Metro Vancouver - January 25, 2011

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VANCOUVER
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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News worth sharing.
KRISTEN THOMPSON/METRO
Gangsters
charged in
innocent
man’s death
Seven of the accused are also charged with the
attempted murder of Jonathan Barber’s teenage
girlfriend, Vicky King, who was following behind
in her car and got caught in the shooting King was
hit in the arm and left with a permanent disability
Charges have been laid against seven UN charged with the murder of Kevin LeClair,
gangsters and their associates in the mur- a member of the rival Red Scorpions gang
der of an innocent man killed in a hail of who was killed in a daylight shooting in
bullets intended for another gang mem- the parking lot of a Langley shopping cen-
ber, RCMP announced yesterday. tre in 2009.
They’re charged with killing 24-year- RCMP Supt. Dan Malo said the an-
old Jonathan Barber, a car stereo installer nouncement was the culmination of a
RCMP Chief Supt. Janice Armstrong speaks to reporters who was shot to death on Kingsway in long and complex investigation that in-
at Burnaby city hall yesterday, as Supt. Dan Malo looks on. 2008 while unwittingly driving a gang- volved 200 officers from several different
ster’s car to the shop. police detachments.
Six of the accused — including former “We never gave up,” he said.
UN gang leader Barzan Tilli-Choli — have Chief Supt. Janice Armstrong said the
been in prison since 2009, when they murders “shocked” the community.
Suicide bomber Canucks cruise
were arrested on drug, gun and conspira- “I recall walking around the crime
cy-to-commit-murder charges. scene (where LeClair was killed) looking
hits airport against Stars
A seventh man, Cory (Frankie) Vallee, at the bullet holes and shaking my head
faces the same charges and is wanted on a in disbelief, wondering how these gang-
Canada-wide warrant. sters thought they could get away with
At least 35 killed in busy Vancouver takes home game Vallee and another outstanding sus- it,” she said.
Moscow terminal {page 6} in 7-1 romp {page 21} pect, 33-year-old Conor D’Monte, are also “And they didn’t.” KRISTEN THOMPSON
MAY 12–JULY 10
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Thirty-one players took to the field for the first time during a rain-soaked training session
at Empire Coach wants more signings up front to create attack-minded team Training
squad includes No. 1 draft pick Omar Salgado, ineligible to play until he’s 18 in September
squad working out at striking department. ward to the season ahead. strained.
MATT Empire is still very much a “We’re still looking for “There’s a lot of young, “When you have two
KIELTYKA
@METRONEWS.CA work in progress. maybe the main pieces up hungry talent here and a expansion teams come
The Caps currently have top,” he admitted. “But I lot of experienced guys in at the same time, they
The Major League Soccer 14 signed players — led by am confident that we will that can bring that side tend to struggle,” he said.
Are inflation-
era has officially begun. American international de- find the right pieces and of the game into this “History aside ... we have a
related Vancouver Whitecaps fender Jay DeMerit and the team will be playing locker room,” DeMerit said. lot of momentum with
problems players and hopefuls took MLS veteran keeper Joe good attacking soccer.” “There’s big aspirations this group and with this
coming sooner to the pitch at Empire Cannon. As director of soccer for this club, and there’s city, and we want to carry
Field for the first time And though coach operations Tom Soehn no reason we can’t hit it through.”
than expected?
yesterday as pre-season Teitur Thordarson thinks scours the globe for those the ground running and In addition to the roster
Allan Small training kicked off. his team is strong in the signings, the rest of the get a lot of wins in our players, 19 others are in
has more at But with just 52 days back, significant pieces squad is getting to know first season.” the camp hoping to earn
metronews.ca/ until their MLS opener, the are still missing in the each other and looking for- Cannon was more re- a spot on the team.
investing
Thieves prey on RCMP rescue Cougar kills horse,
Follow us on unconscious
Twitter Sunday worshippers six other animals
@vancouvermetro 16-year-old
in Maple Ridge
While Abbotsford church- inside for morning service.
goers were singing the In one case, police say RCMP forced their way
Lord’s praises, others were the suspects obtained a into a Sooke house on
doing the devil’s bidding in garage opener, learned the Thursday to find an RCMP and B.C. Conserva- recent attack Sunday at a
the parking lot. victim’s address and broke unconscious and unre- tion officers are on the farm on the 25700 block
According to Abbotsford into their home. sponsive 16-year-old girl hunt for a cougar that has of 128 Avenue.
