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BOSTONNovember 23-27, 2011www.metro.us
WEEKENDHOLIDAY
KARL LAGERFELD:COMING SOON TO
A METRO NEAR YOUNEWS {page 07}
WERE THE ROOTS TOONASTY TO BACHMANN
ON ‘FALLON’?THE WORD {page 14}
A STAMPEDE DOWNMEMORY LANE WITH
BUFFALO TOMMUSIC {page 16}
In a holiday weekend loaded with familyfare, Jim Henson’s creations return to thesilver screen for the first time in more than 10 years Our revealing interview with Kermit the Frog {page 08}
THE MUPPETSMAKE THEIRCOMEBACK
Log on to
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It’s not easy for a buildingthat seats about 18,000 peo-ple to feel like a home, espe-cially for Thanksgiving.
But for Long Island Shel-ter resident Tracy Smith,the TD Garden did OK.
“I think this is absolutelywonderful because peoplelike me don’t really have aplace to go on Thanksgiv-ing. I’m just grateful, reallygrateful,” said Smith.
She was one of the nearly800 people in need whowere served a full Thanks-giving dinner Tuesday aspart of the annual Table ofFriends event.
The event, put on by Gar-den Neighborhood Chari-ties with help from theFriends of Boston’s Home-less, featured prominentservers that included for-mer Bruins players, CelticsPresident Wyc Grousbeckand city officials.
“It’s bittersweet,” saidformer Bruin Ken Hodgewho has manned the turkeystation for the event’s 16years. “There’s a tremen-dous need for this. … Theturnout, it speaks volumes.”
Also handing out turkeywas Boston Police Commis-sioner Ed Davis while May-or Thomas Menino scoopedout stuffing.
Being served by those of-ficials was a “big honor,”Smith said.
“I think it’s wonderful.”
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If you’re traveling along theMass Pike the day beforeThanksgiving to get homefor the holiday, keep yourcoins in your center consolebecause select tolls are free.
MassDOT Secretary RichDavey announced the statehas teamed up with Zap-pos.com to waive payments
for both east and west-bound drivers at the All-ston/Brighton toll plazas onWednesday evening.
Even Fast Lane users canexpect to catch a break.
“Our roads across thecommonwealth are heavilytraveled the day beforeThanksgiving,” said Davey
in a statement. “By teamingup with Zappos, it is myhope that we can makedrivers a little less stressedabout their commute dur-ing the holiday.”
Dubbed the “HappinessCampaign,” Matt Burchard,Zappos.com senior directorof marketing, said the com-
pany saw this as an opportu-nity to “make people happy.”
“It feels like the righttime of year, and appropriateplace, to do that,” he said.
According to MassDOT,last year, 160,000 toll trans-actions were made at thedesignated exits on Thanks-giving eve. STEVE ANNEAR
For some, Garden becomes home for Thanksgiving Hundreds in needserved turkey and trimmings Former Bruins, city leaders serve homeless
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More than 700 attended the 16th annual Table of Friends Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by the Garden Neighborhood Charities. City officials, including Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, were on hand to serve up all the fixings to the city’s homeless.
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A Garden full ofthanks and giving
Gov. signscasinobillBOSTON. Casino gam-ing is now legal inMassachusetts.
Gov. Deval Patricksigned into law the ex-panded gambling billduring a State Houseceremony Tuesday.
While those at thebill signing celebrated,not everyone washappy with the statebeing the future homeof up to three casinosand a slots parlor.
“This bill is aturkey. The economic,social and politicalconsequences will cre-ate long-lasting indi-gestion problems,”said Tom Larkin, presi-dent of United to StopSlots in Massachusetts.
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Kris Kringle isn’t the onlyone bringing cheer to peo-ples’ homes this season.
For the second year,South Boston resident SteveMahoney is hand-deliveringChristmas trees from NewHampshire farms to city-dwellers’ front doorsthrough his personal busi-ness, City-Trees.com.
“It’s a fun thing to deliv-er and puts people in thatChristmas spirit,” he said.
Last year, Mahoney deliv-ered hundreds of trees toresidents in Boston and thesurrounding suburbs.
“People generally call me‘the tree guy,’” he joked.“Ever since I could lift any-
thing, I have been cuttingdown trees.”
A New Hampshire nativewho worked at a tree farmfor most of his life, Ma-honey “felt compelled” tooffer Christmas tree deliv-ery service to busy Bostoni-ans to save them time fromtrekking through tree lotsduring the busy season.
And for an extra fee, Ma-honey even sets up the tree
for his customers. Starting the day after
Thanksgiving, Mahoneywill begin dropping off bal-sam fir trees of various sizesto those who order them.
There is a limited supplyof trees, so orders are on afirst-come, first-serve basis.
Co-owner of a SouthBoston bike shop, a slow cy-cling season allows Ma-honey to hit the forests tobring back firs for families.
“You become part oftheir holiday. The trees are... the centerpiece aroundthe Christmas season.”
Hub businessmakes Christmastree house calls
Steve Mahoney of City Trees will be delivering Christmas trees to customers throughout Boston this holiday season.
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Ex-fundraisersentencedCHICAGO. A U.S. judge onTuesday sentencedAntoin “Tony” Rezko, aformer Chicago fundrais-er for President BarackObama, to 10.5 years in
prison for corruptionand extortion. Rezko’sconviction was among aslew of guilty pleas thatled to the conviction intwo trials of former Illi- nois Gov. RodBlagojevich and severalof his aides. REUTERS
A surge in nominationsfor Charlie Sheen asMetro’s Man of the YearTuesday was accomp -anied by more nomina-tions for Occupy WallStreet and Lara Logan.
