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ote Unquo Qu te The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword ane Austen (1775-1817) Metropolitan High School, dubs her Cher Horowitz is very short, and the pen is isn’t just for English majors Whit Stillman’s indie-fi lm gem from (Alicia Silverstone) and puts her in a anymore. The sharp-witted 1990 is set among the debutantes and yellow plaid skirt suit, among other eye- very sharp. author of six classic novels upper-class toff s of ’80s Manhattan, popping outfi ts. We’re still watching it including Pride and Prejudice as observed by a middle-class more than two decades later. andJ Emma has entered the pop culture Princeton student who joins their — Terry Pratchett domain — and just won’t leave. Today, circle. A discussion of Mansfi eld Park Bridget Jones’ Diary her fi ction is the basis for many fi lm by the fi lm’s characters makes explicit Helen Fielding’s 1998 novel about and TV adaptations (Jane made Colin Stillman’s homage to the author. a boozy weight-obsessed, chain- Firth an international star) as well as the Stillman is still at it: In 2016 he will smoking, single girl on the loose in template for countless rom-com movies release Love & Friendship, a fi lm based contemporary London wears its Pride or romance novels. on an unfi nished Austen story, along and Prejudice credentials on its sleeve. Community Editor But perhaps the strangest with a companion novel. There’s even a character named Mark development is the unlikely mashups Darcy, played in the hit 2001 movie Kamran Rehmat — we’re looking at you, zombies — Clueless by Colin Firth, the swoon-worthy Mr. e-mail: [email protected] that bring all manner of monsters and Amy Heckerling’s 1995 fi lm is a Darcy of the 1995 BBC miniseries. Telephone: 44466405 other fantasy creatures into the Austen work of pop culture brilliance that has Fax: 44350474 universe. Here’s a roundup of some of attained classic status itself. Clueless The Jane Austen Book Club the most notable, not to mention the takes the know-it-all heroine of Emma In 2004, Karen Joy Fowler (whose last most unlikely, Jane Austen remixes. and transports her to a Beverly Hills book was a Man Booker Prize fi nalist) Friday, April 29, 2016 GULF TIMES 3 COVER STORY COMMUNITY wrote this clever riff on Jane Austen and Austenmania. The book club of the title is composed of fi ve women and one man, and readers follow their monthly discussions of Austen’s novels and see the contemporary resonances in the characters’ lives — and our own. Skip the forgettable 2007 movie.

Lost In Austen Don’t call Emma Campbell Webster’s Lost in Austen a novel: This 2007 book is an interactive Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure, an homage both to Pride and Prejudice and to the Choose Your Own Adventure books with their multiple possible storylines. You, the reader, are Elizabeth Bennet, and “your mission is to marry both prudently, and for love” — with the help of Confi dence and Intelligence points (but no Fortune or Accomplishments). Now go.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies This 2009 novel is the ultimate mash-up — into verbatim passages of the 1813 classic, author Seth Grahame-Smith has inserted a legion of the undead to stalk the poor put-upon Bennet sisters. The 2016 movie version features plenty of ladies in Empire-waist frocks swinging swords and busting out martial arts moves. Newsday fi lm critic Rafer Guzmán called it “an unexpected treat.”

Jane Austen’s Fight Club Jane Austen, meet Chuck Pahluniuk. In this hilarious three- plus-minute YouTube clip, life for Austen’s Regency heroines has “become an endless surrender to propriety” — until, that is, Lizzie shows up and instigates the Fight Club of the title. The rules are simple: “No corsets. No hat pins. No crying.” Other than that, anything goes.

Death Comes to Pemberley The last novel published by English crime writer P.D. James before her death in 2014, Death Comes to Pemberley is — naturally — a mystery set six years after the end of Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth and Darcy are married, and sister Lydia’s husband, Wickham, is accused of a murder. Reviewing it for Newsday, Ed Siegel praised James’ “graceful writing” but knocked the “lifelessness of its characters.”

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries “Who am I? I am a 24-year-old grad student with a mountain of student loans, living at home and preparing for a career. But to my mom, the only thing that matters is that I’m single. My name is Lizzie Bennet, and this is my life.” So begins this 100-part web series created by Bernie Su, and narrated vlog-style by actress Ashley Clements. The P&P gang is all here, including Jane, Lydia, William but a fully imagined rejoinder to with hard-core gamers, you’ll fi nd Undead and Emma expansions are the star of a Bachelor-style reality Darcy and Bing Lee. Pride and Prejudice that casts a them playing this card game created available. show. It’s the latest installment sharp working-class eye on the by Erika Svanoe with art by Erik in The Austen Project, which has Longbourn aristocratic antics of Elizabeth Evensen. Between 2-6 players take Eligible tapped contemporary authors to Jo Baker’s 2013 novel — which Bennet, Mr. Darcy and their the roles of Pride and Prejudice’s Curtis Sittenfeld’s new novel update Austen’s six classics. To date cleverly tells the Bennet family friends.” Austen, she concludes, marriageable young ladies, recasts Pride and Prejudice in 21st- we’ve had Joanna Trollope’s Sense story from the perspective of would approve. collecting points (via character century Cincinnati, making Lizzie and Sensibility, Val McDermid’s the household servants — is cards) and vying for eligible a 38-year-old writer-at-large Northanger Abbey and Alexander “no mere riff ,” wrote Wendy Marrying Mr. Darcy bachelors through the courtship for a women’s magazine, Darcy a McCall Smith’s Emma. —Newsday/ Smith in her Newsday review,” Wherever Austen fans intersect and proposal stages of the game. brain surgeon and “Chip” Bingley TNS 4 GULF TIMES Friday, April 29, 2016 COMMUNITY BODY & MIND Can an aspirin a day keep heart attacks at bay? are and answer questions to help By Allie Shah determine whether aspirin is something they should consider taking regularly. innesota doctors However, for those who are welcomed recent older or younger than the group US federal health highlighted in the new guidelines, guidelines on daily questions linger. use of low-dose Jerry Weld, 82, said he wasn’t sure Maspirin to prevent heart attacks and whether he should keep taking his strokes. The new advice (as per US daily aspirin pill after he heard about health guidelines) — which spells the latest advice from the federal out by age and risk who is likely to task force. “It wasn’t clear for my age benefi t from taking an 81 milligram- group,” he said. pill a day — is clear and helpful, Weld started taking aspirin after many doctors say. he’d had a heart stent put in and his “We’ve had a lot of patients who health providers recommended it, he decided for whatever reason on said. The new recommendations are their own to start taking aspirin,” for people who haven’t had previous said Dr Rae Ann Williams, who heart issues, Williams said. specialises in internal medicine at Hirsch pointed out that the HealthPartners’ Como Clinic in St guidelines don’t say NOT to take a Paul. “This recommendation really daily baby aspirin if you’re younger helps us tailor that recommendation than 50 or older than 60. They simply and have a much better conversation state that there isn’t enough data with patients about whether or not to support a recommendation for they are at high risk, and help guide people outside the 50-59 age range. them in their decision-making.” “Because it doesn’t really tell you Numerous studies have shown what to do below 50 or after 59, I do that taking a low-dose aspirin a day fear it creates confusion,” he said. can prevent a heart attack or stroke, “So my worry is that this guideline leading causes of death and disability doesn’t accurately say what every in the United States. But for some Minnesota primary physician and people, the risks associated with cardiologist knows, which is it really following a daily aspirin regimen is a continuum of risk by age and risk — including stomach bleeding and factors.” allergic reactions to aspirin — may Williams echoed that concern. outweigh the benefi ts. She predicted there will be plenty So how can you tell if you are a of patients over 70 wondering what good candidate for daily aspirin use? they should do. Here’s what the new guidelines, “(US Federal authorities are) not developed by the US Preventive saying one way or another, but it Services Task Force, advise: NEW VISTAS: US federal health guidelines on aspirin usage to prevent heart attacks were recently released. does leave a little bit of a question A daily low-dose aspirin is there,” she said. recommended for those adults That just means that doctors 50-59 whose life expectancy is at than 50 or older than 69. range for which the green light and “Just like immunisation for kids like her will have to make a point least a decade and who have a 10% The new guidelines are precise, red light are clear.” and air bags, it’s easy to get lost in of talking to their patients about or higher chance of a heart attack said Dr Alan Hirsch, a cardiologist It also reinforces a central message complexities of recommendations,” their aspirin questions, weighing or other cardiovascular event. They and University of Minnesota of the campaign: Know your risk and Hirsch said. “Prevention needs to be the overall risks against benefi ts, also must have only an average risk professor who is helping spearhead talk to your doctor. made easy.” before deciding what to do. “The for stomach bleeding. a statewide public health campaign The campaign’s goal over the next best thing about this is it gives us Adults 60-69 with a similar risk called “Ask About Aspirin.” fi ve years is to support the state’s DIY ASSESSMENT much more clear recommendations profi le are advised to consult their “This is somewhat clearer and heart disease and stroke prevention To that end, the campaign in that we can give to our patients to doctor about possible daily aspirin more data-driven than the previous plan by making sure federal US includes an interactive website have an intentional conversation use. ones,” he said referring to earlier recommendations on aspirin are (askaboutaspirin.umn.edu) with about whether daily aspirin is right Taking an aspirin daily was not recommendations. “This guideline easy to use, for patients and doctors a self-assessment tool that allows for them,” she said. — Star Tribune/ recommended for adults younger creates a simple middle-age (50-59) alike. people to fi nd out what their risks TNS

