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Victim Dead in Century City Mall Shooting Suspect who fatally shot man at Westfield Century City Monday night still at large By Sam Catanzaro Multiple suspects tied to a fatal shooting in Century City remain at large, Los Angeles police have announced. According to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), detectives from the West Bureau Homicide Division are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect(s) responsible for the shooting death of a man.
On January 20, 2020 around 10:17 p.m., officers from the LAPD West Los Angeles Station responded to a call of an altercation at the Century City Mall. The call was upgraded to a shooting in progress. When officers arrived, they found a male adult victim outside of the mall who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. The victim’s identity is being held until the notification to next of kin, according to the LAPD. “The incident unfolded when a dispute occurred between two separate groups inside of a restaurant. Females were involved in a fight. A fight then occurred outside of the restaurant and the suspect armed him-
self and shot the victim multiple times outside of the restaurant. This homicide is possibly gang-related,” the LAPD said in a statement. The suspect was described as a male, Black, approximately 25-30 years of age, 5’ 7”, 160 pounds. Witnesses say he was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. The suspect reportedly left the location on foot, exiting the eastern stairway to Santa Monica Boulevard. Anyone with additional information is urged to call Los Angeles Police Department, West Bureau Homicide, at (213) 382-9470. During non-business hours, or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (877-527-3247). Anyone
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Police activity at Westfield Century City Monday night after a shooting.
wishing to remain anonymous should call the LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go directly to www.lacrimestoppers.org.
Companies to Bid on Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project LA Metro announces five companies competing for project planning and design By Chad Winthrop The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has selected five developers to bid on the agency’s massive Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project, which will build a high-speed transit line directly connecting the San Fernando Valley and the Westside, and ultimately with LAX. Last week Metro announced that ACS Infrastructure Development, LA SkyRail Express, Sepulveda Transit Corridor Partners (Bechtel), Sepulveda Transit Corridor Partners (Fengate) and Tutor Perini, Parsons & Plenary have met the agency’s initial qualifications for submitting a Predevelopment Agreement (PDA) proposal to assist with project planning and design, with the potential opportunity to enter into an Implementation Agreement for the project. “I’m pleased that there has been such strong early private-sector interest in this
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game-changing transit project,” said city of Inglewood Mayor and Metro Board Chair James Butts. “These firms have a substantial breadth of expertise in the United States and abroad.” The Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project study area. The Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project
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President Trump signs the National Defense Authorization Act into law, which includes language allowing a West LA homeless shelter to be built on federal property.
Local Homeless Shelter One Step Closer to Completion Federal government gives county green light to proceed with bridge housing facility By Sam Catanzaro A proposed homeless shelter at the West LA National Guard Armory on Federal Avenue recently cleared a major legislative hurdle after President Trump signed a new bill into law. On December 20, President Trump signed into law the $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act. In this bill was language that modifies the deed at the West LA Armory to allow a shelter to operate at the property year-round. Currently, a winter shelter is run out of the armory that does not provide 24 hour service and care. With the creation of a year-round shelter, officials say more individuals will have access to case management services and will not be forced
to leave the facilities during the day. According to Stephanie Cohen of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s office speaking at the January 8 Brentwood Community Council meeting, renderings for the shelter are expected mid-2020. The effort to build a shelter at the armory was spearheaded by Representative Ted Lieu (CA33) who represents Brentwood. According to Lieu, the County plans to construct a shelter that will provide 24/7 housing with intensive case management services including mental health and physical health services. “Homelessness is a pressing concern in my district and throughout Southern California,” Lieu said. “The Armory’s newly planned yearround shelter will give more people access to temporary housing and social services. According to county officials, the shelter – to be located in the northeast parking lot – will be accessible for homeless individuals in West Los Angeles or surrounding neighborhoods and will have a low barrier to entry. The program will have a housing-first model. There will be no walk-ins accepted.
