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January 24 - 30, 2022 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "Blue Bloods" (2) 8. Costa __ 9. Verdi opera 10. Actor on "S.W.A.T." (2) 14. Cannes __ Festival 15. Suffix for count or lion 16. __ off; doze 17. Qatar's continent 18. NBC weekend program, for short 19. Doogie Howser or Blossom 20. Biting vipers 24. Milne's monogram 27. Actress on "Cheers" 28. Mowry or Carrere 29. Comic strip "Alley __" 32. "The __ Doctor" 33. "United States of Al" actor (2) 36. Zone 37. Annexes, often 38. "NCIS: Los Angeles" role (2) DOWN 1. "Little House on the Prairie" role 2. "The __ Cometh"; Lee Marvin film 3. Second busiest U.S. airport 4. Talk back 5. "... '__ the season to be jolly ..." 6. Anthony & Barbara 7. Beauty shop 8. "__ Your Voice"; Hilary Duff movie 11. Prefix for marry or move 12. "This Is __" 13. Bad cholesterol letters 14. "My Big __ Greek Wedding" 20. Sock pattern 21. River barge obstacles 22. Lowly laborers 23. Depressed 24. "One Day __ __ Time" 25. Actor Quinn 26. Olympic skier Phil __ 29. Face-to-face exam 30. "Gunfight at the __ Corral"; classic Western 31. One of the Kettles 34. Ending for Dan or Nathan 35. Actor Cariou Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By George Dickie Old money clashes with new amid the changing economic order of late- 1800s New York in a period drama from "Down - ton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes that is upcoming on HBO. In "The Gilded Age," premiering Monday, Jan. 24, it's 1882 and there is a growing conflict between the old ways and the new. One side is represented by New York socialites Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook (Christine Baranski, "The Good Fight," Cynthia Nixon, "And Just Like That ..."), old money sisters who take young niece Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson, "Gone Hollywood") into their Fifth Ave. brownstone following the death of her father. To their dismay, their new neighbors are George and Bertha Russell (Mor- gan Spector, "The Plot Against America," Carrie Coon, "The Nest"), whom they regard as new money riffraff despite that he has made a fortune in railroads and she is a social climber and a capable woman in her own right. Caught between these worlds is Marian, who must decide whether her future lies with the established order or in going her own way. The nine-episode first season was filmed in late 2020 and early 2021 around New York City as well as in Newport, R.I., and Troy, N.Y. The turn- of-the-century architecture at these locations was a source of fascination for Spector, who embraced the chance to play some- one from that era, albeit with some trepidation. "You know, I'm married to a British actor," Spector, the husband of Rebecca Hall ("Passing"), notes, "and when they start they do a lot of this type of drama, this sort of this era, the sort of high-style, high-language stuff. I'd done it in school but never really professionally so I was a little nervous about approaching it. "But I think it's sort of a testament to Julian's abilities as a writer," he continues, "that you sort of slip into it quite easily, actually. But yeah, I really loved George. I love his combination of ruthless- ness and deep love for his family and sweetness with his children. It gives you a lot to sort of oscillate between." Coon, meanwhile, loved that Bertha was her own woman with her own mind and thinks that had she ex- isted in a later time, could conceivably be a senator or an entrepreneur. "What I related to partic- ularly with Bertha was an egalitarian marriage where her husband was not intim- idated by her ambitions," she says. "And I loved that Bertha and George have this passionate, equal, sexual relationship at the center of this story." HBO's 'The Gilded Age' a tale of upheaval in late-1800s New York 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. InFocus "Reacher: Season 1" (Amazon — series premiere, Feb. 4) Based on the novels by Lee Child, this original eight episode action series follows Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson, "Above the Shadows"), a former military police investigator and drifter who arrives in a small Georgia town and finds himself arrested for murder. As he works to prove his innocence, a deep-seated conspiracy begins to emerge. Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald and Chris Webster also star.

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