A large network of friends may help take your pain away as a way to assess the brain’s endorphin Reports. The results showed that both fi t activity, shrinking their network. activity. people and those with higher reported stress “These results are also interesting because People with more friends are likely to Friendships boost endorphins in the body levels tended to have smaller social networks. recent research suggests that the endorphin have higher pain tolerance, says a research and these are well known for acting as our “Individuals that spend more time exercising system may be disrupted in psychological suggesting that the quantity and quality of body’s natural painkillers. have less time to see their friends. However, disorders such as depression. This may be part our social relationships aff ect our physical “One theory, known as ‘the brain opioid since both physical and social activities of the reason why depressed people often suff er and mental health and may even be a factor theory of social attachment’, is that social promote endorphin release, perhaps some from a lack of pleasure and become socially determining how long we live. interactions trigger positive emotions when people use exercise as an alternative means withdrawn,” Johnson said. Experts looked into endorphins — a chemical endorphin binds to opioid receptors in the to get their ‘endorphin rush’ rather than “As a species, we’ve evolved to thrive in a in the brain and the human body’s natural brain,” said Katerina Johnson, doctoral student socialising,” Johnson noted. rich social environment but in this digital era, painkillers that also give us feelings of pleasure. at the Oxford University in Britain. The fi ndings relating to stress may indicate defi ciencies in our social interactions may be The researchers hypothesised that endorphins “This gives us that feel-good factor that that larger social networks help people to one of the overlooked factors contributing to have a powerful pain-killing eff ect — stronger we get from seeing our friends,” she added in manage stress better, or it may be that stress or the declining health of our modern society,” even than morphine — and used pain tolerance the paper published in the journal Scientifi c its causes mean people have less time for social Johnson concluded. — IANS Friday, April 29, 2016 GULF TIMES 5 BODY & MIND COMMUNITY

E-cigarettes may do more benefi t than harm: Experts

A team of international tobacco control experts has found that use of e-cigarettes can reduce overall smoking as well as potentially decrease the mortality rates particularly arising out of cigarette smoking. The fi ndings showed that e-cigarettes have the potential to counteract health risks and may do more benefi t than harm. Also, the evidence suggests a strong potential for e-cigarettes use to improve population health by reducing or displacing cigarette use in countries where cigarette prevalence is still high and smokers are interested in quitting. “While e-cigarettes may act as a gateway to smoking, much of the evidence indicates that e-cigarette use encourages cessation from cigarettes by those people who would have otherwise smoked with or without e-cigarettes,” said lead researcher David Levy, professor at Georgetown University in the US. However, the experts’ estimated that exclusive e-cigarette use is associated with about fi ve percent of the mortality risks of smoking. Research shows that cigarette smoking rates have fallen more in the last two years than they have in the previous four or fi ve years in the US, Canada and England, and that this trend has coincided with the increase in e-cigarette use. “We believe that the discussion to date has been slanted against e-cigarettes, which is unfortunate, because the big picture tells us that these products appear to be used mostly by people who already are or who are likely to become cigarette smokers,” Levy added. In the study, published online in the journal Addiction, seven top international tobacco control experts have prompted regulators at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to have a broad “open-minded” perspective when it comes to regulating vaporised nicotine products, especially e-cigarettes. The team synthesised much of the evidence published to date on e-cigarettes to suggest that use of these products can lead to reduced cigarette smoking overall with a potential reduction in deaths from cigarette smoking. The team also warned that heavy regulation and taxation of e-cigarettes will counteract the benefi t that these products can provide. “We don’t want to encourage e-cigarette use by youth and young adults who would not have otherwise smoked. However, the primary aim of tobacco control policy should be to discourage cigarette use while providing the means for smokers to more easily quit smoking, even if that means switching for some time to e-cigarettes rather than quitting all nicotine use,” the researchers noted. — IANS

Consuming rice may put infants at higher urinary arsenic risk

Beware, if you are feeding your infant with rice or rice products! According to a new study, infants who eat rice and rice products are likely to have higher urinary arsenic concentrations than those who do not consume any type of rice. The fi ndings based on urine samples showed that arsenic concentrations were higher among infants who ate rice or foods mixed with rice compared with infants who ate no rice. Also, the total urinary arsenic concentrations were twice as high among infants who ate white or brown rice compared with those who ate no rice. The highest urinary arsenic concentrations were seen among infants who ate baby rice cereal. Urinary arsenic concentrations were nearly double for those who ate rice snacks compared with infants who ate no rice. “Our results indicate that consumption of rice and rice products increases infants’ exposure to arsenic and that regulation could reduce exposure during this critical phase of development,” said lead researcher Margaret R Karagas, from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in US. Further, other dietary sources of arsenic, such as apple juice, may further contribute to urinary arsenic concentrations. Arsenic exposure in utero and early in life may be associated with adverse eff ects on foetal growth, and on infant and child immune and neurodevelopment outcomes, the researchers warned. For the study, published online by JAMA Pediatrics, the team examined the frequency with which infants consumed rice and rice-containing products in their fi rst year of life, as well as the association it had with the arsenic concentrations in the urine. — IANS Use of hearing aids ups cognitive function in elderly team of US researchers, including dementia as well as slow down the eff ects of Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) Audiometry tests were performed to measure an Indian-origin scientist, has ageing on cognitive function. in the US. the degree of hearing loss. Cognitive and found that older adults who In contrast, elderly people who are hearing In the study, published online in the executive functions of the participants were used a hearing aid performed impaired and do not use a hearing aid are at American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, the also assessed. signifi cantly better on cognitive an increased risk of sensory-specifi c decline researchers wanted to determine if they could “Our study suggests that using a hearing Atests than those who did not use a hearing aid in mental skills. “We know that hearing aids also slow the eff ects of ageing on cognitive aid may off er a simple, yet important, way to despite having poorer hearing. can keep older adults with hearing loss more function. prevent or slow the development of dementia The fi ndings showed that hearing aids socially engaged by providing an important The team included 100 adults with hearing by keeping adults with hearing loss engaged can keep older adults with hearing loss more bridge to the outside world,” said Anil loss between the ages of 80 and 99. Of the in conversation and communication,” socially engaged, prevent the development of Lalwani, professor and otolaryngologist at participants, 34 regularly used a hearing aid. Lalwani explained. – IANS 6 GULF TIMES Friday, April 29, 2016 COMMUNITY CUISINE Kebabs that melt in your mouth es you read it right a Cardamom powder 1/3 tsp kebab that melts in Ghee to fry your mouth. This kebab is none other than the For smoking royal Galouti Kebab. Coal 1 piece YThe origin of Galouti Kebab is Clove 3-4 nos Lucknow, where the local cuisine is Green cardamom 2-3 pods known for its delicate taste, exotic Dried mint powder 1/3 tsp spices and cooking methods. The Lucknow city was ruled by nawabs For garnish for hundreds of years and is also Lemon wedge 4-5 no called the city of nawabs. The Onion rings to garnish Awadhi cuisine can be called an Indian-inspired Persian cuisine. Method The luxurious lives of nawabs Take the lamb leg meat and refl ected in the way they lived marinate with ginger, garlic, and also how they preferred to papaya paste, fried onion paste, eat. The cooking techniques used salt and pepper. were often slow cooking, labour- In a separate pan combine intensive and spiced with exotic Kashmiri chili powder, mace and rare spices. powder, nutmeg powder, cinnamon A long-time back, I was to powder, clove powder, saff ron, dry prepare food for a member of mint powder, cardamom powder, the royal family of Awadh. I salt and pepper and mix well to was briefed earlier by the royal combine. family member about the food Add the prepared spice into the preparation. The dish I was marinated meat and pass through supposed to prepare was Dal Asarfi , meat mincer. which is slow simmered chana dal Pass again through meat mincer with a gold Asarfi — a real gold using smaller whole sieve. coin. The reason why real gold Repeat if you have a smaller is boiled with dal is to add some sized sieve or pass through same amount of gold to the dal so that it sieve to make the paste smooth and enhances the taste and medicinal fi ne. value of the dal. The gold coin is Place the mixture in a wide- removed and stored before the dal base pan and spread the mixture, is served. I was truly impressed and leaving a space in the middle. mesmerised with the richness in Place a steel cup in the middle Awadhi food preparation. and place a smouldering charcoal There is a story about the origin in it. of Galouti Kebab — that one of Place cloves and cardamom the ruler of Lucknow lost all of his pods over it and pour 1 tbsp ghee to teeth but was so heavy that it was fl avour the meat with smoke from diffi cult to fi nd a horse to support spices. him. The nawab instructed his Cover with aluminium foil or air cooks to create a delicate and soft tight lid so that the smoke does not kebab that could be eaten without escape the pan; leave aside for 10 teeth. Galawat comes from ‘gala’ minutes. means soft enough to swallow. Divide the meat into equal sized Thus the Galouti Kebab came balls and fl atten them to make into existence using the best cuts kebabs. of meat that were meticulously Heat ghee over low fl ame in a pounded along with a tenderiser, heavy bottom pan and shallow fry exotic spices and herbs. The the kebabs. Galouti Kebab is tenderised using Do not cook over high heat as papaya, which makes it soft and the kebabs should be cooked over smooth as butter. Traditionally slow fl ame only to keep them soft these kebabs are so soft that you and juicy. can’t even pick a piece with your Once the kebabs are cooked from hands and eat; so they are served both sides, serve hot with choice on khasta roti, a soft enriched Galouti Kebab . Photo by the author of bread, onion rings and lemon wheat bread. There are many chefs wedge. who vouch that they use over the Galouti Kebab and is a very soft that they simply melt once Raw papaya 50 gm hundred spices to make this exotic popular destination among the placed in your mouth. The fl avour Fried onion paste 3 tbsp Note: although the authentic kebab. locals and tourists. itself is so exotic and diff erent from Butter 3 tbsp Galouti Kebab recipe calls for lamb There is a kebab shop in Although I have never the usual kebabs. Kashmiri chili powder 1 tsp meat you can also replace it with Lucknow that vouches for the travelled to Lucknow myself and Salt to taste chicken if this is what you prefer. origin of this kebab and also insists experienced the authentic Awadhi Galouti Kebab Black pepper ¼ tsp that their ancestors created the cuisine, my father always brought Mace powder ¼ tsp recipe. The shop’s name is Tunde me a parcel from Tunde Ke Kebab Ingredients Nutmeg powder ¼ tsp z Tarun Kapoor is executive chef Ke Kebab, which translates to a whenever he visited the city. It is Lamb leg 1 kg Cinnamon powder ¼ tsp at Doha’s Horizon Manor Hotel. kebab prepared by someone with a not easy to describe those kebabs Ginger 50 gm Clove powder ¼ tsp Send your feedback to: physical disability. The shop sells in words — they are so tender and Garlic 50 gm Saff ron few strands [email protected] Friday, April 29, 2016 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY Colourful event marks Swasthi Academy for Excellence’s launch