But perhaps the mostpowerful suggestioncame from Rick Winter-son, of Boston: “There’sonly one Man of the Year
worth considering: Mohamed Bouazizi, theyoung pushcart peddlerwhose suicide triggeredthe Arab Spring,beginning within hisown native Tunisia. Ashorrible as his self-immo-lation was, it resulted inthe first, lasting steps to-ward freedom for tens ofmillions of residents ofNorth Africa and the Mid-dle East.”
“No other man, nomatter how powerful orrenowned, cameanywhere close to accom-plishing that much.”
2011The U.S. Justice Departmentis conducting an antitrustreview of statements andactions by banks and theirtrade associations about im-posing fees on customerswho use debit cards.
Assistant Attorney Gen-eral Ronald Weich de-scribed the review in a let-ter released Tuesday by Rep.Peter Welch, a Democratfrom Vermont, who had re-quested an investigation.
“Please be assured that ifit finds that individuals,banks or other parties mayhave violated the antitrustlaws, the department willtake appropriate action,”Weich wrote in the letter,dated Nov. 16.
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Karl Lagerfeld, the leg-endary fashion icon whohas never shied away froman interesting collabora-tion, will become globaleditor-in-chief of Metro In-ternational newspapers onFeb. 7.
Lagerfeld will guest editall Metro editions aroundthe world. As part of theproject, he will create a se-ries of collectible sketches,illustrations and columnsas well as choose the sto-ries for the newspaper andgive his notoriouslyprovocative comments onthe news of the day.
The issue will also in-clude a series of guest ap-pearances by celebrities andfashion personalities from
Karl’s world. The collabora-tion is just one of severalmoves the creative directorof Chanel and Fendi hasmade toward fashion demo-cracy lately. The special is-sue will come just weeks af-ter Lagerfeld launches anew lower priced line called“Karl.” METRO
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WASHINGTON. Nearly half ofall Americans lackeconomic security, mean-ing they live above the fed-eral poverty threshold butstill do not have enoughmoney to cover housing,food, health care and oth-er basic expenses, accord-ing to a data survey.
The survey, released yes-terday by the advocacygroup Wider Opportunitiesfor Women, found that 45percent of U.S. residents live
in households that struggleto make ends meet. Thatbreaks down to 39 percentof all adults and 55 percentof all children, the groupfound. REUTERS
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THE RETURN OFKERMIT THE FROG
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Kermit the Frog andhis Muppet cohortshaven’t graced thesilver screen since
1999’s “Muppets fromSpace.” So where has theamphibious star been hid-ing? If his film, “The Mup-pets,” is any indication, Ker-mit has become a hermit,cloistered in the massiveBeverly Hills mansion heused to share with Miss Pig-gy (now an editor at FrenchVogue), speaking to almostno one besides his 1980s ro-bot butler/chauffeur. Butthe famous frog wants tomake it clear that the man-
sion and the seclusionare all for show.
In the film, you’reportrayed as rich
and out of touch.
How true to life is that?Well, that’s actually nottrue at all. We felt like thatmade a better sort of ideafor the story; but no, that’snot true. I think my fansknow who I really am. I’m apretty simple frog. WhenI’m not working, I go backto the swamp, relax andtake it easy. I’m not really a
part of the whole Holly-wood scene, and I’ve neverfelt the need to have a bigmansion. Metro’s logo is green. Do youthink it would be easier for usif we’d chosen a different color?Well, I don’t know. I thinkyou guys should stick togreen. As I say, it’s the colorof spring, it’s beautiful. Ihave no choice, so let’s justsay you have no choice also. Are there any causes that areclose to your heart?Well, obviously the envi-ronment. I mean, I’m afrog. Us frogs are sort of thebarometers for the environ-ment, like the canaries theyused to take into the coalmines. In this political climate, howdo you think it would be
received if a frog were tomarry, say, a pig?The truth is I think it’s prob-ably not legal in most states... But that’s probably alucky thing for me in thelong run, you know? I don’tthink Piggy and I are actual-ly going to tie the old knot,so to speak. So, I’m notpushing for it.Does she know that?Does she know I’m notpushing for it? I think sheknows. I think she’s, as theysay on “Dr. Phil,” in denial.By the way, I can only tellyou this because she’s in aseparate room. If she werehere, I’d have to go alongwith it.
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Noreality
stars for ‘TheMuppet Show’With early buzz on “TheMuppets” strong and
positive, talk has quicklyturned to the possibilityof bringing back theshow that started it all,“The Muppet Show.” Theoriginal series ran from1976 to 1981 andfeatured an impressiverun of guest stars. So ifthe show were to return,
who would Kermit liketo see stop by?
“I look back at the oldshows, and we had thetop Hollywood folks,”Kermit remembers.“Hopefully we could getthe same kind of caliberof stars now — the fewthat are left out there,
you know? Nothingagainst reality TV, but Ithink if we did nothingbut the Kardashians on‘The Muppet Show,’ itwould be a littlestrange. So I hope weget the Tom Cruises andthe Harrison Fords, youknow?”
The legend speaks about being a star, whether marriage is in his future ‘The truth is, I think it’s probably not legal in most states,’ he admits
“I think my fansknow who I reallyam. I’m a prettysimple frog. WhenI’m not working, Igo back to theswamp, relax andtake it easy.”KERMIT, ON HIS PUBLIC PERSONA
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‘TheMuppets’are back!‘The Muppets’Director: James BobinCast: Jason Segal, AmyAdams, Chris CooperRating: �����
When “Muppets” super-fan Walter (voiced by Pe-ter Linz) learns that awealthy oil tycoon (ChrisCooper) plans to buy theMuppets’ old studio lot todrill for oil, he goes on amission to reassemble
the now-disbanded crewto help them save theirproperty. Walter’s broth-er Gary (Jason Segal) andMary (Amy Adams) arealong for the ride.
It’s funny to see whatthe Muppets have beenup to since we last sawthem: Fozzie Bear nowplays in a Muppet tributeband in Reno, TheMoopets, Gonzo owns hisown sanitation factoryand Miss Piggy is theplus-size editor of VogueParis.
