Metro Regina - January 21, 2013

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BARACK OBAMA IS SWORN IN TO
HIS SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERM,
WITH A BIG BASH TO FOLLOW
Lance Armstrong ... the film
ON MONDAY
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Put out the casting calls: J.J. Abrams is reportedly set
to produce a biopic of the disgraced cyclist PAGE 8
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Soccer stars Sinclair,
Kyle draw huge crowd
Inspirations. youth really excelling,” said
Kyle. “I honestly can say that
Olympians kick
I could see some of them at
the ball around with a national-team level. When
adoring young fans that will be, who knows, but
as long as they keep working
hard, I’m really excited for
them.”
MORGAN Sinclair, who is currently
MODJESKI captain of Canada’s national
Metro in Saskatoon team, said any time she trav-
els is a chance to inspire
Saskatchewan soccer fans more female soccer players.
from near and far were in “They’re the future of
Saskatoon on Sunday after- this country on the national
noon to get a glimpse of — stage and anytime we can
and maybe an autograph get out there and interact
from — two of Canada’s soc- with them, hopefully they
cer stars: Kaylyn Kyle and can realize their dreams can
Christine Sinclair. come true,” said Sinclair at
Kyle and Sinclair, who the Xtratime reopening.
were both on Canada’s In the lineup wrap-
bronze-medal-winning soc- ping around Xtratime was
cer team at the 2012 Sum- 15-year-old Brooklyn Cock-
mer Olympics in London, burn, a young soccer player
were in Saskatoon for the re- who travelled to Saskatoon
opening of Xtratime Sports from North Battleford to get
Soccer Locker. But before a glimpse of Sinclair.
kicking off the grand reopen- “I watch her all the time
ing, they hit the field for a and she’s my favourite
friendly match against local woman’s soccer player, so
Saskatchewan soccer players that’s why I’m here,” said
in an exhibition game at the Cockburn.
SaskTel Sports Centre. When asked how it feels
Kyle said it was a posi- to know she might be meet-
tive experience taking to ing Sinclair, she answered,
the field with some of her “Really good. It makes me
younger fans. feel like I want to be like her
“It’s great to see the someday.”
Your belly
will thank you
Enjoy tender and crisp
oven-baked potato wedges
Saskatoon native and Olympic bronze medallist Kaylyn Kyle, left, poses for a photo with teammate Christine Sinclair, captain of Canada’s national women’s
that cut the fat
PAGE 10 soccer team, at the SaskTel Sports Centre in Saskatoon on Sunday afternoon. MORGAN MODJESKI/METRO IN SASKATOON
02 NEWS metronews.ca
Monday, January 21, 2013
A Wedding Expo inspires
future husbands and wives
The wedding planners. Advice
S Annual one-day bridal
Talking
expo is city’s biggest
hot in the
W JEFF winter cold
MACKEY
[email protected]
So what is hot this year in
While the dead of winter may bridal fashion?
not be the most popular time “Lots of lace, I would
for weddings, nuptials were on say — that is really
the minds of many Reginans popular — as well as the
E on Sunday when A Wedding mermaid style, or flare
Expo opened its doors at the people call it, where it is
Conexus Arts Centre. fitted to the waist but sort
The annual one-day event of flowing out,” said Leslie
is Regina’s biggest bridal expo, Toms of NWL Contempor-
N and brides-to-be, future grooms, ary Dresses in Regina.
friends and family were out in Any advice for women
force to get some ideas for their looking for the perfect
future weddings. wedding dress?
Willeke Bennen, 22, and “Be as open-minded as
Steve Glass, 22, will be getting possible. Try on as many
married in October; they were different styles as you can
impressed with the selection because inevitably it will
on Sunday. be something that you
“There is lots of informa- don’t expect that you end
tion here and lots of good up liking,” said Toms.
deals,” said Bennen. “I went
last weekend to the one in
Moose Jaw, and this one is way things here, there is some
bigger.” great jewelry, and we saw
Bennen said she attends the some nice tuxes for the guys,”
expos for inspiration for her said Bennen.
big day, not necessarily to buy For the $30 ticket price, at-
anything. tendees could walk around the
“I am just here for ideas many shops and attend the Tara Lee, who is engaged to be married, and her friend Kayla peruse the fl owers at A Wedding Expo in the Conexus
more or less; there are a few bridal fashion shows. Arts Centre. JEFF MACKEY/METRO
Zombie prep camp set for Saskatchewan
Zombies, zombies everywhere. feelings when it comes to tak-
End of days?
“On the prairies you can ing out former loved ones,”
see them coming from far said Drackett. “There is a big
“I am not a nut. I don’t
away; you need to get the high fitness aspect as well; there
ground and a pair of binocu- believe the apocalypse will be a lot of fitness drills
lars,” said Matt Drackett, camp is coming, but it is a fun and there will be a skilled ob-
director and CEO of Zombie stacle course at the end.”
camp, it’s diff erent.”