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Construction has begun on the former Martin Cadillac lot on Olympic Boulevard that will soon be an 8-story mixed-use housing complex. On January 9, Hines, an international real estate firm, along with investor USAA Real Estate and Philena Properties announced the start of construction of West Edge, a 807,000 square foot, 8-story mixed-use development featuring eight stories of creative office space, 600 luxury rental apartments, a grocery store, eight restaurants, in addition to cafes and retail. “West Edge is suited for media, technology, and high-growth users seeking a dynamic campus environment,” said Hines in a press release. “West Edge will be the preeminent live, work, play development in West Los Angeles and offers a luxury living experience and dynamic office and retail environment that exemplifies the California lifestyle.” Designed by Gensler, the 8-story, 160-foot-
tall office building will be located at the corner of Olympic Boulevard and Bundy Drive. The housing will be contained in a seven-story building designed by Togawa Smith Martin. 20 percent of the housing will be set aside for workforce and very low-income households. Construction is anticipated to last three years. Martin Cadillac, which has re-merged as Cadillac of Beverly Hills at 8767 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, has partnered with Houston-based developer Hines on the new project. According to The Real Deal, Hines paid over $200 million to become a partner on the 807,000-square-foot development. “We are excited to bring the shared vision of our family and the community to life with our partners Hines and USAA Real Estate. Our family has deep roots and legacy in the neighborhood, and we believe this project will transform West LA,” said Dan Martin, managing partner of Philena Properties. In 2014 Hines gave up on plans for a 1.1 million-square-foot development at the Pen Factory in Santa Monica less than a mile away from Martin Cadillac after opponents created a ballot measure to repeal the project even though the development had been approved by the Santa Monica City Council. Photos: Hines.
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SB 50 Revival Sought, With Big Changes TOM ELIAS Mirror Columnist
Every time Scott Wiener amends his SB 50 plan to force much higher housing density on virtually all parts of California, it seems a little less onerous for homeowners whose hard-earned life savings are invested in the kind of single family homes and roomy lots that originally drew millions to this state. But make no mistake: Wiener, a Democratic state senator who views urban sprawl and large lots containing only one home as abominations, still means to change the face of California and the lifestyles of many Californians. He’s convinced this must happen in order to solve the concurrent problems of homelessness and high housing prices that now confront state residents in many cities and affect anyone who shops for a new or different home. Wiener, a resident of the extremely dense Castro District in central San Francisco, has until Jan. 31 to get some version of his bill through the state Senate or it will die for this legislative session – unless it’s resurrected via a new bill number later this year. Wiener doesn’t want to bother with that because of the urgency in the housing picture, where more than 140,000 Californians
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“Wiener, a Democratic state senator who views urban sprawl and large lots containing only one home as abominations, still means to change the face of California and the lifestyles of many Californians,” writes Tom Elias.
have no homes and must sleep in cars, doorways or mass shelters in armories and other public buildings on cold winter nights. More than half the state’s families also cannot afford to buy the median California home, whose price now tops $500,000. Wiener sees more housing as the solution, which makes him a natural ally of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who wants about half a million new units constructed in each of the next seven years, but saw less than onethird that many built during his first year in office. Yet, Newsom has not backed Wiener’s bill, perhaps because it offends too many
present homeowners, who represent a powerful voting bloc that could unseat him in 2022 if he crosses them. But the newest version of SB 50 is neither as onerous nor quite as dictatorial as previous ones, which mandated approvals for unlimited five-to-eight story apartment or condominium buildings within half a mile of light rail stops and four-floor structures along major bus routes, regardless of what neighbors and local officials might want. The newest version gives cities and counties two years to develop their own plans for more housing, letting them site higher buildings in some places and lower ones in oth-
ers, so long as they total enough new units to suit the state’s housing department. It also would let cities encourage new “granny” units in backyards. Meanwhile, the housing department has already forced some local officials to okay adding enormously to their housing stock by suing them or threatening them with loss of funds from the state. Wiener’s wide coalition of supporters includes the American Assn. of Retired People, developers, construction unions, realtors, the Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY) organization of urban liberals and a host of environmental groups, plus the main Los Angeles area chamber of commerce and now even a few mayors. “The changes (in) SB 50 give cities a broader menu of options,” said Brian Hanlon, CEO of California YIMBY. Meanwhile, it’s striking to see what an existing state mandate by itself – without SB 50 – could do to just one city during this new decade. One analysis says the existing law could force Santa Monica, a three-milesquare city of 92,000 facing the Pacific Ocean and surrounded on its other three sides by Los Angeles, to allow building of more than 9,000 new housing units in that time, likely adding at least 15 percent to its already crowded streets and neighborhoods. Local slow-growth advocates vigorously oppose this mandate, accepted as unavoidable so far by city officials. Slow-growthers
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As usual, I am the first journalist to announce that the Oscar viewing Party 2020 will be held at the legendary Hollywood Museum. We have attended this standing-room-only soiree for the
