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caNyoN News october 09, 2016
First robo garage oN west coast arrives iN weHo
By Gabrielle Sharfman and Casey Jacobs
WEST HOLLYWOOD—Located on
Sweetzer Avenue, behind West Hollywood City Hall, is the first robo garage
to arrive on the West Coast. This new
addition to West Hollywood is an automated garage that parks vehicles for
their drivers and opened on June 1. The
technology of this new invention is the
product of the Israeli company known
as Unitronics. In March 2014, the City
broke ground on the project and construction was completed in spring 2016.
The system works after the driver pulls
into a small “entry bay,” takes a parking
ticket, and leaves. Once the motion
sensors and scanners detect that no one
is inside, the car is shuttled to its parking space in just a few minutes. When
the driver returns to retrieve their car,
they pay the ticket and wait for their vehicle to arrive in an “exit bay.”
The Automated Garage contains four
bays for entry and exit. Each bay features
a hand-painted mural by artists including Art of Chase, MONCHO1929,
Bronwyn Lundberg, and Kim West.
The garage features a large glass pane
facing east toward Sweetzer Avenue
where people can watch as mechanical
The new automated garage in West Hollywood.
shuttles carry vehicles in and out of bays.
The window includes a fixed-art installation by renowned public artist Ned
Kahn, with a grid of large clear marbles
that reflect moving parts inside the
garage. The structure also contains
roof-mounted photovoltaic solar panels,
features the use of a sustainable material made from recycled grocery bags,
and uses drought-tolerant landscaping.
The cost of the automated garage is
$16 million, and is roughly the same as
a traditional 200 space capacity garage.
The footprint of the original parking lot
remains the same size, but can now accommodate 200 cars from the original
68. This increase is due to the fact that
once the car is inside the garage, the
doors of the cars do not have to be
opened for drivers to exit them. This allows for the cars to be parked inches
from each other.
One of the benefits of the automated
garage is that drivers do not have to remember where they parked. The pow-
er consumption of the parking lot is significantly lower than that of a standard
lot. Tailpipe pollution is lower as well in
an automated garage compared to the
traditional parking garage. CO2 emissions are predicted to be equal to removing 92 cars from the road or planting 67,000 trees.
The automated parking lot comes
with a Community Plaza, with trees,
benches and a fountain. It also features
a stage for community events. The
parking garage is open during the following hours:
-Mondays – Thursdays, 8 a.m. to Midnight
-Fridays, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.
-Saturdays, 12 p.m. to 2 a.m.
-Sundays, 12 p.m. to Midnight
Construction management was provided by Heery International, Inc., a nationwide firm that for the past 40 years
has been dedicated to sustainable design
and construction practices.
For additional information about the
Automated Garage and Community
Plaza at West Hollywood City Hall,
please call (323) 848-6375.
Pollworkers Needed For UPcomiNg electioN
By Nicholas Manning
SANTA MONICA—With the upcoming
presidential election approaching, the
city of Santa Monica, as well as other
cities within the Los Angeles corridor are
in need of pollworkers. The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
(RR/CC) is looking for individuals to
work as pollworkers in one of two roles
on Tuesday, November 8.
These two types of pollworkers are Inspectors and Clerks. Inspectors serve as
supervisors for polling locations, while
Clerks assist with a variety of conventional tasks. Between these two positions, 800 pollworkers are needed within Los Angeles County for a well functioning Election Day.
Those who train to become an Inspector or Clerk are compensated. Pollworkers can earn between $80 and
The city of Santa Monica is in need of pollworkers for the upcoming
election on November 8.
$175 for working on Election Day and
attending a training session before the
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MAYHEM DESCENDS AT NIGHT
Police PUrsUe sUsPect via HelicoPter dUriNg NigHttime HoUrs iN beverly Hills
By Amber Marron
BEVERLY HILLS—Authorities pursued a suspect via cop cars and helicopter during the wee hours on Thursday, September 29. The pursuit lasted
several hours between the borders of
the Beverly Hills/West Hollywood area.
A helicopter pursued an armed man
who was in an SUV near North Clark
Drive, according to reports. CBS2 reported that the suspect was arrested Friday morning after a pursuit in a stolen
vehicle. Around 3 a.m. Los Angeles
County Sheriff’s deputies gave chase to
the suspect until the SUV crashed in the
Beverly Grove area near Alden and
Swall Drive.
The suspect fled on foot and was
found hiding in a shed. A helicopter was
able to locate the stolen white Honda.
Inside the vehicle, authorities located
a credit card making machine along
with blank cards.
The Watch Commander for the West
Residents were woke from their sleep as authorities utilized a helicopter to pursue a suspect.
Hollywood Station of the Los Angeles
County Sheriff’s Department spoke
with Canyon News Saturday, October 1.
The commander stated that the suspect
was not armed, but the station had received a low-jack hit on a stolen vehi-
cle. The helicopter was able to pursue
the vehicle that took off and then
rolled into a parked vehicle. The suspect
fled on foot and was later taken into custody. The incident took place in the Burton Way and Swall Drive area. Inside the
stolen vehicle, according to the Watch
Commander, authorities found identity theft equipment, a computer, stolen
mail, and counterfeit keys that are
used to break into mailboxes.
Several residents in the Beverly
Hills/West Hollywood region took to social media to detail what was transpiring in the area between 1:50 a.m. and
3:35 a.m. One Twitter user, @remivictoria, posted around 3:30 a.m. that a
helicopter had been circling her home
in the Beverly Hills/West Hollywood
area for about an hour. “I want to
sleep. Make it stop,” she added.
Authorities have not yet released the
name of the suspect to the public.
rolliNg laNe closUres exPected oN saNta moNica blvd.
By Casey Jacobs
BEVERLY HILLS—To prepare for
the North Santa Monica Boulevard
Reconstruction (SMBlvd) project,
the construction contractor will begin performing additional exploratory work to verify and locate
existing utilities under the roadway. Rolling lane closures will begin
on Monday, October 10 and last for
approximately 30 days, where one
traffic lane will be closed at a time to
allow for the exploratory work to be
performed.
Lane closures will be limited to one
lane in one direction (eastbound or
westbound) at a time. Work will
take place during the week, Monday
to Friday, between 9 a.m. and 3
p.m. and some work will occur on
some weekends from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Canyon News reached out to
Rolling lane closures are expected on North Santa Monica Boulevard beginning on October 10.
Therese Kosterman, Public Information Manager for the city of Beverly Hills via email about the North
Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction project. When asked about
any other expected road closures in
the region due to the project, Kosterman replied, “Not in the coming
weeks.”
The North Santa Monica Boulevard
Reconstruction project is scheduled
to break ground in early 2017. The
project will completely rebuild the
roadway between Doheny Drive and
Wilshire Boulevard. The project design includes “green street” drainage,
new decorative street lights, drought
tolerant landscaping and widening a
portion of the roadway on the south
side between Canon Drive and
Wilshire Boulevard.
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overtUrNed taco trUck closes Hollywood 101 Freeway
By Sabrina Bush
HOLLYWOOD HILLS—An overturned taco truck
prompted a full closure of the Hollywood 101 Freeway on Monday, October 3.
A taco truck struck the freeway’s center divider
and overturned into the northbound lanes at approximately 3 a.m., according to reports.
Police responded to the scene located near
North Cahuenga Boulevard, minutes later at 3:08
a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol’s
traffic incident log.
CHP officials closed the freeway to traffic on
both sides and issued a SigAlert at about 3:35 a.m.