Prep Canada. “Always have an Still Drackett isn’t taking
escape route planned and have Matt Drackett, camp director and CEO of his camp too seriously.
loads of provisions.” Zombie Prep Canada “I am not a nut,” said
That advice is on the house, Drackett. “I don’t believe the
but if you really want to know vival tactics,” said Drackett. apocalypse is coming, but it
how to survive a zombie apoca- But this camp is not some is a fun camp, it’s different,
lypse, then you may want to carefree romp — it will tax you’ve seen nothing like it
attend the Zombie Prep Camp you physically and psycho- and if you miss it you’ll have
in Lumsden from May 17 to 20. logically, says Drackett. wished you went.”
“We are bringing in hunt- “We are going to have a A spot in the camp will cost
ers and outdoor specialists and psychologist there, talking you $375 for the weekend. Go
we are bringing in military in- about the need for decisive ac- to zombieprepcamp.com for
A zombie from Regina’s Zombie Walk in September. JEFF MACKEY/METRO struction for some of the sur- tion and separating from your details. JEFF MACKEY/METRO
Nite Hawk Rainbow Youth Centre Psychiatric hospital
in Canada. The centre is a forensic
Tuques will be on sale hospital run by Corrections
Is the theatre Raise the Roof Police investigate
at the F.W. Hill Mall until 5 Canada.
really dead? tuques combat p.m. and at the University inmate death The woman was rushed
of Regina’s Riddell Centre to hospital but was pro-
Residents of Indian Head homelessness until 2 p.m. Police are investigating the nounced dead shortly after.
are trying to raise $1 mil- Raise the Roof tuques death of an inmate in a Sas- No foul play is suspected.
lion to keep the Nite Hawk On Tuesday the Rainbow can be bought for a min- katoon psychiatric hospital. However, because the
Theatre — first opened in Youth Centre will be sell- imum donation of $10, and A 36-year-old woman deceased was an inmate in
1904 — alive. The owner ing tuques as part of the 50 per cent of the funds was found unresponsive in custody, her death will be
can’t afford new digital Raise the Roof campaign, a will be put towards the her cell Sunday morning investigated by both the
equipment, so the historic national charity that raises Rainbow Youth Centre’s shortly after midnight at coroner’s office and Saska-
building is up for sale. funds to address the issues Youth Express housing the Regional Psychiatric toon police.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/CTV REGINA surrounding homelessness program. METRO Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 03
Monday, January 21, 2013
‘Numerous’ bodies found
Blowback
Arab spring
a catalyst for
during search of gas plant conflict?
The terrorist attack on an
Algerian natural gas plant
that left dozens of hostages
and militants dead has
Algeria kidnapping. stormed the natural gas com- demonstrated how a failing
plex in the Sahara desert on Algerian insurgency trans-
Recording of head
Saturday to end the standoff, formed itself into a regional
kidnapper shows and the government said all threat, partly by exploiting
militants wanted to 32 militants were killed. Ear- the turmoil unleashed by
lier Sunday, Algeria’s chief the Arab Spring revolts.
organize a prisoner government spokesman said Al-Qaida’s branch in Al-
swap with authorities he feared the death toll of hos- geria retreated into a Sahara
tages — which stood at 23 on no-man’s land between
Saturday — would rise as the Mali, Algeria and Mauri-
special forces teams finished tania after it was largely
Algerian bomb squads scour- their search. defeated by the Algerian
ing a gas plant where Islamist American Frederick Buttac- army in a 10-year war in the
militants took dozens of for- cio, a Texan, was among the 1990s that claimed 200,000
eign workers hostage found dead. U.S. officials told The As- lives. There it grew rich on
“numerous” new bodies on sociated Press Buttaccio’s re- smuggling and hostage-
Sunday as they searched for mains were recovered Friday. taking, gained new recruits
explosive traps left behind by They said the militants and re-emerged stronger
the attackers, a security offi- came from six countries and than ever, armed with
cial said, a day after a bloody were armed to cause max- looted high-tech weapons
raid ended the four-day siege imum destruction. Sonatrach, from Libya’s 2011 civil war.