With all Muppets intow, the group plans atelethon to raise themoney, with skits like achicken group number toCee Lo Green’s “ForgetYou.” (Maybe they shouldhave renamed it “CluckYou” for the occasion?)
Hilariously self-refer-ential and filled with starcameos, “The Muppets”doesn’t disappoint.Adults will likely laugh ashard, if not harder, thanthe kids do.
Last year he played a myste-rious doctor in MartinScorsese’s “Shutter Island”and now Sir Ben Kingsleypartners up once again with“Marty” as he affectionatelycalls him, but for lighterfare. In “Hugo,” Sir Kingsleyplays one of the world’sfirst filmmakers ever,Georges Melies, who direct-ed “A Trip to the Moon” andhundreds of other silentfilms in the early 20th cen-tury. Sir Kingsley gaveMetro a few moments ofhis undivided attention tochat about the 3-D film-
making of “Hugo.” George Melies’ film “A Trip tothe Moon” is one of the mosticonic early films ever made.Do you remember where andwhen you first saw it?When I was at school, wewere able to watch some ofcinema’s masterpieces thatcame from way back. Ithink in and amongst themwas “Trip to the Moon.” Did shooting in 3-D for “Hugo”affect your performance at all?Yes. The 3-D camerabrought a kind of bonuswhere it was detail, detail,detail, — very little CGI —
which fed our performanc-es tremendously. Also, thescrutiny of a 3-D camera isquite alarming. You can seethe most delicate changesof body language and facialexpression, almost pulseand heartbeat. Of course,Mr. Scorsese would alsosay, “Keep it simple. Keep ithonest.” I mean, that’s al-most his maxim.On the set of “Hugo” youwere known for staying incharacter as Melies in his lateryears, when he was quitecranky and withdrawn. Why?Staying in character for me
was almost mandatory. I’mquite fit and slim, but I hadto strap on this pot bellyand I had to strap on thishump in my shoulders tohave this depressed body. Itwas going to be a huge ef-fort to take all this off so Ithought, “I must stay incharacter.” Even though hewas a sad man and some-what defeated, I quite en-joyed that I had to stay incharacter. I found it reallyfed the work.
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Georges Melies in “Hugo.”
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Bill Nighy’s elasticity as anactor has served him well.The man perhaps most fa-mous for a playing an agingrock star in “Love Actually,”does cantankerous crab andjovial clown with equalmeasure of believability,which might be why he waschosen to be Grandsanta in“Arthur Christmas.” Nighy
plays the most recently (andresentfully) retired Santa inthe multigenerational Clausfamily. Nighy spoke aboutplaying a cranky old man,and his own family’s con-tentious holiday traditions.
You seem too young for this role.Yes, thank God. When I
went for the job, I thoughtI was going for FatherChristmas and then theysaid, “No, no, no JimBroadbent is playing Fa-ther Christmas, so it’sGrandsanta.” Well, he’s136. Thank you for notic-ing I am not quite 136.Where you looking for something different withthis particular role? You want somethingthat is different fromanything you havedone before, but al-so I wanted toavoid cliché. I want-ed to do something that Ihad never heard in a moviebefore. What were your ownChristmases like growing up?Mostly they were all right,depending on what yougot. We traditionally playgames and split the familyinto two teams. We imme-diately become fascisticand scream and shout ateach other. It’s quite seri-
ously scary because peoplereally scream at one anoth-er. They immediately be-come a team and if you’renot used to it, if you’re notready for it, it’s a shock.Did you believe in Santa? It’s all so long ago. Thetrouble with these sorts ofquestions is I am so old. Iam pretty sure I did. Yeah,I can remember writing anote and I can rememberputting it on the firewith my dad and it goingup the chimney and mydad lying to me, sayingit’s going to the NorthPole and Santa will readthe smoke. Yes, we arevery gullible as children.He’s going to read the
smoke — how’s that goingto work? “Love Actually” has become a Christmas classic.Did you consider that whenchoosing this project?I do like the fact that“Love Actually” has en-tered the Christmas lan-guage. I did seriouslythink when I read thescript for “Arthur Christ-mas,” “if they do thishalfway decently then itwill be a perennial” and Idid want to be a part of it.
HE’S NO EBENEZERThe almost-always jolly actor Bill Nighy is hoping
for a second seasonal classic with ‘Arthur Christmas’ “[Grandsanta] is136. Thank you fornoticing I am notquite 136.”NIGHY, ON PLAYING JIMBROADBENT’S CHARACTER’SFATHER IN ‘ARTHUR CHRISTMAS’
Grandsanta, as voiced by Bill Nighy, readies his old
sleigh in “Arthur Christmas.”
Everythingyou wantedto knowabout Santabut wereafraid to ask‘Arthur Christmas’Director: Sarah SmithCast: James McAvoy, HughLaurie, Bill Nighy, Jim BroadbentRating: PGGrade: �����
How exactly does SantaClaus get gifts into everychild’s home around theworld on Christmas Eve?With his S.W.A.T. team ofelves, of course. How hasone Santa given joy tochildren for hundreds ofyears? Well, there’s notone Santa, but a Claus
family, inwhichthere is anheir to theSantathrone forevery gen-eration. Asone Claus(Jim Broad-bent) is setto retire,
his ambitious eldest son(Hugh Laurie) is eager totake up the mantle, butit’s younger dweebiebrother Arthur (JamesMcAvoy) who has theproper Christmas cheer.
This clever British pro-duction is a family filmthat doesn’t reachchildren by pandering anddoesn’t engage the adultswith any mean-spiritedsnark. While not perfect,“Arthur Christmas” is nothrowaway holiday movie.