The CHP tweeted at 3:43 a.m.: “SIGALERT IN
HOLLYWOOD: US-101 AT CAHUENGA BLVD- ALL
NB AND SB LANES WILL BE BLOCKED FOR APPROX 90 MINS DUE TO A TRAFFIC COLLISION.”
The southbound lanes—which were closed due
to debris—were reopened at approximately 4 a.m.
The CHP tweeted at 4:12 a.m.: “SIGALERT UPDATE IN HOLLYWOOD: US-101 AT CAHUENGA
BLVD- ALL SB LNS ARE NOW OPEN- NB #1,2,3
LNS BLOCKED FOR APPROX 30 MINS DUE TO
A COLLISION.”
The northbound lanes remained closed while
a tow truck tried to set the vehicle upright. All
lanes were reopened by 6 a.m., according to the
CHP. There were no reports of any injuries from
officials.
saNta moNica brew works oPeNs tastiNg room
By Nicholas Manning
SANTA MONICA—Brew Works, located at
1920 Colorado Avenue recently became
more accessible to the public with the opening of its new tasting room. Sporting 112
seats within a 4,300 square foot area, the
tasting room provides beer enthusiasts a
space to come together while enjoying a variety of local beers crafted by the company.
Ranging from their newest release, a Cal-
ifornia Blonde Ale appropriately dubbed
the 310, to more established products, like
the darker Inclined IPA, all five of the company’s core beers are available on tap to those
who visit Brew Works’ most recent addition.
The local brewery offers five specialty
beers in addition to its core products at the
tasting room to keep flavors fresh for those
familiar with their drinks or looking to try
a seasonal product. The tasting room is not
open to the public everyday during the
week or for most hours during the company’s business’ operations.
Brew Works is closed at the beginning of
the work week on Mondays and Tuesdays, but
the tasting room is open from WednesdaySunday. Specific times available for the
tasting room to the public can be seen be-
low:
-Wednesdays 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
-Thursdays 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
-Fridays 6 p.m. to 12 a.m.
-Saturdays 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.
-Sundays 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
For additional information contact Santa Monica Brew Works at (310) 828-7629 or
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west Hollywood library celebrates FiFtH aNNiversary
By Shatai Melvin
WEST HOLLYWOOD—The West Hollywood Library celebrated its fifth anniversary by having
two days of events that kicked off on Friday, September 30 and lasted until Saturday, October
1. Celebrations started on Friday at the city
council chamber with the panel discussion, “Do
Libraries Have a Future?”
The panel which started at 7 p.m. was held
in conjunction with Zócalo Public Square
publisher Gregory Rodriguez and WeHo Reads.
The panel explored how libraries fit into a hyper-connected, digital world. The library held
a series of family friendly events from 11 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. There was a special
birthday-themed BookPALS reading at 11 a.m.
Young children were able to attend a
soundSpark concert by SASSAS (Society for the
Activation of Social Space through Art and
Sound).
Both events were held in the Children Theatre at the library. Some children received free
books from the library by attending either event.
The birthday party was given by the Friends of
the West Hollywood Library from 1:30 p.m. to
3:30 p.m. on Saturday in the library’s community room and adjacent park at 625 N. San
Vicente Blvd.
The party had a caricaturist, henna tattooing,
a crafts table, face painting, a juggler, a magician, and a balloon artist.
“In addition to celebrating the library’s
birthday, a fun party provides an opportunity to
bring folks to the library who may not have been
here before,” said Friends President Linda
Demmers. “It has become the ‘heartbeat’ of our
city and we are eager to share it with others.”
sNorkel dreams: a macHiNe Project gUide to art UNderwater
By Amber Marron
SANTA MONICA—The city of Santa Monica’s
Beach + Culture series will be presenting
Snorkel Dreams: A Machine Project Guide To
Art Underwater at the Annenberg Community Beach House pool, according to a press release from the city of Santa Monica. The exhibit
will be open for viewing from October 14
through October 16 with viewings at 12 p.m.
2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
This group show of artwork is curated by the
experimental art organization Machine Project. Machine Project is a local Santa Monica
organization that is based in Echo Park, Cultural Affairs Supervisor Naomi Okuyama told
Canyon News in an email.
“They’ve been producing remarkable projects that stretch the artmaking and art-consuming experience since 2004,” Okuyama
told Canyon News. “Other projects of theirs include a floating library in Echo Park Lake, a
decade of fascinating workshops with local and
touring artists, and other ‘Field Guides’ – art
installations and activities at the Gamble
House, LACMA, and downtown Los Angeles’
Grand Park, among others.”
In Snorkel Dreams, the artworks will be presented underwater in the historic pool at the
Annenberg Community Beach House. Participants will be able to explore the public pool
as an unexpected place for creative expression
and be provided with a heightened sense of engagement with the artworks and each other.
Those who attend the viewings have three options for viewing the artwork: underwater,
swimming above and around the artworks, or
by looking down into the water through a viewer. The artworks can also be partially experienced at the poolside or seen from afar in the
4 feet shallow end of the pool.
This is the first time a show has been presented underwater at the beach house and will
include paintings, sculptures, ceramics, video,
photography, architectural model, and interactive elements that are optimized for subaquatic viewing. Both well-known and emerging artists will be represented at the show including Andrew Cannon, Jessica Cowley, Bob
Dornberger, Emily Joyce, Alice Könitz, Candice
Lin, Becca Lofchie, Johnston Marklee, Jennifer
Moon & Laub, Paul Pescador, Jen Rochlin,
Sune Woods, Kim Ye, Patricia Yossen,
Mallen&Gray and Machine Project with Grace
Eunchong.
Swimmers are encouraged to bring goggles
and snorkel sets, although there are some sets
available onsite. Even though there is a special allowance for snorkel use for the show, regular pool rules will still be in effect. Lockers
will also be available onsite.
The exhibit is open and free to the public
with timed reservations. Those wishing to reserve a spot can go to http://annenbergbeachhouse.com/beachculture. There will also
be a special Press Preview on October 14 at 11
a.m. Swimsuits are encouraged and any press
personnel can RSVP by emailing Cultural Affairs Supervisor, Naomi Okuyama at [email protected].
“Because of the presence of the artwork,
there will be a limited number of visitors let
into the pool at one time,” Okuyama told
Canyon News. “When folks reserve for their
specific timeslot, they can arrive any time within that hour-and-a-half period. They’ll be
spending about 20 minutes in the experience.
We also have a few tickets to each timeslot for
folks who know they won’t be getting in the
water – but it’s definitely not the same experience at all, as virtually all the artwork will
be submerged. If we reach capacity for reservations, you can take a chance and get in line
– we expect spaces may open up midway
through each timeslot.”
Okuyama told Canyon News that some other things that are available to do include,
“checking out our dry gallery (currently featuring concept designs for eco-friendly floating power plants), visiting the Marion Davies
Guest House to get information on the historic
site with docents from the Santa Monica
Conservancy, visiting the onsite café (open until 3pm) or stroll out to the beach and swim!
Picnicking is welcome (no pets, glass, or alcohol at the Beach House or on the Beach.)”
The Annenberg Community Beach House is
located at 415 Pacific Coast Highway and
parking is available at $12 per day or $3 per
hour. For more information on Machine Project visit www.machineproject.com.
exPeNsive watcHes stoleN From PedestriaNs oN rodeo drive
By Staff
BEVERLY HILLS—Two pedestrians walking in
the Rodeo Drive business district were robbed of
their watches by an armed suspect on September
21. The Los Angeles Times reported the suspect stole
two watches from the victims totaling over
$100,000. The Beverly Hills Police Department indicated the incident occurred at the intersection of
Rodeo Drive and Brighton Way at 6:40 p.m.
