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B63 6=@@=@A B63 6=@@=@A =4 :/0A =4 :/0A WHILE WHILE E se several veral news news outlets recently recently rreported eported on a UCLA UCLA animal eexperimenter xperimeenter who alle egedly rreceived eceived a thr eatening note n allegedly threatening in the mail, m the media is of ftten rreluctant eluctan nt often to tell th he public what is rreally eally going on o the inside la aboratories acr oss the ccountry. ountry. T hey laboratories across They rar ely rreveal eveal eexactly xactly what is b eing don ne to rarely being done animals s, how man es the animals, manyy thousands of time times same eexperiments x eriments ha xp ave b een rrepeated epeated do ver have been over the yyears, earrs, nor how much of the public c’s ttax ax public’s dollars ar aaree b eing sp ent on eexperiments xperimentts that being spent ha ve no o iot ver helpin ng have iotaa of a chanc chancee of eever helping p eople. people. perssonally was was involved involved in animal I personally eexperiments—including xperim iments—including i l di eexperiments xperiments i on primate es ((II ““trainedâ€? trainedâ€? under a pr otĂŠgĂŠ of the primates protĂŠgĂŠ infamou us H arry H arlowe)—in ps ych(o o) labs infamous Harry Harlowe)—in psych(o) man e ago and ccan ears an sp eak to the horr h ors. manyy yyears speak horrors. h that I would’ve would’ve had the compassion comp passion I wish ffor or anim o mals that I ha ave now h that animals have now,, and I wish I ccould ould ha ave now the one thing that I had have back the en: the k ey to the ps ych lab here then: key psych lab,, wh where unsp eak kable tor tures wer n so unspeakable tortures weree inf licted o on man ad animals manyy sa sad animals.. believe that if the public w as I trulyy believe was allowed d to know what is actually o ccu urring occurring (not def fending e what the as defending theyy wish w was happ ning) that these eexperiments xperiments wo ould en happening) would end tom morrow, and no one would ha ve to tomorrow, have eeven ven thi ink of doing something so aawful wfful as think sendingg thr eats in the mail. threats Jayn J aayn Meinhardt, M Meinhar dt, Cincinn nati, Ohio Cincinnati,

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If tthe If he S chwarzenegger aadministration dministration Schwarzenegger farmworker to protect protect child and d farm mwork w keer aapproves pproves tthe he p esticide, Brown, Brown, w ho pesticide, who h ealth through through tighter tighter rrestrictions estrictions o n health on ttakes akes o ff ice iin n JJanuary, anuary, ccould ould rreopen eopen office pesticides, plan pe sticides, tthe he p lan aalso lso eencourages ncourages tthe he tthe he rregistration egistration p rocess and and rule rule tthat hat iitt process administration to se et the goal of shif ftting set shifting ccannot an nnot b aliffo ornia. However, How wever, bee used in C California. 20 percent off C California’s 2 0 pe rcent o alifornia’s aagricultural gricultural sstrawberry trawberry ffarmers armers would would be be aable ble to to land into organic organic pr roduction by by 2020. production sspray pray the the dangerous dangerous chemical chemical u ntil the the until priority, however, Its top priorit y, ho owever, is stopping B rown aadministration dministration rrules ules o n its its use use iin n Brown on meth hyl y iodide, iodide, whic ch has been been banned methyl which thee st ate. state. New York Washington state. in N ew Y ork and Washing o W gtton st ate. Organic Cochran doesn’t buy O rganic ffarmer armer C ochran d oesn’t b uy A rysta L ifeScience, tthe he llargest argest p rivate Arysta LifeScience, private tthe he iindustry ndustry argument argument tthat hat sstrawberry trawberry pesticide p esticide ccorporation orporatio on in the world, methyl ffarmers armers need need m ethyl iodide iodide to to rremain emain w ants tto o ssell ell iits ts p esticide p roduct wants pesticide product ccompetitive. om mpetitive. MIDAS, methyl iodide, MID AS, which ccontains onttains meth hyl y io dide, pesticide particularly ““This This cchemical hemical p esticide iiss p articularly California strawberries. ffor or use on C o alifforni o ia stra aw wberries. dangerous d angerous aand nd a big big sstep tep backward backward from from Scientists who on Department off S cientists w ho ssat at o n tthe he D epartment o direction California tthe he d irection tthat hat C alifornia aagriculture griculture Pesticide Regulation’s P esticide R egulation’s sscientific cientif ic rreview eview needs bee moving Cochran rreally eally n eeds to to b moving iin, n,� C ochran ccommittee ommittee rraised aised cconcerns oncerns aabout bout tthe he ssays. ays. “Hundreds “Hundreds of of organic organic farmers farmers cchemical’s hemical’s llinks inks tto o ccancer ancer aand nd llate-term ate-term aaround round tthe he sstate, tate, from from small small ffarms arms tto o miscarriages m iscarriages aand nd a llack ack of of iinformation nformation vvery ery llarge arge ffarms, arms, h ave p roven tthat hat iit’s t’s have proven about neurodevelopment problems. ab out neur odevelop pment pr oblems. eentirely ntirely p ossible tto o grow grow all all k inds o possible kinds off They has potential T hey aalso lso ssaid aid iitt h as tthe he p otential tto o ffood ood including stra aw wberries and other o strawberries ccontaminate ontaminate groundwater. groun ndwater. Still, in April, cr o without meth ops hyl y io dide. Approving App proving crops methyl iodide. DPR proposed tthe he D PR p roposed approving approving methyl methyl thiss chemic al is not nec essary.� chemical necessary. iodide fumigant. io dide as a soil fum migant. H ikens tthe he C alifornia aagriculture griculture Hee llikens California Ass p part off tthe process, A art o he aapproval pproval p rocess, iitt iindustry ndustry to to the the U. 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So So tthis his “We’re that Gov. “W We’re hoping th hat Go v. iiss aan no opportunity pportunity ffor or agriculture agriculture to to ssee ee Schwarzenegger sees Sch Sc hwaarzenegger e egge see es tthee out outrage age writing on tthe he w riting o n the the wall wall aand nd llisten isten to to tthe he outcry understands aand nd tthe he o utcry aand nd u nderstands tthat hat ccustomers ustomers and and the the health health eexperts xperts aand nd tto o will bee sserious tthere here w ill b erious cconsequences onsequences shif ft their dir ection ac cordinglyy.� 0 shift direction accordingly. iiff this this iiss aapproved, pproved,� Perls Perls hee d doesn’t ban ssays. ays. ““And And iiff h oesn’t b an methyl meth hyl y iodide, iodide, then n we aree going to b bee ttargeting ar argeting g ON THE BEACH Brown. Hee ccan ban JJerry erry B rown. 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HE BAKERS of Santa Cruz don’t agree on all things, but on the subject of holiday desserts there is some consensus: pecan pie filling should not be too sweet; people don’t eat much fruitcake anymore; and stollen—the rich German yeast bread studded with candied orange peel, raisins and almonds and dusted with powdered sugar—is the Best. Thing. Ever. “The stollen—I make that myself,â€? says Kelly Sanchez of @ZaanÉh ;gZcX] 7V`Zgn, who declares the buttery holiday bread her absolute favorite item all year. “I don’t let anyone else except my husband make it.â€? From across town at <VnaZÉh 7V`Zgn Gdhi^XXZg^V comes this testimony from bakery

