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TODAY IN HISTORY
On this date:
In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of
the territory was transferred from France to the United States.
In 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from
the Union as all 169 delegates to a special convention in
Charleston voted in favor of separation.
In 1924, Adolf Hitler was released from prison after serving
nine months for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
In 1963, the Berlin Wall was opened for the first time to West
Berliners, who were allowed one-day visits to relatives in the
Eastern sector for the holidays.
In 1987, more than 4,300 people were killed when the Dona
Paz, a Philippine passenger ship, collided with the tanker Vec
tor off Mindoro island.
In 1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause,
sending troops into Panama to topple the government of Gen.
Manuel Noriega.
In 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that homosexual
couples were entitled to the same benefits and protections as
wedded couples of the opposite sex.
In 2005, a federal judge ruled that “intelligent design” could
not be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public
school district, delivering a stinging attack on the Dover Area
School Board.
BIRTHDAYS
Original Mouseketeer
Tommy Cole (TV: “The
Mickey Mouse Club”) is
77. Rhythm and blues
singer-musician Walter
“Wolfman” Washington is
75. Rock musician-music
producer Bobby Colomby
is 74. Rock musician Peter
Criss is 73. Agriculture
Secretary Sonny Perdue is
72. Psychic/illusionist Uri
Geller is 72. Producer Dick
Wolf (“Law & Order”) is 72.
Rock musician Alan Par
sons is 70. Actress Jenny
Agutter is 66. Actor Mi
chael Badalucco is 64. Ac
tress Blanche Baker is 62.
Rock singer Billy Bragg is
61. Actor Joel Gretsch is
55. Country singer Krisiy-
ler is 54. Rock singer Chris
Robinson is 52. Actress
Nicole deBoer is 48. Movie
director Todd Phillips is
48. Singer David Cook
(“American Idol”) is 36.
Singer JoJo is 28. Actor
Colin Woodell is 27.
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‘Poppins’ sequel role a dream
Working on “Mary Poppins Returns” put
Lin-Manuel Miranda in a comfort zone, sort
of.
The theater actor, composer and creator
of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” knew
the film’s director, Rob Marshall, from
such stage and screen credits as “Cabaret”
and “Chicago.” And he knew the work of
the composers, Marc Shaiman and Scott
Wittman of “Hairspray” fame.
But there was one thing that didn’t come
naturally to Miranda, even if he’s known as a
musical theater pioneer — the choreography.
“I think the dancing was the most chal
lenging aspect for me, because if you watch
‘Hamilton’ carefully, there’s a lot of incred
ible dancing in there, Hamilton does almost
none of it. He’s standing and he’s got a lot of
words to say,” Miranda said.
The learning curve was made a little eas
ier thanks to the film’s generous nine-week
rehearsal period.
“What happens when you do that with the
film company is, they become a company.
We were a company of actors together by
the time we were starting this journey,” he
said. “We all rehearsed together and that
was formidable and made me feel at home.”
In the new film, Miranda plays Jack the
lamp lighter opposite Emily Blunt’s Mary
Poppins. This time around he got to bring a
completely different character to the table,
one that’s opposite from his stern and hard-
charging Alexander Hamilton.
“Hamilton’s pretty different from Jack
the lamp lighter. Hamilton’s got no child
like innocence, whatsoever,” Miranda said.
Jack, on the other hand, is “sort of child
like — he’s got this sense of wonder. He
sort of never lost that.”
Colbert jokingly lays claim
to $120 million severance
denied to ex-CBS boss
Stephen Colbert is laying claim to the $120
million in severance that CBS’ board of direc
tors said wouldn’t be paid to ousted former
CEO Leslie Moonves — at least half of it.
The late-night host joked, “the other half
goes to Tom Selleck’s mustache.”
Colbert didn’t avoid his network’s big news
in Tuesday-night’s monologue. Like many at
CBS, Colbert owes his job to Moonves, who
was forced out due to sexual misconduct
allegations. CBS is denying him severance
after an investigation backed up many of
the charges and accused Moonves of trying
to thwart the probe. Moonves has said the
relationships he was involved in were con
sensual and denied misleading investigators.
Colbert jokingly wondered how Moonves
thought he could get away with blocking a
probe, given the network’s penchant for
crime procedurals.
“Every show he’s greenlit for the last 20
years was about investigations,” he said.
Colbert wondered what future job might
be available to a famous TV billionaire with
sexual assault allegations. He paused, obvi
ously thinking of President Donald Trump.
“He’d still be better,” he said.
In Zimbabwe, Gurira joins
anti-poaching campaign
“Black Panther” and “The Walking
Dead” star Danai Gurira has traveled to
Zimbabwe to join a campaign aimed at pro
tecting rhinos from poachers.
The WildAid conservation group says
Gurira, who mostly grew up in Zimbabwe,
is participating in a publicity campaign
called “Poaching Steals From Us All” that
will run across Africa.
Gurira appears in an anti-poaching video
that opens with a scene from the “Black
Panther” movie in which her character,
Okoye, steps in front of a charging rhino
that abruptly stops and licks her cheek.
“We’re losing our heritage and an impor
tant attraction for our tourism industry,”
Gurira says. She urges people to report
wildlife crime.
China and Vietnam have also been tar
geted in campaigns to reduce demand for
rhino horn. Some consumers believe the
horn can cure illnesses.
Associated Press
AROUND TOWN
TODAY
Set Free Shoe Drive. 9 a.m. 123 Green St., 123
Green St., Gainesville. 619-886-9344/678-
598-7224, artgallegos28@hotmail.com. Free.
Baby Play Day. 10:15-11:45 a.m. Sharon Forks
Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming.
Holiday Craft Day. 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Flail
County Library System, Murrayville Branch,
4796 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville.
