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Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan at Pran’s Prayer meet: Pics

Industry legends like Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan attended the prayer meet of yesteryear actor Pran, who passes away after prolonged illness on Friday.

Pran’s prayer meet was held at a Gurudwara on Monday evening. While Dilip Kumar was accompanied by wife Saira Banu, Amitabh came with his wife Jaya Bachchan. Others present were Jackie Shroff, Prem Chopra, Suresh Oberoi and Shabana Azmi.

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Focus Sets ’09 Slate With Coens, Lee, and Sundance Entry

Focus Sets '09 Slate With Coens, Lee, and Sundance Entry

Sundance entry “Sin Nombre,” screening in the World Dramatic Competition lineup at the upcoming fest, is among the film on the Focus Features slate for 2009, company CEO James Schamus announced today, confirming several dates for the seven titles on tap. “The 2009 releases from Focus represent the most diverse lineup in the company’s history,” said Schamus in a statement. In addition to unveiling highly anticipated new films from directors with whom we have already had great success, such as Ang Lee, Jim Jarmusch and Joel and Ethan Coen, the complete slate covers a diverse range of genres including animation.”

Writer/director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s “Nombre” will open in select cities March 20th after its world premiere in Park City. The filmmaker’s “firsthand experiences with Central American immigrants seeking the promise of the U.S.” form the basis of the Spanish-language movie. “Nombre” stars Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejia, Diana Garcia, Luis Fernando Pena, and Hector Jimenez.

Also on tap is Focus’ first-ever animated movie, “Coraline.” a stop-motion animated feature and the first one to be conceived and photographed in stereoscopic 3-D. Director/screenwriter Henry Selick works from author Neil Gaiman’s book, with a voice cast that includes Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders and Ian McShane. The film will open in 3-D-equipped theaters nationally on February 6th and will also simultaneously open in non-3-D-equipped theaters nationwide.

Jim Jarmusch’s new film, “The Limits of Control,” will open May 22nd. The story of “a mysterious loner” (played by Isaach. De Bankole), the film is set in contemporary Spain and also stars Hiam Abbass, Gael Garcia Bernal, Paz De La Huerta, Alex Descas, John Hurt, Youki Kudoh, Bill Murray, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Tilda Swinton, and Luis Tosar.

Joel and Ethan Coen on the set of “A Serious Man.” Image courtesy of Focus Features.

Opening on June 5th in limited release is “Away We Go,” Sam Mendes latest film from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The movie “follows the journey of an expectant couple” (John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph), as they travel the U.S. in search of a place to raise a family. “Go” also stars Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney, Melanie Lynskey, Chris Messina, Catherine O’Hara, and Paul Schneider. It is produced and co-financed with Focus by Big Beach.

Adapted by Schamus himself is “Taking Woodstock,” Ang Lee’s latest film. The true story, set in 1969, follows Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), who “inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was.” Based on the book by Mr. Tiber with Tom Monte, the cast includes Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Liev Schreiber. Taking Woodstock opens in select cities on August 14th.

A second animated film comes care of Shane Acker, who directs the “9,” a feature-length expansion of his short film of the same name. Produced by Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, and Jim Lemley, the “surreal tale takes place in a world parallel to our own, a post-apocalyptic fantasy in which a band of courageous rag dolls battles for the survival of civilization.” The voice cast includes Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer, and John C. Reilly. “9” will be released in exclusive engagements on September 9th (appropriately marking its release date as 9/9/09).

Finally, Focus again teams with Joel and Ethan Coen for their October 2nd release, “A Serious Man.” The film is about “an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV.” Set in 1967, the film stars a cast of mostly unknowns: Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf and Jessica McManus. A detailed plot summary care of Focus:

Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny (Aaron Wolf) is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah (Jessica McManus) is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry’s chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person – a mensch – a serious man?

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TIFF ’11 Review: Admirable, Low-Key ’50/50’ Splits Difference Between Genuinely Funny And Sad

TIFF '11 Review: Admirable, Low-Key ’50/50’ Splits Difference Between Genuinely Funny And Sad

Let’s get this out of the way early; the cancer dramedy, “50/50,” formerly known as “I’m With Cancer,” is an admirable effort by all the parties involved. There’s maturity and restraint shown throughout in this story, about a healthy young twentysomething man staring his mortality in the face when he is suddenly diagnosed with a rare spinal cancer, and it’s a well-intentioned humanistic drama that tries to demonstrate that life is complicated and never quite cut and dry. The measured film takes pains to illustrate there is laughter to be derived in difficult and near-tragic situations and melancholy can also be found in some of the most humorous moments. It’s also a friendship movie that is wise enough to not feel like a bromance film. In fact, it feels like it comes from the playbook of master comedians like James L. Brooks, Judd Apatow and Albert Brooks who deftly understand that a little sour in sweetness and vice-versa can go a long, long way.

Produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, (the writers behind “Superbad,” “Pineapple Express” and “The Green Hornet”), penned by their “Da Ali G Show” writer friend Will Reiser (who beat cancer himself) and directed by Jonathan Levine (“The Wackness“), there’s a palpable desire in the picture to… not leave man-child comedy behind per se… but to aspire to something a lot more grown-up.

And with that aim in mind, the creative quartet involved succeed, and arguably in spades, but in hopes of making a balanced and fully dimensional, living, breathing movie, the congenial and even-handed picture ends up not particularly funny or especially effective in its hoping-to-be-quietly-devastating moments. While Joseph Gordon-Levitt turns in an understated and capable performance, and Seth Rogen acts a comedic foil who delivers a few guffaws in his trademark chuckle, what “50/50” feels like it lacks throughout is true spark and inspiration. Few moments actually light up on screen or feel genuinely emotional. Instead, like the humming sound of fluorescent lights, what’s transmitted is a temperate feeling of mild laughs and moderate tears. It’s low-key to a fault.

Gordon-Levitt stars as Adam, the aforementioned physically-fit 27-year-old whose every day life as a radio producer in Seattle is thrown into disarray when he’s told those back pains he’s been feeling are a rare type of cancer in his spine. But he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t drink and he even recycles. The unfairness of this diagnosis hits him like ton of quiet bricks, and the reserved man begins to veer into an almost inaudible denial. As the title suggests, his survival chances are split in the middle at best. Based on Reiser’s real-life experiences of being a young, healthy, white male unexpectedly hit with cancer, a lot of what Adam goes through and how he feels — the absurdity that this is actually happening to him — rings true. He tells his best friend Kyle (Rogen), who is amusingly both unhelpful in his holy-shit-this-is-terrible! reaction and useful in his encouraging, shit-we-can-beat-this-fucker! humorousness (hey, Lance Armstrong beat cancer several times, right?).

Rogen cracks wise throughout, and while he doesn’t particularly stretch his acting or comedic abilities, he’s an important element in the story from preventing the tone from becoming too dour. But when Kyle tells his self-absorbed and superficial artist girlfriend (Bryce Dallas Howard) the bad news, the messiness of the situation, the ugly reality of it all, has the self-involved woman practically running for the door. Now while many late 20-something adultescents are often ill-equipped to handle such emotionally heavy news, Howard’s reaction is vile, heartless and punchable. If there’s anything resembling a villain in this picture it’s her glib and awful character, and it’s something of a one-note mis-step.