past four years, and anxiously await number five. This fantastic fun event is where Academy members watch the Oscars over dinner, then join the nominees at the after-party. And, best of all, you may have the opportunity to be a guest. That’s right folks. A limited number of seats are available for $1,000 and will benefit the Jose Iturbi Foundation. Roger Neal and his beautiful wife, Lynne, and their partners Marianne and Thomas Lei host this event on Oscar
Night, Jan 9th, and you will have the opportunity of mixing with such celebs as Eric Roberts, Star Trek’s Barbara Luna, Mary Wilson (The Supremes), James Darren, and The Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno – to name a few. PR pro Edward Lozzi sent me a 2-page list of confirmed celebs – but there may be a few seats still available. I am most excited about the Icon Awards-particularly the one given to our pal, Mamie Van
Doren. Not only is she still gorgeous, – but one of the nicest gals in town. Also honored is TV anchor Nancy O’Dell, who we had the pleasure of working with on ET. We understand that Eileen Bradley of E! Entertainment is talent coordinator – so make room for a truckload of top celebs. This is the classiest and most exciting way to view the Oscars, and we hope to see you there. For ticket info – please call 323-366-2796
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The Link Between Hearing Loss and Dementia Dr. Melissa Alexander helping patients minimize effects of hearing loss By Keldine Hull The ability to hear can have a significant impact on all aspects of life, from someone’s emotional and physical well-being to their professional career and activities they enjoy outside of work. Despite research proving the link between untreated hearing loss and increased risks of falls, depression, anxiety, hospitalization and dementia, millions of people let their hearing loss go untreated. According to Dr. Melissa Alexander, an audiologist based in Santa Monica, “Twenty-five years ago a case-control study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association first reported that hearing impairment in older adults was strongly and independently associated with the likelihood of having dementia- raising the intriguing hypothesis that age-related hearing impairment may contribute to dementia risk.” Alexander added that over the last four years, growing epidemiologic and clinical research studies have bolstered that theory. “Longitudinal studies of community-dwelling older adults have demonstrated that hearing impairment is independently associated with a 30-40% rate of accelerated cognitive decline,” Alexander explained. Compared to individuals with normal hearing, individuals with varying levels of hearing impairment had an increased risk of incident in dementia over 10 years of follow-up. Alexander continued, “Neuroimaging studies have also demonstrated that individuals with untreated hearing loss have reduced neuron volumes in the auditory cortex, responsible for speech processing and understanding, and accelerated rates of whole brain atrophy.” According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association
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Located in the hear of Santa Monica, Melissa Alexander’s Alexander Audiology offers worldclass hearing care for Westside patients.
(JAMA), failing to treat hearing loss can also have a financial impact. Alexander explained, “The University of California San Francisco, Johns Hopkins with AARP, and Optum Labs also ran this study. They looked at data from 77,000 to 150,000 patients over the age of 50 who had untreated hearing loss. People with normal hearing created 26 percent less health care costs compared to people who were recently diagnosed with hearing loss.” Alexander continued, “That number continues to increase over time. After a decade, healthcare expenses increase by 46 percent. Those numbers, when broken down, average $22,434 per person.” Factors associated with the increase include dementia, decline of cognitive ability, depression, lower quality of life, and falls. Alexander also added that a second companion study done by Bloomberg School suggests a link between untreated hearing loss and higher morbidity. Through the study, it was revealed that people with untreated hearing loss had 3.2 more diagnoses of dementia per 100 over the course of 10 years, 6.9 more diagnoses of depression, and 3.6 more falls. And hearing loss continues to rise. According to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, hearing loss is prevalent in 55 to 64 year olds at a rate of 8.5 percent and approximately 2 percent of individuals 45 to 54 are significantly deaf. Alexander continued, “The number rises to 25 percent for individuals aged 65 to 74 and 50 percent for anybody above the age of 74. Those numbers are predicted to rise in the future. As many as 38
million people in this country could have hearing loss by the year 2060.” Even younger demographics experience hearing loss. About 15 percent of 18-year-olds have a hard time hearing and 2 to 3 out of 1,000 children have hearing loss. “I am now seeing younger and younger patients coming in for hearing testing, many reporting tinnitus. Noise exposure is a major problem and it is causing younger people to experience hearing loss in their teens and twenties,” Alexander explained. Using hearing aids can change these figures and help with some of the health issues connected with hearing loss. Alexander continued, “When I diagnose a patient with a hearing loss, I discuss with the patient how their hearing impairment affects their life. I routinely request a significant other be present to take part in the consultation, not only to obtain their feedback, but to inform them of the detrimental effects of untreated hearing loss.” Alexander continued, “Because hearing loss
is typically insidious, it isn’t always evident to the patient how much they struggle to hear. And because hearing loss is essentially an invisible disability, it’s important that I share with the patient’s loved ones how to effectively communicate, why it’s necessary to wear hearing aids consistently and what they can realistically expect the patient to hear with their hearing aids on.” It’s important that hearing tests occur as early as possible to provide a baseline of hearing. Alexander continued, “Because the ramifications of hearing loss are so detrimental, hearing testing should be taken seriously and performed on an annual basis. Hearing protection, such as custom earplugs, ear muffs or over the counter hearing protection should be a routine staple of every household. For even younger children, parents should make sure headphones have a limiter so that even if their child turns up the volume, the sound cannot cause damage to the ears.”
