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November 30 - December 6, 2020 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "Bob Hearts Abishola" (2) 8. Ice cream concoction 9. Fibula or scapula 10. Former "America's Got Talent" judge (2) 14. "My Name Is __" 15. John of "Touched by an Angel" 16. Greek letter 17. Dundee hillside 18. Actor __ Chaney Jr. 19. Truman or Myerson 20. "I've __ __ Secret" 24. 90 degrees from ENE 27. "Yours, Mine & __"; Dennis Quaid movie 28. "Caughtcha!" 29. Boxer's foot 32. "The Man from __"; 1934 John Wayne film 33. Actress on "American Housewife" (2) 36. Diner where Alice worked 37. Pop singer Bobby & others 38. Jay __; "Modern Family" role DOWN 1. Actress Kelly's namesakes 2. Fred Astaire's sister & others 3. Street paver's goo 4. Woodwind instrument 5. And not 6. Georgia __ of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" 7. "... from __ __ shining sea" 8. Tire in the trunk 11. Tom Brokaw's state of birth: abbr. 12. "__ Wife and Kids" 13. Fabray, to friends 14. Flow back 20. Singer & actor Robert 21. Place for a plug 22. Cafeteria stack 23. Hardwood tree 24. Actor Waterston 25. One of the Three Stooges, for a time 26. Rarin' to go 29. Emily or Markie 30. "The Hobbit: __ Unexpected Journey"; 2012 film 31. Initials for Las Vegas singer Newton 34. Mid-6th-century year 35. Role on "Last Man Standing" Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin While he may be better known for making movies, Kevin Bacon also makes music. Partnered melodically with sibling Michael as the Bacon Brothers, the veteran of such films as "Footloose" and "Apollo 13" combines his love of song with his philanthropy as a co-host (with Eve) and executive producer of "Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change," a CBS concert special airing Saturday, Dec. 5. A wide-ranging lineup of artists performs from three cities to raise funds (through Bacon's SixDegrees.org initiative) to benefit WhyHunger and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. "There's a yearly fund- raiser in New York called Love Rocks NYC," Bacon explains of aligning with its producers for the "Play On" hour, "and the Bacon Brothers played it one year, then I went back and did some announcing for it. (Those organizers) came up with the idea of doing a television event in the early days of the corona - virus pandemic, trying to put music out there and raise money for some good causes." Bringing it to fruition as "Play On" has been "very, very challenging," allows Bacon, "and the fact that it's coming together gives us all a great sense of sat - isfaction." The event's ex- ecutive producers also in- clude LL Cool J and "CBS This Morning" co-anchor (and music buff) Anthony Mason. Bon Jovi, Maren Morris, Sheryl Crow, Yola (backed by The Highwomen), Snoop Dogg, Ziggy Marley, Andra Day, Gary Clark Jr. and Jon Batiste are among talents the special show- cases at three legendary sites: New York's Apollo Theater, Los Angeles' Troubadour and Nashville's Bluebird Cafe. Bacon notes such venues "have been hurting" during the pandemic: "I've played at two of them and been to all three, so we're highlighting them as well." Bacon currently is at work on the second sea- son of the Boston-based Showtime drama series "City on a Hill," while wife Kyra Sedgwick is on the opposite coast filming her upcoming ABC sitcom "Call Your Mother." Also with movie projects lined up as either an actor or a director, Bacon says he's glad to get back to busi- ness, though he realizes these uncertain times could put another halt to that at any point. For the moment, though, Bacon maintains that "Play On" is "a show that I would be front-and-center for even if I had nothing to do with it. I would watch it live, I would put it on my DVR — even before this pan- demic, I didn't feel there was enough live music on television." Kevin Bacon lets music 'Play On' to do good in new CBS special The identity of the featured celebrity is found within the answers in the puzzle. In order to take the TV Challenge, unscramble the letters noted with asterisks within the puzzle.

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