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Q: Whose style does Tim Gunn admire? —Jane V., Belmont, Mass. A: “I always ask myself, ‘Would Cary Grant or George Clooney wear this?’ ” says Tim Gunn, 59, the mentor on Lifetime’s Project Runway

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(Thursdays). “George knows he’s my style icon. He came up to me on the red carpet at the Oscars and straightened my bow tie as a joke. It was funny!” Q: I love the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. How long does it take to plan? —Edward M., Dallas A: “Some of the shows take 12 months,” says

executive producer Mike Sorensen. “We have to find the sharks, shoot them, write the script, and produce the show. We’re filming Air Jaws in South Africa now, and that won’t run until 2014.” See the muchdiscussed tongue-in-cheek ad for this year’s shows (featuring an unlucky seal) at parade.com/shark. Q: I’m psyched that Rachel Griffiths is back on TV. How does she like playing the lead on Camp? —Marjorie P., Aspen

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Coming Clean Exposing the heartache behind an alltoo-trendy topic, Kimberly Rae Miller writes with insight about growing up the daughter of a hoarder in her family’s moldy, ﬂea-infested home—and eventually overcoming her anger and shame.

You Are Now Less Dumb Even if you have 20/20 vision, glasses can help you ace a test, and fear may make you exaggerate a person’s sexiness—so says David McRaney in his lively look at our myriad self-delusions and how we can beat or exploit them.

M Lunches My With Orson W Based on longB lost l tapes, Peter Biskind’s book B readers eavesdrop as lets reader Welles speaks with often savage candor about his famous friends, rivals, and lovers to director Henry Jaglom, revealing the man behind the Hollywood myth.

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Blue Jasmine | Cross Blanche DuBois with a bit of Ruth Madoff and you’ve got the fragile, broke, emotionally battered woman Cate Blanchett (above) plays to wrenching perfection in Woody Allen’s latest. The top-notch cast also includes Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, and (surprise!) Andrew Dice Clay. (PG-13) The Wolverine | The Marvel hero (Hugh Jackman, above) is turning Japanese in his new adventure, tangling with ninjas and samurai. (PG-13)

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Unforgettable | It’s not often that a series comes back from the dead. So tonight, celebrate the return on CBS of this excellent cop show, starring the charismatic Poppy Montgomery (below, with Dylan Walsh) as a detective who remembers everything.

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BORN ON THE BAYOU Clockwise from left, Jase, Phil, Willie, and Si Robertson. Willie says he started wearing the ﬂag bandanna because at ﬁrst, “[people at] the 12 | couldn’t JUNE 2, tell 2013us apart.” network

JUST DUCKY Behind the scenes with the Robertsons of Duck Dynasty, the hairiest, happiest, hunting-est family on TV

ant to make Phil Robertson happy, happy, happy? Follow up a chat in his shotgun-stocked ATV by agreeing to sample one of his homemade southern delicacies. Any fan of A&E’s Duck Dynasty––the hit reality show starring Phil, 67, alongside his extended, extremely funny family––knows that the rugged, camo-clad outdoorsman loves his adventurous proteins, from frog legs to squirrel. Which is why it comes as a mild shock when he ambles into the kitchen of his modest home in West Monroe, La., unscrews the cap from a mason jar, and offers up a heaping spoonful of … jelly. “It’s mayhaw,” he says, referring to the wild red berry that’s harvested By Shawna Malcom

by wading through swamps infested with poisonous cottonmouth snakes. Fittingly, the jelly, while delicious, has a bite to it. “That bought stuff ’s watered down so much,” adds Phil. “We make it a bit stronger, because we like that tart ﬂavor.” Mayhaw jelly aside, life is pretty sweet these days for the bushy-bearded Robertsons, whose Duck Dynasty has become the golden goose of reality TV. The show—about a family that got rich (but stayed humble) making products geared toward hunters—did well when it premiered in spring 2012 but grew exponentially after that; its third-season ﬁnale in April drew 9.6 million viewers, a record for A&E, and it was the year’s

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From left, Jase and his wife, Missy; Si (standing in back); Phil and his wife, Miss Kay; Willie and his wife, Korie. The beards, grown for hunting, are now a show trademark; still, Missy says, “Jase is so handsome, I’d like to actually be able to see his face.”

