HERE COMES THE BRIDAL GOWN STYLES OF 2013 MIX THE TRADITIONAL AND THE Casserole for the lazy cook FORWARD, FROM LACE TO PEPLUM WAISTS The slow cooker does some of the work to get this polenta PAGE 12 and vegetable dish on the table PAGE 11 REGINA Thursday, January 17, 2013 9 News worth sharing. metronews.ca | twitter.com/metroregina | facebook.com/metroregina National day of action keeps Idle No More moving Protests. Premier Wall of the growing Idle No More More has taken in the province. in the last few days to those Street in Regina at 1 p.m. Wed- protests in the future. applauds province’s movement. Protests included “Our First Nations leaders who have perhaps been plan- nesday to march to the legisla- “The more walks the better,” everything from slowing traf- in this province and the origin- ning blockades or illegal activ- tive building, disrupting traffic said Shawna Oochoo, an organ- First Nations leaders fic on highways to stalling rail ators of Idle No More, I think, ity has been very helpful — along the way. izer for the Treaty 4 Grassroots lines. have conducted themselves they said that is not what Idle In Saskatoon, Idle No More movement that planned the Before protests began in Sas- throughout all of this in a very No More is all about.” supporters gathered for a Regina action. “The idea is to Native groups across Canada katchewan, Premier Brad Wall constructive and positive way,” More than 100 protesters round dance at an intersection. continue to unite the commun- participated in a national day had some positive things to said Wall. “The message from turned up near the intersec- If current trends continue, it ity towards this movement.” of action Wednesday as part say about the tone that Idle No the Idle No More founders here tion of 5th Avenue and Albert is likely that there will be more JEFF MACKEY/METRO RRI gets stamp of approval The Regina Revitalization Initiative nears finalization with support from the executive committee at city hall PAGE 3 Could you resist this man in uniform? ‘Wild-card royal’ Prince Harry is crowned the world’s most eligible bachelor PAGE 9 Idle No More protesters block traffic as they march south on Albert Street in Regina Wednesday afternoon. 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The statement alleges Social Services did not prop- erly investigate complaints regarding the foster parents W and turned a blind eye to previous reports of abuse. The four-year-old girl died last August after she was brought to a Regina hospital in an unresponsive state. The caregivers — Tam- S my Lynn Goforth and Kevin Eric Goforth — are charged with manslaughter as well as criminal negligence caus- ing bodily harm in relation to the girl’s two-year-old Mayor Michael Fougere at the city’s executive committee meeting Wednesday, where several important reports were approved for the RRI. The project will sister, who was also in their go to a fi nal vote on Jan. 28. ALYSSA MCDONALD/METRO care. RRI close to being fi nalized None of the allega- tions have been proven in court and the government declined to comment. as funding model approved THE CANADIAN PRESS Aboriginal issues by executive committee Premier Wall eyes First Nation funding change Premier Brad Wall says Revitalization initiative. one councillor, Shawn Fraser, Interesting approved fi gures in RRI proposal the government is mov- opposing. Project about more than ing away from funding The proposal now goes to meetings that don’t deliver stadium; positive for a final vote at the Jan. 28 city results on aboriginal issues. neighbourhood: Mayor council meeting. $12 30-year He suggests table talk “This council has vision and should be replaced with a is building our community.... different approach. Our downtown will be the envy “We said to (the Fed- ALYSSA of the rest of Canada,” said May- stadium fee for every event ticket, debt up to $200 million, including eration of Saskatchewan MCDONALD or Michael Fougere. up from $8. $100 million from province. Indian Nations) ... if you will [email protected] Aspects like the design will bring us projects that are change slightly after companies about results in education The Regina Revitalization In- compete for the construction and employment, you’re itiative came one step closer to tender with a fixed $278-mil- 5.785 0.45 actually going to find a becoming a reality on Wednes- lion budget. government willing to day when it was approved by Although discussion was partner with real dollars,” the city’s executive committee. primarily about the stadium, Wall said