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Need a Podiatrist? Dr. Steven L. Rosenberg treating foot injuries with traditional, regenerative and Homeopathic medicine. By Staff Writer If you suffer from persistent foot problems, look no further than Steven L. Rosenberg DPM a Santa Monica-based podiatrist who helps patients resolve foot injuries with a combination of traditional, regenerative and Homeopathic medicine. "I enjoy working in Santa Monica and the Westside because my patients are open to alternative medicine which I practice as well as traditional medicine. I blend traditional medicine with Homeopathic and regenerative medicine to give my patients the best opportunity to resolve their foot problems," Dr. Rosenberg said. For the past 38 years, Dr. Rosenberg has been practicing out of the same office on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica treating a wide range of patients affiliated with a wide range of foot injuries. "I specialize in pain management using Ho-
meopathic therapeutic treatments, electrical current therapy and custom made orthotics for such problems as ankle sprains, tendinitis, nerve problems, plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, and many other soft tissue injuries to the foot and ankle," Dr. Rosenberg said. "I treat patients of all ages from infants to adults. I do perform in-office surgery for ingrown toenail problems. I also treat plantar warts along with many more common foot problems in my practice such as painful corns, cal-
louses, pain on the ball of the foot and neuromas. There is no problem that is to big or small that I will not try and help my patients resolve." Dr. Rosenberg also utilizes a cold, non-invasive laser to treat all types of soft-tissue injuries from shin splints, tendonitis, foot fractures, heel pain, plantar fasciitis and other sport and activity-related injuries. In the late 1980s, Dr. Rosenberg invented a product called Instant Arches®, a simple device
that fits into shoes directly on the arch giving patients support and comfort by taking weight away from the ball of the feet. Since their invention, Instant Arches® have been used by countless of individuals in everything from fashion footwear, sportswear, sandals and flip-flops. "I developed my arch product Instant Arches® in the late 1980s out of necessity because my patients wanted an arch support for all their footwear that was not too bulky or hard and fit in there fashion footwear, casual footwear, sandals of all types and flip flops. By using a combination of custom orthotics and Instant Arches, I have the ability to support all my patients, both women's and men's footwear which helps resolve many of their foot problems," Dr. Rosenberg said. After nearly four decades of treating patients, Dr. Rosenberg continues to evolve his practice, by looking for other innovative ways to treat many conditions previously believed to be untreatable offering injectable regenerative therapy for plantar fasciitis, foot fractures and other hard to treat soft tissue and bone injuries to the foot. For more information about Steven L. Rosenberg DPM, call (310) 828-3336, log onto www. rosenbergstevendpm.com, or visit his office at 2901 Wilshire Blvd. # 110 Santa Monica, CA 90403. For more on Instant Arches Foot Products Inc®, visit www.instantarches.com.
