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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018
Camila Cabello’s
solo debut album
featuring ‘Havana’
tops the Billboard
Pop Songs Chart
Design: Ansar saleem
CONTENTS FOCUS
COVER STORY
CAMILA CABELLO
8
MUSIC 4
INARA GEORGE
MUSIC 6
PHIL COLLEN
FILMS 10
THE COMMUTER
FILMS 12
ALAIN DELON
FASHION 16
ZEGNA MEN’S F/W 2019
TRAVEL 18
KOLKATA, INDIA
MOTORING 30
BENTLEY BENTAYGA
PLUS
ASTROSCAPE
HEALTH WATCH, ART,
INFOTECH
FOOD, QUIZ,
YOUNG WORLD &
TALKING POINT
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Inara George talks to
Mikael Wood about her stirring
new album and the family
tragedy that once defined her
B
efore Inara George was a this is the moment when we’re all
musician, she spent four years getting married and having babies.’
as the daughter of one. Well “Now people are getting divorced
respected today in LosAngeles and people are dying.”
pop circles for her solo work and for To her point, the album includes
her many collaborations — including a song she wrote for a friend who
the Living Sisters and the Bird and the suffered a miscarriage and one for a
Bee — George wasn’t even 5 when neighbour whose husband recently
her father, Little Feat frontman Lowell died. “I would be a liar if I didn’t
George, died unexpectedly of a heart say this scares me half to death,”
attack in 1979. The tragedy — Lowell she sings in “House on Valentine,”
was only 34 — went some way toward “Who will I be without you in the
defining Inara’s childhood, says the years that I still have ahead of this?”
singer, who grew up in Topanga George’s goal in those tunes, as in
Canyon with her mother. “Release Me,” was to “try to climb
Asshebeganwritingherownsongs, into someone else’s point of view
though, Inara became determined at these tough moments,” she said.
to establish a presence outside her And that’s a job for which she’s well
father’s legacy. “I tried to be as gracious suited, according to Van Dyke Parks,
as I could about it,” she said the other the veteran arranger and producer
afternoon. “But I would never bring who said George is “absolutely loaded
him up or make him part of my spiel. with empathy.”
And it definitely wasn’t something One of Lowell George’s closest
I’d write a record about.” Until now. friends during his lifetime, Parks
On “Dearest Everybody,” her fourth _ beloved by music nerds for his
solo album, George, 43, finally turns work with Randy Newman and
her attention to the death of the man the Beach Boys — joined Inara in
known for founding one of rock’s 2008 for “An Invitation,” an album
cleverest, most idiosyncratic bands. of her songs set to his whimsical
The work, due on Jan. 19, opens orchestral arrangements. But if
with “Young Adult,” in which she “Dearest Everybody” puts across
recounts a memory of “riding down heavier themes, Parks is right when to “a friend talking to you.” That’s a expectations are modest, though she’s
Sunset making records at night” he says that Inara’s sensitivity doesn’t markedly different approach than the hardly uninterested in reaching an
before acknowledging that her dad come at the expense of a sharp sense one George takes in the Bird and the audience: After lunch, she showed
left her with “a calling in my gut.” of humour. Bee, her arch electro-pop duo with the me a data report from Spotify that
In “A Bridge,” the mother of three The singer started “Dearest producerandsongwriterGregKurstin, broke down where in the world her
tells an unnamed someone, “I want Everybody” on her own at home, who in the last few years has become music is being streamed. “We could
to hear my children say your name.” recording songs on guitar and an an in-demand studio partner to the go the Philippines and have a huge
And then there’s the stirring “Release upright piano she inherited from her likes of Adele and Kelly Clarkson. show!” she said, pointing with some
Me,” which George wrote about her grandmother (which she learned to In that group George views her excitement to numbers that reflected
own mom’s struggle to move on after play as a byproduct of her children’s singing as a means of portraying a surprisingly robust audience in
Lowell died. “I’ve been the best at lessons). Soon, though, she found that various characters — the lonely Southeast Asia.
doing the best that I can/ I’ve spent her busy family life was less than woman, for example, trying to seduce She’s also kept her name in
my life in the shadow of a man,” conducive to the demands of record- a medical professional in “Doctor,” circulation with freelance gigs like
she sings over a gentle, old-school making. “I just can’t sit and fiddle with from the Bird and the Bee’s 2015 her cameo on the Foo Fighters’ latest
soul groove, “Now I want to be the things for hours — I have to pick up album, “Recreational Love.” Yet the album (which Kurstin produced)
writer of the song/ And a love, not the kids from school,” she said with a songs on “Dearest Everybody” are and her performance last year at
just a longing.” laughbetweenspoonfulsofhomemade as personal as any she’s written, the El Rey Theatre as a temporary
Over lunch at her home in the chicken soup. “So basically it would George said. Part of what allowed member of LA’s reunited That Dog.
HollywoodHills,Georgesaid“Dearest never be finished, and it wouldn’t her to dig into her family history The Bird and the Bee are finishing
Everybody” isn’t entirely about her even sound that good.” was an easing of her anxiety about up a record too, an all-covers sequel
father, whose best-remembered tunes For help she turned to her old being seen as trading on her father’s to their 2010 tribute to Hall & Oates.
with the funky-rootsy Little Feat friend MikeAndrews, who produced name. “Now that I’m older I feel Add all this stuff together, George
include “Dixie Chicken” and “Willin’.” George’s previous albums and also like I have less to worry about,” she said, and she’s got a musical career
But Lowell’s death, she said, shaped composes for film and television. He said. “I’ve created this whole oeuvre not unlike that of Lowell George,
her “relationship with loss,” which calledinahandfulofLAplayerstoflesh of my own” — she used air quotes who never found superstardom
is the album’s true subject. “He’s out the arrangements; “YoungAdult” to counteract the grandiose term — with Little Feat but who succeeded
my gateway” to the larger idea of featuresrestrainedstrings,while“Slow “that isn’t part of his thing. “Lots in cultivating a loyal fan base that
mortality, she explained as she sat at Dance” has a crisp folk-rock beat of my fans have no idea who he is. followed his every unlikely impulse.