co-owner Luisa Beers: “The first bake of the stollen of the year—you can’t even believe the smell. It smells like the holidays. The real decadent way to have it is to toast it with a little butter. More butter!â€? December is here and with it a flurry of parties, drop-bys and celebrations, most involving some kind of butter-and-sugar course. Luckily for us, local bakeries are working overtime to make party hosts’ lives easier and potluck-attending guests more popular with seasonal pies, festive cookies and oncea-year treats like bĂťche de NoĂŤl and steamed puddings. Everyone’s got a specialty. “I love our pumpkin pie; it’s not too sweet,â€? says I]Z 7jiiZgn’s Janet Platin. “I think the spices are just right. I don’t like it to get bitter

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YNONYMOUS with New Year’s Eve, weddings and every celebratory event in between, champagne is less a drink than an affirmation of life. Planted long ago by thirsty Romans, the vineyards of France became the crucible for what would become the world’s most popular holiday elixir. A labor-intensive creation of the pinot and chardonnay grapes and filled with breathtaking effervescence, the sparkling wine labeled “champagneâ€? must by law be produced in the northeastern French region of the same name. Thanks to a Benedictine monk named Perignon and his attention to bubbles created by residual sugar fermentation, we are all the beneficiaries of mĂŠthode champenoise, the hallmark of authenticity separating every decent sparkling wine from cheap swill artificially injected with carbon dioxide. Two fermentations and two bottlings add to the complexity of making this heady tipple. And to the price tag. Considered the ne plus ultra of its type, French champagne is the priciest, with vintage bottlings of Roederer Cristal hitting the $200 mark. But there are wonderful bubblies to be had for considerably less from California, Spain and Italy as well as nonchampagne districts of France itself. In Santa Cruz, VinoCruz is one of the smart shops carrying the elegant, earthy brightness

of AjX^Zc 6aWgZX]iÉh 8gZbVci YÉ6ahVXZ, a champagne-style sparkling wine for $22 packaged in a beautiful glossy red gift box. VinoCruz, New Leaf and other fine stores also carry Santa Cruz’s only locally created mĂŠthode champenoise sparkler, from :fj^cdm ($40). Made from Trout Gulch chardonnay and pinot grapes, Equinox is a crisp number surging with very tiny bubbles and makes a delicious and effervescent “made in Santa Cruzâ€? gift to give, or to toast. Shopper’s Corner, long a magnet for aficionados, features no fewer than 70 different champagnes, cava, proseccos, sparklers and bubblies from all over the world, priced from the humble yet serviceable Bjbb CVeV ($16) to the noble GdZYZgZg 7gji EgZb^Zg ($45). In between dance a range of wonderful holiday sparklers, such as a trio of Gruet beauties, including a rosĂŠ, a blanc de blanc and a blanc de noir, all under $15. For affordable bubbles in a sexy blush hue, look no further than New Mexico’s surprising <gjZi Gdh‚. This is a bubbly to be poured unapologetically. And since it is made in New Mexico, it’s also a guaranteed conversation piece. The reliable HX]Vg[[ZcWZg\Zg ($20) joins the glacierdry HX]gVbhWZg\ 7aVcX YZ 7aVcX ($35) as a California vintage worthy of toasting. From the champagne house that helped to perfect the entire concept

