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PHILADELPHIA January 4-6, 2013 [email protected] WEEKEND ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’ stars face fears {pages 12-13} films television local We’re down for some more ‘Downton’ {page 11} Arrest made in first murder of 2013 {page 02} Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen on trying to reach audiences, on knowing what to do (and what not to do) with recurring characters and on staying true to themselves A look at the colorful guest stars who have populated this strange place {pages 08-10} Why Portland just isn’t big enough for ‘ Portlandia’
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PHILADELPHIAJanuary 4-6, [email protected]
WEEKEND
‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’stars face fears {pages 12-13}
filmstelevisionlocal
We’re down for somemore ‘Downton’ {page 11}
Arrest made in firstmurder of 2013 {page 02}
Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen on trying to reach audiences, on knowing what to do (and what not to do) with recurring characters and on staying true to themselves A look at the colorful
guest stars who have populated this strange place {pages 08-10}
Why Portland just isn’t
big enough for
‘Portlandia’
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Pennsylvania took in$2.47 billion in slot-ma-chine gaming revenuefor 2012, a 2.7-percentrise from 2011’s grossrevenue. The figuremarked the sixth year ina row gaming revenuehas risen. Slot-machinetax dollars generated bySugarHouse, Philly’sonly casino, sawespecially great gains,growing more than 11percent. METRO/AW
Girl succumbs togunshot woundsLANCASTER COUNTY. A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girlwho on New Year’s Eve wasstruck in the head by astray bullet, apparentlyfrom celebratory gunfire,died on Thursday, accord-ing to a report from TheIntelligencer Journal-Lancaster New Era.
Aaliyah Boyer waswatching fireworks with
family members outside aMaryland home when shecollapsed, police told thepaper. Those accompany-ing her thought she had hither head and did not real-ize she was shot untilmedics arrived.
Boyer was rushed toChristiana Hospital in
Newark, Del., and latertransferred to A.I. DupontChildren’s Hospital inWilmington. She was onlife support beforesuccumbing to her injuriesThursday morning.
Despite multiple inter-views with nearbyresidents, police have notyet discovered who firedthe fatal bullet. METRO
Homicides up tofive as of Jan. 3PHILADELPHIA. Two peoplewere shot Wednesdaynight – one of them fatally– and investigators discov-
ered a body inside a burn-ing car, bringing this year’shomicide count to five as ofJan. 3.
A 42-year-old man wasshot in the thigh and legaround 6:30 p.m. onWednesday, reportedly in-side a minivan, thendumped onto the 6600block of North 12th Streetin East Oak Lane, policesaid. The victim is hospital-ized in critical condition atAlbert Einstein MedicalCenter.
Firefighters extinguish-ing a burning van on the3300 block of North 19thStreet in Tioga shortly after
11:15 p.m. found a man’sbody in the backseat,according to investigators.
Police said the victim,who has not yet been iden-tified, was bound with ducttape around his hands andfeet. His cause of death isnot yet known.
Authorities were calledto a homicide atHaddington Lane andEdgewood Street inOverbrook shortly beforemidnight.
A 30-year-old man wasshot once in the head anddied on the scene. He hasnot yet been identified.
METRO
In the news
Fire breaks out at home ofsuspect in New Year’s deathAs officials prepare topush their crime-fightingefforts into full gear for2013, an 18-year-old hasbeen charged with al-legedly shooting thisyear’s first homicide vic-tim, according to police.
Kamonne Jordan, 18,lived on the 5600 block ofCarpenter Street, where16-year-old Jaymire Rustinwas killed in the earlyhours of Jan. 1.
Jordan was arrestedyesterday and charged to-day in connection withRustin’s death.Authorities said the vio-lence was sparked by anargument.
In a strange twist,Jordan’s house caught firearound 1:30 a.m. thismorning in a blaze inves-tigators have deemed“suspicious.”
One woman was hospi-talized for smoke inhala-tion, according to fireofficials. Police said noother injuries were re-ported.
Jordan is charged withmurder, reckless endan-germent and firearms of-fenses, court documentsshow.
His preliminary hear-ing has been set for Jan.16.
Investigators said theydo not yet know whetherthe fire was related toRustin’s homicide orJordan’s arrest. Residentsof the block onWednesday expressed
fears of retaliatory vio-lence following the crimeand begged for officials toaddress the availability offirearms on the streets.
“The most seriousproblem facing the city ofPhiladelphia is the prolif-eration and availability ofthese illegal weapons,”
Mayor Michael Nuttersaid in statement. “Weneed additional flexibilityto target and removethem from our streets. I
intend to step up our ef-forts locally and you willhear from us about addi-tional proposed efforts toaddress this issue at thecity, the state and the fed-eral level.”
He said new measureswill be announced soon inaddition to a 12-pointcrime-fighting plan thecity unveiled a year agothat included cash incen-tives for public coopera-tion, a text hotline fortips, additional policeclasses, more funding forvictim and witness assis-tance programs and avideo surveillance part-nership with local busi-nesses.
Kamonne Jordan, 18, arrested in connection with murder of 16-year-old Fireofficials have deemed blaze ‘suspicious’ Neighbors feared retaliatory violence
‘One toomany’Officials on Thursdayspoke out about 2012’shomicide rate, which wasthe highest since MayorMichael Nutter took officein 2008.
Crime overall actuallydropped, including shoot-ings, but more of thoseshootings were fatal. Thestatistic has beenattributed to the prolifera-tion of firearms, especially
high-powered assault ri-fles and those with high-capacity magazines.
“2012 recorded thelowest number of shoot-ing victims in more than adecade, and we saw adrop of 4 percent in [vio-lent and property] crime,”Commissioner CharlesRamsey said in astatement. “Murder, how-ever, continues to be aproblem, with seven morehomicides recorded overlast year. One murder isone too many.”
“Murder,however,continues to be a problem, withseven morehomicidesrecorded overlast year. Onemurder is one too many. “RAMSEY
Quoted
Alex Wigglesworth [email protected]
By the numbers
9%Nine percent fewer peo-ple were shot in 2012than in 2011, thoughhomicides rose morethan 2 percent.
4%Violent and propertycrimes dropped 4 per-cent in 2012 from 2011,according to a state-ment from Commis-sioner Charles Ramsey.
RIKARD LARMA
Memorial posters and candles were left near the house where the city’s first murder victim
was gunned down this week. It is the same house that caught fire Thursday morning.
“The mostseriousproblem facingthe city ofPhiladelphia is theproliferationand availabilityof these illegalweapons.”NUTTER
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Charges droppedagainst allegedSEPTA shooterPHILADELPHIA. Prosecutorson Thursday droppedcharges against one of twobrothers accused of shoot-ing two people on a SEPTAel platform in Decemberduring an argument over a
Sixers game.Eric Early, 17, who was
arrested Dec. 17, will nolonger face trial forattempted murder, assaultand related offenses. Thosecharges were withdrawnduring a status hearing onThursday due to lack of evi-dence, according to courtdocuments.
Early’s 18-year-old
brother, Matthew, thealleged gunman who wasarrested Dec. 30, remainsjailed at the Curran-Fromhold CorrectionalFacility on $5 million bail.He is still set to be tried ontwo counts each ofattempted murder, aggra-vated assault, reckless en-dangerment and weaponscharges. METRO
News in brief
Fatal fire highlightsneed for additionaloutreach, education
A man was killed Thursdaymorning as a fast-movingfire tore through his homeon the 5800 block ofHoffman Avenue inKingsessing, officials said.