770-532-3311, ext. 171, bhood@hallcountyli-
brary.org. Free.
Ready to Read Pre-K Storytime. 10:30-11:30
a.m. Winder Public Library, 189 Bellview St.,
Winder.
Winter Wonderland Tours. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2912 Paradise Valley Road, Cleveland. 706-
348-7279. $29.
Career Coach Visits Banks County Library.
12:30-4 p.m. Banks County Library, 226 Ga.
51 S, Plomer. 770-538-2727, mtu7@gmrc.
ga.gov. Free.
Dawson Satellite Library Crafternoon. 1 -4:30
p.m. 145 Liberty Lane, Dawsonville.
iKnit Crochet & Knitting Club. 1 -4 p.m. North
Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone Road. Suite
B, Gainesville.
BYOT: Bring Your Own Technology. 1:30-5 p.m.
Lumpkin County Library, 342 Courthouse Hill,
Dahlonega.
Spout Springs Writing Group. 2-4 p.m. Hall
County Library System, Spout Springs
Branch, 6488 Spout Springs Road, Flowery
Branch. 770-316-6696, lunarmarine@charter.
net. Free.
Book Sleuths. 2-3 p.m. Post Road Library,
5010 Post Road, Cumming.
Tween Book Club. 2-3 p.m. Gainesville Branch,
Gainesville.
Writer’s Workshop. 2-4 p.m. Spout Springs
Branch Library, 6488 Spout Springs Road,
Flowery Branch.
LEGO® Club. 4-5 p.m. Hampton Park Library,
5345 Settingdown Road, Cumming.
Play in the Clay Third Thursday. 4:30-6 p.m.
Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE,
Gainesville.
Book of the Month Club for Kids. 5-6 p.m. Sha
ron Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road,
Cumming.
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Magical Nights of Lights. 5-10 p.m. Lanier Is
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770-945-8787. $43 - $260.
Murrayville Library Crafty Stitchers Quilting
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Bridge Road, Gainesville. 770-532-3311, ext.
171, bhood@hallcountylibrary.org. Free.
Crafty Stitchers. 5:30-8 p.m. Murrayville Meet
ing Room, Gainesville.
Christmas Party with Special Guest Santa. 5:30-
to 6:45 p.m. Maysville Public Library, 9247
Gillsville Road, Maysville.
Flowery Branch City Council meeting. 6 p.m.
Flowery Branch new City Hall, 5270 Railroad
Ave., Flowery Branch. 770-967-6371, me-
lissa@flowerybranchga.org.
Holiday Pajama Storytime. 6-6:45 p.m. Lump
kin County Library, 342 Courthouse Hill,
Dahlonega.
Winter Solstice Storytime. 6:30-7:15 p.m.
Cumming Library, 585 Dahlonega St., Cum
ming.
Zumba @ the library. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Blacks-
hear Place Branch Library, 2927 Atlanta High
way, Gainesville.
Bingo. 7-9:30 p.m. American Legion Post 7,
2343 Riverside Drive, Gainesville. 678-617-
2774, jbdillonl @gmail.com.
Cumming Playhouse Singers 2018.8 p.m. Cum-
minq Playhouse, 101 School St., Cumming.
$15-$20.
Paint & Sip with Laura Mae. 8-10 p.m. The
Crimson Moon, 24 N Park St., Dahlonega.
The Andrew’s Dueling Pianos Show. 8:30 to
11:30 p.m. 37 Main Rock Cafe, 212 Spring St.
SE, Gainesville. 678-696-8829, Customer_
Care@37main.com. Free.
Downtown Drafts Christmas PJ Party. Down
town Drafts, 115 Bradford St. SE, Buford.
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
ARIES (March 21 -April 19).
Each and every effort you
make is a brick in the monu
ment of your reputation. You
don’t feel pressured by this
(because by now the people
around you know you pretty
well), but you do take the re
sponsibility seriously.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Things may not be what they
seem, but there are certain
widely accepted measures of
proof that would be hard for
reasonable people to deny.
This is the stuff you’ll be gath
ering today to make your case.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
There are those who were
never taught good manners,
and then there are those
who were taught them but,
for whatever reason, never
learned. Either way, it’s a
blessing. It gives everyone a
chance to practice the virtue of
tolerance.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). We
run our lives on hypothesis,
acting in accordance with our
theories about how the world is
and should be. When the world
doesn’t agree, that’s when
things get really exciting.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There
are many communication skills
worthy of mastering, but none
will have such wide-ranging
terrific effects as the skill of
choosing the topic of conver
sation well.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You’re not usually inclined to
think of yourself first, but go
on; do it. You’ll be amazed at
whom else you can make smile
while following through with
what you believe are purely
selfish motives.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). You
refuse to stay home, and you’ll
never be smugly satisfied that
you already know enough —
because your understanding of
reality keeps changing as you
meet new people, learn differ
ent new topics and have new
experiences.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
The mature mind is like a dual
processing computer. It can
function while running two pro
grams at the same time. Sure,
sometimes there’s a clash that
hangs things up, but you’ll be
fixing bugs as you go today.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). The problem you once
thought of as insidious now
seems like a really fascinating
study in how things develop
with their own inner logic and
wisdom to try to solve the is
sues they face.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
There’s you, and then there’s
your role. You never want to
confuse the two or invest your
ego in the role instead of in you
— because roles come and go,
shifting and fading around an
eternal part of you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Matters of right and wrong will
be quite complicated. Poten
tially, you could waste many
hours arguing over it. Look
instead at the spirit of the rules,
the tone of things and the over
all feeling of an experience.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). An
interaction that seems out of
joint needs but one quick reset
— a powerful snap — to set
everything right. Go on and do
it. Otherwise, you’ll continue,
everything rubbing the wrong
way, uncomfortable and an
noying.