of the remote desert refinery. the Algerian state oil company The assault last Wednes-
The official, who spoke on running the Ain Amenas site In this undated photo, men look at the wreckage of a vehicle near Ain Amenas, Algeria. British Prime Minister David day by a multinational band
condition of anonymity be- along with BP and Norway’s Cameron said Sunday that three Britons were killed and another three are believed dead, along with a foreigner who of Islamists shows how
cause of the situation’s sensi- Statoil, said the entire refinery was living in Britain, after Islamist militants seized a gas plant in the remote region. ECHOROUK ELYAOUMI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS long-simmering ethnic ten-
tivity, said the bodies were had been mined. sions in Mali, a civil war in
badly disfigured and difficult “They had decided to speaking in a state radio inter- ers in Algeria. ation, but the number of hos- Algeria and a revolution in
to identify. succeed in the operation as view. With few details emerging tages reported killed Saturday Libya have combined to cre-
“The bodies could be either planned, to blow up the gas The American government from the remote site of the — seven — was how many the ate a conflict spanning both
Algerian or foreign hostages,” complex and kill all the hos- has warned that there are gas plant in eastern Algeria, it militants had said that mor- North and West Africa.
he said. tages,’’ said Communications credible threats of more kid- was unclear whether anyone ning they still had. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Algerian special forces Minister Mohamed Said, napping attempts on Western- was rescued in the final oper- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Obama sworn in to 2nd term
A still-popular Barack Obama
took the presidential oath
of office for a second term
on Sunday, facing a troubled
future, but hoping to leave
behind a battering four years
at the helm of a government
mired in ugly political div-
ision. You booked your last
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04 NEWS metronews.ca
Monday, January 21, 2013
Culturally sacred. B.C.
woman wants law
changed over masks’ sale
The recent sale of two cedar
masks considered cultur-
ally sacred to a Vancouver
Island First Nations family
has prompted a university in-
structor to ask the provincial
government to change the law
affecting cultural property.
Members of Port Alberni,
B.C.’s Hamilton and Sayers
families say they plan to strip
the family member who sold
the “hinkeets” of her royal
title and cultural responsibil-
ities at an upcoming cere-
mony, shedding light on the A native dancer wears a cedar mask
internal disciplinary proceed- in a handout photo.
ings practised by First Nations THE CANADIAN PRESS
for generations.
The masks were more than for safekeeping. But they were
100 years old, depicted male auctioned off in November to
and female serpents and had an unknown buyer for $4,000 Federal candidates, from left, Justin Trudeau, Martin Cauchon, Karen McCrimmon, Joyce Murray, Martha Hall Findlay, George Takach, Deborah Coyne, David
been passed down along the and $22,500. Bertschi and Marc Garneau. PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS/METRO
maternal lines of the family THE CANADIAN PRESS Liberal candidates
Restrictions. Requests
for Royal Prerogative of
Mercy on the rise keep debate civil
New restrictions on the grant-
Quote
ing of criminal record suspen-
sions, or pardons, are causing
“The benefit of the
more former convicts to seek
clemency under the rarely used program addresses Federal race. Need Total warfare Ontario lawyer David
Royal Prerogative of Mercy, ac- instances of substantial Bertschi jokingly took Gar-
cording to the Parole Board of to rebuild the party neau to task for touting his
injustice and instances “Canada is too important to let Stephen Harper win.”
Canada. tempers infighting time in space, noting he had
In fact, the federal agency of undue hardship.” Vancouver MP Joyce Murray, remarking that co-operation with the NDP may be necessary his “feet firmly planted on
has posted an “Important No- to stop a 2015 Tory victory the ground” regarding the
According to the Parole Board’s annual report
tice” on its website to discour- environment. Technology
age clemency applications, EMILY 900 supporters at a Vancou- to let Stephen Harper win the lawyer George Takach pro-
which it notes are “only granted clemency applications in the JACKSON ver hotel. election in 2015,” she said. moted innovative technology
in exceptional circumstances.” pipeline, according to Parole Metro in Vancouver Perceived frontrunner Yet Karen McCrimmon, a to help the environment.
“If you are ineligible for a Board spokeswoman Caroline MP Justin Trudeau even es- retired Canadian Forces lieu- Both Garneau and Hall
record suspension, or the board Douglas. The gloves remained on at caped direct attack, save for tenant colonel, said co-oper- Findlay defined themselves
has refused to order a record That’s up from 58 in the the Liberal leadership debate Vancouver MP Joyce Murray ation would be a “Band-Aid” as frontrunners. A recent
suspension in your case, it is system last March, when the Sunday as the nine candi- questioning how he planned solution when the Liberals poll suggested Liberal sup-
highly unlikely that you will board’s 2011-12 annual report dates took jabs at Prime Min- to beat Harper without one- need to earn back trust. port in B.C. would skyrocket
qualify under RPM,” cautions noted it more typically handles ister Stephen Harper — and time co-operation with the Idle No More questions to 32 per cent from 11 per
the board. about 20 applications a year. occasionally the NDP — in- NDP. prompted former MP Martha cent should Trudeau take the
There are currently 79 active THE CANADIAN PRESS stead of each other. Murray, the only West Hall Findlay and lawyer Deb- helm.
