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THE COUNTRY SUPERSTAR OPENS UP ABOUT WEDDED BLISS, HIS LATEST HIT ALBUM, AND THE GIG ON THE VOICEE THAT’S BROUGHT HIM MILLIONS OF NEW FANS O

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came to acting to compete with my father,” Alexander has said. “But, you know, he wasn’t around as much as normal dads, and seeing his passion … Maybe it was a way to get his attention.”

Q: Will Alexander Skarsgård ever share screen time with his dad, Stellan? —Winthrop A., Long Island, N.Y.

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Q: I’m a big fan of the George Lopez reruns.

I know he has his own talk show now, but what’s up

with Constance Marie, who played his wife?

—K. Watkins, McKinney, Tex.

A: “I created a lovely human being named Luna Marie,” says the actress, 45.

“She is 2 and smack in the center of the princess stage!” In her professional life, Marie is learning sign language for the new ABC Family hit Switched at Birth, a show that “merges the hearing and deaf worlds,” she says.

And this fall, Marie will voice the title character’s surrogate mom in the bigscreen spin-off of the Shrek franchise, Puss in Boots.

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Q: Is it true that Bill Gates is trying to invent a different kind of toilet? And if so, why? —Elsa C., Calif.

A: Yes—the Microsoft chairman and philanthropist, 55, believes better sanitation in developing countries will help slow the spread of disease. But since water is a limited resource worldwide, the classic flush toilet isn’t the best solution.

Through his foundation, Gates is awarding scientists research grants to come up with new ways to dispose of human waste. Some early ideas include turning urine into fertilizer or even drinking water.

A: According to the comedian, 53, not very. “That’s all for laughs,” he says of his famously brash act. “I’m a full human being with selfless love for my two sons and am happily remarried, to my sweet wife, Valerie.”

Next up for the Diceman: guest-starring on the final season of Entourage.

Q: What is Lauren Ambrose, who played Claire on Six Feet Under, doing these days? —Paul Darden, Huntington Beach, Calif.

A: She’s keeping busy!

Ambrose, 33, stars in the sci-fi series Torchwood: Miracle Day and will appear with Jennifer Aniston later this year in the film Wanderlust.

“My new motto is, when you’re through changing, you’re through.”

—Martha Stewart, who celebrated her 70th birthday on Aug. 3 and has a new book, Martha’s Entertaining, hitting stores this fall Go to Parade.com/martha to get the recipe for Stewart’s meringue-covered layer cake

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Real Men Wear Checks train or down the office hallway lately? It’s like someone issued an all-points bulletin egf that checks are the new white. The look, once associated with Hee Haw, is suddenly the height of friendly fashion. With their modernbut-folksy vibe, checks manage to look right on everyone, from presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman to star of the Hangover movies Bradley Cooper. In fact, when Huntsman showed up in New Hampshire to announce his candidacy in June—an event at which every stray hair and syllable is scrutinized—he opted for a bluechecked shirt that broadcast “down-home and approachable,” in keeping with the low-key image he’s trying to

project. By July, he was sporting all-out gingham to attend a BBQ with his family—who were also dressed in bold checked shirts. “Checks read as iconic American,” says Mark-Evan Blackman of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. (Indeed, Reagan was a checks man, and it’s hard to imagine, say, Vladimir Putin pulling them off.)

Plus, they’re crisp and subtly masculine, and judging by the stacks of checked shirts being snapped up at stores from Nordstrom to J.Crew, they appeal to men of all stripes. —Kathleen Fifield Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman

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lake Shelton is sweet on tweeting. Almost daily, no matter how busy he is, he whips out his iPhone, punches in messages of 140 characters or less, and—bam!—his close to 600,000 Twitter followers know exactly what’s on his mind.

Mostly, the Oklahoma-born country star makes jokes. “I’m so drunk right now I just tried to change the channel on my aquarium …” reads one of the more printable entries. He taps out an “I’m so drunk …” missive nearly every day, or its equally sozzled cousin, “I’m so hungover. …” Shelton has said that execs at his record label have expressed concern about some of his tweets, but they’re meant to amuse. “It’s just a way to say something ridiculous. Yeah, I drink a lot,” says the singer, whose beverage of choice is Bacardi rum mixed with Crystal Light, “but I’m not drunk every night.”