a dining table cluttered with Legos that belies its title. Still, Andrews said So I’m not afraid of it anymore.” “If I have anything in common with
— evidence of the young kids she George’s songs were strong enough This month George will support the my dad, it might be that,” she said,
shares with her husband, director that they “didn’t need to be stylized album, which she’s releasing herself, her face softening with what looked
Jake Kasdan. “This is something in any way.” He sought to preserve with a brief run of concerts in the like gratitude. “It’s funny, right?”
we’ve discovered at our age,” she the intimate, conversational quality of US, starting at the Masonic Lodge at
continued. “Earlier it was like, ‘Oh, George’s singing, which he compared Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Her Tribune News Service
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Def Leppard’s Phil Collen is
eager to get on the road again
with the upcoming G3 2018 tour,
Together
says George Varga
in song
D
ef Leppard guitarist Phil singer Debbi Blackwell-Cook. She
Collen clearly enjoys a is the mother of retired New York
good challenge. Having Giants and Cleveland Browns
spent a fair chunk of 2017 cornerback Kory Blackwell and
touring North America, South the godmother of Collen’s wife,
America and Mexico with the Helen. The two first teamed up in
hard-rocking English band he has 2012 for an acoustic duo show at
played in since 1982, Collen is now the nonprofit Gerson Institute in
on the road again. Only, this time, Normal Heights. That performance
it’s with fellow guitar virtuosos by Collen and Blackwell-Cook went
Joe Satriani and John Petrucci on so well, they began writing songs
the 2018 G3 tour. Each will play a with Helen. Delta Deep released its
30-minute set with their respective debut album in 2015. The group’s
bands, before teaming up for a 16-song “East Coast Live” teams
three-guitar finale.” Because of the the veteran guitarist and Blackwell-
type of players John and Joe are, Cook with Stone Temple Pilots’
I’ve gotta raise my game,” said the bassist Robert DeLeo and former
London-born Collen, a longtime India.Arie/Joe Sample drummer
Laguna Hills resident. “My whole Forrest Robinson. Since DeLeo
thing is multifaceted, because I’m is gearing up for a tour with the
in a band — Def Leppard — with recently reactivated STP, his role in
a lot of vocals. Delta Deep for the G3 tour is being
In G3, there’s more guitar. When I filled by Paul Gilbert Band bassist
played with Joe before, I got inspired Paul Martini. “Debbi sang at our
in a different realm. I’m usually wedding,” Collen said. “She’d be
inspired by bands. To be inspired at our house and be singing all
by guitar players, like Joe and John, the time -- and I walk around the
you get a totally different point of house singing and playing guitar
view. So I think I’ll come out of this all the time. Before you knew it,
tour with a lot more than when I we’d be doing a Stevie Wonder
came in. I know that will happen.” song or making something up. So
The 47-city G3 tour kicked off on it seemed pretty obvious we would
Jan. 18 in Seattle and concludes on work together, because it felt great.
Feb. 25 in Milwaukee. It includes “And the first time we played as
a Saturday concert at the Balboa a full band, I got goose bumps. It
Theater in San Diego, where Collen was really nourishing. Forrest is
performed in June with Def Leppard an amazing funk and neo-R&B
at the nearly 20,000-capacity and jazz player. He said: ‘I really
Mattress Firm Amphitheatre. He I want to be a double-kick-drum
welcomes the fact that the G3 tour metal player.’ And we said: ‘What?!’
is playing in intimate theatres that He plays with this sexy soul groove
hold about one-tenth the amount but also has this powerful, John
of people as the mega-venues Def Bonham thing going on. Debbi is
Leppard frequent. “I really love not doing the whole tour, but she
playing in stadiums, amphitheatres will be with us in San Diego.”
and massive outdoor places, when Collen and Def Leppard have
it’s warm,” the 60-year-old guitarist already started work on the band’s
said last month by phone from a next album. By dividing his time
family visit in South Carolina. “But, between his longtime band and Delta
other times, I like being indoors and Deep, he now has more than one
I’m looking forward to G3. This avenue to play the instrument to
is the first time I’ve done the G3 which he has devoted his life. “For
tour and it’s the longest, in terms me, the most important thing about
of back-to-back shows. With Def the guitar is it’s a tool for expression,”
Leppard, we’ve done some crazy Collen said “And I do meet some kids
tours. But this G3 tour has one leg who realize they can express with the
with 35 shows in 38 days! And guitar what they can’t express with
that’s pretty incredible. “I’m really words... “I’m not necessarily moved
looking forward to it. I’m not looking by a lot of new artists, because I think
forward to the weather. Hopefully, the motivation now is to be a star and
we won’t catch colds — that’s always it’s all ‘me, me, me.’ But I still get
miserable when you get sick on inspired by other stuff. I still put on
tour. And, with this one, there’s James Brown and Aretha (Franklin),
no time to get better.” and really get off on it. I’m way open
The G3 tour coincides with to anything that inspires me. But a
the Jan. 26 release of “East Coast lot of new stuff in our culture isn’t
Live.” It’s the second album by there to provide inspiration. It’s there
Delta Deep, the four-piece blues, for consumerism.”
rock and soul band Collen co-
leads with former The Jammers Tribune News Service
Phil Collen
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MUSIC
John Petrucci Joe Satriani
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COVER STORY
M
iami pop singer Camila Cabello is
having a good week. She released
her self-titled album “Camila” and
it’s risen to No. 1 on the Apple
iTunes chart. “Steamy pop jams and soul-baring
confessionals. A stunning debut,” were the Apple
iTunes’ editors’ notes about the album. The 11-
song record features her hit, “Havana” which
topped the Billboard Pop Songs Chart on Dec.
9. She performed it at the iHeart Fiesta Latina
Nov. 4 at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami.
“Havana” was her second No. 1 song as a solo
artist.