IN SYNC: The programme featured a range of dance such as the Ganesha contemporary dance, Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, and a semi-classical dance.

Malayalam superstar Suresh Gopi as the Interestingly, the Chief Guest Gopi develop young talents into realising their full By Anand Holla chief guest. received confi rmation of his formal potential,” she explained. The event was attended by dignitaries appointment as Member of Parliament “I often see kids performing well but they such as Dr Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Bank; to Rajya Sabha – the upper house of the lack a strong foundation,” Lakshana said, f one had any questions about the doctor-educationist-philanthropist Dr Parliament of India – while he was on stage “So I wanted to start an initiative where we quality and level of performing art Mohan Thomas; Girish Kumar, President of at the event. facilitate good training for the young so that that the new Swasthi Academy for Indian Cultural Centre; Swasthi Academy Being a passionate dancer, Lakshana they strengthen their base in that art form, Excellence off ers, their colourful Chairman Hassan al-Baker; Swasthi was destined to fl ag off this institute in which is key. I want to be part of building a launch event provided all the answers Academy Directors Dr Sajith Pillai and Doha. “I have always had a passion for new, good world with good talent.” inI fi ne style. KRG Pillai; apart from actresses Nair and dance. As a trained classical dancer, I would The institute off ers training in a range Unlike the half a dozen performing Lakshana, of course. The ceremony was perform Bharatanatyam, Mohiniattam and of art forms such as classical dance art institutes in Qatar, the Academy, by followed by dance and music performances, Kuchipudi. So I wanted to make use of these (Bharatanatyam, Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi, Malayalam fi lm actress Lakshana, promises many among the artistes being students. dance forms in my life. After my marriage, I Kerala Nadanam); folk dance; western dance; to be diff erent in how focused it aspires to Lakshana told Community, “We had spoke to my husband Sajith about my dream Bollywood; Zumba; tango; salsa; Carnatic be when it comes to honing fi ne talents to certainly planned for a sparkling launch to help others who are talented, and we music vocals; Western instrumentals like their utmost limits. The institution, located event but the outcome surpassed our began wondering how we could make this guitar, violin, drums and keyboard; and also close to Cambridge School in Abu Hamour, expectations. Everything went really well happen,” she said. yoga and wellness classes. seeks to promote talent in children and and we had a lot of people come up to us Having developed some good connections Lakshana said, “We are emphasising that young adults in Qatar and was inaugurated and say that they haven’t seen this kind of in the fi lm industry that she used to work our yoga classes are for all ages. From kids by South Indian actress Navya Nair, last programme in Doha.” in, Lakshana spoke with her co-stars about to moms and housewives, anybody can weekend. That comment wouldn’t surprise her idea to start such an institute. “They all enrol. We are recommending yoga classes As part of the launch, Nair held a special many. There was a wide range of well-co- said that they will support me through this. for children who are learning dancing so dance and talent workshop at Birla Public ordinated dance and music acts on display. ‘You just start and we will all come down that they can become better dances due School – a tantalising sample of the training “From the Ganesha contemporary dance to and give lessons to the kids’, they said. I to increased fl exibility at an early age. As courses in dance, music, arts, yoga and Bharatanatyam, from me joining six girls in a felt encouraged. Then, I discussed with my for admissions, we are receiving a lot of personal development that the Academy has semi-classical dance to Kathak, Odissi, and husband and we decided we should start this enquiries. The word of mouth has been on off er. The launch programme ended with a Kerala fusion song, we packed in the best institute. It’s not as much for business as great.” The Academy will begin classes from a special evening function at the school with of what we could present.” it is for my passion as I would really love to the second week of May.

LAMP LIGHTING: Malayalam superstar Suresh Gopi lights the ceremonial lamp at the launch event. 8 GULF TIMES Friday, April 29, 2016 COMMUNITY TRAVEL Let there be light at Museum of Neon Art

ARTEFACTS FROM THE PAST: The Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, California, features vintage neon signs from the golden age of signage.

this is what I occasionally do when Woman: “Really bad news?” service stations, led to passionate photographs of glowing motel By Sam McManis I’m on the clock and pounding the Man: “Oh, you wouldn’t believe.” reveries of time past and memories signs and launched into a Proustian travel beat. It was at this point that I politely rekindled. childhood memory from a trip from Man: “See that cocktail glass on interposed myself. These visitors “That’s totally what neon does Los Angeles to Northern California, wo people stood side- top?” to the Museum of Neon Art, the to you,” said Carole Koenig of Los with a stop at a roadside motel by-side in a museum Woman: “Oh, yes. Beautiful.” only conventional museum in the Angeles, roaming the galleries one somewhere near Bakersfi eld. gallery, necks craned Man: “Isn’t that marvellous? world “devoted exclusively to art in recent Saturday with friend Allan “We saw a neon sign with a upward at a 3-foot-high, That reminds me when I was in electric media,” really seemed taken Shatkin, he of the martini-glass chicken crossing the road, and we neon-lit martini glass. San Francisco during the war. My with the array of neon signs fl ashing anecdote. “It welcomes you in. It were so tired my father decided we TI stood a respectable 4 feet buddies and I were on leave and we and glowing and occasionally beckons. You can’t resist it. The had to stop,” she said. “It was called behind them, far enough not to went into this alleyway and saw just moving in the dimly lit space. designs are so amazing. Every single the Chicken Inn. It was the biggest come off as stalkerish to these a neon cocktail glass like that, but In fact, it seemed almost every one of them has meaning attached dump in the world. We sat on the people of a certain age, but close no name, or nothing, on the door. piece on display, everything from to them.” bed, and the bed fell down. You enough to eavesdrop on their We opened the door. We looked in. salvaged roadside motel marquees To prove her thesis, Koenig turned on the faucet, and the faucet animated conversation. Shamefully, We said, ‘Let’s get out of here.’ “ to elaborate kinetic signs on paused before several framed broke off . There was just a piece of Friday, April 29, 2016 GULF TIMES 9 TRAVEL COMMUNITY

