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TODAY IN HISTORY
On this date:
In 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the Catholic dogma of the Im
maculate Conception, which holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus,
was free of original sin from the moment of her own conception.
In 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress
declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on
Pearl Harbor.
In 1980, John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York
City apartment building by an apparently deranged fan.
In 1982, a man demanding an end to nuclear weapons held
the Washington Monument hostage, threatening to blow it up
with explosives he claimed were inside a van. (After a 10-hour
standoff, Norman D. Mayer was shot dead by police; it turned
out there were no explosives.)
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail
S. Gorbachev signed a treaty at the White House calling for
destruction of intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
In 1992, Americans got to see live television coverage of U.S.
troops landing on the beaches of Somalia as Operation Re
store Hope began (because of the time difference, it was early
Dec. 9 in Somalia).
In 1998, struggling to stave off impeachment, President Bill
Clinton’s defenders forcefully pleaded his case before the
House Judiciary Committee.
BIRTHDAYS
Flutist James Galway is 79.
Singer Jerry Butler is 79.
Pop musician Bobby Elliott
(The Hollies) is 77. Actress
Mary Woronov is 75. Ac
tor John Rubinstein is 72.
Actress Kim Basinger is
65. Rock musician War
ren Cuccurullo is 62. Rock
musician Phil Collen (Def
Leppard) is 61. Country
singer Marty Raybon is 59.
Political commentator
Ann Coulter is 57. Rock
musician Marty Friedman
is 56. ActorWendell Pierce
is 55. Actress Teri Hatcher
is 54. Rapper Bushwick
Bill (The Geto Boys) is 52.
Actor Matthew Laborteaux
is 52. Rock musician Ryan
Newell (Sister Hazel) is 46.
Actor Dominic Monaghan
is 42. Actor Ian Somerhal-
der is 40. Actress Hannah
Ware is 36. Christian rock
musician Jen Ledger (Skil
let) is 29. Actress Wallis
Currie-Wood is 27. Actress
AnnaSophia Robb is 25.
WEATHER
Just two days after being named host of
the Academy Awards, Kevin Hart stepped
down following an outcry over past homo-
phobic tweets by the comedian.
Capping a swift and dramatic fallout, Hart
wrote on Twitter just after midnight Thurs
day that he was withdrawing as Oscars host
because he didn’t want to be a distraction. “I
sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ commu
nity for my insensitive words from my past, ”
wrote Hart.
Hart, who is in Australia for a comedy
tour, also tweeted Friday morning: “The
ultimate measure of a man is not where he
stands in moments of comfort and conve
nience, but where he stands at times of chal
lenge and controversy. Martin Luther King,
Jr.”
Earlier Thursday evening, the come
dian had refused to apologize for tweets
that resurfaced after he was announced as
Oscars host on Tuesday. In a video on Ins-
tagram, Hart said the Academy of Motion
Pictures Arts and Sciences gave him an ulti
matum: apologize or “we’re going to have to
move on and find another host.”
“I chose to pass on the apology,” Hart said.
“The reason why I passed is because I’ve
addressed this several times.”
The film academy didn’t respond to mes
sages Thursday evening.
Hart has since deleted some of the anti
gay tweets, mostly dated from 2009-2011.
But they had already been screen-captured
and been shared online. In 2011, he wrote in
a since-deleted tweet: “Yo if my son comes
home & try’s 2 play with my daughters doll
house I’m going 2 break it over his head &
say n my voice ‘stop that’s gay.’”
In an earlier post Thursday, Hart wrote
on Instagram that critics should “stop being
negative” about his earlier anti-gay remarks.
“I’m almost 40 years old. If you don’t
believe that people change, grow, evolve? I
don’t know what to tell you,” said Hart, who
added, in all-caps: “I love everybody.”
Hart’s attitudes about homosexuality were
also a well-known part of his stand-up act. In
the 2010 special “Seriously Funny,” he said
“one of my biggest fears is my son growing
up and being gay.”
