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October 30 - November 5, 2022 WHATS UP! T11 impressive figure that the high- est-paying shows repeatedly turn to (with one big excep- tion). "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race," two of the biggest, lon- gest-standing players on the re- ality competition landscape, routinely give $1-million prizes to their season winners. This is also true of relative newcomer "America's Got Talent" (which debuted in 2006, five years after "The Amazing Race" and six years after "Survivor"). An even newer entrant has also joined this club: "American Ninja Warrior" has been giving out million-dollar prizes to its winners since its seventh sea- son in 2016. There's been one big excep- tion to this million-dollar rule. The 40th season of "Survivor," an all-star edition dubbed "Win- ners at War," doubled the num- ber, awarding its winner, Tony Vlachos, $2 million. It should be noted that these are one-time numbers. Other in- dividual competitors have won more through repeated wins. For example, Chris Tamburello, Johnny Devenanzio and Ashley Mitchell have all earned more than $1 million through repeat appearances on the lesser- known but long-running MTV show "The Challenge." If we widen the definition even further, the biggest winner of all would be Brad Rutter. He raked in nearly $5 million through his various appearanc- es on "Jeopardy" (which, admit- tedly, is not quite the kind of re- ality show you were thinking of). Q: Stanley Tucci seems to be everywhere these days. Where did he get his start? A: Esteemed character actor- turned-travel show host Stanley Tucci got his start where a sur- prising number of current megastars got their early breaks: "Miami Vice." The quintessentially '80s cop show, with its constant need for attractive young guests to play the perpetrators and victims of crimes, launched a lot of ca- reers. Future stars such as Julia Roberts ("Pretty Woman," 1990) and Bruce Willis ("Die Hard," 1988) popped up on the show before their faces were famous, and so did Tucci (most recently of CNN's "Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy"). Tucci appeared in a 1986 epi- sode of "Miami Vice" as a victim of a baby-smuggling scheme. It was a small role, but the produc- ers liked him enough to bring him back the following season for a recurring role as mobster Frank Mosca. It should be noted that "Vice" wasn't Tucci's very first on- screen role — that would be a very brief appearance as "Sol- dier" in the 1985 big-screen crime comedy "Prizzi's Honor" — but it was the first time he played a character with a name. It might not surprise you to know that, before all this, the multiple-award-winning actor was on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1982's "The Queen and the Rebels." Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Personal replies will not be provided. Advance Pest Control 2 x 2 TAKE 5 Solution on page T23 Use the clues above and beside the grid to fill in the squares BY ADAM THOMLISON TV Media Q: I just rewatched "Paul" again, and only now noticed the joke about him talking to Steven Spielberg about "E.T." Did they have to get permission from Spielberg for that? A: They got more than per- mission — they got a cameo. That was the actual voice of legendary Hollywood director and film icon Steven Spielberg on a call with the titular alien in the 2011 comedy "Paul." For those who haven't seen the movie, it's about an alien who crashed to Earth in the 1940s and has been living here, co-operating with the American government, ever since. There's a joke partway through the film about how he has influenced world culture, with a flashback to him speaking on the phone with a film direc- tor about alien biology and how it could be used for a film plot. It soon becomes clear that the di- rector he's talking to is Steven Spielberg and the plot they're developing together would be- come his 1982 cinematic classic "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." "Paul" stars (and was written by) comedy duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Pegg said in an interview with Syfy.com that he and Frost knew Spielberg from their time doing voice work on the director's 2011 movie "Tin- tin." They were working on "Paul" at the same time and told him about their idea for the joke. "He loved the idea and joking- ly suggested a cameo," Pegg said. "Nick and I immediately hashed out the scene and held him to it." It probably didn't hurt that the whole script for "Paul" was a big homage to Spielberg's sci-fi work, particularly "E.T." and his earlier classic, 1977's "Close En- counters of the Third Kind." Q: Out of all the reality competition shows — "Big Brother," "Masterchef," "RuPaul's Drag Race" and so on — which one has the big- gest cash prize? 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