Meanwhile, Adam’s mother (Anjelica Huston) is devastated. Already grappling with a husband in the thick Alzheimer’s disease, her already overbearing nature tries to kick-in and nurture and take over her son’s life, but Adam repels from any of her shrill or emotional overtures. Starting to shut down and become numb to his situation, Adam takes a small comfort in going to therapy, only to be surprised to find Katie — a cute, but totally inexperienced therapist (Anna Kendrick) fresh out of school. Unskilled and not completely fit to be advising Adam, Katie nonetheless means well and tries to coax the internalizing patient out of his locked-down shell.

Adam also heads to chemotherapy treatment where he meets two older wiser patients (Philip Baker Hall and Matt Frewer) who employ dark humor and copious amounts of weed cookies as their coping mechanism. As the story progresses, Kyle and Adam do the best they can to remain up about the situation; Adam gets a dog (a strange looking greyhound called Skeletor that’s in the story for what seems like no particular reason) and they try and use his illness to their advantage with women, hoping that they’ll get lucky via pity. It amounts to some semi-humorous situations, but nothing feels entirely laugh out loud funny.

And perhaps it shouldn’t be considering what’s going on in the seriocomic picture, but the would-be touching moments aren’t particularly heartwrenching either, leaving the audience with an innocuous numbness all their own. While we see Adam’s loneliness and alienation from everyone around him, we never truly feel it. Part of it is a filmmaker, in Jonathan Levine, who (admirably) appears to be avoiding heavy-handedness and just trying to capture performances. Part of it is the low-key pervasiveness in the movie which makes it difficult to hit any moving emotional targets. Tone isn’t so much a problem as it is a detriment — much of the space and time is given to the carefully divided ratio between heartfelt scenes and comedy used to deflect the gravity of the story, so much so that the tone ultimately ends up being neither here nor there.

A world class composer for the likes of action-adventure films by the likes of J.J. Abrams, here in this dramedy, Michael Giacchino‘s score is fairly harmless and genial, but largely unremarkable. One of the truly off notes of the picture is the soundtrack. While never utilized too often, still the dreaded music-video montage sequences — a short cut to inform the audience of how they should feel in lieu of what’s onscreen — pops up twice in the on-the-nose use of songs by Radiohead and The Liars.

There’s been a lot of Oscar talk from early audience screenings and things of that nature, and while that’s flattering and all, this writer can’t see this film penetrating the Academy doors at all. That’s not to say there aren’t good performances in the picture. If anyone here would be earning any accolades it’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but his likable and well-proportioned turn in this picture isn’t the type that earns nominations. “50/50” is a picture you want to root for — it’s mellow, it’s adult and it’s generally approached with a directorial calm and collected head, but it’s also a bit bottled up and fails to truly connect emotionally. [C+]

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I agree. It’s a good film but there is something missing that keeps it from being great.

Neil Jaworski

“the congenial and even-handed picture ends up not particularly funny or especially effective in its hoping-to-be-quietly-devastating moments. ”

I could not agree with this review less. I just got in from a screening of this film in London which I found hilarious, moving, wise, smart and just generally brilliant.

Marisa Torre

That’s how it really IS when you get news like cancer …
You want to be positive and brave but it comes out as nervous humour; not always funny but you don’t care, it’s all you got, you just want to get past it
You want to be real and brave but it comes out as evasive; you can’t always afford to be as poignant and emotional as you’re really feeling cuz it will break you down and kill your life even if you survive curing the cancer
And besides all the tear-jerker cliches aren’t realistic
You want to keep it right down the even-keel middle just to function semi-normal while you “neutralize” the monster within but there’s always someone who gets affected over the top and out of control … another whole mine-field to navigate, and nobody really gets it right but you cope
I thought 50/50 was well cast, well written and well worth seeing; career making performances, true-to-life scripting with relatable charactors and a story that takes something ugly and makes it still ugly but beautiful in the personal nuances of a shared human experience.

wow. couldn’t disagree with you anymore. this movie was incredibly moving. at least for me.

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‘Twelve Years A Slave’ Becomes More Awesome By Adding Michael K. Williams

'Twelve Years A Slave' Becomes More Awesome By Adding Michael K. Williams

So far, Steve McQueen‘s films –“Hunger” and “Shame” — have favored small casts delivering intense drama, but with “Twelve Years A Slave” he’s switching up the game. The subject matter is still sober (slavery), but he’s enlisting pretty much every one of our favorite actors in a cinephile’s equivalent of pornography. And he’s added one more name to the already stellar cast.

Michael K. Williams aka Omar from “The Wire” aka Chalky White from “Boardwalk Empire” has come on board the film joining (take a very deep breath): Chiwetel EjioforBrad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Scoot McNairy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson, Garret Dillahunt, Ruth Negga, Taran Killam, Adepero Oduye and Alfre Woodard. The film tells the true story of Solomon Northup, a freed slave who is tricked back into slavery, faces a grueling life under several owners and has to go court to reclaim his status. Williams will play a mutinous slave named Robert.

Production on the film is already underway in New Orleans, and yeah, this is already very, very high on our list of films in 2013. [Deadline]

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So he missed out playing a slave in Tarantino's stylized film and instead gets to play one in a more serious film. I'm down.

This script is incredible. Cannot wait.

LOVE how you guys didn't put Fassbender on that cast list. He only has the second biggest part in the film.

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Don't forget about Taran Killam! Wow, this movie is going to be incredible.

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Digs Into John Hillcoat’s ‘Quarry’ For Cinemax

Mary Elizabeth Winstead Digs Into John Hillcoat's 'Quarry' For Cinemax

Look out HBO, AMC and Netflix, here comes…Cinemax? Yep ,that would appear to be the case as the cable company are now swinging the auteur stick around, recently bagging Steven Sodebergh‘s period medical drama “The Knick and now bagging another high profile filmmaker for an equally compelling new show.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Logan Marshall-Green and Stellan Skarsgard are slated to star in “Quarry,” with John Hillcoat set to direct the pilot. So what’s it all about? Based on the pulp novels by Max Allan Collins (read our review of “Quarry’s Ex), the post-Vietnam War, ’70s set show will follow Max Quarry (Marshall-Green), a cold, methodical almost emotionless hitman, who takes orders from the figure known only as The Broker (Skarsgard). This is how it is in the books anyway, The Broker is a bit of mystery but it seems the show will flesh him out a bit more. As for Winstead, she’ll play Joni, Quarry’s wife…and if you haven’t read the books that’s all we’ll say, but we do wonder if it’ll stay true to the source material regarding her arc.

Either way, sounds like a pretty nifty and gritty concept and it has a pretty solid cast to go along with it. No word yet on when it will lens, but hopefully once Hillcoat is done, he can get his brewing feature “Triple Nine” (which was aiming to shoot this past spring) back on track. [The Wrap]

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Ut has been shot already in Mississippi this summer

I'm curious if this show chances will be hurt by the fact that Cinemax already has a Pulpy crime show called Banshee. Then pulp is a rarity all over TV.

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Boy, this woman is truly getting desperate, she should just call it quits and retire all together from acting, you can almost hear producers laughing at her when she shows them her meager resume; what an embarrassment of an actress.