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Youthful 30-year-old Elijah Wood finds it a bit oddto be voicing a parental penguin in ‘Happy Feet Two’ In the first “Happy Feet,” vo-cally challenged penguinMumble (voiced by ElijahWood) got the girl, so it onlymakes sense that “HappyFeet Two” finds Mumblegrappling with fatherhood— something new for theyoung actor best known forplaying a hobbit. We caughtup with Wood to talk abouthis penguin alter egogrowing up faster than heis and the joys of job secu-rity now that his FX series“Wilfred” has beenpicked up for a secondseason.
I’m pretty sure you’ve neverplayed a father before.Oh no. [Laughs] Only in thedigital realm. I’m 30now, so I supposeit’s not altogeth-er unbeliev-able anymore.
How was that to take on as an actor?It was cool. I think it was anatural progression forMumble. After he sort of ce-ments his relationship withGloria at the end of the firstfilm, it’s sort of natural thatthey would have a baby —the natural progression. It
presented aunique,
new step
in his life. And the relation-ship between him and Ericwas a fun relationship toplay out. How does recording with thewhole cast — especially Hank Azaria and RobinWilliams — enhance the animation experience?Well, having the two ofthem around is delightfuland entertaining, certainly,but they also are inspiring.
The things that Robinwould come up with vocallyfor both the characters hewas playing, the ideas thathe would have, it just kindof elevated everything. Healways brings a certain kindof energy to the piece andto the scenes. And I’d say thesame for Hank. You know,both of them are so incredi-bly gifted at what they do.Sometimes their energy canreally drive a scene. “Wilfred” got pretty dark inthe season finale. Will thattone continue in Season 2?I hope so. I love the wholeseason, but the latter half ofthe season — where it start-ed to go with being a littlebit more of a blend of thecerebral and surreal withthe comedy and the dark-ness — is kind of my fa-vorite combination of whatthe show is capable of.
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Elijah Wood gives voice to Mumble, pictured behind him,
in “Happy Feet Two.”
FRODO THE FATHER A movie foreveryone and no one‘Hugo’Director: Martin ScorseseCast: Asa Butterfield, ChloeGrace-Moretz, Ben Kingsley,Sacha Baron CohenRating: PGGrade: �����
Many will be scratchingtheir heads seeing the di-rector of “Goodfellas”and “The Departed”attached to a familymovie — and one that’sshot in 3-D, no less. Butonce it’s clear that this isabout seminal filmmakerGeorges Melies as muchas it is about an orphanedboy living in the clocktowers of a French railstation in 1930s, it doesmakes sense.
While visuallygorgeous, “Hugo” seemsto be neither a crowd-pleaser nor one of Scors-ese’s trademark “auteur”pieces. Its high-minded-ness can sometimes keep
it from being any fun,and its more seriousthemes aren’t fleshed outenough to be as movingas some of Scorsese’s bestefforts. But the film hasheart at its core. It’s gor-geous to look at — andwhile it’s too long at overtwo hours, it’s neverschmaltzy. “Hugo” seemsto be urgently trying toconvince us that it’s aclassic. Surely for some, itwill be. HEIDI PATALANO
Asa Butterfield and Chloe Grace-Moretzstar in “Hugo.”
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Turkey HashPatties Transform your turkey byshreddding it and addsome crunch with dicedcarrot, onion and celery.Serve patties topped with afried egg and hot sauce inthe morning. Or place itnext to some braised brus-sels sprouts or a simple sal-ad for an easy dinner thatdoesn’t taste likemicrowaved leftovers.
Ingredients4 tablespoons
vegetable oil1 medium carrot, peeled
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small dice1 medium yellow onion,
small dice2 teaspoons finely
chopped fresh thymeleaves
3 cups shredded, cookedturkey (about 12ounces)
2 cups cold mashedpotatoes
1 large egg, lightly beaten
¼ cup all-purpose flour1 tablespoon coarsely
chopped fresh Italianparsley leaves
½ teaspoon kosher salt,plus more forseasoning
¼ teaspoon freshlyground black pepper,plus more for
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salt and pepper andthen cook, stirring oc-casionally, until theonions and carrotshave softened, about 10minutes. Transfer themixture to a large bowland wipe the pan cleanwith a dry, clean towelor paper towels; set thepan aside.
2 Add the remainingmeasured ingredientsto the bowl (except forthe oil) and stir to com-bine. Using your hands,form the mixture intosix patties (4 incheswide, about 2/3 cupeach) and place on abaking sheet.
3 Heat the remaining 2tablespoons of oil in
the reserved frying panover medium heat untilshimmering. Add threeof the patties and cookundisturbed until thebottoms are dark gold-en brown, about eightminutes. Using a flatspatula, carefully flipthe patties over andcook until they’re darkgolden brown on theother side, about eightminutes more. Transferto a large plate and re-peat with the remain-ing patties. Serveimmediately.
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J. Lo andAnthony spendtime togetherIt might not be a reconcili-ation, but Jennifer Lopezand Marc Anthony reported-ly spent some quality timetogether earlier thismonth while filming theirreality show, “Q’Viva,” inPuerto Rico, according toUs Weekly. Anthonypicked up Lopez from theairport, and “Marc neverstayed in his hotel room,”the source says of their get-together. “It’s inevitable,”says the source. “Marc hasthis hold over her.” But the
alleged activity doesn’tmean the couple is gettingback together: “They maysleep together, but they’reover.”
Lay off KatyPerry’s uterusKaty Perry’s recent decisionto take some time off afterher current tour to “workon family” naturally ledsome to speculate that thesinger and husband Russell
Brand are alreadyexpecting, but Perry insiststhat’s not the case. “Hellno,” Perry tells Hollyscoopwhen asked if she’spregnant. But that doesn’tmean she’s opposed to theidea, as she recently toldEllen DeGeneres. “I want tohave kids. I’m totally finewith saying that,” she said.“I would love to have chil-dren. I think that’s one ofthe reasons you getmarried.”
