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Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, November 15, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Into the sunset Stan Lee’s legacy as a key architect of Hollywood’s dominant genre is firmly established, write Josh Rottenberg and Ryan Faughnder
TRIBUTE: “Without him, there would have been nothing for us to put on the screen,” says David Maisel, former chairman of Marvel Studios.
He was able to build interconnectedness with the comic books and the characters, and that laid a web, if you will, for the films ‘ — Mary Ann Halford, media strategist ’ Thursday, November 15, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY
y the time the Marvel comedies that have nothing to do Cinematic Universe with capes or spandex. experienced its Big As Seth Rogen wrote on Twitter Bang with the 2008 on Monday, “Thank you Stan smash Iron Man, Stan Lee for making people who feel LeeB had long since retired from diff erent realise they are special.” offi cial duties at Marvel, settling into a role as a revered spiritual He perfected the concept of grandfather to the comic book the shared universe world, as close to a fl esh-and- Lee didn’t single-handedly blood superhero as fans could create the concept of diff erent hope to get. characters inhabiting the same But though Lee was no longer world; Disney had its own shared actively involved in steering the animated Mickey Mouse universe panoply of characters he had dating to the 1920s, while helped create — including Spider- Universal Studios monsters like Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, Black Frankenstein and the Wolf Man Panther, Thor and the Fantastic would periodically pop up in one Four — his legacy as a key architect another’s fi lms. But before Lee of what would quickly become came along, comic book characters Hollywood’s dominant genre was had, for the most part, been already fi rmly established. isolated in their own narratives In the decade since Iron Man, (with the notable exception of Marvel Studios movies, most of DC Comics’ Justice League series which feature Lee’s co-creations, uniting Batman, Superman, have collectively grossed more Wonder Woman and other heroes than $17 billion worldwide for the for a specifi c set of stories). Walt Disney Co — and that’s not Having established that counting the additional billions Marvel’s superheroes primarily brought in over the years by the lived in our world — many of them Spider-Man and X-Men franchises in Lee’s native New York — it only at Sony Pictures and 20th Century made sense to Lee that they would Fox, respectively. sometimes bump into each other “Thank God for Stan Lee around the neighbourhood. Under creating this universe and these his stewardship, Marvel created amazing characters,” David a sprawling set of interconnected Maisel, former chairman of narratives in which one character’s Marvel Studios, told The Times on storyline could impact another’s Monday, as news of Lee’s death and superheroes could team up at age 95 reverberated around the to fi ght a common enemy — or, world. “Without him, there would just as often, squabble with one have been nothing for us to put on another. the screen.” Mary Ann Halford, a Here are three ways Lee New York-based media and helped write the playbook for the entertainment strategist at modern superhero movie — and, OC&C Consulting, said Lee’s by extension, reshaped the fi lm ability to build out an overlapping industry as a whole. tapestry of stories with the comics laid the groundwork for He made superheroes Marvel Studios’ successful run relatable of films. Until Lee came along, That business model has become superheroes had generally been the driving force of not only the much more like Olympian deities box office but the small screen as than regular people with regular- well and has been copied, with human problems. But, starting varying degrees of success, by in the 1960s with Fantastic Four, other studios — most notably, Spider-Man and the Hulk, Lee and Warner Bros. with its DC Comics co-creator Jack Kirby saw a way to films. draw in fans with characters who, “He was able to build for all their powers, were plagued interconnectedness with the by the same fl aws, neuroses, comic books and the characters, relationship issues and everyday and that laid a web, if you will, headaches that beset all of us. for the fi lms,” she said. Disney As Lee told The Times in 1984, will continue to benefi t from “I thought, suppose there was that foresight with its upcoming a guy, Peter Parker, who’s also roster of fi lms, including the Spider-Man and he can stick to March release Captain Marvel Stan Lee’s superheroes lived in the same world as walls, and spin a web, and has the and May’s Avengers sequel. Its strength of 12 men. We said just universe is about to get bigger the rest of us, complete with all of its social ills, and because he can do that doesn’t after Disney brings X-Men mean everything would be perfect characters, including Wolverine their foibles made it that much easier for fans to in his life. We created the fi rst and Deadpool, into its fold after connect to them superheroes who weren’t perfect, its $71.3 billion deal to buy Fox, who worried about paying rent. It which produces the X-Men was satire — fantasy in a realistic movies. “There’s still going to be a and throughout the ’60s, Lee animated form, in Disney’s Ralph the importance of maintaining setting.” tremendous amount of value, and wrote a monthly column called Breaks the Internet) and showed that direct connection with fans. Lee’s superheroes lived in the his legacy will live on.” Stan’s Soapbox, which he’d often up at countless fan conventions For him, it wasn’t simply about same world as the rest of us, sign with his personal motto, like Comic-Con, treating fans like making them feel good; it was a complete with all of its social He was a master of fan “Excelsior!” friends he just hadn’t met yet. critical component in maintaining ills, and their foibles made it that connection By the time Hollywood started To this day, Lee’s talent for his success. much easier for fans to connect No-one worked more tirelessly cranking out fi lms based on Marvel nurturing Marvel’s fan base “I’ve been in this business so to them. That