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Manohla Dargis on ‘Her’: Wrong on Pants, Wrong for America

Manohla Dargis on 'Her': Wrong on Pants, Wrong for America

It’s not often that we at Criticwire have an opportunity to use the word “hero,” but there’s no other term for the bold stance Slate‘s Dan Kois has taken on the New York Timesreview of Spike Jonze’s Her. Kois has no qualms with the bulk of Manohla Dargis’ review, or with her placing it on her alphabetical list of the year’s 16 best films. His concerns stem from the following passage:

Her is even harder to imagine without Mr. Phoenix, an actor who excels at exquisite isolation. Wearing a tidy mustache and horn-rimmed glasses that temper his good looks with a hint of Groucho Marx comedy, his Theodore — shoulders slumped and pants unflatteringly hitched up — presents a harmless, defeated picture. At his most memorable, Mr. Phoenix plays wounded, stunted souls whose agonies are expressed almost reluctantly in halting words and somatic contortions, as in his brutal performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master. His work in Her is quieter, more openly vulnerable than in The Master, yet, surprisingly, as powerful because, once again, it feels as if his character’s solitude had been drawn from some deep, unarticulated place in Mr. Phoenix’s own being.

It’s not the assessment of Phoenix’s performance that has Kois so much as the critique of his wardrobe: “Dargis’s Her review is predictably ace except ‘pants unflatteringly hitched up’ is the wrongest thing she ever wrote,” he said on Twitter. As the instigation of his colleague Forrest Wickman, he took it a step further:

Indeed, Phoenix’s pants, and the pants of the movie’s other co-stars, are awesome — and they’re high-waisted, not “hitched up.” Though New York Post critic Lou Lumenick and others have compared them to the vintage horror of elastic Sansabelt slacks, the look is closer to vintage Burt Lancaster, seen at right. There will be time to debate the merits of Jonze’s film, but first, we need to agree on its pants.

Update: Reader Josh Gardner points out that Opening Ceremony has a clothing line inspired by Casey Storm’s Her costumes. Shop away.

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the pants would def. look better if teamed with a jacket. Check Humphrey Bogart in any of his Sam Spade films. Pants were always high waisted. the narrow legs are a nod to the current era, with an eye on the future and how the need to conserve on materials might make narrow pants the norm. I wrote about the pants on my fashion blog. I had no idea they were such a hot topic!

Alexis Whitham

I went to an advance of Her, and the issue of the pants definitely came up in the Q&A. According to Spike Jonze, they didn't know the pants would look funny when they were designed, but it did become obvious through the course of filming that these hitched up slacks did have a comedic effect on folks. Perhaps beauty is in the eye of the pants-wearer? Also, the film was really amazing.

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News India Aviation Safety Downgrade Unrelated To Diplomatic Row: U.S.   Email this page
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Washington: Asserting that the U.S. downgrade of India's aviation regulator had "absolutely nothing" to do with the Khobragade affair, Washington says it was committed to help India get its status back as soon as possible.
"This absolutely had nothing to do with the ongoing case of Dr. Khobragade," State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters when asked if the U.S. action would hurt efforts to restore ties with India after their worst diplomatic spat over the Dec 12 arrest of an Indian diplomat.

The diplomatic row was sparked by the arrest and strip search of Devyani Khobragade, 39, India's then deputy consul general in New York.

She was asked to return home Jan 10 after India declined to waive her diplomatic immunity to enable her prosecution charges of visa fraud and underpaying her housekeeper even as she was indicted by a grand jury in New York.

"Again, this was a regulatory decision," she said referring to the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority's (FAA) downgrade of the safety ranking of India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) from category-I to category-II rating. "I don't know how much leeway we have in those," Harf said when asked if it was not possible to try and defer the FAA decision amid efforts to repair frayed relations over the arrest of Devyani Khobragade.

"But it's my understanding that this was all made inside a regulatory framework that has very specific criteria countries have to meet under ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) standards that we're all party to," she said.

"These aren't our standards," Harf said commenting on India's expression of disappointment over the FAA decision.

"They're the ICAO standards everyone has to live under, and we're committed to working with India to help them get back to a Category I rating," she said.

On the broader question of relationship Harf said: "we're all committed to moving on to working together on all of the issues we work on all the time."

"A number of folks obviously have talked to our Indian counterparts over the last few weeks, and I think we're all committed right now to moving the relationship forward and really focusing on working together," she said.

The spokesperson made three points relating to the FAA decision.

"First is that both the U.S. and India are fully committed to restoring India to a Category I rating as soon as possible," Harf said, noting "there is currently an FAA team in India, in part to discuss how to go about doing just that"."The second, that this decision was made within a regulatory framework," she said. "Third, the United States and India remain fully committed to cooperation in civil aviation."

Harf said the process of consultations and discussions with India over the issue "began many months ago. The assessment was conducted in New Delhi in September. The assessment team returned to India on Dec 11 for follow-up discussion"."Our understanding is that while India has indeed made significant progress, a determination was made that it was not enough to meet the ICAO standards, hence the step that we saw today," she said.

"But again, we're committed to working with India to get them to take the necessary steps to get back to a Category I rating," Harf said.

Asked if India was given a deadline to fix the issues, she said: "I don't know if there was a specific deadline, but I think that the FAA team and the folks made absolutely clear what the Indians needed to do to maintain their Category I rating.

"They were not able to do so. We're working with them right now to get them back on track."

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Occupy Melbourne joins day of global solidarity

The Occupy Melbourne day in Melbourne's City Square kicked off with approximately 750 people and a large number of police. Approximately 20 tents have been set up from various groups including refugee support and campaign groups, the gay marriage campaign, an indigenous tent, kids' spaces, and many others. People are busy making signs and placards with calls for solidarity. Throughout today and subsequent days there will be workshops, and a General Assembly at 4pm weekends or 6pm on weekdays.

The Occupy Melbourne kitchen group has a wishlist - if you can help please donate.

Photos: Occupy Melbourne Flickr stream | Twitter: Occupy Melbourne Twitter feed using #occupymelb. For other Australian cities use: #occupybris #occupysydney #occupyperth #occupyadelaide | Occupy events around Australia
Blog Reports: Day 1 of Occupy Melbourne by Benjamin Solah | Occupy Melbourne: some initial thoughts by Jeff Sparrow | Mike Stuchberry on Occupying Melbourne
Youtube: Melbourne: Why I Occupy | We are the 99% | Occupy Max Brenner Melbourne no blood chocolates | Occupy Melbourne Day 1

11AM The day began with a speech and smoking ceremony conducted by indigenous activist Robbie Thorpe. Robbie spoke passionately about the linkage between the system that has dispossessed Aboriginal people of Australia, the system that is destroying the planet and the system that is oppressing the majority of Australians. He received large cheers when he stated it was time for all of us to rise up! People are being directed to working group meetings that are happening throughout the day.

12 AM The day has a very organic feeling so far as the working groups begin to meet and people start to claim the space in the square. A speakers corner is in operation. The square is a hive of activity and noise as people sef-organise.

1PM About 300 people left the city square to march to the State Library to join the protest against Max Brenner with other pro-Palestinian activists. After speaches the demonstration marched around and Melbourne Central and the police completely shutting down the shopping centre, including access to thne station, for approximately an hour. Then they marched on Max Brenner at QV where they occupied the front of the Max Brenners premises for about half an hour. On the return march the demonstrators blocked the intersection of Burke St and Swanston Walk for a few minutes before returning returning to City Square.