The male suspect produced a handgun and de-
manded that both victims hand over their wristwatches. Fearing for their safety, the victims complied with the suspect’s demand. The lone male suspect then fled eastbound on foot with the stolen
property.
The city of Beverly Hills’ utilized its video surveillance system to help the police identify the vehicle the suspect used to travel to Beverly Hills. They
tracked the vehicle to Inglewood, where 18 hours
later, Kenyon Donester, 22, from Altadena was arrested.
A subsequent search warrant and additional investigation was conducted which lead to the recovery of one of the victim’s wristwatches, which
according to the LA Times was estimated at
$40,000.
The second watch, a Breguet Classique Hora
Mundi Menus Watch 5717BR/EU/9ZU is still miss-
ing, and has an estimated worth of $63,000.
Donester was charged with two counts of seconddegree Robbery and one count of Identity Theft on
September 26. He plead not guilty to charges and
is expected to appear back in court on October 12.
Anyone with information about the outstanding
wristwatch (see next page) is encouraged to contact the Beverly Hills Police Department’s Detective Bureau Tip Line at (310) 288-2656.
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woodlaNd Hills ‘PaNty baNdit’ caUgHt iN tHe act
By Sabrina Bush and Casey Jacobs
WOODLAND HILLS—A lingerie thief dubbed
the “Panty Bandit” by authorities was caught in
the act on Wednesday, September 28. The suspect, Carlos Olivas, 35, is being charged in connection to 11 similar incidents throughout the
San Fernando Valley.
Olivas was booked on suspicion of commercial burglary on September 28 when he was
caught burglarizing Excitement, a Woodland
Hills lingerie shop located at 19841 Ventura
Blvd. He is being held in lieu of $200,000 bail
– which is based off of a set $20,000 bail for each
attributed crime.
“We had dubbed this man the Panty Bandit,”
said Detective Merrill Dunn of the Topanga Detective Division in a statement.”His penchant
for breaking into lingerie shops told us this was
a matter of organized retail crime, which
means he’s reselling the merchandise to fences
or shipping it out of the country.”
Wade Kubat—who works at Excitement—
told KTLA that the incident was caught on surveillance video from the moment Olivas approached the front door.
After Excitement was burglarized in August,
by who authorities believe was the same suspect,
the store’s owner had a surveillance camera and
alarm system installed, which was triggered
when Olivas began to pry open the store’s front
door. The system alerted the store’s owner of an
intruder and he immediately called 911, according to reports.
“A sergeant arrived quickly and detained (Olivas) outside the store,” said Dunn. “It was the
second time since late August that the ‘Panty
Bandit’ had hit this store.”
The burglaries date back to January 21,
when Les Corset Lingerie in Woodland Hills was
broken into. The same location had been burglarized twice since then, most recently on September 19.
According to reports, the burglaries amount
to over $10,000 in losses, not including the damage that was caused by broken glass windows
and doors to gain entry into establishments.
Property crime in the Topanga Area is up 8
percent this year, and nearly 20 percent since
2014, according to a press release from the
LAPD.
“What the public doesn’t realize is that organized retail crime amounts to over $30 billion in loss annually,” said Capt. Paul Vernon,
commanding officer of the Topanga Patrol Division in a statement.
“Investigations of organized retail theft have
led to operations shipping merchandise to
South American and the Middle East. It’s a prob-
lem much bigger and more sinister than just
simple shoplifting a sweater. The consequences
for property crimes are now so small, there is
little deterrence” said Vernon.
Anyone with information in this case is
urged to call Det. Merrill Dunn, Topanga Detective Division, at 818-756-5863. During nonbusiness hours or on weekends, calls should be
directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (877-527-3247).
Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should
call the LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go directly to
www.lacrimestoppers.org. Tipsters may also visit ww.lapdonline.org, and click on “Anonymous
Web Tips” under the “Get Involved-Crime
Stoppers” menu to submit an online tip. Lastly, tipsters may also download the “P3 Tips” mobile application and select the LA Regional
Crime Stoppers as their local program.
maN sHot by sHeriFF’s dePUty at saNta moNica exPo liNe
By Sabrina Bush
SANTA MONICA—A man armed with two
knives was shot during a struggle with sheriff’s deputies at the Downtown Santa Monica Expo station on Tuesday, October 4.
At approximately 12:55 p.m., the suspect—who has not been identified—was
carrying a knife in his right hand when he approached and then lunged at two sheriff’s
deputies on the station platform, authorities
said.
One deputy grabbed the man’s arm in an
attempt to retrieve the knife, a struggle en-
sued near Fourth Street and Colorado Avenue.
“He approached the deputies and there was
a struggle over that knife,” Lt. Joe Mendoza
with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. “During the
struggle the suspect produced a second
knife, at which time there was a deputy-involved shooting that occurred.”
One of the deputies fired a single shot that
struck the suspect in the torso, according to
the sheriff’s department.
The man was taken to an area hospital
where he was listed in critical condition; officials have since reported he was expected to
survive. No deputies were injured during the
altercation.
It’s still unclear whether or not the suspect
was riding the Expo Line train prior to the incident, but he had come from the same direction as a train that had recently arrived,
the Sheriff’s Department reported. Investigators will review surveillance footage from
the scene.
The downtown Santa Monica station was
closed following the shooting. Trains were
turned back at the 17th Street/Santa Monica College station, according to officials.
Bus shuttles were offered for transportation
between the Downtown Santa Monica and
17th Street/ Santa Monica college stations.
Los Angeles Metro tweeted: “EXPO LINE:
Downtown Santa Monica Station closed until notice due to police activity. Use 17th
St/SMC Station” at 1:23 p.m.”
The station was re-opened at about 8
p.m., according to Metro.
Features & Entertainment
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By Tony Tomeo
By Rose Quintiliano
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
dinner early Monday morning, on October
3, Kim Kardashian West was tied up and
robbed at gunpoint in her hotel room at the
exclusive Hotel de Pourtales.
The thieves-reportedly five men disguised as police officers-made off with an
estimated $9 million in jewelry, including
a ring, as well as two cellphones and a wallet containing credit cards. Kim was “badly shaken, but physically unharmed” by the
ordeal.
Kim later took a private jet and landed
at New Jersey’s Teterboro airport, where she
met Kanye and her mother, Kris Jenner,
along with a security team, according to reports. Kanye who was performing that
night, stopped his concert in New York in
the middle of the show and said he had a
family emergency and walked off the stage.
They later arrived together to their Manhattan apartment. According to the AP,
Kim’s friends LaLa Anthony, Jonathan
Cheban and Simon Huck arrived separately
without speaking to the media.
Will she ever recover the stolen goods?
Why do you think they targeted her in
Paris, and not in Los Angeles or at another of her homes?
According to published reports, this
has happened to celebrities and high-networth individuals of France many times before. If they are a celebrity, they have a secure home, video surveillance, people
around them. If it’s a jewelry store, they
have all sorts of protections. Jewelers all attend prestigious events in France, like Paris
Week and the Cannes Film Festival. Thieves
also know this is where people with the jewelry congregate, and they are out of their
comfort zone.
So this hotel didn’t have a procedure to
handle this? The hotel was a small, exclusive, boutique hotel. A huge disadvantage
to a major five-star hotel. A five-starhotel has video surveillance and safes. So
will the hotel be responsible? They are responsible if you prove negligence in their
security, which may or may not be the case
under French law. Will she ever recover the
jewelry? Highly unlikely. Thieves move
quickly. They usually go to Antwerp, and
maybe the first buyer knows something is
weird, but by the time it hits the fifth buyer three days later-odds are it will be in
some American’s engagement ring within
a year.
