also augur an interest ratehike by the Federal Reserve. “I

can’t say when, and I don’t thinkthere will be multiple rate hikes,”he says. His current recommen-dation for income investors: Fi-delity Strategic Dividend andIncome (FSDIX), which keepsabout half its assets in dividend-paying stocks, with the rest in real

estate investment trusts, conver-tible bonds and preferred stocks.“It’s able to get a lot of strategicmaneuverability,” he says. Thefund currently yields 2.66%, ac-cording to Morningstar.

His favorite Fidelity fund for2015: Fidelity Event-Driven Op-portunities (FARNX), a small (forFidelity) $165 million fund.“What I love is that the manager,Arvind Navaratnam, is focused onthings like reorganizations, man-agement changes and companiesdeleted from their indexes for noother reason than the index com-mittee thought it was a goodidea,” Lowell says. “He huntsaround the edges of indexes,which is a good playing field foractive managers.” The fund hasgained 9.23% the past 12 months,vs. 7.8% for the average midcapblend fund.

Wiener, editor of The Indepen-dent Adviser for Vanguard Inves-tors, is also optimistic about 2015.“The economy has moved fromrecovery to expansion,” Wienersays. Employment is growing, butnot as fast as normal — and inpart, that’s because of technology.“We should have snapped backharder than we did, but in thenew economy we’re in, we don’tneed as many people to do asmany things,” he says.

Wiener says that when you buyan actively managed fund, you’rebuying management, and the bestmanagers at Vanguard run thePrimecap funds. Those, unfortu-nately, are closed to new inves-tors. But you can buy thePrimecap Odyssey Stock fund(POSKX) and the Primecap Od-yssey Growth fund (POGRX) di-rectly from Primecap. Both havehandily beaten the S&P 500 thepast decade.

Like Lowell, Wiener likeshealth care, and thinks VanguardHealth Care (VGHCX) is a strongbuy for long-term investors. “I

Wondering which mutualfunds to buy in 2015? USA TO-DAY asked two longtime fundpickers exactly that question. JimLowell, editor of Fidelity Investor,has been following the fund behe-moth for decades. Dan Wiener,editor of The Independent Adviserfor Vanguard Investors, is theleading expert on the ValleyForge, Pa.-based fund giant.

Lowell thinks the stockmarket has prospects forreasonable gains — 7% to12%, provided the U.S. con-sumer remains healthy.“Wage growth is going to bethe litmus test for the eco-nomic recovery,” he says. Ris-ing wages will give a boost toconsumer confidence and theeconomy.

Currently, his model portfoliosare overweighted in technology,because he thinks businesses willstart spending on technologyagain, the first major splurgesince 2007. He’s boosting techthrough his position in FidelityBlue Chip Growth (FBGRX),which has 33% of its assets intech.

His portfolio is also overweightin health care — “Even thoughI’m not unaware that it’s had aspectacular couple of years.” Forhealth care exposure, he’s usingFidelity Select Health Care(FSPHX).

An improving economy would

don’t care that it had a great yearlast year,” Wiener says. “If youbuy it now you’ll thank your luckystars in 10 years.”

His final pick for 2015: Van-guard Dividend Growth(VDIGX). The fund doesn’t lookfor stocks of companies that payhigh dividends, but ones with agood record of raising dividends.A company that raises its divi-dend is confident that it will be

able to pay that dividend in thefuture, since cutting dividends issheer poison on Wall Street. Oneof its main attractions: It tends tooutperform in bear markets. “Ifyou look at its record since (man-ager) Donald Kilbride took over,it has decimated Vanguard TotalStock Index,” Wiener says. Van-guard Total Stock is the largestfund in Vanguard’s considerablearsenal.

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NOTICE OF BAR DATES FOR FILING PROOFS OF CLAIMOn January 12,2015 the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the“Court”) entered

anOrder (the“Bar DateOrder”) in the chapter 11 case (the“Case”) of theabove-captioneddebtor anddebtor inpossession (the“Debtor”) inaccordancewithBankruptcyRule3003(c)jxing:

a. March 17,2015,at 4:00 p.m.prevailing Eastern time (the“Claims Bar Date”) as the last day fortheSlingofproofsof claim in this Case for all claims against theDebtor arisingprior toAugust 28,2014 (the“PetitionDate”),includingclaimsarisingunder§503(b)(9)of theBankruptcyCode;and

b. March 17,2015,at 4:00 p.m.prevailing Eastern time (the“Governmental Unit Bar Date”) as thelast day for all governmental units,as dejned in section101(27) of theBankruptcy Code,to assert claimsaris-ingbefore thePetitionDate;

