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Many talented individuals call Canada home. You’re probably not aware of how many familiar • Television viewers first saw him as a young faces are natives of “up north.” Let’s take a look doctor in his six-year stint on the hospital drama at just a few. “St. Elsewhere.” Today, Howie Mandel is popular as the host of “Deal or No Deal,” both the U.S. and • Rick Moranis played a nutty scientist who shrunk Canadian versions. This Toronto native is a distant his kids in the 1989 Disney film, then “blew up” cousin to violinist Itzhak Perlman. He suffers the kids in the 1992 sequel. Born in Toronto, from mysophobia, an irrational fear of germs, and Moranis worked at several local radio stations finds it impossible to shake hands with his game before branching out into movies. He retired from show contestants without latex gloves and prefers films in 1997 to devote time to being a single to share “fist pounds.” Mandel also has attention father following the death of his wife from liver deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In 2009, cancer. he released his autobiography entitled “Here’s the Deal: Don’t Touch Me.” • Montreal was the birthplace of the man we know as Captain James T. Kirk of “Star Trek” fame. • Although best known for his hosting of William Shatner was trained as a Shakespearean “Jeopardy!,” Ontario-born Alex Trebek actually actor, with regular performances at Ontario’s started his television career as a newscaster for the Stratford Festival of Canada. He hit the big screen CBC following graduation from the University of at age 20 in a Canadian film called “The Butler’s Ottawa. Trebek made history in 1991, when he Night Off” and moved into television three years became the only host to moderate three daily U.S. later at age 23 as Ranger Bob on “The Canadian game shows at once — “Jeopardy!,” “Classic Howdy Doody Show.” He made his debut as Concentration” and “To Tell the Truth.” captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise in 1966 at age 35. • Yet another Canadian hosted a well-known • Ontario-born Rachel McAdams, star of “The Notebook” and “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” is the daughter of a truck driver and a nurse. She first excelled in figure skating competitions. As a teenager, she was acting in summer Shakespearean productions and working at McDonald’s. She was a top choice for the “Bond girl” in the 2006 film “Casino Royale” but turned it down.
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It was Danish author, philosopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard who made the following sage observation: “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
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If you’re like the average American, you eat 20 quarts of ice cream every year.
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Summer Seashell Souvenirs Beautiful seashells are priceless, especially those that your kids handpick on a lazy day at a favorite shore this summer. Or maybe your family hit warm climates this past winter and you have some choice “keepers” from a special beach. As your collection grows, sort them, clean them and then make one of these simple seashell souvenirs suitable for saving!
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Those Hemsworth brothers are on fire, career-wise. Chris Hemsworth made a big splash with “Thor” and shot two films for MGM, which were delayed by money problems. Now, “Cabin in the Woods” is slated for Halloween, and the remake of “Red Dawn” has been delayed so MGM can update the film to the tune of $1 million. Hemsworth also will star in “The Avengers” with Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo, due out in May 2012. Meanwhile, Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus’ love interest on and off the screen in “The Last Song,” has “The Hunger Games” due out in March 2012 and is set to star in “AWOL.” These guys may come from Down Under, but they sure are on top now! Send letters to Tony Rizzo’s Hollywood, 8306 Wilshire Blvd., No. 362, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
Or, intersperse several more shells on the length of fishing line or twine. Knot each one evenly in place and end with the final shell dangling.