of sparkling wines late in the 18th century, KZjkZ 8a^Xfjdi pours forth reliable ecstasy—zippy acidity and fruit/ mineral balance—delivered by vigorous microbubbles. This fine champagne, made from a blend of pinot noir and chardonnay, suggests stone fruit and hints of vanilla in a pale golden liquid. Available in the couple-friendly split ($25) as well as the party-size 750 milliliters ($40), it’s my house bubbly. Yes, there can be recession parties— especially since HZ\jgV K^jYVh makes an unapologetic Brut Reserva for under $10 a bottle. This respectable Spanish cava pumps out bubbles filled with citrusy freshness. From its dry, yeasty opening to a very crisp mineral finish, this is a surprising value. Soif is carrying close to 50 sparklers for the holidays, notably rare and littleknown labels from the heart of European champagne country. Of note—and perfect for rich, fatty appetizers like salame—is an organic sparkler from Italy’s Emilia-Romano district, a tannic dark red lambrusca from K^\cZid HVZii^ ($18) A beautiful deep crimson wine, the lambrusca is made of organic grapes whose light frizzante delivers enough bite to happily partner with the richest holiday meats and appetizers. Full of the unmistakable top notes of apple cider is a lively 8gZbVci YZ ?jgV ($24), a mĂŠthode champenoise made from the Jura district of eastern France. Part chardonnay, part savagnin, it’s a very creamy, savory tipple from Berthet-Bondet. For something wildly distinctive, try :g^X 7dgYZaZiÉh Ed^g‚ <gVc^i ($16), a sparkling pear cider made from 300-year-old pear trees in France. Finally, one of my new favorites is a German G^Zha^c\ G]Z^c\Vj HZ`i '%%+ from Solter ($20), loaded with tiny bubbles, green apples and minerals with a rounded, yeasty finish. The bottom line for hosts and guests alike this holiday season is that sparkling wine goes with anything, from osso buco to pasta and salmon to Camembert. Bone-dry champagne adores salty companions, from niçoise olives to nachos, and is a wonderful accompaniment to after-dinner biscotti and fruit desserts. Sweeter Italian prosecco is a natural with appetizers such as smoked salmon and sweet desserts, while Spanish cava is perfect with Marcona almonds and cured meats such as salames and prosciutto. Make no mistake—there isn’t a food known to woman that doesn’t go with sparkling wine. There simply are no serving errors when it comes to bubbly. It goes quite well with kisses, too. 0

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Sanchez says her lighter version of bĂťche de NoĂŤl—velvety chocolate soufflĂŠ cake rolled with Gran Marnier whipped cream and dusted with cocoa—was inspired by the realization that the traditional buttercreamfilled-and-frosted version left her cold. “What got me is I never wanted to take it home,â€? she says. The adaptation is spectacular—perfect for people who don’t like too-sweet desserts. (It should be ordered a day or two ahead.) Kelly’s also makes excellent pecan pies minus the gloppy filling (“it’s more like pecans suspended in caramelâ€?) and decorated cookies galore, including dreidels, wreaths, stars of David and, for New Year’s, special pig-shaped cookies harkening back to a girlhood holiday trip to Salzburg, where pigs signify wealth for the new year. Kelly’s also has a limited supply of stollen starting around Dec. 10. Gayle’s offers a hugely rich, festive bĂťche de NoĂŤl with vanilla sponge cake, chocolate ganache filling and semisweet and hazelnut chocolate frosting, perfect for eight to 12 people. In other offerings, a dried apricot, chocolate and walnut loaf replaces fruitcake, peppermint stick pie combines mint chocolate mousse and whipped cream in a chocolate crust, and a seasonal variation on Gayle’s famous Princess Cake results in offwhite marzipan decorated with green

holly and a red rose. The bakery also makes a honey cake with coffee and spices for Chanukah. Like Sanchez, Beers advises calling a day or two ahead for all involved desserts. Traditionalists who hanker after real fruitcake shouldn’t despair: they should get down to the farmers market for a loaf of 7ZX`bVccÉh holiday fruitcake or else place an order with the CZl 8VbVaYda^ =Zgb^iV\Z in Big Sur, which makes a 3-pound brandy-soaked classic packed with candied cherries and nuts. In downtown Santa Cruz, B^hh^dc =^aa 8gZVbZgn tips its hat to the season with ice cream flavors like spiced chai, pumpkin, ricotta with caramelized fig and roasted chestnut, while OdXXda^Éh deli has established itself as one of the few places in the county to find panettone, an Italian sweet bread similar to stollen. Not to be outdone, the EZccn >XZ 8gZVbZgn is in on the holiday act with pints of hand-packed gourmet ice cream in intriguing flavor combinations like date, crème fraĂŽche and toffee. Pastry chef Kendra Baker also makes bon-bons (ice cream balls dipped in chocolate), a large array of cookies including gingerbread, macaroons and meringue, and sea salt caramels. Not least are more elaborate desserts like steamed gingerbread pudding, bread pudding and chocolate hazelnut tart, all available with a three-day pre-order. Happy feasting!