All claims,as dejned in section 101(5) of title 11 of the United States Code (the“Bankruptcy Code”),aris-ingbeforethePetitionDate,andclaimsarisingunder§503(b)(9)of theBankruptcyCode,including ineachcase any claims against the Debtor’s estate based on the Debtor’s primary, secondary, direct, indirect, jxed,secured, unsecured, contingent, guaranteed, disputed, undisputed, liquidated, unliquidated,matured, unma-tured,legal or equitable liability,or otherwise (each a“Claim”),except as otherwise provided for or specijcallyexceptedherein,shall bejledwith the Clerk of the Court,inwriting,togetherwith supportingdocumentation,substantially conformingwithOfjcial Bankruptcy Form10,or as otherwiseprescribedor authorizedunder theBankruptcyRules,onorbefore theClaimsBarDateor theGovernmentalUnit BarDate at the followingaddress:UnitedStatesBankruptcyCourt, Attn: Claims,824MarketStreet,3rdFloor,Wilmington,DE19801.

In addition,proofs of claimmaybejledelectronically using the interface availableon theCourt’swebsite athttp://www.deb.uscourts.gov/claims-information. Proofs of claim submitted by facsimile or electronic mailwill notbeaccepted.

Theholder of anyproof of Claim required tobejledpursuant to theprovisions of theBarDateOrder andnotjled on or before the Claims Bar Date or the Governmental Unit Bar Date shall be forever barred from votingonanyplanof reorganizationjled in this Caseorparticipating inanydistribution in this Case,including,butnotlimited to,anydistributionunderaconjrmedplan.

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NOTICE OF ORDER (A) APPROvINg THE FIRST AmENDEDDISCLOSURE STATEmENT, (B) APPROvINg THE SOLICITATIONPROCEDURES, (C) APPROvINg THE FORmS OF BALLOTS AND

NOTICES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, (D) ESTABLISHINg THE PLANCONFIRmATION SCHEDULE, AND (E) gRANTINg RELATED RELIEF

TOALLHOLDERSOFCLAImSANDINTERESTSANDPARTIES ININTEREST:1. Court Appro`al of the First Aaended Disclosure Stateaent and

theSolicitationProcedures. On January 12,2015,theUnited States BankruptcyCourt for the District of Delaware (the“Court”) entered the Order (A) Approving theFirst Amended Disclosure Statement, (B) Approving the Solicitation Procedures, (C)Approving the Form of Ballots and Notices in Connection Therewith, (D) Establishingthe Plan ConOrmation Schedule, and (E) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 567](the “Disclosure Statement Order”) that, among other things: (a) approved theFirst Amended Disclosure Statement for the Debtors’ First Amended Joint Plan ofLiquidation Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [Docket No.569] (asmaybe amendedor supplemented fromtime to timeand including all exhibits and sup-plements thereto,the“Disclosure Statement”) as containingadequate information,as required under section 1125(a) of title 11 of the United States Code,11 U.S.C.§§101–1532 (the“Bankruptcy Code”);and (b) authorized the above-captioned debt-ors anddebtors inpossession (collectively,the“Debtors”) to solicit voteswith regardto the acceptance or rejection of theDebtors’First Amended Joint Plan of LiquidationPursuant toChapter11of theBankruptcy Code [DocketNo.570] (asmaybeamendedor supplemented fromtimeto timeand includingall exhibits thereto,the“Plan”).2

2. votin^ Record Date. January 12,2015, is theVoting Record Date for pur-poses of determining (a) which Holders of Claims are entitled to vote on the Planand (b) whether Claims have been properly transferred to an assignee pursuant toBankruptcyRule3001(e) such that theapplicable assigneecanvoteas theHolder oftheClaim.

3. votin^ Deadline. If you held a Claim against one of the Debtors as of theVoting Record Date and are entitled to vote on the Plan,you have received a Ballotand voting instructions appropriate for your Claim(s) or Interest(s). For your vote tobe counted in connectionwithConkrmationof thePlan,youmust followtheappro-priate voting instructions,complete all required information on the Ballot,and exe-cute and return the completed Ballot so that it is actually recei`ed in accordancewith the voting instructions by February 13, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. (prevailing PacikcTime) (the“VotingDeadline”). Any failure to followthevoting instructions includedwith theBallotmaydisqualifyyourBallot andyourvoteon thePlan.

