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December 21 - 27, 2020 Page 3 ACROSS 1. "__ and the Fatman" 5. Alice's workplace 9. "__ Family" (1983-90) 10. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer 12. Like slick winter roads 13. "Man With a __" 16. Flying saucer, for short 17. "Men in Trees" setting: abbr. 18. "Sherlock __"; 2018 Johnny Depp movie 20. "__ Do Anything"; song from "Oliver!" 21. "The Blind __"; 2009 Sandra Bullock film 23. Apple tablet 25. Moray or conger 26. Ms. Ullmann 27. Holbrook or Linden 28. Pop singer Bobby 29. Plato, for one 30. Goofs up 32. Word in the title of Howie's game show 33. "Walker, Texas __" 38. Setting for "Designing Women": abbr. 39. "__. Doubtfire" 41. "High __"; Gary Cooper classic 42. "__ 54, Where Are You?" 43. "America's Got Talent" judge 45. Role on "Everybody Loves Raymond" 47. "The __ Orman Show" (2002-15) 48. Baseball great Sammy __ DOWN 1. Role on "The Conners" (2) 2. __ Santiago; "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" role 3. Kirstie's initials 4. "SportsCenter" network 5. "Yours, __ & Ours"; Dennis Quaid film 6. Sullivan or Begley 7. Actress Lucy 8. "Modern Family" actress (2) 9. Sara & Hamm 11. Bridges of "Diff'rent Strokes" 14. Initials for Olivier 15. "I __ Sam"; Sean Penn movie 18. Sarah Michelle __ 19. The Lone Ranger's horse 22. Actor __ Cain 24. Wharf 29. DeLuise & others 31. Ramirez of "Grey's Anatomy" 34. Meara or Murray 35. "__ Ordinary Family" 36. "Just __ with It"; Adam Sandler film 37. Finishes 40. University near Dallas 42. "__ This Morning" 44. Wizard's home 46. Initials for actor O'Neill Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By George Dickie We've all imagined what a human soul might look like. But Disney+ makes it the centerpiece of a storyline in an an - imated film that begins streaming Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25. In "Soul," we are in- troduced to Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx, "Ray"), a middle-school band teacher with a pas - sion for jazz, who falls through a manhole in the middle of New York City and into The Great Be - fore, a fantastical place where new souls get their quirks, personalities and interests before they head off to their human incar - nations. There he meets up with 22 (voice of Tina Fey, "30 Rock"), a precocious soul who never understood the allure of the human ex - perience. As Joe tries to show 22 that life as a liv- ing, breathing person has its upsides, he sets off on a journey that may help him answer some of life's more important questions. The film was directed by Oscar winner Pete Docter ("Up," "Inside Out"), who years ago be- came fascinated with his own infant son's apparent personality and soul at birth. More than 23 years later, he turned that into a story when he began questioning his own life path. "(It) just inspired him to think about his kids," explains Dana Murray, the film's producer, "like his son when he was born, just (how) he showed up with so much personality on day one. And how is that? Where does that come from? And so re- ally just those two things really inspired the spark, really, for the idea." As for portraying the soul itself, Murray and the team at Pixar Animation Studios did plenty of re- search, talking to a wide range of spiritual people, including priests, pastors, Buddhists and Shamans to get their take on how a soul might appear. "And across the board," Murray says, "it was very, very similar in how people described it: ethereal, vaporous, no form. And so we were like, 'Oh, well how are we going to portray that on a screen? We need something.' But we didn't want it to be ghostlike, like Casper the ghost. "So from that research, we just started our char- acter artists down a path of exploring and they went down all kinds of crazy routes and we went back to a drawing that Pete had done at the very beginning. Super simple, of just like that light bulb shape." Indeed, this is prime Christmas Day viewing for the family. Murray thinks it has something for ev- eryone. Animated Disney+ feature considers how a soul becomes a 'Soul' 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. I FOUND IT! Whether you are looking for the latest garage sale bargain, a reliable car, a home or a new job. You are sure to find what you want in the classified section of … Nobody Covers Your Hometown Better!

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