cardboard separating my sister and my room and our parents’ room. That was it. I remember my father saying, ‘Good night, kids. Close the cardboard now.’ The next day, on the way out, my dad said to the clerk, ‘We’re paying now.’ The clerk asks him, ‘How was your stay, sir?’ My father said, ‘This is the Chicken Inn, right? Well, we’re Chicken Out real fast.’ “ To neon afi cionados, the fl ashy signs and often elaborate fi gurative representations, such as the becapped female bather in mid- swan dive that graces the MONA roof, are more than just a trigger for baby-boomer nostalgia. No, they consider it a legitimate, if undervalued, art form. Its origins at the turn of the 20th century may have been fi rst scientifi c — “Hey, what would happen if we ran this neon gas through a test tube and applied electricity?” — then employed for commercial purposes to draw the eye of people cruising white, and the words inside each of and our highways. ‘EAT!’ You had in Paris where neon was displayed Museum of Neon Art by in automobiles, but at some the drops proclaim: that one word fl ashing. Neon was a and brought it here,” Evavold point beyond neon’s consumer The way to get people out. said. “A lot of people have the Where: 216 South Brand Blvd., heyday in the 1960s it gained an Leak “People take it personally. For misconception that neon started Glendale appreciation by pop-art aesthetes. Stops me, it’s like that. My father used to on Broadway in New York City. It Hours: Noon to 7pm Fridays This resurgence of interest Here! drive me around town. He owned actually started right off Broadway and Saturdays; noon to 5pm in neon signs by the art world To Eric Evavold, the museum’s a business at the produce mart (in in LA.” Sundays comes at the same time that the vice president, neon is a valued downtown LA). Just seeing this lore Appreciators of neon art can be Cost: $8 general, $5 students old-school signs have largely form of folk art. It’s Americana and this quality at night aff ected serious about the form – works and seniors, free for ages 12 and been subsumed by large, square writ large and lit brightly. He is not me. When the sun fi nally set, pop, by Flavin and others sell for major under and bland LED signs and electric surprised by the renewed interest there was that colour lighting up coin, high six fi gures – but many More information: www.new- billboards that, to many, is an in neon. (In addition to the Los the night sky. It didn’t seem so dark also will admit their interest runs neonmona.org ocular assault more than an inviting Angeles museum, which has been anymore.” toward nostalgia and a certain blaze of eye-popping colour. open since 1981 in various locations, Los Angeles, known for its glitz, kitsch value. Let’s face it, the expressed there is a “boneyard” of erstwhile seems a logical choice for a museum “There’s a retro classy element got letters and a specifi c message. purpose of both neon signs of old huge casino and hotel neon signs dedicated to neon. Evavold said to it, I think,” said Koenig, the It’s not like the illuminated and the current incarnation of preserved in a large lot in downtown some wonder why Times Square “Chicken Inn” visitor. “It decorates billboards we have now. It doesn’t lit advertising is to sell, sell, sell. Las Vegas. In Miami, an interactive, in New York or the Las Vegas strip the night sky, when you think about hit you over the head with overt But once the business attached immersible “Motelscape” literally didn’t get the nod. His answer is it. Remember driving into Vegas at selling like today’s billboards. I to the neon image is long gone, bathes visitors in neon. Jay-Z even simple. The fi rst neon sign in the night? There’s nothing, nothing, mean, when you see a neon cocktail you can appreciate the image name-checks New York neon artist United States illuminated a Packard and then there’s that glow that glass, you’ve got to go in and have a outside its original context. A Los Dan Flavin in the video for “Onto car dealership in downtown LA in almost makes it seem like you’ve cocktail, no matter what. You have Angeles business named “Clayton the Next One.”) 1923. It was a simple design, the arrived on Mars. to.” Plumbers” may be long gone, but “It’s one of the cultural threads word Packard in cursive script, but “It’s the animation factor, too. “Except,” her friend Shatkin people stop and gawk at the 30-foot that makes up the American it caused a sensation. These things most often fl ash and interjected, “when there’s no name sign in MONA’s courtyard. Electric experience,” he said. “It pulls us “The (Packard) owner, Earl C go off and move. It’s so much more on it and it’s in an alley.” — The blue drops lead down to a splat of together. It’s how we lit Route 66 Anthony, had gone to a style show individual. Think about it. You’ve Sacramento Bee/TNS 10 GULF TIMES Friday, April 29, 2016 COMMUNITY TV AWARD Entertainment pitch must

ON SONG: Pakistani pop icon Atif Aslam, also a coveted singer in TOP SHOTS: The night belonged to Diyar e Dil. Maya Ali and Osman Khalid Butt receive their award for Best Actor Female and Bollywood, performing at the show. Male, respectively. Photos by M Haris Usmani

border as well: Mahira Khan, Sanam Saeed By Muhammad Asad Ullah and Hamza Ali Abbassi to name a few, it was Maya Ali’s and Osman Khalid Butt’s a star studded affair with a mixed bag of stars appear set in motion. From being entertainment. UM Awards, one of Pakistan’s The long lines of traffic which patently most coveted TV entertainment a show host to honing acting skills took everyone hours just to enter the venue shows, held its fourth edition was a sweeping snag for the management recently with the glitterati in full over the years, the former might have to start the show past two hours of the attendance. exhibited determination, but she still timeline. HThe most beguiling cogitated golden From sophisticated and subtle humour statue of Pakistan was hosted in Karachi needs to achieve finesse. On the other of the hosts to the jhatkas and matkas early this week after a triumphant show in of Lollywood beauties on Bollywood hit Dubai last year. hand, Osman Khalid Butt, who has done numbers, HUM reinforced its image of To aptly employ a cliché, we’ve seen family entertainment sans crass content. Pakistan television industry grow from a theatre and is known for the parody Although Hamza Ali Abbassi and Ayesha hatchling to a swan. From the legendary videos he started on YouTube, gels well Khan didn’t quite cut it with their on-stage Nadeem Baig, Samina Pirzada and Behroz chemistry, Ahmed Ali Butt held the fort Sabzwari to a new breed ruling television with the character he portrays again with his humour after performing to screens not only in Pakistan but across the singer Taher Shah’s Angel at the ARY Film Friday, April 29, 2016 GULF TIMES 11 DS REVIEW COMMUNITY be matched by substance

Awards in Dubai earlier this month. Hamza attempted to crack several jokes that were met mostly with silence from the audience, and Ayesha looked like she would rather be somewhere else. Due to technical glitches, the Awards did not run as smoothly as expected since the start when supermodel and actress Nadia Hussain took over the stage to announce the Best Male and Female model. Although actress Sohai Ali Abro — dressed in a vintage orange lehnga choli — is a really good dancer, it’s nearly impossible to follow Deepika’s ethereal Bajirao act. Not the best idea to have tried. Where many bristle at Bollywood hit numbers in a Pakistani award show, may be there’s a need to rethink if the home industry has produced music worth the award show this year (until now, that is). One could always censure why Lollywood must dance to Bollywood’s tunes but there is no denying the latter’s influence in the Pakistani pop culture and more so in the entertainment arena. Where actors Ahsan Khan and Mehwish Hayat are considered regular when it comes to performing, the latter chose Pakistani songs from the hit film Bin Roye to perform a duet with top actor Humayun Saeed. For Mahira Khan — the only mother to have played the female lead in both Indian (Raees) and Pakistani (Ho Mann Jahan and Bin Roye) films — it was much harder to match the grace she offers on-screen. The final dance performance of the evening was by Mawra Hocaine, the latest Pakistani entrant in Bollywood (Sanam Teri Kasam), with her sister Urwa. Introducing the film category awards, MAHIRA, AGAIN: Sanam Saeed, one of Pakistan’s most accomplished small screen stars, right, and fashion designer Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, left, it was predictable enough for Humayun presented the award for Best Actor Female — Film to Mahira Khan, centre, for Bin Roye. Saeed and Mahira Khan to win the award for Bin Roye — produced under the banner of actresses who sashayed down the red carpet Filmfare cover featuring Alia Bhatt and HUM itself —whilst sharing the award with dressed in their finest, Syra Yusuf was Fawad Khan — Humaima wore the Elan pink Sarmad Sultan Khoosat for Manto and Sania imposing. Dressed in a deep blue Shehla couture – (the one Alia Bhatt wore) with a Saeed for Manto as well. Chatoor gown, the actress was at her best. head tight ponytail (a super turnoff hon!) Mahira won the honours for Diyar-e-Dil Despite making her presence felt on either Still over all, as an entertainment — like she had the previous year for Sadqe side of the border, Mahira Khan couldn’t network, Hum TV managed to effectively Tumhare. Diyar-e-Dil had received critical create magic with Feeha Jamshed’s black- demonstrate its understanding of the market acclaim worldwide winning 12 awards out of on-black and if you remember the recent and its viewer’s tastes. a total of 21 in television category, the most for the ceremony, including, Best Drama Serial – Jury; Best Drama Serial – Popular; Best Director, Best Actress – Popular; Best Actor – Jury; Best Actor – Popular; Best Supporting Actor; Most Impactful Character; Best Writer; and Best Original Soundtrack. That said, HUM Network needs to revamp the merit for nominations and jury selections. There endure many prominent names who performed superfluous characters. Maya Ali’s and Osman Khalid Butt’s stars appear set in motion. From being a show host to honing acting skills over the years, the former might have exhibited determination, but she still needs to achieve finesse. Although she won the Best Actress Award (Popular), when you watch the show, you find her expressions are pretty much one-dimensional. On the other hand, Osman Khalid Butt, who has done theatre and is known for the parody videos he started on YouTube, gels well with the character he portrays. As for Best Actor (Jury) who else could have won it but the man for all seasons: Meekal Zulfiqar. It was the last award of the evening, SHOWSTOPPER: Syra Yusuf shines in a Shehla presented by Mahira Khan. IN THE FRAME: In a vintage Ali Xeeshan’s choli lehnga, Sohai Ali Abro follows Deepika’s etheral Chatoor gown while presenting an Award for Among the litany of beautiful Pakistani Bajirao act. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. 12 GULF TIMES Friday, April 29, 2016 COMMUNITY Get up to scratch on professional animation software