With so many vying for Coast candidate, was the sole orah Coyne to say they would Trudeau spoke of the chal-
the top spot, no candidate contender to support run- repeal the Indian Act, with lenges the Liberal party faces
Mexico. Family of Canadian stood out as the favourite as ning either a Liberal or a NDP former Quebecois MP Mar- and his plan to engage a
they politely debated elector- candidate in ridings where tin Couchon and Canada’s “new generation” in politics.
accused in Gadhafi al reform, aboriginal issues, they could split the vote such first astronaut Marc Garneau Four more debates will be
housing and the environ- as Calgary Centre. promising engagement and held before the party chooses
smuggling braces for worst ment in front of more than “Canada is too important dialogue with First Nations. a leader on April 14.
Canada’s largest veterans centre under review
The family of a Canadian the worst.
woman accused of trying to “I always now go for the
smuggle the son of late Liby- extremes, because that seems In an effort to come to grips any responsibility for over- In a series of articles in re-
an dictator Moammar Gad- to be how they do it,” 73-year- with a series of complaints sight of the centre. cent months, The Canadian
hafi into Mexico says her case old Betty MacDonald said about its quality of care and The review, which begins Press highlighted concerns
is approaching a crucial turn- from her home in Brampton, how those complaints are this week, is being carried raised by relatives and at-
ing point. Ont. dealt with, the country’s out by Karima Velji. The sen- tendants about what they see
Cynthia Vanier, who’s been “There’s been a couple of largest veterans facility has ior executive at Baycrest, a as serious deficiencies in the
sitting in a Mexico prison for times when we’ve been led to called in an outside expert to prominent research hospital basic care of the most frail of
more than a year, is currently believe that she could be re- look at the situation. focused on the elderly, is also the 500 veterans at the cen-
waiting to make her closing leased momentarily, and then The review of the Sunny- an assistant nursing professor tre.
statement before a judge, the decision comes down and brook Veteran’s Centre this at the University of Toronto. Complaints include de-
who will then decide whether it doesn’t happen, and the fall week comes in addition to an “We would like you to layed feedings, rough hand-
to send the case to trial or is just too great. So we just official audit by the federal focus on quality of care in ling, residents left languish-
drop the charges against her. don’t go there anymore.” government that is currently the provincially funded ing in hallways or bed,
The mother of the 53-year- Vanier, originally from underway. chronic-care beds, with an in- unsanitary conditions and
old Canadian is fervently Mount Forest, Ont., was ar- The new audit will focus depth focus on the processes unexplained injuries. Rela-
hoping for the latter, which rested in Mexico in November In this file photo Dorothy Burnell, 86, on those beds funded by On- used to resolve complaints,” tives said Sunnybrook was
would secure Vanier’s release 2011 and charged in Febru- talks to her husband George Burnell, tario’s Ministry of Health — a Sunnybrook’s executive vice- dismissive of, or hostile to,
and allow her to return to ary. Since then she has been 92, at Sunnybrook’s Veterans Centre in cost of about $29.2 million president Malcolm Moffat their efforts to raise concerns.
Canada. But she’s bracing for behind bars. THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto. COLIN PERKEL/THE CANADIAN PRESS a year — but has disavowed said in a letter to Velji. THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca BUSINESS 05
Monday, January 21, 2013
CIT Y A D M I N I STR ATI O N ’ S
Celebrities flash
P RO P O S E D 2 0 1 3 B U D G E T
Budget
some cheek for
in Brief
views on Keek
Capital and Water & Sewer
Social media. Canadian By the numbers viewed and followed users on
15M Keek, which means “a peek or operating budgets Utility budget
video microblogging glance”, according to Oxford.
service attracts bevy of Other active users include To continue investing The water and sewer budget
rappers 2 Chainz and Soulja
Kardashians — not to responsibly and building is funded through the utility.