Keibler is intooversharingStacy Keibler can’t stopgushing about boyfriendGeorge Clooney, announc-ing that they are “in love”via Twitter. “You know it’slove when your boyfriend
has elbow surgery twodays ago and takes you to aRavens game,” Keiblerposted to the social mediasite. “Especially when he’sa Bengals
fan.” Clooney and Keiblerwere spotted at the gamerecently, with Clooney’sarm in an elaborate sling.Keibler is a former Ravenscheerleader.
The Roots have some‘splainin to do.
On Monday night’s“Late Night With Jimmy Fal-lon,” the band picked someinflammatory music forfeatured guest (and Repub-lican presidential candi-date) Michele Bachmann toaccompany her walk on-stage. The song theypicked? “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”by Fishbone.
And it wasn’t a slip-up.?uestlove even told fans andfollowers to pay attentionvia Twitter: “aight latenight walkon song devo-tees: you love it when wesnark: this next one takesthe cake. Ask around causeI aint tweeting the title,” hewrote. Then, he even tookit a step further by tweet-ing a link to the album and
making fans guess whichsong they picked.
As Spin points out, theRoots often use songs toexpress their feelings. Twonotable examples are play-ing Milli Vanilli when noto-rious lip-syncer AshleeSimpson came on the show,
and introducing Heidi Mon-tag and Spencer Pratt withBeck’s “Loser.”
Both of those weretongue in cheek — and di-rected to fixtures of popculture. This is a presiden-tial candidate, congress-woman, woman and a
foster parent to more than23 children. No matterwhat you think of Bach-mann’s political views, it’soffensive that a houseband would sneakily sug-gest a woman is a “bitch”on national television.
If Fishbone had onlycome up with a ska songentitled “You Have Differ-ent Political Views ThanMe — Many of Which IFind Utterly Misguided andWrong — But We Live in aCountry Where We Are Al-lowed to Have Different Be-liefs and So We Will JustAgree to Disagree. Also, It isNot Polite to Call a Womana ‘Bitch,’” Fallon and TheRoots would not find them-selves in this pickle. And itwill be a pickle. A huge,massive pickle.
THEWORDMetro’s Dorothy Robinson shares her take on the world of gossip @dorothyatmetro [email protected]
Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve beenup to — in their ownwords, in 140 characters or fewer.
Milla Jovovich is hap-py to be making an-other “Resident Evil”movie, Lisa Lampan-elli is getting stickershock, Virginia Mad-sen has done hercivic duty, and SteveMartin may be inluck.
@MillaJovovichAaaah!! Explosions,panic n general may-hem! Its good 2 bback at “camp evil”!
@LisaLampanelliNew Stilton cheesesells for $430 apound. If I wannaspend a lot of moneyon cheese I’ll buy the1st three seasons of‘Glee’ on Blu-Ray!
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@SteveMartinToGoNeed my turkeysprayed with pepper.Whom can I turn to?
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Bieber getsswabbedBetween appearanceslighting Christmastrees in London andperforming at theAmerican MusicAwards, Justin Biebermanaged to find timeto stop at a New Jerseylab to take a paternitytest, according to TMZ.The Canadian pop startook the test in a labunder “very controlledcircumstances” last Fri-day. Sources tell thewebsite there is a solidchain of custody andthe entire process wasvery well-documented,making it difficult forMariah Yeater’s team tochallenge the validityof the test. The ball isnow in Yeater’s court,as the 20-year-oldwoman — who claimsBieber is the father ofher 4-month-old son —has to provide DNAfrom the child for com-parison for the case tomove forward.
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Celebs hitthe streetsof NewYork City
1: Avril Lavigne was spottedat a taping of “Good MorningAmerica” at ABC TimesSquare Studios in New YorkCity on Tuesday.
2: Morning show competi-tion alert! Joe Don Rooney,Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcusof Rascal Flatts performed on
NBC’s “Today” in the TodayPlaza in New York City onMonday.
3: Jason Bateman andOlivia Wilde were filming“The Longest Week” on thestreets of Manhattan on Mon-day.
4: Stacy Ferguson, better
know as Fergie, attended thelaunch part of Ubisoft’s latestmusic video game, “The BlackEyed Peaks Experience,” atSupperclub in Los Angeles onMonday.
5: Kate Moss attended “TheHoping Variety Show: A Bene-fit Evening For Palestinian
Refugee Children” at Cafe deParis in London on Monday.
6: Jessica Alba arrived atthe Swarovski Elements andRodeo Drive Holiday LightingCeremony in Beverly Hills,Calif. on Monday.
7: Lady Gaga donned a bul-bous white dress as she
attended the ribbon cuttingceremony for Gaga'sWorkshop at Barneys NewYork in New York City onMonday.
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Everyone lies abouttheir age. Take Buffa-lo Tom, who cele-brate their 25th
anniversary with a three-night stand at the BrightonMusic Hall during Thanks-giving weekend.
“It’s probably more like30, if truth be told,” bassistChris Colbourn tells Metro.“I don’t think we could pos-sibly be any older. We’vemade a vow not to makeany more age jokes. Exceptthere is the band Botox ap-pointment after this call.”
Some injectibles before
the show? “That’s the secret ingre-
dient,” he kids. Formed in Boston’s trans-
formative ’80s alternativerock scene, Colbourn, gui-tarist Bill Janovitz anddrummer Tom Maginnis be-came popular worldwide inthe early 1990s for their vis-ceral brand of melodic butraw, dynamic indie rock.
It seems Buffalo Tom wasalways meant to be, though.Colbourn and Janovitz livedin the same town of Hunt-ington, Long Island, andboth coincidentally moved
to Medfield, Mass. At UMassAmherst, they met Magin-nis: “All these things go fur-ther back than what wasthe anniversary of when westarted to record.”
