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November 28 - December 4, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "Life in Pieces" (2) 9. Dennings of "2 Broke Girls" 10. Four hundred four 11. Wide shoe width 13. Bring together 15. "The Lady __ __"; film for Robert Conrad & Louise Fletcher 17. Reality series for the adventurous 18. "The __ Set"; 2006 Sigourney Weaver movie 20. Actress Kelly 21. "I Didn't Know I __ Pregnant" 23. Role on "Alice" 24. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's __"; Johnny Depp film 25. "__ in the Family" 26. Initials for Hot Lips Houlihan's portrayer 29. "Life of __"; 2012 Suraj Sharma fantasy movie 30. "The __"; Chris Harrison reality series 34. "Battlefield __"; 2000 film for John Travolta 36. Trump's first wife 38. Baseball stat. 39. Adams or Falco 42. Saturn car model from 2003-07 43. With 32 Down, mystery crime drama series (3) DOWN 1. "Kevin __ Wait" 2. Mayberry resident 3. Cake froster 4. Josh Duhamel's state of birth: abbr. 5. "The __-Lo Country"; 1998 Woody Harrelson film 6. Tel __ 7. Actress Deborah 8. "Eye __ You"; 2002 Sylvester Stallone movie 9. Role on "Blindspot" (2) 12. "The __ __ Show"; 1948-71 variety series 14. Pull hard 16. "What __ to Wear" 19. Heflin and Johnson 20. 1965 Beatles movie 22. Tom Brokaw's state of birth: abbr. 23. One of the Kettles 27. "__ Masterson" (1958- 61) 28. 11th of 12: abbr. 30. Recent best actress Oscar winner __ Larson 31. A best actress Oscar winner from the late 1980s 32. See 43 Across 33. "__ Man"; best picture Oscar winner 35. Stomach muscles, for short 37. __ off; fall asleep 40. ABC followers 41. "How to Make __ in America" (2010-11) Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it Dolly Parton and her music are gifts that keep giving for Jennifer Nettles. Not only does the Gram- my-winning Sugarland vet- eran turned solo artist cite Parton as one of her prime career influences, she also is in the Tennessee icon's more-direct debt in terms of both singing and acting ventures. On Wednesday, Nov. 30, Nettles reunites with Ricky Schroder, Ger- ald McRaney and (as the young Dolly) Alyvia Alyn Lind in "Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love," a new NBC sequel to last year's "Coat of Many Colors" TV-movie that scored impressive ratings. "I thought when I did it that it felt special," the ever-friendly Nettles re- flects of the first film, "but sometimes when you're involved in a project, it might feel special to you but you don't know how it's going to be received. Then, when the response was so overwhelmingly positive and it performed so well for the network, it definitely allowed me to raise an eyebrow and wonder. And sure enough, they were very quickly saying, 'OK, this felt really good. Can we do another one?"' In the new story — again written by Pamela K. Long and directed by Stephen Herek —- the Parton family's yuletide has both uplift and peril as the patriarch (Schroder) tries to gather the money to buy his wife a proper wedding ring, but an approaching blizzard may dash that plan and more. Also, Dolly gets the inspiration and support to consider taking her vocal talent beyond her immediate surroundings. "It was a lovely little fit to already know everybody and to come back into that family," Nettles says, "and to just jump right back in and further the story. I thought it was just as spe- cial, but in a different way. There weren't all those mo- ment of figuring each other out, so to speak, but to know how our characters fit together in the past and to be able to use that infor- mation for the new story." That was particularly helpful while approximating the blizzard ... a big acting lesson for Nettles, who became a Broadway star in the musical "Chicago" in 2015, and had a guest role on the WGN America se- ries "Underground" earlier this year. "We shot this in Atlanta in July," she reports, "so with all the outdoor shoot- ing we did, we were in overcoats and everybody was 'freezing,' except we were all dying from the heat! There were cooling vests underneath. You were working in dangerous temperatures already, and that worked well for the first movie because it was set in the summer. But this, with overcoats in 100-de- gree heat, that was an adventure." Jennifer Nettles stars in Wednesday's new NBC movie "Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love." Jennifer Nettles helps bring Dolly Parton's life to NBC Providing for the Agricultural and Gardening Needs of our Community 711 E. WATERFORD • WAKARUSA 574.862.1163 SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS

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