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Community Embassy of South Africa organises Ubuntu Bash, Heritage Bazaar, at Doha Sports Park.

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Community Qatar University College of Pharmacy recognises 75 of its top students for the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 term.

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10 on 10 Hollywood actress Bo Derek talks about the evolution of cinema, filmmaking and her four-decade long journey in an exclusive interview with Community. P4-6

COVER STORY

REVIEW

SHOWBIZ

A gripping family odyssey of

Kevin Hart happy to go back

tragedy and redemption.

to work after car crash.

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PRAYER TIME Fajr Shorooq (sunrise) Zuhr (noon) Asr (afternoon) Maghreb (sunset) Isha (night)

4.34am 5.56am 11.21am 2.25pm 4.45pm 6.15pm

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Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Office (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374

Frozen 2 DIRECTION: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee CAST: Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel SYNOPSIS: Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa’s powers in order to save their kingdom. Elsa starts to hear

Marjaavaan DIRECTION: Milap Zaveri CAST: Riteish Deshmukh, Sidharth Malhotra, Tara Sutaria SYNOPSIS: Marjaavaan is a story of love birds Raghu and

a strange sound from the north calling her. Together with her sister Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, they embark on a new journey beyond their homeland of Arendelle in order to discover the origin of Elsa’s magical powers and save their kingdom.

THEATRES: Landmark, Royal Plaza

Zoya enjoying their lives until a vertically challenged gang leader with harmful intentions turns their world upside down.

THEATRES: Royal Plaza, The Mall

ote Unquote u Q “Death is not the greatest loss in life.

The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”

— Norman Cousins

Community Editor Kamran Rehmat e-mail: community@gulf-times.com Telephone: 44466405 Fax: 44350474

For movie timings and further details please scan the QR code above with your mobile phone camera or visit qatarcinemas.com

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TIME: 4pm — 9pm A one stop place for school leavers. All prospective students who are planning to study in Malaysia are welcome to the exhibition. Come and be a part of the truly Asian culture in Doha.

After School Activities WHERE: Atelier WHEN: Ongoing Music and arts activities for students taking place after they finish their day in school includes Group Music lessons, Hiphop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 years old after school hours.

Gems and Jewels Exhibition WHERE: Museum of Islamic Art WHEN: Ongoing till January 18 TIME: 9am onwards The exhibition comes in celebration of the 2019 Year of Culture Qatar-India and presents a look at magnificent gems and jewellery from India. Set in Stone: Gems and Jewels from Royal Indian Courts showcases more than 100 pieces from across Qatar Museums’ (QM) collections, including many masterpieces that have never been displayed before.

hierarchies and health systems of the local Tanzanian communities.

A collection of photographs of the wildlife, landscapes and people of Tanzania taken by WCM-Q professor Dr Dietrich Büsselberg will be exhibited.

Artistic Gymnastic Classes WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm The olympic sport using horizontal bar, rings and floor exercises on mats for the children from age 4 till 16.

Hobby Classes WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Centre WHEN: Saturday – Friday Mamangam is an art and performance centre started with a vision of spreading our knowledge, interests and experience in various disciplines in arts across different countries for children and adults.

Mamangam has become the favourite centre for learning. We offer regular classes in the following disciplines like traditional classical and folk dance forms, art and craft, drawing and painting, personality development and public speaking, Bollywood dance, contemporary, hip hop styles, music both vocals and instrumentals. To develop health consciousness, we train them karate, yoga with special sessions for kids and adults.

Mamangam has also come up with chess and robotics in regular batches in an attempt to give a better learning experience, as they sharpen their minds and brains too.

For those who wish to register for more details, visit www.mamangamqatar.in

Ballet Lessons WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 4pm – 8pm For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839.

Photo Exhibition: ‘Experience Tanzania’ WHERE: Multaqa (Student Center) Art Gallery at Education City WHEN: Ongoing until December 1 TIME: 4pm ‘Experience Tanzania’ is a yearly project supported by Student Affairs Division of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar that allows students and faculty to explore and immerse themselves in Tanzanian urban and rural cultures. During their trip, WCM-Q’s aspiring physicians offer basic healthcare services to the locals as a way of giving back to the community and learn about the lifestyles, traditions, socioeconomic

Career Guidance WHERE: Right Track Consultants, Al Sadd WHEN: Sunday – Thursday TIME: 6pm – 8pm Career guidance for course, country, college and entrance for students of Grade IX-XII, of all curriculum. Career assessments administered for stream preference, career test, branch preference, personality, multiple intelligence and learning styles and productivity. For more information, 55448835.

Education Fair WHERE: City Centre Doha WHEN: Tomorrow

HEC SBUM Info Session WHERE: 14th floor, Tornado Tower, West Bay WHEN: November 26 TIME: 5pm – 6:15pm HEC Paris invites you to the next Information Session for Specialised Master’s Degree in Strategic Business Unit Management (SBUM).This part-time degree programme is designed as a practical foundation for managing a business. It will give you the opportunity to learn international best practice from world-class faculty. Find out how it will help you take your career forward! The program offers a choice of 3 specialist tracks in General Management, Entrepreneurship and Business Development and Marketing and Sales.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: gtlisting@gmail.com, Events and timings subject to change

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COVER STORY

“Good movie is a good movie, I don’t care where you see it” — Bo Derek, Hollywood actress

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It was so expensive to make a movie back in the 80s, so expensive to release it, and you had to make a film to please the masses.