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Jewbelation Bar Mitzvah last December when the brewery turned 13. Fourteen is the latest in the Jewbelation birthday series. Available in 22-ounce bottles, it will also be paired to kosher cuisine on Dec. 6 at 515 Kitchen & Cocktails. Call the restaurant (831.239.8615) to reserve. Finally, we leave you with word of the fanciest winter release in town:

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lots of bread crumbs on top add plush comfort to Avanti’s holiday showpiece. Sims also plans to feature “a lot of crab dishes,â€? as well as a few luxury cuts of beef (think large ribeye for two to share). Scott Cater, longtime chef and manager at the historic 8VhVWaVcXV GZhiVjgVci, will offer festive retro specialties such as prime rib and lobster throughout the holidays. For New Year’s Eve, Cater plans to reach back into his grandmother’s recipe book for authentic, richer-than-Bill-Gates eggnog. “I remember she always made it from scratch, with real whipped cream, lots of alcohol, some whiskey, rum and brandy, and then egg whites folded in. I’m thinking of running that,â€? he says. Sounds like dessert and sweet dreams all rolled into one. AV EdhiV’s Katherine Stern is dreaming up a holiday menu that will likely include authentic Italian specialties such as housemade torrone nougat. She’s also thinking about the much-loved panettone Christmas bread (“This time of year Italian cooks use a lot of citrus,â€? she explains). Look for unusual seasonal sausages as well as tortellini in brodo on Stern’s December menu. Up at 8]Vb^cVYZ, chef Beverlie Terra plans to put her own retro family Christmas specialties—cracked crab and ravioli—on the menu for Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas Day brunch, along with cioppino. Chef Ross McKee of 6fjVg^jh, the Dream Inn’s oceanfront dining room, says his kitchen is planning a gala and very classic Christmas buffet and a prix fixe New Year’s Eve menu as well. On the menu are Tomales Bay oysters, smoked salmon, natural Diestel turkey, Corralitos hams, prime rib with Yorkshire pudding and more. Traditionalists will love Aquarius’ bĂťche de NoĂŤl, pumpkin pie and eggnog cheesecake as well. ’Tis the season to embrace the retro flavors of yesteryear. And with any luck you’ll be able to find red, green and white pozoles—the specialties of true feliz Oaxacan navidad—on the menu at your favorite Mexican restaurant. Buon natale und prosit Neujahr! 0

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back at the career of an established artist, feature a local performance from a major touring act as well as an interview with a supporting character behind the music and a performance by Mitchell herself, who hosts. The first episode of Santa Cruz Live will be simulcast this Friday on SantaCruzLive.tv, on DigitalMediaFactory.com and on the Cruzio homepage. For those in town for the festivities, there will be a launch party at the factory with performances by Hot Club Pacific and Kemo Sabe and a preview of the second episode following a screening of the first. In addition to providing material for the show (Mitchell plans to use at least six more performances from that night in upcoming episodes), the Katrina benefit was the inspiration for Santa Cruz Live. To hear her tell it, the concert served as a catalyzing event for the singer. Mitchell grew up in Santa Cruz and studied music at Cabrillo College before moving to Canada, where she was named Best New Artist by the Canadian Country Music Association and was nominated for a Juno, the Canadian Grammy. As her career wore on, though, Mitchell began to question whether touring was the best use of her musical

ability and experience. She grew weary of the unforgiving schedule and disenchanted with the idea that the success of her music was quantified by “how much alcohol I was selling, which is how it is in a bar.â€? It’s a common enough sentiment that Mitchell has received encouragement for the show from a number of like-minded artists, including the queen of bluegrass, Alison Krauss. Four years ago, Mitchell and Collins were backstage at a concert in San Francisco when Mitchell told Krauss of her idea. “She looked at me and she said, ‘Ginny, I’ll do what I can do to help, but I really want you to do this because the music business is changing and artists really don’t have a platform right now.’â€? It all starts this week. For more info, go to www.santacruzlive.tv. ¡A/<B/ 1@CH :7D3¸ :/C<16 >/@BG