of the series. “This is one of the rare exceptions. They’re great folk. There’s also a sense of integrity and a [feeling] that they’re fulfilling the American dream.” Back in 1972, when Phil began hand-crafting duck calls in a oneroom shed (which still stands just a few steps away from his front porch), he probably never imagined that his American dream would one day make him so famous he’d need to erect a gate, as he’s doing

cruise to Key West and Cozumel (some 3,000 fans have already paid a minimum of $749 each to mingle with the clan). But Willie—who took over as Duck Commander’s CEO in 2006 and then started a second company, Buck Commander, catering to deer hunters—sensed that Duck Dynasty, which grew out of an earlier series on the Outdoor Channel, could be good for business. It was he who encouraged a reluctant Phil and Jase to sign on. “You don’t set off in life to be mediocre. At least, I don’t,” says Willie, popping in a pinch of chewing tobacco, sliding off his shoes, and Check out the wide range of Duck Dynasty merchandise at parade.com/duck preparing to drive barefoot in his Chevy pickcoming together than tearing each this summer, to keep curious fans up to the ﬁrm’s warehouse. “Most other apart. Look no further than from wandering onto his property. everything we’ve done we’ve been the closing scene of each episode, And he most certainly never fairly successful at anyway.” when the family gathers around the anticipated his family becoming Willie had come close to reality dinner table to say grace and break the kind of hashtag-hatching pop stardom before, having made it to bread. “For so long we thought only culture phenomenon that leads to the ﬁnal round of casting for The bad behavior made good television,” book deals, a holiday album called Amazing Race, paired with his wife says David McKillop, executive vice Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Korie’s sister. When that didn’t president and general manager of Christmas (due Oct. 29), and next work out, he got a call from a CBS A&E and an executive producer summer’s Duck Commander casting associate who offered him a

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spot on Survivor, but he says he turned that down after Korie watched the show and cautioned, “They’ll make you look like a redneck.” His one concern about Duck Dynasty? The title. “I thought, ‘That sounds like a Chinese food place!’ ” Now it has the ring of an even more financially secure future. Thanks to the show, business at Duck Commander “went ballistic,” Phil reports. So much so that “now we’re contracting out. Other people are building our duck calls for us so we can meet the demand.” (They sold 60,000 in 2011; this year they expect to sell more than 750,000.) Pulling up to the warehouse, which recently attracted 3,000 fans in a single day, Willie, late for a meeting, avoids the crowd out front and calls for a security guard to escort him in through the back. While he heads to his office, a throng mills about in the gift shop, perusing merchandise including T-shirts and coffee mugs emblazoned with Phil’s “Happy, Happy, Happy” catchphrase. Most of them probably hope to get a glimpse of, maybe even a picture with, a Robertson—something Jase admits he doesn’t understand. “I thought Clint Eastwood was cool in all the western movies, but I’m not gonna drive somewhere he’s at and stand in line to see him,” he says. “I told Missy, my wife, the only person I’d stand in line for is God Almighty.” He laughs. “ ‘You made the universe? All right, I’ll get in line!’ ” Uncle Si, on the other hand, seems to get a kick out of the attention. When someone hands him a phone to chat with a female admirer, “I’ll say, ‘Look here, what have you got on?’ ” he says with a hearty laugh. “There’s always a pause. I’ll say, ‘Hey, are you still there? Let me repeat the question.’ ”

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No. 1 nonﬁction cable series. Why have so many heeded this Duck call? Surely the answer begins with the close-knit clan: patriarch Phil, a former star quarterback at Louisiana Tech University who turned down a pro tryout for fear it would take away from hunting, and his spunky wife of 49 years, Miss Kay; their sons, ambitious Willie, dry-witted Jase, and quietly competitive Jep, all of whom work for the family business, Duck Commander; their wives and kids; and Phil’s endearingly odd younger brother Si, a Vietnam vet who’s full of tall tales and mischief but who also offers up pearls of backwoods wisdom. When season four starts Aug. 14, expect to see another Robertson: Phil and Kay’s eldest (cleanshaven!) son, Alan, who rejoined the business last year after more than two decades as a preacher at the devoutly Christian family’s church. Unlike most rural southerners represented on reality TV, the Robertsons are savvy and intentionally funny; and unlike pretty much everyone else in the unscripted genre, they’re more interested in