For the most part, the films were not that specific. Now, whatever you like, whatever documentary, whatever you want to learn about or however you want to be entertained — it’s just a click away and it’s fantastic

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COVER STORY “When I produced my first film, I had a very strong position in the industry. The biggest you can get — for a moment.

So many people started pulling me and telling me what to do — I wasn’t prepared.

So, I decided to be my own boss. When I look back, I think, I might would’ve made better career choices but I wouldn’t have traded the experience or anything”

POPULAR: Following Bo Derek’s appearance in 10, everybody started wearing cornrows, trying to look just like her, accrediting Bo more than anyone else for popularising cornrows. A 1980 People article even cited Derek as the catalyst for making cornrows a ‘cross-cultural craze’ and a ‘beauty store bonanza.’

By Muhammad Asad Ullah

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o Derek made her acting breakthrough in the 1979 romantic comedy 10, and her performance — including an iconic scene of Derek running down the beach in a skin-coloured swimsuit and cornrows — quickly propelled her to a status of femme fatale with overnight stardom — a perfect 10. Bo was everywhere — on the covers of magazines, newspapers and posters of the film alike that helped make the movie into a 10 on a scale of same among box office sleepers, with a gross of $60 million. It’s the only thing most people even remember about the movie. Suddenly, everybody was wearing cornrows, trying to look just like her, accrediting Bo more than anyone else for popularising cornrows. A 1980 People article even cited Derek as the catalyst for making cornrows a ‘cross-cultural craze’ and a ‘beauty store bonanza.’ In Derek’s own words “Being the part of 10 was such an unusual experience.

I’m only in the film a few minutes but it changed my life. The film itself was about a man in his mid-life crises, haven’t been told before. I feel so fortunate to be a part of it.”

It was four decades ago, but the moment still looms over Bo Derek’s life. Born Mary Cathleen Collins in Long Beach, California, in 1959, Derek says she just sort of made up the name Bo around the time she was casted in cinema.

Although Bo’s subsequent film Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) did well on the box office, but it was raved with negative reviews due to the objectification of Bo rather than keeping the focus on Tarzan.

Post Tarzan, Bo did Bolero (1984), Ghosts Can’t Do It (1990), Tommy Boy (1995) and a couple of other

films, but Bo has always been interested in behind the scene aspects of the films and hence went into production soon after.

Bo Derek recently spoke to Community as she is visiting Doha to celebrate her birthday, about how she thinks cinema has evolved over the period of four

decades, what keeps her busy now and her take on #Metoo.

“Absolutely everything has changed. There were just a few motion pictures made a year back then, now as a consumer or an actor there’s so much content and so much work because of streaming and Internet, cable and

REUNION: Bo Derek, right, with her friend of two decades, Ivonne A Baki, Ambassador of Ecuador, centre, and childhood friend Carol Kelly at the residence of the ambassador. Derek is here to celebrate her birthday.

it’s a very exciting time. I like it,” says Derek.

Drawing a parallel between the old age cinema and the current scenario of online movie streaming services and how it has changed the media landscape, Bo Derek said, “It was so expensive to make a movie back in the 80s, so expensive to release a movie, and you had to make a film to please the masses. For the most part, the films were not that specific.

Now, whatever you like, whatever documentary, whatever you want to learn about or however you want to be entertained — it’s just a click away and it’s fantastic,” she added, “I know there’s an argument in Hollywood right now that movies should be in the big theatre and you shouldn’t mix the two but I think it’s too late now and everything’s already just out there. Good movie is a good movie, I don’t care where you see it.”

Have method acting changed over the period of time? “I’ve never enjoyed performing — behind the scenes has been more my thing. When I act, I prefer to have a very strong director. That’s hard to find now. Today, actors are so good, so prepared now that I have to catch up and warm up and feel it, and I need the director to tell me what to do and exactly how to do it,” the actress says.

After her breakout role in 10, Bo decided to produce and act in films that she made with her husband, John Derek, even if that meant never having the starring role in a blockbuster movie.

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COMMUNITY Continued from Page 5 “When I produced my first film, I had a very strong position in the industry. The biggest you can get — for a moment. So many people started pulling me and telling me what to do — I wasn’t prepared.

And I didn’t have a sense for what I wanted to be in the industry. So, I decided to be my own boss,” she says, “I loved learning about the industry from the beginning till the very last process. When I look back, I think, I might would’ve made better career choices but I wouldn’t have traded the experience or anything.”

Now since the Hollywood has matured into a global entertainment industry, many actors of all races and genders, even of Middle Eastern roots, are making their way into the industry — and making it big to the least, Rami Malek being one of the finest examples. Talking about this trend of actors of diverse backgrounds joining Hollywood, Bo says, “It’s both, a great cultural exchange and healthy for the industry as well. I love watching international cast and the idea of telling stories. It has been so provincial back in the days in the Hollywood, that when we’d have to tell a story about India or Asia or anyplace, it would be US citizens with makeup and getup

but now, the writers are writing stories about people coming together from all over the world.