Flames broke out at thehome shortly before 11:15a.m. and claimed the life ofthe man, believed to be inhis 50s, according to FireCommissioner Lloyd Ayers.
“We had a family, amother and father thatwas trying to do a lot ofthings themselves — reno-vations, things like that —and it wasn’t good,” Ayerssaid. “It was a real bad en-vironment, and you walkin and you can see exten-sion cords everywhere,they’re using electricalheaters, there’s no central
heating — those are placeswe walk in and say the riskfor fires is tremendous.”
He said the house hadworking smoke detectorsthat alerted the victim’swife, but her husband wasstill unable to make it tosafety.
“He actually had achance to get out,” Ayerssaid. “She was out and shesaw him coming down thestairs, and for some reasonhe went back inside. We’renot sure why.”
Fire fatalities are moreprevalent in less wealthyneighborhoods where resi-dents may lack the propersafety awareness and edu-cation. They’re also morelikely to take the lives ofpeople aged 50 and older,according to Ayers.
The fire department isnow focusing a great dealof energy on preventionand education, Ayers saidThursday.
“People 50 andabove, they tookmost of thepunishment asrelated to firedeaths last year.We lost a lotpeople there.”AYERS
RIKARD LARMA/METRO
Union calling on mayor to honor contractMembers of firefighters union Local 22 and their supporters held a rally onThursday to once again call on Mayor Michael Nutter to honor the 2008contract twice awarded to them through arbitration and once affirmed by acourt ruling. As the city appeals the terms for a third time, the union this weekbegan negotiating a new contract for the next four years. METRO/AW
Union. Rally
Local 22 President Bill Gault, right, stands with rally organizer John Fritz and Diane Neary,
the mother of firefighter Lt. Robert Neary, who was killed in April battling a blaze.
Quoted
Alex Wigglesworth [email protected]
Kingsessing man killed in fast-moving blazeCouple was believed to be renovating home
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Twenty days after the mas-sacre that left 20 first-graders and seven adultsdead at Sandy HookElementary School inConnecticut, plunging arural New England townand the nation into grief,classes resumed onThursday for the morethan 400 students wholived through the harrow-ing assault.
Across Newtown’ssprawling Sandy Hookneighborhood where theattack took place, chil-dren bundled boardedbuses decked in theirschool colors for the sev-en-mile journey to theirnew school.
Chalk Hill MiddleSchool, an unused schoolin the neighboring townof Monroe, was refur-bished specifically for thestudents from Newtownand now bears a new butfamiliar name — SandyHook Elementary School.
Students on packedbuses waved at clusters ofphotographers, and TVcameras gathered at streetcorners along the busroute. Heightened securi-ty measures meant mediawas kept well away, butfrom a small plane abovethe new school, childrengetting off buses wereseen running, hoppingand skipping through thedoors.
A steady stream of par-
ents’ cars were seenpulling up to drop stu-dents off at the main en-trance, where they weregreeted by a dark-suited
official.Anca Roberto, 35, put
her 5-year-old daughter, akindergartner, on the busnot far from the old SandyHook school, which re-mains a bullet-riddledcrime scene closed toeveryone but police.
Roberto said she hadbeen nervous about thereturn to school untilWednesday, when she andher daughter attended anopen house at the new lo-cation. Her daughter wasthrilled to find her cubbyintact, moved from theold school, and she“screeched” when she sawher friends. REUTERS
Penn State has tough battle
Accused rapistsin India charged,victim’s fathercalls for hangingNEW DELHI. Five Indian menwere formally charged incourt on Thursday with thegang rape and murder of aphysiotherapy student in acase that has generatedwidespread anger about thegovernment’s inability toprevent violence. The attackprovoked furious protestsclose to the seat ofgovernment in New Delhi.REUTERS
Gov. faces obstacles Actor dodges taxesPolice have evidence
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New Sandy Hookschool opens
This sign welcoming children from Sandy Hook Elementary
School sits on the road in Monroe, Conn., on Jan. 3.
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Safest schoolWith safety foremost onthe minds of parentsand officials, the schoolhas been outfitted witha new security system.Monroe PoliceDepartment officerswere patrolling thegrounds, and all outsidedoorways and sidewalkswere under surveillance.
Penn St. lawsuit ‘is a long shot’PENNSYLVANIA. Targetingthe National CollegiateAthletic Association maybe popular politicallywhere Penn State footballis widely loved, but a fed-eral court might rule thatthe state lacks standing tobring the lawsuit in thefirst place, experts said.The Republican governorof Pennsylvania, TomCorbett, said Wednesdaythat he would file a law-suit to overturn NCAApunishments imposed onPenn State in the wake ofthe Sandusky scandal.REUTERS
Russia awardscitizenship to taxexile DepardieuMOSCOW. Russian PresidentVladimir Putin has grant-ed citizenship to GerardDepardieu, the Frenchmovie star who is quittinghis homeland to avoid atax hike on the rich, theKremlin said on Thursday.The actor bought a houseacross the border inBelgium last year to avoida new tax rate for million-aires in France planned bySocialist PresidentFrancois Hollande but saidhe could also seek tax ex-ile elsewhere. REUTERS
Clinton plansto return to workNEW YORK. Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton isresting at home inChappaqua, N.Y., afterbeing treated for a bloodclot. She plans to returnto her office next week,
the State Departmentsaid on Thursday.
Clinton, 65, has suf-fered a series ofailments over the lastmonth including a stom-ach virus, a concussionand a blood clot in avein behind her rightear. She was releasedfrom New YorkPresbyterian Hospital on Wednesday. REUTERS
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IShould not be surprised. Big plansare in the air in D.C. right now. Asoften happens when a sittingpresident wins a second term, theCapitol crowd is heading into the
New Year with many grand notionsabout addressing chronic problems.Massive schemes are in the works todeal with immigration, gun control,the debt ceiling, unemployment — andon and on the list goes. And theproponents of these plans, like mywife with her clippers, are alldreaming of grand “let’s fix it once andfor all” solutions.
That’s not going to happen. At leasthistory suggests it won’t.
Why? Most problems inWashington, like puppies,start off small. Theybounce around from onecommittee to the next.
They get chased down Congressionalcorridors, studied and debated. And theysteadily grow, until by the time Congressdecides to neuter them, they are big,fierce Malamutes which have no interestin a trip to the vet’s office. To be sure,virtually every one of these big ticket is-sues being bandied about right nowhave been discussed by previous admin-istrations and earlier Congresses, whichfound years ago that they were alreadytoo big to be corrected with one piece ofsweeping legislation.
Which is why in the coming year vot-ers may want to look not so much forbig strides from Washington, as forsmall steps. Those get fewer headlines tobe sure, but incremental improvementshave a way of adding up againstseemingly insurmountable problems.And shaving the dog is not always a solu-tion.
– CNN’s Tom Foreman is a regular on“AC360°”/www.ac360.com and “The
Situation Room.”
Metro does not endorse the opinions of the author, or any opinions expressed on its pages.
SHAVING THE DOGMy wife has announced her priori-ties for 2013, and the first item onthe list is shaving the dog. We havea sheltie named Nola. She is a lovelycritter, but in winter she drops herouter layers faster than Prince Harryin a pool hall. “She’ll look like awhippet,” I protested as Nola cow-ered, no doubt wondering why wewere eyeing her so closely. “But I’mvacuuming up fur every 20 min-utes,” my wife replied. I said, “She’llbe cold.” She: “Buy her a sweater.”
