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May 30 - June 5, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "The Gold- bergs" (2) 10. Mayberry resident 11. Joe __ of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" 12. 34 years from now 13. Natalie Portman's nation of birth: abbr. 14. Eggs, in Latin 16. "The __"; series for Harry Lennix 18. Sault __. Marie 20. "If I __"; 2014 film for Chloe Grace Moretz 21. Response to a joke (2) 22. Move at high speed 23. "__ Life to Live" 24. Kelly or Siskel 25. Farm animals 27. Presidential monogram 28. Brian Tee's role on "Chicago Med" (2) 32. __ Kippur 33. "Get __ to the Greek"; 2010 film for Jonah Hill 34. 2011 animated movie about a bird 37. 1953 Jane Wyman film (2) 39. Tug 40. Darby __ of "Scandal" DOWN 1. __ Paris; role on "Star Trek: Voyager" 2. Record speed letters 3. "Blood & __" 4. "My Son, My Son, What Have __ Done"; Willem Dafoe film 5. Lioness in "Born Free" 6. Drug agent, for short 7. Dolly Parton's state of birth: abbr. 8. Underwood and Fradiani, e.g. 9. "SNL's" Jon and his family 13. Prefix for legal or logical 15. Has the patience of __ __; is long-suffering 16. Arthur, for one 17. Use a keyboard 18. Mental soundness 19. "__ __ & Mrs. Muir" 21. "Chicago __" (1994- 2000) 24. File drawer, perhaps 26. Pago Pago, American __ 29. Stylish 30. "__ Fidelity"; 2000 John Cusack movie 31. Yoga mantra 34. Actress on "The Golden Girls" 35. "__ Fly Away" 36. "Ask This __ House" 38. Initials for Lilith's portrayer 39. "Life of __"; 2012 film for Suraj Sharma Solution on page 2. By George Dickie © Zap2it Dion Patras' life is a mess. The product of a pain- ful childhood, this Bronx boy and talented chef played by Jim Sturgess ("21," "Cloud Atlas") has just been released from prison for arson, a charge he earned when he burned down the un- insured restaurant owned by his boss, brutal mob- ster Patrick Woichik, aka the Tooth Fairy (Michael Gladis, "Mad Men"). And now he owes the thug big time. On top of that, the jobless Dion can't pay his bills and he has a deep and abiding love of co- caine. Before he went away, Dion was co-workers at the Woichik eatery with his best friend, Tommy Moran (David Schwim- mer, "Friends," "Band of Brothers"), a sommelier with a drinking problem, who has been unable to stop mourning his wife since she was killed in a hit-and-run accident years earlier. What keeps him going — barely — is car- ing for their young son, who hasn't spoken since her death. Both men clearly have baggage, and in the new AMC drama series "Feed the Beast," premiering Sunday, June 5, opening their own high-end restau- rant appears to be their salvation. But can these two damaged souls make a go of it? "It's a dream that they've had forever," Sturgess explains. "It was always a dream with Tom- my and his late wife, Rie. The three made plans. It was the reason to keep living. Like any dream is, it's a powerful thing. And I think Dion sees an opportunity and sees that Tommy needs some injec- tion of life, something to care about, something to kind of drive him forward, something to kind of get him out of his slump. And at the same time, he sees it as an opportunity to get out of his own s... like the problems he's created by getting in trouble with the mob. So yeah, it becomes a very necessary thing in both of their lives for dif- ferent reasons." Sturgess, a 38-year-old Brit who's been primarily a movie actor throughout his career, had been re- luctant in the past to take on a series and commit to one character for pos- sibly years. But the script and the chance to live in Dion's skin and world proved too enticing. "I love Dion. I think he's a great character," Stur- gess says. "He's really fun to play and I like who he is and I love the world of cooking and I'm enjoy- ing learning to cook and spending time in kitchens with chefs and I'm learn- ing a bunch of things and that's really exciting. "Growing up in the U.K., we fantasized about New York mobs and gangs and we all watched 'Goodfel- las,' " he continues. "New York is a really special place for me and I was always completely kind of seduced by the romance of all the music that came out of New York and all the hip-hop music and all the movies I would watch and books that I would read. So for me ... it sort of blended so many of the things that I love in one show and so there was no way I could say no, really." David Schwimmer stars in "Feed the Beast," premiering Sunday on AMC. CoverStory Two guys with baggage open a restaurant in AMC's 'Feed the Beast'

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