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March 6 - 12, 2022 WHATS UP! T11 edged, dishonest places, but I've never seen something so dis- honest as Hollywood. It's unbe- lievable. Everything they do in Hollywood would be illegal in any other place." That's author and financier Bill Browder speaking (in a 2019 interview to financial news site MarketWatch) about his rocky experience trying to get a film made out of his bestselling 2015 memoir "Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man's Fight for Jus- tice." While trying to get his film made, he reportedly had big- name star George Clooney ("The Monuments Men," 2014) and Oscar-nominated script- writer William Nicholson ("Un- broken," 2014) attached, but it got bogged down in "develop- ment hell" (Hollywood's term for an extended period of nego- tiations that may or may not lead to a production). While it languished, Dwayne Johnson ("Skyscaper," 2018) and Netflix swept in and stole the ti- tle for their 2021 action comedy starring the former wrestling superstar alongside Ryan Reyn- olds ("Deadpool," 2016) and Gal Gadot ("Wonder Woman," 2017). To be fair, no one owns the name "Red Notice," except may- be Interpol. It's the term for an international arrest order issued by the police agency, and is where both the book and the film take their names — after all, both properties are, in their own way, about cross-border crime. While Johnson's movie is a fun heist romp, there's not a lot of fun in Browder's book. In- stead, it's the story of his time as a financier in Russia during the lawless years following the col- lapse of the Soviet Union, and of his attempts to get justice for his friend and lawyer, Sergei Mag- nitsky, who died in Russian cus- tody. While there has been no movement so far on an adapta- tion of Browder's book, John- son's film has been a smash hit, and Netflix has already greenlit not one but two sequels. Q: Are they making more of "Only Murders in the Building"? A: Yes. (The rest is a mystery.) Streaming service Hulu, which produces and streams the mystery-comedy hit, renewed it for a second season back in Sep- tember, while the first was still airing, weeks before the finale aired in October. The only news that's been shared since has been the start of filming earlier this winter. That timing suggests the second season will be released some time this fall, in line with the first. OK, that isn't exactly the only news: The show's been in the headlines a lot lately because of all its awards nominations. In keeping with the show's status as a TV person's TV show, the list includes three Writers Guild of America Award nominations, three Screen Actors Guild nods and a Producers Guild nomina- tion, among 17 others (but who's counting). Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Per- sonal replies will not be provided. Advance Pest Control 2 x 2 TAKE 5 Solution on page T23 Use the clues above and beside the grid to fill in the squares BY ADAM THOMLISON TV Media Q: I'd always thought Jane Seymour was a redhead, but in her first film, "Live and Let Die," she is a brunette. Which is her real color? A: Perhaps it's a little of both. British film and TV star Jane Seymour, best known to most as the titular doctor in "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," has been an obsession of the beauty industry for much of her career. Most say she's as gorgeous today, at age 71, as she was at 22 when she was a Bond girl in "Live and Let Die" (1973). Much of that undy- ing beauty is credited to her long, luxurious hair, often de- scribed as "chestnut colored" — a more succinct way of saying "brown with reddish hues." From this vantage point, it's easy to see that a trick of the light could alter its color as desired. That's not to say she doesn't dye it. As she's constantly hounded about her beauty re- gime, her habits are pretty well documented, and Seymour says her personal stylist, Marie Ferro of Marie's Hair Studio in Mali- bu, California, uses a particular set of three colors as highlights and lowlights, but the goal is to essentially maintain her natural color and cover up the en- croaching greys (she is in her 70s, after all). Taking good care of her flow- ing mane is important, as her signature look is very much a money-maker for Seymour. In fact, it's what got her the Bond role. As a young unknown, she went into the audition with a bold strategy: She arrived with her hair bundled up in a big, fur hat, planning to begin her audi- tion by whipping the hat off and let her hair cascade down her shoulders. "The 'hair falling down' thing just works," she told Britain's Times newspaper. " I took off the hat and they offered me the role on the spot. No acting re- quired." Q: I watched the Netflix movie "Red Notice" expect- ing an adaptation of Bill Browder's book, but that's not what it was. Are they al- lowed to do that? A: "I've had a career in Mos- cow, a career in Wall Street and a career in Washington. They're all highly dysfunctional, sharp- Jane Seymour as Solitaire in "Live and Let Die" HOLLYWOOD Q&A Rogers 479-636-5590 • Springdale 479-756-1788 Eureka Springs 479-253-8967 www.advancepestcontrolnwa.com Family Owned, Competitively Priced, Quality Service Since 1981 PEST CONTROL | TERMITE FERTILIZATION | WEED CONTROL PRE-EMERGENTS