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deliberately showing off their polished coats, the horses perform gorgeously, and often with no evident human intervention. Two colts canter across the stage in the beginning, stopping like human toddlers to explore toys left in the sand while above them a projection of a mare giving birth lingers on the struggle of the newborn foal trying mightily to stand. Stretching its neck with exertion, it finally balances, surprised, on four splayed ladderlong legs. The audience bursts into spontaneous applause. A sentimental crowd, these horse lovers; they filled the house to near capacity on a freezing Tuesday night in the middle of a storm. Many had come from out of state to see the spectacle that stops at only a few major cities in Europe and the United States each year. Come the weekends, families pack the house in spite of very steep ticket prices. The story of Cavalia begins as a spring appears within the sand at center stage and Marianella Michaud moves into a dance with Orion, a white stallion that steps directly out of the illustrations in children’s storybooks. In a push and pull of growing trust, the two form a bond. Lovely, but the performance seems surprisingly listless, missing the intensity that projects character and leads the

audience along with the story. Perhaps because it was an off night (Tuesday), or maybe because it’s the second week of a long San Francisco run of a multiyear marathon, I was disappointed that most of the humans displayed no individual character nor authentic relationship with each other or with the horses. A significant exception was trainer Sylvia Zerbini, who worked her magnetism with individual and multiple stallions loose on the stage. Otherwise, the lack of oomph in the human performers made the two-plus hours of vignettes somewhat lifeless displays of skill. Such discontent, though, never reached the young people I spoke with, whose “Awesome!� reviews were consistent with the standing ovation at the end of the show. Children and horse-lovers of all ages demonstrated unbridled enthusiasm—almost as rare a phenomenon as the sight of leaping, plunging horses in our midst.

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PLANET CRUZ COMEDY HOUR WITH RICHARD STOCKTON $20/Adv $25/Door Tickets: Streetlight Records & www.planetcruz.org SUN. DECEMBER 5 • 1 PM

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As a young man, Dick Dale moved to Southern California and fell in love with surfing and playing music. His attempt to combine the two and re-create with his guitar the sounds and feelings he experienced on his surf board led to the creation of the surf music craze and a sea of fans and imitators. Still celebrated as “King of the Surf Guitar,� the 73-year-old Dale has a rich history of shredding axes, blowing up amps and putting on outrageous stage shows. In town with his son Jimmy Dale and Bay Area favorites the Mermen, the evening— which benefits Santa Cruz Surfrider— is shaping up to be a toes-on-the-nose party, indeed. Moe’s Alley; $20 adv/ $25 door; 8pm. (Cat Johnson)

The durability of the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s Hot Club de France is remarkable and entirely justified. The duo’s Gypsy jazz has inspired numerous hot clubs the world over, keeping their music relevant and vital into another century. San Francisco’s appropriately named Hot Club of San Francisco, the country’s longest-running Gypsy swing band, is a member of the top tier of bands that pay tribute to Reinhardt and Grappelli’s considerable legacy. The musicians—guitarists Paul Mehling, Isabelle Fontaine and Jeff Magidson, bassist Clint Baker and violinist Evan Price—are impressive players who do their heroes proud. Kuumbwa; $20 adv/ $23 door; 7pm. (Paul M. Davis)

Firmly established in their roles as elder statesmen of roots reggae, the Abyssinians have been bringing their conscious lyrics, tight three-part harmonies and minor key melodies to the masses for longer than many of today’s Jamaican superstars have been alive. Formed when reggae was more closely associated with cheerful pop vocals than Rastafarianism, the Abyssinians have contributed massively to the Jamaican musical soundscape, and their smash -hit single “Satta Massagana� has taken on no less than anthemic status for the roots faithful around the world. Moe’s Alley; $20 adv/$25 door; 9pm. (CJ)

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3:D7< 07A6=> Elvin Bishop doesn’t necessarily spring to mind when listing the blues legends of the past half-century, but he should. Bishop has performed with a murderer’s row of great blues players, including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King, and has always held his own. Since getting his start with the Butterfield Blues Band in the early ’60s, Bishop has amassed a considerable body of work, most recently with Red Dog Speaks. On the album he collaborates with the likes of John Nemeth, Buckwheat Zydeco and Tommy Castro, and explores not only blues and soul but also doo-wop, zydeco and gospel. Catalyst; $16 adv/ $20 door; 7:30. (PMD)

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triangle between two men and Imperial Rome. Charlton Heston stars as the Jewish hero Ben-Hur, whose close friendship with a nobleman, Marcelus (Stephen Boyd), turns ugly when political differences grow between them. It is a troubled epic, with multiple rewrites, bad weather, the producer dropping dead of a heart attack—and yet the film is big Hollywood in a way that won’t ever be quite as big again. Though the stories Gore Vidal tells of a stodgy epic subverted by a subliminal gay love plot are appealing, they may not wash in the light of Heston’s memoirs, where he describes much struggle over motivation and acting—and hard work—to bring himself up to director William Wyler’s high standards. (“Willy’s the toughest director I’ve ever worked for.�) Shot in Cinecitta on the scale of the ancient Roman carnivals, including a galley fight and the famous chariot race. “The four-horse

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team gave me less trouble than I remember in Egypt with two. Maybe it’s like a lot of other things: the first two are the hardest,� wrote Heston in The Actor’s Life. (Plays Fri and Sat at Aptos.) (RvB)

middle school history class, complete with blackboard and uncomfortably forced metaphors. (Plays Thu Dec 2 and Wed Dec 8 at Cinema 9.)

by Kate Bosworth (the local circus knife-thrower) and Geoffrey Rush (the town drunk). (Opens Fri at Cinema 9 and Green Valley.)