According to Colbourn,though, it was SST label-mate, Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mas-cis, who made it official,when he produced theirself-titled debut in 1989.
“I met J the first day Idrove to Amherst. He wasworking at a gas station andstill in high school. J wasthis great character with avery unique way of giving a
musician the idea they werein charge. He gave us theblueprint for what we do.”
Buffalo Tom with J Mascis, Ted Leo,Eugene Mirman, Thalia ZedekBand, Hilken Mancini andChris Toplin and moreFriday through Sunday, 8:30 p.m.Brighton Music Hall158 Brighton Ave., Allston$22, 21+, 800-745-3000www.livenation.com
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Occupy LiveMusic TourSaturday, 8 p.m.The Paradise967 Comm. Ave., Boston$8-$18, 800-745-3000www.ticketmaster.comThis concert, featuring localacts Jesse Dee and Dwight &Nicole, will partially benefit
Occupy Boston, whose mem-bers just got cleared to stay intheir tents at least a littlelonger. So if you're down withthe 99 percenters, this is a
good way to support themwhile hearing some of thebest classic soul, blues, rockand gospel in the city.
BostonSymphonyOrchestraFriday through Tuesday301 Mass. Ave., Boston$32-$120, 888-266-1200
www.bso.orgLudovic Morlot conducts theBSO through John Harbison’s“Symphony No. 4,” Ravel’s“Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2”and Mahler’s “Symphony No.1.” Harbison is a still-living con-temporary composer with along history in Boston, wherehe’s an institute professor ofmusic at MIT. His fourth sym-phony was composed in 2003for the Seattle Symphony.
Whether it is the band’s 25th or 30th anniversary, Buffalo Tom are celebrating with three nights of shows and loads of special guests for a ‘local jam session’
Tickets
Guns N’ RosesFridayDCU Center
Team StarKidFridayHouse of Blues
Trans SiberianOrchestraSundayTD Garden
Bob Seger And The SilverBullet Bandwith special guest Peter WolfTuesdayDCU Center
The B-52sDec. 1House of Blues
John DoeDec. 5Brighton Music Hall
BadfishDec. 29The Paradise
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Buffalo Tom headlines each night as guests both play with them andperform independently.
Already on board are localup-and-comers MeanCreek — “We wantedsome contemporary peo-ple too,” says Colbourn —and peers such as TanyaDonelly from ThrowingMuses and Belly, and BobWeston of Shellac and Mis-sion of Burma.
Colbourn, far right, says he met Janovitz, front left, more than 30 years ago, and Maginnis completed the trio about five years later.
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ARTLaurel Nakadate: Say You Love MeThrough Dec. 22Carpenter Center for the VisualArts, Harvard University24 Quincy St., CambridgeFree, 617-495-3251www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/ccva.htmlThis is a video installation ofworks exploring “Lolita”-typerelationships, i.e. those betweenmiddle-aged men and younggirls. Some of them star Naka-date herself as the Lolita, whileothers look at things from theolder man’s perspective. Shedoes not cast moral judgmenton these characters; rather, shefocuses on their humanity, andthe loneliness and longing thatdrives them.
PERFORMANCE‘Out of the Box’Monday, 7 p.m.Plaza Theatre, Boston Centerfor the Arts, 539 Tremont St.,Boston, $10, 617-933-8600www.companyone.orgThis competitive variety showfeatures a smorgasbord of per-formances in theater, music,dance, puppetry, poetry and, asits promoters promise, “every-thing in between.” The audiencevotes to decide the evening’swinner. Why? Because artshould be more like sports:Someone should decisively winat the end. This is the first ofthree such evenings — the nexttwo happen next summer.
suffolk.eduFundación Conservatorio Fla-menco Casa Patas, straight out-ta Madrid, presents an eveningof modern flamenco choreo-graphed by and starring dancerJosé Barrios, with special guesttrumpet player Arturo Sando-val. In addition to the more“standard” flamenco withwhich you may be familiar,there are moments here of in-terpretive dance, a piece using
only handclaps and a variationof jump rope dancing.
MUSICBoston TubaChristmasSaturday, 2 p.m.Faneuil HallOne Faneuil Hall Square,Boston, free, [email protected] the tuba, rarely-sung hero ofthe brass band! You’re hugeand unwieldy, and your parts
are not glamorous, but wherewould the foundation of musicbe without you? Nowhere, thatis where. Today, tuba, cede notthe limelight, but bask in it, as150 of your brass buddies jointogether to play holiday tunes.
BOOKSGregory MaguireTuesday, 6 p.m.Boston Public Library700 Boylston St., Boston
Free, 617-536-5400www.bpl.orgThe fantasy author, who livesnearby, reads from and discuss-es “Out of Oz,” the latest (andpossibly final) installation of hispopular series of revisionist Ozhistory. Some may object to hiswillful tampering with L. FrankBaum’s legacy, but regardless,you must admit: Maguire hasbecome one of the mostsuccessful authors of fan fictionin history.
MOVIES‘Mr. Death’Tuesday, 10 p.m.Brattle Theatre40 Brattle St., Cambridge$8-$10, 617-876-6837www.brattlefilm.orgThis documentary by Errol Mor-ris, part of a Morris retrospec-tive at the Brattle this week,tells the story of Fred A.Leuchter, Jr., a consultant tostate prisons on execution tech-niques. Leuchter is proud ofwhat he does, but feelsunappreciated, and when someneo-Nazis hire him to bolstertheir case for Holocaust denial,he’s disturbingly happy tooblige. MATTHEW DINARO
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Your stress level is likely climbing as the holidays draw nearer, but the autumn weathercan do wonders for your spirit. Allow ournewest expert, Gabby Bernstein, to explain.
