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—GOOD MORNING Thursday, February 6, 2020 | gainesvilletimes.com LOTTERY I Drawings for Wednesday, February 5, 2020 CELEBRITY REPORT Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at age 103 CASH 3 Midday: 0-7-9 Evening: 1 -8-0 Night: 7-0-1 CASH 4 Midday: 5-0-3-3 Evening: 5-9-2-6 Night: 9-0-6-2 FANTASY FIVE 35-2-18-40-38 GEORGIA FIVE Midday: 0-6-8-2-3 Evening: 0-0-2-3-1 POWERBALL (2/5) 23-30-35-41 -57 Power Ball: 2 Current jackpot: $50M MEGA MILLIONS (2/4) 32-48-50-51 -64 Mega Ball: 10 Current jackpot: $187M Lottery numbers are unofficial. The Georgia Lottery Corp.: 404-215-5000. r f Explore Gainesville’s Inspiring Public Art Visit ExploreGainesville.org to learn more about the public art in our community and the Vision 2030 initiative. 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Find us on these platforms or reach out to our newsroom at news@ gainesvilletimes.com or 770-718-3435. Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in “Spartacus,” “Lust for Life” and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the blacklist against suspected Communists and reigned for decades as a Hollywood maverick and patriarch, died Wednes day, his family said. He was 103. “To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitar ian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to,” his son Michael said in a statement on his Instagram account. Kirk Douglas’ death was first reported by People magazine. His granite-like strength and underly ing vulnerability made the son of illiter ate Russian immigrants one of the top stars of the 20th century. He appeared in more than 80 films, in roles ranging from Doc Holliday in “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” to Vincent van Gogh in “Lust for Life.” He worked with some of Hollywood’s greatest directors, from Vincente Min nelli and Billy Wilder to Stanley Kubrick and Elia Kazan. His career began at the peak of the studios’ power, more than 70 years ago, and ended in a more diverse, decentralized era that he helped bring about. Always competitive, including with his own family, Douglas never received an Academy Award for an individual film, despite being nominated three times — for “Champion,” “The Bad and the Beau tiful” and “Lust for Life.” But in 1996, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him an honorary Oscar. His other awards included a Presidential Medal of Free dom and a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute. He was a category unto himself, a force for change and symbol of endurance. In his latter years, he was a final link to a so-called “Golden Age,” a man nearly as old as the industry itself. In his youth, he represented a new kind of performer, more independent and adventurous than Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and other giants of the studio era of the 1930s and 1940s, and more willing to speak his mind. Reaching stardom after World War II, he was as likely to play cads (the movie producer in “Bad and the Beautiful,” the journalist in “Ace in the Hole”) as he was suited to play heroes, as alert to the business as he was at home before the camera. He started his own production company in 1955, when many actors still depended on the studios, and directed some of his later films. A born fighter, Douglas was especially proud of his role in the the downfall of Hollywood’s blacklist, which halted and ruined the careers of writers suspected of pro-Communist activity or sympathies. By the end of the ‘50s, the use of banned writers was widely known within the industry, but not to the general public. Associated Press TODAY IN HISTORY On this date: In 1756, America’s third vice president, Aaron Burr, was born in Newark, N.J. In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, the United States won official recognition and military support from France with the signing of a Treaty of Alliance in Paris. In 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1862, during the Civil War, Fort Henry in Tennessee fell to Union forces. In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so- called “lame duck” amendment, was proclaimed in effect by Secretary of State Henry Stimson. In 1952, Britain’s King George VI, 56, died at Sandringham House in Norfolk, England; he was succeeded as monarch by his 25-year-old elder daughter, who became Queen Elizabeth II. In 1995, the space shuttle Discovery flew to within 37 feet of the Russian space station Mir in the first rendezvous of its kind in two decades. In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed a bill changing the name of Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Pop music star Falco, who had a 1986 hit with “Rock Me Amadeus,” died in a traffic accident in the Do minican Republic; he was 40. Carl Wilson, a founding member of The Beach Boys, died in Los Angeles at age 51. In 2005, The New England Patriots won their third NFL cham pionship in four years, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX by a score of 24-21. BIRTHDAYS Actress Mamie Van Daren is 89. Actor Mike Farrell is 81. Former NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw is 80. Singer Fabian is 77. Actress Gayle Hunnicutt is 77. Actor Michael Tucker is 75. Producer-director- writer Jim Sheridan is 71. Actor Jon Walmsley is 64. Actress Kathy Najimy is 63. Rock musician Simon Phillips (Toto) is 63. Actor-director Robert Townsend is 63. Actor Barry Miller is 62. Actress Megan Gallagher is 60. Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses) is 58. Country singer Richie McDonald is 58. Singer RickAstley is 54. Rock musician Tim Brown (Boo Radleys) is 51. “Good Morning America” co host Amy Robach is 47. Actor Josh Stewart is 43. Actor Ben Lawson is 40. Actor Brandon Hammond is 36. Actress Crystal Reed (TV: “Teen Wolf”) is 35. Actress Alice Greczyn is 34. Actress Anna Diop is 32. Rhythm and blues sinqer/actress Tinashe is 27. EVENTS TODAY Portrait Painting in Oils Workshop with Abner Cope. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575, info@ qvac.org. $320. Love Monster Craft Week. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Interactive Neighborhood for Kids, 999 Chestnut St. SE, #11, Gainesville. $1 - $9. Exhibit: Idiosyncratic Perspectives: Works by Brenau Faculty. 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery, 200 Boulevard, Gainesville. 770- 534-6263, alauricella@brenau.edu. Free. Three-Day Grand Opening Celebration. 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Spice & Tea Exchange, 19 E Main St. Suite C, Dahlonega. 706-867-9032, dahlonega@ spiceandtea.com. Free. STYLE Collectif POP UP with Lululemon and Stella and DOT. 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. Chattahoochee Country Club, 3000 Club Drive, Gainesville. Lego Club. 5-6 p.m. Murrayville Library, 4796 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville. 770-532-3311 ext. 171, bhood@hallcountylibrary.org. Free. Publish your event Don’t see your event here? Go to gainesvilletimes.com/calendar to add it. Events publish at the editors’ discretion and as space allows. Vegetable Gardening. 6 to 7 p.m. Hall County Extension Office, 734 E. Crescent Drive, Suite 300, Gainesville. 770-535- 8293, karin.Hicks@uga.edu. Free. Refresh Your Run. 7 - 8:30 p.m. Buford REI, 1600 Mall Of Georgia Blvd, Buford. Trivia Thursdays. 7-9 p.m. Downtown Drafts, 115 Bradford St. S, Gainesville. 678-943-2165, aimee@downtowndrafts. net. Free. DJ NIGHT. 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. 37 Main, 212 Spring St. SW, Gainesville. FRIDAY The Place Job Fair. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Browns Bridge Church, 3860 Browns Bridge Road, Cumming. 770-887-1098, lynn@theplaceofforsyth.org. Free. Daddy Daughter Date Night. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Canvas Christian Church, 3560, Cumming. $10. /gainesvilletimes * @gtimes @gtimesnews HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY Find Gainesville Times on your podcast app to listen to our Inside The Times series, where you can learn how stories come together and get to know our staff. She (Times gainesvilletimes.com A Metro Market Media Publication ©2020, Vol. 73, No. 27 Thursday, February 6, 2020 HOWTO REACH US 345 Green St. N.W, Gainesville, GA 30501 P.0. Box 838, Gainesville, GA 30503 (770) 532-1234 or (800) 395-5005 Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Drive thru open: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri. 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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Helping feels good to you, serving feels comfortable, as sisting feels right. But if you don’t feel good if you’re not doing those things, this indi cates a problem. Make sure you’re taking turns, serving and being served. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You can make a difference in someone’s life just by talking about what you know and love. The passion you feel is tangible. Your giddiness is the rising tide that carries all ships. CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s not that you need to network or want to be more popular. Such things have little to do with your friendliness. You’re genuinely curious about people, and they will return the interest today. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When what you’re selling makes sense to people, and they happen to also want it very badly, the sale is merely a transaction: You provide it; they buy it, no show, no influ ence, no convincing involved. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Don’t let anyone waste your time with catastrophizing a noncatastrophe. Unless there’s actually a tornado involved, the best approach is being calm and reasonable with the intent to enjoy, help or improve. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). Not everything you do takes energy. Some things give energy. With the right sort of tasks on the list, you can schedule yourself densely and be massively productive, gaining vitality as you go. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Navigating values can be tricky. It helps to have an or ganizing principle to keep you aligned. This question serves well: What would happen if everyone were doing it the way you’re doing it? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Other people’s prefer ences matter, but how much? That is the question of the day. You’ll think about your loved ones when you’re not together, though you’ll resist or deny their ability to control from a distance. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Stay playful. Keep everything loose, creative and flowing in a productive direction. If you feel yourself getting too serious, then leave the scene for a few minutes to do some thing as close to fun as you can find. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) That person who can sub tly and consistently nudge you in the right direction is invaluable in your life. A few degrees off of the trajectory, over time, totally changes the journey and drastically alters the destination. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If it’s been a long while and you’re still not achieving your goal, consider that it might be the wrong aim. Get out into the world with the intent of finding something new to want. Better to wander than to go stale.