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HOROSCOPES
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Focus your efforts on understanding the mechanics, and you can't go wrong. Work with an associate to place all the puzzle pieces.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
You get everything done in your mind but then must execute it in the material world. All your imagination leads to worthwhile results. Use your vision as a blueprint.
Your heart's desire leads you to helping a partner satisfy a long-time dream. You've both taken different roads to arrive at perfect agreement.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 5
Interaction with an unusual person provides new insight into a work issue. At first, it seems much too strange, but then the idea grows on you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8
You have plenty of ideas about how to spend your hard-earned money. Try not to break the bank as you decide which creative ideas to pursue. Then go for it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Somehow you know exactly what to say and what choices to make. Others may only see the practical results. The answers just come to you with ease.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
You can use scraps from other projects and still get a lot done. Wait a day or two before spending money to take advantage of a sale.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 9
The benefits of your personal input cannot be overestimated now. Others simply don't have your information or expertise. Stay in the conversation.
You can elevate the mood of even the gloomy participant by creating the right atmosphere. Rearrange spaces to achieve better energy flow.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19)
Today is a 7
Don't allow changes in your plans to create drama. Laugh out loud and proceed as if you knew this would happen all along. Flow with it.
Imaginative ideas bubble up like water from a spring. Refresh your thinking, and put some of them into action. There's plenty to run with.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
You love the concept of having your finger in every pie. The problem is that you're scattered in six directions. Someone else gathers up the pieces.
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Difficulty Level ★★★★★
Answer to previous puzzle
Ian Vern Tan
Siskel and Ebert production to air on PBS with new hosts
and the late Gene Siskel three decades ago, this time with film critics Christy Lemire of The Associated Press and Elvis Mitchell of NPR debating and issuing thumbs
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
TELEVISION
Roger Ebert announced Friday on his Chicago Sun-Times blog that "At the Movies" would return to PBS stations in January.
Produced by Ebert and his wife, Chaz, the weekly half-hour film review program — revamped as "Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies" — will continue the format first made famous by Ebert
the "Young Turks" radio program on Air America; the two took over the slot once filled by Ebert and Richard Roeper, both writers at the Chicago Sun-Times. Roeper had stepped in after the death of Siskel in 1999.
"Despite all the programming out there, there's nothing really like it on TV."
"Most movie coverage on TV
The decision to bring back the show, Ebert said, is an attempt to shift the lens back to cinematic content.
"At the Movies" has gone through several revisions and name changes over the years. Before Phillips and Scott, the show was anchored by two young hosts, Ben Lyons of "E! Entertainment" and Ben Mankiewicz, a former co-host of
The announcement comes less than a month after distributor Disney-ABC Domestic Television broadcast the final episode of the long-running show, which had gone into syndication and was most recently hosted by Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune and A.O. Scott of The New York Times.
ROBERT EBERT Film Critic and Producer
up or thumbs down reviews from red movie theater seats.
is celeb-driven gossip and chatter," Ebert, 68, said in an e-mail to the Los Angeles Times. "It's obsessed with box-office numbers. It's always upbeat. The critics are
often not qualified. Despite all the programming out there, there's nothing really like it on TV"
The Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, who has not been seen on the show since 2006 because of illness, will employ the computer voice generator and appear on every episode with segments titled "Roger's Office" dedicated to classic, overlooked and new films.
Ebert noted that the format he and Siskel created worked for more than 30 years. "What killed it was the attempt to take it in a new direction, which translated into Ben Lyons driving away loyal viewers. Tony Scott and Michael
Phillips returned to our traditional standards, but by then the show had lost many of its good time slots."
He's hoping that returning to public television will allow the new show to claim better and more consistent time slots in more markets. The new version will be produced at the original series' birthplace, WTTW Chicago, and broadcast on PBS stations nationwide. Along with critics Lemire and Mitchell, the show will also include contributions from Kim Morgan, a Los Angeles writer who runs the website sunsetgun.com, and Omar Moore, a San Francisco lawyer who writes film essays at popcorneel.com.
In addition to his belief in the original format, Ebert cited "a growing interest in new ways of viewing movies (streaming, on demand, red boxes, Netflix, Amazon, etc.) that has revived interest in movies not necessarily in first run" as a reason that prompted him to bring back the show.
