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Pickings are slim on TV Monday. But here’s one highlight: Gina Rodriguez shines in “Jane the Virgin,” a new dramedy that is more delightful than its outlandish premise might indicate. A young woman is
saving herself for marriage, until — surprise! — she becomes artificially inseminated in a medical mix up. Many complications ensue. 9 p.m., The CW. From Herald news services
SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY 50 years ago (1964) Ladies of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Altar Society were sponsoring a roast beef dinner in Parish Hall. Jewell Thornton was chair of the event, Joyce Sieminski was co-chair and Lena Rochon and Delores were in charge of the dining room. The public was invited. Participating in the panel on a proposed quarter “annual” at Marysville Senior High School were Ann Gebert, business manager; Janice Hennessey, editor, and Rogers Reistad, assistant editor. Allan Jung was the advisor. The school PTA was hosting a meeting on the subject tonight. 25 years ago (1989) It was Day 10 in the Boeing strike and working the picket line
could be lonely and long when the sun didn’t shine. Don Snow and Bruce Van Meter were among the many who huddled around fire barrels early in the morning. No new talks were scheduled in the strike which involved 57,000 Machinists’ union workers. Ernestine and Art Lundberg were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary tomorrow at Marysville First Baptist Church Annex. A reception and short program were hosted by their Ernie, Jim and Keith Lundberg, Ken Asplund and daughter Sharlene Snyder. By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2014. There are 79 days left in the year. This is the Columbus Day holiday in the U.S., as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Today’s highlight: On Oct. 13, 1914, the Boston Braves swept the World Series, defeating the Philadelphia Athletics 3-1 in Game 4 played at Fenway Park. On this date: In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina.
‘Star Wars Rebels’ artists voyage to Skywalker Ranch for inspiration MARIN COUNTY — R2-D2 rests on the floor inside a dimly lit storeroom next to the Ark of the Covenant from “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” An array of light sabers fills an entire shelf, enough to rival even the most well-prepared Jedi armory. Bizarre alien masks, including a pig-faced Gamorrean guard from the “Return of the Jedi” Jabba’s palace sequence look down over an armada of models, including the Millennium Falcon, a hulking AT-AT walker and the sinister Imperial Star Destroyer. We are inside the Lucasfilm archive at the heart of George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch. Access is strictly controlled and it’s easy to see why. Every prop, costume, painting and file from Lucasfilm’s cinematic legacy, “Star Wars” to “Red Tails,” is stored here. Kilian Plunkett admits he’ll use any excuse to drive 45 minutes north from his San Francisco office and poke around. As art director for the animated series
“Star Wars Rebels,” which debuted Friday on the Disney Channel, he’s finding plenty of reasons to make the trip. At the moment, he holds in his hands an 18-by-41-centimeter piece of cinematic history: one of artist Ralph McQuarrie’s gouache concept paintings for the original “Star Wars” trilogy. “I always assumed these things were giant movie poster size,” Plunkett says as he points out the finer details of McQuarrie’s style. It is smaller than expected, but then again, so is the Mona Lisa. Physical size bears no relation to the impact these paintings have on pop culture. McQuarrie’s name may not be as instantly recognizable to “Star Wars” fans as Lucas’, but the late artist’s mind dreamed up iconic images including Darth Vader’s imposing mask and many alien landscapes depicted on canvas. Those paintings, and other
“Star Wars” artifacts, may eventually end up in the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to be built in Chicago. But today they aren’t on display so much as hanging out, free to be handled and examined by the next wave of artists tasked with keeping the “Star Wars” universe alive. That tactile connection to history has been a great boon for Plunkett and his team, who feel a responsibility to get things right on this first look at the “Star Wars” universe under its new Disney ownership. “You realize the way these models look in reality doesn’t always match to how they’re presented on screen,” Plunkett says, pointing out how the pilot hatch in the back of one ship doesn’t exactly align with the cockpit. “It looks really cool,” he says, “but when you study it, you realize there’s no way for people to get inside.” Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times
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In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid in a ceremony in the District of Columbia. In 1944, during World War II, American troops entered Aachen, Germany. In 1962, Edward Albee’s drama “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opened on Broadway. In 1974, television host Ed Sullivan died in New York City at 73. In 1981, voters in Egypt elected Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat. Associated Press
‘Under The Dome’ and ‘Extant’ renewed “Under The Dome” and “Extant,” two of CBS’ marquee summer dramas, have been renewed despite less than winning seasons. “Under The Dome,” based on Stephen King’s novel about a community trapped under a transparent dome that seals it off from the rest of the world, will return for a third season while “Extant,” a futuristic series starring Halle Berry as an astronaut trying to reconnect
with her family after spending a year in space, will return for its second season. Both series are produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television. Although “Under The Dome” was a major hit for CBS in its freshman season, ratings noticeably dropped against competition such as ABC’s “The Bachelorette.” Despite the star power of Berry and Spielberg, “Extant”
also performed beneath expectations. The network had already announced another new original drama for next summer — “Zoo,” based on James Patterson’s novel. “Big Brother,” the reality series that sequesters a group of strangers in a custom-built house for three months, has also been renewed for 2015 and 2016. Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times
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