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• On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Until then there were no post offices in the colonies, so mail was typically left at inns and taverns. • On July 25, 1832, the first recorded railroad accident in U.S. history occurs when four people are thrown off a vacant car near Quincy, Mass. A cable on a vacant car snapped them off the train and over a 34-foot cliff. • On July 31, 1916, future racing legend Louise Smith, who will become the first woman inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, is born in Barnesville, Ga. In her first race, unaware that a checkered flag meant the finish line, Smith kept going when the race ended until someone threw out a red flag. • On July 28, 1932, President Hoover orders the U.S. Army under Gen. Douglas MacArthur to evict Bonus Marchers -a group of World War I veterans seeking cash payments for their veterans’ bonus certificates -- from Washington, D.C. MacArthur’s men set their camps on fire, and the veterans were driven from the city. • On July 29, 1958, the U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space. NASA was created in response to the Soviet Union’s Oct. 4, 1957 launch of its first satellite, Sputnik I. • On July 30, 1971, a mid-air collision between a Boeing 727 and a fighter jet in Japan kills 162 people. At 28,000 feet the Boeing suddenly encountered two military jets. One was flown by a student who had only a few hours of flying experience. Neither jet was equipped with radar. • On July 27, 1993, Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis collapses and dies after suffering cardiac arrest while shooting baskets at Brandeis University in Boston. After previous cardiac arrhythmias, doctors had incorrectly assured him that he could continue to play. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
• To bring out the natural sweetness of corn on the cob, try sprinkling a little bit of sugar in the pot after the water has come to a boil. • If the scar of a cantaloupe is rough or has a stem attached, the melon was picked too early and won’t ripen as well as one with a smooth scar. Also, check the net pattern on the outside; it should be even and an overall tan-yellow color, not green or mottled. • You can remove berry stains from your fingers with lemon juice. Got berry juice on your tablecloth? Here’s E.B. of Mississippi’s suggestion: “Pour a generous amount of milk on the spot, let it soak for 15 minutes or more. Then soak in cold water with soap for an hour or more. Wash, rinse and dry.” • Soak raisins in cold water before chopping so that they won’t stick to your knife. • “Use lined-up celery ribs to create a base for your roast. This way, the juices move around more and the roast never sticks to the pan. I serve the celery with the roast, but you don’t have to if you don’t want to.” -- A.T. in Tennessee • Need to chill some drinks for a party fast? Pile on the ice, of course, then add the secret weapon: water. Icy water chills drinks quicker than placing them in ice alone. The heat is transferred from the warm drinks to the water because there’s total contact. Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475 or e-mail JoAnn at heresatip@yahoo.com. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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A: I spoke with Lea Thompson, who played Erica in the original movie, and she also is a little iffy about the remake. “I have my doubts, clearly,” she said, “because they haven’t released it yet although it’s supposedly been done for ages. I’ll be really interested to see it. One of the really amazing things about the original ‘Red Dawn’ is that there were no special effects in terms of computer-generated effects. Everything that happened really happened, which makes it more of a visceral nightmare. Sometimes some things left to the imagination are actually more haunting.” You can catch Lea starting July 30 in Hallmark Movie Channel’s “The Cabin,” where she plays a single mom who brings her kids to Scotland for fun and games, and for her,
“Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood’s Legendary Director” by Marilyn Ann Moss (The University Press of Kentucky, $40) Reviewed by Larry Cox Marilyn Ann Moss, a film scholar and former critic for a little unexpected romance. She also stars in ABC Family’s The Hollywood Reporter, was watching “White Heat” on “Switched at Birth,” and is featured in December’s Oscar television one afternoon. She was mesmerized by its fast contender “J. Edgar,” which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Josh pace. By the time the film ended, she was determined to Lucas, Judi Dench and Naomi Watts. find out more about its director, Raoul Walsh. The result is a highly readable biography of this legendary filmmaker with *** more than 150 films to his credit. Q: I can’t believe Chris Meloni left “Law and Order: SVU”! Walsh almost single-handedly established the careers of Who will they get to replace him? -- Anna F., Fresno, some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including John Wayne, Calif. Humphrey Bogart and Errol Flynn. His hit films include classics such as “A Lion in the Streets,” “Gentleman Jim” A: “Cold Case” alum Danny Pino is set to fill Detective and “High Sierra.” What makes his work so extraordinary Stabler’s absence. As “SVU” enters its 13th season, Mariska is that he was just as capable of directing a film noir drama Hargitay has opted for a reduced role, having signed on for such as “They Drive By Night,” as he was mounting the only the first 13 episodes of the new season. So, to help fill frothy 1933 Bing Crosby musical “Going Hollywood.” that void, actress Kelli Giddish (“Chase” and “Past Life”) has been cast as a new detective as well. Walsh was born in New York City, where he began acting on the stage in 1909. He moved to Hollywood, where his *** big break came when he was cast as John Wilkes Booth in the 1915 D.W. Griffith epic “Birth of a Nation.” Watching Q: Are there are plans to bring Stephenie Meyers’ sci-fi Griffith at work on the set, Walsh came to realize that his novel “The Host” to the big screen? -- Selena F., via e-mail real ambition was to be a director, and he began accepting ambitious assignments that would help redefine American A: Open Road films announced that the big-screen filmmaking. adaptation of Stephenie’s apocalyptic book will be released March 29, 2013. The movie stars Saoirse Ronan (“The In 1928, while on location for the Fox film “In Old Arizona,” Lovely Bones” and “Atonement”) as Melanie Stryder, and Walsh was involved in an automobile accident that cost him it is scheduled to begin shooting this February in Louisiana his right eye. It might have ended his career, but Walsh and New Mexico. refused to let a little thing like a lost eye derail him. He opted for an eye patch rather than a glass eye, explaining *** that a glass eye would have to be taken out if he got into a fight, so a patch was better fitted to his needs. It became his Q: Who is going to be the new boss on “The Office”? -- trademark. Janie P., via e-mail (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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