The evolution of "At the Movies" can be traced back to the 1970s-era program, "Opening Soon at a Theater Near You" and then "Sneak Previews," shown on the Chicago PBS affiliate WTTW, where conservative reviewer Siskel, of the Chicago Tribune, along with his brash co-host Ebert, of the Chicago Sun-Times, presented viewers passionate debates over the latest cinematic offerings.
"This is the rebirth of a dream," Ebert said in a separate statement.
A pilot of the rebooted program was taped in early summer. In it, Ebert is shown sitting behind a desk, typing his review of a documentary as a computer voice says the words he types. But don't expect to see one of the most recognizable thumbs in America to make a weekly appearance — he's leaving that to Mitchell and Lemire.
"They'll be awarding the thumbs," he said. "And you can't have three thumbs."
ACROSS
1 Lived
4 Sprite
7 Rum cake
11 Performances
13 Melody
14 PC symbol
15 Biblical pronoun
16 Earl Grey, e.g.
17 Peruse
18 Luke-warm
20 One
22 Clunky boat
24 Stick together
28 They usually end "amen"
32 Milk dispenser?
33 Timber wolf
34 Intention
36 Culture medium
37 Exhaust
39 Team members
41 Subordinate bureau-
43 Commuters' choice
44 Dazzle
46 Praise
50 Lotion additive
53 Yule fuel
55 Greek vowel
56 Satan's purchase
57 Witness
58 Balle-rina's frill
59 Click through the channels
60 Shade source
61 D.C. figure, for short
Solution time: 24 mins.
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1 Power measure
2 Rue the run
3 Put an end to
4 Chow down
5 Stead
6 Swiss money
7 The altogether
8 Expert
9 Constrictor type
10 Moreover
12 "Go right ahead"
19 Payable
21 Debtor's letters
23 Lingerie item
25 Advantage
26 Caboose's position
27 Blunders
28 Addition sign
29 Parks of civil rights fame
30 Help in mischief
31 Taste the wine
35 World Series org.
38 Butter square
40 Diving bird
42 Beat
45 Christmas song
47 Decorate!
48 Bart Simpson's school bus driver
49 Author Bellow
50 Donkey
51 "Skip to My —"
52 "— Town
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Today's Cryptoquip Clue; B equals L
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TELEVISION
Talk show to feature positive life outlook
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
But the real starting point probably occurred in December 2004, the day a mighty wave engulfed much of Asia. Berkus, who was vacationing in Sri Lanka, hung on to a telephone pole while his boyfriend, photographer Fernando Bengoechea, got washed away in the tsunami.
You might think Nate Berkus road to hosting his own daytime talk show began at the age of 8 when his mother, Nancy Golden, woke him from a deep sleep in his bedroom to get his opinion about a knickknack she had just added to the living-room mantel. Or maybe it was when he opened his own consulting firm in his mid-20s. You could argue it happened the moment Oprah Winfrey anointed him as her show's go-to interior decorator, which is akin to the cardinals appointing a new pope.
The superstars of daytime talk intrinsically understand that the most important thing to their audience isn't goofy dancing, giveaways or appearances by George Clooney. It's compassion.
Promos for "The Nate Berkus Show," which debuts Monday in 95 percent of the country's markets, emphasize his puppy-dog cuteness, but it's his ability to empathize with the average American that will be his strongest asset.
"I think what that tragedy did was make him see the world as a bigger place than the small world he thought of prior to that," said
Golden, who spent three weeks taking care of her son after he was rescued. "He was always a compassionate person, but I watched how he came to really care about people whose lives were changed on a dime through no fault of their own."
Berkus, who turns 39 on Friday, said the letters he received upon his return had a deep effect.
"I was shocked at the pain people walk around with," he said. "It made me more empathetic and a better listener. I think that's one of the most important things if this show is going to work."
Berkus believes that improving one's outlook on life starts with improving one's personal space, a gift he discovered at an early age. While other kids were playing Little League, he was scouting estate sales. While other kids were scruffing up their jeans, he was critiquing his mom's wardrobe. While other kids were watching sports on TV, he was in the kitchen gabbing with the women.
"Ive always had strong women around me," Berkus said. That trend will continue during premiere week, which will include sit-down interviews with Elizabeth Edwards and Dolly Parton, as well as a visit from mom.
"Everyday women can't afford a Vogue lifestyle, but they can be inspired by it," said executive producer Terry Murphy. "He's so keenly aware of women's time. It's the same thing I see in Oprah."