police, vehicles in two Three vehicles were con- who was known to police attacked and killed seven RCMP Insp. Derren
church parking lots were firmed broken into and had for “high-risk” behaviour. farm animals over the Lynch said the animal is
broken into Sunday morn- their tires slashed, presum- Paramedics were then past 10 days in Maple “very unpredictable and is
Mementoes tell tale of tragic ing and pillaged for identifi- ably to buy more time to called and the teen was Ridge. a genuine cause for con-
century-old expedition to cation, keys and garage ransack the victims’ homes. rushed to hospital. The cougar reportedly cern.”
South Pole. Scan code for story.
openers as the victims were MATT KIELTYKA METRO killed a horse in its most NATALIE KAUR JOHAL
news: vancouver metronews.ca 03
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
Husband, two
Upside. Down
others charged
in murder
Arrests made almost four years after woman’s death
Unrelated investigation in Sask. led to break in case
“I don’t know how
NATALIE the time of her brutal
JOHAL to say thank you. murder. According to me- The Device to Root Out Evil
[email protected] Thank you so dia reports, Bahia’s one- wHahrebno iutr w Garse einns tPaalrlekd in a t
Charges have been filed much. Now my year-old was found in a Coal Harbour.
against two men and a pool of her mother’s
woman in relation to the sister’s soul can blood while her three-
2007 death of Surrey maybe have a year-old was upstairs. Artist behind church sculptuDAN FrAIRCeHILD PHdOTOGRiAPeHY/COsNTRIBUTED
mother Amanpreet Kaur little peace.” Over the course of their
Bahia. investigation, police iden-
The 33-year-old vic- HARPAL SANDHU, AMANPREET tified her husband as a
tim’s husband, Baljinder KAUR BAHIA’S COUSIN person of interest in her Dennis Oppenheim, who created the upside-down church sculpture for the
Singh Bahia, Tanpreet death. 2005-2007 Vancouver Biennale, died Saturday in New York City. He was 72.
Kaur Athwal and Eduard menting on the suspects’ In December, Oppenheim also created the pair of large engagement rings installed near Sun-
Viktorovitch Baranec relationship to one anoth- Saskatchewan RCMP in- set Beach.
were arrested Friday and er. vestigators uncovered
appeared in Surrey Amanpreet Kaur new information that
provincial court yester- Bahia’s body was found in helped move the case for- Alberta man dies in avalanche
day. the basement by family ward.
They have been re- members returning from Amanpreet Kaur
manded in custody until an outing on Feb. 7, 2007, Bahia’s cousin, Harpal
their next court appear- RCMP said. Sandhu, thanked police at A 47-year-old Alberta man Northeastern B.C on Sun- and went for help, the man
ance on Feb. 4. Two of Bahia’s three a press conference yester- was killed in an avalanche day. Although his friends eventually succumbed to
RCMP are not com- daughters were home at day. near Tumbler Ridge in were able to dig him out his injuries. METRO
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news: vancouver
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
Province to deliver
number of Liberal caucus
members backing Falcon.
News in brief
Forests Minister Pat
Bell says Falcon’s experi-
B.C. slammed ence and track record, as huge shakeup call
well as his growing
over scandal momentum, make him
the best person to keep
DISCIPLINE. B.C. Federation the free-enterprise coali-
of Labour president Jim tion together.
Sinclair says the Transportation Minis-
provincial government ter Shirley Bond says Fal- Date marks 311 years since last 9-magnitude quake
Ready to rumble?
has to do a better job of con’s recently announced
in B.C. Drill modelled on Great California ShakeOut
enforcing labour Northern Prosperity Agen-
standards after a Surrey da reinforced his commit- OTTO GREULE JR./GETTY IMAGES In Canada, the coast of
company was fined for ment to every part of B.C. KRISTEN British Columbia is the re-
keeping tree planters in THE CANADIAN PRESS THOMPSON gion most at risk for a ma-
slave-like conditions near @METRONEWS.CA jor earthquake.