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Burton’s clay animation classic about a case of holiday envy. The residents of Halloween Town, led by their spindly “pumpkin king� Jack Skellington, plot to take over Christmas and put their own spin on it. Jack enlists the help of three local youths to kidnap Santa, but things go awry when he tries to fill the big man’s boots. (Plays Fri and Sat midnight at Del Mar.)

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This presentation of “The Met: Live in HD� is a production of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. Anna Netrebko plays penniless Norina, whose marriage to her love, Ernesto, has been forbidden by his uncle, Don Pasquale (John Del Carlo). Norina, Ernesto and Don Pasquale’s physician devise a scheme to convince him to allow the couple to wed. (Plays Wed Dec 1 at 6:30 at Cinema 9.) 5:3<< 0319( 0@=93

(PG-13; 120 min.) In an event subtitled “Re-Starting America’s Engine,� the Fox News host compares America’s economy to a 1965 Mustang. The show, simulcast in theaters across the country, is an extended format version of Beck’s TV program. Think a dramatic interpretation of

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(R; 100 min.) Korean action star Dong-gun Jang plays an elite Ninja warrior forced into hiding in the American West when he refuses to kill an enemy’s young son in this visually dazzling mashup of the Western, martial arts and fantasy genres. When his enemies finally catch up with him, Jang’s character receives help from new friends, played

min.) Christina Aguilera stars in a musical about a smalltown girl with dreams of stardom. Aguilera’s character takes a job as a cocktail waitress at a once-legendary Los Angeles burlesque club that has lost its luster. Also starring Cher as the club’s proprietress and aging star, Kristin Bell as a spotlight-hogging rival, Stanley Tucci as the club’s stage manager and Alan Cummings as the revue’s MC. 2C3 2/B3 (R; 100 min.)

Forced to drive from Georgia to Los Angeles, a pair of men try to get along. One is a deluded would-be actor named Ethan (Zach Galifianakis), a half-bright stoner bearing a lapdog. The other is a mean executive, Peter (Robert Downey Jr.), trying to get home to be there

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min.) Doug Liman’s account of the felonious Valerie Plame business is a model of exciting, intelligent espionage lore. It’s shot with braced but fluid camerawork. Naomi Watts’ performance as Plame is one of the year’s best. Between the

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Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq invasion, members of the CIA ask the independent consultant Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn) to go to Niger to confirm confidential reports of uranium being sent to Saddam Hussein. Wilson quickly discovers there was no such shipment. In a Nixonian attempt to silence a whistleblower, high Bush administration figures leak the name of Wilson’s wife, Victoria Plame, to columnist Robert Novak, a move that destroys her career and puts her operations in jeopardy. It’s hard for a film to be all things to all people. Fair Game’s script is less surefooted with the domestic drama than it is with the paranoid/political tale-telling. Penn gets to play a different kind of character: decidedly upper-class, peremptory and with little patience for fools. He gives one of his strongest and slyest performances. (RvB) 4/AB3@ (R; 95 min.)

Not half bad, but that other half is real bad. It’s scripted by po-mo trashistas the Gayton Brothers (The Salton Sea) and directed with robust obviousness by George Tillman Jr. Duane “The Rock� Johnson stars as “Driver,� a man just out of the joint after 10 years. He is loose in Bakersfield hunting the people who killed his bro while being hunted in turn by a fey and yacky killer for hire (the whimsically cast Oliver Jackson-Cohen of Lark Rise to Candleford). Meanwhile, two cops, one of whom is smackaddicted (Billy Bob Thornton; excellent, actually) try to solve the case. Warden Tom Berenger’s farewell speech to the sizable convict exemplifies the film’s aspirations to reach high C over E, and is the first of several “Oh, no, they didn’t!� incidents in the script. The important spiritual statement of it all is mitigated by a roaring Chevelle and a rousing, all-backward getaway in the beginning: the best car chase I’ve seen in months. Fine Thelma Rittering by Annie Corley as Driver’s Mom. Most of the film is dominated

by the ever-perplexed, physically inconceivable Rock himself: dwelling in some harmonious space beyond seriousness and humor, beyond irony or moral importance. (RvB) B63 57@: E6= 971932 B63 6=@<3B¸A <3AB (R;

148 min.) The glowing harbor and country views of the last entry are replaced by a televisionistic series of close-ups of baleful Swedes frowning at each other over tables or sitting fidgeting at press conferences. The survivors of the government cabal that planned to silence the troublesome Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace) are still afoot and grumpier than ever. Our hero, Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) of Millennium magazine, is trying to get Lisbeth’s side of the story. But his co-editor Erika (Lena Endre) is menaced by anonymous emails and a brick through the window. Lisbeth is also cornered by yet another smirking civil servant: her former shrink, Dr. Peter Teleborian (Anders Ahlbom). The film pedantically insists on the realistic aftereffects of some gunshot wounds, and it makes a very, very long journey from hospital bed to very unmoving last goodbye. 6/@@G >=BB3@ /<2 B63 23/B6:G 6/::=EA >/@B