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I throw on my favorite booties and coatand hit the streets. I press play on mypositive-perception playlist and walk to thenearest park. The music, fresh air and beauti-ful fall colors offer a backdrop for a powerfulshift in perception. The moment I step ontothe street I feel my energy shift and noticemy thoughts change.
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We here at The WeekThat Was findourselves with aremarkable surplus ofgratitude this Thanks-
giving season. Without further ado:Thank you, George W. Bush, for
facilitating the global recession.Thank you, President Obama, forrousing so many to the idea that U.S.electoral politics is truly hopeless.And thank you, Elizabeth Warren,for giving it a try anyway.
Thank you, Egypt. Thank you,Tunisia. Thank you, Libya andBahrain and Syria and Yemen.
Thank you, mothers and fathers,for working, if you can. Thank you,sons and daughters, for going toschool — even if it seems that youmay never pay off those loans.
And thank you, most of all,to our national Occupiers— for reminding us thatwe actually have a stake inour own governance.
Thank you, Seattle, Oakland,Denver, New York, L.A. and all therest. Thank you, Adbusters, fordreaming up and organizing thismovement. Thank you, protesters,for sleeping in the street, in the rainand snow, under threat of attack bypolice and the deranged. Thank you,UC Davis students, for standing firmin the face of brutality and validat-ing our right to peaceably assembleby proving it doesn’t really exist.
Thanks for your sacrifice. Thanksfor pushing back. Thanks for show-ing we’re all in this together.
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Are you ready forsome payroll taxes?
Unlike the NBA, MLB can actually agree on a new CBA League madeannouncement of deal’s details on Tuesday Sox, Yanks will be affected
MLB Commissioner Bug Selig shakes hands with Red Sox pitcher Andrew Miller at Tuesday’s announcement.
Major League Baseball andthe Player’s Association an-nounced the details of anew collective bargainingagreement Tuesday thatwill keep labor peacethrough 2016.
That’s the good news.The bad news — big mar-
ket clubs like the Red Sox,Yankees and Phillies will allhave some new issues tocontend with.
In MLB’s continuingquest for parity the newCBA includes multiplechanges to the luxury tax,free agent signing rules anda new tax on signing play-
ers from the MLB draft.While it’s unlikely sides
would ever agree on a
salary cap, they did makechanges to the luxury taxalready in place. Not only
will teams owe the amountover the tax threshold,they will now be taxed onthat percentage.
According to reports, thenew luxury cap will be $178million in 2012. Go overthat with your payroll andyou’ll pay a 42 percent tax.In 2013, that increases to 50percent.
The only three teams re-motely close to $178 mil-lion in 2011 — the Red Sox($164 million, Phillies ($165million) and Yankees ($207million).
Also working against thebig market clubs will be
new rules on signing draftpicks. MLB has had a recom-mended contract for eachslot in the draft. However,they had no rules in place toenforce it. Small marketteams were priced out ofsigning some top talent,while big market clubs likethe Yankees would payabove slot — sometimesway above — at the back ofthe round. There’s still nohard slotting, but teams willnow pay a tax on how farover they pay draftees.
What you
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Unfortunately for Red Soxfans, big market clubs willbe affected the most in thenew CBA.
The Red Sox spent $10.9million in bonuses in the2011 draft. That issignificantly above slot andwould now be taxed. Josh Beckett and J.D. Drewboth received major leaguecontracts (from otherteams) when drafted. Thiswill no longer be allowed.
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HGH testto be putin placeMaybe the most men-tioned addition to thenew CBA will be theimplementation of hu-man-growth hormonetesting.
Every player will betested during springtraining, while selectplayers could be testedduring the season“with due cause.”
A positive test willresult in the samepenalties as other per-formance-enhancingdrugs — 50 games onthe first positive test,then 100 games and aban on the next two.
Random offseasontesting will begin fol-lowing the 2012season. METRO
Crew’sBraunwins NL MVP
The Brewers’ Ryan Braunnarrowly won the NationalLeague MVP over Los Ange-les Dodger Matt KempTuesday.
Kemp, who had moreruns, runs batted in, steals,home runs and a higheron-base percentage thanBraun, trailed him in theonly count that mattered
— 388 points to 332 points.Braun had 20 first-placevotes, while Kemp had 10.
Braun did lead theleague in slugging percent-age and OPS.
Braun played on the NLCentral winners though,while the Dodgers finished11.5 games back in the NLWest.
The MVP was Braun’sfirst, though he did finishthird in 2008 — his secondyear in the majors.
After Kemp, it was-Braun’s Milwaukee team-mate Prince Fielder in thirdand Justin Upton in fourth.Fielder and Upton each re-ceived one first-place vote.
JoePalax onplayersThe Wall StreetJournal reportedTuesday that JoePaterno believedhe should beresponsible forpunishingplayers — not theuniversity. Hereportedly saidtheir studentstatus was notPenn State’sconcern andasked thattransgressionsnot be madepublic. METRO
In the news
Roethlisbergerready to goA broken thumb hasput Jay Cutler on theshelf, but didn’tdeter Steelers QBBen Roethlisberger.
The Pittsburghquarterbackfractured his thumbagainst the Bengals.He didn’t take snapsin practice Tuesday,but expects to start.
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It’s the unstoppable Gronk in his natural habitat.
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When you sit down for yourThanksgiving dinner thisyear, and think back oneverything you’re thankfulfor, don’t forget one veryimportant person:
Rob Gronkowski.Make no mistake about
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So just how vital to theteam’s success as “Gronk”been? There’s not enoughspace to explain but here’s ashort list that should sum itup nicely:
With his two touchdowns
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passing the previous recordholder, Mike Ditka, at 31games.
His 20 touchdowns since2010 are tops among NFLtight ends, with Jason Wit-ten in second (14). In fact,Gronk is only behind De-troit’s Calvin Johnson (23)in receiving touchdownssince 2010.