Golden. Facilities get
On top of a $3,500 fine, As many as 370,000 British Keeping an emergency kit,
Khaira Enterprises has $6M from feds Columbians are expected to knowing where to turn off
been ordered to pay drop to the floor and utilities after an
$228,000 in back wages to FUNDING. Two B.C. crouch under their desks earthquake and
African immigrants who research facilities are get- tomorrow morning for a The marina district in San identifying out-of-area
say they were subjected to ting a share of federal provincewide earthquake Francisco in the wake of contacts can go a long way
violence, fed rotten food money to help find new drill — the largest in Cana- the 7.1-magnitude to being ready.
and forced to sleep in ways to produce medical dian history. earthquake that rocked
shipping containers. isotopes following last ShakeOut B.C. already the California Bay Area in To register as a participant,
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problems at the Chalk ing in the drill, and the or-
P.G. MLAs join River nuclear reactor in ganization is hoping
Ontario. businesses will join in as haven’t actually practised two minutes of your time, Mayor Gregor Robertson
Falcon’s cast The TRIUMF facility at well. and established safe places and it’s something that can said he’d like to see all Van-
the University of B.C. and Heather Lyle, co-chair of to hide in their office or save your life down the couverites participate.
LIBERALS. Two Prince the B.C. Cancer Agency in the ShakeOut B.C. organiz- school, they may be caught road. “The threat of a major
George cabinet ministers Vancouver have been ing committee, said a 60- off guard if an earthquake “After the drill, talk earthquake in the province
have announced their awarded $6 million for a second clip will be does hit. about it further. Do you is real, and it’s important
support for Kevin Falcon project to come up with a broadcast on TV and the ra- “This is the chance to have supplies to sustain that Vancouver residents
as B.C. Liberal leader, long-term production dio at 10 a.m., reminding think about it,” she said. yourself for 72 hours? and businesses be prepared
bringing to 15 the plan. THE CANADIAN PRESS people the drill has begun. “It’s simple, straightfor- What’s your emergency for any emergency,” he
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
Suicide bomber
ROAD SAFETY have proposed
restrictions on using cell-
Lawmakers phones and music
players such as iPods by
to walkers: people running and walk- hits Moscow airport
Lend me ing on the street or side-
walk.
The proposal in
one ear
Arkansas would ban
pedestrians from wearing IVAN SEKRETAREV/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lawmakers in at least headphones in both ears Suspected terrorist’s head was
two U.S. states are while on, parallel to or
recovered, says local news agency
looking to pull the plug adjacent to a street, road,
on texting pedestrians intersection or highway.
and iPod-obsessed The measure also applies Terrorists struck again in “Terrorists simply
runners, claiming their to runners and cyclists the heart of Russia, with a do not give up
diverted attention and would allow pedestri- suicide bomber blowing when one avenue is
borders on disaster. ans to wear headphones himself up in Moscow’s
closed, and that’s
Lawmakers in in one ear. busiest airport and turning
Arkansas and New York THE ASSOCIATED PRESS its international arrivals why I say, we make
terminal into a smoky, one mistake and a
blood-spattered hall of dis-
Woman ‘sorry’ terrorist might be
membered bodies, scream-
ing survivors and successful.”
abandoned suitcases. At VIC TOEWS,
for kidnapping
least 35 people were killed. PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER
No one claimed responsi-
bility for the blast at Do- committee spokesman
A North Carolina woman from Harlem Hospital dur- modedovo Airport Vladimir Markin said.
who raised a child snatched ing an interview Sunday af- yesterday that also wound- Foreign Affairs Minister
from a New York hospital ter she surrendered to the ed 180 people, although Is- Lawrence Cannon issued a
more than two decades ago FBI and Bridgeport, Conn., lamic militants in the strong denouncement of
has admitted kidnapping police, a criminal com- southern Russian region of the attack and added that
the baby after her own at- plaint prepared by FBI Chechnya have been he was not aware of any
tempts to have children agent Maria Johnson said. blamed for previous attacks Canadians killed or injured
failed, saying in a statement Pettway surrendered just in Moscow. in the blast.