Diamonds trade over and over. What they
will do is take apart all of the jewelry: the
big stones they’ll hold on to (worth more),
and the smaller pieces they can sell quickly, without a problem. The big stones are
recognized to anybody in the industry, and
usually belong to a famous person. So they
stash them for a while, or sell them to a
buyer or the last resort have a corrupt person in the business change the stones to
make them unrecognizable. Or they can
take a big stone and cleave it into two or
three smaller stones and sell them separately.
Rose’s Scoop: Brian Wilson, the creative
genius behind the Beach Boys, has confirmed he is working on a new album.
cHiNa Film co. (UcFti exPo) slasH U.s. Filmmaker
By Michael St. John
HELLO AMERICA!—After gestures of promises and loyalty, the owner and primary manager of China Film Company shocks the motion picture industry by their coolie treatment of one of Hollywood’s most promising young filmmakers. The treatment of
Walt Plaster was unacceptable by any
stretch of the imagination. Since the Film
Industry of China is attempting to make inroads into the co-production aspect as well
as the “marketing” process of our industry,
it is amazing they would attempt to introduce the Chinese way of dealing with employees working under their seat of power.
Plaster admitted that he was extremely excited having the experience working with a
foreign company such as the Chinese, it
would be a learning experience on both
sides. However, many of us involved in the
writing or producing of films have been
warned that the Chinese should not be trusted with contracts, distribution and of
course when it comes to money! Upon being warned, I like so many other people believed that was possibly an exaggeration but
Plaster convinced me the stories were very
much on target.
“During my meeting with the primary
US vs China FILM-POWER.
manager of the company, ‘Walt offered,’ I
made it very clear that I needed a safe,
healthy desk and chair with which to work,
mainly because I was also an active member of a physical sport which demanded that
I take care of myself physically. And there
was no problem with this, as a matter of fact,
they admired my interests in health and
physical stability.”
However, Plaster declared that several
weeks later, the attitude and atmosphere
changed completely.
“The company ultimately discriminated
against my health and wellness. Further,
they denied me a basic working environment of a desk and seat. It was unbelievable!
Especially, when they were well aware of
what was discussed and agreed upon previous to my being hired. They were determined to disregard my simple need in
having a decent seat in order to maintain
good posture throughout the day.”
It was explained further that as soon as
a dialogue opened concerning health issues,
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Fall For sPriNg bUlbs Now
celebrities aNd jewelry!
HOLLYWOOD—Celebrities have been always targeted, when it comes to stripping
them of their precious jewelry. Thieves
know that they are worth millions of dollars, so they will stop at nothing to steal
them. Back in 2008, Paris Hilton had $2
million worth of jewelry stolen from her by
the infamous ‘Bling Ring,’ now immortalized in the Sophia Coppola film of the
same name.
Her items were returned to her by the
LAPD after the culprits were caught. Lindsay Lohan was also a victim. The crew of
teen thieves got their hands on $130,000
of her jewelry and clothes. Another celebrity that was hit back in September was
Drake, his tour bus was reportedly stripped
to the tune of $3 million including jewelry belonging to DJ Future the Prince, while
the pair were performing in Phoenix, Arizona. Travion King was charged with
felony burglary in the case. In 2014, Miley
Cyrus’ North Hollywood home was burglarized, when robbers took a $100,000
Maserati and jewelry. Cyrus wasn’t as fortunate; no suspects were apprehended.
Hollywood or New York City, but when
it comes to major organized heists, France
seems to be a target of choice. Back in
2008, the Harry Winston store on Avenue
Montaigne (not far from the police headquarters) was held up at gun point; thieves
got away with close to $105 million worth
of diamonds and jewels. A far cry from the
$11 million Kim Kardashian lost in jewelry.
Nonetheless, a lot of millions. A few hours
after returning from a Paris Fashion Week
Life Style
the primary manager expected Plaster to
work in an environment that directly
threatened his daily health. Intimidation was
even introduced attempting to communicate with him in a very condescending voice,
speaking down to him. “It was an emotionally trying experience,” Plaster said, “It
was clear they wanted me gone; without
compromise.”
Hearing this was deeply disturbing but
when we followed up discussing this treatment issue with other young filmmakers,
their stories were very similar to that of Plaster. Working with Chinese film people
meant that one should forget being who
they are as Americans. We have come a long
way to maintain respect between “worker
and employer” and in no way will we demean ourselves or accept an isolating environment or historical way of life which still
runs deep with this particular company. The
Chinese hierarchy has arrived in Hollywood
and again, we as Americans are faced with
a challenge of allowing them to understand
who we are as a people and the reason we
are the most powerful nation in the world.
Again! It is up to us the people to speak,
shout it loud and clear.
UNITED STATES—They are certainly not
much to look at now. They are even less interesting once buried out of sight in the garden. The big and colorful pictures on the boxes that they arrive in are probably a bit more
spectacular than the flowers expected early
next spring will actually be. Nonetheless, it
will be amazing to see such flashy bloom
emerge from seemingly lifeless bulbs that get
planted now.
Dormant bulbs are so easy to plants precisely because they are dormant, and therefore lacking any foliage, bloom or roots that
can be damaged in the process of planting.
They only want to be planted at the right
depth, and preferably in the correct orientation (with their tops up and their bottoms
down). They like to be planted now, so that
they can slowly chill through cool winter
weather.
Chill through winter is important to convince dormant bulbs that it really is winter.
In such a mild climate, some plants might
wonder about that. Cool winter weather either initiates the development of blooms within dormant bulbs, or stimulates bloom as
weather subsequently warms. Many tulip, hyacinth, anemone and ranunculus might not
Indian laurel should have friendlier roots.
All bulbs, as well as the corms, rhizomes,
get enough chill here to bloom after their first
tubers and tuberous roots that are commonly
year.
Daffodil, narcissus, grape hyacinth and known as bulbs, become available in nurseries
some iris are not so discriminating. They are when it is time for them to be planted, for oblikely to bloom even better in their second vious reasons. Some will be available for quite
spring, and can naturalize in good soil with a while, so can be planted in phases every two
occasional watering. Freesia and crocus week or so, like vegetable plants. Each submight also naturalize, but want more water. sequent phase starts to bloom as each preCrocosmia and montbretia can actually be in- vious phase finishes bloom.
Phasing only works for certain bulbs that
vasive. Dahlia and gladiola are summer
bulbs, so will be available for planting later. are on a tight schedule, and only for the first
season. By the second year, they will be synchronized. Iris, anemone and ranunculus
tend to bloom together, when the weather is
right, regardless of when they were phased.
Plants with aggressive roots might not bother bulbs in their first season, but can smother bulbs that might otherwise naturalize.
Highlight: Indian laurel
It is hard to believe that such a delightfully
robust and luxuriant tree like the Indian laurel, Ficus microcarpa nitida, can be so problematic. It looks so perfect, with lustrous evergreen foliage, like something that would be
seen on Sesame Street. The broad and dense
canopy is very symmetrical and neat. The
stout trunk and limbs, outfitted with whitish
gray bark, are bold and sculptural.
The problem is that the roots are so extremely aggressive. Buttressed roots elevate
curbs, sidewalks and anything else that they
can get under. Fibrous roots clog drainage,
and strangle roots of more complaisant
plants. Indian laurel is a tree that really needs
room to grow. The canopy can get wider than
50 feet, and roots will spread much farther
if they want to. Fortunately, Indian laurel
shorn as a hedge has less foliage, so does not
need to disperse roots so extensively.
tHroUgH a glass emPty
UNITED STATES—I’m so glad my sister and
I were read to from an early age—to that we
owe a lifelong love of reading and story time,
but in our household story time was a little different. My mom read to us from “The Little
Train That Couldn’t.” I guess my mother has
never heard of that American staple, the cando story of success against all odds.