These days, it’s not just his Twitter followers who appreciate Shelton and his irreverent sense of humor. The country singer gained millions of new fans while coaching on NBC’s hit musical competition The Voice this past spring. His wedding in May to singer Miranda Lambert cemented their status as the latest in a long line of country-music royal couples and landed them on the covers of Us Weekly and People Country. His summer smash, August 7, 2011 • 9

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nitially, Shelton wasn’t convinced he was the His life is now legally answer to that question. Then he watched entwined with Lambert’s. the original Dutch version of the show, and The two met in 2005 when learned who else would be coaching. “I said, ‘I’d be they sang “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma” stupid not to do this.’ ” The deciding factor? The chance to ensconce himself in one of the show’s for a Country Music Teledistinctive revolving chairs. “They’re goofy, but I vision special. On a YouTube clip of their duet, thought that would be fun, sitting in those big red chairs like you’re the king of the mountain,” he says.

Shelton (who was not yet The Voice’s format calls for each coach to select divorced from his first wife, a team of singers from among the contestants and Kaynette Williams) wears THANK GOD HE’S A COUNTRY BOY Shelton as a youngster, and onstage guide them during the competition. Shelton took a besotted grin on his face with Miranda Lambert, showing off her engagement ring in June 2010. At their May his duties seriously, inviting his squad to his rented as he looks at Lambert. He wedding, they served meat from deer they’d hunted. “That’s who we are,” he says. was in no rush to remarry, house in Los Angeles for dinner and organizing “Honey Bee,” is his fourth consecutive No. 1 a visit to a karaoke bar. His job, he says, was not however. Of his divorce in 2006, Shelton says, “It single, and his new album, Red River Blue, rockso much teaching them to sing as giving them the was the worst experience of my life. Nothing was eted to No. 1 on Billboard ’s country and top 200 confidence to be themselves onstage. “To me, worth risking that again. I wanted to be really sure album charts in its first week of release. this time, and I wanted Miranda to be really sure.” what makes an artist is a unique personality that It’s been a big year for Shelton, but then so was His foot-dragging at times frustrated Lambert, they’re not afraid to let show,” he says.

2010, when he was named the Country Music What Shelton is most looking forward to 27. “It took me a while to realize, why push him to Association’s male vocalist of the year and now—after promoting his album and before seaget married if he doesn’t want to?” she says. “When inducted into Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. “Ten son two of The Voice starts—is spending time with I finally told myself I’m just going to love him and years into my career, it’s starting to bust wide Lambert in Tishomingo, Okla. That’s the small see what happens, that’s when he bought the ring.” open,” says the 35-year-old, who found success Shelton recalls the pivotal moment for him: town where he settled in 2006 after about a dozen in 2001 with his first album but saw sales dip years in Nashville. Shelton believes that being They’d had a doozy of a fight, and he was driving later in the decade. “I’m glad it’s happening this “back in the heartland” around in his truck thinking maybe it was way, because if it had happened earlier, I don’t old friends and family helped over for good. A contemporary know that I would appreciate it like I do now.” him kick his career into high gear.

Christian song, “God Gave Me “Now when I think about the You,” came on the radio. As he helton is discussing his good fortune songs I might record,” he says, “I listened, his doubts eased. He while lazing on a couch backstage at ask myself, ‘Can I picture anyproposed soon after and refashNBC’s Today show in New York, where body I know back home sitting in ioned “God Gave Me You” into a OF SUMMER he has just wowed the crowd in an outdoor minitheir truck cranking this up?’ ” heartfelt love song on his new “Honey Bee” is just the concert. His long legs—he’s between 6-4 and 6-5 He and Lambert live on 1,200 album. “For me, that’s like our latest tune to bring even without his alligator-skin cowboy boots—are acres in Tishomingo, in a former song,” he says. “I don’t just love good vibrations. Here’s stretched out in front of him, and he’s sipping from hunting lodge they share with Miranda—I’m in love with her.” our list of the hottest a bottle of water. He is loose-limbed, loose of seven dogs, all rescue mutts. In a Thanks to The Voice, Lambert hits from summers past. tongue, and lacking pretensions. “My life has been few years, when their schedules says, others are learning what she 10. “MARGARITAVILLE” an open book, for better or for worse,” he says. calm down, the couple plan to has long known: “Blake is a very Jimmy Buffett (1977) A few pages in that book have gotten him into build a home on a nearby site. funny guy, but there’s a side to him 9. “DANCING IN THE trouble. In May, he apologized, and meant it, after Ditto for starting a family, though that’s very sweet and caring.”