Boy, Jersey Shore star Jenni
Keek says it has grown to have 15 million
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A Canadian social-media start- 400,000 views each for two
up company is hoping to be- form,” says CEO Isaac Raichyk. different videos responding to Highlights Highlights
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users can watch and send short enough for people who Year’s show in New York City,
short video clips of up to 36 watch and digest a lot of vid- photographers snapped a few Services operations (as upgrading the water system
seconds and label them with eos.” unflattering shots of her short recommended by the Board
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acters. attention of some high-profile quickly posted to gossip sites
upgrading the wastewater
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use video ... as a form of com- dashian, her sisters Khloe and She posted her response to treatment plant and
munications with your social Kourtney, and her half-sisters Keek, in which she appears in repairs and maintenance wastewater collection system
network, kind of like a social Kendall and Kylie Jenner. her underwear and high heels. for roads, bridges and alleys
microblogging video plat- They all are among the most THE CANADIAN PRESS
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and upgrading the
Services operations
drainage system
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curbside recycling and The Administration’s budgets will
moving forward with go to Executive Committee on
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will then be tabled at Council
and will go back to Council for
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Residents are welcome to
Quick! To the $4.2-million Batmobile! attend. To appear as a
special delegation, please
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Batman, shown in Los Angeles in this October 2012 photo, sold at auction Saturday for $4.2 million US to an
undisclosed bidder. The car’s owner, famed auto customizer George Barris, transformed a one-of-a-kind 1955
Lincoln Futura concept car into the sleek crime-fighting machine that was used in the series that starred Adam See the proposed budgets at
West. On the show, the 19-foot-long, bubble-topped car boasted lasers and a Batphone and could lay down Regina.ca
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HOCKEY NIGHT
Ice jump gets frosty reception
IN CANADA
BELONGS IN
Epiphany celebration
SASKATCHEWAN Baby, it’s cold
in the ice hole
Hockey Night in Canada is back A man jumps into an ice
URBAN ... finally. In Vancouver, Edmon- hole in the Dnipro River, as
COMPASS
ton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto others wait for their turn,
Paul Sullivan
[email protected] and Montreal. as part of the celebration of
Here in Regina, it’s on TV the Epiphany in the town
along with The Biggest Loser, of Vyshgorod outside the
which is hardly the same. capital Kyiv, Ukraine, on
Anyone who has ever been to an NHL game can testify that Saturday.
TV can’t come close to capturing the speed and skill of the Orthodox believers
players. On TV, they look a bit disorganized and slow. In real celebrate the holiday of the
life, they are magicians with sticks for wands. Epiphany on Jan. 19 and
So isn’t it time to ask (once again): If Columbus, Ohio, can traditionally bathe in holes
have an NHL team, why not Saskatchewan? I’m sure nothing cut through thick ice on
could be finer than to be in Carolina, but why not bring the rivers and ponds to cleanse
NHL home to a place where the kids start playing the game themselves with water
when they’re knee-high to a gopher? deemed holy for the day.
The NHL may not be in Saskatchewan, but Saskatchewan is THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
certainly in the NHL — there are 50 players born in Saskatch-
ewan scattered across the league’s 30 teams, including big Orthodox Christians
names Ryan Getzlaf, Scott Hartnell, Jarret Stoll and Jordan
Eberle, who together account for more than 500 goals.
There’s method
Wouldn’t it be great if some of these guys could grow up
to become stars in their own backyard? I mean, who would behind madness
prefer Los Angeles to Regina in the middle of January? They’d
be lined up to play here. The traditions also con-
We’ve heard all the arguments. Both Saskatoon and Regina tinued at Moscow’s Red
are too small to support an NHL fan base; nobody from Col- Square, at Tyarlevo village
umbus or Carolina would pay to watch a team from Saskatch- just outside St. Petersburg
ewan; people may travel from all over the province to watch and in Minsk, Belarus.
the Roughriders, but that’s in the summertime. In the winter, The religious holiday
it often ain’t a fit night out for man nor beast. Epiphany is celebrated by
Each of these arguments has a five-hole. Orthodox Christians accord-
The cities may be comparatively small, but together they ing to the Julian calendar
represent almost a half-million rabid hockey fans, more than on Jan. 19.
enough to stuff an NHL-sized rink for 41 games a year. The Epiphany Day cele-
team could alternate home games between Saskatoon and Re- brates the baptism of Jesus,
gina, or Regina could have the football stadium and Saskatoon which took place in the
could have the hockey arena. River Jordan, and is held
Even-Stephen. in Russia, which uses the
As for the Carolina-Columbus preference problem, one Julian calendar. Orthodox
is tempted to say: Who cares? But seriously, there are great Christians in Lebanon,
hockey players on both those teams … and if you give me a Egypt and Syria follow the
minute I’ll remember who they are. The point is competitive same tradition based on the
teams are fun to watch. It doesn’t really matter where they’re Julian calendar. Churches
from. that follow the Gregorian
As for classic rivalries, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and calendar celebrate the feast
Vancouver all present possibilities as villains. And when the on Jan. 6. METRO
Montreal Canadiens come to town, nothing else will matter,
not to mention the other representatives of the original six: Online
Boston, Detroit, Chicago, New York. Even the chronically mis-
spelled Toronto Maple Leafs.
So, why wait for one of those hockey billionaires to spin Watch the video at
the wheel? If we’re not careful, the next NHL franchise could metronews.ca.
go to Hamilton or Halifax or ...