The arts is always good and arts is liberal.”

Bo along with her husband John visited Qatar for the first time in 1997. She was taking part in a horse race. After over a decade, she’s back in Doha and in all praises for the development and progress. “I was here for a horse race back then. I wouldn’t recognise it now. Although 97 seems to me like a few years ago, but in terms of growth here, its tremendous and beautiful obviously. I was at the Qatar National Library today, and National Museum of Qatar — I saw a collection of pearls and the way Qatar is preserving its history and culture is just amazing,” she adds, “Ofcourse, the FIFA World Cup 22 is exciting but at the same time the way Qatar is keeping its independence and identity is wonderful.”

COVER STORY Bo was one of the most sought after and beloved actresses and after getting into production, she decided to take a step back from acting. In recent years she has concentrated more on her philanthropic work, advocating for wounded veterans and also serving as a spokesperson for the Animal Welfare Institute.

How pleased she is with her new life, what she’s doing away from the public eye and what kind of scripts attract her, she says, “Anything. I don’t get much work anymore. In the position I was in, I was given everything — whether it was good for me or not. Then, when everything started to slow down, I surprised myself that I didn’t care. I have many interests, I got into horse racing and I was commissioner for seven years. It’s like chapters in the book. When I was acting and I was a movie star, that was one chapter — and when it started to fade, I didn’t hold on to it, I had other things to do. I do

work now though; I recently did a family film with James Caan and that was a lot of fun and apart from that I work for animal rights, I care about them – especially horses.”

One of the things that drives struggling actors to keep moving forward is helpful advice, best acting tips and inspiration from those who have made it. This has always been the case. Bo has a word for the struggling artistes out there, waiting and looking to make it big. “Make sure it’s your passion. It’s a lot of hard work.

People don’t understand. People think it’s so glamorous and I know it is glamorous, but when I say hard work, I mean concentration and it is ridiculous that will make you crazy,” she advises, “So, make sure it’s your passion. It’s going to knock you down constantly, it’s a very cruel industry, but you have to keep that aside and keep going.”

October 15 marked the twoyear anniversary of the moment

“I was at the Qatar National Library today, and National Museum of Qatar — I saw a collection of pearls and the way Qatar is preserving its history and culture is just amazing. Of course, the FIFA World Cup 22 is exciting but at the same time the way Qatar is keeping its independence and identity is wonderful”

#MeToo went viral. In the days and months that followed, more and more people came forward with their stories of assault, abuse, harassment, and trauma.

The #MeToo movement took hold of the public imagination. Some men were held accountable, while some decried the movement had already gone too far. Talking about #Metoo, Bo said, “Any movement has its core and either it can be used or abused for personal advantage. It took me by surprise because my industry was one of the first to welcome women.

So, I was a little surprised and upset. I think that it’s over and men cannot treat women like that anymore. It’s in the past. If I was a man, I would be very nervous, because a woman can use it for extortion, or a law suit — it’s very confusing right now. But when it all settles, we’ll look back and say it was all for good.”

Bo stands with a sense of dignity and you can feel it in the pitch of her voice when she says how proud she is of her fans and how much she thanks them.

“I thank my fans so much. My business can be very cruel and shallow but it’s your fans that keeps you going. I’m so shocked, with all the crazy things I did in my career, I still somehow survived with a sense of dignity.

And I only know that because of the way people treat me!”

PHILANTHROPIST: In recent years, she has concentrated more on her philanthropic work, advocating for wounded veterans and also serving as a spokesperson for the Animal Welfare Institute.

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COMMUNITY The Embassy of South Africa organises Heritage Day Bazaar The Embassy of South Africa recently organised Ubuntu Bash, Heritage Day Bazaar, as part of South Africa Heritage Day celebrations at Doha Sports Park. Jenny Morris, South African celebrity chef, and Jimmy Nevis, renowned singer-songwriter, were the guests of honour.

Jenny Morris showcased her culinary expertise with live demonstrations and organising kids’ cake decorating competitions. She also challenged visitors for mystery box cooking challenge.

Jimmy Nevis performed live at the event.

Speaking on the occasion, Faizel Moosa, Ambassador of South Africa, said, “We’ve built upon the success of last year’s event, which creates social cohesion for African communities and Qatar’s wider society. Today we welcomed a number of ambassadors from across Africa to this South African event and hope to create a larger African Ubuntu for the future. This will enable countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia to showcase their customs, traditional clothing and food, and give Qatar a taste of the diversity of African cultures.”

Visitors also explored a wide variety of South African culinary delicacies from stall sellers offering favourites, including bunny chow (curry in a loaf of bread), boerewors rolls (South African sausage), koeksisters (a dessert), bobotie (a dish consisting of spiced minced meat

baked with an egg-based topping) and Zulu and Xhosa dishes.