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Now that Si has emerged as the “We’re extremely careful about show’s iced tea–swilling breakout where we take the show editoristar, it’s hard to imagine that he was ally,” says McKillop. Willie is once slated to appear only occasion- more blunt: “You get a show ally. He routinely gets marriage that’s working and everybody’s proposals, even though he’s been nervous about screwing it up.” hitched for 40 years. His wife, While Alan supports the caution, Christine, who brews two gallons he feels viewers will embrace him of tea for her husband daily, has as they have the others. “What never appeared on the show [the producers] don’t know that because, as he cracks, “she’s got I know,” he says, “is whatever better sense than the rest of us.” way I roll in, they’re my family; Each episode of Duck Dynasty I know how to best work them typically includes a sitcom-esque and work with them.” setup—the family vacations in Doing the show has brought Hawaii; the men take Willie’s the clan “a whole lot closer,” says son hunting to help him Willie. “It’s probably the oppothrough a breakup; Jase decides site of most reality shows. to build a pond in the wareAnd nobody gets a big head house loading dock— because we’re doing it Get some of which are all together.” They Quacking! suggested by the renegotiated their producers. “They contract with the Find the recipe for Miss Kay’s famous biscuits—and watch come up with network earlier exclusive video of the clan ideas, but I get this year, though discussing their beards and to be myself in both McKillop demonstrating duck calls— those ideas,” says and the family at parade.com Jase, who has nixed decline to discuss /duck details that made him specifics. But Willie uncomfortable. “One day does allow that part of the when we were gonna play golf, a negotiation focused on a lighter wardrobe person brought me a pair shooting schedule. “Now we’ve of knickers,” he recalls. “I guess they gotten it to where there are thought that would be funny. But I some breaks,” he says, “and don’t wear knickers. They said, ‘A&E there’s some times that we can wants you to.’ I was like, ‘I don’t care!’ ” live life, too.” There is flexibility in other At least one Robertson sees aspects of the storytelling as well, an end in sight. When asked according to Alan, who is still get- how long he plans to be a part ting used to his new reality. “What of the show he helped create, actually happens is pretty much a Phil says, “Not long. But I think re-creation, because you’re not it’ll go on without me.” being followed by cameras every And what will he do then? day,” he says. “Sometimes when a He ponders the question as he story is retold and shot, it may have sits in the camo-covered recliner been something that happened in his living room. “Catch a few with Willie and me, and you maybe fish,” he finally says. “Hunt see it played out between Si and squirrels, deer, ducks. Stay out Jase.” It took time to ﬁgure out how in the woods. Come in. Make and when to add Alan to the cast. the jam. Enjoy life.”

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The model for the memorial sculpture, by artist Lena Toritch. Inset: Sgt. Maj. Chuck Yerry.

So in May 2010, Yerry, along with a small group of military and civilian advocates, began raising money and lobbying for a memorial, eventually forming the nonprofit SOF K9 Memorial Foundation in 2012. This past spring, the group announced that an official memorial, the first in the nation specifically honoring SOF dogs, would be placed at the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in

Fayetteville, N.C., near Fort Bragg. The U.S. Armed Forces ofﬁcially began using dogs in World War II, but the events of 9/11 brought their responsibilities to a new level. The SOF realized that canines had a unique ability to detect both bombs and human attackers, a vital skill in a war with rapidly changing front lines. Today over 2,000 working dogs serve in U.S. military

operations around the globe, with about 600 in combat zones. Most are Belgian Malinois or Dutch or German shepherds. Swift and stealthy, they can run at speeds of 35 mph or more and can have up to a 270-degree field of vision. But even among these exceptional dogs, only a small percentage make the final cut for SOF after six to 12 months of military training. Some of these canine soldiers have received recognition for their valuable contributions: in 2009, a dog named Remco, for charging an insurgent’s hideout in Afghanistan; and in 2011, a Belgian Malinois named Cairo, for participating in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Still, the vast majority go unheralded by the military—something the memorial, unveiled yesterday, will start to remedy. Artist Lena Toritch sculpted the piece, a life-size bronze Belgian Malinois outfitted with a combat vest and camera. The dog stands near the museum’s parade grounds, facing a statue of Paratrooper Iron Mike. Surrounding the Malinois are granite pavers, each one giving the name, country of origin, and place and year of death of a dog killed in service. “After seeing these incredible animals in action, I was compelled to do something to honor them,” says Yerry. “They made the ultimate sacrifice.” To see photos of SOF dogs (including Valco) in training and in combat, go to parade.com/dogsofwar

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