At the Dec. 2016 Y-100 Jingle Ball, she
announced that she was leaving the group Fifth
Harmony. Since its debut last October, the video
for “Havana” has had more than 424 million
views. Former US president Barack Obama
gave Cabello a shout out by naming “Havana”
as one of his favourite songs for 2017. Cabello
previously topped the Pop Songs Chart last
February with the song “Bad Things,” featuring
rapper Machine Gun Kelly.
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Camila Cabello’s debut self-titled
album shoots to No 1 on the Apple
iTunes chart
“H
avana”ishersecondNo. of “Camila” and its ambitions to establish and missing the it factor the group had
1 song as a solo artist her as a pop star as bankable as Selena relied on for its hits. Cabello’s absence
since she announced Gomez or Demi Lovato. Cabello is at her felt more like two or three singers had left
at last year ’s Y-100 peak on the new single “Never Be the the group instead of just one. Meanwhile,
Jingle Ball that she Same,” which shows off what sets her Cabello’s new debut is smart, a humbly
was leaving the group. apart from the pop pack. The way her arranged and modest collection of pop
The Cuba native’s fans known as breathless voice breaks at the top of her songs. There’s no desperation here — no
“camilizers” have been giving much love register when she confesses, “Just like frenetic production, and Young Thug is
to the new album on Twitter where Camila nicotine, heroin, morphine, suddenly I’m the only guest artist, appearing on the
was trending. Cabello also thanked her a fiend and you’re all I need” is the mark alluring, massive-hit single “Havana” that
fans on Twitter for their support. “First of an artist. That she can quickly switch celebrates Cabello’s Cuban-American roots.
and foremost, I want to thank you for to her full voice for the desperate chorus Compared to Fifth Harmony, “Camila”
sticking by me. ... You guys love me in is the mark of a star. is stripped-down, playing to the subtle
the most innocent and pure and genuine “Camila” also has plenty more hits to nuances of Cabello’s delivery (she’s no
way you can love a person, and I feel so roll out. “She Loves Control” combining belter, and she isn’t trying to be one here).
lucky I get to have people in my life that a Latin-tinged reggaeton groove and an She eases her voice into its lower zone for
care about me so much ...” irresistible chorus. The delightful “Into It” the mildly addicting darkness of “Never
Camila Cabello originally planned to call steps right into the sweet spot between Be the Same,” softly explores loneliness in
her solo debut “The Hurting, The Healing, Carly Rae Jepsen’s retro indie-pop and Sia’s the sweet-shuffling “Inside Out,” embraces
The Loving.” It was going to be about her unexpected phrasing, something that livens winking empowerment in the reggae-
struggle since leaving Fifth Harmony and up the gorgeous ballad “Something’s Gotta kissed “She Loves Control” and glides
be built around the wrenching single “I Give.” With “Camila,” Cabello proves that across the piano ballad “Consequences.”
Have Questions.” (Main question: “Why she is a forced to be reckoned with and The understated arrangements serve her
don’t you care?”) Funny thing, though. As ready to be one of 2018’s breakout stars. particularly well when she floats through
she worked on the album last year, buoyed Camila Cabello might catch casual the syncopated “Real Friends” in search
by the success of her collaborations “Bad observers by surprise with her solo debut, of supportive pals (a dig at the remnants
Things” with Machine Gun Kelly and “Camila.” To those who were half-paying of Fifth Harmony?), taps into the pulsing
then “Havana” with Young Thug, the attention, Cabello was one of five near- vibe of “Into It” (where she playfully teases,
questions didn’t seem important anymore. interchangeable singers of the all-woman ‘I’m not a psychic, but I see myself all over
Camila Cabello now had answers. And on vocal quintet Fifth Harmony. She might you”) and captures the quiet despair of
her debut “Camila” (Epic), she delivers have stood out from time to time, but it was having an emotionally unavailable lover on
them with the confidence and power of hard to tell how much talent any of them “Something’s Gotta Give.” “Camila” isn’t
an artist with far more than Cabello’s 20 had when they were so heavily produced amazing — her range is limited and the
years under her belt. and relentlessly taking turns at lead vocals. themes are often rote — but it’s satisfying.
The sultry “Havana,” which pays tribute Cabello’s fans knew better. Her departure And considering Cabello is still only 20, it’s
to Cabello’s Cuban heritage and has now from Fifth Harmony was devastating: The a great starting point to watch her grow.
topped the pop charts for seven weeks, group’s first release without her — 2017’s
provides a solid foundation for the rest “Fifth Harmony” — was flat and messy Agencies
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T
he tagline for the Liam Neeson
Metro-North thriller “The
Commuter” - “Lives are on
the line” - feels like a missed
opportunity. I would have
gone with: “The quiet car is
about to get loud.”
It’s been ten years since Neeson’s
unlikely reign as the movies’ best action
hero began with “Taken” - the little Paris
kidnapping that unlocked Neeson’s special
set of skills. What has followed has been
a decade of lean, blunt and glum thrillers
(three “Taken” movies, “Non-Stop,” ‘’The
Grey”) anchored by the looming and still
quite potent presence of Neeson.
Neeson has suggested that, at 65,
he’s nearing the end of the line. So “The
Commuter,” which reteams him for
the fourth time with Spanish director
Jaume Collet-Serra, may be one of our
last chances to see Neeson kick some
butt. “The Commuter” rides very much
the same rail as his previous movies with
Collet-Serra; it’s a hostage crisis tick-tock
that speeds straight ahead. Collet-Serra’s
genre mechanics, stylized and sober, are Vera Farmiga, (left), and Liam Neeson
efficient. His trains run on time, even if
- especially in “The Commuter” - a rush-
hour’s worth of implausibility eventually
wrecks the thrill.
Neeson plays Michael McCauley, an
ex-cop who has spent his last ten years
as a life insurance salesman, commuting
Monday through Friday into Grand Central
from his family’s suburban home up
the Hudson in Tarrytown, New York.
The movie’s clever overlapping opening
montage shows the repetition of his days,
begun every day with 1010 Wins on the
radio, a ride from his wife to the train
LIAM NEESON,
station and the crowded but solitary walk
through Grand Central.
But one day is a particularly bad one.