Twitter report from the Melbourne General Assembly held at 4PM
General Assembly was dampened by a few drops of rain, but not enthusiasm. The General Assembly debated marching on the Melbourne Club. Unanimous decision for a march 1pm Sun Oct 16 (tomorrow), City Square, marching to the Melbourne Club. A proposal passed that homeless people are welcome & encouraged to come and stay at the site. A proposal passed that the occupation is to be non-violent & peaceful. A proposal passed in support of refugees and against mandatory detention.

The first motion to fail - that the '1%` not be vilified. Motion put forward that nothing can be bought or sold in the space. 'No commerce' motion roundly defeated.

"a motion that capitialism be renounced. big debate the use of the 'chinese whispers' human microphone. Motion put forward to open lines of communication with local, state & federal MPs. Big, big round of applause for the cops. Meeting closing out (6.08pm). Great mood amongst organizers and the crowd. About 500-600 in crowd." reports Mike Stuchbery via twitter.

From Reports from twitter by Mike Stuchbery (@mikestuchbery), Andrew Cheeseman (@Red__Revolution) and others. Read a detailed report of the General Assembly

Blog Reports: Day 1 of Occupy Melbourne by Benjamin Solah | Occupy Melbourne: some initial thoughts by Jeff Sparrow | Mike Stuchberry on Occupying Melbourne

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Coverage in the Age

Here's another video from yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3vesDE5loM

Attention: Protest Melbourne organizers.

I am Chrisentiae, a musician, acoustic guitar and harmonica (harp). I have been playing at Southbank since February 2011, once per week, the first fine day of the week, usually a 10:20 ish start and 11:00 am finish.

Today I played:

New arrangement, perform at from Monday 24 October 2011

Blowin' In The Wind Dylan (Harp C, Capo 0)
Times they Are A-Changin' Dylan (Harp G, Capo 0)
Chimes Of Freedom - Dylan (Harp G, Capo 0)
It's All Over Now Baby Blue - Dylan (Harp D, Capo 2)
Hey Mr Tambourine Man - Dylan (Harp E, Capo 2)

The reason I state this, is to express my interest in playing live music. I am a licensed busker, but I don't busk, I perform. I do not accept money.

I don't know whom to contact so I will just leave this message, for those who are organizing the protests. My politics are center left, and I don't have a TV so I really haven't followed the news much.

If you are interesting in performing ,Joan Baez + Bob Dylan 1964 style, and beatnik style music, then send me an email: chrisentiae AT iinet DOT net DOT au


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Kim Kardashian Divorce: Kanye West’s Twitter Feud With Amber Rose, Embarrassing Secrets Reportedly Made Kim Mortified

Kim Kardashian is reportedly leaning toward divorce after husband Kanye West’s Twitter feud with Amber Rose and the secrets it dredged up left her embarrassed and devastated.

Kanye and his model ex-girlfriend went to war over Twitter last week, with the two each taking shots at each other. One of the most embarrassing allegations came from Amber Rose, who detailed a very specific fetish that the rapper reportedly enjoyed during their roughly two years together.

Sources say the feud re-ignited old anger that Amber had been holding toward Kim, whom she accuses of stealing her man. Now, Life & Style is reporting that Kim is furious at Kanye West for “antagonizing” his ex-girlfriend and prompting her to make public the humiliating secret.

Celeb Dirty Laundry shares more details on the allegations.

“The source said all Kim Kardashian wanted to do after the embarrassing exposé was “crawl under the covers and never show her face again.” Reports say Kim is filing for divorce and never wants to see Yeezy again.

“Apparently this was the last straw for Kim, and the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star wouldn’t even let Kanye in the house she was so upset.”

The report added that Kim Kardashian is considering divorce, and even changed the code to her mansion and told security not to let Kanye in.

“She was so angry, she wouldn’t let Kanye into the house. She changed all the codes and asked security not to let him through the gate,” the source told Life & Style (via Radar Online). “[Kim] was fuming with Kanye for antagonizing Amber. She said she’s had enough. She believes every word of what Amber wrote. All she wanted to do was crawl under the covers and never show her face again.”

Other sources offer a different perspective, saying that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are not anywhere near divorce.

This is the latest in a very long series of rumors predicting divorce for Kim and Kanye. For as long as they have been together, reports have circulated that they were being torn apart by either jealousy, infidelity, and regular fighting.

Just last week, Celeb Dirty Laundry commented on other alleged trouble in the marriage. The report noted some rumors circulating that Kim Kardashian was jealous of Kanye’s relationship with Jennifer Lopez, but concluded that the real trouble was with Amber Rose.

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“Lucky for J-Lo, Kim has put her obsession with her and whether or not Kanye would cheat on her with Lopez on the backburner – because she has bigger fish to fry…Amber Rose. If ever there was a good reason for Kim to divorce Kanye West, it would be the feud her husband got in to this week on Twitter with Amber Rose and her baby-daddy Wiz Khalifa. Amber proceeded to tell the world about Kanye’s sexual fetish (which included Amber’s fingers and the rapper’s butt), and Kim is absolutely mortified. So mortified that insiders close to her camp say that the reality TV star is trying to figure out a way to distance herself publicly from her husband – while not sparking divorce rumors. Too Late!”

If Kim Kardashian is leaning toward divorce, then she’s doing an excellent job keeping it hidden. Kim has given no public indication that there could be trouble with Kanye West. The two have been spotted together, and Kim’s Instagram is still filled with a steady stream of happy family pictures.

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LAX Security Officer Tells Scantily Clad 15-Year-Old Girl To ‘Cover’ Herself, Dad Blogs About Her Ordeal

A 15-year-old girl was ordered to “cover herself up” by a TSA officer at Los Angeles Airport in such a foul and abusive manner that her father, Mark Frauenfelder, the editor-in-chief of Make magazine, has blogged about the incident.

Frauenfelder wrote a lengthy post that showcased his shock and horror at hearing about his daughter being shamed by the officer.

He also then posted a picture of the garments that his daughter had on the time, which included a long pair of black leggings and a tank top that was covered by a long chequered shirt.

Frauenfelder’s daughter was traveling with a group of her fellow high school students on a tour of colleges when the airport employee decided to take umbrage at her attire.

She then immediately text her father to inform him of what had occurred, and he was shaken and appalled by his actions.

He then took to his blog, Boing Boing, to report it to his followers, writing, “She was at the station where the TSA checks IDs. She said the officer was ‘glaring’ at her and mumbling.”

His daughter then remarked to the agent, “Excuse me?” to which he retorted, “You’re only 15, COVER YOURSELF!” in a hostile tone.

Mark revealed that he and his wife have since met up with the TSA and they are now investigating the matter, which they are “taking seriously.”

Understandably, Frauenfelder was apoplectic, and went on to add, “It doesn’t matter what she was wearing, because it’s none of his business to tell girls what they should or should not wear. His creepy thoughts are his own problem, and he shouldn’t use his position of authority as an excuse to humiliate a girl and blame her for his sick attitude.”

The TSA have yet to comment on the matter, whilst Frauenfelder will keep his readers update via his blog.

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Firms defending food and beverage manufacturers have a lucrative future in store

As people become more health conscious and healthy food and beverage choices become more abundant, so do fraud and consumer protection lawsuits questioning just how "natural" the product really is. The buzz words "all natural" have become a key selling point for many food manufacturers and a sticking point for several of them as well, as consumers have begun to file suit, arguing that the product label has misrepresented the true composition of product ingredients and their touted health benefits. While most of these lawsuits are class actions filed in California and New Jersey, both of which have favorable consumer protection statutes, courts across the country are beginning to see a host of suits claiming as false or misleading product that has been labeled, marketed or otherwise promoted as "natural."