Here follow selections from “The Little
Train The Couldn’t,” that dwell in fond memory alongside other beloved childhood tomes,
“Charlotte’s Web of Deceit” and “Charlie and
the Chocolate Allergy.”
The Wrong Brothers
Two brothers, one dream. The people said
you are crazy. One of the brothers was a prodigy; he had declared bankruptcy before he was
11 years old. “Don’t give up,” said brother
Orville. And Wilbur didn’t; the prodigy brother declared bankruptcy a second time before
he was 12, then was convicted of a bunco
scheme in Cleveland and graduated to felony
extortion. This would have stopped people of
less grit and determination dead in their
tracks. One free, one incarcerated, the brothers persevered, smuggling new plans for the
flying machine in and out prison via homing
pigeon.
Wilbur got out on parole, and they were able
to construct the first prototype. They were a
team and they didn’t give up after one of the
canvas wings stretched on balsa wood collapsed
and left Wilbur stranded on treetops, legs dangling in midair. Then hunters in red flannel
shirts were looking for some pheasant to
shoot and they shot Orville, and they didn’t give
up because of this minor setback. The brothers were a team and they were going to see this
thing through together even if Orville had to
be taxidermied and required the presence of a
By Grady Miller
Mom's story time taught we can't all expect as big a name as Akim
Tamiroff.
ventriloquist to have conversations with his
brother.
They eventually tried 200 materials to lighten the load, including cheesecloth (their assistant kept trying to eat it) and gossamer (impractical). Ectoplasm was discovered to be
amazingly lightweight and aerodynamic.
After Orville started giving him the “silent
treatment” (in point of fact, the ventriloquist
had headed for green pastures in Vaudeville).
Wilbur decided to call it quits and become
a bicycle thief. Nobody called him crazy any
more.
Laughing Stock of Barstow
Edith had moxie and spunk, although she
had been diagnosed with inoperable hemophilia
at the age of three years old. She said she could
bring an ice-hockey team to the high desert.
They all thought Edith was crazy, even her own
granddaughter. She was the laughing stock of
Barstow. She was only 12 and a Girl Scout.
They said, ‘Leedle girl, you’ll never sell
enough Girl Scout cookies to bring the Black-
hawks Ice Hockey Team to Barstow.’
Undeterred she kept on selling the cookies
till she was well over 29, and the National Girl
Scouts censured her for overage selling. The
funds in the jar kept mounting. “You’ll never
bring the National Hockey league to Barstow,”
they said. They called her a fool and naïve. Her
own family mocked her and kept hiding the
scissors from her. But Edith didn’t let this emotional pressure get to her; she started selling
her own cookies and scraped together enough
for a down payment on a used Zamboni.
More money started coming in from townspeople who grudgingly admired her spunk.
Things were looking up.
While filling out registration papers for the
Zamboni, she suffered a paper cut which
proved fatal.
Meshuga
He had a dream. Director Jules Kaminsky
might be over the hill and half blind, but that
didn’t mean still things couldn’t get worse. He
had been living out of his car for a year with
his beloved Pomeranian dog. Things got so bad
he sold the car and the dog, his last possession
in the world. Then out of the blue Guccione
offered him a spot directing soft-core.
It was the 70s when they used real film.
Kaminsky horded the spool ends; a bit of unexposed film on the end of the reels. From that
he was going to piece together his masterpiece,
for which he had already shot exteriors in Europe with three different size stand-ins for Marlon Brando, never showing the actor’s face as
he trudged across the Pyrenees.
Kaminsky was himself trudging down
Wilshire Blvd. one day, gazing at the sidewalk,
and a voice said, “Are you looking for change?”
It was a producer who offered to fully fund
Kaminsky’s masterpiece. Allan Lasky, Jr. had
seen the exteriors shot in Europe and thought
them “brilliant.”
Even though Kaminsky had sold his dog and
was at rock bottom, he would not acquiesce to
change the title character—Walter Benjamin,
a European intellectual “hardly known outside
of Illinois”—and build a new story around Jean
Paul Sartre, whom producers considered “sexier” and they hoped to entice Groucho Marx out
of semi-retirement to play the lead. Kaminsky
wouldn’t budge. Only Brando would do. They
all said he was crazy. His own mother begged
him to do whatever they said. “Jules,” she
railed, “you are a meshuga and nobody will ever
hear of you again.” But he showed them.
To this day, when Kaminsky walks into the
East Patio of Farmers Market or into the Directors’ Guild, everyone whispers and says,
“There’s Jules Kaminsky, the porn director.”
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Point of View
PUblic sPeakiNg 101
Public speaking is something that
pected.
I used to be the guy who would always
refuse to take college courses that required
class presentations, that is no longer the
case, because I have come to accept it’s a
part of life. You have to be able to clearly
communicate your thoughts in the everyday world. Public speaking gives you the
opportunity to gain a level of authority
with your voice which can be quite im-
intimidates many Americans.
portant in specific careers.
Anyone working in sales need to have
skills geared towards clear, authoritative
and persuasive talk. The same applies to
those who work in the educational field.
Being a titan in your particular field of
study is important, but you have to convey that information to the individuals that
you’re teaching. If your speaking skills are
subpar, it only creates confusion for your
the dangers of football in Ameri-
raises the question, if we were to see less
brutal force in collegiate and professional
football, what impact that could have on
little league football and even high
school?
Could we see a transition to the sport
to where the dangers are slightly lessened? One would hope so, but I’m certain
those who are avid fans of the sport and
have been for years, will not allow that
to transpire. I can already imagine the uproar from many men in the United
States who would be peeved or would just
HOLLYWOOD—Well, it has happened, but I
did not expect it to happen that fast. Yep,
things are moving quite fast on “General Hospital” as Paul Hornsby aka ‘The Hospital
Killer’ has been caught. Yep, last week Tracy overheard Paul confessing to his daughter, Susan, and it was just a matter of time before someone else was knocked off or Paul
himself met his maker. I mean he was on the
verge of strangling his former wife, and the
mother of his child, before Dillon managed
to rescue his mom before it was too late.
Yeah, it was a stunner to discover that
Paul’s motives behind his killings were all
connected to his daughter being raped by Kyle
Sloane of all people! So it was a revenge plot
the entire time, and as a viewer, you unfortunately sympathize with Paul and his desperation to avenge something horrific that
transpired to his daughter. With this gamechanging information, Paul’s world was
turned upside down, Tracy and Dillon were
stunned to realize they were in the presence
of a killer all along, and Jordan and Anna are
more determined than EVER to find out what
transpired with Julian Jerome’s trial.
This is big people, because Ava is in one hell
of a pickle, as the viewers are well aware that
she knew about Paul’s murderous intentions
and kept things secret. So with Paul behind
the slammer, he could easily rat her out. So
she hired Scott Baldwin, Laura’s ex-flame,
which should raise plenty of eyebrows peo-
Morgan (Bryan Craig) is spiraling out of control thanks to Ava
messing with his medication.
ple. Well, well, looks like Paul has Ava right
where he wants her yet again. Seriously, did
she think she could outwit this mastermind, who knows her involvement in Julian’s
case being tanked! The question is rather Paul
is willing to spill the beans, because Ava no
longer has anything on him, but he has plenty on her.