more naturalistic to cultivate fans than Lee, who characters, comic book fans felt so has become a model for every long dealing with fans that I can approach to character — and was as brilliant at marketing and connected to Lee that he became studio marketing department really, after launching anything, the wryly comic sensibility Lee promotion as he was at creating living, breathing symbol of when it comes to managing their I can tell within a couple of days brought to it — has continued to indelible characters. Under Lee’s fandom itself. own franchises, superhero or of receiving the fan mail and fan shape not only Marvel’s fi lms but leadership, Marvel Comics readers Lee would go on to make cameo otherwise. emails whether or not we’re on the also franchises like The Incredibles. became intimately familiar with appearances in dozens of fi lms In an interview with The right track,” he said. And even, it could be argued, the company’s artists and writers, (he will be seen this month, in Times in 2012, Lee drove home —Los Angeles Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Thursday, November 15, 2018 COMMUNITY MARKETING La Cigale Hotel chefs excel at the Salon Culinaire competition 2018
La Cigale Hotel’s renowned chefs recently excelled during the ‘Salon Culinaire’ competition which was recently conducted as a part of the Hospitality Qatar exhibition that took place at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre for 3 consecutive days. More than 320 leading chefs competed across in twenty-eight categories. La Cigale Hotel Kitchen and Pastry chefs participated in 10 diff erent categories and won 15 exclusive awards. On the first day of the event La Cigale won one gold medal and one bronze medal for best Wedding Cake Live Cooking, respectively. On the second day, La Cigale bagged one gold medal and a trophy for Chocolate Showpiece along with one gold and silver medal and a trophy for Fruit and Vegetable Carving. The hotel also won two bronze medals for Fruit and Vegetable Showpiece and one gold medal for Live Cooking Signature Dish. On the third day of the competition, La Cigale Chefs won one bronze medal for Bread Showpiece, one silver medal for Live Cooking Signature Dish and one Sliver and one Bronze Medals for Ice Carving. The event was concluded with a special trophy presentation to Chef Michael Boongaling, La Cigale Hotel, who was also awarded as Best Artist of the Year 2018. “We are very proud of the outstanding success of our participating chefs whom were all awarded, it was a great opportunity to prove our exceptional hospitality and high standards and to show the high level of professionalism of our chefs,” said Anwar Aboul Hosn, Assistant Director of Marketing at La Cigale Hotel.
Banana Island Resort Doha wins prestigious awards
Anantara SPA at Banana Island Resort recently won the ‘Qatar’s Best Hotel Spa 2018’ award at the Al Nahham restaurant is famous for its Arab contemporary design overlooking the Doha horizon. World Spa Awards at luxurious St. Regis Maldives. Al Nahham is a unique restaurant where guests and visitors can explore the local culture by According to the press release, World Spa Awards recognise, acknowledge and celebrate indulging into Middle Eastern spices and exotic ingredients, enjoy a soft breeze dining by the sea excellence in spa and wellness tourism around the globe. In yet another victory, Anantara SPA also and under the stars as well as indulge in mouth-watering mezze from around the region, including received the tags of ‘Favourite Resort Spa in Doha 2018’ and ‘Favourite Spa Design’ at OHLALA Spa seafood and mixed grilling. On top of the relishing cuisine, guests can sit back on a one-of-a-kind & Wellness Awards Doha. over water balcony, enjoy shisha and unbeatable hospitality. Anantara SPA at Banana Island Resort by Anantara off ers its guests a comprehensive range On the big wins, Emad Nabulsi, Hotel Manager, said, “Anantara Spa at Banana Island Resort Doha of health treatments that reflect the Arabic authentic roots of Qatar, including relaxing bathing has always been the most cherished spa and wellness centres in the country and we are indebted and steam experiences, which includes exclusive massage rituals in the traditional Turkish bath. to our guests to show us much love towards the brand and the wellness treatment that we off er. It The SPA treatments reflect the life-enhancing benefits of Arab heritage, which work side by side is because of their constant support that we have been able to sustain our leadership position in in tandem with the wisdom rituals of Thai therapy that work in relaxing sequences. While the the leading spas globally.” wellness quotient of the Resort has always been its prime highlight, its culinary and gastronomic He added, “We have always ensured to provide our guests a holistic experience in wellness, experience also has many successes in its record. The recently held Haute Grandeur Global luxury stay as well as a truly gourmet experience and the recent Al Nahham’s Haute Grandeur Restaurant Awards bestowed the title of the ‘Most Unique Experience’ on a Global Level on Al Global Restaurant Awards reflects our vision to off er the best of culinary experience. Receiving Nahham Restaurant, which further emphasises its dedication towards off ering the best services to such prestigious awards strengthen our conviction towards off ering the best of global wellness its valued guests. treatments and culinary delights to our guests and make them feel special.” Thursday, November 15, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 BOOK REVIEW COMMUNITY A profoundly moving study of memory, denial and grief The Day That Went Missing is an excruciating read as Richard Beard marches towards the past, seeking out documents and artefacts, the coroner’s report, newspaper clippings, report cards and old photographs of his brother who died years ago. By Laurie Hertzel
COMPELLING: The book has all the required elements of a great memoir; MINDFUL: Beard is careful with his mother and siblings in this book. He saves his bitterness for his father whose a compelling story, deep introspection, fine writing and an unflinching decision it was for the family to get on with things after the death of his brother. quest for factual and emotional truth.