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Transoceanto pay $1.4Bfor role ingulf oil spill WASHINGTON. Offshore rigcontractor TransoceanLtd. has agreed to pay$1.4 billion to settle U.S.government chargesarising from BP Plc.’smassive oil spill in theGulf of Mexico in 2010.
The settlementunveiled on Thursday bythe Department ofJustice includes $1billion in civil penaltiesand $400 million incriminal penalties. Thecompany had set aside
$1.95 billion in potentiallosses related to theMacondo well disaster,including $1.5 billion forits anticipated DoJ settle-ment.
Still to be reached is aTransocean settlementwith the Macondo plain-tiffs steering committeethat represents morethan 100,000 individualsand business ownersclaiming economic andmedical damages fromthe spill.
UBS analyst AngieSedita said the ultimatecost of Macondo toTransocean could end upbeing more than $4 bil-lion, including a dealwith the plaintiffs thatmay take “years toresolve.” Last year, BPreached an estimated$7.8 billion deal toresolve its liability withthe plaintiffs.
Shares of Transoceanwere up 7 percent at$49.46 in afternoon trad-ing on the New YorkStock Exchange, whilethe cost of insuringTransocean debt fellsharply. REUTERS
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Fred Armisen andCarrie Brownsteinwanted to take thecomic characters
they developed in the firsttwo seasons of sketch com-edy show “Portlandia”someplace new.
Playing themselves,Armisen and Brownsteinventure to Seattle to re-
cruit prospective Portlandresidents (and end up withChloe Sevigny as a newroommate); as Toni andCandace, they investigate anegative review on Yelp,which requires them to ac-tually leave their feministbookstore. Even Spyke —Armisen’s ever-cynical andhyper-local hipster bikemessenger character —takes his crusade to “takeback MTV” to New YorkCity on Friday’s premiere.
But Armisen andBrownstein say that put-ting their characters in dif-ferent locales is only partof the new direction for“Portlandia.”
“This year we were allabout making it less con-
ceptual and moreabout ‘Who are thesepeople?’ and then‘Which of these sce-narios do they lend
themselves to?’ likeputting a handful of
characters in conflict,”says Brownstein.
It seems like “Portlan-dia” itself is in conflict.What began as a nichesketch show that
skewered a city known forits quiet eccentricities hasstruck a universal chord.From the Season 1 launchto the Season 2 premiere,the show saw a 39 percentincrease in viewers. Notbad for a show that’s justas apt to cast indie rockmusicians as comedic ac-tors. In between seasons 2and 3, they toured a liveshow that featured asmany earnest musical per-formances as it did come-dy bits. Armisenacknowledges that theshow has a bit of an identi-ty crisis, but he says it’s lib-erating.
“I want to reach manypeople,” he says. “It’s acomedy show, and I guesstechnically it’s a varietyshow because there’s mu-sic in it. And so I have nolimitations on it.”
But Armisen bristles atany insinuation that “Port-landia” is a place where hecan put ideas that wouldbe “too weird” for that oth-er comedy show he’s on,“Saturday Night Live.”
“There are things on‘Portlandia’ that arebroad,” he argues. “It’shard to classify what some-thing is, but ‘SNL’ histori-cally has done some weirdstuff and I would say thatthat show has allowed meto do some very weirdthings that I can’t believe
I’ve gotten away with.”Brownstein says they
have focused on certaincharacters throughout theseasons not becausethey’re reliable for audi-ences, but because of thepossibilities they present.
“I’m really not totallyinterested in crowd re-sponse as a means of gaug-ing what to do next,creatively. ... You can justreally go down a rabbithole with that, like tryingto think from a marketingor network standpoint,”she says. “It kind of has tostem from the charactersthat we feel the most in-vested in.”
Expanding the world of
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein on getting bigger and avoiding growingpains Why you can expect to see more of your favorite characters from the
first two seasons and why you may find them in places outside of Oregon
‘Portlandia’
Tune in
“Portlandia” premieresFriday at 10:30 p.m. on IFC.
“I’m really not totally interested incrowd response as a means of gaugingwhat to do next, creatively.” BROWNSTEIN
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MEGAN HOLMES / IFC
No sellouts
The bigger,the betterThe night before thisinterview, we spot-ted Armisen at the12.12.12 concert inMadison SquareGarden, taking insome of the biggestacts in music. He sayshe is not at all likeSpyke, that characterof his who becomesenraged when some-body he doesn’t ap-prove of joins in on atrend.
“Even at my mostpunk, as a teenager, Iembraced thebiggest bands,” hesays. “I remember inhigh school, one ofthe biggest bandswas The Police, andto me, I didn’t care,and I never used theword ‘sellout.’ I lovedThe Police! I wouldlove my DeadKennedys and BadBrains records, andat the same time Iembraced going tosee huge bands. Idon’t subscribe toany theory that ‘bigis a bad thing.’ Infact, it’s theopposite.It’s great!”
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The citizens of Portlandiawelcome you
Over three seasons, FredArmisen and Carrie Brownsteinhave invited plenty of their friendsinto the land of knot stores andretired 20-somethings A lookback of some of the city’s mostaccomplished ‘residents’
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Aimee Mann, Sarah McLachlan, Jenny Conlee (The Decemberists), Colin Meloy (The Decemberists), James Mercer (The Shins, Broken Bells), CorinTucker (Sleater-Kinney)
Jason Sudeikis Sam Adams (mayor ofPortland), Gus Van Sant(director)
Kyle MacLachlan, JamesCallis (“BattlestarGallactica”), Jeff Goldblum,Kumail Nanjiani, EdwardJames Olmos, ShohrehAghdashloo, Jack McBrayer,Sean Hayes, Amber Tamblyn,Ed Begley Jr., Tim Robbins
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam),Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse),Annie Clark (St. Vincent),Joanna Newsom, RobinPecknold (Fleet Foxes),Johnny Marr (TheSmiths), Steve Jones(The Sex Pistols)
AndySamberg,KristenWiig
Sam Adams (may-or of Portland),Ronald D. Moor (producerof “Battlestar Gallactica”), Miranda July (con-ceptual artist, director, actress), LaMarcusAldridge (Portland Trailblazers basketballteam member), Penny Marshall (director, ac-tress), Greg Louganis (Olympic diver)
Chloe Sevigny, Roseanne Barr,Rose Byrne, Juliette Lewis, KyleMacLachlan, Jeff Goldblum, KumailNanjiani, Matt Berry (“The ITCrowd”), Jim Gaffigan, MattLucas (“Little Britain”), PattonOswalt, George Wendt
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After World War I,England enters a period ofrecovery: In Season 2, thelords and ladies ofDownton Abbey — andtheir loyal servants — hadsurvived the Great War, aswell as the Spanish flupandemic. “The warbrought a tremendous dis-ruption to England andtook many, many familiesof all sorts,” says“Downton” creator JulianFellowes, whose characterswere nonetheless not im-mune to the casualties ofwar. He explains, “Therewere those few years whenpeople were trying to de-cide: ‘Was the world goingto be the same as it was be-fore? Was the future goingto be completely differ-ent?’ And that’s really thetheme of the series.”
The fate of DowntonAbbey is in question: A fi-nancial crisis at the handsof Robert, Earl of
Grantham (Hugh Bonne -ville), potentially spells theend of his great house, hisfamily’s standing and ser-vants’ livelihoods. “[Afterthe war], it was a toss-up inmany [estate-owning] fami-lies as to whether or not itwas worth the struggle togo on,” Fellowes says.
As the upstairs/down-stairs way of life for thisentitled British clan andtheir employees becomesmore difficult to maintain,the American Cora,Countess of Grantham
(Elizabeth McGovern), willprove to be the most adeptin adjusting to the chang-ing times.
