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THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015
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Newsmakers Celebrity scoop ■ By The Associated Press
Actor Renner’s wife filing for divorce MODEL SONNI PACHECO has filed for divorce from actor-husband Jeremy Renner after 10 months of marriage, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles on Dec. 5. The petition cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the separation. Pacheco, Renner in the petition, also seeks return of her stolen passport, birth certificate and Social Security card, as well as invalidation of their prenuptial agreement based on fraud. Pacheco and Renner have one child, Ava Berlin Renner, who is 20 months old. The two wed in secret Jan. 13, 2014, and only confirmed their union to the press in September. Renner has 30 days to file a response to the summons and petition.
Morocco bans film Ridley Scott’s biblical epic “Exodus” has been banned in Morocco, provoking an angry response by politicians and filmmakers in this North African country. Morocco’s film commis-
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Co-anchor of “Today” Al Roker, center, along with the cast of “The Love Boat” sing the show’s theme song in front of Princess Cruises’ Rose Parade float. From left are Fred Grandy, Ted Lange, Bernie Kopell, Roker, Gavin MacLeod, Lauren Tewes and Jill Whelan. sion sent a letter to all cinemas Saturday, saying the film, which tells the story of Moses, has been banned for possibly portraying God in one scene. Morocco is a mostly Muslim country, and Islam forbids displaying images of God. The movie has already been banned in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. However, a party in Morocco’s governing coalition has criticized the ban as “incomprehensible,” especially to a film industry that is important to the country. Morocco is a major destination for foreign movies. “There should have been
a more intelligent handling of this affair in a way that didn’t damage the image of the kingdom and preserves the freedom of creation and art,” the Progressive Socialist Party said Wednesday. Morocco’s governing coalition is led by an Islamist party, though most power resides with the king. The country’s organization of filmmakers also criticized the ban, calling it “ridiculous and irrational.” “This decision risks discouraging film investment in our country and sending foreign productions to other destinations,” Abderrahman Tazi, the group’s chief, said in a statement.
EDWARD HERRMANN, 71, the towering, melodious-voiced actor who brought Franklin D. Roosevelt to life in films and documentaries, won a Tony Award and charmed audi-
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TUESDAY’S QUESTION: Do you think things in 2015 will be better than, worse than or about the same as they were in 2014?
Setting it Straight
Passings CHRISTINE CAVANAUGH, 51, a prolific voice actress whose characters included the titular character of “Babe,” has died. Ms. Cavanaugh’s sister Deionn Masock confirmed Tuesday that Ms. Ms. Cavanaugh Cavanaugh died Dec. 22 at her home in Utah. Masock said the cause of death isn’t known. Ms. Cavanaugh lent her voice to many of the 1990s indelible cartoon characters, including Chuckie Finster in Nickelodeon’s “Rugrats,” Dexter on the Cartoon Network’s “Dexter’s Laboratory” and the live-action piglet of 1995’s “Babe.” Ms. Cavanaugh retired from voice acting in 2001 and moved back to her native Utah.
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ences as the stuffy dad on TV’s “Gilmore Girls,” died Wednesday. Mr. Herrmann died at Memorial Mr. Hermann Sloan Kettering Hospital of brain cancer, his son, Rory Herrmann said. The actor, who had been hospitalized for several weeks, was surrounded by family members including his wife, Star, and his three children, his son said. The 6-foot-5 actor’s favorite role was playing President Roosevelt, his son said, which he did in projects including the TV movies “Eleanor and Franklin” (1976) and its sequel “Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years” (1977) and in the 1982 movie musical “Annie.”
Laugh Lines LOOKING AHEAD INTO the New Year, the new “Star Wars” movie opens in December 2015. That is, as long we don’t get threats from Darth Vader. Jimmy Kimmel
Herrmann also provided the voice for FDR in Ken Burns’ documentary series “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History,” which aired on PBS earlier this year. His urbane tones were heard on a variety of other documentaries and on hundreds of audio books including Laura Hillenbrand’s “Unbroken.” He had recently narrated a documentary on cancer, Rory Herrmann said. He appeared frequently on the big screen, in major films including “Reds” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and was an acclaimed stage actor whose Tonywinning performance came in 1976 for “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.”
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Peninsula Lookback From the pages of the PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
1940 (75 years ago) Possibility was seen today that work may resume within a few days in the West End camps of the Bloedel Donovan Co. with the announcement from Forks that a sympathy strike by the loggers’ union has been ended. The strike has not been completely settled on the boom men’s side, however, but a meeting in Sekiu on Tuesday, Jan. 3, is expected to effect a final settlement. Both the boom men’s and loggers’ locals went out in the sympathy strike Oct. 25 as the result of a jurisdictional dispute at the Bloedel Donovan mills in Bellingham involving the CIO and AFL millworkers’ groups. The loggers and boom men are affiliated with the CIO.
1965 (50 years ago) Sequim Bay residents had an unusual New Year’s Eve visitor when a whale found its way into the bay. Residents who saw it
included Rodney Ericks, who was working on the log boom at Blyn. He said the whale swam close to the log boom and looked as long as his trailer house: 50 feet. The Melvin Bakers saw it “come up spouting,” and Anna Emery and her brother, Charles DeHaas, at Silver Sands saw it near their resort toward the evening.
1990 (25 years ago) The Olympic Sports Club spent part of New Year’s Day running 3 to 6 miles, then took a chilly dip in Port Angeles Harbor. The half-dozen participants, including one woman, took the plunge at Hollywood Beach. Meanwhile, ski-starved Hurricane Ridge only has about a foot of snow on the ground, including 2 inches that fell on New Year’s Eve. A forecast of heavier snow failed to materialize at the Ridge, although Cascade ski areas received up to 20 inches of new powder.
Looking Back From the files of The Associated Press
TODAY IS THURSDAY, Jan. 1, the first day of 2015. There are 364 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: ■ On Jan. 1, 1975, a jury in Washington found Nixon administration officials John N. Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and Robert C. Mardian guilty of charges related to the Watergate cover-up; a fifth defendant, Kenneth Parkinson, was acquitted, and Mardian’s conviction for conspiracy was later overturned on appeal. On this date: ■ In 1515, Louis XII, King of France, died; he was succeeded by Francis I.
■ In 1660, Englishman Samuel Pepys began keeping his famous diary. ■ In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be “forever free.” ■ In 1913, the U.S. Parcel Post system went into operation. ■ In 1935, The Associated Press inaugurated Wirephoto, the first successful service for transmitting photographs by wire to member newspapers. ■ In 1945, France was admitted to the United Nations. ■ In 1959, Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries overthrew Cuban
leader Fulgencio Batista, who fled to the Dominican Republic. ■ In 1979, the United States and China held celebrations in Washington and Beijing to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. ■ In 1984, the breakup of AT&T took place as the telecommunications giant was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement. ■ In 1985, the music cable channel VH-1 made its debut with a video of Marvin Gaye performing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” ■ In 1995, the World Trade
Organization (WTO) came into being, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). ■ Ten years ago: Desperate, homeless villagers on the tsunamiravaged island of Sumatra mobbed American helicopters carrying aid as the U.S. military launched its largest operation in the region since the Vietnam War. ■ Five years ago: A suicide bomber detonated a truckload of explosives on a volleyball field in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 97 people. ■ One year ago: The nation’s first legal recreational pot shops opened in Colorado at 8 a.m. MDT.