More specifically, plaintiffs argue that the manufacturer's labeling or marketing of certain products as "natural" is a misrepresentation that misleads the consumer into believing the product does not contain unnatural ingredients, such as genetically modified organisms (GMOs), trans fat, artificial preservatives or other items that do not occur in "nature." The causes of action seen most often include deceptive trade practices, fraud and breach of express warranties. Alleged damages stem from the premium price some manufacturers charge for a "natural" product.

Many might argue the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has done a poor job of defining "natural," giving plaintiffs more leeway in bringing this new plethora of labeling lawsuits. Moreover, the FDA has maintained that genetically engineered foods may be marketed without labeling, taking the position that genetically engineered foods are not materially different from any other foods. The lack of parameters in federal guidelines has made it more difficult to claim the blanket protection of federal preemption. Thus, state law governs liability in most cases, and plaintiffs are looking to file suit in states that currently offer the most favorable outcome.

Some states have tried to beef up consumer protection laws to better define the scope of when a manufacturer may be liable for mislabeling genetically modified food, including California, Connecticut, Vermont and New Mexico. California's Proposition 37 (also known as the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act), which was rejected by the state's voters late last year, would have restricted the use of terms such as "natural," "naturally made," "naturally grown" and "all natural" in labeling and advertising of genetically engineered foods. Opponents of the bill voiced strong dissent over worry that courts might interpret the legislation to apply to processed foods as well, and would in the least, lead to frivolous labeling lawsuits being filed. Even though California voters rejected the ballot initiative, the margin was slim (53 percent voting no), and manufacturers can expect to see similar initiatives being pushed again in California and beyond. In fact, just recently, the Washington certified an initiative to require the labeling of genetically modified food, which, if it can get through the state legislature this term, could be placed on a ballot for the state's voters to decide later this fall.

Even without additional consumer protection laws that may be forthcoming, lawsuits already abound over "natural" terms used to promote various food and beverage products, particularly if the product contains genetically engineered ingredients. The reach of "all natural" labeling lawsuits is not limited to the food industry, and soon we may see similar allegations in other product arenas. The concept could extend well into a wide range of beauty products, including creams, lotions, shampoos, and many other face and body products. Consider the following recently filed complaints:

  • (D. Colo.) - class action complaint alleging Pepperidge Farm "mistakenly or misleadingly represented that its Cheddar Goldfish crackers . . . are 'Natural,' when in fact, they are not, because they contain Genetically Modified Organisms ('GMOs') in the form of soy and/or soy derivatives";
  • (D. N.J.) - class action complaint alleging Johnson & Johnson advertised its Aveeno Baby Wash and Shampoo and Baby Calming Comfort Bath "natural oat formula" products as all-natural when they include several synthetic chemicals;
  • (N. D. Cal.) - class action complaint alleging General Mills Inc.'s Green Giant 100 percent Natural Valley Fresh Steamers frozen vegetables are not, in fact, 100 percent natural; and
  • (N.D. Cal.) - class action complaint alleging AriZona Beverage Co. misrepresented its iced tea as all-natural because it contained high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and citric acid.

Other examples include a suit against General Mills Inc. alleging its Nature Valley granola bars are not 100 percent natural because they contain GMOs. Similar allegations have been made against Campbell Soup Inc. based on its use of GMOs in various soups. Food giant ConAgra Foods is fighting lawsuits alleging deceptive and misleading labeling because their PAM cooking spray, Wesson cooking oil, Hunt's canned tomatoes and Swiss Miss cocoa are labeled "100% Natural," even though they allegedly contained petrochemicals, synthetic chemicals and artificial ingredients.

Just in the past few weeks, General Mills agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a California class action accusing the company of misleading consumers with its Yoplait YoPlus probiotic yogurt, which has been marketed to promote digestive health with its "prebiotic" and probiotic culture ingredients. The plaintiffs in that case claimed the damages could have reached $35 million "based on one viable measure of relief."

The point here is simple: Those defending food and beverage manufacturers better make room on their workload plates, as high-dollar lawsuits involving "natural" labeling seem to be on the rise. Manufacturers should go on the offensive and collaborate with their marketing team to avoid or minimize label-based litigation to the extent possible by examining ingredients that may be considered "unnatural," making sure their labeling accurately describes the contents of the product, and evaluating whether the use of "natural" on promotional materials is worth the potential legal exposure and associated costs. Moreover, until the FDA and state legislatures better define the responsibilities and prohibitions in using "natural" labeling, those defending these manufacturers should look to procedural tools to hamper this new surge of litigation, such as removal under the Class Action Fairness Act, attacking class certification and filing 12(b)(6) motions based on poorly drafted pleadings.

In the foreseeable future, anyone hungry for more food-labeling lawsuits should be well satisfied.

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Phoenix Suns fans were shocked when Steve Nash filed for divorce from his wife of five years just one day after she had a baby. If new rumors are true, the basketball superstar found out that the baby was not his -- but former Suns teammate Jason Richardson.
Phoenix Suns basketball star Steve Nash has been frequently seen with his wife and two children, so fans were surprised when he filed for divorce from his wife Alejandra Amarilla one day after she had their third baby.

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And even though this is very, very far fetched, I wonder how high a pick we could get if we package stuckey, with some picks. Stuckey and future 1st picks, would say Portland at pick#6 be interested? Because I would love to have in this draft a high enough pick to draft Beal and then take Henson with our #9. Or, trade Stuckey and a 2nd rounder for say Portlands pick #11, and with #9 and #11 draft lamb and henson. Either way, Stuckey has had the keys to this franchise for about 4 years now and really has shown he can't be a true 1 or a true 2. Whilst very talented, I would prefer heading into the future with:

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With that lineup, we have the youngest crop of talent in the entire NBA, and in 3 years time, we are a top 3 team in the east...

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Don has brought another great new feature to the site, in which he will attempt to catch up with as many former Kings greats as possible. He started with a good one, as he tracked down Bernie Nicholls, best known for his 70-goal season in 1988-89. In the interview, Nicholls talks about some of his glory days and gives an update about what he’s up to these days.

As a bit of a refresher, here’s one of Nicholls’ more memorable goals from that 1988-89 season.

He wasn’t a big guy, but he was a big-time scorer in his 7+ seasons with the Kings, culminating in a magical 1988-89 season which saw him tally 70 goals for Los Angeles.

His approach to the game was self-admittedly childlike, and Kings fans adored him for his style, personality and the aforementioned knack for scoring goals.

Bernie Nicholls was never flashy, was considered amazingly slow – too slow for the NHL was how some put it – and the Kings took him with a fourth round pick, number 73 overall, in the 1980 NHL draft. Following another season in Juniors, Nicholls played 55 games in the 1981-82 season for the Kings’ AHL affiliate New Haven Nighthawks, where he netted 41 goals before getting the call to the NHL.

In just 22 games for the Kings in 81-82, Nicholls scored 14 goals, including three hat tricks in 10 days (vs Calgary, Pittsburgh and Colorado).

Nicholls, who is the fifth all time leading scorer in Kings’ history with 758 points (327 goals), was ultimately dealt to the New York Rangers at mid season in 1989-90 and played through the 1998-99 season, making additional stops in Edmonton, New Jersey, Chicago and San Jose before retiring.