If Ava didn’t have her hands in too many
cookie jars, her messing with Morgan’s medication has caused him to spiral out of control, he has been expelled from school for
turning in a false paper, and rumors have been
rising that the Corinthos clan could be facing an epic event. Hmm, I feel a death could
be looming, and this could be the boiling
point for both Carly and Sonny. I mean Sonny has lost a child before, whereas, Carly has
never endured such a tragic event, so she’ll
lash out in ways that one can never imagine.
There is plenty of villainy going around in
Port Charles courtesy of Claudette, and the
certain bombshell that she has a daughter.
Yeah, that was something I saw coming
miles away people. The big question rather
Griffin or Nathan is the baby daddy was up in
the air, but we have a winner in Nathan; now
what a surprise people! We all know paternity
tests can be fixed, and I have a feeling that
Charlotte is not Nathan’s child, but Valentin
Cassadine is the daddy. Yeah, the wicked of the
wicked of the Cassadine bunch, who ‘killed’
Nikolas, slept with Nina and seemed to have
a bigger agenda in play that no one can even
imagine. Valentin has made threats to
Claudette, and if all holds true, we know, he
could not only be the father of Charlotte’s father, but Nathan’s father.
Seeing Ava beg for that flash drive was epic
people; she was groveling and Paul was determined to make her pay for her crimes.
Looks like sparks are re-emerging between
Jordan and Curtis, and she brought up the
past yet again, about his inability to be a reliable partner. Yes, finally Sonny and Carly are
realizing that something is off with Morgan,
and the truth about his medication is certain
to come to light. And it looks like Michael has
become a loose cannon yet again in the unfortunate death of Sabrina, and is looking for
a bit of justice. Even Nell, this new face who
has arrived to Port Charles, has noticed
Michael’s unstable behavior.
Yeah, we still have no idea what Nell’s agenda is with Carly and her family, but I’m guessing these two share some big dark secret, that
is certain to come out in November sweeps.
Would it be bad if I pointed out that the
month of October seems to be just as explosive as November sweeps people? Time will
tell what “General Hospital” has in store for
November!
"imPeriUm" is aN UNderrated, amaziNg tHriller
By Mathew Foresta
By Trevor Roberts
Questions are still being raised on
can society.
ally have to tumble and knock each
other down to prove how strong or masculine they are? No, that’s the problem;
we live in a world where we enforce such
gender dynamics that are not always acceptable.
Stop it, stop it right now. It’s a shame
that SO MANY people confuse GENDER and SEX. They are not the same
thing people. Sex refers to biological
make-up and gender refers to behavioral
characteristics society expects one to
abide by based on their sex. It almost
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By Donald Thompson
students.
I think the biggest issue with public
speaking is anxiety. Now, when I say anxiety, I’m not referring to nerves, this is in
reference to the notion that it’s “about to
happen” or that “I just want to get this over
with.” I would categorize myself in the
realm of wanting to get things over with.
The delay in the presentation just causes
the butterflies to intensify in my personal opinion.
What else have I discovered? People
don’t like to be stared at. When it comes
to public speaking, the speaker wants
the audience to be attentive, but they don’t
like the idea of people INTENTLY staring
at their every move and word. We get the
impression that we’re being evaluated,
we’re being watched, that is something
that many people would prefer to do
without. Am I arguing people to turn a
blind eye when people are giving presentations? No, but it’s okay to look away at
the speaker every now and then to give
them a breather or sense of relief.
The stigma with public speaking is
something that we have to change because
it is not as bad as we’d like to think it is.
Public speaking allows us to develop skills
that are used in everyday life, regardless
of what position, title or job you hold,
speaking is certain to be a vital element.
Football daNgers
UNITED STATES—I seem to keep having this discussion week after week with
people in my family. Football is a dangerous sport people, and while I know it’s
part of most Americans daily routine on
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays
and Thursdays (Yes, football is happening all the time nowadays), it has its drawbacks.
Some of you might be asking why this
is such an issue of importance to me?
Well, I was attending a football game for
my nephew this past weekend, and the
unthinkable happened. What? A kid was
severely injured, so much to the point the
game had to be halted as the ambulance
arrived to transport the child to the hospital. Yes, I said child because most of
these kids are under the age of 10. Yeah,
it sounds crazy to hear that another 10
year-old struck another child so hard that
he fractured several ribs.
That’s what happened people and it was
heartbreaking to see it unfold. Even the
player who unfortunately, happened to be
my nephew was in complete array as to
what happened. No kid wants to injure
another kid, but it raised my concern that
perhaps flag football or two-hand touch
is more appropriate for these youngsters.
I mean let’s be honest do these kids re-
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By Trevor Roberts
UNITED STATES—It’s something most of
us fear: public speaking. What is it about
speaking in the public sphere that delivers so many jitters for most of us? It’s a
question I have been eagerly trying to find
the answer to for YEARS. If you were to ask
me 10 years ago, if I was comfortable
speaking in public, I would tell you no way.
Nowadays, I’ve learned the more that you
speak in public the more comfortable you
become. Why? It allows you to vocally train
your voice, and prevent the nerves and anxiety from getting the best of you.
For most individuals this phenomenon
tends to start in middle school. I would argue we get small doses of public speaking
in high school, but it is college, where public speaking heightens in my opinion. For
starters, when I was a freshman I took
quite a few lecture courses. The one thing
that stunned me was I desperately needed to do an extra credit assignment in my
journalism class in order to earn a passing grade. In order to achieve that feat, I
would have to deliver a class presentation.
Man, I was petrified, I mean shaking in
my boots as I took to the head of the class,
with more than 400 eyes laid directly on
me. Intimidating, YES, but it was also exhilarating at the same time. When it was
all said and done, I got a standing ovation
and I realized it was not as bad as I ex-
stop watching the sport all together if the
notion of tackling and hitting the opponent hard to prevent them from scoring
points was taken out of the mix.
I mean I can dream, but the idea is of
no such reality in the world we live in. It
has been institutionalized that no sport
is more dangerous than football. I mean
people have been seriously injured while
playing; some players have suffered traumatic brain injuries from constant trauma to the brain that causes problems later in life.
While studies are still being conducted regarding the ramifications to the body
from playing football, it still hasn’t
stopped individuals from playing the
sport at all levels (little league, middle
school, high school, college and professional). I mean for many it’s an opportunity to create an illustrious life that
would otherwise be unattainable for
most people.
My biggest concern is the injury that
kid suffered on the field, will put a hamper on his interest in returning to the
field which is a shame. Football is supposed to be fun, but we have to be honest, football is a dangerous sport and the
more we keep telling ourselves that it’s
not, we realize that it is.
HOLLYWOOD—“Imperium” has a lot to say.
Most people will be interested in it because
it represents part of the maturation of Daniel
Radcliffe’s career, but beyond even his great
performance the movie is fantastic. It’s a needed exploration of modern domestic terror, fascism, and radical movements.
The plot is a classic, undercover crime drama. Nate Foster (Daniel Radcliffe), a young
FBI agent, infiltrates the world of radical,
racist groups in order to stop a potential major terror plot. As his investigation progresses, he bears witness to a disturbing world
as he fights to keep his cover, solve the case,
and stay alive.
We have to raise our glasses to Radcliffe.
If there was any doubt he could move beyond
just being Harry Potter, it’s been put to rest.
He pulls off the American accent beautifully. There was perhaps one moment where he
slipped a bit, but overall he did it close to perfection. His character Nate is not who you
would typically think of as a tough, undercover FBI agent. He’s bookish, highly educated, skinny, and in all honesty we get the
impression he’s something of a desk agent.