“Cora is less afraid ofthe future than Robert is,”Fellowes says. “And nowyou’ll start to see moreand more of that becauseshe’s less afraid of express-ing [her American sensibil-ities]. If anyoneunderstands the worldthat’s coming, it’s Cora.”
Things to knowabout ‘DowntonAbbey’ Season 33
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Cora’s mother is a force to bereckoned withMartha Levinson arrivesfrom Long Island for thewedding of her grand -daughter, Lady Mary(Michelle Dockery), andlong-lost Downton heir,Matthew Crawley (Dan
Stevens). Martha has themoney to save the estate,but an American attitudethat clashes with the old-school Granthams. ShirleyMac Laine brings a steelywit to the role, which doesnot seem like such a stretchfor the acclaimed actress.
“It was an extraordinaryexperience for me in stami-
na and in work ethic,because we were shootingoutside in the rain and inthe wind with our formalgear on and nobodyseemed to notice,” Mac -Laine recalls. “So I quicklystepped right in there andacted like I didn’t notice ei-ther. I had a fabulous time. Iwill never forget it.”
“Downton Abbey” Season 3 premieres
Sunday at 9 p.m. on PBS.
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12 films
Alexandra Daddarioand Trey Songz,the stars of thenew “Texas
Chainsaw 3D,” talk to usabout joining the long-run-ning horror franchise, theperils of being in a scarymovie and how theiropinions of chainsaws have changed.
This is not the first“Texas Chainsaw”movie. How many ofthe previous filmshave you seen?Trey Songz: I’veseen three.Alexandra Daddario:I’ve seen two. I thinkTrey is more of a hor-ror fan than I am. Iget scared really easi-ly. But I watched theJessica Biel version andthe original before I didthis movie.
Being a horror fan, what’syour dream way to getoffed in a horror movie?TS: I mean, the ultimatething in a horror movie isto make it through, so.[Laughs] But my dreamway to get done in? I don’tknow. In “Saw” therewere so many creativeways to die. That’s whatI really liked about thefilm, that it could actu-ally happen if some-body was that crazy.But I haven’tdreamed of ways ofdying recently.[Laughs]Acting in a horror
movie, you’re doing alot of running and
screaming. How exhaust-ing is that compared to a
less horrific movie?AD: Definitely, being an ac-tress, part of what youhave to do is try to stay in
as best shape as you can. Iknew that I was going to avery hot place — we shotin Louisiana in July andAugust, so I prepared. I didhot yoga and I sort of triedto prepare so I wouldn’tpass out on set, and I madeit through.Having done this movienow, would you say you’reboth more or less afraid ofchain saws?
BORN TO DIE
TreySongz
Trey Songz and Alexandra Daddario, stars of ‘Texas Chainsaw3D,’ tell us how they survived shooting a punishing bloodfest
“I think I’vealways probablybeen scared ofchain saws, butI’ve never reallyencountered achain saw untilthis movie.”DADDARIO
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Alexandra Daddario
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‘Promised Land’
Director: Gus Van SantCast: Matt Damon, JohnKrasinski, FrancesMcDormandRating: RGrade: �����“Promised Land” is one ofthose message moviesyou know is going to endwith a big speech, so youjust hope it’s an entertain-ing ride until the final ora-tion. In this case, themovie let its sense ofearnestness overpowerthe entertainment. It hasgood, likable actors in astory that might havebeen better served in doc-umentary form, ratherthan the contrived dramapresented here.
It is the kind of formu-laic filmmaking that keptthe joy away. Maybe theyfell into formula to makepeople feel comfortablewith the amount of infothey’re being fed. It’s hardto make talk of watertable pollution dramatic,and while “PromisedLand” makes an attemptby giving much of theheavy lifting to HalHolbrook, the Grand OldMan of the cast, it’s stillonly as dramatic as a high
school science class lecture.RICHARD CROUSE
‘The Impossible’Director: Juan AntonioBayonaCast: Naomi Watts, EwanMcGregor, Tom HollandRating: PG-13Grade: �����After a tsunami wipes outtheir Thai resort, an English
family are separated fromone another with Maria(Watts) and her oldest sonleft wondering if herhusband Henry (McGregor)and their two youngestsongs are still alive. Based ona true story, director JuanAntionio Bayona (“TheOrphanage”) creates someof the year’s most viscerallythrilling scenes during theinitial tidal wave and its im-mediate aftermath. But thefilm peaks early and the en-suing search for family mem-bers and flip-floppingpoints-of-view prove anticli-mactic — and, for the cynicsout there, a tad maudlin.Nevertheless, McGregor,Watts and Tom Holland, whoplays their oldest son, dotheir best with the material.
IAN GORMELY
TS: I would say chain sawsare petrifying. AD: Yes. I think I’ve alwaysprobably been scared ofchainsaws, but I’ve neverreally encountered a chainsaw until this movie.TS: It was like a whole rowof them on set. ... I crept offinto the trailer that you’renot supposed to be in andtouched them, and theywere kind of like not dull.[Laughs]AD: Yeah, they’re realchain saws.
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“Promised Land”
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FOCUS FEATURES
Dressing ingredients:1⅔ cups fresh cilantro
(from about ½ bunch),long, thick stemsremoved
¾ cup roasted, unsaltedpeanuts
⅓ cup Sriracha sauce2 tablespoons finely
grated lime zest (fromabout three mediumlimes)
¼ cup freshly squeezedlime juice (from aboutthree medium limes)
¼ cup toasted sesame oil1 tablespoon packed
dark brown sugar2 medium garlic cloves1½ teaspoons kosher salt
For the quinoa:2 cups quinoa, any color
or variety1 (14-ounce) can
unsweetened coconutmilk
1⅓ cups vegetable stockor low-sodiumvegetable broth
1 teaspoon kosher salt,plus more as needed
1 (14- to 16-ounce)package firm tofu
2 medium carrots 1 medium broccoli head
(about 1 pound)4 medium scallions2 tablespoons vegetable
oil
Directions:
1Place all of the dressingingredients in a food
processor fitted with ablade attachment. Processuntil smooth, scrapingdown the sides of thebowl as needed, aboutone minute; set aside.
2Rinse the quinoa in astrainer under cold wa-
ter until the water runsclear. Place in a largesaucepan; add the coconutmilk, vegetable broth andmeasured salt; stir to com-bine. Bring to a boil overmedium-high heat. Reducethe heat to low andsimmer, stirring occasional-ly, until the white outer cas-ings on the quinoa havepopped, revealing translu-cent little beads, about 15to 20 minutes.
3Meanwhile, line a largeplate with several layers
of paper towels. Drain thetofu, cut it into large dice,and place it in a single layeron the paper-towel-linedplate; set aside. Trim thecarrots and cut them into⅛-inch-thick rounds; setaside. Trim the stem of thebroccoli to ½ inch and cutthe head into 1-inch florets;set aside. Thinly slice thewhite and light green partsof the scallions; set aside.
4When the quinoa isready, remove it to a
large serving bowl and setaside. Wash the saucepan,fill it with water and seasongenerously with salt. Coverwith a tight-fitting lid andbring to a boil over highheat.
5Meanwhile, heat the oilin a large nonstick frying
pan over medium-highheat until shimmering. Addthe tofu and cook withoutstirring until the bottomsare golden brown, aboutfour minutes. (While the
tofu is cooking, line theplate you drained it on withfresh paper towels.) Flipand cook until the othersides are golden brown,about three to four minutesmore. Using a slottedspoon, remove to thepaper-towel-lined plate andseason with salt; set aside.