One of only 12 NHL players to ever record eight points in a single game (two goals and six assists in a 1988 shellacking of Toronto), Nicholls celebrated scoring goals in his own unique style, a moved dubbed the “Pumper Nicholl,” (think Pete Townshend’s wind-mill meets Kirk Gibson’s elbow-pump in his famous World Series home run trot).

The fans loved every minute of it, and Nicholls loved every minute of his time in Los Angeles.

Nicholls, now 46 and living in Texas, took some time to happily reminisce about his days as a member of the Los Angeles Kings.

Catching Up With…Bernie Nicholls

Question: What are your memories of that call-up 81-82 season in which you scored 32 points in only 22 games?

Nicholls: I think it was like anything. It was my opportunity to come up and play. I know the first game up was kind of weird, I spent the entire game on the bench and the coach at the time didn’t play me. Then I got sent back down and then I got called back up after the New Haven coach went up there and then they played me. I think it took me nine games before I scored my first goal and then I remember beating Colorado 2-0 and I scored both goals and that kind of jump started things. I think I went back home and I had two hat tricks in a row, then we went on the road and I scored another hat trick – I had three of them in four games. From there it just kind of snowballed and I kind of made my mark and they welcomed me in more or less. Any time you get the call you have to show yourself and I think I did that. It was all positive from there on in.

Question: That season you had the chance to participate in what is likely the most memorable game in franchise history, the “Miracle on Manchester” comeback win over Edmonton.

Nicholls: The funny part is that we were down 5-0 and our owner sits right between the benches there and his whole entourage left. I think we were still down by five with about 12 minutes to go when Garry Unger took a five minute major for high sticking, and I don’t know if we scored just one or two goal there, but we just got it going. To see the smirk on Glen Sather’s face disappear, you know he kind of came across as kind of an arrogant coach, he was a great coach and that was such a great, young team, but kind of cocky at the time and see us come back and win that game was great. And then we end up beating them up there to eliminate them was really pretty cool.

Question: You had a goal in that wide open elimination game, right?

Nicholls: Yeah, I scored the winning goal. That game was 7-4 and the first game of the series was 10-8. High scoring games. In that first game it was funny because Charlie Simmer scored the ninth goal and it went in off his leg, which is the one that he had broken and had a pin in it, so we joked about that with him.

Question: Tell me about the evolution of the “Pumper Nicholl.”

Nicholls: I think it was Bob Miller who started it. I was always excited to score and I showed it. You know you see even now the young kids when they score they are excited about it and I was no different. I really enjoyed to score and when I did I was excited about it. Even now when I see guys who get excited to score a goal I think it is great.

Question: One of the things that really endeared you to the fans in Los Angeles was your personality. It always seemed like you were having fun out there.

Nicholls: I think I got criticized for it a lot early in my career. I think people thought that I wasn’t taking the game serious, but then they realized that there was not a person who was more dedicated to the game and wanted to win more than I did. I took losing harder than probably most people. Even to this day when I do tours through Western Canada and play in charity games I put my skates on and I just love it. I’m still just a kid, it’s like I’m 10-years-old again. Even now at 46-years-old it is absolutely fun. It was just a dream to play every day. I got to skate and play and I enjoyed it. I talked to players and I had fun. I think you see it now. I get a kick out of Ovechkin. That kid has a blast out there. No matter who scores, he kills them, he jumps on them, he hugs them and he just loves it and I love to see that because that is how I was. I get so much enjoyment out of watching little kids play hockey and getting enjoyment out of it because that is how I was. I would never change that.

Question: So now when you put on the skates for the charity games, how you gotten any faster?

Nicholls: (Laughs). I seem like I’m faster because the guys I am playing against aren’t as good (laughs).

Question: I know that was one of the knocks on you, that you were a slow skater, but you seem to overcome that with a certain craftiness on the ice that enabled you to get open and be in the right place at the right time.

Nicholls: I think as much as speed is a huge part of the game, I have seen guys who were a lot faster who didn’t accomplish nearly as much as I did. You know Luc Robitaille was a bad skater and he scored 600 goals, so I think you know where they can stick that “bad skater” label (laughs). Obviously it is a big part of the game, even now, but as long as you are strong on your skates and when you get to where you are going you know what to do with the puck you are okay.

Question: From 82-87 you see the gradual, steady progression of your game, and then wow, 1988-89 you score 70 goals. Tell me about that incredible season.

Nicholls: I think you could tell every year that I was gradually getting better, and I think also with Wayne Gretzky coming there it had a lot to do with it. Our power play was absolutely unbelievable. I even had eight short-handed goals. I also give a lot of credit to the coach, Robbie Ftorek. I would sooner pass the puck that shoot the puck, I always have. He criticized me every time I didn’t shoot it. That year, everyone kind of assumes I played with Wayne, which I did on the power play, but I played with Luc Robitaille and Dave Taylor most of the year, so there’s two pretty awesome hockey players to play with. I think it probably had a lot to do with the guys I played with, and I think I also had over 400 shots on goal that year. A lot of guys don’t even get 400 shots in a career (laughs). I was told to shoot. And for as many goals as I had, and I played in 79 games, I think I went about 12 games in a row without a goal at one point, so a pretty big slump. So it was just a combination of playing with great players and obviously having Wayne there. Any time you see the great ones, Michael Jordan, Mario Lemieux, they always bring the best out of all the other players, and Wayne did that. Every night we went out and we wanted to be the best we could be. It was a fun time. You couldn’t wait to get to the rink. You couldn’t wait to play.

Question: Do you have a specific memory of goal number 64 that season?

Nicholls: I would probably remember every goal, but you might have to remind me a little bit.

Question: Oh, it was a pretty fun goal.

Nicholls: Oh, the one that went off my back?

Question: Yep, against Calgary. Wayne has the puck coming up the right side and you kind of crisscross. He dumps it over to Steve Duchesne….

Nicholls: …..and he shoots it from the point, and I get tripped and I’m going into the net and he caught me on the back. I do remember that. You know you get those goals sometimes, off the leg or whatever. I remember Marcel putting one in off his face one night. You see goals sometimes and they aren’t always pretty goals, but if you think about it, as a player I was doing the right thing, I was driving to the net. And when you do that, good things happen, and that one went off my back so I was pretty fortunate.

Question: I watched the replay of that goal a few times and your reaction is pretty funny. You are laughing, then slapping hands with your teammates. Can you walk me through your reaction to that goal?

Nicholls: Oh yeah – it hurt. You kind of see that expression, and then I’m excited because it went in the net. You know it doesn’t matter if it goes off your stick, leg or foot, you get excited. Yeah, I went to the net and got tripped, but then Stevie shot it, and he shot it pretty hard and it caught me more on the side, kind of on the ribs and it went in, but it hurt. They don’t hurt as much when they go in the net though.

Question: I’m not much of a lip reader, but you know Bernie I’ve watched that replay a few times and I’m wondering if you said what I think you said, something a little R-rated.

Nicholls: That’s exactly what I said (laughs).

Question: Getting back to Wayne’s arrival in Los Angeles. What was it like to be a teammate, to play on the power play with him – what was it like to be on a team with Wayne Gretzky?