Tracy Muller, South African community leader in Doha, said, “The South Africans in Doha have been long entrenched with various community events and especially close ties with the supreme committee for delivery and legacy. Through their support, we have been able to bring together our community at the Ubuntu bash. We are so proud to showcase our heritage and culture to all the people and communities living and working in Doha. We were also able to showcase football through the SCs footballs.”

The event was organised in support from Sasol, the international integrated chemicals and energy company. Other key contributors, included South Africans in Qatar, community group, SDI Marketing, Turkish Airlines, Nando’s, and Al Jassra Group.

Speaking about the event, Chris Molefe, President of Sasol in Qatar, said, “We’re delighted to welcome so many different communities from across Qatar to this annual South African event.

We aim to ensure that ‘Ubuntu’ is felt by everyone who attends. We have gone to great lengths to extend our activities and provide a welcoming environment for all. We are proud of South Africa’s vast cultural diversity and keen to celebrate the way it has shaped our nation.”

QTS organises children festival Qatar Tamizhar Sangam (QTS), Indian socio cultural organisation, recently organised children festival in Bombay Hall at Indian Cultural Centre. The event was attended by over 100 members. The event featured a magic show, fancy dress competition and various other games for the children. The winners of the competition were felicitated on the occasion. The event was conducted by Kuzali Senthil Kumar, QTS Ladies Executive Committee Member.

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Yoga can improve sleep, reduce lower back pain: Study

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oga and physical therapy (PT) are effective approaches to treating co-occurring sleep disturbance and back pain while reducing the need for medication, a new study suggests.

Published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the research from Boston University in US, showed significant improvements in sleep quality lasting 52 weeks after 12 weeks of yoga classes or 1-on-1 PT, which suggests a long-term benefit of these non-pharmacologic approaches.

In addition, participants with early improvements in pain after six weeks of treatment were three and a half times more likely to have improvements in sleep after the full, 12-week treatment, highlighting that pain and sleep are closely related.

“Identifying holistic ways to treat these conditions could help decrease the reliance on these medications as well as

keep patients safer and more comfortable,” said study lead researcher Eric Roseen.

Sleep disturbance and insomnia are common among people with chronic low back pain (cLBP).

Previous research showed that 59 per cent of people with cLBP experience poor sleep quality and 53 per cent are diagnosed with insomnia disorder.

Medication for both sleep and back pain can have serious side effects, and risk of opioid-related overdose and death increases with use of sleep medications.

In the current study, the randomised controlled trial included 320 adults with cLBP and seven surrounding community health centres.

At the beginning of the study, over 90 per cent of participants with cLBP were found to suffer from poor sleep.

Participants were assigned one of three different therapies for cLBP: Weekly yoga, physical therapy or reading educational materials.

ARIES March 21 — April 19

You may feel a nervous restlessness today that’s urging you to get moving, Aries. A journey to one place may send you off to another, which may take you on an adventure to some completely different place. It may seem like you’re on a crazy scavenger hunt. The energy of the day could leave you feeling ragged, but don’t give up. Your persistence will pay off in the end.

CANCER June 21 — July 22

Don’t automatically think that beauty has to be defined by oldfashioned standards, Cancer. It’s time to change the definition. There is no need to squeeze yourself into a socially constructed mould that doesn’t resonate with who you truly are. Your job isn’t to try and make sure everyone loves you. There’s only one person you need to satisfy and that is you.

LIBRA

September 23 — October 22 Your new approach to things might get some flack from superiors today, Libra, but don’t let that stop you. Realise that your independent and somewhat rebellious nature helps to keep the world in balance. Don’t give up the fight when authorities insist that their way of doing things is best when in fact it’s simply old. Use your will and determination to combat the forces from above.

CAPRICORN December 22 — January 19

Your sense of self may be challenged today, Capricorn, and you might have trouble keeping your seat during the joust. Keep in mind that the way others see you isn’t necessarily the way you are. Don’t feel like you have to change direction to please anyone. Your only responsibility is to you. Bizarre events may occur, urging you to change your thinking.

In this study, results for sleep improvements were compared over a 12-week intervention period and

after 1 year of follow-up. “The high prevalence of sleep problems in adults with chronic low back pain

TAURUS April 20 — May 20

A good tip to remember is to be careful about what you say about other people, Taurus. If you’re speaking about someone who isn’t present, act like he or she is. What’s your motivation for saying the things you say? Is it necessary to speak in such a way? A negative comment about someone is going to resonate through the cosmos.

People could lose trust in you.

LEO

July 23 — August 22 Issues may get a little heavier than you’d like today, Leo. Your job is to infuse some levity and humour into the situation. Your adaptability will be put to the test as other people remain steadfast in their opinions. Be conscious of how you use your words. Other people, especially superiors or elders, may be offended by careless, offhand remarks.

SCORPIO October 23 — November 21

You might be called upon to choose between two ways of handling a situation, Scorpio. The old way suddenly conflicts with the new.

Which way are you going to proceed? Don’t be thrown off course by fast talk and neon lights just because they grab attention. On the other hand, don’t assume that the way that has worked forever is still the best. Use your intuition to choose the best route for you.