6Add the carrots to theboiling water and cook
until crisp-tender, abouttwo minutes. Using a slot-ted spoon, remove them tothe bowl with the quinoa.Return the water to a boil,add the broccoli and cookuntil crisp-tender, aboutthree minutes. Drain in acolander and place withthe quinoa and carrots.
7Add the cooked tofu,dressing and scallions to
the bowl and stir to com-bine. Garnish withadditional cilantro,peanuts, and scallions be-fore serving.
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Spicy ThaiCoconutQuinoa There are a bunch of ingre-dients, but don’t let that foolyou — this dish is still simpleenough for a weeknight din-ner, and you won’t use everypan in the house.
The key is to prepare theingredients as you cook: Thespicy peanut dressing comestogether in one minute —and while the quinoa sim-mers, cut the tofu and veg-etables (which take a fewminutes to cook).
Then toss everything to-gether for an easy, healthydinner or lunch for work.
Weekend
recipe
You start each New Year by swearing off fries and beer, but it’shard sticking with a healthy habit when you can’t figure out aguilt-free, tasty meal Consider this easy dish your new go-to
Eating right in 2013
Here’s your new guilt-free go-to.
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To garnishCoarsely choppedfresh cilantroCoarsely choppedroasted, unsaltedpeanutsSliced scallions
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A roundup of regrettablecelebrity permanent inkIn honor of the news
that Lil’ Wayne got“BAKED” tattooedabove his right eye
(Aren’t you glad he doesn't
have a real job? Can youimagine him sitting infront of HR?), The Word iscompiling some of theworst celebrity tattoos.
Hayden Panettiere’sside tattoo “Viveresenza rimipianti”should read “to livewithout regrets” inItalian. Sadly, theItalian word for “re-grets” is “rimpianti,”meaning her tat ismisspelled. So, yeah,about that whole “liv-ing without regrets”thing …
Perhaps the most famousof bad celebrity tattoo de-cisions was whenAngelina Jolie thoughtgetting her then-husband’s name in hugeletters on her arm wassmart. “Billy Bob” is nowgone from her arm — andpublic consciousness.
Lindsay Lohan’s “shh-hh” finger tattoo isn’treally working forher, is it?
Scarlett Johansson gotthis wrist tattoo lastyear. It has “I Love NY”written inside the“charm.” At this pointin her career, can’t sheafford a bracelet that’sremovable?
Megan Fox used to have ahuge tattoo of MarilynMonroe’s face on herinner arm, but she wisedup and had it removedthis year. “It’s traumaticand it’s incredibly painful.They can’t numb itenough to make the paingo away,” she told Jay Lenoon “The Tonight ShowWith Jay Leno” inFebruary about theremoval process.
Steve-O’s backfeatures a gianttattoo of his faceas he gives athumbs-up,which — nevermind, that’s pret-ty awesome.
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Checking in withThe Word’s readers tosee about their NewYear’s resolutions.
@BCMollySaidSoMy resolution is tomake it intotomorrow’s paper. Iguess the only way todo that is to lie. My res-olution: Go to the gym.
@cardiff_flyerTo banish Jose Cuervoevery weeknight, topublish a short story,and to tell my wife anddaughter “I love you”everyday.
@lisajablonstop eating snacks afterdinner and save moremoney (duh...)
@1stMorningReadTo Cut My Email Inboxdown from 4,896Unread Messages To 00
@KEArionWhere to start?! ReadAnna Karenina, quitonline dating, write ablog, startcomposting...
@Bosox428Briannot going to buy anymore pet camels. 7 isenough
@Everlong13My New YearsResolution was to nothave a New YearsResolution. As youmight have guessed,I’m caught in quite aparadox.
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Poll: ‘HungerGames’ and‘Hobbit’ are most-anticipated filmsof 2013This year will look a lotlike 2012 at the box office,with “The Hunger Games”and “The Hobbit” at thetop of cinemagoers’ must-see lists, according to asurvey by ticket-sellerFandango released on
Thursday. The second in-stallment in “The HungerGames” trilogy, “TheHunger Games: CatchingFire,” which is set for aNovember release, toppedthe list as 2013’s most-an-ticipated blockbuster.“The Hobbit: TheDesolation of Smaug,” di-rector Peter Jackson’s sec-ond installment in the“Hobbit” series of elvesand dwarves, ranked sec-ond. The superherothriller “Iron Man 3,” star-ring Robert Downey Jr.,ranked third on the listand is set for a May 3release. REUTERS
Springsteen to behonored asMusiCares Person of the Year
U.S. rocker BruceSpringsteen has beennamed MusiCares’ 2013Person of the Year inrecognition of his artisticachievements as well ashis philanthropic work,the Recording Academysaid on Wednesday.Springsteen, 63, will behonored at a Feb. 8 gala inLos Angeles hosted by co-median Jon Stewart andheld in conjunction with
the annual GrammyAwards, the recordingworld’s most prestigioushonors, which will behanded out on Feb. 10.REUTERS
‘Big Bang Theory’spawns new beespecies name“Big Bang Theory” physi-cist Dr. Sheldon Cooperhas a buzzy new claim tofame. The geeky TV char-acter has had a species ofbee named after hisfavorite catch phrase —“Bazinga!” Brazilian biol-
ogist Andre Nemesio saidhe named a species ofBrazilian orchid bee“Euglossa bazinga” inhonor of “the clever, fun-ny, ‘nerd’ characterSheldon Cooper” becausethe bee had tricked scien-tists for some time withits similarity to otherspecies. Steven Molaro,one of the executive pro-ducers of “The Big BangTheory,” said onWednesday that the CBScomedy was “always ex-tremely flattered whenthe science communityembraces our show.”REUTERS
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1: New mom and dad ClaireDanes and Hugh Dancywere spotted with their newbundle, son Cyrus, born onDec. 17, on Christmas Eve inNew York City.
2: Gwen Stefani uses herstroller for her purse andnot her son Zuma. The
threesome are seen here inPrimrose Hill in London onDec. 30.
3: Bethenny Frankel anddaughter Bryn were out andabout in New York City’sTribeca neighborhood onOct. 18.
4: Jessica Alba and daugh-ters Honor and Haven wentfor a stroll near ChelseaPiers on July 26 in New YorkCity.
5: Sarah Jessica Parker tookher twin girls, Tabitha andMarion, went for a walk inthe West Village on Sept. 19in New York City.
6: Tom Sturridge andSienna Miller also passedthrough the West Villagewith daughter MarloweSturridge on Nov. 25.
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+The holidays keepcoming at Le Virtu
The Passyunk restaurant is celebrating winter Abruzzo-stylewith an outdoor feast Want the real deal? Join them in Italy
Joe Cicala has done a sol-id job of introducingPhilly to the Abruzzo re-gion of Italy. The Le
Virtu executive chefsources cheese from thesheep farms there, andhe’s hosting La Cottora —an outdoor winter festival— later this month at thePassyunk hot spot. If youwant to get closer to thesource, Cicala and restau-rant owner Francis CratilCretarola will act as tourguides during a trip abroadin April. And though theD.C.-born chef seems moreat home talking aboutItaly, we’d be happy to takehis Philly tour as well.