It’s our turn. Hockey Night in Canada should live here, too. EFREM LUKATSKY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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metronews.ca SCENE 07
Monday, January 21, 2013
Girl talk
Interview. Girls stars really fun. It makes me feel
like a princess. I have to rein
Allison Williams and
it in. I recently went into a
Jemima Kirke dish fitting and there was a rack
of clothes of my stuff and
on their characters’
there was another rack of S
sartorial choices, fluffy, big gowns and my
their dorky style stylist was like, ‘No, Allison.
No. You’re not a debutante.’”
moments and fi nally
dressing like adults A whole new kind of ac- C
cess: “I’ve had the pleasure
of cultivating relationships
with some designers so
TINA I can say, ‘Listen, do you
CHADHA have something that I can E
Metro World News in New York wear to this thing tonight?’
Allison Williams Acting is my first love, but
the fact that I get to wear
cool clothes and get to know
On Marnie’s style: myself better through what I N
“She leans toward conserva- wear in real life, that’s such
tive stuff and she makes me a pleasure.”
look adventurous — al-
though I’m really not. I wish Her dad, Brian Williams,
clothes would just fit her bet- is her unoffi cial stylist:
ter. Any mistakes in fitting “He has a really good eye. E
are 100 per cent on purpose, He’s an esthete and he sees
though. It’s supposed to look people in the things that he
like you bought a thing off sees in stores. He looks at
the rack and it fits the way them and thinks, ‘That
it fits.” looks like Allison.’”
Her personal style: “I
like colour a lot. I’m
interested in dif-
ferent cuts. I
love the way
(peplum)
looks, but I’ve
also worn more princessy
things. Day-to-day, I’m a
jeans, boots and oversized Jemima Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke and Allison Williams enjoy a Girls night. GETTY IMAGES
sweater girl.”
Kirke
way Lena used to look at the brand names, which I never Geminola in the West Vil-
Dorkiest fashion mo- way I dressed and how she did. It was vintage or stuff I lage. Half of it, she designs,
ment: “I went up to Jason pictured styling my outfit in had forever or my mother’s and half of it is antique and
Wu at the restaurant Per- Jessa’s look is her head the next day.” stuff. But now that I’m get- vintage clothing.”
illa and I just introduced based on her ting older, I can’t get away
myself to him cold. I own: “I think it’s Her personal style: “Well, with the T-shirt with the What she’s loving: “Chanel
was like, ‘I understand like a caricature that’s gone out the window hole in it.” made these creeper shoes.
that it’s probably in- of how I dress since I’ve had children. I just They are like a spin on the
trusive and you’re in real life or put on clothes so that I’m Where she shops: “Bird punk creeper shoe. They’re
with your family, maybe even a not naked during the day. and Smith and Butler, in beautiful and awesome but
but I wanted to way that I used I used to change my outfit Brooklyn.” I can’t wear them. I’m just
say that I think to dress maybe once in the day. Now not style-conscious like
you’re a genius.’ for a sometimes I have on the Jessa’s bohemian wed- that anymore. I just don’t
He was so gra- minute same outfit for two days.” ding dress: “You know who wear statementy things. I
cious.” in my made that dress? My mom. don’t wear loud things. I
life. Or Dressing like an adult: “As Don’t get me wrong, she just wear what looks nice.
Getting red it might I start to feel more like an didn’t sit there and sew I’m not wearing mom jeans,
carpet-ready: “It’s be the adult, I start to shop at more it. She has a shop called though.”
Actor Tim Kang has fi nally ‘got it’
STEPHEN though, and can now look tive producer) had really
ERAMO back on it fondly, and, in fleshed out the characters to
[email protected] retrospect, laugh about it.” the point where you could
Fortunately, those initial sink your teeth into your
Actor Tim Kang chuckles jitters did not get the best of role and go with it,” explains
when asked about his first Kang. He went on to appear Kang.
professional experience in in a number of stage, feature “However, he also left a
front of the camera. “It was film and TV roles, including considerable amount to us to
awful. I played a med tech on his current series regular kind of craft our own charac-
a daytime soap and ran into gig as Special Agent Kimball ters and not be totally behold-
the scene pushing a stretcher. Cho in the police procedural en to his ‘creation.’
I had one line, something drama The Mentalist. Like “Initially, my character’s
like, ‘I’ve got it,’ and, man, many TV characters, this one name was Kendall instead of
oh, man, was I nervous. I had went through some changes Kimball. He was a family man
never been on a film set be- prior to the show going into with kids and a bookworm,
fore and was about as green production. but we decided to nix the
as you could be in the busi- “In the pilot script, Bruno family thing and make him
ness. I made it through it, Heller (series creator/execu- more of a loner. Tim Kang is Kimball Cho in The Mentalist. HANDOUT
08 DISH metronews.ca
Monday, January 21, 2013
METRO DISH
OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES
The Word
J.J. Abrams and
Abrams.