4. Objections to the Plan. The Court has established February 13, 2015,at4:00p.m.(prevailing EasternTime),as thedeadline forkling and servingobjectionsto the Conkrmation of the Plan (the“Plan Objection Deadline”). Any objection tothe Planmust:(a) be in writing; (b) conform to the Bankruptcy Rules and the LocalRules; (c) state the name,address,phone number,and email address of the object-ing party and the amount and nature of the Claim or Interest of such entity, if any;(d) state with particularity the basis and nature of any objection to the Plan and,if practicable, a proposed modikcation to the Plan that would resolve such objec-tion; and (e) be kled, contemporaneously with a proof of service, with the Courtand served so that it is actually received by each of the following notice parties bythe Plan Objection Deadline: (i) Co-Counsel to the Debtors: (a) Paul M.Basta,P.C.(admitted pro hac vice),KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP,601 Lexington Avenue,NewYork,NewYork 10022 -and- (b) David L.Eaton (admitted pro hac vice),MichaelW.Weitz(admittedprohac vice),KIRKLAND&ELLIS LLP,300North LaSalle,Chicago,Illinois60654; (c) Robert S.Brady (DE Bar No.2847), Pauline K.Morgan (DE Bar No.3650),Edmon L.Morton (DE Bar No.3856),YOUNgCONAWAYSTARgATT&TAYLOR,LLP,Rodney Square,1000 North King Street,Wilmington,Delaware 19801;(ii) Counselto the Committee: (a) LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP,Bruce Buechler,Esq.,MichaelS.Etkin, Esq., 65 Livingston Avenue,Roseland,New Jersey 07068 -and- (b) Bruce S.Nathan, Esq., 1251 Avenue of the Americas,NewYork,NewYork 10020; (c) DUANEmORRIS LLP, Christopher M.Winter (DE Bar No. 4163, Jarret P. Hitchings (DE Bar.No. 5564), 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1600,Wilmington, Delaware 19801-1659;(iii) Counsel to Cortland Capital Market Services: (a) ROPES & gRAY LLP,Alyson Allen (admitted pro hac vice), Matthew F. Burrows (admitted pro hac vice),Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02199 -and- (b)ROPES & gRAY LLP, Mark I. Bane (admitted pro hac vice), 1211 Avenue of theAmericas,NewYork,NewYork 10036;(c)PEPPERHAmILTONLLP,DavidB.Stratton(DEBarNo.960),Evelyn J.Meltzer (DEBarNo.4581),HerculesPlaza,Suite5100,1313N. Market Street, P.O. Box 1709,Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (i`) U.S. Trustee:Ofkce of the United States Trustee,The District of Delaware, 844 King Street, Suite2207,Wilmington,Delaware19801,Attn:MarkKenney.

5. Con_raationHearin^. A hearing to conkrm the Plan (the“ConkrmationHearing”) will commence on February 20, 2015 at 9:00 a.a. (pre`ailin^Eastern Tiae) before the Honorable Judge Gross, United States BankruptcyJudge,in the United States Bankruptcy Court for theDistrict of Delaware,824North

Market Street, 6th Floor,Wilmington,Delaware 19801. Please be advised that theConkrmation Hearing may be continued from time to time by the Court or theDebtors without further notice other than by such adjournment being announcedin open court or by a notice of adjournment being kled with the Court and servedonparties entitled tonoticeunderBankruptcyRule2002and theLocal Rulesor oth-erwise. In accordance with the Plan, the Plan may be modiked, if necessary, priorto,during, or as a result of the Conkrmation Hearing without further action by theDebtorsandwithout furthernotice tooraction,order,or approvalof theCourtoranyotherEntity.

6. Solicitation Packa^es. The Solicitation Package (except the Ballots)may be obtained at no charge from Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC (“KCC”),the administrative advisor retained by the Debtors in the chapter 11 cases, by: (a)accessing the Debtors’ restructuring website at www.kccllc.net/source; (b) writingto KCC at Source Home Entertainment, LLC, c/o Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC,2335 Alaska Avenue, El Segundo, California 90245; or (c) calling KCC at (877) 759-8815. KCC will answer questions regarding the procedures and requirements forvoting to accept or reject the Plan and for objecting to the Plan,provide additionalcopiesofallmaterials (except theBallots),andoversee thevoting tabulation.