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Indian expatriate dead Indian expatriate Joseph Chiramel (45) died at a local hospital yesterday after a week- long treatment. The long-term Doha resident leaves behind his wife Rijo, and children Carrol and Chris, both students at DPS-MIS. Eff orts are underway to yfl the body to his native Irinjalakuda in Kerala’s Thrissur district, said a close friend of the deceased. Chiramel, who used to work with an international fi rm in Ras Laff an, had set up businesses in the UAE and Qatar after leaving his earlier employers a few years ago. Family Guy is one of the many animated TV series that uses Toon Boom software. Friday, April 29, 2016 GULF TIMES 13 LEISURE COMMUNITY

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Quick Clues Wordwatch factotum (fak-TOH-tuhm) Other cousins of this word, derived from from Flügel (wing) + Mann (man). A MEANING: the same Indo-European root bhrater- fugleman was once a soldier placed noun: A servant or a low-level employee (brother), are brother, pal, fraternal, and usually on a flank during drill to serve tasked with many things. bully. Earliest documented use: 1425. as a guide for his company. Earliest ETYMOLOGY: USAGE: documented use: 1804. From Latin factotum, from facere (to “Dr Madan Kataria developed a catalog USAGE: do) + totus (all). Earliest documented of comical expressions and sounds that “H.L. Mencken was trying single- use: 1573. he and his confreres used to stimulate handedly to drag American culture out USAGE: and simulate laughter.” of Puritanism and into the twentieth “Now, a reporter trying to interview Eric Trump; Got the Giggles? Join the century, to act as fugleman on this side a business source is confronted by a Club; The New York Times; Jul 27, 2002. of the Atlantic for a literary and artistic phalanx of factotums.” renaissance comparable to the one David Carr; The Puppetry of Quotation protege (PRO-tuh-zhay, pro-tuh- then taking place on the other side.” Approval; The New York Times; Sep 16, ZHAY) Jonathan Yardley; The Sage of 2012. MEANING: Baltimore; noun: One who is protected, guided, interlocutor (in-tuhr-LOK-yuh-tuhr, and supported by somebody older and aa (AH-ah) -yoo-) more experienced. MEANING: MEANING: ETYMOLOGY: noun: Lava having a rough surface. noun: One who takes part in a From French protégé, past participle ETYMOLOGY: conversation or dialogue, especially as of protéger (to protect), from Latin From Hawaiian a ā (to burn). Earliest a representative of an organization. protegere, from pro- + tegere (cover). documented use: 1859. ETYMOLOGY: Ultimately from Indo-European root (s) NOTES: ACROSS DOWN From Latin inter- (between) + loqui (to teg- (to cover), which is the ancestor of Aa is one of the two kinds of lava 1. Extricate (9) 2. Anger (3) 8. Extinguished (3) 3. Sound (5) speak). Earliest documented use: 1518. other words such as tile, thatch, protect, typically found in Hawaiian volcanoes. 9. Nemesis (11) 4. Shrewdness (6) USAGE: detect, and toga. Earliest documented The other kind is pahoehoe, one with a 11. Hide (7) 5. Abstract (7) “During the meeting, the two use: 1786. smooth, ropy surface. 12. High sea (5) 6. Result (11) interlocutors spoke about the existing USAGE: USAGE: 13. Undamaged (6) 7. Not discoloured (9) 15. Diminish (6) 10. Reserve (11) relations between the two countries.” “’I’m proud of him,’ Big Tigger says of his “The type of lava most prevalent on 17. Compel (5) 11. Rigidity (9) Ambassador Meets With Chief protege.” Bartolomé Island is aa lava; it has 18. Adds (7) 14. Climbing plant (7) Executive of Macau; Angola Press Chris Richards; Peter Rosenberg; The a lower temperature and less gas 20. Unseemliness (11) 16. Noted (6) Agency (Luanda); Oct 30, 2007. Washington Post; May 31, 2013. content, which makes for a slower flow, 22. Position (3) 19. Danger (5) 23. Elastic (9) 21. Half-score (3) which causes broken flows and sharp confrere (KON-frayr) fugleman (FYOO-guhl-muhn) edges.” MEANING: MEANING: Ilene Cox; One More Day in the noun: Colleague; a fellow member of a noun: One who leads a group, company, Galapagos Islands; Redlands Daily Facts Cryptic Clues profession, fraternity, etc. or party. (California); Sep 25, 2005. ETYMOLOGY: ETYMOLOGY: From Latin con- (with) + frater (brother). From German Flügelmann (flank man), — wordsmith.org

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Sudoku is a puzzle ACROSS DOWN based on a 9x9 grid. The 1. Deplorable - the French in history! (9) 2. Focus of Schubert is apparent (3) 8. Coin with mineral origins (3) 3. Without clothes, without gravity - tip grid is also divided into 9. There’s a pop-group aboard - let’s get the wink (5) nine (3x3) boxes. You out of here! (7,4) 4. Cast scorn on English watchdog (6) are given a selection of 11. Trooped off wreck (7) 5. Wear out part of the car (7) values and to complete 12. Parking in nude is ridiculous turnabout 6. Policeman mistakenly leapt on the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that (2-3) evidence of faultless writing (11) 13. Sparkles at playing games on beginner 7. Beadles about right on Sunday - how every column, every row and every 3x3 (6) you may feel after a close shave (9) box contains the digits 1 to 9 and none 15. Dance movement said to be plain (6) 10. Dry period in a port at journey’s end? is repeated. 17. Language of about a million Asian (3,8) people (5) 11. Mean with string for the high-wire act? 18. Notice, say, stringed instrument for (9) getting fish (3-4) 14. Home Guard put a limit on one’s Mall Cinema (1): Take Down Royal Plaza Cinema Palace 20. Tchaikovsky suite with bearing may movement (7) demolish even a hard case (11) 16. Part of the last rally of the stars (6) (2D) 1.30pm; Top Cat Begins (2): Green Room (2D) 1pm; Dhay 22. Appealing inside to vegetable (3) 19. Doff coats for a day at the races? (5) (2D) 3.30pm; Mother’s Day (2D) Fe Abu Dhabi (Arabic) 3pm; 23. Your portion of garden (9) 21. A single cracked urn (3) 5.15pm; The Huntsman: Winter’s (Urdu) 3.30pm; Synchronicity Midnight Special (2D) 5.15pm; War (2D) 7.15pm; Midnight (2D) 5.45pm; I Am Wrath (2D) Mother’s Day (2D) 7.15pm; Hijrat 7.45pm; Kangar Hoppiena Yesterday’s Solutions Special (2D) 9.15pm; Manithan (Urdu) 9.15pm; Synchronicity (Tamil) 11.15pm. (Arabic) 9.15pm; Green Room (2D) 11.30pm. QUICK CRYPTIC Mall Cinema (2): Dhay Fe Abu (2D) 11.30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Across: 7 Heaven; 8 Banish; 10 Routine; Across: 7 Teapot; 8 Kennel; 10 Illicit; 11 Dhabi (Arabic) 2pm; The Jungle Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): Mother’s Day (2D) 1.45pm; I (1): Top Cat Begins (2D) 1.30 & 11 Cover; 12 Feud; 13 Aside; 17 Cloak; 18 Lucky; 12 Gout; 13 Staff ; 17 Wrist; 18 Opal; Book (2D) 4.15pm; Midnight Am Wrath (2D) 3.45pm; Kangar Axle; 22 Hoist; 23 Exclaim; 24 Weapon; 25 22 Bream; 23 Unicorn; 24 Nodded; 25 3.15pm; The Jungle Book (2D) Poison. Quince. Special (2D) 6pm; Baaghi (Hindi) 5pm; Baaghi (Hindi) 6.45pm; Hoppiena (Arabic) 5.30pm; I Am Down: 1 Sheriff ; 2 Vacuous; 3 Debit; 4 Down: 1 Strings; 2 Fall out; 3 Porch; 4 8.30 & 11pm. Wrath (2D) 7.30pm; Midnight Cascade; 5 Sieve; 6 Sharp; 9 Newspaper; 14 Well off ; 5 Knock; 6 Plays; 9 Status quo; 14 The Huntsman: Winter’s War Glutton; 15 Exhaust; 16 Ferment; 19 Shawl; Trammel; 15 Appoint; 16 Flannel; 19 Ebony; Mall Cinema (3): Kali (2D) 9.15pm; Baaghi (Hindi) Special (2D) 9.15pm; Take Down 20 Vital; 21 Scoop. 20 Wendy; 21 Sit-up. (Malayalam) 1.15pm; Hijrat 11.15pm. (2D) 11.30pm. 16 GULF TIMES Friday, April 29, 2016 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE 10 moving mistakes to avoid for a safe and productive moving day