McCauley is fired five years short of
HIS ACTION-
retirement. With his savings depleted
by the 2008 financial crisis and college
tuition coming soon for his high-school
STAR DAYS
graduate son, McCauley’s panic is palpable.
He stops for a drink with his old police
partner (Patrick Wilson) before boarding
the train home. There, he’s greeted by a
POSSIBLY
Hitchcockian stranger on the train (Vera
Farmiga) who explains that McCauley
will make $100,000 on his ride home if Patrick Wilson, (left), Liam Neeson and Vera Farmiga.
he can only find the person on the train
WANING,
“who doesn’t belong.”
McCauley, as he soon discovers, has the kind of inaccuracy that will cause before, Neeson is a lone warrior trying
stepped into the plot of an absurdly untold swarms of strap-hangers to to stay decent in a fallen world. With
RIDES AGAIN
powerful syndicate that will use him throw their MetroCards at the screen. pandering references to the big banks
to ferret out a crucial FBI witness. The But Collet-Serra, whose “Non-Stop” throughout, “The Commuter,” has
gaps in the story’s logic aren’t to be similarly relished the confined space just enough smarts to make its final
minded. The web around McCauley is of an airplane cabin, is too interested destination disappointing.
IN ‘THE
mysterious. And for Cold Spring, a few with swooping his camera through the The old equation of man-plus-
stops past McCauley’s usual one, to be train to care much about the blur on locomotive has been a dependable
epicenter of such intrigue is curious. the outside. But he knows well how one for the movies since Buster Keaton
COMMUTER’,
But then again, even the Feds deserve to shoot Neeson, following the actor ’s rode the rails in “The General.” (See also:
a bit of antiquing and a brisk hike. hulking frame from car to car. Burt Lancaster in “The Train,” and Denzel
Most eyebrow raising for the 1.6 Their movies are, in part, parables Washington in “Unstoppable.”) “The
to 3.1 million who trudge into and for the terrorism age. Like in “Non- Commuter” isn’t in that class, but there
SAYS JAKE
out of Manhattan everyday will be Stop,” where Neeson played an air are worse tickets to punch, especially
an unforgiveable incongruity in the marshal, the protagonist of “The in January. Such a woeful time of year
train’s otherwise largely accurate path. Commuter” must wrestle with the for new releases warrants repeating the
COYLE
It makes various subway stops through morality of uncovering the one threat in old warning: If you see something, say
Manhattan, when every commuter a sea of maybe-innocent, maybe-guilty something.
since the time of “Revolutionary Road” faces, some of them “regulars” (daily
knows it runs straight to Harlem. It’s riders), some of them unfamiliar. As Associated Press
10 / THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018FILMS THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018 / 11
FILMS With Romy Schneider
Film
legend
Alain
Delon
says his
years as
an actor
has not
taken
away
V
eteran French film are quite right.” He added he The journalist recently denied
the pain star Alain Delon said
that he was so sick of
might even consider breaking
his vow to never remarry if
that she and Delon were an item.
The actor admitted that he
the world he would the right woman “was ready had not always been the perfect
be happy to die now to accompany me to the end.” gentleman.
of being — but he wants his
dog to go with him.
“I hate the times that we live
The actor, who made his name
playing pretty boy killers and
cads, talked of his fear that he
“I am like that, I do stupid
things. I have been in prison. I
was a little thug. All I had was
in, it makes me vomit,” said might be dug up after his death my face,” he said.
abandoned the 82-year-old actor, one of the
handsomest men ever to grace
the silver screen.
for DNA for a paternity test.
“I’ve told my daughter, ‘Please
don’t let that happen to me when
Yet women have always fallen
at his feet, even as a baby, he
said. “My mother had to put a
“There are people that I hate. I’m dead’,” he said sign on my pram, ‘You can look,
as a child. Everything is false, and only
money counts. I will leave this
world without regret,” he told Paris
Delon has long denied he
fathered a son with Nico, the
late German pop star and muse
but you can’t touch!’”
“I have been loved all my
life,” he said, particularly by the
Match magazine in a frank, tell-all of Andy Warhol. German actress Romy Schneider
interview in which he admitted However, Delon’s mother and Mireille Darc, who died
Fiachra to not being much of a father to
his children, one of whom he
later adopted the boy, making
him his half-brother.
last year.
“Very few men have been
still refuses to recognise. Yet Delon’s own miserable loved like me.”
Delon, who lives alone outside childhood badly marked him, he But Delon said he never slept
Gibbons met Paris, said he wants his two-
year-old Belgian Shepherd dog,
told the magazine. “My parents
got rid of me when I was four. Brigitte Bardot
with Brigitte Bardot, who was
the Venus to his Apollo in French
Loubo, to die with him. I found myself with a foster cinema of the 1960s.
“If I go before him I will ask family like an orphan.” “Strange though it may seem...
him the vet for us to go together. He
will inject him so he can die in
“Both of them came running
back to me when I was famous.
child. These are holes that can
never be filled. Even when I
given the torrid scenes we did,
we were only friends, but good
my arms. All of a sudden they remembered love a woman, I feel alone. I was friends,” he told Paris Match of
“I would prefer that rather they had a son,” he said bitterly. only four when I understood the actress, who like him has been
than leaving him to die of grief Nor has he forgiven them for that those you love the most a vocal supporter of the far-right
on my tomb,” said the star of signing his army papers so he can abandon you.” National Front party.
such classics as Visconti’s “The could be thrown into the bloody The tell-all interview, over “I really like her and we share
Leopard”, “The Samurai” and Indochina War at 17. “It was oysters, was conducted by Valerie a passion for animals. If she had
“Purple Noon”, which was them getting rid of me a second Trierweiler, the estranged partner not her great love of animals I am
later remade as the “Talented time,” he said. of former French president sure she would have killed herself
Mr Ripley”. Delon put down his Francois Hollande. by now, like so many other great
Yet Delon did not rule out tumultuous love life and much She effectively torpedoed his sex symbols. It is very hard for a
making room for the right woman of his woes with women to being presidency with a bestselling woman to no longer see desire in
to share his last days. abandoned. account of their relationship, men’s eyes.”