We already miss theholidays — tell us about LaCottora.This is a variation on a tra-ditional Italian festival. It’sa communal thing where
the whole town getstogether, builds a bonfireand cooks sagne — a varia-tion on pasta fagioli. Theyall bring a pot and eat andtake food home to sustainthem throughout the win-ter. I invited my friendsGeorge Sabatino fromStateside and ScottSchroeder from AmericanSardine Bar and SouthPhilly Tap Room to comebe a part of it.If you were giving a Phillytour, what would youinclude?I’m not originally fromhere, so it would be hardfor me to give a true, au-thentic Philly experience. Iwould stay away fromcheesesteaks and Rocky,and I would include a lot ofthe colonial history. I loveto promote the resourcesfor food that we have. TheAmish are so close by, andthere are great farmers’markets.
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In April you and Le Virtu ownerFrancis CratilCretarola areoffering a tour ofAbruzzo. Whatwill that be like?
We go to Italy two orthree times a year formenu and cultureresearch. The tour is agood way to connectwith the restaurant’sguests.
We will only take 16people. We keep itsmall on purpose sothat it’s more intimate.You don’t get the sameexperience when you’reon a tour bus with 150people.
We’ll go to some ofthe vineyards where weget our wine and visitthe sheep farm that pro-vides 10 of the cheeseswe use.
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If you go
Le Virtu’s La Cottora fes-tival is Sunday, Jan. 20,5-9 p.m. All proceedsbenefit Project H.O.M.E.,a nonprofit that worksto end homelessness inPhiladelphia. For tickets,$70, visitwww.levirtu.com.
Keep thecocktail, skipthe sugar
What we’re drinkingthis week: The PerfectCosmo, a new low-calo-rie flavored vodka fromDevotion. (Yes, that’sthe same brand thatadded protein to vodkain the name of fitness— we’re trying to for-give more in 2013.)What it is: A citrus-fla-vored vodka designedto mix with cranberryjuice — which isn’t thatimpressive consideringyou can now buy vodkathat smells like cakebatter (can, not should,friends). But unlikesome of its flavoredpeers, this one is com-pletely sugar-free anddoesn’t contain gluten.The verdict: If you’re abartender with a mus-tache and/orsuspenders, The PerfectCosmo willinduce a WickedWitch-stylemeltdown. But ifyou’re not toocool to order aCosmo in thefirst place?Make roomfor this oneon yourshelf.
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David Stewart,known through-out the Scotch in-dustry as the
“modest man of whisky,”began working at TheBalvenie Distillery in 1962(that’s 50 years of Scotchdrinking, lucky man). Sowho better to ask for a fewtips on how to act like aScotch drinking pro.
Check the age: “If you’redrinking a 12, 15 or ayounger-blended whisky,
I’d recommend adding alittle bit of still, clean wa-ter at room temperature,”says Stewart. “The waterhelps to open up the aro-mas and the flavor of it.”Glassware helps: Stewartnotes that real Scotch prosuse a tulip-shaped glass,which has a small openingat the top to help to cap-ture the aroma. “Have asniff of it. Smell the niceflorals and sweetness be-fore sipping,” he instructs. Region influences taste:
“There are so many differ-ent flavors of Scotch,” henotes. “From the floral,sweet, honey flavors thatyou get from the Speysideregion of Scotland all theway to the smoky, peatyflavors that you get fromthe islands off the WestCoast. If you’re looking fora lighter experience, lookfor distilleries located inthe middle of the country.”
The longest-servingScotch malt mastershares his tips for drinking the best bottles
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High rollerIn honor of Stewart’s50th anniversary withthe company, BalvenieDistillery is releasing aspecial bottle called TheBalvenie Fifty, whichwas distilled in 1962.Just 88 bottles of TheBalvenie Fifty are avail-able with the cost of$30,000 per bottle.“Whisky evaporatesover the years. So whenit was filled in June1962, this cask held 350bottles. But with theevaporation, we wereleft with just 88 bottles.It’s so very rare that it’sworth the cost.”Dorothy Robinson
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MUSICReign SupremeSunday, 6:30 p.m.$10, First Unitarian Churchwww.r5productions.com
HospitalitySunday, 9 p.m.$10-$12, Johnny Brenda’swww.johnnybrendas.com
Action ItemSunday, 4 p.m.The TLA, $19www.livenation.com
ARTS‘Assistance’Through Feb. 3The Wilma Theaterwww.wilmatheater.orgThis dark comedy fromLeslye Headland follows20-something office assis-tants who work for a cor-porate tycoon far crazierthan your own boss.Catch it onstage beforeit’s onscreen — it’s beenoptioned for a series onNBC, with Will Ferrellsigning on as a producer.
SHOPPING & STYLEArcadia Holiday Hangover saleThrough Sunday819 N. Second St. &265 S. 20th St.www.arcadiaboutique.comNeed a little boost to headinto 2013? ArcadiaBoutique’s “HolidayHangover” sale scores you20 percent off all clothingand shoes, plus an extra25 percent off salemerchandise. The offer isavailable both in storesand online (use the promocode “Leftovers!” at check-out).
FOOD & DRINKGrilled Cheese & Craft Beer TastingMonday, 7 p.m.$45, World Cafe Livewww.worldcafelive.com
World Cafe Live andSmuttynose BrewingCompany have teamed upfor a noble quest: match-ing craft beers with theirgrilled cheese sandwichsoul mates. Love lives,people!
Sampan vs. Winter 2013124 S. 13th St.www.sampanphilly.comJust because it’s officiallyfrigid out there doesn’tmean you can’t grab adrink at Sampan’soutdoor Graffiti Bar.Equipped with spaceheaters and a clear roof —
the outdoor barequivalent of seriousUnder Armour — they’restill serving up drink spe-cials and bargain barsnacks. Winter, you’vebeen warned.
Brand New cocktails at Ela627 S. Third St.www.elaphilly.comListen here, rapidly aginglate-20-somethings: You’retoo old to go to a BrandNew show at this point.You are not, however, tooold to sip on cocktailsnamed after your favoriteband circa 2003. At QueenVillage’s Ela, each special-ty cocktail is named afterone of the band’s hits.Extra new to the BrandNew menu in 2013 are“Noro” (bourbon, bittersand orange) and “FailureBy Design” (an herby mixof rum, lime and wishingyou were 17 again).
FILMSDocumentaries &Dialogue SeriesMondays through Feb. 4www.pjff.orgThe Philadelphia JewishFilm Festival’s series kicksoff Monday with a screen-ing of “How To Re-Establish A VodkaEmpire” — London film-maker Dan Edelstyn’s docabout his Ukrainian fami-ly’s roots — at the PrinceMusic Theater. TheMonday night series con-tinues through February.
‘My Brother’s Wedding’Saturday, 8 p.m.International Housewww.ihousephilly.orgScreening as part ofInternational House’s L.A.Rebellion series, directorCharles Burnett’s “MyBrother’s Wedding” exam-ines race and class in 1983Los Angeles.
‘The BiggestLoser’REALITY. Coach JillianMichaels returns to thegym after more than ayear’s hiatus from theshow, but “The BiggestLoser” isn’t entirely tread-ing old ground this season.New this year is a focus onchildhood obesity, withthree kids exercising withthe trainers and learninghow to lead healthier lives.Season premiere, Sunday,9 p.m., NBC
‘Merlin’DRAMA. To kick off the fan-tasy drama’s final season,Merlin heads to the moun-
tains for a risky rescue mis-sion. Isn’t there some spellhe can use to conjure themissing party out of thewilderness? Seasonpremiere, Friday, 10 p.m.,Syfy
‘An AmishMurder’MOVIE. Neve Campbell starsas a woman who grew upAmish, but left the commu-nity to pursue a career inlaw enforcement. Shereturns to the tiny burg asits chief of police and isforced to confront her fearswhen she must solve a se-ries of murders. Sunday, 9p.m., Lifetime AMBER RAY
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‘LesMiserables’Through Jan. 13The Academy of Musicwww.kimmelcenter.orgThe new AnneHathaway/HughJackman film is gettingall the Oscar buzz, butthis 25th-anniversarystaging of the musicalholds its own as well.Cameron Mackintosh’sacclaimed productionkicks off the new year atthe Academy of Music.