or all moving people, the turn Damaging breakable items Not utilising truck space effi ciently of seasons means it’s time to Poor packing can cause items to Put the biggest items in the truck fi rst tackle the big move. Whether break during the move. Plan ahead followed by heavy boxes. Then stack with you’ve purchased a new home and have plenty of paper and bubble lighter boxes and other items to fi ll in the or are changing apartments, wrap on hand. Towels, socks and other remaining space. movingF is a lot of work — both physically soft materials are great for packing and mentally. By planning ahead, packing breakables as well. Lifting incorrectly smart and moving safely, you can avoid When loading and unloading, be sure some of the most notorious moving day Reserving a rental truck too late to bend your knees and lift with your mistakes. Wait too long and you might not get legs, not your back. Work diligently, but To streamline your moving day, avoid the truck you need. Reserve a truck be sure to take breaks and stay hydrated. these top mistakes and feel great about at least two weeks prior to the move. entering your new home sweet home: Reserve the perfect moving truck for Driving at peak times your moving day, saving you time and Leave early in the morning. You’ll run Renting the wrong size truck headaches. into less traffi c and you’ll leave yourself In general, allow 150 cubic feet of truck extra time to unload at your destination. space for each fully furnished room. For Poorly labelled boxes Take turns driving and take breaks once example, a 12-foot truck off ers 450 cubic Where did you put those tools you now every two to three hours. feet while a 26-foot truck off ers 1,400 so desperately need? Always remember cubic feet for your items. to label boxes clearly. Note the boxes’ Unsafe driving practices contents and what room it belongs in. Driving a big truck is new for many Packing items too early or too late people. Professionals will get you Begin with out-of-season and non- Not having enough hands on deck familiarised with your vehicle, verify essential items several weeks prior Now is the time to cash in some favours the best driving directions to your new to move day. Donate or sell anything and elicit friends and family to help home, check the upcoming weather you won’t use at your new home. Pack on moving day. This allows you to use and give you any necessary driving essentials like personal necessities your truck rental time effi ciently while advice. and basic cookware the day before or ensuring you’re not too sore from doing it morning of moving day. all yourself. © Brandpoint

ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20

Today is one of those days when you probably wish you were Some of you probably feel as if you can’t take a trick right now! Unless you can find a way to get out of doing something later today anywhere else than where you are Aries. Down on energy? Feel like Mercury the planet of getting things done just went out of phase in or over the weekend, you might be stuck with having to go or part your mojo went on vacation without you? It’s simply a temporary your sign yesterday and May 21 (the day it moves direct) seems a with money or do something else you don’t want to do. Next time energy dip. This too shall pass. long way off , doesn’t it? don’t say “yes” so readily!

CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

There’s nothing worse than feeling as if you have to do something, If something sounds absolutely too good to be true today, chances Unless you are certain about something or someone today, don’t go is there? Feeling obligated is akin to feeling trapped to some of are that it is Leos. Don’t fall into a trap someone is leaving out for you ahead with whatever plans you make or time you spend teaching you. Keep in mind that with Mercury freshly out of phase in your today. Ask around, listen to your intuition and if you still don’t know them something. Your time is precious just like theirs is, so don’t let friendship zone, others may feel the same way and you might what to think, don’t think anything. them get away with making you feel guilty. actually get out of it!

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Be open to people swapping things around and changing plans Unfortunately, with Mercury the communications guru out of phase As much as you like being involved in pretty much everything Sags, without much notice at all today Librans. In fact, that’s the way for the next few weeks in your relationship zone, getting your point right now with Mars the planet of energy and passion out of phase in things are going to be for some time to come, with Mercury the of view across won’t be so easy. Actions definitely speak louder than your sign, you might not be up to running around and trying to keep communicator out of phase. words anyway, but particularly now. up. It could be a weekend to unwind and really relax.

CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

If you feel as if your other half has totally got the wrong end of the If you feel as if you can’t remember where you put things or have Quality is definitely better than quantity when it comes to stick and is simply arguing with you for the sake of it, blame it on lost your keys 5 times already today, don’t see it as early onset of friendships Pisces. Something you will definitely find out over the Mercury being out of phase in your romance zone and don’t allow it anything terrible! It’s simply Mercury retrograde working his magic next few weeks. Knowing who’s in your corner and who isn’t is vital to upset you too much. in your busy zone. information. Friday, April 29, 2016 GULF TIMES 17 BOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

Nobody off ers me negative roles, of Vividha. “Vividha is a very diff erent says Shivani Surve character. There are a lot of shades in her character. That’s why I decided to be part of Actress Shivani Surve, known for her this show. bubbly image onscreen, says she is ready to “The story of the show is based in Ajmer, play negative roles but nobody is ready to but she doesn’t know what’s happening off er her that type of characters. “I might outside that city and doesn’t know do a negative role, but nobody off ers me anything about the bad and good people in negative characters. Everybody says that the world. The show features how Atharva ‘No, you can’t do that’. They think that I (Vikram Singh Chauhan) makes Vividha a don’t look like a vamp. So, I really don’t strong and individual girl. It tells how both know what will make me look like that. of them fall in love with each other,” she “Maybe my face is sweet enough for said. that type of roles. I can’t do any ‘vampish’ Sharing similarities between her role and character,” Shivani, who has featured in TV her personal life, Shivani said: “Vividha is shows like Navyaa, Phulwa and Anamika, very attached to her family. So am I. Also, told IANS. she is sweet just like me.” Asked why actors get bored and leave TV Apart from Hindi shows, Shivani has shows after playing a character for a long also appeared in several Marathi serials time, Shivani said: “Why does it happen like Devyani and Sundar Maza Ghar — And with them... I don’t understand? I never she says that working in any daily soap get bored with doing repeatedly the same is similar irrespective of the language in scenes. which it is being made. “You are an actor, it means you are a “For me, it’s not at all diff erent. I have to creative person. In every scene you have do same things in Hindi and Marathi. It’s to show your creativity. The day you will just that the language changes. Apart from get bored, it means you are not showing that, everything else remains the same for your creativity. You are doing acting for the me. I love working in both Marathi and money purpose.” Hindi shows,” Shivani said. Shivani will next be seen in Jana Na Dil Jana Na Dil Se Door will be aired on Star Se Door wherein she will portray the role Plus from May 9 onwards. – IANS

Barjatya encourages fi lmmakers with ‘fresh thoughts’

Director Sooraj Barjatya says that the industry is more conducive for independent fi lmmakers today who have “fresh thoughts” as the audience is much more “real cinema-oriented”. “There’s no opportunity better than now for people who have fresh thoughts and who want to do something new because PACKING IT IN: Huma Qureshi the audience is much more educated, much more real cinema-oriented,” Barjatya said at an event. “I wish everyone that whatever is there in your mind, you should defi nitely make Huma Qureshi it. It is diffi cult to make fi lms today, but if you have the passion, then you have PIECE OF ADVICE: Sooraj Barjatya everything,” he added. Barjatya has been in the industry for is undergoing many experimental and more than 25 years now, having delivered innovative changes, ‘I Am A Film Maker, wants to remain some of the biggest hits of the industry with I Am Independent’, an initiative of We fi lms such as Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Manage Filmz, founded by Gaurav Pandey, Hain Kaun..! and recently Prem Ratan Dhan promises to encourage independent fi lm Payo. makers by bringing them close to each other busy with work In today’s time where Indian cinema and to the right audience. — IANS

ctress Huma Qureshi, who is “I hope I always remain busy with it (work),” currently busy with three fi lms added the Gangs of Wasseypur actress. Huma — Dobaara, Viceroy’s House and will be seen sharing screen space with her southern movie White — says she brother and actor Saqib Saleem in the Hindi is more than happy having a tight fi lm remake of the Hollywood fi lm Oculus. Aschedule. She is also making her debut in southern Asked if she feels overburdened with work, cinema with superstar Mammootty in White. Huma told IANS: “Not at all. Last year, in The 29-year-old actress will also share fact, I had only one release that was Badlapur, screen space with Downton Abbey star Hugh which did really well commercially and Bonneville in Gurinder Chadha’s upcoming critically ... I am more than happy to be busy British-Indian historical drama fi lm Viceroy’s with work.” House. — IANS TWITTER BUZZ: Shah Rukh Khan, left, and Manoj Bajpayee.