Armstrong The Star Trek direc-
tor and Lost co-creator is
make the reportedly set to produce a
film about Armstrong’s life,
perfect pair? according to the Hollywood
Michael J. Fox. ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES Reporter. Abrams and
Paramount Pictures recently
Michael J. Fox
THE acquired the rights to New
WORD York Times sportswriter
patches things up Dorothy Robinson Juliet Macur’s book Cycle
[email protected] of Lies: The Fall of Lance
with Swift
Armstrong, which is set to
be released in June.
Lance Armstrong and Sony Pictures has been
Michael J. Fox doesn’t want she did end up at a family Hollywood have always been working on a much more
Taylor Swift anywhere near dinner on his son’s arm, but pretty tight. complimentary Armstrong
his 23-year-old son, Sam, that the inevitable break up He and the puppy-eyed movie for years, with Jake
he told Vulture, responding song would tip him off. Jake Gyllenhaal would go After his bombshell inter- Perhaps Piers Morgan Gyllenhaal reportedly at-
to a joke by Tina Fey about “‘Sam, You Piece of bike riding together; he’s view with Oprah, stars took was just bitter that Oprah tached to star at one point.
the serial-dating Swift go- Sh—.’ Oh, that was the girl been buds (and Austin to Twitter to express their got the interview over him Those plans were
ing after Sam during the you brought home,” he neighbours) with Matthew disdain. when he wrote, “The fact scrapped after Armstrong
Golden Globes last week. jokes. McConaughey for years, and Carson Daly tweeted, @lancearmstrong admits was stripped of his Tour de
“I don’t keep up with it But Swift has apparently the guy was even engaged to “He is a cheater and liar. I’m he had to look up what the France titles in August of
all,” Fox said. “But Taylor been able to patch things Sheryl Crow. embarrassed that I was such word ‘cheat’ means, says all 2012.
Swift writes songs about up with the Fox clan rather But now it looks like a fan for so long.” you need to know about the This is a perfect pair-
everybody she goes out quickly. “Hey everybody, Hollywood — where liars Meanwhile, Seth Meyers man. #LiveWrong.” ing. After all, Abrams and
with, right? What a way to Michael J. Fox got in touch and cheats usually thrive — joked, “Say what you will, But there’s one person Armstrong are two figures
build a career.” with me today and we are is turning its tanned back he’s still the Lance Arm- in L.A. that is hot to trot famous for spinning wheels
He admits he wouldn’t good. Thank you for having on the disgraced cyclist. strong of d-ckheads.” for Armstrong’s story — J.J. and disappointing endings.
be able to identify Swift if my back,” she tweeted.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Winter fun Exclusively online
Get your game on an option during the winter, way to spend quality time
Make the most of Encourage kids to burn off but building a fort is definite- together. Don’t limit it
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snow days this year games that promote exercise. kids use blankets and couch searching for words together unsettling that you’re already
Choose games that engage cushions to build a castle, a in a word search book, or more tech savvy than her,
Snow days and longer even- your whole body like Just cave or whatever they can search for Waldo in a picture although she does appreci-
ings don’t have to mean Dance or Sports Champions imagine. As a bonus activity, book. Or for something ate that you’ve helped her
hibernating in front of the for PlayStation. Or, if you have them draw pictures of completely different, check discover 90 per cent of her
television all winter. The have enough room, set up how they imagine the fort, out Wonderbook: Book of iPhone’s functionality. Follow
colder months are a perfect an indoor hopscotch court complete with creatures who Spells for PlayStation. This along with the comedic
time to spend quality time or play a traditional game of would live there. book uses augmented reality (mis)adventures of
together as a family. hide and seek. to transport your family to mommyhood
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For the dads
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The Honourable Gregory
resolutions W. Slayton, parent expert,
former U.S. ambassador
and author of Be A Better
Dad Today: Ten Tools Every E
Father Needs, shares some
for 2013 tips about parenting:
Commit to dinner at
least twice a week: It’s
not difficult and statistic-
ally it’s proven to be very
important. Even if you’re
Family. A few tips to ceramics. a divorced or single dad,
keep in mind this year Most importantly, resolve you need to make sure you
to keep these efforts up as the sit down and really have
from the author of year progresses. dinner with your children.
