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ELLIE KEMPERShe’s the go-to girl for sunny, positive characters. Kemper, 35, played the upbeat Erin Hannon on The Office, was part of the hilarious ensemble in the box office hit Bridesmaids and now stars as the optimistic centerpiece (recently escaped from a doomsday cult) of her own Netflix series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.When you play a character like Kimmy, does any part of her “rub off” on you? “There’s this line in the show about taking things 10 seconds at a time, which I think is very pro-found. I’ve been taking that with me. Any sort of hard time, I think, ‘I will take this in small chunks.’ It’s extremely helpful in managing diffi culty.”

Mad Men’s Jon Hamm was your acting teacher at John Burroughs School in St. Louis. Dish!“He attended my high school, and then went to college and came back and taught theater for a year. In the ninth grade, I took his acting class. Everyone loved him.”

How does it feel to have been part of TV history on a critically acclaimed show like The Office? “Not only was it my big break, but I can’t believe my good fortune. It’s smart, it’s funny and it’s a kind show too. Like Kimmy Schmidt, The Office had a heart.”

Do you ever want to play dark roles? “I think that would be fun. On The Office, Mindy Kaling and I did a music video for our Subtle Sexuality band called ‘The Girl Next Door.’ I was the witch and Mindy was the meek, everyday ‘girl next door.’ Even in that two-minute video, I loved playing the mean girl.”

What’s the latest onKenny Loggins?

Is he still recording?—David C., San Antonio, Texas

A: The “Footloose” singer, 67, is still making music as part of Blue Sky Riders, a country-rockin’ trio that’s gearing up for its second album this fall (watch for it at kennyloggins.com). But if you want to see the Grammy-winning Loggins solo, check out the fi nale of Playing House Sept. 8 on USA Network, when diehard fans Emma (Jessica St. Clair) and Maggie (Lennon Parham) crash one of his concerts.

Osbourne, Gaga, Raven-Symoné and Goodwin sport the lavender-grey look.

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NBC’s Tuesday-night summer hit America’s Got Talent is looking for the stars of tomorrow, as TV talent shows have been doing for more than 60 years. Some of today’s brightest performers got their first

twinkles of exposure on an earlier television series—Star Search—but didn’t win.

Q: Will Esai Morales be re-turning to Criminal Minds?

—Nadia C., Lincoln, Neb.

A: Morales, 52, is squeezing in a couple of episodes of the CBS FBI drama between his work as President Julian Navarro on HBO’s The Brink and Amancio Malvado, a “fi gure of terrifying power and cruelty” on From Dusk Till Dawn, airing Tuesday nights on El Rey, an enter-tainment network aimed at a Latino audience. “Horror was my favorite genre as a very young man,” he says.

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Q: What’s with young celebrity women dying their hair lavender-grey?

—Adam W., Huntingdon Valley, Pa.

A: The granny-chic look began with Kelly Osbourne and became trendy as Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Pink and Raven-Symoné followed the grey-is-the-new-blond trend. The most recent converts include Ginnifer Goodwin, who showed up in July with lavender-grey locks. It’s mostly a matter of girls just wanna have fun, but it isn’t easy. “It took eight hours of bleaching!” says Goodwin, 37. “I got a head-ache, but it was worth it.”

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CHECK YOUR MEDS Some drugs taken before bed, like steroids or asthma meds, can cause blood sugar fluctua-tions, says the president-elect of the American Diabetes Association, Desmond Schatz, M.D. Ask your doc about such side effects.

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Bill O’Reilly, 65, the host of the Fox News politi-cal talk show that bears his name, sits in his corner New York City office surrounded by his-tory. Framed photos of presidents, from Chester A. Arthur, James Buchanan and Dwight D.

Eisenhower to Barack Obama, decorate the walls, along with yellowed newspaper front pages blaring headlines on the as-sassination of President William McKinley and the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Books on history line shelves. A plastic figure of famed World War II General George Patton stands watch on O’Reilly’s paper-strewn desk.

Why this obsession with the past? The TV host has a deep conviction that the past is prologue to the future.

“You have to learn from history and from the human condition that there are basically things that never change,” he says. “Greed, violence and corruption are always there—and so is heroism, vision and generosity. But you have to understand how these things unfold so you can define them and take action when they appear.”

