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MOVIES
Horror film looks to avoid sequel curse
LOS ANGELES — Throughout the making of Paramount Pictures" "Paranormal Activity 2," an unsettling specter floated over the production.
The sequel/prequel was haunted by memories of Hollywood's last effort to clone a similar scary story: Artisan's "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2," which took in less than 20 percent of the preceding film's revenues and was so decisively despised by critics and audiences that it tainted 1999's original "Blair Witch Project" by association.
"We were worried more than anything else that the new movie wouldn't work," says Oren Peli, the former video game designer who wrote, directed and edited the first "Paranormal Activity" and served as a producer on the update, which premieres Thursday at midnight but was shown in 20 selected cities late Wednesday night. "And I'm sure there are a lot of people who will want to make sure that it's not 'Blair Witch 2.'"
"Paranormal Activity 2" plays very much like the original blockbuster, sharing its look and internal logic. Screenwriter Michael R. Perry (TV's "Persons Unknown,""Stephen King's Dead Zone") and director Kip Williams ("The Door in the Floor") set the new film in the days just preceding, and then the hours overlapping with, the ghostly invasion of Katie and Micah's nearby dwelling in "Paranormal Activity."
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Fri Oct 29
Gogol Bordello w/ Forro in the Dark
TWO SHOWS!
Nov 12 & Nov 13
Yonder
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String Band
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The Bottleneck
Thursday, October 21st The Giving Tree Band
Friday, October 22nd
The Smokers Club Tour
w/ Currency / Big KRIT / Smoke DZA
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Saturday, October 23rd
Big Smith
w/ Shannon McKayl & Hot Sauce
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Wednesday, October 27th
Tyrone Wells
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Thursday, October 28th
Cadillac Sky
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Friday, October 29th Chicago Afrobeat Project w/Hearts of Darkness
Saturday, October 30th
Frontier Rukus
w/The Outfit
Sunday, October 31st Smile Smile
Wednesday, November 3rd
Mayer Hawthorne
and the Country
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Friday, November 5th
Kina Grannis
w/ Imaginary Friend
Saturday, November 6th Band of Heathens
Wednesday, November 10th March Fourth Marching Band
Friday, November 12th Donavon Frankenreiter w/ Ximena Sarinana
Saturday, November 13th Reverend Horton Heat
Monday, November 15th Matt Costa w/ Everest
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By Dave Green
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10/21
Difficulty Level ★★★
Answer to previous puzzle
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LITTLE SCOTTIE
COOL THING
Todd Pickrell and Scott A. Winer
MONKEYZILLA
Blaise Marcoux
HOROSCOPES
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
An older individual, possibly a grandparent, makes you aware of circumstances from the past that answer a lot of questions. This gives new perspective.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 5
Wherever you find yourself today, accept a service role. Others depend on your logical recommendations. You serve yourself this way, too.
Unless plans arise to spend time with someone special, stick close to home and get to bed early. Still, a magical night is worth yawns the next day.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is a 6
This is no time to keep secrets Share information as well as
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 9
logic. Then others understand your motives and will support what you're up to.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
One-sided thinking creates extra stress for you and your favorite people. Review the facts to discover a previously unexplored option. Try it out.
Balance your checkbook before spending any money. This is no time to be frivolous. Your energy's better spent considering your next step.
Today is a 6
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Your favorite person wants to take an entirely new direction. You'd prefer sticking to the familiar path. Either way, a map is helpful.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Apply your best effort to get
EYES BWN
WT 30
LANDON JALE
123 BIG FINE BLVD
LAWRENCE, KS
SEX M
HT 2-02
DOB 01.01-1999
Fake ID 101- Your ID isn't as good as you think
What do you think your looks like to a cop?
Fines up to $2500 and possible jail.
Fines up to $2500 and possible jail time
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21)
Today is a 6
more work accomplished now.
An older person has a definite idea of what's needed. It's up to you to make it happen.
KANSAS
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
From your perspective, an older group member causes extra trouble. If you need results now, discuss it in person for best resolution.
Darling, if you survived Dad's Weekend at your sorority house. I think you can more than handle our fraternity party.
Repairs create a drain on your bank account. Resist the desire to redesign things and just fix what's necessary. You'll be glad you did.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Today is a 6
Spend part of the day on a creative writing project. Do some Internet research to gather information to flesh out a plot or character.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
An older person makes you aware of your own creative potential. Consider their suggestions in private. Adjust the idea to fit your personality.
ACROSS
1 Slender nail
5 Blond shade
8 Police action
12 Dolly material
13 "7 Faces of Dr. —"
14 Grooving on
15 Shrek, e.g.
16 Commotion
17 Morse morsel
18 Paging device
20 Let gravity take over
22 Game show hosted by Steve Harvey
26 Board meeting prop
29 Payable
30 Hit the slopes
31 Tax
32 Edge
33 Goblet feature
35 Egg — yung
36 No longer fashion-able
37 Michael J. Fox sitcom
40 Novelist Seton
41 "Step on it!"
45 Throw hard
47 Writer Deighton
49 Tittle
50 Met melody
51 A pair
52 Cheese choice
53 Rodents do it
54 Nevertheless
55 Colonial sewer
DOWN
1 Amor-phous mass
2 Anger
3 Farm fraction
4 Cook onion rings, maybe
5 More than just startle
6 Blue
7 Thug
8 Done with, once and for all
9 Poetic feet
10 Part of TGIF
11 Play—
Solution time: 25 mins.
D AD D M O M
R O D E C A R E D
I O W A N A R E N A S
M A R R I E D C O U P L E
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C A N N Y F L E E T
N O V A F O U R
A B A F L I N G F L U G
B R I D E A N D G R O O M
A L U M N I A E S O P
S L U G S G I S T
E R E E E N E
19 Dine
21 "Catcher in the —"
23 Fool
24 String instruments
25 It ain't worth a nickel
26 Staff leader?
27 Zeus' sister
28 Rosary recital
32 Kings and queens
33 More impertinent
35 Aviate
36 Shell game prop
38 Acquired relative
39 Other-wise
42 — list
43 Hellenic H's
44 St. Louis team
45 Crane
46 Grecian vessel
48 Lamb's dam
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TechnoQuip Clue: O equals F.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: O equals E
All puzzles © King Features
MOVIES
Actor Norton to take on new role
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CHICAGO — In town two weeks ago with director John Curran for the opening of the Chicago International Film Festival, Edward Norton took some time on a warm, summery day to check out Millennium Park, photograph Cloud Gate (the "Bean") with his cell phone, soak up the skyline and talk about "Stone."
By the time I got to him, held blown out his speaking voice, or nearly. He ordered a grapefruit juice ("Fresh?" ) and left the coffee to the one with the ancient tape recorder.
In "Stone," which opens
Friday, Norton plays a shrewd, cryptically motivated prisoner angling to get out on parole. His parole officer, played by Robert De Niro, isn't sure what he's dealing with. The two men's verbal sparring sessions, along with the con's deployment of his wild-eyed schoolteacher wife (Milla Jovovich), set into motion questions of moral righteousness, stability, faith and redemption.
Though Norton and director Curran had collaborated on "The Painted Veil," to stimulating results, the actor held off on committing to the project.
He and Curran continued talking, even as they both got into other things.
"When the economy tanked," Norton says, "John started seeing that as a jumping-off place, a way of looking at this idea of people on cruise control, living lives built around assumed structures of solidity. Marriage. Church. Job. Pension funds. All that can get wiped out like that." Norton snaps his fingers.