AQUARIUS January 20 — February 18

As you follow the path toward acquiring the latest, greatest, fastest, and best, you may have left behind some fundamental values, Aquarius. Don’t lose sight of the principles that make up your foundation. You could be shaken today when your ego goes on trial for pig-headed behaviour. Stay in check and be conscious of the way you project yourself to others.

can have detrimental effects on a person’s overall health and wellbeing,” said Roseen. — IANS

GEMINI May 21 — June 20

You may need some time alone today to bring yourself back to centre, Gemini. Independence is the key idea to keep in your back pocket. Make sure you’re not becoming a victim to a commitment you made long ago. As the landscape changes, you must also change. Stubborn actions will be detrimental on a day like this. Be honest and grateful for the things you have.

VIRGO

August 23 — September 22 If the doorknob doesn’t turn today, Virgo, don’t force it. You will only break it. Perhaps you need to try another door. If things don’t flow smoothly into place, then they probably weren’t meant to be. Life shouldn’t always be a struggle. Your job is to enjoy it. Remember that the next time you’re in a long line. View the situation as a period of rest.

SAGITTARIUS November 22 — December 21

Unexpected events could shuffle the cards when you least expect it, Sagittarius. If you haven’t kept a close eye on the deck, you might get thrown for a loop. Don’t be discouraged. Everyone else is playing under the same rules as you. If the dealer seems crooked, go to another table. Don’t fall victim to the same trick twice.

PISCES

February 19 — March 20 Key in to your beautiful nature, Pisces. Take time each day to tend to your soul and make sure it gets the nourishment it needs to radiate into the world. Unexpected people are likely to appear out of nowhere, so don’t be surprised when a former friend comes knocking on the door. Events from the past may travel to the present in order to teach you a valuable life lesson.

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ASSYRIA EGYPT NUBIA ATHENS ETRURIA PERSIA BABYLON IONIA RHODES

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Codeword

Puzzles courtesy: Puzzlechoice.com

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.

Garfield

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.

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PUZZLES Super Cryptic Clues

Across 1 Taking new hanky out?

There’s gratitude! (5,3) 6 European Monetary Union gets the bird (3) 9 Sea in which canoe collapsed? (5) 10 Reg hops about finding burrowing rodents (7) 11 Cured fish, apparently very filling (7) 13 It turns backwards and forwards (5) 14 Rodney wanders over there (6) 15 Sweet that’s doubly good in France (6) 18 Darkness is an odd thing (5) 20 Name of girl from a strange nation (7) 21 Taking issue about press operator (7) 22 Drag one’s feet in a cubicle?

(5) 23 Fellow turning to move his head? (3) 24 A printer turning turtle (8)

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Down 2 One who’d change for dance (7) 3 Religious woman not affected by revolution (3) 4 Preparation for guy or Tibetan leader - food made from curdled milk (6) 5 Top giving me support (9) 6 Standing up before empty court? (5) 7 Incompetent psychiatrist entered, not getting less? (12) 8 No boy demands new version of Dickens novel (6,3,3) 12 Handling medicine (9) 16 Language translated by Belgian (7) 17 Leatherworker finding old coin (6) 19 Blush when injured by animal’s horns? (5) 22 Watering place in cyberspace? (3)

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REVIEWS

A gripping family odyssey of tragedy and redemption

By Michael Phillips

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No second chances! No second acts!” bellows the high school wrestling coach played by Bill Wise, a regular supporting player in the work of filmmaker Trey Edward Shults, in the gripping new drama Waves.

It’s a familiar aria in movies and in life, exhorting young athletes to win at any cost. One of the wrestlers, a 17-year-old senior named Tyler, played by Kelvin Harrison Jr., follows that credo and pushes himself to a nerve-wracking point of no return. Shults’ third feature, both unpredictable and powerful in its impact, careens steadily toward tragedy and then comes out the other side in a way few modern American movies ever attempt, or manage.

What happens to Shults’ characters when Tyler’s life unravels slowly, then very, very quickly, is the stuff of everyday parental nightmares, black, white, brown, whatever. But Tyler’s father, a stern but loving construction worker portrayed by the excellent Sterling K. Brown, has been black in America long enough to know that his son and his teen-age daughter (Taylor Russell, a terrifically honest presence) begin each new day in a vulnerable state.

Set in sun-drenched South

Florida, Waves opens with high school kids driving fast in a car, while Shults’ camera executes stunning 360-degree twirls inside the vehicle, so that we’re right there, heads swivelling, with them. Eyeing a college wrestling scholarship, Tyler has a girlfriend (Alexa Demie), and a caring stepmom (Renee Elise Goldsberry, very strong), and his tight-knit life starts most mornings before dawn when he and his unofficial coach, his father, jog along quiet streets.

For a time we don’t know if Tyler’s an affable, sociable kid, or if there’s something else going on. Following a wrestling injury, his father’s painkillers start disappearing. Then Tyler’s girlfriend skips a period. Then the doctor tells Tyler he must – must – quit the team or else risk permanent damage to his young body.