7. Teaporary Allowance of Claias and Interests for votin^ Purposes.Holders of Claims that are subject,at least ten days prior to theVotingDeadline,to apending objection by the Debtors as of the Voting Record Date cannot vote on thePlan; provided, however,that if the Debtors object to only a portion of a Claim,suchClaim may be voted in the undisputed amount. Moreover, a Holder of a disputedClaim cannot vote any disputed portion of its Claim unless one or more of the fol-lowing events (each,a“Resolution Event”) has taken place by February 10,2015,adate threedaysbefore theVotingDeadline:

(a) an order of the Court is entered allowing such Claim pursuant to section502(b)of theBankruptcyCode,afternoticeandahearing;

(b) an order of the Court is entered temporarily allowing such Claim for votingpurposesonlypursuant toBankruptcyRule3018(a),afternoticeandahearing;

(c) a stipulation or other agreement is executed between the Holder of suchClaimand theDebtors resolving theobjectionandallowing suchClaim inanagreeduponamount;

(d) a stipulation or other agreement is executed between the Holder of suchClaim and the Debtors temporarily allowing the Holder of such Claim to vote itsClaim inanagreeduponamount;or

(e) thependingobjection to suchClaim is voluntarilywithdrawnby theobject-ingparty.

No later than two business days after a Resolution Event, KCC shall distribute aSolicitation Package and a pre-addressed, postage pre-paid envelope to the rel-evant Holder of such temporarily allowed Claim that has been Allowed for votingpurposes only (or for other purposes as set forth in an applicable order of the Court)by such Resolution Event,which must be returned according to the instructions ontheBallotbyno later thantheVotingDeadline.

If the Holder of a Claim receives a Solicitation Package and the Claim is objectedto on a date that is less than ten calendar days before the Voting Deadline, theHolder’s Claim shall be deemed temporarily allowed for voting purposes withoutfurtheractionbytheHolderof suchClaimandwithout furtherorderof theCourt.

8. Release, Exculpation, and Injunction Pro`isions Contained in thePlan. Please be advised that ArticleVIII of the Plan contains certain release,excul-pation,and injunctionprovisions.

YOU ARE ADvISED TO CAREFULLY REvIEW AND CONSIDER THE PLAN,INCLUDINg THE RELEASE, EXCULPATION, AND INJUNCTION PROvISIONSINCLUDED IN ARTICLE vIII OF THE PLAN, AS YOUR RIgHTS mIgHT BEAFFECTED.Wilmington,Delaware, Dated: January 12,2015/s/ Edmon L.Morton , Robert S.Brady (DE Bar No.2847), Pauline K.Morgan (DEBar No.3650), Edmon L.Morton (DE Bar No.3856),YOUNg CONAWAY STARgATT& TAYLOR, LLP, Rodney Square, 1000 North King Street, Wilmington, Delaware19801,Telephone: (302) 571-6600,Facsimile: (302) 571-1253,Email: rbrady@ycst.com, pmorgan@ycst.com, emorton@ycst.com -and- Paul M. Basta, P.C. (admittedpro hac vice),KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue,New York,NewYork10022-4611, Telephone: (212) 446-4800, Facsimile: (212) 446-4900, Email: paul.basta@kirkland.com -and- David L. Eaton (admitted pro hac vice), Michael W.Weitz (admitted pro hac vice), KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, 300 N. LaSalle, Chicago,Illinois 60654,Telephone: (312) 862-2000,Facsimile: (312) 862-2200,Email:david.eaton@kirkland.com, michael.weitz@kirkland.com, Counsel for the Debtors andDebtors in Possession1 The Debtors,togetherwith the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identi-kcationnumber,are: SourceHomeEntertainment,LLC (8517);Directtou,Inc.(4741);RDS Logistics,LLC (0305);RetailVision,LLC (2023);Source Interlink Distribution,LLC(3387); Source Interlink International, Inc. (1428); Source Interlink Manufacturing,LLC (7123); and Source Interlink Retail Services, LLC (6967). The location of theDebtors’ corporate headquarters and the service address for all Debtors is: 27500RiverviewCenterBoulevard,Suite400,BonitaSprings,Florida34134.2 Capitalized termsusedbutnototherwisedeknedherein shall have themeaningsset forth in theDisclosure StatementOrder,theDisclosure Statement,or thePlan,asapplicable.

