Metro Vancouver - January 17, 2011

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VENGEANCE
PROSE THERAPY
HOW WRITING ABOUT
YOUR ANXIETY CAN
MAKE IT GO AWAY JETS TAKE DOWN
{page 13}
PATRIOTS
OWEN WILSON
MUM ABOUT BABY
SPORTS
UNTIL NOW — SON BORN
ON WEEKEND {page 14}
{page 8}
VANCOUVER
Monday, January 17, 2011
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News worth sharing.
Hosts look
Gold. Swan
to OWN
airwaves
Vancouver’s Anna and Kristina’s Grocery Bag part of
Oprah’s TV revolution Show features personalities
testing cookbooks, sometimes with hilarious results
CONTRIBUTED
MATT
KIELTYKA
@METRONEWS.CA
The Oprah Winfrey Network invasion is
underway south of the border, and two
Vancouverites are helping lead the revo-
lution.
Natalie Portman poses with her award for best performance by an actress in Hosts Anna Wallner and Kristina Ma-
a motion picture (drama) for Black Swan at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards tisic have been on the tube for years with
held at the Beverly Hilton hotel last night in Beverly Hills, Calif. shows like the Shopping Bags and Gro-
More coverage, page 6. cery Bag.
And though their shows air interna-
Portman wins statue for BlackKE VISN WINwTER/GETaTY IMnAGES tionally, their stock rose exponentially
this year as their cookbook-review show, Vancouver TV hosts Anna Wallner, left,
Grocery Bag, was launched on OWN. and Kristina Matisic are riding high after
“It’s not just another TV deal for us — their popular show, Grocery Bag, was
it’s a very significant one,” said Wallner. picked up by Oprah’s OWN network.
“People watch Oprah very closely, and to
Rough arrest Driven Wild
be on her network is a huge deal.”
The hosts have been keeping close the city they call home.
elicits fallout with frustration
tabs on the feedback that their show has “Vancouver is our base. Why would
garnered in the U.S., and they’re pleased we want to leave?” Matisic said.
with the positive response. Viewers in Canada can catch Anna and
Abbotsford police say Mountie Canucks lose in Minnesota No matter how much exposure the Kristina’s Grocery Bag on the W Net-
should be charged {page 3} yet again {page 14} women get, there are no plans to leave work.
“must-see TV in 2011”

– The Globe and Mail
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Pedestrian
killed in Bird. Caged
West Side
collision
A woman in her 30s was
struck and killed while
crossing the street near
West 10th Avenue and
MacDonald Street early
yesterday morning.
The victim was follow-
news
ing a friend eastbound
across 10th Avenue just
before 3 a.m. when a
BMW hit her, witnesses
told police.
According to Const.
Jana McGuinness, media
liaison for the Vancouver
Police Department, the Andre Silva takes a peek at the crowd while pinning opponent Jesse Bird against the cage at Battlefield 5,
driver of the vehicle an amateur mixed martial arts show at Richmond’s RiverRock Casino Saturday night.
remained at the scene
and is co-operating to MATT KIELTYKA/METRO
help determine the exact Pressing business of mixed marital arts
cause of the accident.
It is not yet known if
poor weather conditions
News on the move
played a role in the fatal
Mountie
collision.
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happened yesterday in Const. Geoff Mantler general public’s views are Video shows Buddy Tavares
Kokanee Glacier Provincial Abbotsford police are has been placed on leave in relation to the video.” getting out of his truck
Park, about 30 kilometres recommending assault with pay while the Abbots- “I urge everyone to with hands in the air,
north of Nelson. charges against a Kelowna ford Police Department remain calm, make their lowering himself onto the
Cpl. Dan Moskaluk of RCMP officer accused of investigates. point, and allow the legal ground, then being kicked
the RCMP said the man kicking a compliant sus- About 300 supporters processes that are in place in the head.
was in Kokanee Glacier pect in the face during an of Tavares held a rally to come to completion,” Abbotsford police are
Provincial Park with a arrest. in Kelowna yesterday, he said, adding he was acting as independent body Vancouver
group of 15 skiers when A bystander recorded protesting the actions of concerned about possible investigating the incident.
the avalanche struck. the incident on Jan. 7, the officer. civil disobedience during Investigators interviewed Whitecaps GM
THE CANADIAN PRESS when Buddy Tavares, 51, Kelowna Supt. Bill Mc- the rally. around 40 witnesses. tells It’s Called
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TRUTH CAN BE STRANGER THAN FICTION
One of the scariest books Canadian Broadcast Standards buddy that’s his own hair. That stricken from the airwaves, for-
ever written is 1984 by Council, which decreed last little faggot got his own jet ever.
Urban Compass George Orwell. week that all its members, airplane. That little faggot he’s a Pop music is, by its nature,
A
including all the music stations millionaire.” provocative and offensive.