He said there were about 10 “You cannot get back the love “Thank You For This Moment”,
candidates, “but for now none that wasn’t given to me as a after he left her for an actress. Agence France-Presse
12 / THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018 / 13
KIND DESIRE GROWING DIVERSITY EXTREME LOVE
Singer SELENA GOMEZ is ready to reconcile with Actress ELIZABETH REASER appreciates growing HUGH GRANT has a sure-shot way to make his children
her mother Mandy Teefey after their ties got strained diversity in Hollywood, but says that it is “clearly laugh — by putting his undergarments on his head.
due to her rekindled romance with Justin Bieber. not where we need to be and we have a long way “I think it’s always amusing to put your underpants
However, she is not willing to end her relationship to go”. on your head,” Grant, a father of four, told people.com.
with the Canadian pop star. “I think we can do better. Diversity is a huge issue “My little girl, too, likes nappies on my head,” he added.
“Selena and her mother are still not talking as of and problem. We are casting people of colour, more And although the “Paddington 2” star, who will
right now, but it’s getting to the point where Selena people of colour are getting to tell stories, getting become a father for the fifth time soon, says that he too
has calmed down and she feels that enough time has into light and directing but it is clearly not where we enjoys putting undergarments on his head. He notes
passed to let bygones be bygones,” said a source. need to be and we have a long way to go,” Reaser that there has been one unfortunate consequence of this
“ Selena Gomez and Mandy Teefey have always told IANS. amusing behaviour.
been super tight, and over the years they have had a The actress has been a part of projects like Twilight,” Still Grant, who became a father for the first time in
number of blow-ups, but they have always managed “The Good Wife” and “Ouija: Origin of Evil” — 2011, says having children is “the nicest thing that’s ever
to resolve everything after some time apart. Selena which was aired in India on Sony PIX on January 12. happened to me.” “It’s just lovely to have all that love
Gomez is definitely ready to build bridges with her On her love for the supernatural genre, she said: “I around. Suddenly you love someone more than yourself.
mom again, but she is waiting for her to make the first love this genre. I love these kind of stories anything It’s unheard of in my case. And they love you, and it’s
move,” added the source, reports aceshowbiz.com. from supernatural from vampires to story ghosts.” all enchanting.”
14 / THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018The Sun and Venus move into Aquarius to support This week sees supportive energy from the move of
ARIES your need for change and your outburst at
professional limitation and restriction. You are facing
a new wave of energy that appears to be crippling
LIBRA the Sun and Venus into fellow element sign, Aquarius.
This is the season for a long holiday, fun, love and
laughter. The changes will be welcome considering
your style and posing challenges at every corner. the new strict regimen, challenges and changes for
If you have a few Taurus planets, you’ll make your home and family that can get very tedious, tiresome
MAR 21 peace and even find this new energy a great way to SEP 21 and even frustrating. So this new energy will lighten
APR 20 work out matters and resolve issues in a practical OCT 20 up the atmosphere – just get ready for the unexpected
way but if not, then you are in for a showdown but in romance and finances, in a good way this time but
for now the shift of Sun and Venus into Aquarius will take it easy with the finances or you can go overboard
boost you via support from groups, organisations, and may have to really work hard to restore financial
friends and even acquaintances. But this energy is balance.
temporary and will move on so socialize right away
and then get back. Saturn in Capricorn is a supportive energy for one’s
SCORPIO current environment, from those around most likely
Sun and Venus in Aquarius pose challenges to your siblings and from communication and commutation. It
TAURUS identity, your finances and relationships demanding is working to soothe matters and bring opportunities
change especially in areas related to your profession that appear limiting with the new set of rules and
and public life. This can be very unsettling as you regulations, not to mention the discipline involved.
are finding great new and stolid ways to establish OCT 21 While the temporary outer energy is out to oust these
AQUARIUS
yourself overseas. So when your life is in front page, NOV 20 rules and regulations, it also affects you. Sun and
it’s going to be discomforting to say the least. Take Venus in Aquarius bring new challenges and sudden,
APR 21 care of your reputation and make the changes that unexpected changes to home and family life that
MAY 20 are needed. Converse your energy and your finances involve the affections and the finances. It can shake
during this phase. the very roots but you need to accept and move along
AGENDAS
and in co-operation with the new energy.