McPherson’s books on the Civil War and Richard Atkinson’s “Liberation” trilogy documenting the battles that led to the Allied victories in Europe during World War II.

REWRITING THE PASTNo surprise then that the popular conservative pundit would eventually attempt to write history himself—or rewrite it. After penning a series of books based on his popular nightly Fox TV show, The O’Reilly Factor, he felt he’d exhausted the topics he regu-larly addresses on the show, and he set his sights on Lincoln.

The 16th president, he believed, was a natural place to start be-cause the Civil War, over which Lincoln presided, was “the defining event in American history.” Before the abolition of slavery, O’Reilly says, “we were not a country that was providing freedom for all” in spite of America’s tenet that “all men are created equal.”

Wary that Lincoln was well trod on literary ground, O’Reilly’s publisher tried to talk him out of the book. O’Reilly pursued it anyway, approaching Lincoln backward, from the standpoint of his assassination. It paid off. Killing Lincoln, co-written by Martin

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PLAYING SOLDIERHistory captured O’Reilly’s imagination early on. During his days as a schoolboy in Levittown, N.Y., he sported a coonskin cap and dreamed of Davy Crockett, popularized by the mid-’50s ABC television series about the American frontiersman, and he was captivated by Johnnie Tremain, a 1957 Disney movie. Often young O’Reilly pretended to be a soldier, donning the officer’s uniform of his father, a World War II veteran who saw action in the Pacific.

After graduating from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., with a bachelor’s degree in history, O’Reilly went on to a two-year stint teaching at a Miami high school, where he tried to ignite his students’ interest by making history “come alive.” Later, he made it a goal to visit all 50 states and over the years traveled to 80 countries, soaking up facts and figures along the way.

He still draws everyday inspiration from icons like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as well as lesser-known figures like James K. Polk. And he fosters his own knowledge by voraciously reading history—as many as three books a week—for pleasure and research. His recent intake includes James

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McPherson’s books on the Civil War and Richard Atkinson’s “Liberation” trilogy documenting the battles that led to the Allied victories in Europe during World War II.

REWRITING THE PASTNo surprise then that the popular conservative pundit would eventually attempt to write history himself—or rewrite it. After penning a series of books based on his popular nightly Fox TV show, The O’Reilly Factor, he felt he’d exhausted the topics he regu-larly addresses on the show, and he set his sights on Lincoln.

The 16th president, he believed, was a natural place to start be-cause the Civil War, over which Lincoln presided, was “the defining event in American history.” Before the abolition of slavery, O’Reilly says, “we were not a country that was providing freedom for all” in spite of America’s tenet that “all men are created equal.”

Wary that Lincoln was well trod on literary ground, O’Reilly’s publisher tried to talk him out of the book. O’Reilly pursued it anyway, approaching Lincoln backward, from the standpoint of his assassination. It paid off. Killing Lincoln, co-written by Martin

PLAYING SOLDIERHistory captured O’Reilly’s imagination early on. During his days as a schoolboy in Levittown, N.Y., he sported a coonskin cap and dreamed of Davy Crockett, popularized by the mid-’50s ABC television series about the American frontiersman, and he was captivated by Johnnie Tremain, a 1957 Disney movie. Often young O’Reilly pretended to be a soldier, donning the officer’s uniform of his father, a World War II veteran who saw action in the Pacific.

After graduating from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., with a bachelor’s degree in history, O’Reilly went on to a two-year stint teaching at a Miami high school, where he tried to ignite his students’ interest by making history “come alive.” Later, he made it a goal to visit all 50 states and over the years traveled to 80 countries, soaking up facts and figures along the way.

He still draws everyday inspiration from icons like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as well as lesser-known figures like James K. Polk. And he fosters his own knowledge by voraciously reading history—as many as three books a week—for pleasure and research. His recent intake includes James

Dugard and published in 2011, was a smash New York Times bestseller.