Wednesday at the The concept design, funding several statements about the legislature. model and request for qualifi- potential positive effects for the acres of former CP land bought percentage point mill rate for $1.5 million. annual increase for 10 years. “But we’re going to be cations for the stadium project, North Central neighbourhood moving away from just as well as additional CP land were voiced, including by Foug- funding these tables where purchases, were all approved ere, who pointed out that “this talk happens and intermin- at the executive meeting, with isn’t just a stadium.” ably talk happens and the problems continue.” The premier suggested #copcalls. RCMP centre there could be more money than what is pulled back if live-tweeting again the federation, tribal coun- cils or other groups — such as post-secondary institu- tions — bring forward The RCMP communications the RCMP receive in a nor- projects to connect First centre is live-tweeting all in- mal shift from all across Sas- Nations people with train- coming calls between 6 and katchewan. ing and jobs. 10 p.m. Thursday night. During their first event, Wall said he has met The live-tweeting event, they tweeted out approxi- with federation Chief Perry known by the hashtag #cop- mately 215 calls, some of Bellegarde and indicated calls, was started in Nov- which included replies, and this is the government’s The RCMP communications centre receives 250 to 300 calls a day and about ember with the purpose of reported 15 false calls or 911 direction. THE CANADIAN PRESS 250,000 annually. Each of the six to 12 dispatchers on shift are responsible raising awareness about the hang-ups. for up to 100 patrol units across the province. ALYSSA MCDONALD/METRO amount and variety of calls ALYSSA MCDONALD/METRO 04 NEWS metronews.ca Thursday, January 17, 2013 Obama announces $500-million strategy to combat gun violence Your move, Congress. military-style assault weapons The president appealed to the country’s founding fathers President’s daughters and high-capacity ammunition the nation’s conscience, but never could have foreseen as- U.S. president bracing NRA ad is magazines just a month after a his announcement promises sault weapons more than two for blowback from gun shooting in Connecticut killed to lead to a bitter fight with a centuries ago, when guns were The comments referred ‘cowardly’: owners, lawmakers 20 school children. powerful pro-gun lobby that intended for the common, to an online video from Obama signed 23 execu- has long warned supporters not individual, defence (often White House the pro-gun lobby that and lobbyists tive actions, which require no that Obama wanted to take stored in community areas) calls Obama an “elitist congressional approval. But away their guns. and rifles fired one laborious hypocrite” for having the president, speaking at the The U.S. has the highest shot at a time. armed Secret Service President Barack Obama on White House, acknowledged rate of gun ownership in the “This is the land of the free The White House says a agents protect his daugh- Wednesday launched the most the most sweeping, effective world, and pro-gun groups and the home of the brave,” National Rifle Association ters at school while sweeping effort to curb U.S. actions must be taken by law- see any move on gun restric- Obama said, acknowledging video that makes refer- voicing skepticism about gun violence in nearly two dec- makers. tions as an offence against the the right to bear arms. “But ence to President Barack installing armed guards in ades, announcing a $500-mil- “To make a real and lasting right guaranteed by the Second we’ve also long realized ... that Obama’s daughters is “re- all schools. lion package that sets up a fight difference ... Congress must act Amendment of the U.S. Con- with rights come responsibil- pugnant and cowardly.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS with Congress over bans on soon,” Obama said. stitution. Critics counter that ities.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posing as American ‘Judgment.’ Vancouver Gun buyer ordered student’s provocative to leave U.S. photo sparks discussion A Canadian man has been sentenced to nearly 16 months in prison for lying in order to buy guns in The words are written all the U.S. the way up the back of the Federal prosecutors woman’s leg. “Matronly” ap- say 35-year-old Jeremy pears at her calf, “proper” at Gertsch, of Oka, Que., was the knee and “whore” at the also sentenced Tuesday very top — words meant to in U.S. District Court reflect how women are often in Bangor, Maine, to perceived based on the length three years of probation. of their skirt. Because he had already The provocative photo, served his sentence await- called Judgment, was posted by ing trial, he was ordered Rosea Lake, a first-year univer- back to Canada and told sity student at Capilano Univer- not to return to the U.S. sity in Vancouver, B.C., on her THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tumblr site in early January. In a matter of days the photo Student Rosea Lake’s photo, titled Twitter troller went viral, with more than Judgment. HANDOUT 280,000 people liking and re- blogging it. culture. Right under the words Celeb harasser She took the photo as part slut and whore on model Ali put on probation of a high-school art project last Mackenzie’s leg are the words year as a way to reassess her as- “asking for it.” A Quebecer who used sumptions and preconceptions Lake says that living in a Twitter to harass celebri- about how women dress. “rough neighbourhood,” she ties including singer Avril “If you see a girl wearing has often wondered if her Lavigne and Montreal something you see as distaste- outfit will result in her being Canadiens forward Max ful, then you automatically “sexually harassed or verbally Pacioretty has been put on discount them as a person and abused.” probation for two years. you don’t give them the oppor- “These are the things I Jean-Francois Cham- tunity to really be somebody in think about, and I don’t think pagne has also been your eyes,” said Lake, 18. “And women ... should have to worry sentenced to 140 hours of that’s really shameful.” about ‘Am I going to be raped community service. She says the image is also because of what I am wearing THE CANADIAN PRESS meant to be a response to rape today?’” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Misdiagnoses DNA. Behaviour of Breast-screening bullying victims linked apps a bust: Study to genes, study suggests Smartphone apps that analyze photos of moles to assess whether they might be potentially The episodes of bullying that interactions they enjoy with deadly melanoma or mar early grade-school years their peers. benign lesions vary widely for hundreds of children may The findings were pub- in accuracy, say research- be a partial result of the vic- lished on the website of the ers, who warn patients France, Mali in search of lifeline tim’s DNA, a new study sug- journal Child Development. against using them for gested Wednesday. Michel Boivin, lead re- diagnosis. The behaviours that most searcher and psychology pro- A study of four such Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird walks with Traoré Ami Diallo, Mali’s ambassador to Canada. France’s Am- often lead to exclusion and fessor at Université Laval, said applications found they bassador Philippe Zeller told The Canadian Press his country is grateful for Canada’s contribution of a military victimization in the classroom a child’s genes will often dic- incorrectly classified transport plane to the Mali mission, but says money is needed to support the international force, which will or schoolyard have their roots tate the way they act, which at least 30 per cent of eventually be buttressed by 2,500 French troops. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has ruled out any Canadian in a student’s genes, the study will in turn shape their experi- melanomas as being of no combat contribution, saying that’s not how he interprets the UN resolution urging support of Mali. said, arguing that children’s ences both in and out of the concern. THE CANADIAN PRESS ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS genetic makeup has a direct classroom. impact on the quality of the THE CANADIAN PRESS metronews.ca BUSINESS 05 Thursday, January 17, 2013 Cirque du soleil to lay Employment. Those with disabilities off 400 staff, most at HQ overlooked, panel finds Many companies struggling to find the right employees Blame the loonie. lion for each cent the currency are overlooking a talented Cirque says they had gains against the U.S. dollar. pool of disabled workers, a The layoffs will begin by the government-commissioned a record year, but no end of this month and continue panel has found. profit due in part to until the end of March. The group found that al- Cirque employs about 5,000 most 800,000 people with dis- production costs people worldwide, including abilities can work in Canada 2,000 in Montreal. and almost half of them have It still has 19 productions post-secondary education. being presented worldwide and Previous reports have The strong Canadian dollar, sur- is currently working on a new found that even the disabled ging production costs and the show that will open in May in who have jobs are often dra- worldwide economic downturn Las Vegas. matically underemployed. are all being blamed by Cirque Another touring production The panel of private-sector du soleil for its decision to lay that will open in the spring of employers was assembled by off 400 employees. 