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TELEVISION
Morgan gets new HBO show
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
Tracy Morgan stars in his first HBO comedy special this week, "Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue" (Saturday at 10 p.m. EST). The former "Saturday Night Live" cast member is best known these days for his role as Tracy Jordan, the volatile and unpredictable lead performer of the "SNL"-ish sketch show on "30 Rock." Each week, viewers never know just what outrageous piece of verbage will come out of Mr. Jordan's mouth. Here are five of the most memorable:
live of the most important Giving advice to Kenneth: "Live every week like it's Shark Week."
Explaining the conspiracy behind the world's religions: "Why don't Catholics eat meat on Fridays? I'll tell you why. It's because the Pope owns Long John Silver's."
To a bird: "Stop eating people's old French fries, pigeon. Have some self-respect! Don't you know you can fly?"
"I watched 'Boston Legal' nine times before I realized it wasn't a new 'Star Trek.'
new star team
"I don't get why people like brunch. What's the benefit of combining break-dancing and lunch?"
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Messy Jiverson
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Sweet Band O Mine
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Conceptis Sudoku
By Dave Greer
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| | | 5 | | 1 | 3 | | 7 | 9 |
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| 6 | | 2 | | | 1 | | 5 | |
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11/09
Difficulty Level ★★★
MONKEYZILLA
2 1 6 3 5 9 4 7 8
8 4 3 1 7 2 9 6 5
5 9 7 8 4 6 1 3 2
3 6 9 2 8 7 5 1 4
7 8 2 5 1 4 3 9 6
1 5 4 6 9 3 8 2 7
4 3 1 7 2 8 6 5 9
9 2 5 4 6 1 7 8 3
6 7 8 9 3 5 2 4 1
HOROSCOPES
Difficulty Level ★
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9.
Answer to previous puzzle
Stay close to your favorite people today. The group energy focus on something you've wanted to change for a long time. Seize the day.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9
**Today**
energie energy marks every activity today. Nurture each person's process to allow for a happy and effective change. Relax at day's end.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Home and family take all of your attention now. One person wants to go in a completely different direction from the rest. Allow for freedom.
Today is an 8
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
BEGIN
Enjoy the day. Whether recreation or romance is your objective, you satisfy your desires and those of a partner.
Relax in the day.
LEO (July 23-Aug.22)
Today is a 6
Iowa
Wants
grands and do chores early today. That way, all family members change gear for recreation or a trip to the movies. Balance work with fun.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
If you took a vote on today's recreational activities, the ladies would win hands down. That could have a delightful outcome.
Today is a 9
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
A dream or other communication changes the way you think about yourself. You really are stronger than you may have believed.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
Assign someone else to handle the flow of communications. You don't need to hear every word. Instead, maintain a broader perspective.
Today is a 6
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 9
Today you get a chance to express your career goals more clearly. Family members or other associates offer suggestions to accomplish that.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Tuesday, Jan. 7
Today is a 7
Females take the lead with a social plan. Just go along for the ride. You meet someone international, who regales the group with wondrous stories.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
Today is a 6
Your universe comes into balance when you allow your emotions to be expressed. Take charge backstage and head off a crisis with firm instructions.
MOVIES
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Responsibilities may take you across a body of water. It could be as simple as grocery shopping on the other side of the bridge. But it seems big.
Runaway train and little time make for 'Unstoppable' plot
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
There's a train. It's long, with lots of cars loaded with toxic chemicals. And nobody's driving it as it hurles toward heavily populated parts of Pennsylvania.
And Denzel and Chris Pine are the only two guys who can chase it down and stop it.
That's all there is to Tony Scott's lightning-fast runaway train thriller, "Unstoppable" — “a missile the size of the Chrysler Building” and a couple of movie stars playing working class Joes who want to save the day.
And that's enough. With Scott shooting and cutting this minimalist thriller to an hour and 35 minutes of heavy metal flying at you and the cool, collected old timer, Frank (Denzel Washington) and his distracted trainee Will (Chris Pine of "Star Trek") jumping from one car to another, dodging hazards at rail crossings, this race against the clock works. The director of the limp "Pelham 123" remake takes a second shot at his railway movie, and this time gets it right.
Frank has decades of experience, so today's shuffle of cars here and there along a short stretch of rail shouldn't be a big deal. But elsewhere, others with less of a professional bent have made a boo-boo. A train "got away" from them.
"It got away from you?" the boss (Rosario Dawson) cracks. "It's a train, not a chipmunk."
2 for 1 admission tonight !!
As the "coaster" picks up speed, a welder is sent dashing off, by truck, to track it. Alarms are sounded. The BIG boss (Kevin Dunn) gets grumpy and the observing Federal inspector (Kevin Corrigan) drops little pearls of wisdom about the physics of trains to Dawson's hard-pressed line supervisor. A train load of school kids on an excursion is out there. Towns and then cities are on the tracks ahead of the "coaster."
