4A / ENTERTAINMENT / THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
HOROSCOPES
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
The girls in the group have a plan and are taking the lead. Even though it may cramp someone's style, the ideas are solid with productive results.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
If you find yourself in the spotlight today, you don't need a script. You've given the subject plenty of thought already. Speak from the heart.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is a 6
The girls are champing at the bit to gain independence in their work. Practical considerations require teamwork before solo projects can move forward.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
The desire for independence leads an associate in a stubborn direction. Before despairing (or resisting), suggest creative ways to share an intention.
LEO (July 23-Aug.22)
Today is a 6
Get back in gear early to complete work on schedule. A female associate has identified a critical problem. More than one solution presents itself as you work through it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
You want to take off, but you're stuck working out practical matters. Research reveals hidden solutions. Then creative efforts yield results.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Although you want to pursue your own interests alone today, you face the need to handle another person's problems as well. Clarify logic before beginning.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 9
Independent thoughts guide every action today. Less is more, where force is concerned. Relax and finesse it for quicker results. Evaluate progress later.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Today is a 5
You think you want more independence. Actually, practical effort in a team gets you further. Once today's work is done, you can take off on your own.
Someone tests your public image by asking you to pull off the impossible. You find a way to get it done with flair, on time and polished. Anything's possible.
Research creates a solid platform for group discussion. You want to get out early, so keep the conversation concise. Something entirely new could result.
JAMAICA
Once you go,
you know.
- JAMFEST
- Live Concerts
- VIP Parties
- Beautiful Beaches
- Cliff Jumping
- Spectacular Sunsets
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LITTLE SCOTTIE
Answer to previous puzzle
Difficulty Level ★★★
COOL THING
Todd Pickrell and Scott A. Winer
MONKEYZILLA
Kevin Cook
MUSIC
Chesney's No.1 single is most meaningful to him
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — He has recorded dozens of songs written by other people, but none has touched Kenny Chesney like "The Boys of Fall," his most recent No. 1 single.
The song, co-written by Casey Beathard and Dave Turnbull, is an ode to football, especially high school football teams, the men who coach them and the small towns that embrace them.
"It has been one of the best journeys of my life," Chesney said during a telephone interview last week, "to be able to spend a major part of the last year interviewing all kinds of people who have touched a lot of lives on and off the field"
That journey was the making of the documentary "The Boys of Fall," inspired by the video to the song. The documentary first aired on ESPN in August. Since mid-November, it has been available on DVD at Walmart.
Chesney spent much of his year away from touring, working on the documentary. He will return to the concert circuit next year with the Zac Brown Band and others.
"That feeling goes away and it doesn't come every Friday," he tells the team. "It comes when you get married. It comes when your child is born. So you get it, but you just don't get it every Friday night."
Chesney interviewed players and coaches like Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Joe Namath, Bill Parcels, University of Texas coach Mack Brown and Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, all of whom discuss the game and what it has meant to them
But for now, he's talking about the video, which has nearly 4.5 million YouTube views. It opens with New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton addressing the football team at Naperville (III.) Central High School, his alma mater. His sermon is about relishing the present and appreciating the blessings and rituals that will soon be gone, specifically the thrill of Friday night football games.
For Chenesey, football was a life-style, almost a religion, as it is in so many small towns. A lyric from the song goes: "In little towns like mine, that's all they got / Newspaper clippings fill the coffee shops.
"I grew up in an area where the town leans on the football team," said Chesney, who was raised in Luttrell, Tenn., and played football at Gibbs High School. "That's how it was in east Tennessee. Football was all we had."
ACROSS
1 Minuscule bit
5 Lend an illegal hand
9 Eviscerate
12 Trademark symbol
13 Old Italian money
14 Spring mo.
15 Travel while campaigning
17 Fish eggs
18 Mono alternative
19 Minimal change
21 Yoked beast
22 Saw
24 "The Amazing —"
27 Bear hair
28 Pirates' quaff
31 Geological period
32 Anger
34 Mate of 37-
34 Predicate necessity
36 Legislation
37 Mate of 33-Across
38 Cancels out
40 "Forget it!"
41 "— Foolish Things"
43 One side of the Urals
47 Old garment
48 "Phooey!"
51 Clay, today
52 Incite
53 On the briny
54 "Ualume" writer
Solution time: 25 mins.
B A I L G E M P R O F
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R O C K F O R D A C R E
R E H E A R S O C K E T
SK I T HE W
A M P E F T O B E Y S
T O U R Y O U O L I O
M I N O S O P T L P S
K Y L E D E C
M O R A Y S R E U E S
I D O L S H A M R O C K
D I C T A U F B U R Y
I N K Y Y Y E T S L U E
55 "Desire Under the —"
56 Ollie's pal
DOWN
1 Church vestments
2 Perfectly
3 Fairy tale baddie
4 Fifth President
5 Choir member
6 Story of a lifetime?
7 Screw up
8 Florida city
9 Accumulated
10 Informed about
11 Deuce beater
42 Head light?
43 Tackles' team-mates
44 Brewer's kiln
45 Entreaty
46 Vivacity
49 "You've got mail co."
16 Gender
20 Early bird?
2 Emanations
23 TV host Carey
24 Gun the engine
25 Exist
26 Noted steel tycoon
27 Stuff
29 Eggs
30 Prized possession
35 Clear the tables
37 Heart lines?
39 Sill
40 Rapa — (Easter Island)
41 Snare
Yesterday's answer 12-9
T Y N F X L Y H M F H Q F P K Y P
M F O V L Q P S K T Y O P X H, O
L X J J S L Y M Y NS XVC T Y N F V V Y C
12-9 CRYPTOQUIP
F L Y C Y P S Q V Y T F I S I.
Yesterday's Cryptoquip: PLACE THAT HOUSES MANY MEDICAL PICTURES OF A BIG SITCOM FAMILY: THE DEPARTMENT OF BRADY-OLOGY.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: Y equals E.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: Y equals E
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MUSIC
'Nothing' holds meaning for Janet
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — Janet Jackson's hit single "Nothing" — the theme song from Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married Too?" — is generating almost as much Oscar buzz as it feels riddled with grief. Jackson learned of her brother Michael's death while filming the movie in Atlanta, before she had recorded the song.
Even though Jackson says "Nothing" is not about her brother, whom she won't talk about much these days, the song's melancholy and emotional grit leads one to wonder. It's no stretch to think that Jackson, who's known for having a particularly strong work ethic and occasionally losing herself in creative projects during turbulent times, was channeling the fallout of her personal tragedy into her music.
Which may be why "Nothing," her third film song to date, is resonating so deeply with fans. The song went straight to No. 4 on iTunes when it was released in March. After her appearance on the finale of "American Idol," where she performed a medley that included "Nothing," the single shot to No. 1. The song is now featured on Jackson's album "Icons," which showcases 11 of her 35 hit singles. It's a touching, melodic ballad about truth, trust and relationships.
"Even though it sounds like a sad song, it's hopeful," says Jackson. "When you really listen to it, it's really hopeful. I didn't know if I wanted to call the song 'Trust in Me' or 'Nothing'. It's really about the characters (in the movie) and pulling as much as I could from each relationship."