(PG-13; 147 min.) A second Battle of Britain has broken out between the mortals and the wizards; the Hogwarts alumni (Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe) flee through a blitzed-out land. Unfortunately, the single most flabbergasting part comes early on: an armada on broomsticks breaking through the cloud ceiling, straight into a dogfight of death-eaters. In the middle, the trio hides in the countryside amid blasted heaths and burned-out trailers, and things start to resemble Twilight before the film gets on its feet again. The startling Balinese-style puppet animation of the title’s fable is a highlight of the series. Grint, the clumsy/suave best pal Ron Weasley, seems to

be growing into another Malcolm McDowell. Our beautiful Snape (Alan Rickman) towers over his evil cohort. Helena Bonham Carter is almost as nasty as Margaret Hamilton. (RvB) :=D3 /<2 =B63@ 2@C5A (R; 113 min.)

Pseudo-sophisticated romance by Edward Zwick, loosely adapted from Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman by Jamie Reidy. In the 1990s, a breezy Pittsburgh-based pharma-salesman (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a freespirited lady (Anne Hathaway) meet in a doctor’s office. A hot yet hostile relationship breaks out. But Jamie quickly diagnoses what’s eating Maggie: she has stage one Parkinson’s and is determined to have a reckless good time while her body holds out. Hathaway could have carried this as light comedy, but she comes on furious and knocks this unsteady movie flat. And she’s not a sweeping force meeting an equal, opposite reaction in Gyllenhaal, who is about as deep as Jason Biggs from the American Pie movies. The official use of the Pfizer name here tells us the filmmakers are not going to be all that harsh on Big Pharma. Under the direction of the nice guy who created Thirtysomething, it carries the kind of happy ending you’d need a happiness drug to accept. (RvB) ;35/;7<2 (PG; 96 min.) Rivals from the moment their planets were destroyed and they were sent to Earth, Megamind (Will Ferrel) and Metro Man (Brad Pitt) have competed in the usual battle of good vs. evil in the new animated film Megamind. The movie has an enjoyable twist when Metro Man is eliminated, and Megamind is left to rampage Metro City with his best friend, Minion (David Cross). Following the unconventional yet delightful storyline, Megamind seeks to fill his boredom of having no one to fight by creating a new good superhero, Tighten (Jonah Hill). However, Tighten has other plans;

he intends to use his newly acquired laser vision, superstrength and ability to fly for his own interests. Megamind, Metro Man and even Tighten all have their sights on Roxanne Ritchi (Tina Fey), a newswoman in the Lois Lane mold. Ferrell and Pitt should have given Fey and Hill lessons on ways to alter their voices, because it took me out of the movie when their characters were onscreen sounding like their reallife selves. The themes— never taking things for granted and being careful about what you wish for—offer lessons for people of all ages. (SZ) ;=@<7<5 5:=@G

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Astrology Free Will

By Rob Brezsny

For the week of December 1 /@73A (March 21–April 19): Physicist Stephen Hawking believes it would be dangerous to get in touch with extraterrestrial creatures. “If aliens visit us,� he says, “the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.� Those who’ve studied the teeming evidence for UFOs would say that Hawking’s warning is too late. Some mysterious non-human intelligence has been here for a long time, and the fact that we are still around proves they’re no Spanish conquistadors. Aside from that, though, let’s marvel at the stupidity of Hawking’s lame advice. As any mildly wise person knows, exploring the unknown is not only an aid to our mental and spiritual health— it’s a prerequisite. That’ll be especially true for you Aries in the coming weeks. B/C@CA (April 20–May 20): “At times, although one is perfectly in the right, one’s legs tremble,� wrote philosopher V.V. Rozanov. “At other times, although one is completely in the wrong, birds sing in one’s soul.� That may have been the case for you last month, Taurus, but these days it’s the exact reverse. If your knees are wobbly, you’re off-center, missing the mark, or far from the heart of the matter. If, on the other, birds are singing in your soul, it’s because you’re united with the beautiful truth. There are a couple of caveats, though: The beautiful truth won’t be simple and bright; it’ll be dense, convoluted, and kaleidoscopic. And the birds’ songs will sound more like a philharmonic orchestra pounding out Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony than a single flute playing a quaint folk song.