New Permanent Makeup Studio on the Westside Sandy Allbright’s permanent makeup studio in Brentwood By Staff Writer For women who want to look their best all the time, a brow artist’s boutique studio in Brentwood offers the perfect solution. Lily The Pink, established by Sandy Allbright, a talented Los Angeles brow artist at the chic Sola Salon Studios on Wilshire Boulevard in Brentwood, creates, through permanent makeup and microblading, the ideal eyebrow that perfectly enhances her client's unique facial features. “Permanent makeup is for women who want to look their best all the time. For women who struggle with traditional makeup. For working moms who would like to save time every day. For active people: swimmers, divers, tennis players, sailors, gym-goers, hikers etc. For women who like to travel, its such a hassle to lug around makeup and mirrors. For people who have lost eyebrow hair due to alopecia and chemotherapy,” Allbright, said. “Every client is a unique individual with different aesthetics, bone structure and skin. We custom design the permanent makeup to naturally beautify each face while collaborating very closely with the client to make sure she is 100 percent happy before we begin.” According to Allbright, eyebrows are vitally
important to the overall aesthetic of the face and can make or break a look. There is no need to appear tired or unpolished or spend hours trying to get brows even and symmetrical looking, permanent makeup is the perfect answer to this daily dilemma. Out of the many brow artists in the Los Angeles metro area, Allbright and Lily The Pink stands out for its attention to detail and professionalism at her sanitary and OSHA compliant studio. “Lily the Pink is my passion. It merges my love of make-up and my love for helping people look and feel beautiful. As an eyebrow challenged individual, I found myself having to face the day with a startlingly bare forehead or spend hours (yes, hours) getting my eyebrows to even look like actual eyebrows. I knew there had to be a better way,” Allbright said. “Enter the amazing world of permanent makeup and microblading. When I saw what could be done with this miraculous art form I was floored, I had to be a part of it, I had found my raison d’être.” Permanent makeup is less invasive than traditional tattooing and lasts between 1-3 years and Allbright works with only the highest quality pigments especially formulated for the face. “Permanent makeup has come a long way in the last five years, gone are the days of harsh and unnatural looking permanent makeup, we at Lily the Pink specialize in soft and natural-looking work that looks just like regular well-applied makeup except it does not smudge or smear or come off at the most inconvenient of times. It is a perfect marriage of art and science.”
Lily the Pink founder Sandy Allbright applies permanent makeup on a client.
Allbright, who has lived in Santa Monica for 16 years, needless to say, loves her work and also serving her own community. “I am so glad to be able to serve the Westside with my talent in permanent makeup, I love this wonderful, active and engaged community and am excited to elevate their lives with my expertise. My aesthetic is natural, I want my clients to feel
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beautiful and confident and for people to not even realize that they had anything done, Allbright said. “So natural no-one will know but you.” For more information about Lily the Pink, visit LilyThePink.com, call (310) 592-6337 and follow on Facebook @lilylovespink, Instagram @ lilythepinkla and at https://www.yelp.com/biz/lilythe-pink-permanent-makeup-la-los-angeles
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Japanese Billionaire Donates Over $20M to UCLA By C had W inthrop
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from page 1 Light Rail Transit (LRT), currently used by the Expo Line and Monorail. HRTs, offer the Highest speed, fastest loading but requires a fully separated right-of-way. LRTs offer high speed, flexibility, can operate in-street or on a separated right-of-way. Monorails, while having a lower speed can operate on steeper grades than HRTs and LRTs, something LA Metro is taking into account given the terrain of the Sepulveda Pass. All of these options can make it from the Valley to the Expo Line in 26 minutes or less, with the fastest being HRTs at 15 minutes. For comparison, without traffic, the same distance takes 22 minutes in a car and 110 minutes in traffic.
A Japanese billionaire and CEO of one of the most popular clothing companies globally has donated over $20 million to UCLA’s humanities division. UCLA has received a $25 million gift from Tadashi Yanai, the chair, president and CEO of Japan-based Fast Retailing and founder of clothing company Uniqlo. The funds will endow the Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities. The gift is the largest from an individual donor in the history of the UCLA College’s humanities division. A previous donation of $2.5 million from Yanai in 2014 created the Yanai Initiative, a collaboration between UCLA and Waseda University, one of Japan’s most prestigious universities. “Mr. Yanai’s extraordinary gifts are a testament to UCLA’s long-standing commitment to educate global citizens who can thrive in careers — and cultures — anywhere in the world,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. “The Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities will have a profound and lasting impact on this campus.” The Yanai Initiative is housed in the UCLA College department of Asian languages and cultures and directed by Professor Michael Emmerich. The latest gift will fund and establish an endowed chair in Japanese literature and will fund conferences, public lectures, faculty research, cultural performances and community outreach. It will support graduate and
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postdoctoral fellowships and undergraduate awards. “It has been inspiring to see all of the creative, innovative programming — both academic and cultural — that this project has realized over the past five years,” Yanai said. “Now that we are making it permanent, I’m excited to see how it will continue to transform the Japanese humanities in a global context. At the same time, I hope this gift will give others a chance to remember how crucial the humanities are, and, in their own way, to recommit.” The gift also triggers matching funds
from the Humanities Centennial Match and the UCLA Centennial Scholars Match to support UCLA graduate students in Japanese humanities and other areas of study “Mr. Yanai’s gift is a visionary investment in a field of increasing interest to humanities scholars, students and people everywhere,” said David Schaberg, UCLA’s dean of humanities. “Thanks to his generosity, UCLA will lead the way in research and teaching in Japanese humanities, bringing new attention to a rich culture that has captured people’s imaginations for centuries.”