hen I was 9 years old, my the time, there was a pervasive attitude,” report, newspaper clippings, report cards says. “The logistical and emotional truth oldest brother died in an Beard’s mother told him years later. “It and old photographs, as well as Nicky’s of what happened may be held in storage in accidental drowning. That happened. Get on with it.” schoolwork, toys and jerseys. It’s all in a my brain; if I find the route to the correct was a long time ago, but I And so they got on with it, went home, red trunk in the attic, his mother tells him, door, the hidden closet, I can reveal what’s still remember tiptoeing buried Nicky, and then returned to the but she is wrong. There is no red trunk. inside.” Finding that truth, he hopes, will be Waround a house that was sodden in grief, seaside cottage to finish their summer Memory, Beard notes, is so often wrong. a start toward healing the fissures that have wondering when things would get back holiday. To get back to that day, he interviews his occurred in his life. to normal even as I knew that they never They were so good at getting on with it mother, and what terrible conversations Beard is careful with his mother and would. that Beard forgot everything about that day those must have been, as well as his siblings in this book. He saves his bitterness Richard Beard’s story is worse. He was 11 and its aftermath, forgot it, or repressed brothers, teachers, friends and the first for his father, now dead, whose decision it in 1978, swimming off a Cornish beach with it. For most of his life, he remembered the responders. was for the family to get on with things. his 9-year-old brother Nicky, when they moments in the water with devastating He returns to the holiday cottage and to “I haven’t mourned him, and I did not cry were both pulled under by a huge wave. clarity but had almost no recollection of the beach. As he walks along the cliff path, at his funeral. I knew when my dad died to Nicky “was out of his depth. He wasn’t and anything before, or after. He couldn’t even the ocean comes into view, and, “I start carry on as if nothing awful had happened. then he was,” Beard writes in the harrowing remember the date it had happened. crying. Just like that, no warning,” he says. A lesson he taught me himself.” opening chapter of his memoir, The Day When, as an adult, his own life began “I’m blubbering my heart and eyes out, but Beard’s book has all the required That Went Missing. falling apart, he went on the hunt for these my legs keep moving, then I call out loud elements of a great memoir; a compelling Richard was two years older than Nicky, lost memories. for my mum. I wipe my eyes and pull myself story, deep introspection, fine writing and stronger, and he was able to make it The Day That Went Missing is an together, because this is the place.” and an unflinching quest for factual and back to the beach. Nicky did not, and he excruciating read as Beard stoically What is he looking for? Why does he need emotional truth. This haunting book is a died. Unlike my family, Beard’s family got marches towards the past, seeking out to remember? “I want to find the missing profoundly moving study of memory, denial back to normal almost immediately. “At documents and artefacts, the coroner’s emotional content in a lost true event,” he and grief.– Star Tribune (Minneapolis)/TNS 8 GULF TIMES Thursday, November 15, 2018 COMMUNITY PSYCHO Creative arts can change the way Research shows that engaging in creative-arts therapy, which can include visual arts, danc pain and anxiety, help people cope with depression and trauma, and aid in treatments f
HOW TO SAY IT SILENTLY: Creating art pieces allows people to communicate emotions that are diff icult to say out loud.
crack in the wall. that one breath helped me to become shows aim at creating awareness. interprets the work. But engaging Ensemble, the mental health- Most people wouldn’t more present,” she said. But for those with mental illness, in a creative work on one’s own can focused concert series at which even notice it. But for Photography didn’t cure her such as Hark, who stand at the still help people fi nd purpose, better Hark’s story will be shared. She Danielle Hark, it was a depression, but it started her on centre of these works as performers understand their emotions, and hopes music might provide a spark of inspiration. Six a journey of recovery, one that and creators, the process becomes a connect with others. pathway to recovery for some, the Amonths after giving birth to her fi rst she continues today. Taking path to healing. It’s not a cure, but it “People can have a really powerful way it does for her. daughter in 2010, Hark, a writer and photographs gets her out of the provides a sense of control over their and transformative experience even photographer from Millburn, NJ, fell house, engaging with the world lives that can sometimes feel lost. if it’s not therapy,” Brandoff said. How does creativity help into a severe depression. Getting out around her, and transforming things Research shows that engaging in Over the years, Hark has used mental health? of bed became impossible. Anxiety that some see as ugly, crumbling creative-arts therapy, which can theatre, poetry, and mixed-media Short answer: Researchers don’t struck whenever she considered paint, cracks in a sidewalk into art. include visual arts, dance, theatre, art, along with medication and know yet. Though they’ve shown leaving the house. Thoughts of Hark has founded a website for and poetry can reduce pain and therapy, to deal with depression, creative-arts therapies improve suicide loomed. photographers aff ected by mental anxiety, help people cope with anxiety, bipolar disorder, and post- mood and can even lower stress One day in the shower, she illness, hoping to raise awareness depression and trauma, and aid in traumatic stress disorder. Every hormones such as adrenaline and suddenly felt she couldn’t breathe. and encourage others to document treatments for addiction. night after her children go to sleep, cortisol, researchers are still trying “I thought I was dying,” she recalled. their recovery. On November 10, Performing in a play or taking she spends hours in her basement to fi gure out how that happens. “I didn’t need to kill myself because she’ll be sharing her story at the photos is not the same as taking part studio, a routine that gives her Some studies indicate that I was about to be dead.” Hark debut of a chamber music ensemble in creative-arts therapy, said Rachel structure and purpose. creating art allows people to reached for her phone to call for focused on mental health. Brandoff , co-ordinator of the art- Philadelphia fl utist Susanna communicate emotions that are help, but accidentally snapped a It’s one of a growing number therapy specialisation in counselling Loewy feels the same way about diffi cult to say out loud. Others photo instead. Then she noticed of creative endeavours that are at Thomas Jeff erson University, but music. Practising scales for an hour point to art’s ability to distract the crack and thought, “That would bringing mental health centre ‘it’s a parallel process in many ways.’ each morning helps her energise and the mind from negative thoughts. make a good picture.” stage. Most of these initiatives from Creative-arts therapy involves a refocus when she’s depressed. Emerging research is focusing on “Just that one thought and just theatre performances to local art trained professional who guides and Loewy co-founded Ellipses how engaging in creative work Thursday, November 15, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 OLOGY COMMUNITY y people deal with mental illness ce, theatre, and poetry can reduce for addiction. By Aneri Pattani
LOWERING STRESS: Creative-arts therapies improve mood and can even lower stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol.