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This battle can’t be won withmilitary funding The middle class dodgedmost of the bullets fromthe Battle of the Cliff,but the guns from thepromised negotiationson spending cuts aresquarely aimed at us.
The president has ex-pressed a willingness toreduce spending on pop-ular programs likeMedicare and he’s stilltalking about“entitlement reform,”which means cuts toSocial Security.Republican lawmakersare salivating at theprospect of getting thesecuts.
Where in all thischatter is a mention ofcuts to the bloatedPentagon budget?Numerous reports in thelast couple of years docu-ment that $100 billionper year could be safelycut from military spend-ing, with hundreds ofcostly overseas bases asthe chief culprits ofover-spending. Cutting$100 billion per yearwould just about elimi-nate the federal deficit.
Effective job creationis the best long-term so-lution to the budgetdeficit, and studies docu-ment that militaryspending is the least ef-
fective way to createjobs. Education, healthcare, renewable energy,and yes, even tax cuts,create more jobs thangiving money hand overfist to the war profiteers,as we do now. Militaryspending has almostdoubled in the lastdecade. It’s nocoincidence that jobshave declined.
Let’s flip this script:First cut the Pentagon.Remember, SocialSecurity has added notone dime to our deficit.JANE SWIFT DUGDALE, VIAE-MAIL
Businesses havelots of sparecash — so let’stake it! Why is the U.S. govern-ment taxing individualswhen big businesses aresitting on a trillion dol-lars?
They say they’rewaiting for some sign toindicate that it’s time toinvest. Isn’t the hugenumber of people outof work a good sign thatit’s time to put at leastsome of that capitalback into the free-mar-ket system? I think wecould do with a straightsales tax instead of anincome tax, myself. Andyou politicians,wrangling over thebudget: There’s yourmoney. Go get it, I dareyou.DAN COMBS, VIA E-MAIL
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Super Bowl picks?Answer: Packers overBroncosBy: Mark Osborne,Metro New Yorksports editorConfidence level:���I’m leaning on expe-rience. AaronRodgers is by far thebest QB in the NFC.And why not go withthe veteran in theAFC as well? PeytonManning’s comebackcomes up just short.
Answer: 49ers overBroncosBy: Mike Greger,Metro Philadelphiasports editorConfidence level:���We’ve changed ourpick five times sinceyou started reading.In the end, we’re put-ting our trust in theNFL’s best defense.They got injuries, butthey’ll be waitingwhen Peyton chokes.
Answer: Patriots over49ersBy: Matt Burke,Metro Boston sportseditorConfidence level:���Homer pick! At thePats postgame party,Rob Gronkowski optsto sit in a chair. Nodancing, no T-shirtwaving. Just pizzaand decaffeinatedDiet Coke for theSuper Bowl MVP.
Winners Losers
Can Houston recoverfrom their slump?Answer: Buh-bye.Confidence level: ��Matt Schaub and theTexans have felt thecruel sting of realityafter getting off to an11-1 start. Now theyare playing on wild-card weekend and arejust four-pointfavorites. It’s over,Houston fans (do theyexist?). Gary Kubiak is-n’t getting you overthe hump.
Can Matt Ryan win aplayoff game?Answer: Yes. Confidence level: �Believe it or not, MattRyan still hasn’t won aplayoff game. You’d beforgiven for thinkinghe’d won a few consid-ering the praise heapedon him all season. TheFalcons carry the No. 1seed into the NFC andthey better win a gamethis year. Arthur Blankis getting restless.
Goodbyes
Will Baltimore sendoff Ray Lewis right?Answer: No.Confidence level: ��The number ofemotional stories inthese playoffs arecrazy — ChuckPagano, PeytonManning, and now RayLewis’s retirement. It’dbe a classic story to seethe Ravens rally fortheir leader’s goodbye,but games are playedon the field and theRavens aren’t winning.
Will Manning retirea champion?Answer: Yes, next year. Confidence level: �We have to note therelationship of PeytonManning playing forJohn Elway and walk-ing off a winner.Manning could do itthis year, but why notpull the full Elway andwin back-to-back titlesthis year and next andthen ride off into thesunset?
Will Alex Smith beback in San Fran?Answer: No. Confidence level: ��Barring an injury toColin Kaepernick, it’sover. Jim Harbaughchose to ride the hothand, and Smith hasbeen playing the partof Sean Salisbury.Smith was an overtimeaway from going to theSuper Bowl in 2011,now he’ll enter the off-season as trade bait.
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Can the Jets steal the spotlight?Answer: Of course.Confidence level: ���There is zero chancethe Jets won’t be a big-ger headline at somepoint during the play-offs than the teams ac-tually playing. The realquestion is for what.I’d go with Tim Tebowand Mark Sanchezboth being cut. Andmaybe starting a boyband together. Whynot?
Will Barack Obamawatch the ‘Skins?Answer: Yes. Confidence level: �There’s a decentchance the universecaves in on itself ifBarack Obama and RG3appear in the same lo-cation together. JoeBuck mighthave a stroke.But wedigress. Let’shope Obamashows.
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Which rookie QB has best NFL WAG?Answer: Andrew Luck. Confidence level: ��Russell Wilson appearsodd man out again.Andrew Luck will winRookie of Year. RobertGriffin III will beRookie Offensive Playerof Year. Best WAG? Justlike the awards, it’s aclose call … however,we are going withLuck’s girl, NicolePechanec, since she’s agymnast. Yes, gymnast.
Will Beyonce makeus forget beer?Answer: Hopefully. Confidence level: �It’s been a long, longtime since the SuperBowl had a halftimeshow worth watching.But this year, instead ofracing to the kitchen
for beer, we’ll haveour eyes glued on
Beyonce — andsecretly hope fora repeat ofNipplegate.
Presumable Beyonce is a Texans fans, beingfrom Houston and all.
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Eagles set to interviewKelly, McCoy for headcoaching vacancy
Front office battling with Browns for Oregon coach Teamalso meeting with Broncos OC Reid reportedly headed to KCThe Eagles are movingfull steam ahead in theirquest for a new headcoach.
The team is expectedto meet with Chip Kellyeither Friday or Saturday,after the Oregon coachled his team againstKansas State inThursday’s Fiesta Bowl.Kelly, who has no NFL ex-perience, is consideredone of the Eagles’ top can-didates.
Kelly will meet withthe Cleveland Browns, ledby former Eagles presi-dent Joe Banner, beforetalking to Birds brass.
There have been manyquestion marks aboutKelly’s innovative offen-sive schemes, specificallyhis brand of spread of-fense and how it wouldwork in the NFL. OnWednesday, Kelly ad-dressed that.
“Anything you do hasto be personnel-driven,”Kelly said. “You have toadapt to the personnel
you have. There’s a lot ofgreat offenses out
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personnelyou have?”
OnSunday, theEagles arescheduled
to meet withBroncos offen-
sive coordinatorMike McCoy. McCoy
has been Denver’s offen-sive coordinator since2009.
He saw Kyle Orton en-joy career years in 2009and 2010, then helpedTim Tebow win a playoffgame in 2011. This sea-son, with Peyton Manningat the helm, the Broncosare the AFC’s top seed.