2014 in Montreal is also in the the federal government last Most of the layoffs will be works. summer and was asked to fig- at the artistic giant’s Montreal Cirque’s performances have ure out how to better match headquarters. played to an estimated 15 mil- job openings with the skills Company spokeswoman lion people since it was found- of workers with disabilities. Renée-Claude Ménard moved ed by street performer Guy La- Their report says that to dispel speculation the Cirque liberté in 1984. when companies hire people is flailing. It has undertaken several with disabilities, no special “The first thing to say is years of unprecedented expan- accommodation is required that the circus is not in crisis,” sion amid the world economic in 57 per cent of cases. When Ménard told a news confer- meltdown in 2008 but has been arrangements are necessary, ence Wednesday. “Let’s get that forced to close four shows in the average cost to the com- straight. the last couple of years. pany is just $500. “We had a record year in Zed, which was playing to The panel found a terms of tickets sold. We sold solid audiences at Tokyo Disney, willingness to hire workers more than 14 million tickets ran from 2008 to 2011, when it Performers from Cirque du soleil perform onstage during the 84th annual Academy Awards last year in Hollywood. with disabilities, but that this year. We had a record year was retired in the aftermath Despite a boom year in revenue, Cirque says it will lay off workers due to a lack of profits. KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES more education and train- for total revenue, with more of an earthquake and tsunami ing is needed. Mental-health than $1 billion.” that hit Japan. The popular Sal- 2010 in Las Vegas and wound end its run in Los Angeles on internationally. Box Office Mojo disabilities were particu- Despite that, Cirque didn’t timbanco, which originally ran up last August. Zaia, Cirque’s Saturday, though there are re- reports Cirque du soleil: Worlds larly problematic, because make money, Ménard said. from 1992 to 2006, ended last first resident show in Asia, ran ports Cirque plans to take the Away has made more than employees have to admit to She said the powerful loonie year after a new tour. from 2008 until last year and show on tour. $23 million worldwide since it such disabilities to get special hit Cirque hard in that its profit Viva Elvis, which got mixed recorded lacklustre attendance. Cirque’s 3D movie is report- opened Dec. 21. accommodation. is affected by nearly $3 mil- reviews, ran from February A fifth show, Iris, is due to edly doing respectable business THE CANADIAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS Market Minute Boeing 787s grounded to check safety DOLLAR 101.41¢ (-0.21¢) The FAA has grounded the the Dreamliner, which was speed production up. Boeing 787 Dreamliner pend- supposed to set a new stan- The 787s are a key part of TSX ing a safety check of the dard for jet travel but has Air Canada’s strategy to grow 12,608.82 (-33.15) plane’s lithium batteries. been beset for more than a its capacity and profitability. For the second time in two week by one mishap after The Montreal-based carrier weeks, a smoking or burning another. The two episodes in- plans to transfer Boeing 767 OIL battery has been tied to an volving batteries appear to be and Airbus A319 planes to a $94.24 US (+96¢) emergency aboard a 787. the most worrisome yet. new low-cost airline, Rouge. Before the FAA’s an- So far, no one has sug- On Wednesday, Japan’s All nouncement Wednesday, gested that the plane’s funda- Nippon Airways said pilots GOLD almost half of the 787s that mental design can’t be fixed. smelled something burning $1,683.20 US (-70¢) have been delivered had been But it’s unclear how much and received a message warn- grounded for safety checks. will need to be changed. The ing of battery problems while And the latest incident raises remedy could range from flying to Tokyo. They made Natural gas: $3.44 US (-2¢) the risk that the jet’s electric- relatively easy improvements an emergency