improves connections in the brain, schizoaff ective disorder, he thought a process called neuroplasticity about how to explain the mental and can even help generate new illness to someone who’d never connections called neurogenesis. heard of it. He searched for the Human brains are constantly perfect metaphor to describe the thinking about the future, said Girija overwhelming loneliness and IMPROVING CONNECTIONS: Engaging in creative work improves connections in the brain, a process called Kaimal, an assistant professor in the constant fear that no one would neuroplasticity and can even help generate new connections called neurogenesis. creative-arts therapies department understand what he’s going through at Drexel University. For those with or they might lock him away. give physical shape to an invisible realised I have to fi gure this out.” hospital in Montgomery County in depression or suicidal thoughts, the “You’re able to connect with illness, Brandoff said. People can Control came from picking up 2014. Although Nathan deals with future can look bleak. They might what you’re actually feeling on a step outside themselves and turn a paintbrush. Tot would blend anxiety and depression, not all feel they are a burden to others or deeper level,” he said, “because their diagnosis into a painting colours, paint large strokes, add his co-workers had diagnoses. Yet have nothing to contribute. The you’re looking for the right words to or photograph. “It allows them detail, and by the end, “I know my when they performed Our Town, by creative process helps change describe to someone who might not to understand it as a piece of emotions are on the canvas and I can Thornton Wilder, they all benefi ted. people’s perspectives. understand.” themselves and not themselves move forward,” she said. “We learned to be vulnerable with “It gives individuals with mental Emeigh performed the essay in entirely,” she said. It took a while One big advantage to creative arts, one another and with an audience,” illness a way to imagine a positive October at an Elkins Park show for Jasmine Tot to reach that point. Brandoff said, is that they can reach said Nathan, who now works as and fulfi lling future,” she said. of This Is My Brave, a national She’d often felt depressed in high more people, those who can’t seek editor of a website about mental- Art also helps people better non-profi t that co-ordinates school, but the illness became therapy, who think they don’t need illness recovery. understand their emotions, like a performances around the country consuming when her best friend was it, and even those without an actual “It let people’s guard down a bit,” mirror, refl ecting back what they in which people with mental illness killed two days after graduation. diagnosis. he said. “‘Oh, I’m just rehearsing have created. share their stories through poetry, “People didn’t want to be around That power was clear to Gabriel for a play.’ No, you’re not. You’re When Nick Emeigh sat down essays, and music. me because I was always upset Nathan when he put on a play actually doing more.”– The to write his story of living with Creating a work of art can also or sad,” she said. “That’s when I with his colleagues at a psychiatric Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS 10 GULF TIMES Thursday, November 15, 2018 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Thursday, November 15, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Lack of proper sleep linked to dehydration, says study
dults who sleep just studied how sleep affected their six hours per night hydration status and the risk of instead of eight dehydration. may have a higher Participants were surveyed chance of suffering about their sleeping habits, Afrom dehydration, according to and their urine samples were a study. collected. The study highlighted that Results showed that adults who those who do not feel well after reported sleeping six hours had a night of poor sleep are likely to significantly more concentrated feel dehydrated and may urine and 16 to 59 per cent higher want odds of being inadequately to consider drinking more water. hydrated compared to adults who Dehydration negatively affects slept eight hours on a regular many of the body’s systems and basis at night. functions, including cognition, The cause was linked to the mood, physical performance and way the body’s vasopressin — a others. Long term or chronic hormone — is released to help dehydration can lead to more regulate the body’s hydration serious problems, such as higher status throughout the day, as well risk of urinary tract infections as during night-time sleeping and kidney stones. hours. “If you are only getting six All data is observational, hours of sleep a night, it can are not getting enough sleep, said Asher Rosinger, Assistant For the study, published in the therefore, the association results affect your hydration status. and you feel bad or tired the Professor from the University of journal SLEEP, the team included should not be viewed as causal, This study suggests that if you next day, drink extra water,” Pennsylvania in the US. more than 20,000 adults and the researchers said. — IANS
ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20
Social events with artistically or spiritually inclined people could have Today you might feel inspired to help others less fortunate, Taurus. Creativity and relationship are the words for today, Gemini. Artistic you feeling especially inspired, Aries, and looking forward to the future The opportunity to do some volunteer work could come your way, or other creative projects are likely to catch the attention of others, in whatever discipline interests you. You will want to schedule time perhaps for charity, or other humanitarian organisation. Or you could perhaps bringing valuable contacts your way. As a result, you’re likely alone with that special someone in your life. If you aren’t currently throw yourself into an artistic discipline. Either way, you’re likely to enjoy to be inspired to move ahead to new ones. If you’re currently involved, involved, you could meet someone special today. yourself immensely and meet some interesting people in the process. expect to grow closer to your partner. If you aren’t, you might meet Fundraising could be involved in some way. someone special. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22