He’s out of his element doing dangerous undercover work. He’s brave and good with people, but his fear sometimes shows. Radcliffe
is able to keep up with the scripts high demands for such a well-balanced character.
He’s great in both the emotional and composed scenes.
The supporting cast does a great job. We
see a collection of different characters all superbly performed. Pulitzer Prize winning play-
wright Tracy Letts is terrific as the contemptible and unprincipled radio host Dallas
Wolf. Toni Collette gives a great performance
as Nate’s stressed out but determined handler
Angela Zamparo. Sam Trammell is frighteningly believable as the everyman, who blends
in to suburbia radical racist Gerry Conway.
Director/screenwriter Daniel Ragussis
paces the story well. It really is an exciting
movie that doesn’t slow. We are treated to
some seriously intense scenes. A lot of them
revolve around the constant fear of discovery
that Nate lives under. It’s interesting that Nate
becomes close to some of the people he’s investigating. In this way it is not unlike “The
Infiltrator.” While I thought that film was decent, “Imperium” far surpasses it. We feel the
connection between the characters a lot
more in this film, especially between Nate, Angela, and Gerry. It’s ratchets up the tension
far better at the key moments. There are so
many great scenes in this regard. The images
of racist children, and the insanity that
comes with radicalization are terrifying.
When those images are combined with the
acid filled racist rhetoric we constantly hear,
it becomes truly disturbing.
The film brings up an important and often
overlooked fact. When we think of terror in
the United States we tend to think of attacks
from radical Islamic groups. The film doesn’t let us forget this threat as early scenes depict it, but in often disturbing, urgent terms
it shows us the very real threat from radical
racist groups. This is not the mere fantasy of
filmmakers. New America, a think tank that
is reportedly non-partisan, states that since
9/11 “Jihadist” terrorism has killed 94 people whereas “right wing” terrorism has killed
48.
CNN reported in 2015 that the Department
of Homeland Security circulated an intelligence report showing great concern amongst
law enforcement professionals over the growing threat posed by right-wing terrorism.
Right wing and racist terror is not unknown
to us. We recall the names of the incidents as
the movie names many of them. The 2012
Sikh Temple Shooting, the Charleston
Church Shooting, the Overland Park Jewish
Community Center Shooting, the 2009
shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum,
and the Oklahoma City Bombing. We are often so inundated by images of Islamic terrorism that it’s easy to forget that we have enemies close to home. Sometimes we have to
look inward as well as outward to notice the
dangers we face.
This movie is one of the most poignant
demonstrations of the power of words and art
in recent years. The film opens in an emotional, shocking, downright disturbing way.
We are given the quote “Words build bridges
into unexplored regions,” which comes from
none other than Adolf Hitler. We are treated
to these somewhat bizarre montages of
white supremacist groups and symbols. One
that struck me was a depiction of the realist,
triumphant, Eurocentric art that the NAZI’s
were fond of. This montage and the quote are
a powerful statement. We read time and again
articles questioning arts social power, and call-
ing us to Aestheticism.
I think this film forcefully rejects such a notion. We constantly hear classical music
and literary references throughout. In the
end, Nate quotes from “Manfred” by Lord Byron, “This should have been a noble creature.
He hath all the energy which would have
made for a goodly frame of glorious elements,
had they been wisely mingled.” I don’t think
this means that art is somehow evil or given
to easy appropriation by bad actors. Instead,
I think it asks art to acknowledge its social
purpose, and try to inculcate people with the
wisdom that they need to avoid being seduced
by dark forces. If we as a society fail to recognize arts power the bad guys will.
Fascism is not easy to understand. Why
people would want to follow an ideology and
leaders that set them so against their fellow
human beings is something that many a wise
psychologist, sociologist, philosopher, historian, and artist has yet to figure out. The
film theorizes it is a sense of “victimhood.”
This sets them down the path to hatred, or
at the very least makes them prime targets for
those who would set them on such a path. I’m
not sure that this totally explains it, but the
film makes a compelling argument. In one of
the best, perhaps most overlooked thrillers
of the year we are warned of a danger that is
far more pervasive than we’d like to believe,
It is not in the past, it has always been right
there with us, and it is starting to emerge
from the shadows.
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“tHe magNiFiceNt seveN,” FUN as Hell
Denzel Washington stars in "The Magnificent Seven."
can be when he unleashes a blood shed on often. Hawke portrays Goodnight Rothe town’s church and several residents to bicheaux, a sharpshooter, who has his sideensure they understand he is the power play- kick Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee), a man
er and they must all adhere to his demands who wields a knife unlike any other.
These two are like a Bonnie and Clyde
or else.
When the audience first meets Sam, he duo, and its fun to watch them interact with
is on the hunt for a criminal on the loose, the not only each other, but the others in
and the town seems totally frazzled by his the crew. Rounding out the ‘Seven,’ are
sudden arrival. As he begins the recruitment Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), a Mexican
process, we meet Joshua Faraday (Chris outlaw, who can crack a joke or two, Jack
Pratt), who brings a level of humor and fun Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio), as a brute
to the movie. It’s a role that perfectly suits whose size can be quite intimidating, and
Pratt in my opinion. The chemistry between Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier), an exiled
Washington and Ethan Hawke is so palat- Comanche warrior who fires an arrow that
able; I mean ever since watching those two is deadly just looking at it.
What fascinates me the most about the
in “Training Day” they should team up more
“The Magnificent Seven” is the direction of
Antoine Fuqua who is no stranger to the action genre. I will admit I have to knock the
flick for having a few moments that did almost cause me to fall asleep; there was that
transition period between recruiting the
crew and them making their way into
town that slowed the pacing of the movie
down slightly.
I can overlook that as the big climax is
well worth the wait. I mean the action-sequences, the gun battles, the drama, and the
surprises. Yes, this is a movie that has a ton
of ‘whoa,’ I didn’t expect that moments that
totally opened my eyes even more to how
great a Western can truly be if done right.
Things don’t always end happily ever-after
as so many of us expect in the cinematic universe. I will admit I HATED Sarsgaard’s character, which is a testament to good writing;
the villain is an equal if not bigger adversary to our hero and to finally see Sam and
Bogue come face-to-face for that final
showdown was worth every moment on the
screen.
For those of you not big fans of Westerns,
just consider “The Magnificent Seven.”
While it can’t compare to the classic, for
those generations who are not avid fans of
the genre this is a movie that introduces the
Western in a way that might be more exhilarating than ever expected.
“tHe FlasH” eNergizes For seasoN 3
By LaDale Anderson
HOLLYWOOD—Honestly, it’s rare in the
TV world where the second season of a hit
series turns out to be better than the first
season. I mean look at “Empire;” the first
season was stellar, the second not so
much. However, The CW series “The
Flash” was a hoot to watch during season
1, and season 2 was even better for lovers
of the comic book universe.
I mean seeing the evolution of Barry
Allen (Grant Gustin) was such a thrill. Not
only was he juggling with being a hero for
Central City, but fighting back feelings for
his true love Iris, discovering Earth 2, fighting the supervillain Zoom, and dealing with
the heartbreaking loss of another parent,
this time his father. The season 3 premiere,
‘Flashpoint’ saw the ramifications of Barry making that game-changing decision to
rescue his mother Nora, which has totally impacted the universe as we know it.
The episode kicked off with quite a bit
of excitement as ‘Kid Flash’ portrayed by
Keiynan Lonsdale (now the hero of Central City), and Barry in the shadows, yet he
still has his flash abilities, and is pining after Iris more than after, which means the
universe as we know it has shifted. It’s almost like the series has manifested a reboot to deliver new narrative for the audience, but it was short-lived people.