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FILM REVIEW: “Cats,” You’ve Got To Be Kitten’ Me Don’t see this movie unless you want to scratch your eyes out By W hitney S cott Bain Cats are robbing the Nakatomi Plaza! John McLane is our only hope! Actually, that would have been a better movie. “Cats” is nothing but soiled kitty litter. Story begins with the Jellicle Ball in a bizarre. alternate universe 20th Century London with Old Deuteronomy (Judy Dench portraying a once voluptuous sex kitten, now a mangy old cat.) will choose one feline to Heaviside Layer and reborn into a new life. Some of the dance numbers are excellent and the credit goes to three time Tony winner, Andy Blankenbluehler for his work especially with Rum Tum Tugger portrayed by Jason Derulo, Frances Haywood as Sweet Victoria and Idris Elba as the mystical, Macavity, but the CGI cat faces on the actors in suits are unsettling along with
the techno-pop version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s score that grates on a chalk board where he’s probably spinning in his grave. Jennifer Hudson is the “cat-a-lyst” Grizabella a fallen feline with a questionable background that shows up from time-totime lacking any kind of pathos in the char-
acter and enough of Mr. Mistoffelees (Laurie Davidson) already! One wonders why Taylor Swift, Ray Winstone and Ian McKellan as chose to be in this. Then again, it was a $200 million dollar budget. Director Tom Hooper never lets the pace of the film let up for the audience to catch a
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JAN. 24 – FEB. 6, 2020
PARLOR TRICKS
BY ANDY KRAVIS / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) The end of this working week will delight Aries. You received a high opinion of your professionalism, and your boss has promised that you will be sent on a prestigious business trip. This is what you decide to properly celebrate, gathering your best friends at home in the evening. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Taurus will spend today in high spirits, not knowing what boredom or fatigue is. Everything will inspire you, even colleagues you did not like in the past. The only unpleasant episode of the day comes in the evening, before going to bed. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today for Geminis’ will include no major victories. The only highlight of today for you personally is to purchase a new accessory. Everything that happens to you afterward will be concentrated around this purchase. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Cancers today will not be able to free themselves from unrest. First, you will worry that your new boss is too strict for you, and in the evening you will be disappointed by someone close to you. You will ask this person to help, hinting that you yourself have helped him many times in the past. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Leos today will gain an understanding of the reasons for their difficulties in the sphere of love. In the evening, you go on a date, mentally thinking of it as the start of a very serious and lasting relationship. But no, these relationships never hit it off, and the reason is your excessive self-confidence. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Virgos on this day should not overestimate the strength of their immunity. Do not forget that the window is cold January, which means you cannot leave the house without a hat and heavy coat. Caution should be shown in financial affairs. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Libras on this day will attract great interest from some high-ranking person. He even promises to assist your professional life, but you do not need to be too grateful. To get a higher professional rank or a new position, you do not need patrons, but new accomplishments at work. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) Scorpions will refuse to understand the intentions of someone close to them. Planning for leisure, you will only think about how to get rid of the fatigue accumulated at work. As a result, you will veto the wish of your household to organize a big party. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Sagittarius will spend this Saturday as if the weekend is unending. You will be able to keep upbeat mood both during the daytime while you work around the house, and in the evening when a busy meal starts at your best friend’s house. These gatherings will last until the very early morning. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Capricorns today should be as careful as possible carrying out current projects. If you allow yourself to rush in this task, the risk increases that you will commit a number of very large errors. You can fully relax only when this day is over. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Aquarius will take in all the events of today with melancholy. Knowing that your day will be exactly the same (at work), you will cease to rejoice that the long-awaited weekend is almost here. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Pisces today should not boldly experiment with their appearance. After doing so, you will experience nothing but disappointment and regret. Instead of changing something in your appearance, try out small reforms in your personal space.
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