“Keep in mind, I’m not homophobic, I
have nothing against gay people, do what
you want to do, but me, being a heterosexual
male, if I can prevent my son from being
gay, I will,” Hart said.
GLAAD, the advocacy group for LGBTQ
rights, said Thursday that it reached out
to Oscars broadcaster ABC, the Academy
of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and
Hart’s management to “discuss Kevin’s anti-
LGBTQ rhetoric and record.”
Aniston: Netflix ‘Friends’ deal
a testament to show’s value
Jennifer Aniston calls it “amazing” that
“Friends” still has an audience big enough
to prompt multi-million dollar business deals
to keep it from disappearing on Netflix.
“I find it amazing that it’s continued to
have such love and such an audience and
such an appetite for it,” Aniston told The
Associated Press Thursday at the premiere
of her Netflix film “Dumplin’.”
After an outcry from fans, Netflix
announced earlier in the week that it was
keeping the adventures of Ross, Rachel,
Phoebe and Joey available to subscribers
through 2019 — at a reported $100 million
price tag to the streaming service.
“I think it says a lot about the show. Espe
cially since it takes place at a time where
it’s so different from now. You know, people
actually spoke to each other and hung out
with each other and talked,” Aniston said.
WarnerMedia owns the show, which aired
on NBC for ten years ending in 2004. It won
six Emmy Awards, including a best comedy
actress Emmy for Aniston.
Netflix paid more than triple the $30 mil
lion a year it had been paying for “Friends,”
The New York Times reported earlier this
week, citing two unidentified people with
direct knowledge of the deal
“Friends” could soon appear more places
online. The Times said nothing in the Netflix
deal prevented the show from appearing on
a streaming service AT&T plans to launch in
2020.
Associated Press
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HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
ARIES (March 21 -April 19).
You’re not out to change the
world today; you just want to
find a better way to live within
it. Mostly this has to do with
learning what’s there and ask
ing others how they’re doing it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You
don’t always want attention or
people around you. But when
you do feel like company, the
quickest way to becoming
more attractive is to get happy.
So how are you going to get
happy?
GEMINI (May 21-June21). Just
because one person is serving
another doesn’t mean that the
person is any less valued than
the other. In fact, it takes a big
heart and a solidly developed
sense of self to serve others
well.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Chemistry, mutual admiration
and shared humor are among
the many things that contribute
to the longevity and health of a
relationship. However, nothing
contributes more today than
forgiveness.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
don’t always get the credit for
what you do. Maybe that’s a
good thing today. If you have
too much praise heaped on
you, you’ll attract jealousy and
high expectations for next time
— two pressures you don’t
need.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You’ve been taught that it’s im
polite to express boredom, and
over time this has caused you
to be oblivious to the symp
toms. Wake up to boredom
now. Boredom is a sign that
you’re not in the right place. It’s
a sign to move on.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). The
playfulness that’s so cute in
animals (including the human
animal) is also very necessary;
it gets the creature ready for
life. Playing is often a simula
tion, a chance to hone some
skills to prepare for the chal
lenges to come.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Whether something is offen
sive or not depends on many
factors including (but not
limited to) context, Zeitgeist,
social mores and, most impor
tantly, who is the messenger.
Know what story is yours and
is not yours to tell.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Going with theflowjust
isn’t appropriate in every situ
ation. As your own advocate,
you’ll need to speak up today
about what you need and what
you don’t understand. Get
the knowledge and resources
you’re due.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
There’s a significant event in
the future that seems to be
reaching back through time to
poke you. This poke is a signal
to heed. The event may seem
very far off indeed, but if you
wait until it’s not, it will be too
late.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
You don’t have to overthink
your part in the timing of
things. To be prompt will be
enough. Promptitude will keep
you within the boundary of
good manners, fine reputation,
dutiful service and bountiful
fortunes.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
Among your many rights is the
right to be left alone. This you
desire not out of anti-social
instincts but out of a sincere
need for the peace and soli
tude that will engender a re
connection with the things that
make you who you are.