Since then, O’Reilly and Dugard have collaborated on three more successful history-based biographies, published in successive years: Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus and Kill-ing Patton. Like Killing Lincoln, the books approach their subjects from their untimely ends: the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the crucifixion of Jesus and the death of Patton from complications after a car accident. O’Reilly character-izes the works as “investigative history,” through which he strives to evaluate his subjects objectively.

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‘KILLING’ REAGANMost recently, O’Reilly and Dugard added another historic icon to the Killing series: Ronald Reagan, our 40th presi-dent. Killing Reagan (Henry Holt and Company), goes on sale Sept. 22. “On balance, you have to give Ronald Reagan high marks,” O’Reilly says. Though Reagan died peacefully at the age of 93 after suffering from a prolonged battle with Alzheimer’s disease, the “killing” in the title relates to the unsuccessful 1981 assassination attempt on his life by John Hinckley Jr. O’Reilly expects that critics on both the far right and the far left will take aim at Killing Reagan. He knows criti-cism is inevitable from those on both ends of the political spectrum who “don’t want any dissent from their points of view,” but is determined to write what he believes is “honest and right”—regardless of the flack that might come with it.

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First, to clear up any confusion, there is Stephen Colbert, the man, and “Stephen Colbert,” the right-wing TV pundit he created and played on Comedy Central’s satirical faux-news show. Colbert has described his character as a “well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot.”

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� e New York City studio where the show was taped was the epicenter of what Colbert has called the “Joy Machine.” (I went to 16 tapings and would have gone to even more, but show rules allowed attendance only once every six months; as it was, I could see security keeping their eye on me.) With Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me” blasting, Colbert would burst from the wings, run around the desk and high-fi ve the lucky folks in the front row (last sum-mer, one of those lucky folks was me). He would ask the audience, “Does anyone have any questions to humanize me fi rst before I say those terrible things?” His responses could include singing, dancing or, upon request, dem-onstrating his mysterious ability to fold his wonky right ear over on itself, then, without touching it, pop it back into place. After he stepped behind the enormous C-shaped desk, the hairdresser would put the fi nal touches on his gleaming, blue-black helmet of hair. When stage manager Mark McKenna signaled that the taping was about to start, Colbert would look at the audience and say, “Have a good show.”

He meant it. We the audi-ence—in the studio and at home—were his partners in what he has called “extended improvisational games.” When NASA ran a contest to name exercise equipment on the International Space Station, he rallied the Colbert Nation. We voted, and the treadmill became

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Who is paying the settlement money? A lawsuit known as In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 10-MD-2196, is pending in the United

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Defendants in the lawsuit: Valle Foam Industries, Inc. and Domfoam International, Inc.

Additional Settlements have now been reached with the following Defendants: (1) Carpenter Co., (2) FFP Holdings LLC,

(3) Future Foam, Inc., (4) FXI Holdings, Inc., (5) Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company, (6) Leggett & Platt,

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Fabricating, Inc.). Together, these “Additional Settling Defendants” will be paying a total of $151,250,000 into the

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What is the lawsuit about?Several individuals and businesses (“Plaintiffs”) brought claims on behalf of a Class of end-user “indirect” purchasers

of products that contain flexible polyurethane foam manufactured or supplied by the Defendants. These products

include bedding (for example, mattresses, mattress toppers, or pillows) carpet underlay (also called carpet padding or

carpet cushion), and upholstered furniture (for example, a sofa with foam cushions).

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3. You made your purchase in AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, HI, IL, IA, KS, ME, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE,

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and (3) awards to Class Representative Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs’ counsel will request attorneys’ fees not to exceed thirty percent (30%)

of $151,250,000, plus reimbursement of costs and expenses. The Court will then decide a reasonable fee and expense award.

How can I get a payment?You must submit a Claim Form to get a payment. You can submit a claim online or by mail. The deadline to submit a claim

is FEBRUARY 29, 2016. Claim Forms are available at www.PolyFoamClassAction.com, or by calling 1-866-302-7323.

Who represents you?

The Court has appointed Marvin A. Miller of Miller Law LLC to represent the Plaintiff Class.

What are your options?