“He is ready [to be-come a head coach],”Manning said. “He haspaid his dues. Mike is agood leader.”
Report: Chiefsclose to namingReid head coachFormer Eagles coachAndy Reid is “on theverge” of a deal tobecome the next headcoach of the Kansas CityChiefs. Reid met withChiefs officials for nine
hours Wednesday night, according to ESPN.
The move would be ahuge upgrade for theChiefs, a franchise withno postseason winssince 1993. Reid record-ed 10 playoff victoriesin his 14-year run withthe Eagles.
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In fantasy sports, we can’thave that attitude toomuch because it has thepotential to create valuefor our opponents. But in some cases, it’swarranted.
Missing hole Former Chargers coachNorv Turner is a talentedoffensive play-caller thatprefers to feature oneback. The fact that hemixed Jackie Battle andRonnie Brown in with Ryan Mathews is a majorconcern. Turner also saidMathews might lack thevision to be a star runner.Additionally, we have theissue of Mathews’ health— he has missed eightgames in his first three
NFL seasons and been lim-ited in a handful of others.
Ticked at VickMike Vick hasn’t been adifference-making playersince 2010. What’s scarieris that he’s no longer afeared runner. Over hislast 23 games, Vick hasrun for just twotouchdowns. He’ll turn 33in June, a warning flag forwhatever team he playsfor in 2013.
Wanting it It’s usually a given thatNFL players will give 100percent effort every timeout. That’s not the casewith Chris Johnson. Somegames he appearsengaged, hitting the holehard, inviting contact andpicking up blitzers. Othertimes, he goes down onthe first hit and runs outof bounds. It’s maddeningas a Titans fan and justthe same as a fantasyowner. It’s time to give upon Johnson.
These villains from2012 will be worth targeting in 2013:
1 Jimmy Graham, TE,NO — Plagued byseason-long wristwoes, Graham’s dropswere brutal. Oncenext year hits, he’ll be100-percent and haveSean Payton back.
2 Cam Newton, QB,CAR — A sophomoreslump to start theyear ruined fantasyowners’ seasons. Hestill has No. 1 overallpotential.
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Run DMC One of fantasy’sbiggestbusts thisseasonwasDarren McFadden, wholooked like a fish out ofwater in first-yearoffensive coordinatorGreg Knapp’s zone-blocking scheme. Well,Knapp has paid theprice. He was cannedthis week and Oaklandwill bring back a pow-er-running philosophy.
Sometimes in life,we get burned. Wethen hold grudges,vowing to nevercome within 10 feetof the person thatburned us again.
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Inconsistencyplaguing Sixerson road swingIt’s been that kind of aroad trip for the Sixers.The team followed up bigwins against the MemphisGrizzlies and L.A. Lakerswith losses to theWarriors and Suns. Now,they set their sights onone of the NBA’s best, theOklahoma City Thunder.
And they’ll try not tolook into the future, withperennial powerhouseSan Antonio looming.
“We know OKC andSan Antonio are two goodteams, but we’ve got toworry about the next oneand that’s OKC,” point
guard Jrue Holiday said.“The last time we playedthem [a Sixers loss], itcame down to overtime,so we'll be ready.”
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1st Month FREECOUNTRY MANOR
Levittown
Saturday Jan. 5 AND
Saturday Jan. 191 and 2 BRs avail
Starting at $830
215-945-1699westovercompanies.com
DOYLESTOWN BORO 1 BR,heat, hot water included.No pets. Non smoking$800/mo. Call 215-275-3843
HUNTINGDON VALLEY 2 BR, Totally renovated!
Off street parking. Avail 3/1$975 + utilitlies. 215-740-8670
REMOTE START! Sales,Repair & Programming215-486-7040~Fairless Hills10% off! Stu’s EZ Auto Remotes
ApartmentsAvailable NOW!Studio/1-2 Bed. 69th Street
area, close to trans, util incl,1/2 off 1st month’s rent.CALL NOW 610-734-2360
BAR Huge L shaped, wood,12’ x 6 1/2’ wide, drop downentry, 11 bar stools, lots ofstorage under bar. Asking$450. Call Denny, 215-285-5135for more details & photos
Wanted Diabetic Test StripsWill pay up to $25 per box.
Boxes must be sealed,undamaged and unexpired.
Call Now ) 732-523-4002WE PAY MORE!
COALFOR SALE
BAGGED NUT& PEA
50LB Bags $300.00 a Ton $8.50 Per Bag (10+ Bags ~ $8.00 each)
Schedule Pick-Up& Delivery DatesNot Pre-Bagged,
We Bag Your Coal!Visit:
JohnnysCoal.com215-547-5910
CASH PAID!! for ALL Diabetic Test
Strips, Nicotine patches, Gum Paying up to $30 per box or 100 test strips $$
We pickup
215 395-7100
House For Sale$445.06
a month3 Bedrooms, Excellent condition
Nick’s Real Estate(215) 425-3500
DIABETIC TEST
STRIPS NEEDED
Also nicotine patches.Will pay up to $25 per box.I will pick-up. Call James
610-453-2525
NORTH PHILADELPHIA 3321 North 22nd Street
Brick 3 BR, 1 BA. 1,600 sq.ft., Fixer-Upper, Owner Fi-nancing or Cash Discount.$1,000 Down / $437 per mo.
Call: 803-978-1542
BENSALEM apt. 2nd floor, 2BR, private off street park-ing. No pets. $875+ elec-tric. Call Elaine 215-442-7833
BUYING GUITARS,VINTAGE GUITARS &ALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSCall Rob, 609-457-5501
Bed A Pillow Top Queen $175;King $275. Memory FoamMattress $295. Bedrooms$499. exfurn.com 215-752-0911
South Philly. 3rd & Porter.All new T/H 3Bed/1Ba Hwd
flrs, granite, gorgeous. Won-derful neighborhood. Newappliances. #215.292.2176
7 DAY SPAMASSAGE, SAUNA +
SHOWER.215-355-9343
1243 Street Rd.Southampton, PA 18966
1 mile E. of Rt. 232, before Gravel Hill Rd.
TULLYTOWN 2400 sq.ft.Gas heat, drive-in door.$1150. Call: 215-945-2700
Dodge ’49 Ram Truck 5 win-dow cab. 3/4 ton pickup. 6cyl, 4 speed transmission.All original $8,900 215-736-0123
Up to $400 CashFOR JUNK CARS!
FREE SAMEDAY TOWING
Female Owner/Operator215-801-4216 JunkyardBarbie.com
A $400 GuaranteeOn Any Lg Vehicle
NO
We Buy JunkCars & TrucksWill Pick your carup within the hour
215-200-3401
BLAZER ’96 LT Loaded,fully serviced, new inspec-tion & tires. Garaged, 89K.Must see $5,000 215-240-9025
RIVERSIDE Spacious 2 BR,heat/hot water included,
$950/mo. Studio apt, $650/mo.Near shopping, transportation 609-502-2886
MORRISVILLELINCOLN ARMS ConvenientLocation. 2BR $880 month
Call 215-757-1278
WE BUY JUNK CARS
$300-$400CASH GUARANTEED
FREE TOWINGSAME DAY PICK-UP
267-229-1970
AL’s Autos Top $$ paidfor certain Junk cars & trucks
r FREE TOWING qCall for info: 215-672-4049
BED Brand New Queen Pil-low top Mattress Set inplastic w/warranty $175.Delivery avail. 215-355-3878
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