landing and Dow Jones: 13,511.23 (-23.66) al problems are more danger- to more extensive changes passengers evacuated using Passengers leave All Nippon Airways’ Boeing 787 after it made an emergency ous than previously thought. that could delay deliveries inflatable slides. landing at Takamatsu airport in Japan, Wednesday. KYODO NEWS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It’s a stunning setback for just as Boeing is trying to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Charge it Brand Finance card system to work using The list released Wednes- Joel Hunter the smartphone maker’s day, which analyzed brand Visa OKs RIM’s Banks rank as encrypted mobile-payment performance of Canadian phone-payment technology, which securely Canada’s most companies, named the To- links BlackBerrys to bank ronto-Dominion Bank as the Real Service, technology accounts and credit cards. valuable brands most valuable brand with a Real Solutions, The announcement worth of $10.4 billion. BlackBerry users will soon be makes RIM a prominent Canadian banks continue It credited TD Bank’s Real Estate able to charge purchases at player in the growing mar- to come out on top as the work to establish itself in the cash register to their Visa ket for mobile payments. country’s most valuable the U.S. market for its surge. cards using the company’s RIM’s technology lets brands while energy and RBC, Scotiabank, Bank of 537.8891 new smartphone models. customers use their smart- resource companies saw a Montreal and Bell rounded Research In Motion said phones like bank cards at a notable decline in the last out the top five, growing 19 Tuesday that Visa has given sales terminal. year, according to Brand per cent in value year over [email protected] the green light for its credit- THE CANADIAN PRESS Finance Canada. year. THE CANADIAN PRESS @joelhhunter #reginarealestate ® 06 VOICES metronews.ca Thursday, January 17, 2013 GET YOUR FLU A storm is a-brewin’ SHOT, JACKASS Flu season might seem like it’s Man-made weather HE almost come and gone, but SAYS... John Mazerolle there’s still time to get a flu shot, Artificial tornado metronews.ca you big jerk. Yeah, you heard me. fights fires indoors I’m insulting those of you who haven’t received your flu shots yet — you doofuses or, if you It’s famous worldwide for prefer, doofii — because I figure if you haven’t been jabbed yet, making robust Mercedes you’re probably not going to get the late-but-still-effective poke cars, and now German due only to the gentle prodding of health-care providers. What automobile producer Daim- you need is someone to needle you. ler seems adept at making So get a flu shot, jackass. weather. The Mercedes- And make no mistake: By not getting a flu shot you’re being a Benz Museum in Stuttgart jackass — a risk-taking, disease-spreading, conspiracy-minded (or houses “the world’s strong- maybe just lazy) jackass. est artificially generated Here’s what I think: If you tornado.” The 34.4-metre- don’t get your flu shot, maybe high cyclone serves to elim- Take one for the team you’re not that bright. Maybe inate smoke in the event of you’re the type of person who a fire. METRO Here’s what I think: snickers when they read that If you don’t get your something was published in Artificial tornadoes flu shot, maybe you’re the Annals of Family Medicine. Or maybe you base your not that bright. Maybe Energy firm could health decisions on a YouTube you’re the type of video of a 1993 news report whip up a storm person who snickers showing that a lone person in Iowa once got sick from a flu Apart from quelling fires, when they read that shot, which always makes me man-made tornadoes something was wonder what you think of, you could be used in producing published in the Annals know, food — what with the energy. Canadian firm choking and the poisoning and AVEtec Energy Corporation of Family Medicine. the parasites. has developed a four-metre- Or maybe you’re the sort diameter prototype that of person who reads this TMZ tweet — “Hugh Jackman (says) is designed to produce a flu shots don’t work. Center for disease control says otherwise. 