Waves hurtles forward in what feels like continuous, reckless motion, with cinematographer Drew Daniels plunging Tyler and his cohorts into one blast of neon-toned colour, one evocatively detailed environment after another. I don’t want to discuss too much narrative in a film that some, inevitably, will finding lacking in that department because Shults’ work lacks the usual story beats and resolutions. (His earlier features are the bracingly intimate “Krisha” and the brooding, seriously misadvertised horror film, It Comes

at Night). At the midpoint Waves hands the narrative from Tyler to Tyler’s sister, Emily, and to Emily’s boyfriend, played by Manchester by the Sea ringer Lucas Hedges. If you saw The Place Beyond the Pines, you may remember the way that excellent picture embarked on a new story path when most films wouldn’t dare a such a thing. Waves does the same, and for me, it works.

Shults’ writing has its yellowhighlighter moments, and because he’s unafraid of putting his characters in grief-stricken scenarios and letting them marinate, Waves may be too much for those who prefer their family-themed dramas to give the audience what it wants, not what the storyteller behind the camera is trying to express.

Also: There are times when Shults’ adrenaline-junkie streak gets a bit much, once you add the persistent wallop of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s musical score.

The picture’s gliding energy is something to behold, and when Tyler’s predicaments turn to panic, and then worse, the suspense becomes nearly oppressive. In the second half, it’s a different style and a different focus entirely. There’s a scene in that half, a reconciliation of sorts between father and daughter, that’s just about perfect. And that scene is not alone.

– Chicago Tribune/ TNS

The quiet magic of radical empathy

By Katie Walsh

F

ilmmaker Marielle Heller has an extraordinary talent for expressing the essence of a character through cinematic style. The chameleonic ability to visualise a story and the nature of the person at the centre is a uniquely challenging task, one that requires both a special kind of insight and a willingness to disguise oneself in the material. In her third feature, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Heller has mastered this, infusing her film with the gentle spirit and good-natured soul of the iconic American children’s show host Fred Rogers.

Where Heller’s Diary of a Teenage Girl was a whirlwind of hormones and fantasy inspired by the graphic novel, and Can You Ever Forgive Me? a wordy, melancholy rumination on a life’s lost potential, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is patient. It is kind. It stops and takes a minute (literally) to simply be present, to be grateful. It is a kind of gentle and deeply affecting filmmaking that is completely original and reflective of Rogers himself.

The film opens with a re-creation of the iconic introduction to Mister Rogers’

Neighborhood, in which Tom Hanks, as Rogers, hits every beat of the song, zipping up a cardigan, tossing loafers and tying laces. He brings out a picture board, revealing photos of his friends: Lady Aberlin, King Friday XIII and his new friend, Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), looking stunned and bloody. The surreal moment sets the tone, which isn’t a biopic but an exploration of Rogers’ philosophy in action, a test of his power on a cynical man who believes himself broken.

Written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, the film is inspired by a 1998 Esquire cover story by Tom Junod titled, Can You Say... Hero? FitzermanBlue and Harpster imagine Lloyd as an investigative journalist with a hard-hitting reputation similar to Junod. He’s a brandnew father to a baby boy, but mired in a swamp of his own ire toward his own father (Chris Cooper), with whom he’s recently brawled at his own sister’s wedding.

Throughout “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Heller blends formats to pay tribute to Rogers’ chosen tool for building empathy: the television.

She invokes the style of his show with miniature cityscapes that serve as interstitial exposition shots and toggles between the boxy televisual format of Pittsburgh public access TV to widescreen

cinematic style. Rogers’ TV show enabled him to speak directly to children, and he used the access to make challenging feelings understandable. “Anything mentionable is manageable,” Fred tells Lloyd, and his gift is he can make unmentionable things manageable: in song, with puppets, with his slow cadence and steady presence.

The emotionally devastating effect of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is stealthy, creeping in like a fog. Perhaps it’s Cooper’s imperfect but genuine attempts at reconciliation, or maybe it’s the grace that descends on Lloyd, who can finally smile, kiss his wife and cradle his baby wholeheartedly. Perhaps it’s merely the space Rogers holds for all of them, for all of us, emanating a sense of attention and care with a sentiment as simple and powerful as, “I see you. You’re important.”

The simplicity and sincerity in Rogers’ sentiments is almost overwhelming. This is not a world where we often hear, “I like you just the way you are.” Heller and Hanks, as filmmaker and actor, work in tandem to allow these notions of kindness and presence to just exist, unadorned by fervour and dramatics. And that is what makes A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood so incredibly moving, and so incredibly radical. — TNS

Thursday, November 21, 2019

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COMMUNITY

SHOWBIZ

Kevin Hart happy to go back to work after car crash BUDDIES: Vijay Varma and Tiger Shroff.

Baaghi 3: Tiger Shroff, Vijay Varma share a ‘great bond’ Actor Vijay Varma, who is currently shooting for Baaghi 3 along with Tiger Shroff in Serbia, says he is having a gala time with the latter on the sets.

“I am really having a great time during the shoot of Baaghi 3 in Serbia, the shoot is coming out really well.

Tiger and I share a great bond and I’m sure that it will be reflected on the big screen,” he said.

Vijay also shared his admiration for Tiger’s father and veteran actor Jackie Shroff, who is fondly known as Jaggu dada.