PAUL in Vancouver can The problem is Where do you draw the line? If
lthough it doesn’t no longer play the word “faggot.” you scratch the F word and the N
SULLIVAN feature a single vam- Money For “As far as Anyone who actu- word and the C word and the
pire, it does imagine Nothing, the Dire the Ministry ally listens to the other F word from the lyrics of
a world in which the Straits hit that of Truth is song realizes it’s the rock, pop and hip-hop artists
state messes with rocketed to No. 1 in not of the last quarter century, the
your head, mostly 1985. concerned, it is “homophobic,” only thing left on the radio will
through a department called the Apart from hav- now and forever but a reflection on be Lawrence Welk.
Ministry of Truth, which tells ing one of the best homophobic, the clash between Talk about offensive.
state-approved lies. guitar riffs ever, outdated working All it takes, apparently, is for
even though its
And once a Ministry of Truth Money For Nothing class prejudices someone to complain. Somebody
lie is told, teams of busy little bu- is a satiric lament basic sentiment and pop culture. in Newfoundland complained
reaucrats immediately get busy by a truck driver on is the exact Since the Min- about Money For Nothing and
and rewrite history, so even if the mysterious ca- istry of Truth isn’t that was it. As far as the Ministry
opposite.”
you remember the truth before pacity of rock stars into truth, it has of Truth is concerned, it is now
the lies, it won’t be long before to become million- banned Money For and forever homophobic, even
you doubt your own memory aires by playing Nothing unless though its basic sentiment is the
since any trace of evidence is guitar on MTV. the offending word is edited out. exact opposite.
wiped from the face of the Earth. Here’s the offending passage: No joke. It may have been a gold- Hear that? That empty
OK, it’s not 1984, but the Min- “See the little faggot with the en oldie for the last 25 years, but silence? That’s what censorship
istry of Truth 2011 is called the earring and the makeup. Yeah from this day forward, it is sounds like. Scary, eh?
Work is meant for work
Cartoon
MICHAEL DE ADDER
Focus on the job at hand
Letters
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We asked: What do you do
when your boss is out of
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get my work done ;)
TORONTO.I work. That’s
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matter who’s in the office,
and I’m thankful I have a chocolate so much and calling my mom and dad Do you think
the CRTC’s decision on
job. DAVID HEWITT drinking tea everyday. or chatting via email with
misleading news will
my friends. Work is work
impact Canadian media?
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2 Hollywood elite get together to celebrate the best in movies and television
The Golden Globes hand out some hardware that could give a boost to some Oscar hopefuls
SoHocst Riickay Gerlva isN keeps eeverytonwe on theoir toers wkith his quick, biting humour
takes top prize
scene
DAVID BROW/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/THE LOWELL SUN
Some people really know “It’s going to be a Empire on
how to throw a party. night of partying HBO also
News in brief Each year the Holly- and heavy honoured
wood Foreign Press Associ- as TV’s best
drinking. Or as
ation brings the top stars drama.
from TV and film to a Charlie Sheen calls “I hope
booze-soaked, black-tie it — breakfast.” we do it for
dinner, invites them to years and
HOST RICKY GERVAIS IN HIS
catch up with colleagues as years and
OPENING MONOLOGUE
they collect accolades for years,” said
their work, then puts the thanked the Richler family. Buscemi.
whole thing on TV as the He also gave a shout out to Board-
Golden Globe Awards. Dicky Eklund, portrayed the film’s “incredible” walk Em-
Last night’s 68th annual by Christian Bale in The crew in Montreal, where pire won
The Social Network ceremony unfolded at the Fighter, reacts to Bale’s the film was shot. on its
keeps making Beverly Hilton Hotel’s In- Golden Globe win. “An incredible beautiful first
friends, winning the ternational Ballroom, city which I dream about,” year
Critics’ Choice award where hundreds of stars, in Firth for the British Giamatti said. “An incredi- on the
for best picture and from Jane Fonda to Justin monarchy saga The King’s ble place in a great nation, air,
three other prizes. Bieber, took part in one of Speech and Natalie Port- Canada. And I salute the beat-
But Inception led Hollywood’s hottest parties man for the psychosexual great nation of Canada.” ing
all films Friday night of the year. thriller Black Swan. The boxing drama The Mad
with six awards total, The Facebook tale The Lead-acting honours for Fighter earned both sup- Men,
all in technical cate- Social Network took the the Globes’ musical or porting-actor Globes for which
gories. top honours at the Golden comedy categories went to Christian Bale and Melissa had won
Best actor went to Globes with four prizes, in- Annette Bening for the les- Leo. the last
Colin Firth for his cluding best drama and di- bian-family story The Kids Katey Sagal and Steve three top
portrayal of King rector, solidifying its Are All Right and Paul Gia- Buscemi both won their drama Angelina Jolie
George VI, who over- prospects as an Academy matti for Barney’s Version, first Golden Globes for top awards. was nominated
came a stammer Awards favourite. based on a novel by Cana- actors in television dra- THE for a Golden
with the help of an Winning the dramatic dian author Mordecai Rich- mas, with Buscemi’s Prohi- ASSOCIATED Globe for her role
unconventional lead-acting prizes were Col- ler. In his speech, Giamatti bition-era Boardwalk PRESS in The Tourist.
speech therapist, in HANDOUT HANDOUT JASON MERRITT/GETTY IMAGES
The King’s Speech,
while Natalie
Portman won best ac-
tress for playing a
ballerina who
descends into
madness in Black
Swan.