40-metre-high cyclone. Which side do you believe?” — and hasn’t answered by the time The vortex would capture they’ve read “Jackman.” mechanical energy pro- Or maybe you just haven’t gotten a flu shot because you’re a duced when heat is carried sensible person who hasn’t gotten around to it. Fine. Then here’s upward by convection in why you need to get it: the atmosphere. METRO (cid:115)(cid:250) (cid:52)(cid:72)(cid:69)(cid:250)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:250)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:250)(cid:72)(cid:69)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:250)Estimates this year are that it cuts your risk in half. That means I’m 50 per cent less dangerous than Faking it you are and 3,000 per cent more intelligent. (cid:115)(cid:250) (cid:52)(cid:72)(cid:69)(cid:250)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:250)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:250)(cid:73)(cid:83)(cid:250)(cid:78)(cid:69)(cid:67)(cid:69)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:65)(cid:82)(cid:89)(cid:14) You can’t get by just with hand- Man creates clouds washing — not in a cruel, unsanitary world where many public bathrooms still have that towel-imitating cloth-thing for art’s sake that dangles down from a dispenser daring you to touch it. Most people just frown at it, their hands dripping, wonder- Artificial weather phenom- ing what heinous acts might have been performed on it, ena has also entered the only to leave it there, filthy, yet probably touched only 15 realm of the art world. times, tops, since it was installed in 1973. Dutch artist Bernd- (cid:115)(cid:250) (cid:52)(cid:72)(cid:69)(cid:250)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:250)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:250)(cid:83)(cid:65)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:83)(cid:250)(cid:76)(cid:73)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:83)(cid:14) Thousands — tens of thousands naut Smilde has created — of people die on average every year in North America miniature clouds using a because of the flu, and like most illnesses, it’s particularly smoke machine, combined harsh on our most vulnerable, including our humour col- with indoor moisture and umnists, who don’t get paid if they’re too sick to go to work. dramatic lighting to create So I’m not trying to be holier-than-thou. I’m trying to drive an indoor cloud effect. home that I don’t want the old, the young and infirm to get sick Smilde has described it or worse, because they caught the flu from selfish, crazy you. In as a “cartoon-like visualiza- other words, I only complain because I care about you, want the tion of bad luck.” METRO best for you and, yes, maybe even love you. DAIMLER AG/CONTRIBUTED You jackass. Twitter Register at metropolitanpanel.ca @Just_A_Mark: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) in Canada we’re free to protest and take the quick poll #yqr to the woman who gets on and say what we want. It’s a the 13 bus at Rae and Sunset the RIGHT. #Legal Will you be applying for a one-way trip to same time as me. You are gor- geous. That is all. Mars in 2023 with the Mars One project? @Frosty_D: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) Not sure what its like where you 0% @fbiagent4hire: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) are in #yqr, but this light snowfall ALYREESA,D IY’V GEO T 40% Just read via twitter some people in the sun looks like Christmas MY “MARS OR MAYBE, IF suggesting a new stadium + the morning in a movie. 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Musician talks the creative process, touring and her S Saskatchewan roots BACKSTAGE PASS C Jeff Mackey [email protected] For Canadian musician Han- E nah Georgas, the creative process brings with it certain therapeutic benefits. “It just always ends up that something I am work- N ing out for myself comes out (when I write). It is not like a rule on how I write but it just comes up naturally,” said Georgas. Each song on her self- E titled album, released in Oc- tober, seems to have a very personal story encapsulated within it. “I focused on making that record in a really concen- trated period of time,” said Georgas. “I started in the winter and I finished in the summer and all those songs are kind of a result of what was going on with me at that time.” On the album are songs like Ode to Mom, which is Hannah Georgas will be playing the Exchange in Regina on Jan. 25. CONTRIBUTED/FRESHLY PRESSED PR an open letter to her mother after the passing of Georgas’ self and I just worked,” said stuff,” said Georgas. up having like 15 members amazing, I wouldn’t trade father, and Somebody, which Georgas. “He is also a genius when of my family coming out to that for the world.” delves into the complex “It is amazing how much it comes to programming see me at each show I play “But there are other and often painful realm of work you can get done with- drums and