The Sun and Venus enter Aquarius to give you a
GEMINI breather from the discipline, order and limitation that SAGITARIUS The new disciplines to one’s personal financial
Saturn is demanding of you via joint finances and life can be restrictive but it must be so for you to
from a partner. It is an invitation to pack your bags gain stability and stay on firm ground, financially
and travel for there is support, finances and a promise speaking. It can be very limiting and restrictive
of a new relationship out there waiting for you or causing you to feel stifled and helpless. So along
YOUR FRIENDLY ASTROLOGER MEL
MAY 21 the renewing of an old relationship that had sought comes this temporary new energy of the Sun and
T
change. You love these vibes of change so this period, NOV 21 Venus in Aquarius to change all of that and invites
JUN 20 DEC 20
though temporary, can give you the kick start and you to mix and mingle; communicate and commute he new
emotional support you need to face the issues that within your current environment and with those planetary
arise from restructuring joint finances. Take a break around for better opportunities that offer freedom
and invite the Sun, Love and Laughter into your life. and individuality. However, as this is a limited time shift of
period offer, make the best use and then get back to Saturn in
For you, this period makes you wonder what working on setting up a sound, financial structure Capricorn
CANCER works for you for both energies are not the best and bank balance. is settling
or so you think. Saturn in Capricorn is bringing in by
new challenges to your personal relationships and Sun and Venus in Aquarius poses a new energy that is
enforcing that you make a decision or that your CAPRICORN often observed and accepted by you very cautiously. setting down rules and
partner does to end a relationship or change the The new run of freedom in relationships and finances regulations that seem
JUN 21 existing one. It can be emotionally tough for you but as well as seeking the self through financial freedom harder to accept and
JUL 20 Saturn in Capricorn is not careless and will seek to are now top priorities even as you continue to further implement, even age
give you support or internally make you stronger discipline, restrict and structure yourself for a better old to some. So it’s no
than ever. So make a peace bargain with your DEC 21 future and stronger you. All work and no play does
partner and work on depending on self instead of on make one dull and this temporary period may bring surprise that the sign of
JAN 20 Aquarius would want
another whether it is emotionally, physically and/or back the breathing space that affords freedom and
financially. a new approach especially in matters that relate to rebel at the first
finances and beliefs; values and possessions. sign of restriction. This
Just like Cancer, you have a tough time deciding freedom-loving sign
LEO if both the new energies are on your side. The The Sun and Venus in your own sign is a breath of
new opposing one of Sun and Venus in Aquarius
AQUARIUS fresh air from the restrictions and limitations that wishes independence
are seeking new changes in your significant your psyche, emotions, body and secretive authorities and all things new
relationships, disrupting an old pattern and setting a from out your past put on you. Reach out with your unlike Saturn the
new trend whether it is with an existing partner or a philosophy of freedom and individuality and the planet and Capricorn
JUL 21 new one while Saturn in Capricorn is urging you to need to change old rules if you wish to be heard the sign associated
AUG 20 get serious about your work and health by bringing JAN 21 and accepted. This period you’ll find the need to
on the limitations and need for discipline and order love yourself. So go right ahead but be wary of your with limitation and
FEB 20
as well as not to mention the endlessly long hours professional status even as you do so. Keep things in restriction. So this
at work. You need to discipline your work and balance. week stay prepared
health as well as seek equality and balance in an old, when the Sun and
current or new relationship. Saturn in Capricorn along with Pluto is working
PISCES to restore your social life and aid from influential
Venus associated with
Saturn in Capricorn is really in sync with you and is authorities in the world of social causes. So this is the identity, finances and
VIRGO starting to bring rewards your way especially to your best time to begin socializing and meeting people that relationships kick up
identity You are falling into sync and getting your are in sync with your goals and dreams. They will their heels when Saturn
act together after the tumultuous years that you have be limiting and restricting which can be frustrating asks them to tone
been facing for some time now. Both Saturn and Pluto FEB 21 but is done for you own good for they restore stark
seek to restore you to your routines, your hard work, reality slowly and surely. So please seek their help to
things down. Aquarius
MAR 20 is not one to keep quiet
AUG 21 your structuring and the ability to clear out the chaos. get your dreams to manifest. However, the Sun and
SEP 20 You’ll begin to love it! However, this new energy of Venus in Aquarius speaks of taking a short and sudden when asked to.
Sun and Venus in Aquarius tilts the boat for sometime break from the outer world and retreating in private.
as change is needed in work, health, routines, and Secretive alliances and finances are now on the agenda
with colleagues, not forgetting animal companions. but they could, if not understood well, disrupt the flow
Allow the change and don’t panic. of good energy related to overseas matters.
ASTRO TIP FOR THE WEEK
IN ORDER TO BEST HARNESS THE AQUARIUS ENERGY, BE UNIQUE, STRIVE FOR INDIVIDUALITY, SEEK FREEDOM AND BE HUMANITARIAN IN ALL MATTERS. IN THIS WAY YOU WILL ALLOW THE ENERGY TO
FAVOUR YOUR FUTURE FORWARD. HAVE A NEW CHANGE THIS WEEK!
THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018 / 15FASHION
16 / THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018A
lessandro Sartori plucks
from the “natural
reserves” of Oasi Zegna,
the family’s natural park
in northern Italy, to expand the
definition of luxury. A new fabric
— Oasi Cashmere — came dipped
in natural dyes made from flowers,
herbs, wood, leaves and roots,
developed by Lanificio Zegna
over 12 years and using an entirely
chemical-free process involving a
multilayer deep dyeing process. A
small revolution, producing even
fluorescent and black tones. (It
ain’t called couture for nothing.)
Experimental fabrics — courtesy
of Bonotto SpA, the high-end textile
manufacturer that Ermenegildo
Zegna Group acquired last year
— included a matte cotton and
wool-blend corduroy used for
jackets, and a new woven leather
fabric best showcased on a tennis-
bag-style, single-strap backpack.
The innovation — spanning
cerebral tailoring concepts, upscale
spins on utilitarian and modern
takes on organic — never got in
the way of the wearability of the
collection, which was plumped
with great knits and outerwear
options, from sharply tailored
topcoats with inventive belt
systems to a chunky shearling
anorak.
Interspersing the mini felted
cashmere mountaineering capes
were jacquard coats and jackets in
a geometric motif based on bird
footprints in snow, one featuring
a deep violet shade obtained from
crocuses.
T h e m o t i f re s u r f a c e d a s
embroidery on a black technical ski
suit with wool padding with a neo-
explorer mood. Boxy outerwear
contrasted with the lean tailoring
with a natural shoulder, mixing
sharp and soft, precision and
ease. Details included tie scarves,
adjustable geometric necklines on
knits and slit pockets cut into the
fabric of coats.
There was a slightly athletic,
at times military, vibe to the
silhouettes, especially one pairing
a cropped black shaved shearling
blouson with narrow, lean cuffed
pants tucked into sturdy winter
boot-sneaker hybrids.
He also showcased a one-and-
a-half-breasted construction on a
single-button jacket designed to
keep a sharp line when open, but
have the aspect of a fitted double-
breasted jacket when closed.
As Sartori looks to conquer
a new future for men’s wear by
revisiting traditional heritage with
modernity and new technology,
&
the collection as ever was layered
in ideas, new techniques and
concepts, but the result this season
visually felt cleaner and simpler,
to his favour.
CLEAN
SIMPLE
ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA
DURING THE MEN’S
FALL-WINTER 2019
THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018 / 17TRAVEL
CITY OF CONTRA
The once home of the British viceroy who ruled over India, the vast early 19th century mansion and grounds now house the government of West Bengal A Queen Victoria bust in Kolkata, one of the relics of Britain’s Victorian age.
State, in Kolkata, India. The building was modelled after a stately home in England.