A group of people oriented toward artistic, spiritual, or humanitarian Errands or other short journeys in your neighbourhood could result in a Today you might hear of opportunities to make extra money through pursuits could meet today at your home to work on advancing their chance meeting with someone who could be of great benefit to you in creative work of some kind, Virgo. This could be a genuine lucky break projects. Among them could be someone very special who might play the future, Leo. Opportunities to advance your educational, artistic, or achieved by being in the right place at the right time. You will probably a positive role in your life. As a result of this gathering you could find spiritual interests could open up as a result of this meeting. When you take advantage of it, because right now you’re full of inspiration. You inspiration to move ahead with personal projects. go out, make sure you look your best even if you’re only going to the might have a hard time keeping track of all your ideas. Write them grocery store. down! LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21
Today you should be looking and feeling great, Libra. You might attract Your mind is full of wonderful thoughts today, Scorpio. You might A desire to be creative could have you experimenting with various some admiring looks from passersby on the street. You’re likely to want consider spending the day meditating, doing some volunteer work, kinds of artistic disciplines, perhaps in connection with computers, to spend the day with your special someone. You could also channel or turning your inspiration into an artistic project of some kind. Your Sagittarius. At some point today you could be in the right place at the those feelings into creative activities of some kind. Information may intuition is especially high, so you might tune in more acutely than usual right time, receiving just the right help from someone who can point come your way that sets your mental juices flowing. Make the most of to the thoughts and feelings of others. Take a few minutes during the you in whatever direction you want to go. Ambitious plans could fill it! day to be alone with your thoughts. You will probably benefit from it. your head and keep your mind buzzing. Make a list! It might help. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20
Artistic inspiration could come from deep within at some point today, Today you might toy with the idea of publishing, exhibiting, or Inspiration in various contexts could fill your mind today, Pisces. perhaps even from a dream or vision. You’re likely to have a lot of otherwise making public whatever creative innovations you’ve been Opportunities to advance your artistic or spiritual interests could come energy to pour into creativity right now, Capricorn, and if you work hard working on, Aquarius. Spiritual information could come your way from your way, perhaps through advice given by a new acquaintance. You and don’t lose sight of the business side of the arts, you could move afar, perhaps through friends or a group with which you’re aff iliated. could also be in the right place at the right time to get a lucky break. You forward. Don’t be surprised if you suddenly meet the right person to Inspiration of all kinds could pop in and out of your head, so it might be might want to celebrate your good fortune by getting together with give you the right advice! best to write down your thoughts. your partner. 12 GULF TIMES Thursday, November 15, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES
Wordsearch Adam
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Contend
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Codeword Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Squares with the same number in have the same letter in. Work out which number represents which letter.
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Sudoku
Bound And Gagged
Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Thursday, November 15, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY
Super Cryptic Clues Colouring
ACROSS DOWN 1. What the alarm clock gives? 2. Copy it, taking a ridiculous (6,7) time about it (7) 8. A lead for a dog (7) 3. Put away in the bottom of 2, 9. As I found out, putting it in folded up (3) withers the flowers (7) 4. Measure up, in the day-light 11. Doing a cartwheel round the (4) soldier, is really pathetic (6) 5. Be doubly helpful (3,3,4) 13. As before, run after the 6. Feature one in ‘The Hue and animal (8) Cry’(5) 15. Starts by taking round the 7. Order 6 out, to be offensive prisons (5) (7) 16. A former (now rather fat) 8. Combined to assemble (3,8) model (7) 10. When you collect your 18. Is it sheer half a mile to the thoughts, notice you have a high point? (7) good hand (3,8) 19. Consequently states he was 12. Copy the children (5) a composer (5) 14. Drunken Italian getting into a Answers 21. How one dislikes bluff plane.... (10) people? (8) 17. .... beyond having a sample of Wordsearch Codeword 23. Does the little creature pad his country’s cooking (5) about in the wood? (6) 18. Wrap up and go off to 25. A new version of, in colour quarters (7) ‘The Lifesaver’ (7) 20. Suffer though anaesthetised 26. Be left at home, their having and given a shot (7) gone out (7) 22. The many about to catch the 28. In which the blue-bird feels at ship (5) home? (7-6) 24. Regard as a prospect (4) 27. Stopped ted following him (3)
Yesterday’s Solutions
Across: 1 Partridge; 8 Damosel; Down: 1 Pageant; 2 Remorse; 3 9 Gambles; 10 Asunder; 13 Riled; 4 Descent; 5 Edna; 6 Down; Abridges; 14 Near; 16 The East 7 Blurted; 11 Sundry; 12 Dare; 15 End; 20 Send; 22 Spar; 24 Paddy- Asti; 17 Hop 18 Earn; 19 Supper; field; 28 Snap; 29 Bavarian; 21 Nil; 22 Stopper; 23 Asks; 25 31 Posters; 34 Growers; 35 Draught; 26 Eminent; 27 Dynasty; Example; 36 Patiently. 30 Arose; 32 Time; 33 Step. 14 GULF TIMES Thursday, November 15, 2018 COMMUNITY REVIEWS Widows elevates pulpy political thriller to high art