“One of the major reasons for our bonding is my love for Jaggu Dada since I’m his big fan. I love hearing stories about Jaggu dada from Tiger about his films and other instances. I have always admired his work,” he added.

Directed by Ahmed Khan, the third instalment of Baaghi brings back Tiger in a starring role. The film also stars Shraddha Kapoor, Ankita Lokhande and Riteish Deshmukh.

On working with Shraddha, Vijay praised her, saying she “is super easy going”. — TNS RECOVERING: Kevin Hart is still healing from his life-changing car accident two months ago.

By Sugandha Rawal

A GUEST STAR: Preity Zinta will feature as a guest star in an upcoming episode of Fresh Off The Boat.

Preity Zinta shooting for American sitcom Fresh Off The Boat Actress Preity Zinta is back in action and that too on on the American show Fresh Off The Boat.

Preity, who will feature as a guest star in an upcoming episode, has already starting shooting for the show.

Announcing her new project, she took to social media and wrote: “And so it begins.... On location to shoot Fresh Off The Boat. Now that the first day of shoot is over and I’m still alive and not shaking with nervous energy .... here is a photo... It’s amazing how a change of scene can make you feel like a newcomer.

Loving and absorbing it all.”

Along with it, she shared a mirror selfie clicked in her make-up room.

Set in the ’90s, Fresh Off The Boat centres on hiphop loving teenager Eddie Huang and his family, who have adjusted to Orlando and the suburban American lifestyle.

Fresh Off The Boat is currently in its sixth season.

India VJ-actor-comedian Vir Das is also a part of the show. Apart from the sitcom, Preity will also be seen essaying a cameo role in Salman Khan’s Dabangg 3. — TNS

ctor-comedian Kevin Hart looked healthy and in good spirits as he took the stage to surprise the audience before the screening of Jumanji : The Next Level here, and said he was glad that he could recover from his horrific car accident earlier this year, and be part of the Jumanji journey.

Hart, who is still recovering from the crash that left him hospitalised in September, surprised all when he walked

Jada Pinkett Smith: Tupac & I were anchors for each other Actress Jada Pinkett Smith recalled how her close friend Tupac Shakur feared drifting apart as she gave him “stability”.

The 48-year-old opened up about Tupac on an episode of Red Table Talk web series featuring the late Whitney Houston’s former lover Robyn Crawford, reports aceshowbiz.com.

During the chat Pinkett Smith said that she understood Whitney and Robyn’s close bond because of the friendship she shared with the rapper before his death, confiding his fears he would go off the rails if they were no longer pals as he found “stability” in their friendship.

“Him feeling like, ‘You’re the only stability I got, I can’t afford for you to put that attention elsewhere’,” Jada explained. “For him, it was, we were an anchor for

onto the stage with castmates including Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Awkwafina and film’s director Jake Kasdan.

“I have never been more excited to be a part of something, see something grow, and then see someone’s reaction on this.

I mean this is the first time I am going to see a live crowd watch the film. I have seen it, I am blown by it. I am lucky to work with these amazing actors and actresses,” Hart said.

He also indulged in a funny banter with his friend and colleague Johnson.

After which Johnson said: “It is so good to have you back Kevin.”

To this, Hart added: “This is a big deal. I am glad that I was able to get ready for this.”

Hart was in the passenger seat when he was involved in a car crash in his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda here September 1. He fractured his spine in three places and had to undergo major surgery. He was released 10 days after the crash.

He is looking forward to Jumanji : The Next Level, a sequel which picks up where 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle left off. But there is one difference.

The twist is that the grandfathers (played by Danny DeVito and Danny Glover) of two original players get transported into the game as Johnson and Hart’s avatars.

According to the film’s synopsis, in Jumanji : The Next Level the gang is back but the game has changed.

As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

The world of Chris Van Allsburg’s book Jumanji, narrating the story of a young boy Alan Parrish getting trapped in a board game, found its way to the silver screen in 1995. Robin Williams was its main lead.

The story was back on the big screen in 2017 with a modern twist. In Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, a group of high school students get lost in the jungle after laying their hands on a video game console featuring a version of the game Jumanji.

At the screening, Gillian said: “We had so much fun making this, and I hope you enjoy as much we enjoyed making it.”

Sony Pictures Entertainment India will release Jumanji: The Next Level on December 13, 2019 in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu. – IANS

each other. Anytime he felt like that anchor was threatened, oh my God.” The Girls Trip actress had a very close friendship with Tupac, who died in September 1996 at the age of 25 following a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.

They both studied at the Baltimore School of the Arts before finding fame in their respective fields.

“When you said (the book is) a love letter to Whitney, that resonated as so powerful. It was so healing for me in so many different ways,” Pinkett said of her guest’s new memoir, A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston.

“It’s hard to live with someone who has had a legacy at the level she has had and then to lose them under tragic circumstances. I have a very similar situation,” she continued.

“I understood because of the complex relationship I’ve had with ‘Pac and those moments of “Who’s that?” Knowing damn well there ain’t nothing like that between us.” — TNS

SPECIAL BOND: Jada Pinkett Smith says she had a precious relationship with Tupac.

