearly is a plus. If at first you don't succeed, try again later. Apply what you have learned. It will be easier the second time.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is a 6.
When in trouble, use the pen, not the sword, to be mighty. Calculate risks. You have more abundance than you realize. Put your subconscious to work on it.
Today is a 6
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Get into the competition to win, but don't be attached to results. In the end you'll have a great story and hopefully have a blast. Write it down.
Today is a 6
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Find the perfect thing in your own closets or by networking. Then step out of your comfort zone and go for it. Show others what you're capable of.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 5
Other people may melt down emotionally. Don't put up a fight. Listening is most important now. Take it easy and don't touch your savings. You see the light.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 5.
Todav is a 6
Quick thinking solves a household problem. Friends make the connection. Your holdings are gaining value. Revisse plans, and get your finances in line. Gather info to reap rewards.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is a 7
Solve a puzzle at home. Improve household communications with a new tool to get the word out. Think fast, and work faster. Postpone a decision to savor a moment.
More work is required. Learn from your competition and a trusted partner. Decide what to spend and what to save. Give your word and follow through.
Everything seems possible. Talk it over. Some things may have to be left behind. Success is your reward. Increase your family's comfort. Discuss, don't argue. You're gaining wisdom.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Discuss a work project with an expert for a solution to an annoying problem. Invest in educational material you'll use at home. Expand your influence. You are triumphant.
ACROSS
1 Medicos
5 Perform-
mance
8 "Oh, woel!"
12 Acknowl-
edge
13 Greek consonant
14 Domesti-
cate
17 Pack away
18 Gray, in a way
19 Motes
21 Aid
24 "Go, team!"
25 Rickey flavor
28 "The Music Man"
locale
30 See 9-Down
33 Emulate Lindsey Vonn
34 With 23-Down,
what "it's all about"?
35 Historic time
36 Lair
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37 Hum-
dinger
38 Blue hue
39 Have
bills
41 Holler
43 Capaci-
tance
measures
46 — Ste.
Marie
50 BPOE
members
51 Vegan's
Thanksgiving
entree
54 Regimen
55 Fuss
56 Retain
57 Eyelid
woe
58 Tyranno-
saurus —
59 Old gas
station
DOWN
1 Beavers' constructs
2 Elliptical
3 Pop selection
4 Envelop
5 Clumsy boat
6 Guevara nickname
7 Santa's sackful
8 Bewil-dered
9 With 30- Across, one with two working parents, maybe
10 Out of control
11 Stitches
11 Catcher'
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20 Beseech
21 Oz character
22 See 34-Across
25 "Acid"
26 Eisen-hower
27 A restrained manner
29 Existed
31 Glass of NPR
32 Newsman Rather
34 Did some weeding
38 "2001" author
40 Squander
42 Baton Rouge sch.
43 G-men
44 Settled down
45 Celeb
47 Guitars' kin
48 Dregs
49 Proof-reader's find
52 Praise in verse
53 "Family Guy" network
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MOVIE REVIEW
Jones, Samberg surprise
Celeste & Jesse Forever: ★★★☆
ALEX LAMB editor@kansan.com
Rashida Jones
The romantic comedy takes on a refreshing perspective in "Celeste & Jesse Forever," where the love story focuses on a couple not amidst the blossoming of their relationship, but rather the conclusion.
Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) have been separated for six months at the film's onset, after years of being together.
Yet even though they're in the middle of a divorce, they continue to be best friends. The pair hangs out every day and Jesse still lives in his art studio in Celeste's backyard.
But when Jesse becomes serious with someone else only a few weeks later, Celeste regrets the loss of her soul mate and quickly tumbles down a path of self-destruction, both in her personal and professional life, while Jesse rises to success.
There's a balance between emotional maturity and eccentric humor that feels just as honest as it is enjoyable.
It takes an outburst from their friends (Ari Graynor and Eric Christian Olsen) before they realize it's time to start distancing themselves and begin moving on.
Hopefully this marks her graduation from supporting roles to full
As both co-writer and star, Jones plays her sentimentality with a subtle sweetness, while the intrinsically charming quirk that made her so lovable in "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" keeps her derailment enearing.
Andy Samberg
Samberg is the real surprise, however.
on leading lady.
We already know he's a clever little goodball, made popular from his SNL digital shorts, but here he shows that he actually has dramatic depth as well.
He embodies that quiet longing for an old love with graceful simplicity, and the chemistry between the two pulses with authenticity.
From an extended embrace between the lovers as they try not to let go of the past, to an apologetic speech in which Celeste regrets takes jesse for granted. Krieger fills this romance with a sense of meaning.
The tenderness that director Lee Toland Krieger injects into Celeste and Jesse's relationship tingles with thoughtful poignancy.
The strong supporting cast also highlight the film with a colorful personality. The cast features Elijah Wood as Celeste's awkward gay business partner, Will McCormack as a strangely insightful pot dealer and Emma Roberts as a
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garish young pop star who Celeste eventually befriends.
The always charismatic Chris Messina and the delicately beautiful Rebecca Dayan also appear as Celeste and Jesse's new love interests, respectively.
Offering a much more adult and layered movie than any Hollywood rom-com, "Celeste & Jesse Forever" has just as much heart as it does humor.
Edited by Allison Kohn
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DC Comics creates new superhero to revamp "Green Lantern" series
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DETROIT (AP) — When DC Comics decided to blow up its fabled universe and create a brave, diverse future, Geoff Johns drew from the past for a new character: his own background as an Arab-American.
The company's chief creative officer and writer of the relaunched "Green Lantern" series dreamed up Simon Baz, DC's most prominent Arab-American superhero and the first to wear a Green Lantern ring.
The character and creator share Lebanese ancestry and hail from the Detroit area, which boasts one of the largest and oldest Arab communities in the United States.
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"I thought a lot about it — I thought back to what was familiar to me." Johns, 39, told The Associated Press by phone last week from Los Angeles, where he now lives. "This is such a personal story."
The Green Lantern mantle in DC Comics is no stranger to diversity with its ranks made up of men, women, aliens — animal, vegetable and mineral — from across the universe.
Earlier this year an alternate universe Green Lantern was reintroduced as openly gay.
Baz's story begins in a standalone
Provided by DC Comics via Bender/ Helper impact, the November 2012 cover of the latest Green Lantern series features Simon Baz.
"zero issue" available Wednesday that's part of a companywide effort to fill in the gaps or tell the origins of a character or team.
Johns has no plans for Baz to fade into the background — the character in February is bound for the Justice League of America, one of DC's premier super team books, to fight alongside Green Arrow, Catwoman and Hawkman.
Johns said he took economic as well as ethnic cues for the character
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from his native Detroit area, with Baz resorting to stealing cars after being laid off from his automotive engineering job.
He steals the wrong car, which inadvertently steers him into a terrorism probe and, eventually, an unexpected call to join the universe's galactic police force.
"Obviously, it's affecting everybody," said Johns, who grew up in nearby suburbs in a Lebanese Christian household and got into comics when he discovered his uncle's old collection in his Arab grandmother's attic.
His story begins at 10 years old when he and the rest of his Muslim family watch their television in horror as airplanes fly into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Events unfold from there as U.S. Arabs and Muslims find themselves, falling under intense suspicion and ostracism in the days, months and years following the attacks.
The olive-skinned, burly Baz hails from Dearborn, the hometown of Henry Ford and the capital of Arab America.
"One of the things I really wanted to show was its effect on Simon and his family in a very negative way."
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