by Lynda La Plante for the big Manning (Brian Tyree Henry), By Katie Walsh screen. Flynn’s story trademarks running to be the first Afro- are in place: flinty yet vulnerable American alderman of Chicago’s women, story twists galore. Fused 18th ward against the established, teve McQueen wants with McQueen’s unflinching corrupt white candidate Jack to make you look. His eye, the pulpy political thriller Mulligan (Colin Farrell). Jamal achingly long takes is elevated to high art, while the claims the $2 million came from in Twelve Years a bold, brash criminal capers inject his war chest and expects it back. Slave forced viewers a shot of adrenaline into the His terrifying brother, Jatemme Sto confront the harsh realities British auteur’s style. A heart- (Daniel Kaluuya), isn’t afraid to of slavery; his gaze teased and stopping opening heist sequence shed blood for it either. tortured us in equal measure toggles between extreme violence Harry (Liam Neeson), in the addiction drama Shame. and intimate sensuality, laying Veronica’s late husband, has left With Widows, a masterfully the blueprint for the pattern that her a ledger with notes for his next made female-driven heist film, repeats throughout the film. heist, so she assembles her team McQueen’s camera both directs The widows in question are of hapless wives and mothers. and distracts the eye, connecting Veronica (Viola Davis), Alice “The best thing we have going characters with long takes while (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda for us is who we are,” she tells lulling viewers into a trance before (Michelle Rodriguez) and Amanda them, so they use their womanly an explosion of violence. In this (Carrie Coon). Their husbands wiles to get what they need to genre exercise, McQueen seems to are killed during a sloppy, bloody pull this off. It’s not exactly be saying look again, look harder, run from the police after stealing the tough girl female action because underneath the roiling $2 million, leaving their women hero content we expect (though on macro and micro levels. The as wives. But they’re not wives tension of big money heists and adrift, penniless and with no Cynthia Erivo’s Belle brings a film examines the relationship of anymore, they’re widows, and so the crunching of political gears means of generating their own muscular physicality), but rather money and power structurally and much of their journey is learning is an examination about the ugly income. Linda’s dress shop is an exploration of just how a group intimately. Within the nepotistic how to navigate this unfriendly machinations of power, money repossessed by the loan sharks of women restrained by social local politics of Chicago, dynasties world without a man. It’s not easy, and patriarchy. collecting on her husband’s expectations might realistically reign, lining their pockets with but the vision of a matriarchy McQueen has teamed up with gambling debts, and Alice has pull this off. hollow gestures of equality while McQueen and Flynn imagine, Gone Girl and Sharp Objects writer never worked a day in her life. The measured marathon of enforcing systems of violence. headed up by a magnetically Gillian Flynn to adapt the 1980s Veronica starts to feel the pressure tension punctuated by moments On an intimate, domestic level, simmering Davis, is hard-fought British TV crime series written from the campaign of Jamal of shocking violence operates women are cuffed by their roles and well-earned. – TNS Green Book is a car-based journey of discovery
(yet familiar) odd-couple heart-warmer segregated times, gives director Farrelly’s of mutual wariness, ending on an affi rmative directed by Peter Farrelly of Dumb and Dumber cheerfully fi ctionalised account its title. fl ourish of true friendship. The movie sets its and There’s Something About Mary fame. A To play Tony Lip, Mortensen bulked up chosen tone at the beginning, establishing Tony crowd-pleasing hit at the Toronto International considerably. When he’s behind the wheel Lip’s ingrained, casual-seeming prejudice with Film Festival in September, the movie may not of the ‘62 Caddy, it’s like watching a big car lingering close-ups of Mortensen throwing be accurate history (welcome to the movies!). It driven by a slightly smaller one. Mortensen, away drinking glasses used by a couple of may not even be particularly interested in one of not known for broad or even subtle comedy African-American repairmen working in the its two main characters, for various reasons. (the movie favours the former), works hard at family kitchen. The movie charts one lovable But with actors as wily as Viggo Mortensen behaving like a semblance of a real person in a lug’s enlightenment, while Shirley himself and Mahershala Ali, plus a ringer we’ll get to a real place and time. Some of the details catch remains a remote, diffi dent enigma – the minute, the quality of the material matters less your eye, such as the way he fi shes a Lucky fastidious, uptight Felix to Mortensen’s Oscar than usual. Strike out of a half-smoked pack while doing Madison. In 1962, the African-American concert something else, or his method of folding an The movie’s lean toward Tony Lip and his pianist and recording artiste Don Shirley entire pizza into a handy wise-guy-sized bite. universe is no surprise, given that the script embarked on a concert tour of the Midwest The movie’s Bronx sequences may not look comes from Nick Vallelonga (Tony’s son), and the South, chauff eured by Italian- or feel anything like anything within 500 miles director Farrelly and Brian Currie. On the By Michael Phillips American Tony Vallelonga. Better known of New York City (they shot the picture in New other hand: The focus gives the fabulous Linda as ‘Tony Lip’ around the Bronx, and in the