India’s first supreme court in Kolkata, India, completed in 1872, and was housed in a building copied from the Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium. Kolkata’s One can buy almost anything on the streets, a chaotic but vibrant city of 15 million people where
colonial era architecture forms a mélange of numerous European and Asian styles. the old and new co-exist.
18 / THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018T
he British left footprints across their far-flung
colonial empire from Toronto to Yangon. But
nowhere is there as vast and varied a collection
of heritage architecture than in Kolkata.
Thousands of buildings — including homes, churches,
palaces and even synagogues — survive here from the
days of the Raj, when Britain ruled India.
This marvelously exuberant, maddeningly chaotic city
began as a small trading post in the 1690s, rose to become
the seat of British power and now ranks as India’s third
largest city, a megalopolis of some 15 million people.
Unlike countries which opted to eradicate the physical
legacies of colonialism, India has accepted them as
witnesses to history. The prime eradicator of Kolkata’s
past has not been politics but those whom preservationists
call “land sharks,” developers against whom they wage
a sometimes winning, sometimes losing battle.
To dip into Kolkata’s bygone era, my wife and I stayed
at the Oberoi Grand Hotel, took afternoon tea at the still
oh-so-English Bengal Club and best of all signed up for
a guided walk around Dalhousie Square, the onetime
epicenter of the British Raj.
Dating back to the late 1880s, the Grande Dame of
Calcutta, as the Oberoi and Kolkata were earlier known,
was the social hub of the colonial city. During World
War II, it was party time headquarters for American
soldiers. Today the hotel is an oasis of tranquility amid
the surrounding vibrant street life, offering palm-shaded
courtyards, Victorian four-poster beds and service which
viceroys would find hard to fault.
The Bengal Club, another enduring social fixture,
has been catering to elites since 1827, and the lovely
premise strives to keep the modern world at bay. One
may forget it is 2018 while sipping tea in a politely
hushed room named after the prominent 18th century
British painter Joshua Reynolds, one of whose works
hangs on its pastel yellow walls. The colonials also tried
to shut out a dramatically changing India: Incredibly,
ASTS
A popular café which draws a steady flow of customers for its famed ‘’chai,’’ or spiced tea, and buttered toast. Kolkata is a paradise the club only opened its doors to Indians in 1959 — 12
for lovers of local street food. years after independence was won.
“‘It was from here that 200 British officers ruled over
200 million Indians,” remarked our guide Ramanuj
VISITS KOLKATA
DENIS D. GRAY Ghosh, pointing to what is now the 133-room home
of the state governor, where British viceroys resided
during most of the decades when Kolkata served as
IN INDIA TO EXPERIENCE India’s capital. Modeled on a stately home in England,
it was encased in 6 acres of lush gardens and built in
THE CITY THAT REFLECTS the Gregorian style.
What soon became obvious on our walk, even to an
untrained eye, was the incredible architectural melange.
BRITISH RULE THROUGH ITS The Victoria Memorial, the city’s most imposing colonial
structure, is described as designed in “the Indo-Saracenic
revivalist style which uses a mixture of British and Moghul
ARCHITECTURE, STATUES, elements with Venetian, Egyptian, Decanni and Islamic
architectural influences.” Dedicated to the memory of
ROADS AND MONUMENTS Queen Victoria, its vast art and artifact collections include
her childhood piano and a writing desk.
Our four-hour stroll through several centuries of
history took us past the 1868 post office and the Royal
Insurance Building, still busy today, where British officials
would ride their horses right up to their desks. At the
vast Writer’s Building, India’s still notorious bureaucracy
administered a population which also included Greeks,
the Dutch, Armenians and others.
Kolkata once was also home to some 6,000 Jews, though
there are just a handful living here today descended from
the Jews who settled here in the late 18th and early 19th
centuries. The city’s oldest, now restored synagogue
Neveh Shalome dates back to 1831.
Most of the buildings we saw are about on a protected
heritage list. But many others are decaying or have
been razed.
“Indian people want to preserve the past. We don’t
easily make way for the new, but powerful market
forces are working against this,” says Bonani Kakkar,
who heads People United for Better Living in Calcutta,
an environmental and preservation group.
Developers, she says, approach owners of dilapidated
homes, offer them new condos in exchange and then
take them down to build high-rises. The solution, she
believes, is to either “make people boast that they live in
old buildings” or to bring them to life again by turning
them into B&Bs, art galleries and music venues.
Philip Davies, an authority on colonial architecture,
notes that there are more heritage buildings in this
city than all of the United States, but that Kolkata is a
“sleeping giant at the crossroads.”
“It is stumbling toward the future rather than grasping
the spectacular opportunities afforded by its heritage,” he
said. “Its unparalleled heritage is crumbling from neglect,
and falling prey to random, speculative development.”
But he hopes a brave new vision will save one of the
world’s great historic cities.
A vendor in Kolkata, India, displays what is said to be some of Kolkata’s finest organic honey sold by the 17th century Writers’ Building, one of nearly
300,000 city structures dating back to Britain’s rule over India. Associated Press
THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018 / 19K
nee replacement bone and its lower end articulates the apposing surfaces formed by
surgery has with the upper end of the leg bone the implants at the ends of the two
become one of the which is called the tibia. The patella bones. The under-surface of the
commonest major which is also known as the kneecap patella may also be resurfaced,
bone surgeries in is the third component of the knee depending on its condition. In a
developed countries. joint, articulating with the lower partial knee replacement the implants
The procedure was end of the femur. Thus, the knee are inserted only in the medial or the
attempted as early is actually two joints rather than lateral part of the knee depending
as the 1940s but faced one. The articulating surfaces of the on the underlying state of the joint
lack of success due to loosening of the bones are covered with a thin layer before surgery. There are quite a few
implants and pain. Knee replacement of cartilage that protects them and different types of prosthesis and
surgery was revived in 1968 and since reduces friction during movements. further variables include the method
then has been a boon to a very large Between the apposing surfaces of of fixing the implants to bone and
number of people with knee joint problems the lower end of the femur and the whether ligaments are sacrificed or
not responding to other treatment. In upper end of the tibia are the two preserved.