she was “truly sorry,” the days after a reunion be- Artyom Zhilenkov, a 35-year-old driver, speaks after the Yesterday’s attack was “We condemn these
FBI said in court papers yes- tween the child she raised blast at Domodedovo airport in Moscow yesterday. “The most likely carried out by a cowardly acts of terrorism,”
terday. — now 23-year-old Carlina guy standing next to me was torn to pieces,” he said. suicide bomber and “at- Cannon said in the state-
Ann Pettway confessed White — and her biological Zhilenkov was splattered by other victims’ flesh and blood. tempts were being made to ment.
to taking the baby in 1987 mother.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS identify him,” investigative THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
Trial begins for
father accused
of honour killing
Falel Almaleki moved from Iraq to Phoenix His
daughter refused to enter an arranged marriage at age 17
There is no doubt that an PEORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT FILE oured the family by be-
Iraqi immigrant ran over coming too Westernized.
and killed his 20-year-old When he saw her by
daughter and injured her chance while visiting a
boyfriend’s mother in a state Department of Eco-
suburban Phoenix parking nomic security office in
lot in October 2009, a pros- Peoria on Oct. 20, 2009, his
ecutor and defence attor- rage overflowed.
ney agreed yesterday. Almaleki left the office,
But whether it was an got in his Jeep and waited
intentional act that equals for his daughter to
first-degree murder or an emerge, Reckart said.
accident caused by an an- Then, he “raced that car
gry father’s split-second Falel Almaleki right out of the parking
decision will be the subject spot in a premeditated act
of much debate as jurors ingly incensed at his and ran them over.”
hear evidence in the com- daughter’s failure to obey Not so, what happened
ing weeks. him. She told jurors in her was an accident, defence
Prosecutor Laura opening statement in his attorney Elizabeth Mullins
Reckart told them that murder trial that he be- told the 16 jurors.
Falel Almaleki was increas- lieved she had dishon- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tunisia. Strike
A schoolgirl wipes a tear from her face outside her school in Tunis yesterday.
HASSENE DRIDI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Teachers unite against former president
Teachers across Tunisia have gone on strike to demand members of the former
party of the ousted president stay out of power, on the day when schools were
set to reopen after weeks of closure amid unrest and street protests. Authorities
also clashed with anti-government protesters outside the prime minister’s office
yesterday, and the police have demanded the right to form a union as the coun-
try struggles to stabilize itself after its president was overthrown.
Kelowna against Kelowna officers U.S. firm
last year.
cops under He says 12 were found could face
to have no merit while
investigation four were considered legit- large fines
imate and have been
A Mountie in Kelowna fac- investigated further,
ing possible charges after a resulting in an officer be- A federal decision on
man was kicked in the face ing charged with assault. whether the Sikorsky, the
isn’t the only officer in the Earlier this month, Con- U.S-based manufacturer of
detachment facing allega- st. Geoff Mantler was sus- Canada’s new fleet of navy
tions of using excessive pended after a man was helicopters, will pay
force. kicked in the face during millions of dollars in fines
Const. Steve Holmes an arrest that was caught for late delivery will be
says 22 complaints of ex- on video by a witness. made next month.
cessive force were made THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
DEALING WITH HIGH-MAINTENANCE MEN
In all my years as a shopper, Blame it on GQ or the Mad croach on your closet space, you these dapper gents with their
and trust me there have Men phenomenon, but it seems start to wonder if maybe he’s perfectly coiffed hair and wrin-
She says ... been a lot of them, I have that a growing number of young getting a bit too neurotic. kle-free suits or would they pre-
always wondered why men are suiting up So how do you fer a mate who’s more easy
JESSICA women insist on dragging isnty tlhe.e name of “... when he kpanrotwne irfe ydo uup’v ewith gmooinreg manadn,l yd?a rWe aI tscahyi nitg, aa bbiotdy
NAPIER their husbands and These Don Drap- accuses you a high- conscious prima donna spend
Iboyfriends to the mall. er wannabes aren’t of stealing his maintenance hours in front of the mirror
just dressing the man? whining about his BMI can be a
feel such pity for the part; fitness fanat- moisturizer He orders salad serious turnoff.
obviously bored significant ics are crowding and his suits instead of frites Men always claim they love a
others who try not to fall gyms in search of encroach on your with his steak and girl in “jeans and a T-shirt” and
asleep as they wait patiently washboard abs and never misses a guess what fellas, so do we.