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COMMUNITY Media veteran Rami Khouri conducts workshop series at NU-Q In response to the threat posed by the spread of disinformation in societies worldwide, Northwester Universities – Qatar (NUQ) recently hosted a series of writing sessions for journalism students and faculty members to advance factual, researchbased communication. The session was led by Rami Khouri, a syndicated journalist and member of NU-Q’s Joint Advisory Board. The sessions included a masterclass and two writing workshops tailored to students and faculty alike.

Khouri, with decades of experience in virtually every facet of the media business in the Middle East, addressed the global need to harness existing research knowledge and make verified facts available to decision-makers through the process of identifying influential journalism and adopting fact-based messaging techniques.

During the ‘Masterclass in Narrative Non-Fiction,’ which was attended by NU-Q journalism students, Khouri outlined the various aspects of narrative journalism, which he defined as stories made more descriptive through the experience of a subject.

This form of writing, which engages the senses of the reader, Khouri noted, creates impactful stories that strike a balance between emotions and facts and “adds perspective to real-world conflicts.”

In his ‘Opinion Editorials Writing Workshop,’ which was also designed for students, Khouri explained how op-eds predicated on facts can appeal to public sentiment. “As the name implies, the critical element of an op-ed is the ‘op’ or opinion,” Khouri told the students. “You have to have a strong opinion; you’re not just describing, reminiscing or feeling good about something, you have to have a strong opinion about some topic.”

The faculty-oriented session of the same workshop, ‘Opinion Editorials Writing and Effective Media Communication,’ focused on how academics can communicate effectively with a non-academic audience at a time when media professionals, policymakers and the general public can benefit from the substantiated knowledge disseminated by universities.

Through a combination of case studies and simulation exercises, NU-Q faculty learned useful strategies related to the processes of selecting the most relevant media outlets for collaboration, pitching op-ed ideas to editors, and differentiating between the quality of the data that can be used to back up their proposal.

Khouri is the former director, and now senior fellow of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut. He also currently sits as a senior fellow, Middle East Initiative, in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

QU College of Pharmacy honours students on the Dean’s List Qatar University (QU) College of Pharmacy (CPH) recently recognised 75 of its top students for the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019. The ceremony acknowledged the efforts of pre-pharmacy and pharmacy students who made it onto the Dean’s List by achieving a GPA of 3.5 or above. Dr Mohammad Diab, Dean of CPH, felicitated the students with pins and certificates.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Mohammad Diab said, “Academic achievement is a key factor for our students who are paving their way towards a successful educational and career path as young people in our community. Therefore and in line with the college’s mission to prepare our students to provide optimal pharmaceutical care, we would like to recognise those students and honour their achievements through such an event.”

Dr Alla El-Awaisi, CPH Assistant Dean for Students Affairs, said, “Dean’s List is an academic excellence and honorary award that could only be obtained by persistent, hardworking and determined students who have focused their efforts and done their best to achieve excellence.

They should be proud of themselves and they make their families, college, university and the country proud of them.”

Dr Amani Alhaddad, CPH graduate and current Clinical Pharmacist at Sidra Medicine, delivered a

WMF marks 3rd anniversary World Malayalee Federation (WMF) – Qatar Chapter recently marked its 3rd anniversary and Kerala Piravi Day celebrations at Kalakshetra. The event was attended by over 300 members. Manikandan, President of Indian Cultural Centre, was the chief guest on the occasion.

Abdul Sathar, President of WMF, welcomed the gathering and spoke about the active role of organisation in the promotion of Malayalam literature among its members.

Rijas Ibrahim, General Secretary of WMF, explained about the goal of WMF worldwide and activities of Qatar Chapter.

Dr Deepak Chandamohan, chief physician at Naseem Al Rabeeh Medical Centre conducted an interactive session about diabetes on the occasion. Yusuf PT, notable Malayalam writer, also spoke on the occasion. The event was anchored by Manjusha, Joint Secretary of WMF, and Pramod Vamadevan proposed a vote of thanks. Jayaraj, President of KBF, also attended the event.

Kollam Thajudeen along with artistes from Kanal Team performed various dance forms, including Ottan Thullal, Thiruvathira, Mohiniyattom and folk dances.

keynote speech at the ceremony. Dr Amani said, “Qatar University College of Pharmacy graduates are distinguished on both local and international levels as the college adopts high educational standards and its programme is Canadian accredited. These qualifications fostered our confidence and enabled us to feel unique and distinguished in the labour market.”

Hind al-Naimi, distinguished Pharmacy student, commented, “I am very delighted to be one of the recognised students as it truly empowers us to keep up the hard work. I believe maintaining excellent academic performance is an obligation to build a strong future career and to be one of the remarkable contributors in Qatar’s health sector.”

Aya Maklad, distinguished Doctor of Pharmacy student, added, “I believe that everything I have lived through during this journey has moulded me into an excellent pharmacist who I am proud to be now. As I graduate, I leave this college with so much appreciation and gratitude to its faculty members who have never stopped supporting my colleagues and me and to whom, I believe; we owe our success and excellence. I am also very proud to leave as a distinguished student and I am very thankful towards the college for appreciating our hard work every year through the Dean’s List ceremony.”