STREET” Martha and the a mock-macho joke he tweeted was criticized as Shelton says Lambert talks about Shelton is one of the show’s four Vandellas (1964) endorsing anti-gay violence. “Shoot, man, I love it more than he does. When told celebrity coaches, along with 8. “SUMMER IN THE CITY” The Lovin’ Spoonful (1966) everybody! I don’t have time to hate,” he says today. Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo about his remark, she laughs.

7. “CALIFORNIA GURLS” Still, joking comes naturally to him: When New “The dogs are a good training Green, and Adam Levine. “I Katy Perry (2010) York State made same-sex marriage legal in June ground,” she says, “but every time knew it was critical for The Voice 6. “NO SHOES, NO SHIRT, and someone tweeted to get his reaction, he shot we get a new puppy, I think to have a country music represenNO PROBLEMS” back in Sheltonesque fashion, “I’m very gay about maybe we’re not ready yet.” tative,” says executive producer Kenny Chesney (2003) it!!” All kidding aside, he sincerely favors the right When they are ready, you can Mark Burnett, “so it became a For our top five picks, of same-sex couples to wed. “I have a life,” he says, question of, who has a big career bet that Shelton will tweet the plus free samples, go to Parade.com/summer “and I want everyone else to have one, too.” happy news. and looks great on television?”

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By Marilyn vos Savant

Some family members believe that because we live closer to the sun (elevation: 6,000 feet) than people who live at sea level, we’re likely to get sunburned faster. Is this correct?

—Heather Bayless, Colorado Springs

You’re likely to burn faster, but not because you’re closer to the sun. On average, the sun is 93 million miles away, so a few thousand feet don’t make much difference. Our atmosphere’s ozone layer, less than 20 miles thick, is what protects us from the sun’s UV radiation. The higher you are, the less the layer shields you. According to the World Health Organization, UV exposure increases up to 10 percent for every 1,000-meter rise in elevation. The angle of the sun’s rays also affects UV exposure: The shallower the angle, the more atmosphere the rays must pass through before they arrive at your nose. ®

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Go ahead, kids. Lie in the grass. Study the clouds. Daydream. Be lazy. You have our permission.

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to Georgetown University for a summer medical program, replete with cadavers. He was 16.

He’s hardly alone. Some kids fill their summers with so many prep courses that they’re ready to graduate from college by the time they get there. It’s all very admirable, but here’s a question: Why so busy?

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kids. Summer comes, they’re finally free from school— and bang! Band camp.

Science seminars. Internships.

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Generally, the Class includes persons who submitted claims to Farmers for payment of medical bills related to an automobile accident under Med-pay or PIP coverage if (a) the claim was adjusted from January 1, 2001 to February 9, 2009 based upon a recommended reduction from Zurich Services Corporation (“ZSC”), (b) the claim was paid at less than the amount billed, and (c) total Med-pay or PIP payments were less than the respective limits of coverage.

The Class also includes medical providers who were assigned the right to assert these claims.

WHAT

DOES THE SETTLEMENT PROVIDE?

Eligible Class Members who submit a valid claim form will receive 60% of the difference (up to policy limits) between the amount of the medical bills submitted to Farmers and the amount paid by Farmers based upon a recommended reduction from ZSC related in any way to reasonable expenses for necessary medical services.

HOW

DO YOU ASK FOR BENEFITS?

Call 1-877-846-0588 or visit the website listed below to get a Claim Form, then fill it out, sign it, include any required documentation and mail it to the address on the Form. Claims must be postmarked by December 29, 2011.

WHAT

ARE MY OTHER OPTIONS?

If you do not want to be legally bound by the settlement, you must exclude yourself from the Class by October 29, 2011, or you will not be able to sue, or continue to sue, Farmers about the legal claims this settlement resolves, ever again. If you stay in the Class, you may object to the settlement by October 29, 2011.

The detailed Notice explains how to exclude yourself or object.

The Court will hold a hearing in this case, known as In re Farmers Med-Pay Litigation, No. CJ-2004-559, on November 29, 2011 to consider whether to approve the settlement and a request by Class Counsel for fees and costs of up to $6.5 million and $7,500 to each class representative for representing the Class.

These fees and costs will not reduce the amount distributed to Class Members. You or your own lawyer may ask to appear and speak at the hearing at your own cost, but you do not have to.