getting differ- there.” things about being away romantic feelings towards out any distractions, I want ent electronic sounds with Touring is nothing new from home for long periods friends. to do something like that synths and loops.” for Georgas, who is now of time that are hard,” said According to Georgas, a again — except maybe Georgas, who is origin- making the rounds on her Georgas, who expressed video for the Somebody has somewhere hot.” ally from Newmarket, Ont. third full-length album, a love for her Vancouver been filmed and will be re- Instrumentally comple- but has been based out of but she says she has mixed apartment and a displeas- leased in the next couple of menting the lyrics on this Vancouver throughout her feelings with regards to the ure about the difficulties of weeks. album is a more electronic music career, also boasts open road. keeping active and healthy For Georgas the key to influence to Georgas’ sound. some bona fide Saskatch- I have a love/hate rela- while touring. accessing her creativity is This is largely the work ewan roots. tionship with the road,” Georgas will be start- through eliminating distrac- of Graham Walsh, from ex- “My mom was actually said Georgas. “I think its ing her tour across Can- tions. perimental electronic band born in Saskatoon, so I have great to be able to perform ada on Jan. 17 in Kelowna, She did much of the work Holy F—, who produced the memories of being out there music and actually see the B.C. She will then be mak- for this album in a cabin on album. and visiting when I was a people that are listening ing her way east, playing Salt Spring Island in B.C. “I always go to him to find kid and being out on my to what you do and it is so Amigo’s in Saskatoon on “I had no Internet, no cell new music because he is al- mom’s and family’s farm,” rewarding to have people Jan. 24 and the Exchange reception, I was there by my- ways listening to really great said Georgas. “I always end go to your shows. That is in Regina Jan. 25. NEED A RIDE? Read every Wednesday. 08 SCENE metronews.ca Thursday, January 17, 2013 Boys beware, the Girls are back in town HBO show. Lena Dunham speaks about Quoted keeping her creative “She is so in touch with her core that it’s like, yes, process clear of the sometimes she goes off to France without notice, expectations of fans but that’s because she’s in touch with the part of and the network herself that isn’t happy where she is.” Lena Dunham Speaking about the preppy art gallery employee on Girls MEREDITH ENGEL “You want to satisfy everyone does think that one of her Metro World News but also keep yourself safe girls has herself figured out a from that kind of constant bit more than the others. We’re sitting across from Lena scrutiny.” “It’s funny, I used to think Dunham, comparing chipped But she did appreciate the it was Marnie — that seemed manicures. In that moment, positive notes she received like the obvious answer,” it’s almost as if she’s just your from viewers. Dunham says of the preppy average 26-year-old. But Dun- “It’s nice to know which art gallery employee. ham — the creator, director, characters people respond to, “But I’m gonna say some- executive producer, writer and that people are excited thing crazy, which is that in and star of HBO’s wildly suc- about the Hannah/Adam re- some ways I think Jessa is, cessful Girls — is anything lationship, and I wanted to like, the most self-actualized but. push that forward,” she says. person. She is so in touch Last season, critics and “But I felt lucky that I was with her core that it’s like, viewers alike were smitten still able to stay isolated and yes, sometimes she goes off with Dunham’s fresh take just keep moving.” to France without notice, but on the lives of 20-somethings And keep the show mov- that’s because she’s in touch in New York City. As she put ing she does. with the part of herself that together Season 2, which is This season brings a new isn’t happy where she is.” now airing, Dunham says she boyfriend for Hannah and Wherever the characters wasn’t fazed by everyone’s Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirke star in the smash hit series Girls on HBO. JESSICA MIGLIO new work problems for Mar- find themselves this season, expectations. nie, plus life adjustments for viewers can expect at least “I know that would be an “I really wanted to also to push for it creatively.” out. It’s hard, obviously — all the recently wed Jessa and one thing: envelope-pushing. easy emotion to get in touch not start using Twitter or fan Inside her creative