Orleans). But we’re not in the land of realism Cardellini (as Dolores, Tony’s wife) some vicinity of the Copacabana nightclub where here. Farrelly works well with actors but Tony’s welcome screen time. The actress lends easy an two New Yorkers share a he worked as a bouncer, Shirley’s record label friends and family skirt one sort of caricature, warmth and honestly earned sentiment to the turquoise Cadillac on a tour of the hired Vallelonga as driver. In many towns the while the Dixie racists making the road tour Bronx scenes, and when she, Ali and Mortensen Deep South without driving each performer was legally barred from staying diffi cult for Shirley and The Lip edge toward fi nally share a scene in the fi nale, hearts will other crazy? in hotels wide open to whites. The AAA- another. warm and tears will fl ow. Director Farrelly Apologies to the opening credits style Negro Motorist Green Book, a guide Green Book relies almost entirely on the knows a narrative gold mine when he sees one. Cof the TV sitcom The Odd Couple, but that’s the to aff ordable lodging for Afro-American interplay between Mortensen and Ali. It’s a And he knows enough to stay out of his actors’ pertinent question in Green Book, a diff erent motorists travelling in institutionally car-based journey of discovery, begun on a note way. – Chicago Tribune/TNS Thursday, November 15, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY All of us are here to do a job: Sara
SUSPECT: Ireland Baldwin is accused by the police of ‘looting’ when she tried to get back to her house in Malibu. Ireland Baldwin called ‘looter’ amidst California wildfi re
Model Ireland Baldwin has claimed the police accused her of ‘looting’ when she tried to get back to her house in Malibu amidst the raging California wildfi re. Baldwin, daughter of actors Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, took to Twitter to share the incident among her social media followers. She alleged that she wasn’t allowed to enter her home as she did not have the correct address on her identifi cation card, according to hollywoodreporter.com “Yesterday I spent all day long trying to get back to my place in Malibu to gather a couple of my things before the winds were expected to pick back up. An offi cer at a back way entrance to one of the main canyons that take you over to Malibu stopped us and refused to let us in because I don’t have my Malibu address on my ID. “Not only was he a rude, but he had zero compassion and he literally accused us of being looters and threatened us that we were going to be arrested if we kept giving him trouble,” she tweeted. The 23-year also revealed that her mother Kim and her NEUTRAL: Sara Ali Khan has a neutral approach towards competition with Janhvi Kapoor. partner lost their home in the massive fi re, which also destroyed the houses of celebrities like Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke. ebutante Sara Ali Khan, In Kedarnath, Sara plays a Hindu “So many friends and family of friends are losing everything daughter of Bollywood “My father wanted girl from Uttarakhand. She falls in they own in these fi res. My mom and her partner lost their actors Saif Ali Khan love with a Muslim man – played Malibu home in the Woolsey Fire and thankfully, they are both and Amrita Singh, has a me to finish my by Sushant Singh Rajput – during safe,” Baldwin added. – IANS neutral approach towards the journey to Kedarnath, a Hindu Dcompetition with Janhvi Kapoor, studies before pilgrim centre. Snoop Dogg to get star on who made her Bollywood foray with entering the film Asked about her mother’s view Hollywood Walk of Fame Dhadak earlier this year. on Sara’s performance, she said: “I Sara is stepping into the acting industry. My think it would be very diffi cult for my Rapper Snoop Dogg will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk world with Kedarnath. mom to be unbiased because I am her of Fame on November 19. During the fi lm’s trailer launch on parents were baby. She will love everything that I The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that Monday, Sara was asked if she feels do. I also look like her, so you know, the Who am I singer will be honoured with the 2,651st star on the pressure to win the Best Debutant supportive all she wishes me the best and she hopes Hollywood Boulevard, in front of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, reports Award over Janhvi this year. through (for me) to that the audience loves my work.” variety.com Sara replied confi dently: “All of us Kedarnath will release on Jimmy Kimmel will be on hand to honour Snoop Dogg. He will are here to do our job and no one can work in films, but December 7, and Sara will then soon be joined by Leron Gubler, president and CEO of the Hollywood decide anything on what is going to be seen in another fi lm, Ranveer Chamber of Commerce, which administers the stars. happen next. I think she has done a education was a Singh-starrer Simmba which will hit “Snoop is one of those people who can do anything. He raps, fantastic job in Dhadak. I watched the the screens on December 28. he acts, he hosts a television fi lm and I loved it. People loved her priority. But when Is she feeling any pressure? show, he cooks, and helps work. I hope people will like my work I heard the story “Yes, we can say that there is a community kids with his too.” pressure because two fi lms are on the philanthropic work. He Coming from a family of actors that of Kedarnath, I row, but there are some advantages is a man of the ages and includes not only her parents, but also which I cannot deny. I have got we welcome him to our also grandmother Sharmila Tagore loved the script so two fi lms and I am really lucky to Hollywood Walk of Fame,” and aunt Soha Ali Khan, the young ask for work from fi lmmakers like said Ana Martinez, producer actress said that initially, her parents much that at that Abhishek Kapoor sir and Rohit Shetty of the Hollywood Walk of emphasised that she must fi nish her time nobody could sir. I have tried my level best