closet space, you
outside the fitting room. male-only spas are workout. He has a So why not forgo the three-
However, on a recent mall popping up to wax, start to wonder close shave, white piece in favour of some denim,
outing my pity turned into true buff and pamper if maybe he’s teeth and perfect- grow out that ruggedly
empathy as I found myself an evolving breed ly manicured handsome facial hair and
getting a bit
parked in a leather armchair for of guys who actual- nails. His shoes remember how good it feels to
more than an hour watching my ly care (a lot) about too neurotic.” are definitely say yes to the question, “Do you
boyfriend try on suits. As he ob- grooming. more expensive want fries with that?”
sessed over sleeve length and And, sure, it’s than yours and I
stitching I thought to myself, nice to have a mate won’t even get in-
Read more of
hang on a minute — wasn’t it who takes care of himself, but to his below the belt “manscap-
Jessica Napier’s columns
my job to be the best dressed when he accuses you of stealing ing.”
at metronews.ca/shesays
person in this relationship? his moisturizer and his suits en- But do women really want
Cartoon The law rings both ways
MICHAEL DE ADDER
Rules of the road KRISTEN THOMPSON/METRO
Letters
& Tweets
Re: For whom the bike
bell tolls, Jan. 24
VANCOUVER.The
policemen’s action was in-
timidating, but not unrea-
sonable. They were
investigating something
and someone was watch-
ing them. They didn’t What was the
know if this person was VANCOUVER.I would like to ried about “law-abiding
best concert
associated with the know why David Eby be- citizens” he may want to
camper. They also didn’t lieves he is above the law. acquaint himself with the you saw in 2010?
know if this person had Most people who choose rules of the road and actu-
Email
any weapons on him. So to use a bicycle to get ally be “law abiding” him-
they did their job as police around the Lower self. HERB BOLLHORST vancouverletters
officers to check this per- Mainland know they are @metronews.ca
son’s identity. required by law to have a VANCOUVER.I guess if bicy- Twitter
We have our rights, but red rear reflector, a white cle riders wanted to be
we also need to co-operate front light and a bell to treated equal — they got @vancouvermetro
with the police to make warn pedestrians and oth- their wish. Next time Mr.
the city a safer place for er cyclists of their Eby should invest in a Metro has the right to edit
all. SHERRY CHEN presence. If David is wor- bell. MARCELLO SODA letters and submissions.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
RioCan, Tanger $100M
Real estate. New apps
payout for
Google CEO
to expand
Eric Schmidt will collect
$100 million US in equity
mall empire from Google Inc. when he
steps aside as CEO, the com-
pany said yesterday. The
stock and stock options will
be granted on Feb. 2 and
will vest over four years.
American-style outlet centres unique in Canada, Schmidt, 55, who is report-
ed to be worth $5.45 billion
RioCan CEO says U.S. chains seek growth here US, will be replaced by
Google co-founder Larry
33 Page, 37, but will stay on as
The country’s largest re- is about an hour’s drive executive chairman.
tail landlord is teaming from Windsor, Ont., in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
with an American firm on Howell, Mich.
a $1-billion plan to devel- “Tanger’s top retail Market
op 10 to 15 outlet shop- The number of outlet partners are looking for moment
ping centres across malls Tanger runs in growth in the Canadian
Canada. 22 U.S. states, drawing market and it is our in- TSX Dollar
The joint venture 150-million shoppers tent to provide them with
would be owned 50-50 by each year. the outlet shopping cen-
Toronto-based RioCan Re- tre sites to meet their
al Estate Investment Trust let centres,” RioCan CEO needs,” said Steven Student developer Tony Brown displays his apps,
and Tanger Factory Outlet Edward Sonshine said. Tanger, the president and Newsy and NearBuy, last Tuesday in Columbia, Mo.
