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Schwarzenegger: Marriage counseling a mistake The year A.D. 2011 brought days as dark as those following a Skynet-sponsored apocalypse for a former Terminator and governor of California. Arnold Schwarzenegger was out of office but, being only a naturalized U.S. citizen, couldn’t run for the White House like fellow former Golden State governor and actor Ronald Reagan. Film projects on the horizon — among them, sequels to “The Expendables” — didn’t seem like they would set the world on fire (and didn’t). Meanwhile, it was revealed that the Governator had had a secret love child with his maid. Now, on an international press tour ahead of the release of
“Terminator: Genisys,” Schwarzenegger, 67, opened up to Howard Stern about the collapse of his marriage — and the counseling that didn’t help. “This was without any doubt the biggest setback and the biggest failure,” the former governor said of his split with Maria Shriver. “... You really feel like: ‘I’m to blame for it. It was me that screwed up.’ You can’t point the finger at anyone else.” Stern said that when he was divorced in 2001 — from a wife he paid tribute to in the 1997 film “Howard Stern: Private Parts” — he saw a psychiatrist. “Did you seek out therapy?” he asked Schwarzenegger.
THE CLICKER Saturday’s highlights on TV include: “A Country Wedding” is a film about a countrymusic star who returns to his hometown to sell the house he grew up in. Once there, he reconnects and with a childhood friend and
TODAY IN HISTORY — you guessed it — some old feelings resurface. 9 p.m., Hallmark (where else?) “Mega Berg”: Scientists explore gigantic ice cubes; chip off some for 5 o’clock cocktails. 9 p.m., Discovery From Herald news services
SUPER QUIZ Subject: THE 20TH CENTURY FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. What volcano erupted in the state of Washington in 1980? 2. What islands caused a war between Argentina and the U.K.? 3. Apple launched this computer in 1984. 4. What Jamaican Rastafarian reggae singer died in 1981 at 36? 5. What dates encompassed “The war to end all wars”? GRADUATE LEVEL 6. The 1985 film “Sweet Dreams” told the story of which country-music singer? 7. What revolution was in 1917? 8. What dates encompassed World War II? 9. On which two cities were atomic bombs dropped? 10. President John F. Kennedy instituted a naval blockade of this country. PH.D. LEVEL 11. What began around 1930
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“Yes,” Schwarzenegger said. “... It was the biggest mistake I’ve ever made because that guy was so full of s---.” Schwarzenegger said Shriver talked him into counseling, but he was met with “nonsense talk” that was “counterproductive to our future relationship.” Schwarzenegger made it clear that this was not a Tom Cruise-like rant against psychiatry. “I think people should get help when they need help,” he said. “... I’m not against that, but in my particular case it was not helpful.” Schwarzenegger said his family is now in a much better place. Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post
and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s? 12. What plan helped to rebuild much of Western Europe after World War II? 13. What “war” took place from 1947-1991? 14. What event took place on July 20, 1969? 15. Who served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999? ANSWERS: 1. Mount St. Helens. 2. The Falklands. 3. Macintosh. 4. Bob Marley. 5. 1914-1918. 6. Patsy Cline. 7. The Russian Revolution. 8. 19391945. 9. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 10. Cuba. 11. The Great Depression. 12. The Marshall Plan. 13. The Cold War. 14. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. 15. Nelson Mandela. Super Quiz is a registered trademark of K. Fisher Enterprises Ltd. (c) 2015 Ken Fisher North America Syndicate Inc.
Today is Saturday, June 27, the 178th day of 2015. There are 187 days left in the year. Today’s highlight: On June 27, 1955, Illinois enacted the nation’s first automobile seat belt law. (The law did not require cars to have seat belts, but that they be made seat belt-ready.) On this date: In 1787, English historian Edward Gibbon completed work on his six-volume work, “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois. In 1922, the first Newberry Medal, recognizing excellence in children’s literature, was awarded to “The Story of Mankind” by Hendrik Willem van Loon. In 1957, more than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and Texas. In 1985, the legendary Route 66, which originally stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, passed into history as officials decertified the road. In 1990, NASA announced that a flaw in the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope was preventing the instrument from achieving optimum focus. (The problem was traced to a mirror that had not been ground to exact specifications; corrective optics were later installed to fix the problem.) In 1995, Jodi Huisentruit, 27, an anchorwoman for KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa, mysteriously disappeared; her fate has never been determined. Ten years ago: The Supreme Court ruled, in a pair of 5-4 decisions, that displaying the Ten Commandments on government property was constitutionally permissible in some cases but not in others. Thought for Today: “The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything — or nothing.” — Viscountess Nancy Astor, American-born British politician (1879-1964)
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