Nicholls: It was amazing. You know we go from having 12-13-14,000 fans a night to 16,005 and everywhere we went buildings were packed and people came out to watch. That was exciting. One thing that people probably don’t know is that he really didn’t like to be alone, and I got to hang out with Wayne every day for a year and half and it was awesome, just seeing how he operates and just as a person. He kind of took me under his wing and we just hung together. One problem I did have with him is that he just loved McDonalds. Every day he wanted to go to McDonalds and I just hate that stuff, even to this day because of eating it every day with Wayne (laughs). It was awesome just to see how he operates and how he plays every day. It was a lot of fun for everybody.

Question: Then comes 1989-90 season, things are going pretty well, you head off to the all star game and you get traded to the New York Rangers.

Nicholls: I’m on the Campbell Conference All Star team and we are in Pittsburgh for the game and I get traded. It was really weird. It was devastating. Obviously, having the year I was having, playing with Wayne, and the team was had was awesome. I had just bought a house in Los Angeles. I had gone to the owner, it was a really expensive house and I wanted to be sure, and he said, “Sure, you’re going to be here forever.” And then three months later I get traded. It was devastating for me.

Question: I seem to recall some weirdness around you getting notified of the trade by Tom Webster?

Nicholls: Tom and I didn’t get along too well.

Question: What was the story behind that?

Nicholls: There was a lot to it. I think the worst part was that he would want us to ride the bike after a game and that was fine, but one time we had played the night before and I had been named the first star and I was doing lots of interviews, and TV and I didn’t ride the bike. Well, he was pissed the next day and he asked me if I rode the bike and I go, “I haven’t rode the bike in nine years, why would I ride it now?” Understanding how things go sometimes after games, you do interviews, it was late, so I had said screw it. I mean I scored a big goal, I was the number one star, give the guy a break. He obviously didn’t last a whole lot of time in the league, so I can’t really say much good about it because of his past record. I don’t think it was me, or the team. Maybe he just needed to do something else.

Question: I have a memory of your first game back at the Forum following the trade. Do you have any memory of that game?

Nicholls: Yeah, I could go through the whole game if you want (laughs). I remember the whole game. I was really, really nervous. It was only my third game with the Rangers. We went to Edmonton first, then Calgary and then we come to L.A and we won, 3-1 and I had a goal. What was funny was that the first game back in New York for the guys I got traded for, Tony (Granato) and Tomas (Sandstrom), they beat us in New York, so it worked out good for all of us.

Question: Regressing a bit, let’s go through some random Los Angeles memories for you. Do you have a memory of the first goal you scored as a King?

Nicholls: Oh sure. Colorado, I got a breakaway and I deked Glenn Resch and scored. What was amazing was a month or two later I get a letter in the mail and a fan had taken a picture of it. It was like I was shooting at an empty net. It is awesome, I have my sweater, the puck and that picture. And Glenn Resch, he signed his stick to me, and it was pretty cool.

Question: Who was your favorite Kings teammate?

Nicholls: Wow, you know I pretty much got along well with everyone. Jimmy Fox probably, was one of them for sure. Jimmy was the first winger I played with. Jay Wells and Mark Hardy, Charlie Simmer and Dave Taylor…..

Question: Any funny Jim Fox memories to share?

Nicholls: I always tried to scare Jimmy but I couldn’t. Phil Sykes and I used to hide in the guys’ rooms after pre game and try and scare them, but we never caught Jimmy. He was just a great guy and it was too bad about his knees because he was as good a goal scorer as any of them and he was just a lot of fun to play with. I guess I could tell you one. I’m not sure who we were playing and there was this one big guy who was just whacking me and Jimmy skates over and the big guy says, “What are you going to do?” And Jimmy says, “I don’t know……I’ll do something.”

Question: Any difficult Kings teammates?

Nicholls: Not really. Probably just the coach, Webster. Everyone else, I really got along well with. I don’t know if I ever played on a team where I didn’t get along with everyone.

Question: What about opponents? Any of them stand out as being more difficult to play against than others?

Nicholls: Oh man, there are a lot of those guys. You know we played Edmonton a lot and you always wanted to play against Gretz’s line, and you know you were going to get scored against but you were going to get the chance to score some goals yourself. It was tough playing against Mark Messier because he was so strong and physical. Guys like Joel Otto in Calgary too, and he was a big tough guy physically, and those guys were always tough to play against.

Question: What are your memories of playing at The Forum?

Nicholls: To me it was an amazing place to play, because it was my first rink. You go upstairs afterwards to the Forum Club and the fans could get close to you. I was treated great there. It was just awesome, even when I would come back there to play for other teams I was treated so well.

Question: Any strange interactions with celebrities?

Nicholls: Sure. A lot of times Bruce McNall would bring in Alan Thicke, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt (Russell) and Goldie (Hawn). There were always a lot of celebrities in the room. It was cool. They enjoyed watching us and it was cool. I remember when I was playing for Chicago and we came to Los Angeles and I scored four goals and Kurt and Goldie came down to the room and saw me and it was awesome.

Question: How about those infamous, long road trips for the Kings?

Nicholls: Yeah, that was tough. What was amazing is that when I got traded to New York, the players spent 30 more nights in their own houses, in their own bed than the Kings did. I mean we would go to Vancouver and it was a three day trip for one game. You go in on Friday, play Saturday and come home Sunday and that was our shortest trip. We’d go on a road trip for two weeks at a time. Even training camp. We went to Hull one time and we were gone for three weeks. That is just tough.

Question: How was it for you living in Los Angeles?

Nicholls: I come from probably the smallest town in Canada. My hometown has one store, one garage, laundry mat, and probably 100 people and I get on a plane and go to one of the largest cities in the U.S. You go from snow to palm trees. I’m going to the rink with shorts on. When I got drafted by the Kings I didn’t even know Los Angeles had a team (laughs). You grow up watching Toronto, Montreal and Boston every day, and here I go off to Los Angeles. It was very cool.

Question: I want to make sure and ask you what you are up to these days. What is keeping you busy?

Nicholls: Well, I play a lot of golf. I do a lot of hunting in the Fall. I go back home to Canada from September almost through Christmastime with my family, we do a lot of hunting together. I have a company right now, it’s called AllSportsMarket, ( which is in the process right now of getting approved by the U.S. government. The short of it is, hopefully one day you will be able to buy a synthetic stock of the Los Angeles Kings or the New York Yankees. We have actually met with the professional teams, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball and what we hope to do with it is give them half the commission. Say you buy a stock in the L.A. Kings, I buy one for the Anaheim Ducks, the commission gets divided evening with the teams. It is 100% legal, it is like the New York Stock Exchange, it is not gambling – the team loses, you don’t lose your investment or anything like that. It is just like buying a stock and the concept is really cool. Once it gets approved, hopefully this Fall you can buy a piece of a team and feel like George Steinbrenner.

Question: How’s family life these days?

Nicholls: Well, I have a girlfriend here in Dallas, and she is a golfer. The bad thing is that we have to golf every day, and that’s fine (laughs). I have my two kids in Southern California, and my family like I said is in Canada.

Question: Your son and daughter are twins, right?

Nicholls: Yep. They are 16 and they just got their drivers licenses and my daughter has already backed into another car, so that happened a little sooner than I expected. They are great and it has been fun. I get to see them quite a bit. They always come home with me at Christmastime and then they come up in the summer and I get out to Los Angeles a few times during the year to see them.

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  • David

    Thanks for the nice interview Don. Bernie was one of the few bright spots for the Kings during the 80’s and a fan favorite!