And it's no longer coasting.
Scott's film touches on the state of the American workplace (understaffed) and the American
workforce (overworked, facing layoffs). But this is a straight-ahead ticking clock thriller, with the usual Tony S. trademarks — punchy dialogue and men doing what needs to be done. Oh yeah, and Frank is a proud father of two Hooters Girls working their way through college. Will has "issues" at home. Another Tony Scott touch.
Washington and Pine have an easy rapport that makes even the soap opera elements go by easily. Mark Bomback's script (he wrote "Live Free or Die Hard," and the "Escape to Witch Mountain" remake) has an easy way with the jargon and a feel for the work _ "In training, they give you an F. Out here in the real world, you get killed."
It's not as breakneck as it might have been. There are plenty of conventional pauses in the action while Frank and Will talk about their lives, their problems. Scott gets a bit carried away with identifying every single location, overly concerned with the geography of this "inspired by true events" story.
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ACROSS
1 Typeface option
5 Coll. transcript no.
8 Afrikaner
12 Unsigned (Abbr.)
13 Anti-quoted
14 Busy with
15 Imaginary objects of fear
17 Weaponry
18 Donkey
19 Allow
20 English composition
21 Pleasure
22 PC peripheral connection
23 Molded jelly
26 Investigation
30 — moss
31 Chinese chairman of yore
32 Zilch
33 Kodak inventor George
35 Karenina and Kournikova
36 Dine on
37 Hobbyist's abbr.
38 Tusk material
41 Scarlet
42 "Eurekal!"
45 Branch
46 Virus that with- stands medica tion
48 Stead
49 Favorite
50 Christmass
51 Vocalize
52 Blond shade
53 Greek vowels
DOOWN
1 Ali —
2 Responsibility
3 Fireplace supply
4 Genetic evidence
5 Viscous
6 Contrive
7 Billboards
8 Fudd toe
9 Piece of work
10 Sicilian spouter
11 Optimistic
16 United nations
20 Barrister's title (Abbr.)
21 Jazzy two-step
Solution time: 21 mins.
22 Popular card game
23 Mimic
24 Caribbean, e.g.
25 — de deux
26 Author Fleming
27 Charged bit
28 Cousin of 4-Down
29 "Of course"
31 Wrestling surface
34 Spring month
35 Staffer
37 Profundity
38 Woes
39 Henry —
40 Portent
41 Wishes otherwise
42 Touch
43 Hawaiian dance
44 Census statistics
46 Resort
47 "Catcher in the."
Yesterday's answer 11-9
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11-9 CRYPTOQUIP
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Yesterday's Cryptoquip: WHY DO I COGITATE ON NOMADIC BEHAVIOR SO MUCH? YES, I SUPPOSE I'VE BEEN PONDERING WANDERING.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: Y equals T
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CELEBRITIES
Lovato's teen stardom keeps it kid friendly
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — As the star of the Disney Channel series "Sonny With a Chance," teen actress Demi Lovato plays an effervescent small-town girl who wins a national talent contest to land a starring role on a popular variety show. As the title character, Sonny copes with a jealous costar, a dearth of fan mail and the hazards of celebrity dating, among other situations only to be encountered by a budding idol.
One facet the upbeat comedy for kids is unlikely to explore is the dark side of teen stardom. The issue nonetheless came to the fore last week with a crisis in Lovato's personal life that forced her to withdraw a concert tour with the Jonas Brothers to seek treatment for "emotional and physical issues." People close to the 18-year-old star, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter, say she struggled with eating disorders and self-mutation before her breakthrough role on the Disney Channel series.
These hazards stand to become more commonplace as a growing number of kid-focused shows put kids front and center, according to people
who work with young actors
Unlike years past, when young hopefuls had limited opportunities on prime-time family sitcoms, the media giants in recent years have created an entire industry of television networks and programs devoted to the 20 million children ages 8 to 12 who influence $43 billion in annual spending. That has been accompanied by a rise in "live action" kids shows on channels such as Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and newcomer The Hub that led to demand for child and teenage actors.
"You're going to see more of this," said former child actor Paul Petersen, who heads A Minor Consideration, a non-profit group that offers support for young performers. "And it's going to become more and more obvious."
Petersen isn't the only one concerned: Demi's father, Patrick Lovato, said that he has been worried about how his daughter would cope with the pressures of being a child star. But he said he never discussed his qualms with her mother, Diana De La Garza.
"I kept those emotions to myself because Dianna was so excited, I didn't want to burst anyone's bubble," Patrick Lovato said.