Barry has been keeping secrets; he res-
Grant Gustin is "The Flash."
cued Reverse Flash, who he has kept captive hoping to prevent the past from coming to fruition. All seems happily ever-after in the Allen household with Nora and
Henry very much living married life. Yet,
the relationship between Joe and Barry is
quite fractured to say the least. Our hero
was stunned to unmask Kid Flash, and find
the face of Wally West who also happens to
be Iris’ brother. Looks like Iris knows her
brother’s secret. Looks like Barry messing
with the past impacted a ripple in time
where he would have become ‘The Flash.’
Man, I was waiting to see when Star Labs
would come back into the mix, and it looks
like Cisco is a global titan, and his personality has totally shifted from quirky guy
to a complete jack***. Barry continued to
have intense flashbacks of his past, which
raised the question of what was happening
with Barry. He is losing memories from his
past because he’s continuing to use his
speed. Afraid of losing his memories, Barry discloses his abilities to Iris, Wally and
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By David Miller
HOLLYWOOD—I’ll just say it, I’ve probably
seen 3 Westerns my entire life. It’s a genre
that is just difficult to get excited about because I personally find Westerns ladled
with moments that just slow down the pacing of the flick and the narrative. However,
the remake “The Magnificent Seven” starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt surprised me in more ways than I expected.
For starters, we get introduced to seven
characters, hence the film’s title who are so
unique and original it’s hard to fathom, that
each are allowed ample screen time. They
are well fleshed out, and the audience will
identify with each of them. We have Sam
Chisolm (Denzel Washington), who is the
leader of the bunch, and wields the most authority.
He is a warrant officer from Wichita,
Kansas (yes, the movie makes certain that
is engrained into the audience’s mind). He’s
a no holds bar type of fellow that don’t take
no mess, so when Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett) begs for his assistance in rescuing her
town from the overthrow of our villain,
Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the
audience can’t help, but fall in love with this
young lad.
That connection might be a direct result
of what I would call an epic opening that
finds a way to suture the audience right
away; we get to see just how wicked Bogue
Sports
Cisco, in hopes of stopping ‘The Rival’ from
terrorizing the city. It became a realization
for Barry that he has to stop hiding and
once again become the hero he has always
been. Dr. Kaitlin Snow is back in the mix,
and it looks like this alternate universe isn’t going to last long for us fans. While doing battle with ‘The Rival,’ Barry suffered
more memory lost, but Iris was able to convince Barry to trust his abilities, giving him
the edge over the enemy.
Just when it looked like Barry was a
goner, Joe came to the rescue, but Wally
found himself near death. Are the writers
purposely trying to break the audience’s
heart by constantly giving Barry hope that
he’ll have that happy family that he always
wanted, just to snatch it right in front of
us? With the release of Reverse Flash, Barry’s alternate universe is no more, Nora was
murdered yet again, and Barry was warned
by his nemesis, that all is not what he expects it to be.
Barry was confused about the situation
involving Iris and her father when he returned to the present time. The final moments delivered a big cliffhanger as to what
to expect this season as ‘Alchemy’ came to
the mix. So just who is this new enemy and
what is his link to Reverse Flash people?
We’ll soon find out. “The Flash” airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on The CW.
By Joey Thomas
SAN FRANCISCO—Sunday’s game
at AT&T Park on October 2 against the
San Francisco Giants marked the
end of an era for Dodger baseball, as
broadcast legend Vin Scully retired after 67 years of service.
Scully ended his career with a familiar eloquence, bidding farewell
to the sport he loved for so long. “You
and I have been friends for a long
time, but I know in my heart that I’ve
always needed you more than you’ve
needed me, and I’ll miss our time together more than I can say. But you
know what- there will be a new day,
and eventually a new year. And when
the upcoming winter gives way to
spring, rest assured it will be time for
Dodger baseball. So this is Vin Scully, wishing you a very pleasant good
afternoon, wherever you may be,”
said Scully.
It was a fitting end to a great career,
and Scully was treated with proper respect throughout the day. The legendary announcer was visited by
baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays and
Giants President Larry Baer following
a pre-game video tribute by the opposing Giants.
The Bronx native left baseball in
peace, retiring to a pleasant life surrounded by family. Joe Davis will
succeed Scully in broadcasting for the
Dodgers after spending last season
covering road games for SportsNet LA.
Ucla kNocks oFF arizoNa iN NigHt caP
PASADENA—The UCLA Bruins and the
Arizona Wildcats found themselves in
the same boat entering the weekend’s
game at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, October 1. Both programs suffered heartbreaking losses last week, and were desperate for a victory in the bunched up
PAC-12 South conference. UCLA would
walk away with the must win by the
score of 45-24.
UCLA jumped out to an early 14-7
lead behind a 62-yard TD reception by
Kenneth Walker. The elusive receiver
By Christopher Floch
caught a perfect pass in stride from Josh the Wildcats offense to 169 total yards.
Rosen, and raced down the sideline to Randall Goforth and Kenny Young led
give the Bruins their first lead of the the way by applying pressure to Arinight. The offense, however, slowed to zona’s QB Brandon Dawkins relenta halt in the second quarter. The run- lessly throughout the evening.
ning game has been grounded, gaining
The UCLA Bruins came out of the
a paltry 26 yards in the first half. Oth- locker room with a sense of urgency to
er miscues included a missed field goal open up the second half. Marching 65
off the post, going just 2 of 14 on third yards in six plays, UCLA capped off the
down and those dreaded dropped pass- drive with a 12 yard TD pass from
es.
Rosen. They would put away the pesky
The Bruins defense delivered anoth- Wildcats with a sense of urgency not
er impeccable performance, holding seen in the first half. As QB Josh Rosen
said during the press conference, “The
time to win and understand the offense
is now, this is not a new offense anymore.” This is typical of the sophomore,
who takes all the blame for losses and
very little credit for the wins.
The Bruins go on the road to play the
other Arizona school in Tempe next Saturday. Hopefully, the same outcome is
waiting for the Bruins Nation. One
thing is certain is that defense wins
championships – and this is a great defensive unit.
lakers HoPe to keeP Positive momeNtUm goiNg
By Joey Thomas
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles
Lakers finished training camp on
Sunday, October 2 wrapping up a sixday stretch in Santa Barbara that had
much to do with newly minted head
coach Luke Walton, establishing a
positive new culture in his young
team.
Walton hopes to bring joy back to
the Laker locker room, most notably
by playing players favorite music dur-
ing practice. The rookie head coach explained his reasoning in Santa Barbara
on media day. “Growing up I always
loved playing basketball with music on.
And when I got to Golden State it’s
something that Steve Kerr put in up
there and the players, you could see a
little bounce in their step when we had
music going. It’s something I enjoyed
as a player and I saw it work with the
team so it’s something we brought
down here,” said Walton.
Despite the rumors surrounding
last years fractured locker room, the
young core is closer than ever following training camp. This can be attested
to a summer of voluntary, player organized practices, led by second year
players D’Angelo Russell, Larry Nance
Jr. and third year forward Julius Randle. Veterans Lou Williams and Nick
Young remain with the team, acting as
confident mentors for the inexperienced Lakers.
Los Angeles will begin their pre-season on Tuesday, October 4, against the
Sacramento Kings. Sacramento boasts
the emotional and superbly talented
DeMarcus Cousins, who looks to lead
the Kings to their first playoff run
since 2006. The two teams will face off
twice in the pre-season before meeting four times in the regular season.

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