Fund performanceHow the largest stock funds, ranked by assets, fared:Fund 2014 5 yrs.Vanguard Tot. Stk. Mkt. Ind. 12.4% 106%SPDR S&P 500 ETF 13.5% 104%Vanguard 500 Ind. 13.5% 104%Am. Funds Gr. Fund of Am. A 9.3% 88%Vanguard Tot. Int. Stk. Ind. -4.2% 24%Am. Funds EuroPac Gr. Fund A -2.6% 32%Fidelity Contrafund 9.6% 100%Am. Funds Cap. Inc. Builder A 6.6% 53%Am. Funds Inc. Fund of Am. A 8.4% 70%Franklin Income A 4.1% 57%Vanguard Wellington 9.8% 70%Am. Funds Cap. World Gr. & Inc. A 4.0% 54%Fidelity Spartan 500 Ind. 13.6% 104%Am. Funds Am. Bal. A 8.9% 78%Am. Funds Inv. Co. of Am. A 12.1% 87%Am. Funds Wash. Mut. Inv. A 11.2% 100%Am. Funds Fundamental Inv. Inc A 9.0% 88%iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 13.6% 104%Dodge & Cox Int.l Stk. 0.1% 46%Vanguard Emg. Mkts. Stk.Ind. 0.4% 9%Dodge & Cox Stk. 10.4% 106%Am. Funds New Perspective A 3.2% 65%Vanguard Mid-Cap Ind. 13.8% 120%BlackRock Global Allocation 2.2% 38%iShares MSCI EAFE ETF -5.0% 29%Avg. stock fund 7.6% 92%S&P 500 13.6% 105%DIVIDENDS, GAINS REINVESTED THROUGH DEC. 31. SOURCE LIPPER

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Paging Dr. House. Backstrom is not the first —

and won’t be the last — TV seriesto embrace the template thatgave Fox a hit in House: The arro-gant, irascible, self-and-other-loathing, personally flawed butprofessionally brilliant protago-

nist. In House he wasa doctor; in theshort-lived Rake hewas a lawyer; and inBackstrom he’s a detective — butthey’re all variations

on the same theme. In terms of the initial impres-

sion it creates, Backstrom is notHouse, but that’s not the crucialissue. The problem is that RainnWilson is not Hugh Laurie.

To be fair, this series fromBones’ Hart Hanson, adaptedfrom a series of Swedish myster-ies, is asking a lot of Wilson.Backstrom has all of House’s

flaws without any of his wound-ed-warrior saving graces: He’s aconceited, misanthropic, homo-phobic, racist, rude, overweight,alcoholic slob. Laurie brought aboyish charm to House and a sex-ual magnetism that helped ex-plain why people would at leastinitially choose to be around himdespite his problems; Backstromis just one o�-putting character-istic on top of another.

Unfortunately, rather thandraw us in to the character, Wil-son pushes us away. The perfor-mance isn’t just charmless; it’soverly defined and over-emphat-ic. There are many momentswhen you feel you’re watching anactor make choices rather thanwatching a character simply be.

And to make matters worse,early on, anyway, he’s saddledwith this intuitive “I’m you” ap-proach to crime solving in whichhe puts himself in someone else’splace. It’s intriguing once, but it

soon begins to feel like a lazy wayaround the hard work of plantingand discovering clues.

We don’t have to like a maincharacter. But we do have to beinterested enough to invest our

weekly time in him or her, andodds are that only Wilson’s devot-ed fans will survive that make-or-break point.

The shame is that Hanson hasotherwise given Fox the samekind of solid entertainment hehas provided in Bones. The struc-ture is flexible enough to handle avariety of cases, and the support-ing characters are distinctive andwell-cast enough to handle theirown stories. Any show with Den-nis Haysbert as a preacher andon-the-side detective starts outon the plus side in my TV ledger,and this one adds good work fromGenevieve Angelson, Kristo�erPolaha and, as Backstrom’s gayroommate, Thomas Dekker.

They might be worth watchingif the show sheds a few gimmicks.And Wilson might be worthwatching in another show, if hisstyle works for you. But togetherin Backstrom? Sorry, but no.

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