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IN LIFE

MOORE,
STEWARTS
BOND IS
UNDENIABLE

01.14.15

Star as mother,
daughter in
Still Alice

DAN MACMEDAN, USA TODAY

Woody Allen dives into Amazon stream

On-demand wars go
highbrow as stakes,
stakeholders multiply

Gary Levin

@GaryMLevin
USA TODAY

Amazon, which has reshaped

the publishing and retail industries, took sharper aim at the TV
business Tuesday, hiring controversial lmmaker Woody Allen to
write and direct a comedy series.
The online megastore, a more
recent entrant to the original
NEWSLINE

IN NEWS

French police
say terror linked
to foreign cells
In Germany, Muslims
hold vigil for victims.
IN MONEY

How Dow blew

a 280-point rally
Big swing not a good
sign, analysts say.

Coming soon: Gas

below $2 a gallon

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streaming business, is becoming a

serious competitor to Netix and
traditional TV networks. The untitled series is set to be available
next year in the USA, United
Kingdom and Germany to Amazon Prime customers, encouraging them to continue paying $99
a year by offering them more
than just two-day shipping.
The news comes two days after
Amazon won a pair of Golden
Globe Awards for its critically
praised comedy Transparent,
starring Jeffrey Tambor, drawing
the spotlight as a destination for
buzzworthy content, with budgets to match. A second highly

praised comedy, Mozart in the

Jungle, was released last month,
joining Garry Trudeaus Washington satire Alpha House. Three
more series are due this year, including one from director Steven
Soderbergh.
And Thursday, it releases a seven comedy and drama pilots
from producers including Carlton
Cuse (Lost) and Shawn Ryan (The
Shield) allowing customers to
watch, review and have a small
say in deciding which will become
regular series. Allens untitled
project, gestating for several
months though it has no title,
cast or concept, wont need that

IS PROGRESS
POSSIBLE?

President Obama met with congressional

USA TODAY
leaders Tuesday for the rst time since
the GOP took control of Congress. Both sides said
they still disagree on key issues but talked about areas
where they could make progress this year.
Gregory Korte
and Susan Davis

DISAGREEMENT

POTENTIAL AGREEMENT

IN SPORTS

Secret behind
Seahawks coach

Themed days and Bruce

Lee, piranha videos.
IN LIFE

Bassetts gift to
Whitney Houston

Biopic a way I could say

what I felt about her,
director says.
ROSS D. FRANKLIN, AP

MICHAEL REYNOLDS, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

Newt Gingrich,
Bill Clinton, they were
able to nd common
ground, and I dont
think it started with
veto threats.

Yaya DaCosta
stars as
Houston.
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USA SNAPSHOTS

Borrowing from
retirement plans
Share of 401(k) investors whove
taken an early withdrawal or loan
from their retirement savings plan to
make ends meet in past five years:

80%
21%
Yes

No

Note Exceeds 100% due to rounding

Source Wells Fargo/Gallup
ANNE R. CAREY AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY

STATE-BY-STATE 4A

House Majority Leader

Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

Obviously, there are

disagreements
around the table on a
whole range of
issues, but there are
also areas where we
can agree.
President Obama

CYBERSECURITY

IMMIGRATION

President Obama has highlighted cybersecurity initiatives this

week as part of a preview of his
State of the Union Address.
House Speaker John Boehner
said hes willing to work with the
president on common-sense
measures.

Obama outlined a series of

executive actions last year that
would delay deportations for
millions of immigrants in the USA
illegally. The House is prepared
to vote on a spending bill that
would roll back those actions.

FREE TRADE

HOMELAND SECURITY

Obama wants the power to

negotiate trade deals and send
them to Congress for an up-ordown vote. Any opposition is
likely to come from congressional Democrats, who worry about
the environmental and labor
impacts of trade deals.

The last Congress passed a bill

funding the Department Homeland Security only through February in an attempt to get leverage
with Obama on immigration.
Obama said hell veto any bill
that restricts his authority on
immigration.

TAX POLICY

KEYSTONE XL

An election-year effort at tax

changes never got off the
ground last year. Obama and
the GOP are in general agreement on corporate tax changes,
although corporate lobbying on
specic provisions could create
battles.

The Canada-to-Nebraska oil

pipeline is a top priority for the
GOP, which says it would create
thousands of jobs. Obama has
threatened a veto, saying congressional approval would shortcut environmental reviews.

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seal of approval.
I dont know how I got into
this, Allen said in a statement. I
have no ideas and Im not sure
where to begin. My guess is that
(Amazon Studios chief ) Roy
Price will regret this.
Though Allen hasnt been a big
box office draw of late and has
personal baggage amid allegations of child abuse media analyst Michael Nathanson likens his
cachet to that of another comedian who signed a four-movie
deal with Netix: Adam Sandler
may not be the most (well)attended movie star, but he has a
loyal following.

Christie
talks N.J.
with eye
on prize
State of State a lot
like stump speech
for White House
Martha T. Moore
USA TODAY

Chris Christie used his annual

State of the State speech Tuesday
to review his accomplishments in
ve years as New Jersey governor. A big chunk of his address
could double as a stump speech
aimed at four years in the White
House.
We are a nation beset by anxiety, said Christie, who is considering a 2016 run. Americas
leadership in
the world is
called
into
question
because of a pattern
of
indecision and
inconsistency.
During
this
time of uncerAP
tainty, it seems Christie
our leaders in
Washington
would rather stoke division for
their own political gain.
Christie referred indirectly to
his year as head of the Republican
Governors Association, which
took him out of his home state for
more than 150 days in 2014.
An 82-year-old woman in Vero Beach, Fla. grabbed my hand
tight and said, Whats happened
to our country? We used to control events. Now events control
us, he said. Our people deserve
better than a bloated national
government that imposes costs
on our states which suffocate our
people.
Another hint of his new focus:
Before the speech, Christie met
with reporters, but only those
from national news outlets, ignoring the state media.
Christie vowed to veto any income tax increase, though the
states transportation trust fund
may require a gas tax increase to
replenish. He called public employee pension funding an insatiable beast and noted, Our
problem here in New Jersey is
not that different from Washingtons entitlement problem.
Christie has reportedly signed
on a top fundraiser for a 2016
campaign. In his speech, he said
hed be in the governors job a
year from now, but in a TV interview in December, he conceded
he is thinking beyond his term.
This jobs done for me in three
years, he said. Ive got to decide
what I want to do with the rest of
my life.

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