The Mom Book Don’t look at your phone,
Help kids understand that don’t read the paper. Talk.
electronics aren’t a constitu- And do it twice a week.
tional right Do something fun with
DOROTHY With kids spending hours your family at least once a
ROBINSON each day online and texting week: In addition to dinner,
Metro World News in New York City at every opportunity, they live be sure to do something
much of their lives in digital else. Go to a park, go fish-
Motherhood is one of the hard- rec rooms. ing, go to a museum or go
est jobs around, and you can’t This year, remember that on a bike ride. Doing fun
even list it on your resumé. even digital natives need lim- things with your kids is im-
Here are some tips from its, so set sound guidelines portant and contributes to
Stacy DeBroff, author of The with them. Establish timing their well-being and sense
Mom Book and founder and parameters on when they can of self-esteem. It’s vital to
CEO of Mom Central, Inc., a and can’t go online, keep com- you and your children and
company devoted to providing puters only in public spaces has the bonus of being
pragmatic advice to strength- like the kitchen or family enjoyable.
en and simplify the lives of room and make sure kids Learn more about
busy families. share social media passwords fatherhood: Fatherhood is
with mom and dad. one of the least understood
Make time to replenish your roles that we have as men
energy Stay true to yourself today. There are thousands
Between post-holiday exhaus- While moms typically develop of books out there about
tion, the winter blues and the their own parenting beliefs being a better businessman
normal frenetic pace of par- and style over the years, it re- and self-help books by the
enting, moms often find their mains a challenge to stay true gazillion. But when it comes
energy depleted at the start of to these principles when you to fatherhood, there are
a new year. discover that other parents very few books out there.
Make 2013 the year you have a very different approach. That’s why I wrote mine, I
carve out time to take care of Even if you learn — or your didn’t have a father when I
yourself, whether you kick- kids tell you — that other was growing up and didn’t
start your long-dormant book moms buy laptops for kids have any guidance. Commit
club, sign up for an exercise once they start fifth grade to learning more about
class or explore your inner or let them stay home alone, Stay true to your parenting principles, even if you discover other parents fatherhood and improving
creativity with a new artistic stand firm and parent accord- have a diff erent approach, says Stacy DeBroff , author of The Mom Book. your growth as a parent.
endeavor like photography or ing to what you believe. ISTOCK IMAGES
Fast food linked to more
health problems in kids
Consuming three or more and seven-year-olds in 31 notwithstanding gender or
servings of fast food per countries. wealth — was fast food.
week is linked to allergic The young people and The study’s authors say
asthma, eczema and rhinitis their parents were asked that a diet high in fast food
in children, respiratory jour- about their diets and if they contains high levels of sat-
nal Thorax says. had symptoms of asthma, urated and trans fatty acids,
The findings are sup- runny noses, itchy eyes and which affect immunity.
ported worldwide — the re- eczema. They note that the results
searchers studied data from The researchers found do not indicate cause and
more than 319,000 13- and that the only food type that effect, but that they do war-
14-year-olds in 51 countries, showed the same symptoms rant more investigation.
Research shows that a diet high in fast food might aff ect immunity. ISTOCK IMAGES and more than 181,000 six- across both age groups — MEREDITH ENGEL/MWN
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tain more than 20 grams of (cid:580)(cid:3)3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
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Experiment and use any is equivalent to 19 Hershey kisses
seasonings you like. You in calories.
can cut the potatoes early in
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them in cold water so they Brush the potato wedges
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One serving of these fries then sprinkle with half the
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ories with 5.3 grams of fat.
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Bake for 20 minutes. Turn
1.
Preheat the oven to 375 F. the wedges; brush with the Marshmallow
Spray rimmed baking sheet remaining oil mixture and
with cooking oil. sprinkle with the remaining Dream Bar
cheese mixture.
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Cut each potato length- 5. 210 calories, 4 g fat
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of cheese-making with
Buttermilk Ricotta Dip perfect for casual gatherings
Raclette is the perfect party Ingredients
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serving of boiled potatoes, onions, thawed
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sea salt of cloth over the cheese. to the pot, cover and place in
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oregano or basil 3. While the potatoes are 4.
(cid:580)(cid:3)(cid:101)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:628)(cid:569)(cid:629)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:229) Once strained, discard li- cooking, start the vegetables. To serve, follow the prod-
quid. The cheese can be used In a medium saucepan over uct directions for heating and
immediately or refrigerated medium-high heat, bring using your raclette grill. Ar-
1.
In a saucepan over medium for up to 2 days. vinegar, sugar, salt, paprika range potatoes and accompani-
heat, combine milk, butter- and black pepper to a boil, ments in bowls. Guests can
4.
milk, cream and salt. Slowly Place ricotta in decorative stirring to dissolve sugar and heat their vegetables on the
bring mixture to a gentle bowl. Form a well in centre. salt. In a large bowl, combine top of the grill and melt their
simmer. As milk solids begin Sprinkle with fleur de sel, thyme, onions, red peppers, cheese using the grill’s broiler.
to separate from whey, stir, then fill well with olive oil. green beans and mushrooms. Top potatoes with the vege-
then return to a gentle sim- Sprinkle with fresh herbs and Pour the hot vinegar mixture tables and melted cheese.
mer. When curds form, turn citrus zest. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS over the vegetables, then set THE ASSOCIATED PRESS