Centers Inc. of Greens- RioCan has ownership CEO of Tanger. + 89.01 + 0.08¢
boro, N.C. The properties interest in 296 retail prop- RioCan — Canada’s PATRICK T. FALLON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (13,347.58) (100.54¢ US)
would be branded as erties, including 10 under largest landlord to Doing his homework
Tanger Outlet Centers. development. It also has a Zellers stores — said this Oil Natural gas
1,000 cu ft
“In response to the in- 14 per cent equity inter- month it hopes to land
$4.650
creasing demand by U.S. est in Cedar Shopping several Target stores as The NearBuy application lets house seekers browse (+ 7.4¢)
tenants to expand into Centers, Inc., which oper- tenants when the Ameri- real estate listings in their area. Tony Brown created Gold
Canada, RioCan is pleased ates in the northeastern can discount retailer the app in 2008 as part of a contest with three other contracts
to partner with Tanger to United States. comes to Canada over students at the University of Missouri. He won a trip — $1.24 US $1,344.50
develop Canada’s first The closest Tanger Out- the next few years. to Apple headquarters and jobs offer from Google and ($87.87 US) (+ $3.50)
portfolio of U.S.-style out- let to the Canadian border THE CANADIAN PRESS other high-tech giants.
Toyota tops, but CN, union hammer
GM gains in China out labour deal
Toyota sold 8.42-million ing strong, and it’s a sure CN Rail and the Canadian ing committees to get
vehicles globally in 2010, sign of its re-emergence,” Auto Workers reached a through it,” Chernecki
remaining the world’s top said Yasuaki Iwamoto, au- tentative labour agree- said.
automaker for the third to analyst with Okasan Se- ment yesterday just hours The union represents
year straight, the company curities Co. in Tokyo. before nearly 4,000 union- 3,400 shopcraft, office,
reported yesterday. GM also said yesterday ized workers were pre- clerical and mechanical
General Motorsalso re- that it sold 2.35-million ve- pared to strike. workers at the Montreal-
leased a new tally yester- hicles in China, about Bob Chernecki, assis- based railway along with
day for its global 2010 136,000 more than it sold tant to CAW president 575 owner-operator truck
sales, at 8.39 million vehi- in the U.S., with China Ken Lewenza, said a deal drivers for CNTL, a CN
cles, a dramatic 12 per sales surging 29 per cent. was struck after the union subsidiary. Voting is slated
cent rebound from 7.48 Toyota, on the other issued a 72-hour notice to begin next week and
million vehicles the year hand, grew slower in Chi- that a strike could begin wrap up within three
before. na than GM, partly be- after midnight yesterday weeks.
The race between the cause it lacks the U.S. night. The CAW’s focus now
two giants appears to be automaker’s extensive “There were a lot of turns to Canadian Pacific,
getting close, with the model lineup such as tough issues that we where 2,100 mechanical
chance GM could once large-size sedans, Iwamoto worked our way through service workers are poised
again rise to the top. said. and a sheer determination to walk off the job.
“General Motors is go- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on the part of the bargain- THE CANADIAN PRESS
scene
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
What Hollywood
2
has to offer in 2011
scene There are plenty of options out there for filmgoers Superhero movies aren’t going away
anytime soon Tinsel town also shows its love of sequels, animated films, 3-D and aliens
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With 2010 behind us, and
the Oscars and the Razzies
getting ready to sort out
the best and the worst
from last year, it’s time to
Oprah Winfrey look ahead at what we’re
says she's excited about for 2011. So
learned she has a what’s on tap? For one The Adjustment Bureau
half-sister she thing you can expect more stars Matt Damon and
never knew comic book adaptations, Emily Blunt.
about. with Marvel putting two
Winfrey more parts of its eventual
announced on Avengers movie out into The guys from The Hangover are back for another adventure.
The Oprah Win- the world. But more than
frey Show that anything else, 2011 looks
aired yesterday to be filled with the ghosts The sheer number of Spy Kids 4: All the Time in Kumar Christmas (Decem-
that a of franchises past, with a sequels coming out in the the World (August 19), Fi- ber 23). Of course, the
Milwaukee dizzying number of se- next 12 months is nal Destination 5 (August most attention will be on
woman named quels ready for release. dizzying: Scream 4 (April 26), Piranha 3-DD (Septem- the finale that is Harry Pot-
Patricia 15), Pirates of the ber 16), Paranormal Activi- ter and The Deathly
discovered that For the fanboys Caribbean: On Stranger ty 3 (October 21), Happy Hallows — Part 2 (July 15)
the two were While superheroes will be Tides (May 20), The Hang- Feet 2 (November 18), Mis- and the beginning of the
half-sisters. out in force with Thor over 2 (May 26), Kung Fu sion Impossible: Ghost Pro- end of the Twilight series,
The woman (May 6), X-Men: First Class Panda 2 (May 27), Cars 2 tocol, another Sherlock The Twilight Saga: Break-
says she had (June 3), The Green (June 24), Transformers: Holmes movie (December ing Dawn — Part 1 Thor leads the charge of
been searching Lantern (June 17) and Cap- Dark of the Moon (July 1), 16) and A Very Harold & (November 18). superhero movies in 2011.