1. Participate. If you made purchases that include you in this lawsuit and you do not timely request to be excluded from

the Settlements, then you will automatically be bound by the terms of the Settlements. You will also be legally bound

by all orders and judgments of the Court. You will not be able to sue the Additional Settling Defendants in any other

lawsuit for conspiring to fix prices or allocate customers of flexible polyurethane foam. In order to get a payment from

the Settlement Fund, you must submit a Claim Form.2. Don’t Participate. If you do not want to be a part of one or more of the nine Settlements, you may request to be

excluded. If you are excluded from a Settlement, you will not be bound by or benefit from that Settlement, or any other

Court orders relating to that Settlement, but you will keep your right to sue or resolve your claims on your own against

that Additional Settling Defendant. To see the requirements for submitting a valid request to exclude, visit

www.PolyFoamClassAction.com, or call 1-866-302-7323. Requests to exclude must be in writing and received by

NOVEMBER 25, 2015.

Court Hearing

The Court will hold a hearing to decide whether to approve the nine proposed Settlements. The hearing will be on

DECEMBER 15, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at the Ashley U.S. Courthouse, 1716 Spielbusch Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43604.

The Court may change the date, time, or location of the hearing. To obtain the most up-to-date information regarding

the hearing date and location, please visit www.PolyFoamClassAction.com, or call 1-866-302-7323.

If you choose to participate in one or more of the Settlements, you may object to or comment on those Settlements in

writing by NOVEMBER 13, 2015. You or your own lawyer may appear and speak at the hearing at your own expense.

To see the requirements for filing an Objection, visit www.PolyFoamClassAction.com, or call 1-866-302-7323.

Do you have questions?

If you have questions, want more details, or want to see other documents describing this lawsuit and your rights, visit

www.PolyFoamClassAction.com, or call 1-866-302-7323.

Para una notificación en Español, llamar o visitar nuestro website.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT DEFENDANTS OR THE COURT FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THIS

LAWSUIT OR THE SETTLEMENTS.



Stephen Colbert is my best friend. Over nine years, four nights a week, I watched every one of the 1,447

episodes of � e Colbert Report with the unshake-able belief that he was talking directly to me. I know, I know: It was a delusion. But that’s the nature of the relation-ship we fans have with Colbert—it’s intensely personal. And on Sept. 8, when he steps into David Letterman’s shoes at CBS’s � e Late Show With Stephen Colbert, we will be sharing him with you.

First, to clear up any confusion, there is Stephen Colbert, the man, and “Stephen Colbert,” the right-wing TV pundit he created and played on Comedy Central’s satirical faux-news show. Colbert has described his character as a “well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot.”

Utilizing his talent, wit and charm, Colbert seduced us into loving this arrogant, narrow-minded blowhard who sneered at intellectualism and was ruled by his gut. He warned his audience they must be on constant alert to protect them-selves from the countless threats surrounding them, from bears (“Godless killing machines”) to baby carrots (“� ey’re trying to turn me gay”).

Colbert was schooled at Second City, the famed Chicago improvisation theater that pro-duced scores of comedic actors, from Bill Murray to Tina Fey. � e underlying principle of improvi-


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sation is “yes, and...” � is means never say no. Take what your scene partner says and build on it. � is permeated every episode of � e Colbert Report.

� e New York City studio where the show was taped was the epicenter of what Colbert has called the “Joy Machine.” (I went to 16 tapings and would have gone to even more, but show rules allowed attendance only once every six months; as it was, I could see security keeping their eye on me.) With Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me” blasting, Colbert would burst from the wings, run around the desk and high-fi ve the lucky folks in the front row (last sum-mer, one of those lucky folks was me). He would ask the audience, “Does anyone have any questions to humanize me fi rst before I say those terrible things?” His responses could include singing, dancing or, upon request, dem-onstrating his mysterious ability to fold his wonky right ear over on itself, then, without touching it, pop it back into place. After he stepped behind the enormous C-shaped desk, the hairdresser would put the fi nal touches on his gleaming, blue-black helmet of hair. When stage manager Mark McKenna signaled that the taping was about to start, Colbert would look at the audience and say, “Have a good show.”

He meant it. We the audi-ence—in the studio and at home—were his partners in what he has called “extended improvisational games.” When NASA ran a contest to name exercise equipment on the International Space Station, he rallied the Colbert Nation. We voted, and the treadmill became

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