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January 15 - 21, 2023 WHATS UP! T11 in "Pretty Woman" (1990) and "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) — Richard Gere has done more action work than you'd think. See, for example, his turn in 2009's "Brooklyn's Finest," di- rected by action-film auteur Antoine Fuqua. Or the espio- nage thriller "The Jackal" (1997), starring opposite blow- em-up legend Bruce Willis (known to many first and fore- most for the Die Hard fran- chise). And Gere embraces the genre with his whole self — for example, he got hurt doing his own stunts for "The Dou- ble" (2011), in which he played a retired CIA operative, and "First Knight" (1995), in which he played a different kind of action character: Sir Lancelot. "First Knight" actually seems to represent a bit of a turning point in his relation- ship to action, and he admitted at the time to feeling thrown into the deep end during the shoot. "When I read the script, at first I had no idea there would be so much action," he said in an interview with Variety magazine. He said that while tending to a head wound after being thrown from a horse. Head wound aside, that could explain why much of his action work has come later in his career — he proved (or maybe realized) that he could do it on "Knight." Of course, with his silver- fox good looks and his acting chops, action has remained just a sideline to his dramatic and romantic work. Q: I just finished watch- ing "Ancient Apocalypse" on Netflix and am wonder- ing if I can see the host any- where else. He seemed to know a lot and was good on camera. A: Your description of him seems to be exactly how he got his own show in the first place. Prior to taking center stage, along with his unorthodox an- cient-civilization theories, on "Ancient Apocalypse," Gra- ham Hancock was a frequent guest expert on a number of similar historical shows. Most notably, he has ap- peared 18 times (so far) on the long-running hit "Ancient Aliens." He appeared, in fact, in the very first episode of the show back in 2010 and most recently appeared in 2021 for Season 17. Interestingly, Hancock's most famous theory (explored in-depth on "Ancient Apoca- lypse") actually runs contrary to the most famous theory ex- plored on "Ancient Aliens." Namely, Hancock believes most unexplained archeologi- cal findings can be reconciled by the existence of a forgotten human civilization, while "An- cient Aliens" prefers to chalk it all up to our ancestors being visited by aliens. He's appeared as a guest on more than two dozen similar docuseries and specials — ones with likely names such as "Ancient Civilizations," "His- tory's Mysteries" (a History Channel series hosted by Dan Aykroyd) and the 1990s Fox series "Sightings." His own ancient-civilization theory was previously ex- plored in depth in 1998 in the three-episode miniseries "Quest for the Lost Civiliza- tion," which first aired on Brit- ain's Channel 4 but can cur- rently be found on various streaming services. Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Advance Pest Control 2 x 2 TAKE 5 BY ADAM THOMLISON TV Media Q: I have been watching "Family Feud" since it first came on with Richard Daw- son, who started the tradi- tion of dressing sharp with those three-piece suits. I've been wondering lately about Steve Harvey's clothes — are they his own suits? Or are they ones the studio buys for him? A: The suits "Family Feud" host Steve Harvey wears are his own, and he says that lately he's actually been trying to break from the show's tradi- tion. You might have noticed a significant change in his style about two years ago — a num- ber of fashion insiders certain- ly did. He continued to dress pretty formally — in the tradi- tion of the show's previous hosts, as you say. But sources such as the venerable GQ magazine have been com- menting on a new embrace of color and pattern in his suits. He said in an interview with GQ that the show had previ- ously been a bit restrictive. The way it's shot, he said, meant that he couldn't get too flashy without causing prob- lems in the editing process. But he said after they saw him in a few TV appearances dressing "how I dress when I'm not at work," they realized that his style could be TV- friendly after all. And Harvey ran with it. "It was a breath of fresh air for me, because it took the shackles off. And even though I'm 64 years old, my motto is to be fly 'til I die." He said he went to his per- sonal stylist, Elly Karamoh, and asked him to help him put a new wardrobe together. And you've been seeing the results for the past couple of years. Karamoh told GQ that it was "absolutely" scary to suggest that Harvey make any changes to his already-defined style, but said that they ultimately arrived at a style they were both happy with. (And appar- ently the audience is happy with it, too.) Q: Has Richard Gere done any action work? A: For a guy best known as a heartthrobby, romantic lead — his most famous roles are still Steve Harvey, as seen in "Celebrity Family Feud" HOLLYWOOD Q&A Solution on page T23 Use the clues above and beside the grid to fill in the squares www.advancepestcontrolnwa.com Family Owned, Competitively Priced, Quality Service Since 1981 Rogers 479-636-5590 Springdale 479-756-1788 Eureka Springs 479-253-8967 PEST CONTROL TERMITE FERTILIZATION WEED CONTROL PRE-EMERGENTS