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May 22 - 28, 2017 Page 3 ACROSS 1. "American __" 8. Certain votes 9. "Did You __ About the Morgans?"; Hugh Grant film 10. Role on "Criminal Minds" (2) 14. "__ Misbehavin' "; musical revue 15. "__ Vegas" 16. "There __ __ tavern in the town..." 17. One of the Gosselin sextuplets 18. "Orange Is the __ Black" 19. Blow a __; lose one's temper 20. "Killing __ Softly"; 2012 Brad Pitt movie 24. Bath with seats 27. "Rabbit __"; 2010 Nicole Kidman film 28. Suffix for long or strong 29. Felix or Morris 32. Item on a bread tray 33. Series for Monica Raymund (2) 36. "__ __ for All Seasons" 37. Role on "Two and a Half Men" 38. Michael of the series "Bull" DOWN 1. Wild scavengers that seem to be laughing 2. "...__ __ ramparts we watched..." 3. Take advantage of 4. "__ the Boss?" 5. Suffix for boss or blood 6. Ron Moody's role on "Oliver!" 7. Clear the board 8. Foreign farewell 11. Initials for singer Loggins 12. Barker or Bell 13. Slangy refusal 14. Sitcom alien 20. "The __ of It All"; 1963 Doris Day/James Garner film 21. Cry of joy or approval 22. Burstyn or Pompeo 23. Role on "Alice" 24. 1/60 of a min. 25. "Nonsense!" 26. "One Day at __ __" 29. "White Men __ Jump"; Wesley Snipes movie 30. Initials for the star of "Matlock" 31. "What Not __ Wear" 34. President Arthur's monogram 35. "Master and Commander: The __ Side of the World" Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it Ask the stars of ABC's "Dirty Dancing" remake how they liked the experi- ence, and they apparently had the time of their lives. In its 30th-anniversary year, the highly musical Catskills-resort love sto- ry of Johnny Castle and nobody-puts-her-in-a- corner Baby Houseman gets a fresh workout in a three-hour version Wednesday, May 24. Abigail Breslin ("Scream Queens") and dancer-ac- tor Colt Prattes succeed Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick Swayze, with Debra Messing and Bruce Greenwood as Baby's parents, Nicole Scher- zinger as Johnny's initial dance partner Penny, and Tony Roberts ("Annie Hall") as resort owner Max Kellerman. Katey Sagal, Billy Dee Williams and Sarah Hyland ("Modern Family") also appear. Both Breslin and Prattes came to the project as big fans. "I've always loved the original," Breslin confirms. "I'd nev- er danced before, so it was a little nerve-racking — but I thought it would be so much fun because it's one of my mom's favorite movies, as well as one of mine. I was frustrated for a while, but once you get the basics down, that's when things start getting easier." Breslin found consola- tion in being paired with a dance pro, since Prattes was in the Las Vegas company of "Rock of Ages" and appeared with music's Pink on concert stages and in her "Try" video. "I would watch ('Dirty Dancing') roughly every weekend," Prattes maintains. "I visited my dad on weekends, and my stepmom loved it. It was always on some channel like USA or TNT, and she would always watch it and I'd sit there with her, before I even had any in- terest in dancing." The Swayze factor had its own effect, Prattes reports. "My dad was a huge fan of 'Point Break' and 'Road House,' so I grew up respecting Patrick Swayze to the utmost. He was just everything in my mind, so talented and charismatic. Then, my stepmom told me had had danced his whole life, and it just turned it into something else for me. This was a man who was comfortable being a danc- er and made no apologies for that." Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes star in Wednesday's new ABC remake of "Dirty Dancing." ABC gives 'Dirty Dancing' a fresh spin

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