the USA alone about 600,000 knee menisci, the medial meniscus on the A successful knee replacement
replacement procedures are carried inner side and the lateral meniscus results in relief from pain and
out each year and extrapolation allows on the outer side. These “C” shaped marked improvement in movements
one to get some idea of the total number cartilages act as shock absorbers and of the knee, this depending to a large
worldwide. In spite of cost constraints, allow movement of the articulating extent on the activities and fitness
the operation has been widely adopted surfaces with negligible friction. The level before surgery. There is bound
even in developing countries because articulating surfaces of the femur to be quite a lot of pain immediately
of the generally excellent results. Since and tibia move against each other after surgery but this soon wears
the initial days there have been many mainly in a hinge fashion while the off. Rehabilitation is important after
advances both in surgical technique and patella slides against the surface of surgery and knee movements are
more importantly in the prosthesis, the the lower end of the femur. The joint recommended early after surgery.
artificial knee to be installed, which have is enclosed by synovial membrane Exercises to strengthen the knee
extended the life of the replaced joint to and is bathed by synovial fluid which muscles are very important and are
KNEE
about 20 years from the earlier average acts as a lubricant. The ligaments and carried out under the guidance of the
of 10 years. Many different types of knee the muscles which move the joint are physical therapist. These need to be
replacement surgeries are carried out important in giving it mechanical carried out later also to get the best
depending on the underlying problem stability. The main ligaments are benefit of the transplanted knee. After
in the knee joint and there are also many the anterior and posterior cruciate the initial few weeks to months, most
different types of prosthesis to choose ligaments which are within the joint people are able to carry out pain-free
from depending on factors including and the medial and lateral collateral physical activities such as walking,
REPLACEMENT
the status of the joint, the material of ligaments which support it from cycling, swimming, playing golf, etc
construction, the manufacturer of the outside. There are also a number of depending on their general fitness
prosthesis and the preference of the other ligaments further strengthening level. Most replacement surgeons
surgeon. the joint. The main movements at the advise against high-impact activities
The main indication for knee knee joint are flexion (bending) and such as jogging and running. This is
replacement surgery is chronic extension (straightening) with a small because the spacer placed between
the implants at the ends of the femur
Knee replacement surgery is a general term that and tibia tends to wear out and is
one of the important determinants of
covers different types of replacement surgery the life of the joint. Also, high impact
activities may loosen the implant
on the knee depending on the degree of damage from the underlying bone. Low
impact activities are much safer for
and the extent of prosthetic replacement. Of the prosthesis. Excessive weight also
reduces the life of the prosthesis since
these, total knee replacement (TKR) is the most it undergoes higher wear and tear.
In fact, if the patient is substantially
commonly carried out surgery obese, it is advisable for him or her
to lose weight before knee transplant
surgery and if this is not possible by
diet alone, even prior bariatric surgery
may be considered worthwhile. Most
persistent pain in spite of adequate degree of rotation also permitted. knee transplants are done in people
conservative treatment in a knee Knee replacement surgery is a older than 50 years of age. Newer
joint severely damaged by arthritis. general term that covers different generation of prosthesis have a life of
By far the commonest condition for types of replacement surgery on the about 20 years.
which knee replacement is carried knee depending on the degree of There is an inherent risk with
out is osteoarthritis (OA). This is a damage and the extent of prosthetic any type of surgery or medical
degenerative condition of joints, the replacement. Of these, total knee procedure and knee replacement
knees being a common target. Age replacement (TKR) is the most surgery is no exception. The fact that
is the most important risk factor for commonly carried out surgery. In most knee replacements are in older
its development. Genetic factors also this the articulating surfaces of the individuals, often with preexisting
predispose to its development. Prior femur and tibia are replaced by the chronic illnesses enhances the risk.
injuries to the knee as may occur prosthesis. When only the lateral In addition to the operative risk,
in professional footballers, tennis (the outer) or the medial (the inner) infection is a significant problem. This
players, etc also add to the risk. side of the knee is severely damaged is reduced by surgery in a dedicated
Obesity leads to the knees having the surgeon may opt for partial facility where utmost care to avoid
to bear more weight of the body knee replacement, the surgery being infections is routine. In spite of this,
and is another major contributory limited to the damaged area. This infections do occur and can be a major
factor. Women are more prone to is likely to be less traumatic with problem when they are severe or
develop OA. A knee transplant is lesser disruption of normal tissues become chronic. Another significant
indicated when joint degeneration is of the knee. This surgery is usually risk is for deep vein thrombosis
far enough advanced to consider it to possible only when the ligaments of which may lead to life-threatening
be end-stage disease and significant the knee have retained their integrity pulmonary embolism. Preventive
persistent pain is present in spite of and strength. Another types of knee measures include early mobilization
adequate conservative treatment. replacement surgery is patellar and preventive anti-coagulation
Knee transplant is also indicated replacement directed at replacing therapy. Issues with the prosthesis
in other types of arthritis such the under-surface of the kneecap. In such as loosening, limitation of
as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic TKR the damaged cartilage covering movement, etc are also possible and
arthritis or gout with end-stage the articular surfaces of the lower may limit the benefits of the surgery
knee arthritis and inadequately end of the femur and the upper or may even require rectification
controlled persistent pain. Knee end of the tibia is removed along surgery. Pain is the main indication
replacement may sometimes also be with a little of the bone beneath the for knee replacement surgery but a
recommended for severe deformity of cartilage. The implants are then fixed few patients may continue to have
the knee. on the bone surface that has been persistent pain even after the surgery.
The knee joint is the largest joint prepared to create the artificial joint. Thus, while most patients get very
Dr Asheesh Mehta of the human body and also the Between the two implants, a spacer, good results with knee replacement
Internal Medicine Specialist most complicated. The main bones usually of a durable plastic, is placed. surgery, a small but significant
of the knee joint are the femur and This acts as a shock absorber and percentage does have complications
the tibia. The femur is the thigh allows smooth movement between or unsatisfactory results.
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