for years for the tain America: The First
identity of the Avenger (July 22), the most
mother who exciting comics-to-screen Neil Patrick Harris leads an lish-language edition of
gave her up for jump is Cowboys and all-star cast in bringing The Girl With the Dragon
adoption in Aliens (July 29), starring The Smurfs (August 3) into Tattoo (December 21). Matt
1963. She says Harrison Ford and Daniel the real world, and Steven Damon and Emily Blunt go
she learned in Craig as, well, cowboys. Spielberg brings one of Eu- on the run in the thriller
2007 that Fighting aliens. What’s not rope’s great animated The Adjustment Bureau
Winfrey was her to love? And speaking of characters to the big (March 4), based on a short
half-sister. On aliens, the Comic-Con screen with The Adven- story by Phillip K. Dick.
her program, crowd gets to cheer itself tures Of Tintin: The Secret And Damon shows up
Winfrey says she on in Paul (March 18), in Of The Unicorn (December again in Stephen Soder-
learned about which Shaun of the Dead 28). And Martin Scorsese bergh’s Contagion (Octo-
Patricia last No- stars Simon Pegg and Nick The Smurfs come to the big screen in August. breaks new ground with ber 21), about a team of
vember. Frost come across an extra Hugo Cabret (December 9), doctors dealing with the
Winfrey says terrestrial (voiced by Seth about a 12-year-old outbreak of a devastating
she was nine Rogen) on their way to the action with Sucker Punch mind-bending effects. Parisian orphan in the disease. And for folks look-
years old and liv- annual San Diego geek- (March 25), about a group 1930s. ing for a laugh, James
ing with her fa- fest. of young women (Vanessa For the kids Franco and Danny McBride
ther when her Hudgens, Jenna Malone, The new year has some For the grown-ups... head back to medieval
mother had the For the fangirls Abbie Cornish) in a mental high-quality kids enter- There’s plenty to entertain times to rescue a princess
daughter and After 300 and The Watch- hospital who escape to a tainment on tap, including adults as well, as David in Your Highness (April 8).
gave her up for men, director Zack Snyder fantasy world filled with some titles that might Fincher follows up The So- (Note, all release dates are
adoption. She is letting the girls in on the guns, explosions and make parents nostalgic: cial Network with an Eng- subject to change.)
says she never
even knew her
mother was
Twilight: Eclipse rakes in the Razzie nominations
pregnant.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NED the hugely popular Twi- racked up nominations for and the City 2, who share a
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METRO WORLD NEWS IN LOS ANGELES Last Airbender for the nod for worst actress while Gerard Butler (The Bounty
most nominations, with Robert Pattinson and Tay- Hunter) and Ashton Kutch-
Nominations for the 31st each film up for nine dubi- lor Lautner go head-to- er (nominated for both
annual Razzie Awards, cel- ous honours, including head for worst actor. Killers and Valentine’s Day)
ebrating the worst in film worst picture. Also up for Stewart’s competition in- are also up for worst actor.
for 2010, were announced worst picture is The Boun- cludes Jennifer Aniston for As is tradition, the Razz-
Real upheaval in television
talk world with Oprah, Larry yesterday, just ahead of the ty Hunter, Sex and the City The Bounty Hunter, Miley ies will be handed out in Robert Pattinson and
and now Regis exiting highly anticipated Acade- 2 and the Twilight parody Cyrus for The Last Song, Hollywood the night be- Kristen Stewart are both
my Award nominations. Vampire’s Suck. Megan Fox for Jonah Hex fore the Oscars, this year up for Razzies.
Eclipse, the third film in The Eclipse crew also and all four stars of Sex on Feb. 26.