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August 7 - 13, 2023 Page 9 word search solution Chefs Anne Burrell and Jeff Mauro welcome 16 fun-loving singles who are eager to learn some cooking skills and impress future dates, proving the way to someone's heart really does seem to be through the stomach in this season premiere of "Worst Cooks in America," airing sunday, August 6, on the Food Network. Think you measure up to the worst? Check out Anne Burrell's 8 tips for novice cooks at: foodnetwork.com/shows/ worst-cooks-in-america/ photos/8-tips-for-the-beginner- cook-from-anne-burrell-and- rachael-ray WebLinks InFocus "Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback" (Paramount+ — Aug. 15, Documentary Premiere) This premiering, feature-length documentary reveals what really happened behind the scenes of Elvis' 1968 Comeback special to make this mesmerizing hour of television. When it aired on the night of Dec. 3, 1968, the special became the most-watched television event of the year, and nearly half of the entire TV-watching audience tuned in to see Elvis Presley, clad in an iconic black leather suit, de- liver some of the greatest performances of his life, reinvigorating his career and changing the pop-culture landscape forever. InFocus "Solar Opposites: Season 4" (Hulu — Aug. 14, Season Premiere) This oddball animated comedy centers around a team of four aliens who are evenly split on whether Earth is awful or awesome. Korvo (now voiced by "Downton Abbey" actor Dan stevens), Yumyulack (sean giambrone), Terry (Thomas Middle- ditch), Jesse (Mary Mack) and the pupa experience everything life in middle America has to offer, all while waiting for their opportunity to terraform the planet. One of the films that made Kev- in Costner a star also is one of the best movie versions of a television series to date. "The Untouchables" — which Showtime presents Thursday, Aug. 17 — was part of a one-two punch, along with "No Way Out," for Kev- in Costner in the summer of 1987. Robert Stack had major TV success from 1959 to 1963 with the role of Prohibition-era agent Eliot Ness, but with the assistance of director Brian De Palma and screenwriter David Mamet, Costner redefined the true- life law enforcer as a more vulnera- ble figure as Ness pursued legendary mobster Al Capone. The latter part gives Costner a hugely formidable acting match in Robert De Niro, and though their scenes together are limited, the im- pact of those moments is palpable. That's not the only case of a veteran actor making a big impression here, either: Sean Connery earned an Oscar as Jimmy Malone, a streetwise Chicago cop who gives Ness a big advantage by joining his small and specially selected team. Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith are the other members of Ness' so-called "Untouchables," and along with Costner and Connery, the unlikely combination of crime- busters gives the picture a lot of its appeal. There's great pleasure to be had from seeing Connery's crusty Malone educate Costner's relatively genteel Ness in "the Chicago way" of dealing with enemies, while there's just as much enjoyment in seeing Ness use crafty psychology to turn things his way (watch what he does in a courtroom toward the end if the picture)... but that isn't to say that he doesn't resort to brute force when deemed necessary. moviereview By Jay Bobbin Kevin Costner in "The Untouchables" Kevin Costner leads "The Untouchables"

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