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Portland’s non-profit Hollywood Theatre shows the movie ‘The Interview” to support freedom of
expression. (KGW photo)
No Backing Down
Controversial
movie gets an
audience
w hich they view as an attack and an
act o f hostility.
Sony, the distributor o f the m ovie,
first pulled screenings nationw ide
after its com puter and security sys
tems were hacked in an attack the U.S.
by O livia O livia
blam es on N orth Korea. The studio,
T he P ortland O bserver
retracted their decision to stop the
T he m ovie N orth K orea d id n ’t distribution a few days later.
w ant you to see opened T hursday
In P o rtla n d , a h a n d fu l o f th e
in Portland theaters. “The Interview ’’ a ters p ic k e d up the c o n tro v e rsia l
follow s the hypothetical assassin a film ev en as the FB I issu e d w a rn
tion o f N orth K orean dictator King in g s to th e a te rs to w atch fo r p o s
Jong-Il. T he film drew the ire o f sible retaliation, m ostly likely from
N orth K orean officials w ho co n c o m p u te r a ttack s.
d em n ed P resident O bam a and the
T he Living R oom T heaters, The
U nited States fo r releasing the film , H o lly w o o d T h e a tr e , a n d th e
fNItDHINMtNI
C inetopia in V ancouver, w ere som e
o f the few theaters w illing to show
the film.
L iving R oom T heaters G eneral
M anager C yndy D avenport said she
was happy to get the chance to
show the m ovie after big chain the
aters turned it dow n.
The H ollyw ood T heatre also de
fended its d ecision, w ith executive
director D oug W hyte issuing his
ow n statem ent, “W e are a m ission-
driven theater. E ven if T he Inter
view is n ’t the type o f film we w ould
norm ally screen, w e believe in free
dom o f expression, and we w ill sup
port it in any w ay w e can .”
New Year Raises Minimum Wage
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C lassifieds
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C alendar
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O pinion
O regon's m inim um w age w ill inch up 15 cents to
$9.25 an hour w ith the N ew Y ear.
T he Jan. 1 increase is the result o f a ballot m easure
en acted by voters in 2002 tying the m inim um w age to
inflation. T he change m eans an extra $26 per m onth for
a full-tim e w orker earning the m inim um .
"Though the 15 cent increase will help, the m inim um
w age rem ains too low for w orking fam ilies to m ake
ends m eet," said T y ler M ac Innis, a policy analyst with
the O regon C en ter for Public Policy.
R esearch from the cen ter show s that 7 out o f 10
O regon fam ilies living in poverty in 2013 had at least
one parent w ho w orked.
T h e c e n te r e x p e c ts the O reg o n L e g isla tu re to
c o n sid e r raisin g the m in im u m w age d u rin g the 2015
sessio n . A lre a d y , at least 10 la w m ak e rs have co m e
o u t in fa v o r o f ra isin g the m in im u m w ag e to $ 15 an
hour.
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Ride Free on New Year’s Eve
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T he O regon L iquor C ontrol C om m ission is en co u r
aging people w ho have plans to celebrate N ew Y ear’s
that now is the tim e to plan ahead for a safe ride hom e.
If you w ill be celebrating in the Portland M etro area
on N ew Y e ar's Eve, T riM et is providing free rides
starting at 8 p.m . on W ednesday, Dec. 31, and ex ten d
ing M A X service later than norm al hours to m ake sure
everyone gets hom e safe and sound. B uses will run on
regular w eekday service. For details, visit trim et.o rg .
O ther ideas for a safe ride hom e include taking a cab,
renting a lim o, calling a friend, or using a designated
driver.