to justify Fame. studies before entering Bollywood. the opportunity,” said Sara. Snoop is also known as “My father wanted me to fi nish have stopped me What are the tips she has got from a pioneer of the G-funk my studies before entering the fi lm Kareena Kapoor Khan, the second hip-hop sub-genre, which industry. My parents were supportive from doing the wife of her father Saif, Sara said: he helped popularise along all through (for me) to work in fi lms, “Kareena is a very professional with Dr Dre. Throughout his but education was a priority. But film. I was in love lady and the way she works with so career, Snoop has produced when I heard the story of Kedarnath, with the story. So much dedication is very amazing. chart-topping hits like Gin I loved the script so much that at that So I would love to imbibe her HONOUR: Hollywood Chamber and juice, Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ time nobody could have stopped me they also did not professionalism.” of Commerce will be honouring thang, Drop it like it’s hot, from doing the fi lm. I was in love with “I stay with my mom so she tells Snoop Dogg with the 2,651st star Sensual seduction and more. the story. So they also did not stop stop me, and rather me what to wear on which occasion on Hollywood Boulevard. – IANS me, and rather supported it,” Sara supported it” and keeps giving me tips on how to said. take care of myself.” – IANS 16 GULF TIMES Thursday, November 15, 2018 COMMUNITY The hair chameleon Precious Gudza, Zimbabwean hairstylist in Doha, talks about her ‘karuka’ skills, her journey to modern hairstyles and her future goals and aspirations with Mudassir Raja
MAESTRO: Precious is an expert for Caucasian hair and straight hair besides doing ethnic styles, cornrows, dreadlocks and twists.
to South Africa was challenging. I struggled there because I had to learn more techniques. It took me a while; I used to spend extra hours in the salon only to learn. The experience of FINAL LOOK: The final hair look of Precious’ clients. Photos supplied working in Johannesburg has changed my life completely. Later, I moved to Cape Town where things actually happened for me.” She was in Cape Town when she ventured into other hair styles including Caucasian hair and straight hair besides doing ethnic styles, cornrows, dreadlocks and twists. “When I started doing non-African hair, I also got a chance to work with entertainment and fashion industry. I worked with commercial and TV models. I also started working independently, attending my own clients. Speaking about her experience in Doha, Precious said, “For me Doha is another change. A friend of mine, already working here, pushed me to come to Qatar. In Africa, everyone is more or less doing the same thing. I’m interested to get an insight into diff erent hairstyles adapted in diff erent regions of the world. I came to Doha in 2014. Initially I started working at a restaurant. During my restaurant job, I met a salon owner who invited me to work for him. I also work independently.” She fi nds Doha a very diverse place. The diversity has pushed her to be a better hairstylist. “I have no choice other than to be a better stylist. That has helped me a lot. I have t’s true, there’s nothing ordinary about Precious is also interested in what kids are hair weaving,” she said. “My fi rst client was my never seen the quality of service that I see here this hair pro. From her craft to her long, wearing on the street than what’s cool on the mother. She trusted me and allowed me to style in Doha. However when it comes to doing hair braided hair, the woman knows how to catwalk right now, which is often refl ected in her hair when I was only 10 and she never went for African women, there are few choices here. set herself apart. Her mother never went her work on the runway, on the red carpet, and to salon after that,” Precious said smilingly. I plan to tap the opportunity. I carry a tradition to a salon after she styled her hair for the in the pages of fashion magazines. “I started with kuruka when I was eight- and I want to share it with the world. Here is fiI rst time when she was only 10. Her passion Community recently sat down with the stylist year-old. I used to see girls at school and always my chance. Hair of ethnic African people are for hairstyle and braiding grew with her in to talk about her ‘karuka’ skills, traditional word thought that I can style their hair in a much not easily done. They need a specialist for their Bulawayo, a city in Zimbabwe. in Shona language used for hair braiding or better way. Now my 10-year-old daughter also hair.” She loves safe and secure life in Qatar and Precious Gudza, now herself mother of a weaving, her journey to modern hairstyles and knows how to do hair. She styles my mother’s enjoys living here. 10-year-old girl, has come a long way in pursuit her future goals and aspirations. hair as she lives with her grandparents.” Precious dreams of opening a salon in Qatar of her passion for doing the hair-dos for African About her love for hair-dos she said that she Regarding her self-learning, Precious said, “I where she particularly wants to take care of women. She learnt the traditional ways and started taking interest in hairstyling when she must say it has been a very interesting journey. women with ethnic African backgrounds. “In styles in Zimbabwe. She got an opportunity was in a boarding school. “I started to build up It has been very diverse. First, I moved to our traditional style, we use extensions to grow to modernise and diversify her skills in Cape my clientele when I was in school. Whenever South Africa and now I am in Qatar. The way our hair. Naturally, our hair grows very slowly. Town, South Africa. Now, the hair stylist is I used to get back home during vacations, girls we do hair in Zimbabwe is very diff erent from Our hair is our crown. With the help of braiding eying to internationalise her skills in Qatar. and women would come to me for braiding and the way they do it in South Africa. Moving we can improve our hair.”