The Social
Network, which
chronicles the origin
of Facebook, also
won for David Finch-
er’s direction, Aaron
Sorkin’s adapted
screenplay, and the
score from Trent Annette Bening took
Reznor and Atticus home a Golden Globe for
Ross. best actress in a musical or
The boxing drama comedy for her role in The Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globes last night and took shots at the
The Fighter won in Kids Are All Right. Hollywood elite, including introducing Bruce Willis as Ashton Kutcher’s father.
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Surprise! It’s a Little
Lohan possibly
in the clear
Wilson for Owen
Lindsay Lohan’s worries over, as Holland isn’t inter-
about her scuffle in rehab ested in further legal ac-
with former Betty Ford tion, according to TMZ.
Clinic employee Dawn Hol- “I do not desire Ms. Lo-
land last month may be han prosecuted for the
events of December 12,
ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES
2010,” Holland says in a Actor had kept
declaration to the district
attorney investigating the pregnancy and
case. “I will not answer any relationship
questions to any policing
or prosecutorial agencies with girlfriend
regarding the events of De-
out of spotlight
Lindsay Lohan cember 12, 2010.”
METRO until recently
Owen Wilson is a dad. The
actor and his girlfriend,
We’re looking for Jade Duell, welcomed their
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The Little Fockers star
had kept both the preg-
nancy and his one-year re-
lationship with Duell
under wraps until a week
ago. “Owen has had many
girlfriends under the radar
who no one knew about,”
a source says.
“He may have dated
high-profile women like
actress Kate Hudson and
Nominations musician Sheryl Crow, but
that is not the norm for
him. He likes regular peo- Owen Wilson and his girlfriend, Jade Duell, have a new baby boy.
Now Open ple.” METRO
Taylor singing
Celebrity tweets
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life
Rabbit people
Luck is a clear
Stacy Jones plays with her dog, Lady, a golden retriever mix whom Jones believes has a subtle sixth sense. theme when it
Do your furry friends comes to those
born under the Chi-
nese Zodiac sign of
the rabbit, says
Elizabeth Vander-
Ven, a specialist on
have a sixth sense? Chinese and east-
ern Asian culture.
This could be es-
pecially true this
year because the
2011 rabbit year
corresponds with
the element of met-
72 per cent of American dog owners say their pets can feel bad weather, and 47 per cent al, symbolizing
great wealth.
claim their pets have alerted them of bad news Scientists don’t have answers
This we can
make easy sense of:
Lassie could always sense If a friend or relative going on with the baby LaFarge said, and dogs an- Johnny Depp is a
when Timmy was in trou- Pets online comes to the door, Lady, a and it was her job to take ticipate seizures, low rabbit. Same with
ble. Black Beauty knew the four-year-old golden re- care of the baby.” blood sugar or other med- Angelina Jolie and
bridge was out. triever mix, doesn’t even The reason? It’s actually ical problems because of Brad Pitt.
Now two-thirds of Check out more info about bother to get up, said hard to know. hormonal changes. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
American pet owners say animals and their sixth Stacey Jones, 50, of Stone “A sixth sense is some- But they haven’t figured
they can relate, saying sense on the web. Mountain, Ga. But if it’s a thing we can’t explain but out what alerts pets to
their pets have a sixth stranger, she goes on mi- we tend to trust. It’s a mat- earthquakes, bad news or
sense about bad weather, petside.com/sixthsense nor alert, she said. ter of belief and faith,” said other such events — or if
and 47 per cent say the aspca.org Lady’s sixth-sense ten- psychologist Stephanie La- it’s all just in the eyes of
same about bad news, ac- petsaretalking.com dencies are very subtle, Farge, the senior director their owners.
cording to an Associated said the Atlanta university of counselling services for Kay Moore, 64, of Loma
Press-Petside.com poll. writer and editor. the American Society for Linda, Calif., said she gets
Seventy-two per cent of cent of dog owners and 41 But 18 years ago, when the Prevention of Cruelty quake warnings from her
dog owners said they’ve per cent of cat owners said Jones was ordered to bed to Animals. dogs, Brie, a yellow Lab
had weather warnings they’ve been alerted by toward the end of her Scientists have suggest- and great dane mix, and
from their pets, compared their pets, according to the pregnancy, her dog Silver ed animals sense bad Lola, a 22-kilo basset U.S. study shows owners should
with 66 per cent of cat poll conducted by GfK Rop- “planted herself next to weather because of hound. “They get very, checkn fiozri ncga tp settr efosrs dbiesfeoarsee e.utha-
owners. er Public Affairs and Cor- me and would not leave. changes in barometric very hyper,” Moore said.
For bad news, 47 per porate Communications. She knew something was pressure or other factors, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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