53;7<7 (May 21–June 20): Are there any actors who have impersonated as many different types of characters as Gemini chameleon Johnny Depp? From rogue agent to chocolatier, from psychotic barber to astronaut, he is a model of inconsistency—a master of not imitating himself. (To glimpse 24 of his various personas, go here: http://bit.ly/GeminiActor.) According to my reading of the omens, you now have a poetic license to follow his lead. There have been few times in the last two years when you’ve had this much freedom and permission to be so multiple, mercurial, and mutant. 1/<13@ (June 21–July 22): A tattoo now adorns the neck of pop star Rihanna. It says “rebelle fleur,� which is a French phrase meaning “rebel flower.� The grammar police protested her new body art. They wished she would have rendered it correctly—as “fleur rebelle�—since in French, adjectives are supposed to follow, not precede, the nouns they refer to. But I’m guessing Rihanna knew that. In reversing the order, she was double-asserting her right to commit breezy acts of insurrection. Let’s make “rebelle fleur� your keynote in the coming days, Cancerian. Break taboos, buck tradition, and overthrow conventional wisdom— always with blithe grace and jaunty charm. :3= (July 23–Aug. 22): Research by German psychologists suggests that positive superstitions may be helpful. Reporting in the journal Psychological Science, they discovered that people who think they are in possession of good luck charms outperform people who don’t. “Superstition-induced confidence� seems to act in ways akin to how placebos work to heal sick people: It can provide a mysterious boost. (More here: tinyurl.com/LuckCharm.) Just for the fun of it, Leo— and in accordance with the astrological omens—put this finding to the test. Get yourself a magical object that stimulates your power to achieve success. D7@5= (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Psychologist Carl Jung said that we are all connected to each other via the collective unconscious. Your psyche and my psyche have taproots that sink deep into the memories and capacities of the entire human race. According to my reading of the omens, your taproots are now functioning more vigorously than they have in a long time. You’re in more intimate contact than usual with the primal pool of possibilities. And what good is that, you may ask? Well, it means you have the power to draw on mojo that transcends your personal abilities. Could you make use of some liquid lightning, ambrosial dreams, or healing balm from the beginning of time? :70@/ (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): If you want to get a gallon of milk directly from the source, you have to squeeze a cow’s udder over 300 times. I recommend you use that as a metaphor for your task in the days to come. It’s going to take a lot of squirts or tugs or tweaks to get

the totality of what you want. Be patient and precise as you fill your cup little by little. There’s no way you can hurry the process by skipping some steps.

A1=@>7= (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth,� says the Bible. That doesn’t mean what most people think it does. The word translated as “meek� is the Greek word praus, which in ancient times didn’t mean “weak-willed, passive, mild.� Rather, it referred to great power that was under rigorous control. For example, soldiers’ warhorses were considered praus. They heeded the commands of their riders, but were fierce warriors that fought with tireless fervor. In this spirit, Scorpio, I’m predicting you’re about to get very “meek�: offering your tremendous force of will and intelligence in disciplined service to a noble cause. (Thanks to Merlin Hawk for the info I used in this ’scope.) A/57BB/@7CA (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a book called Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is. I’d love it if in the next few weeks you would think a lot about how you are on your way to becoming what you were born to be. Current astrological omens suggest you will have special insight into that theme. For inspiration, you might want to borrow some of Nietzsche’s chapter titles, including the following: “Why I Am So Wise,� “Why I Am So Clever� and “Why I Am a Destiny.�

1/>@71=@< (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): During some of her concerts, Capricorn singer Hayley Williams (lead vocalist of Paramore) has worn a tank top that bears the phrase “Brand New Eyes.� I encourage you to consider making that your own guiding principle for a while. By pointedly declaring your intention to view the world with refreshed vision, you will be able to tune in to sights that have been invisible to you. You will discover secrets hidden in plain view and maybe even carve out a window where before there had been a thick, blank wall. /?C/@7CA (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): Much of my recent book, Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia, is rated PG. Some is R. But there’s one story that’s X. Not in the same way that porn is. While it’s uninhibited in its rendering of ecstatic eroticism, it’s a feminist meditation on spiritual intimacy, not a heap of vulgar stereotypes. Still, when the book came out, I couldn’t bear the thought of sending copies to certain relatives of mine who are a bit prudish. So I came to an honorable compromise: Using a razor blade, I sliced out the nine pages in question and gave my loved ones the mostly-intact remainder. May I suggest you consider a comparable editing of your efforts, Aquarius? Your main object right now is to win friends and influence people.

>7A13A (Feb. 19–March 20): In the waters off the southwest coast of Africa, the small fish known as the bearded goby has always been preyed upon by jellyfish—until recently. Now this formerly mildmannered species, whose diet used to consist of phytoplankton, has overthrown the ancient status quo: It is feasting on the jellyfish that once feasted on it. Scientists aren’t sure why. I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your life, Pisces. How it will play out exactly, I’m not sure. Maybe you’ll gain an advantage over someone or something that has always had an advantage over you. Maybe you will become the topdog in a place where you’ve been the underdog. Or maybe you’ll begin drawing energy from a source that has in the past sucked your energy. 6][Se]`Y( EVOb WT g]c RWR\¸b TSSZ Q][^SZZSR b] VOdS O\ ]^W\W]\ OP]cb SdS`g V]b Pcbb]\ WaacS- B`g ZWdW\U ]^W\W]\ T`SS T]` O eSSY @S^]`b `SacZba Pg U]W\U b] 4`SSeWZZOab`]Z]Ug Q][ O\R QZWQYW\U Âľ3[OWZ @]P Âś

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