bubble, the sort of, like, sociopolitical newly de-virginized Shos- Says Dunham, with if you let it run wild, but reaction to sculpt the story. Dunham can steer clear of debate around it gets exhaust- hanna. “I think we actually got I really wanted to keep the You want to keep everyone what people are saying about ing,” she says, acknowledging And though the charac- a little more experimental environment safe for every- engaged and give them what the show. somewhat the criticism about ters are in a constant state of because we kind of felt like, one on set,” she says. they came for, but you need “I tried to keep a lot of it a lack of diversity in the cast. 20-something flux, Dunham let’s push this even further.” Interview. The ongoing balancing act of Andrew Rannell HBO’s star of Girls and NBC’s New Normal, and my instinct The New Normal Andrew Ran- is always to curse, which nells speaks to Metro about (on Girls) was completely Frank Ocean. switching gears between two acceptable, and not at NBC. shows, tough bosses and dish- I remember improvising GETTY IMAGES es on working on the shows. something — I was like ‘Well, that’s f—ed,’ and then they Ocean among You’re on Girls as well as looked at me like, “Andrew, NBC’s The New Normal. you can’t.” GLAAD Media Totally different shows. ... Girls could not be more dif- Who is the tougher boss: nominees ferent and so exciting. Lena Dunham, or New Nor- mal director Ryan Murphy? And Girls is your first show? I wouldn’t say either of them GLAAD has named the film I mean, truth be told, I did are tough. They’re actually Cloud Atlas, AMC’s reality one episode of Sex and the really similar in a lot of ways. show Small Town Security, City as a headless stripper. It They both have really clear and the New Yorker maga- was when Charlotte started visions of what they really zine among its nominees having sex with Harry and want, which is awesome to for the 24th Annual GLAAD Mario Cantone takes work with. Theatrically, with Media Awards. Charlotte to a gay bar my experience, you can The Gay & Lesbian Alli- and the scene starts, work with people who are ance Against Defamation like, on a naked torso kind of trying to figure it announced on Wednesday and it’s mine. But I out and that gets a little 120 nominees in English-lan- don’t really count that tedious because then guage categories and 33 nom- because Girls was the you feel like you’re inees in Spanish-language first time I actually just spit-balling categories. got to speak on forever. But Lena Other nominees include television. 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She will ing of a life in stay true to her idiosyncratic New York City. style, not giving in to pre-deter- mined trends but making her STYLISH PAIR OF SHOES You’ve own. So in that sense, there’s a worked similarity. with both ROMINA MCGUINNESS/METRO The secret to ROMINA neon. I don’t know if I love it. MCGUINNESS The blush was really strong nailing Carrie’s [email protected] and bright and if you didn’t hair: a wig On putting the have the skin tone to pull it off, it was way too heavy. But, makeup on … and if you put a piece of paper “I naturally have straight on your cheek to create that hair, which takes about two taking it off hard, drastic line, that look hours to curl, so it’s faster can be fun.” for me to wear a wig. Carrie “I don’t really wear makeup Her beauty mantra wears a lot of updos on the anymore. I kind of stopped show, so we’ve been able to because when I’m working, I use a lot of fun accessories, have it on for up to 15 hours “Look after your eyebrows! I banana clips and pins.” a day. So on the weekends or was given an eyebrow brush before work, I only put on on a job once that I still If she could raid moisturizer.” use to this day. My friends make fun of me, but I love one SATC closet ’80s makeup — it. When I was younger my she’d choose… mother taught me how to yay or nay? apply blush. Get it wrong and there’ll be way too much “Carrie’s. I loved the skirts. “Eighties makeup was just a colour and you’ll just look She has a wild sense of bunch of colours and crazy warm. Using bronzer is best.” style.” Eric Daman is also known for styling the cast of Gossip Girl. PROVIDED Take a peek inside of AnnaSophia’s makeup bag L’Occitane L’Oreal Lavanila Bare Minerals Pangea Rveolsvee t4 hRaeninde s Organics Mstaanscda braru asnhd TPhuere H Veaanltihllya Roller Ball “I doOnr’itg liinkea lw SePaFr i1n5g F mouankeduapti oonn cream “This one is $19, lavanila.com my face. 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