Kamal Haasan to revive SRK was ‘happy’ to The 50-year-old superstar replied by an old character in his next film will feature Haasan and his daughter see Manoj Bajpayee saying: “Was so happy to see you my man.” Shruti Haasan as father-daughter for the Traffi c is an emotional thriller based Actor-fi lmmaker Kamal Haasan will bring first time on the screen. Popular Telugu Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he was on a road trip from Mumbai to Pune. The back one of his most loved characters from comedian Brahmanandam, Ramya Krishnan “so happy” to see actor Manoj Bajpayee, story revolves around transportation of a yesteryear in his next yet-untitled trilingual and Saurabh Shukla are already part of the who was promoting his upcoming reality- heart for a heart transplant case, chasing project, which will offi cially launch today. project, which will be simultaneously shot based fi lm Traffi c. The Chennai Express a strict deadline. During the mission, the “It’s true that Kamal sir will be playing one of in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. A majority star paid a surprise visit to Manoj, who characters face numerous diffi culties and his most popular characters, and it’s tipped to portion of the film will be shot in the US, “thanked” SRK for “dropping by”. “Thanks traffi c being one of them. Directed by late be hilarious. He will offi cially announce it on besides some scenes in India. Maestro for dropping by Shah Rukh Khan quite a Rajesh Pillai, produced by Deepak Dhar of Friday,” a source close to Haasan told IANS. Ilayaraja has been roped in to compose the surprise for the media present there. God Endemol India and presented by Foxstar To be directed by Rajeev Kumar, the tunes. – IANS bless you,” Manoj tweeted on Tuesday Studios, Traffi c also stars Jimmy Sheirgill, night. Divya Dutta and Sachin Khedekar. — IANS 18 GULF TIMES Friday, April 29, 2016 COMMUNITY HOLLYWOOD Actor Michael Weston ignored father’s advice reviving the old Crypt Keeper and By Luaine Lee Tales from the Crypt, that haunted comic books fi rst and then HBO. The anthology will feature horror hen Michael blocks, the way American Horror Weston decided Story does. The fi rst season will he wanted to be an pay tribute to the slasher movies actor, he sought of the ‘80s, subsequent sections the advice of his will visit other horror categories ... father.W This promised to be a wise Speaking of horror, the cult classic choice since Weston’s dad is veteran “Mother May I Sleep with Danger?” actor John Rubinstein (Desperate is being redone by Lifetime, Sony Housewives, Parenthood). and James Franco, set to air on June But the counsel wasn’t what 18. Ivan Sergei and Tori Spelling, he was looking for. “He said, ‘If who costarred in the fi rst fi lm, are you can do anything else, do it,’” reunited in this spooky remake. recalls Weston seated in a hotel Franco will star. alcove here in Pasadena, California. The problem was he couldn’t do INVESTIGATION anything else. Well, baseball, DISCOVERY TO HOST EVENT maybe, way back. He proved a Like Comic-con before it, the promising player in high school, Investigation Discovery Channel but threw his arm out, ending a is holding an IDcon in New York burgeoning career. come June 11. Fans of the all-crime “I always liked to mess around. I network (who are predominately was the class clown in those ways. women) will seize the chance to But I never saw myself up on stage,” meet their favourites — Joe Kenda, he says, leaning back on the beige Homicide Hunter, Paula Zahn, On velveteen couch, his arm resting on the Case, Chris Hansen, Mind of the back of the sofa. a Murderer, etc. The event will be “But my dad was an actor and held at the Altman Building and my mom was an actress. So it was will off er all kinds of killer treats in my bones all along. I just didn’t including a chance to serve as a really know it ... To me, I loved walk-on (or maybe a dead body) sports so much, but what I loved on one of the shows. Admission is about acting is that it’s a team sport free, but you must register to attend as well. You have this elaborate at https://idcon.eventbrite.com, team and you all collaborate in a fi rst-come, fi rst served. deep and personal and creative way and in an intense, sort of athletic PRIVATE EYE BACK ON THE way, and you create this thing. CASE One component can’t do it on his Next Monday Acorn TV will own. You have to have each other, begin streaming a whole new look to each other, and trust each season of Guy Pearce as the other. I love that aspect of it. It was rebellious and cheeky “Jack Irish.” a deeper, more complete sport to Already the veteran of three TV me.” movies, the Australian private Though his parents divorced eye deserves his own series as when Michael was 12, he interpreted by the terrifi c Pearce. remembers watching the erratic Though he’s been super successful nature of his father’s job. “My dad SOUL SEARCHING: Michael Weston costars in Fox’s new series, Houdini & Doyle. Weston plays the skeptical Harry in projects like Memento and L.A. ... has spent a career feeling when Houdini. Confi dential, Pearce tells me he’s it’s good it’s good, and when it’s not so sure he likes performing. not, it’s hard. It’s painful and you fi nally put it out, and then some are conscripted to assist Scotland are the parents of a 5-month- “I don’t know how much I do like have to be very resilient and have guy comes in and in one night can Yard. old baby boy. “I’m a loving dude acting. I feel I’ve always used acting to check your ego at the door and shut it all down. I remember he Acting may require audacity, but and care deeply about everyone in my life as a survival technique invest in the best qualities of the took it so personally. It broke his Weston says, “The gutsiest things in my life, but I don’t think I’ve that’s why I don’t really feel at work,” says Weston, 42. heart ... I remember seeing how one does in life is to be truthful, experienced this kind of love in my times that I’m a real actor who does “I learned that from him. I took hard he took it and also remember open yourself up. The intimacy that life. This kid, it hits a chord in my his homework and all that stuff ,” his advice seriously. And as I did seeing him get on his feet and go one fi nds with one’s spouse, those guts, it’s just something else. I sit he says. it, I realized that I was OK with back into the next thing. There was are the scariest moments of my there and look at him, and you’re “I got into acting when I was the rejection, with the ups and something about that. I found it life. This stuff is scary, and it’s hard instantly relearning everything pretty young. It is a survival downs of it, and the unknown,” says very heroic.” and it’s what you do, but I love it to about yourself. You see this little technique sometimes ... the fear Weston, who changed his moniker But he comes from a line of my toes. But to me, the triumphs pure, innocent thing, and he’s of being uninteresting, the fear because there was another actor heroic artists. Weston’s grandfather in my life are the ones ingrained already open and good in all ways, of looking scared, a response to with the same name in the actors’ was the famous classical pianist in me in some dark part of myself. and it restores your sense of hope perhaps when I was younger and guild. Arthur Rubinstein. There’s some of And to break that crust and to fi nd in what’s good in the world. It’s was thinking about something He recalls that his father had that daring in Weston’s latest role the better human being within it an amazing feeling. It shakes the and my mother would say to me, spent months refi ning a play only as the intrepid Harry Houdini in where I really exist and where I am a foundations of everything you ‘Get that miserable look off your to have the New York Times theatre Fox’s new series, Houdini & Doyle, deeper, better human, those are the thought the world was about.” face.’ ‘Oh, I’m not miserable.’ critic bury it on opening night. “My premiering soon. It pits the famous triumphs for me.” Now somebody pays me to do dad worked with so much love and duo — magician Harry Houdini Costarring in an absorbing THE CRYPT KEEPER RISES it. I constantly question it, and I heart in what he did and just gave and Sherlock Holmes author miniseries marks only one of AGAIN constantly question the value of it himself to it. With a play, you work Arthur Conan Doyle — against the Weston’s latest challenges. He We have to wait a year but and see that it sort of perpetuates for weeks and weeks and weeks and Victorian underworld when they and his wife, singer Priscilla Ahn, TNT and M Night Shyamalan are those insecurities.” — TNS Friday, April 29, 2016 GULF TIMES 19 HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