  • Anonymous

    It may be just me, but I think his jersey should be retired

  • Mike

    It’s too bad The Kings never won anything with Bernie. His # would certainly be retired if that were the case. He’s def. got the numbers otherwise.

  • Airos

    i’m against retiring anyone’s number if they didnt win any cups with the team. thats just me.

  • tantrum4

    Bernie is awesome! I met him in the Kings dressing room when they were playing in Vancouver when I was 9 years old and he gave me his stick!! Except when I was nine I wasn’t too sure who he was so I cut the stick off and used it in a game!! lol…so dumb. But then a week later I was like ” why did I do that??” and stopped using it before I broke it and I still have it today in my sports room…

    Thanks again Bernie!!

  • EJ

    A real pleasure to watch. I miss seeing him in the league, and most especially as a King. Looks like a great guy to play shinney with.

  • txkingsfan

    it amazes me that people can say that Bernie was “one of the only bright spots” in the 80s. I was a kid going to Kings games and became a huge hockey fan. Sure, we didn’t win any cups but it was a competitive team and they played hockey with grit and passion. How can you not have enjoyed watching the “triple crown” line? watching Tiger Williams beat the crap out of someone? Watching Jimmy Carson weave in and out of defencemen? Guys like Duchesne (both times), a young Luc scoring unbelievable goals as he falls to the ice? The 80s and early 90s were not the best hockey in the world but it was good hockey. I’m just sorry that if you have been a “fan” (?) that long that you didn’t enjoy it more. That is very sad.

  • lakingzfan

    I remember the day that Bernie got traded and I thought it was such a bad trade. We got some pretty good players in that trade though in sandstrom and granato. What ever happened to sandstrom? Great interview Don, brings back alot of memories!

  • David

    txkingsfan…..How presumptious of you to assume that I didn’t enjoy watching the Kings during the 80’s or that I am a fan of the team!

    The simple truth is that 16 out of 21 teams qualified for the playoffs back in the 80’s. Sadly, the Kings failed to qualify for several of those years! I wouldn’t exactly call that “a competitive team filled with grit and passion.”

  • Big Rob in Dallas

    I became a Kings fan during the playoffs of 88-89 when we were down 3-1 to Edmonton and came back to win it. I was hooked! That next season I just loved Bernie and the pumper Nicholl. He was the first King whose sweater I wanted to have. I then found out how much they cost and never got one. I was mad when they traded him but then quickly loved Sandstrom and Granato.

    I can’t believe he lives here in Dallas. I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled for a guy wearing a pink suit! 🙂

  • beingbobbyorr

    A shame that he’s (apparently) divorced. He sure put his money where his mouth was in regards to his wedding vows (read “Standing By His Woman” at the following link).

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    Keep up the good work!

  • txkingsfan

    David … there are some of us “hockey” fans that enjoy the game and do not measure the success of the team solely on wins and losses. Watching the Kings as a kid I learned to love the game and the team became a part of me. I’ve been a fan for over 30 years and some of my best memories are of sneaking in the Forum club and having a beer with Larry Robinson or playing a pick up game with Luc and a rookie from Bowling Green (two future HOFs) at the old Iceoplex, or sitting with McSorely watching Gretzky’s kid NOT carry on where his father left off on the ice. The Kings will always be my team … win or lose. I’m sure you other “fans” have similar stories …

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  • blugator

    One winter in the late 80s, my 13 year old daughter Jenny was visiting us from SC. We took her to several Kings games, and she fell in love with Bernie. She would keep our binoculars trained on #9 the entire game (on or off the ice). After the last game, we drove around to the Forum Club entrance to let her have a last look at Bernie. As we drove by I saw Bernie come out with a pretty girl on each arm, but Jenny didnt see him. I told her one more pass and then we would leave. As we came back around there was Bernie walking back from the parking lot alone. I stopped and asked Bernie if he would talk to Jenny for a second. He said sure and Jenny came out of the car. Bernie took her hand and talked to her for a few minutes. As we were driving home, Jenny said to me from the back seat, in a quivering voice D-a-a-a-d, I cant feel my hand. That was a really neat experience. Bernie was, and undoubtedly still is, a pretty special guy.

  • TweenerSongs

    GREAT read, Don.
    Friend, that was an awesome interview; so many of these are fun if you’re dying for info, but a bit on the slow side (not Don’s. . .I’m speaking generally). This was hilarious, highly informative, and greatly appreciated. Bernie has always been a favourite of mine.

    Oh, by the way: as much as I loved Bernie, the trade was excellent for the Kings. Two players that (essentially) equaled his talent (thus, doubling his talent) at the time? Two dynamic, exciting players is what we got. Sandstrom certainly ended up joining Nicholls as one of my all-time favourite Kings.

    And finally: David, pipe down. The late 80’s through, quite obviously, the run in ’93 was far & away the best time in our history. As a die-hard fan from 1971 (season tickets at age 5), I say this with a measure of confidence.

  • DellaNooch

    I started watching the Kings in the late 80’s and I agree with TweenerSongs, it was the best time I could remember, though I didn’t get the opportunity to watch them earlier, which had to be more exciting than post 93 (with the exception of beating DET in the playoffs)

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text:
Senior-laden Cajon has unfinished business

Cajon High School has 32 seniors coming back from a team that went through the San Andreas League undefeated for the second time in three years en route to a berth in the Central Division semifinals. But there isn’t much satisfaction among the Cowboys, who still remember the painful 42-41 overtime loss to Colton in the semifinals.

“We hope that having 32 seniors that have played in some big games and have been to the semifinals will pay off for us,” Cajon coach Kim Battin said. “We look at what we have this year position-by-position compared to last year and we feel pretty good about how we stack up.”

Leading the way for the Cowboys is defensive back/wide receiver Damontae Kazee. Kazee (6-0, 175) was an all-CIF performer on defense and the leading receiver for the Cowboys offensively. He verbally committed to the University of Washington over the summer but is still receiving interest from all over the Pac-12, namely Arizona State and UCLA.

Kazee will combine with senior tight end Taylor Moore (6-2, 215) to give new quarterback Edwin Martinez (6-1, 215) some elite targets. Martinez has huge shoes to fill, as the former linebacker replaces All-Sun Player of the Year Thomas Carter.

“Thomas was a great player for us and it’s hard to lose a kid like that, but I have a lot of confidence in Edwin,” Battin said. “I think with some of the receivers and running backs that we have coming back he won’t have to do as much as Thomas had to do. We are going to try to help him out a bit, especially in the running game.”

Cajon expects more production from its running backs, as senior Jordan Howard (6-1, 190) transferred from Redlands, where he ran for 330 yards as a junior. Deontrae Kazee (5-8, 170) will also get some time at running back. Both running back will be running behind a sizable offensive line led by junior tackle D.J. Burroughs (6-5, 305).

A lot of Cajon’s players will be playing both ways, as Howard and Deontrae Kazee will be among the starters at linebacker while Damontae Kazee will lead the secondary. Cajon will undergo some philosophy changes on that side of the ball, stressing more blitzing and aggression.

Cajon schedule (Home games in CAPS, * indicates league game)

Sept. 2: at Temecula Chaparral
Sept. 9: at Eisenhower
Sept. 16: KAISER
Sept. 30: at San Bernardino*
Oct. 14: at Pacific*
Oct. 21: at Rialto*
Oct. 28: COLTON*
Nov. 10: at Carter*

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