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April 19 - 25, 2021 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Role on "Bob Hearts Abishola" 8. Canter or gallop 9. Shortly 10. Role on "All Rise" (2) 14. Jack's love in "Titanic" 15. "One Day __ __ Time" 16. "__ Hunt" (1958-61) 17. "One Flew __ the Cuckoo's Nest" 18. Suffix for strong or long 19. Pieces of furniture 20. "__ Man"; Robert Downey Jr. movie 24. Bagpiper's accessory 27. Unconscious state 28. "Million Dollar __"; 2014 Jon Hamm baseball film 29. Speck 32. Auction-lover's site 33. Role on "NCIS" (2) 36. Civil War Gen. Robert __.__ 37. Doesn't have both __ in the water 38. Actress on "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2) DOWN 1. Made happen 2. Backpack toters 3. Mailman's beat: abbr. 4. Casual farewell (hyph.) 5. Tattoo parlor supply 6. Clamor 7. Murray & Meara 8. Hand protector 11. Setting for "Frasier": abbr. 12. "Bad Times __ the El Royale"; 2018 film 13. Took a load off 14. Actor Estes 20. "The __ Cometh"; 1973 Lee Marvin movie 21. Role on "Everybody Loves Raymond" 22. Sharif & Epps 23. Anti's vote 24. India's __ Mahal 25. Lead role in "The Little Mermaid" 26. 3051 29. Prepared Easter eggs 30. N's followers 31. "Last Man Standing" star's initials 34. "__ in Trees" 35. __ Diamond Phillips Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin Ben Mankiewicz would be interested in the Oscars anyway, but this year, the film industry's top event also is very much a family matter for him. The longtime Turner Classic Movies host is the grandson of Herman J. Mankiewicz, the co-writer (with director and title star Orson Welles) of 1941's legendary "Citizen Kane" — and the subject of "Mank," the most-nomi - nated picture in the 93rd Academy Awards cere- mony, to be staged in the coronavirus-pandemic era for the first time as ABC televises it Sunday, April 25. The show will be broadcast principally from Los Angeles' Union Station, permitting social distancing for attendees. Nominated for best picture, "Mank" is in the running for a total of 10 Oscars also including best actor (Gary Oldman), sup- porting actress (Amanda Seyfried) and director (David Fincher). "It's a very particular movie about the struggles of an artist who sort of hated himself and hated the business and couldn't get out of his own way," Ben Mankiewicz reflects, "but he was the guy everybody wanted to be around. He was the smartest, funniest guy in the room." While he normally is analytical when it comes to movies, Mankiewicz notes that "what makes me emotional" about "Mank" is that his late father, vet- eran political insider Frank Mankiewicz, "didn't get to see this movie about his father. He would have loved it. And to me, it is precisely how he talked about his dad. Gary Old- man captured what my im- age was of my grandfather perfectly, and I imagine it is locked into Gary Oldman for the rest of my life." Following are some of the nominees. Best picture: "The Fa- ther"; "Judas and the Black Messiah"; "Mank"; "Minari"; "Nomadland"; "Promising Young Woman"; "Sound of Metal"; "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Best director: Lee Isaac Chung, "Minari"; Emerald Fennell, "Promising Young Woman"; David Fincher, "Mank"; Thomas Vinter- berg, "Another Round"; Chloé Zhao, "Nomadland" Best actor: Riz Ahmed, "Sound of Metal"; Chad- wick Boseman, "Ma Rain- ey's Black Bottom"; Antho- ny Hopkins, "The Father"; Gary Oldman, "Mank"; Steven Yeun, "Minari" Best actress: Viola Da- vis, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"; Andra Day, "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"; Vanessa Kirby, "Pieces of a Woman"; Frances McDormand, "Nomadland"; Carey Mul- ligan, "Promising Young Woman" 'Mank' leads the nominees in the 93rd Oscars 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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