Dakota Johnson is uncertain about her future in Hollywood

Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson says she still feels like she doesn’t know what she’s doing and is unsure of what her life will be like. “I still feel like I don’t know what I’m doing,” she said in the May issue of Interview, reports eonline.com. “Like, I’m unsure of what my life will be like. I mean, I have such an obsession with making movies that I probably will always do that. But sometimes my life can feel so suff ocating, and then it can feel so massive, like I don’t have a handle on it at all, and I don’t know where it’s going or what I’m going to do. “Right now, I’m known for SECOND THOUGHTS: Megan Fox, left, and Brian Austin Green. making movies. And I wonder if that’s it. I don’t know. It doesn’t feel like it to me.” She shared that it seems like the world is “so fast to move its interest Megan to call off divorce to someone else”. “When I think about fi lmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I’ve admired their with Brian Austin Green? entire body of work. I have admired what they began with and what they’re doing now. And now I feel ctress Megan Fox, who was spotted vacation, the two were spotted enjoying a beach stroll. like there’s such a weird pressure to cosying up with estranged husband Brian They were seen walking hand in hand as Fox showed fi nd the new face,” she continued. Austin Green in Hawaii, is reportedly off her growing baby bump. The pair looked radiant as “I don’t get it at all. I want to see considering cancelling their divorce. A they smiled from ear to ear. “It was great and Megan is women evolve. I want to see a body source close to both the actors claimed that coming around. She hasn’t called off the divorce just of work. I want to see all of it.” — Athe Transformers star, who is expecting her third child yet, but it’s heading in that direction. They are both IANS IN THE DARK: Dakota Johnson with the 42-year-old actor, was “changing her mind very excited about a new baby and having it together,” a little bit” when it came to divorcing Green, reports the insider said. usmagazine.com. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the The Angry Birds Movie a of funny people ever together in “Megan was the one that wanted the divorce and Shadows star showed off her baby bump at CinemaCon ‘break’ for Peter Dinklage one movie,” Dinklage said in a Brian has done everything to try to convince her in Las Vegas on April 11. Though she and Green have statement. otherwise. He planned this trip back to Hualalai, split, they continue to co-parent their sons Noah and Actor Peter Dinklage, who has “I had such a blast upstaging all where they got married,” the source said. During their Bodhi. — IANS lent his voice for the Mighty Eagle of them. My favourite part about in The Angry Birds Movie, says it’s the fi lm is the slapstick comedy, a “break” from all the “slapstick it’s such a break from the slapstick Tim Burton-inspired drama” he has been doing lately. drama I’ve been doing lately,” he hotel to open in NY Ever since Game of Thrones burst added. onto television screens, it was the Based on one of the most A bar and restaurant inspired portrayal of Tyrion Lannister by successful games of the recent by fi lmmaker Tim Burton is set Dinklage that had everyone talking. times, Angry Birds, the star cast of to open in New York City’s East Now the Golden Globe winner is the movie includes Jason Sudeikis Village. The restaurant named looking forward to taking a break (Horrible Bosses), Josh Gad (Pixels, Beetle House is based on Burton’s from his dramatic portrayals and Frozen), Danny McBride (Due Date, 1988 movie Beetlejuice, which fi nding some comic relief in his This is the End) and Maya Rudolph starred actor Michael Keaton in professional career. (Grown Ups, Bridesmaids). the title role, as well as several “Mighty Eagle likes to talk, talk Distributed by Sony Pictures, The of his other motion pictures, and talk about himself. He has a Angry Birds Movie will release in reports femalefi rst.co.uk. mighty Ego. There’s a huge group India on May 27 in English, Hindi The eatery will feature food of hilarious comedians starring in and Tamil. It will also be available and drinks based on Burton’s the movie, like the most number in 3D. – IANS MUTUAL ADMIRATION: Late Prince, left, and Padma Lakshmi. fi lms, including Edward Scissorhands and Mars Attacks!. Prince was huge infl uence a fan of her reality TV series Top Among the cocktails on on my life: Padma Lakshmi Chef. “He was a Top Chef fan. He off er at Beetle House are the was very generous. He was funny. Headless Horseman, so called Supermodel-actress Padma He knew what it was,” she added. after his 1999 horror motion Lakshmi has revealed that late Not only did the mother of one picture Sleepy Hollow, and the pop star Prince was a “huge recall dancing at his fi nal Saturday Jack Skellington, a character in infl uence” on her life. “He was Night Live appearance, Lakshmi 1993 fi lm The Nightmare Before a huge infl uence on my life and also remembered her favourite Christmas, which was produced my adolescence. I grew up with Prince memory. “He was very by Burton. Prince,” Lakshmi, 45, told people. mischievous. You think that’s an Customers who are keen to com at the TIME 100 Gala. act, but he’s very witty. He had indulge in a meaty treat might “I don’t remember being this a great sense of humour,” she like to order the Edward Burger upset when any other performer explained. “I didn’t know how Hands or the Sweeney Beef that passed away. Not Michael Jackson, small or how much shorter he was get their name from actor Johnny not anybody. Bowie, yes, because than me when I fi rst was talking to Depp’s onscreen character I know Iman and David,” she said, him like this. That was a shock. He Sweeney Todd. It’s not the fi rst adding, “And I knew Prince too, but was 5’2”. And barefoot, I’m 5’9”. It time Beetle House’s owners have I wasn’t that close to him. But I just was incredible to see him live,” she created a celebrity-inspired knew him. I’ve been depressed all added. venue, having previously opened week”. Prince was found dead at the age the Stay Classy New York, which Lakshmi was a big fan of the of 57 at his home at Paisley Park in is dedicated to actor Will Ferrell. “Purple rain” singer and much to Chanhassen, Minnesota, on April — IANS her surprise, the late singer was 21. — IANS COMIC RELIEF: Peter Dinklage 20 GULF TIMES Friday, April 29, 2016 COMMUNITY Sashie’s world of gigantic orbs

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The juxtaposition of the detailed subjects By Umer Nangiana and the vastness of their surroundings emphasises a contrast in complexities between these concentrated small worlds and the illed with futuristic warnings expansiveness of the larger world around about human’s tendencies for them. environmental dominance and Through these combinations, the over-consumption, this is a artist intends to convey the ubiquitous fi ctional world of orb paintings. commonality in how functions of JapaneseF artist Masakatsu Sashie presents microscopic systems extrapolate to the this imaginary world depicting large, city-like greater universe. Masakatsu was born in spheres drifting above remains of a destroyed 1974 in the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa civilisation. Prefecture. He received an MFA from the His gigantic orbs are created out of scraps of Kanazaw College of Art in 2000. old constructions from the Showa-period. It His birth town is widely known for its rich is a period of enlightened peace and harmony, cultural traditions in arts and crafts. Kanazawa period of radiant Japan during the time of reign has very diffi cult geographical accessibility of the Showa Emperor, Hirohito, from 1926 to and it owes to this fact a rather unique culture 1989. And there are pieces of mass production development. and mass consumption culture in his work. Sashie received his MFA from the Kanazawa Things like vending machines, pachinko Great Battle, a piece by Sashie. In the Smog. College of Art in 2000. Sashie has exhibited parlours or fast food signs and video game throughout Asia and the United States and components are woven into Sashie’s imagery appealing to a large international audience,” Oparin in which there is no fundamental his work is included in private and corporate in his orb painting, creating an orb using a says Kodzhamanova. diff erence between living organisms and collections internationally. light source. The Japanese artist and his work The artist himself will be present at the lifeless matter. With a lifelong interest in model making and are coming to town with a solo exhibition at opening reception to be held at Anima Gallery Sashie’s coacervates are often depicted as having grown up in a virtual diorama, Sashie’s Anima Gallery on May 9. on May 9. The exhibition will open to the orb-shaped amalgams of manmade objects intricately detailed oil paintings depict a “Sashie focuses on the idea how with public the next day. suspended over cityscapes. world where the common objects of modern the haphazard increase in populations and Sashie’s work revolves around the belief “Although coacervates exist on a industrialisation take on often oppressive depletion of resources, the space is shrinking that the coacervate is a universal model and microscopic level, the function of assimilating forms. for humans. He tries to depict in his work basis for all systems and organisms, simple and surrounding matter extends into our world These haunting vistas are often dominated how the future cities would look like,” Iliana complex. The term coacervate, from Latin “to as well as the universe beyond. Selectively by an orb, a substantial fi gure, made of Kodzhamanova, the Sales and Marketing assemble together or cluster,” is defi ned as a absorbing and processing our environment, an amalgam of the remnants of human Executive, Anima Gallery, tells Community. microscopic droplet of assorted organic lipid whether conscious or subliminal, is part of our existence. The contrast between the detail and She says Sashie’s work is easily molecules held together by hydrophobic forces evolution and results in the composition of complexity of the orb and the surrounding distinguishable and he is one of the most in a surrounding liquid. who we are, the world we live in, the systems environment impresses upon the viewer the prominent young Japanese artists. His solo They create a locally segregated we create and values that are prized,” says the co-existence of small microcosms within the exhibition comes as part of Anima Gallery’s environment yet their boundaries allow artist in his statement. larger outer world. international focus. selective absorption from the medium in The works in this exhibition feature Without showing preference to either world, “We mostly hold solo exhibitions during which they are contained. This assimilation landscapes that resemble landfi lls comprising Masakatsu Sashie paints two opposite worlds diff erent times of the year and our focus is of elements, a primitive form of metabolism, towering piles of glowing televisions, vending as equals with the intent of drawing the viewer mostly on international artists. Sashie is a is the basis of the Origin of Life hypothesis machines, vehicles and other industrially into the space and having them refl ect on distinguished Japanese artist with his work set forth by post-Darwin theorist Alexander manufactured products. society and its values.