For more information, visit the website or call 1-877-846-0588.

I can make the case for doing bike, make things in the garage. Was nothing all summer. That’s right. it lazy? By today’s standards, maybe.

Nothing. I know it won’t advance But there was a freedom that today’s your kids’ career objectives or imkids don’t enjoy. We sat on curbs. We prove their SAT scores. daydreamed. Think about the word.

But it might be good for them.

“Daydream.” It means your imaginaWhen I think of my childhood tion wanders while your eyes are open. summers, I remember lying in the What kid has time for that today? grass, hands behind my head, feelPreteens are on travel soccer teams. ing the blades dig into my fingers. I They fly to faraway cities. Play tournastudied the clouds. I joked with my ments. Isn’t that what pro players do? friends. None of us wore watches.

Likewise, camps chew up the Weekdays were indistinguishable summer months, but they’re no longer from weekends. I’d just softball and swimwake up when my eyes ming. There are fashion opened, read comic camps. Circus camps.

A MENTAL books over bowls of BREAK MAY BE Science camps. Achievecereal, go outside with ment is emphasized.

WHAT KIDS my baseball glove (just Even kids at home TODAY NEED. in case a game broke AND IF NOT IN find their free time under out), and find somescrutiny. Some children CHILDHOOD, thing to do—oil my THEN WHEN?” are made to adhere to

PHOTO: MEDIABAKERY

A settlement has been reached with Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., Farmers Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, Mid-Century Insurance Company, Farmers Group, Inc., and Illinois Farmers Insurance Company, and certain related entities (collectively, “Farmers”) about the payment of medical bills related to automobile accidents under (1) medical expense payment (“Med-pay”) coverage or (2) Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) coverage. The settlement provides for payments to eligible Class Members.

The District Court of Canadian County, Oklahoma will have a hearing to decide whether to give final approval to the settlement, so that payments can be issued. Potential Class Members have legal rights and options, such as submitting claims for payments or excluding themselves from or objecting to the settlement.

Additional information can be obtained from the Detailed Notice, which is available at the website listed below or by calling 1-877-846-0588.

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P “Plan to serve everything except one hot dish at room temperature so you can do most of the prep in advance.”

The Food Network’s Giada De Laurentiis makes this dish with her daughter

cle

Every Sunday when I was growing up in Rome, and then Los Angeles, we got together at my grandparents’ house. My grandfather [the late film producer Dino De Laurentiis] was the chef, and everyone else was a sous-chef.

You chopped, peeled, and diced.

If he asked you to do something, you did it, and you did it the best you possibly could!

Now that my daughter, Jade [3], is getting older, I try to continue the tradition of spending time with family on weekends.

Jade is very into cooking and hanging out with me in the kitchen. We make this pasta, which is similar to food I ate as a child but with my own special twist: My family used to make sandwiches with these ingredients, and I’ve turned them into a great summertime salad.

P “Campanelle is named after the church bells it resembles. You can substitute any small, shaped pasta.”

P “Although it’s more caloric, tuna packed in olive oil rather than water gives the salad a much fuller, richer flavor.”

Campanelle Pasta Salad 1 lb campanelle pasta ½ cup olive oil 1 small red onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 (6-oz) can Italian tuna in oil, drained 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved 8 oz frozen artichoke hearts, thawed and quartered 2 Tbsp capers, rinsed and drained 2 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme leaves ¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain, reserving about 1 cup of the pasta water.

2. In a 14-inch skillet, heat ¼ cup of the oil over medium high. Throw in the onion and cook, stirring frequently, until soft, about 5 minutes.

Stir in the garlic and cook for 30 seconds, or until aromatic.

Add the tuna to the skillet

P ““People tend to and, using a fork, break it into chunks. Spoon in the cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, capers, and thyme.

Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes begin to soften, 8 to 10 minutes.

3. Put in the pasta, the remaining oil, and the parsley.

Toss until all the ingredients are coated, using a little pasta water, if needed, to thin out the sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a large bowl and serve warm or at room temperature.

SERVES: 6 | PER SERVING: 520 calories, 63g carbs, 20g protein, 21g fat, 10mg cholesterol, 330mg sodium, 6g fiber

underuse or overuse fresh herbs.

They’re very potent, especially in the summer, so you don’t need much.“

fge The finale of Food Network Star airs Aug. 14 at 9 p.m. ET. For more pasta dinner ideas, visit dashrecipes.com.

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