He has back-to-back 10-touchdown seasons, one ofonly four players in the his-tory of the organizationthat can say that.Gronkowski’s 53-yard TD
reception on Sunday wasthe longest of his career,and it all had to do with hisability to run after thecatch.
“The great thing aboutGronk is he took a couple ofplays that had a few yardsto them but turned them in-to big plays with his abilityto break tackles there in thesecondary and run throughpeople,” Bill Belichick said.“The run after the catch washuge in his production lastnight.”
“It’s like he’sdrilling for oil. Kind of like [Tom]Brady’s spike in thesnow game.”BILL BELICHICK, ON GRONK’S SPIKE
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23 Wall St. has three bed-rooms, one full bath, onehalf-bath and 1,500 squarefeet of living space. There’sgarage parking, and the lotis more than 4,000 squarefeet. Listing price: $499,900.Listing agent: SteveMcKenna, Bowes Real Es-tate. 781-645-0505.
No condo fees for the first year Closing costs paid up to $2,000
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26 at home with
US existinghome sales riseslightly, butprices fallSales of existing homesrose in October, butremained stuck at a lowlevel, according to a reportreleased earlier this weekby the National Associationof Realtors, which notedthat contract failuresplayed a large role in thestagnant market.
Existing sales increased1.4 percent from Septem-ber and 13.5 percent fromOctober 2010 to a seasonal-ly adjusted annual rate of4.97 million units.
“Home sales have beenstuck in a narrow range de-spite several improving fac-tors,” said Lawrence Yun,NAR’s chief economist. “Ahigher rate of contract fail-ures has held back a sales
recovery.”One third of all NAR
members reportedcontract failures, up from18 percent in Septemberand 8 percent last October.
One of the positive fac-tors is a continued declinein the inventory, which fell2.2 percent to 3.33 millionexisting homes, which, atthe current sales pace, rep-resents an eight-monthsupply. Despite the shrink-ing inventory, median ex-
isting home prices also fell4.7 percent from last Octo-ber to $162,500, even asforeclosures comprised asmaller percentage of salesthan last year.
The Northeastexperienced a 5.1 percentdrop in existing homesales, and was the only re-gion where volume fell ona month-over-month basis.It also had the smallest im-provement over October2010 at just 1.4 percent,
compared to 15 percentyear-over-year increaseselsewhere in the country.The median price fell 5.5percent year-over-year inthe Northeast, comparedto 4.7 percent in theMidwest and 1.6 percent inthe South and West.
Redesign theplain whiteMelodi lampYou’ll need:One or moreMelodi lampsandpermanentmarkers
Getting started: Wipe clean thelampshade and allow fordrying time. Use the per-manent marker to writeyour favorite verses, po-ems or anything of
your choice on thelampshade. Fit
lampshade ontolight fixture, turnon and voilà.
Personalize your Melodi lamps.
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The Northeast was the only region that experienced a drop in existing home sales.
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Mei Mei Yap, founder of thepopular site Ikea Hackers(www.ikeahackers.net), hasonly praises for the Swedishhomewares brand’s univer-sal (though sometimes cryp-tic) instructions.
“I think that they are oneof the most fantastic piecesof communication. Not aword, just diagrams thatpeople the world over fol-low,” she says.
The website is the per-fect retreat for those DIYerswho want to ditch the Ikearules and break away froma homogenized home. Andno, you don’t have to be aDIY whiz to Ikea hack, butyou will need to followthese simple steps.
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The mass-market chain is turning our homes intogeneric showrooms To get you thinking outside theIkea flat-pack box, we enlisted the founder of the popularblog Ikea Hackers to personalize all that particle board
Trick out thatDombaswardrobe You’ll need:A Dombas wardrobe,fabric and glue
Getting started:Remove doors (or do notinstall doors). Cut fabric
of your choice to sizewith enough to coverthe sides of the doors.Cover the sides of thedoors in glue. Stick andtautly stretch the fabricacross. Allow dryingtime. Trim any excessmaterial. Cover the sideswith a matching ribbonfor a tidy finish. Attachhandles last.
Turn Expeditbookcases intoa kitchenisland You’ll need:Two two-by-two Expeditbookcases, one VikaAmon tabletop, 4 VikaCurry table legs (only thetop part), four Besta legs,screws and Schweden-punk drawers (optional)
Getting started: Assemble the Exped-its. Screw themtogether with brack-ets. Screw the VikaAmon Curry legs tothe tabletop. Drillscrew-sized holes in-to the bottom of theExpedit. Install theSchwedenpunkdrawers for itemsyou don’t want dis-played.
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FFSBO –PART II
George Warshaw is a real estateattorney and author. He
represents buyers and sellersof homes and condos in
Massachusetts, and prepareswills, trusts, and estate plans.George welcomes new clients
Last week in “For SaleBy Owner” we ex-plored marketing yourFSBO home. But
that’s only half of what’sneeded. Legal is the secondhalf of the FSBO process.
LEGAL. Think documents,information and lawyers.
The purchase processin Massachusetts starts witha written Offer.
An Offer, once accept-ed, is a legal contract with real consequences. Youneed a lawyer to plan yourprocess and provide formsand advice. Don’t go it aloneand don’t rely on a FSBOwebsite for guidance!
One of least under-stood jobs of a realtor is tocontrol the information givento a buyer. Say the wrongthing and you may get suedlater.
Carefully plan with yourreal estate attorney not onlythe legal documents neededbut the information to be dis-closed and how it should bedisclosed.
As a seller, you’ll needcertain things for the closing.Here’s a partial list: • smoke detector/carbonmonoxide certificate, • Title 5certificate for septic system,• water reading, • oil read-ing (fuel), • 6(d) certificate(condos).
While selling it yourselfmay save you money, becareful that it’s not a falsesavings in the end. That’swhere a good broker canmake a difference.