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August 17 - 23, 2015 Page 3 ACROSS 1. "Dateline NBC" host (2) 9. __ person; apiece 10. "__ Upon a Time" 11. "__ Pray Love"; 2010 Julia Roberts movie 13. Bottled water brand 15. __ for; attempt to grab 17. Patricia Arquette crime drama series (2) 18. Most-watched series of the 1998-99 season 20. Initials for June Cleaver's portrayer 21. Actor Schneider 23. MacGraw or Larter 24. Series for Matt Jones 25. Haul; drag 26. "__ Not There"; 2007 film for Christian Bale 29. Scrooge, to friends (if he had any) 30. Jeff Probst's series 34. Singer Frankie 36. Keep an __ __; watch 38. Night we watched "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman": abbr. 39. "The Love __" (1977-87) 42. Suffix for think, drink and stink 43. Actress on "The Blacklist" (2) DOWN 1. Third book of the Bible: abbr. 2. Stonestreet of "Modern Family" 3. Singer Tennille 4. Prefix for lighten or large 5. __ Cola; Pepsi rival 6. Rosemary, for one 7. "All in the Family" producer 8. "The New Tic __ Dough" (1978-86) 9. Role on "Chicago Fire" (2) 12. "__ __ __ Theory" 14. "__ This Old House" 16. Sushi bar offering 19. "__ 222" (1969-74) 20. "__ Bloods" 22. Manilow's initials 23. Role on "Married ... With Children" 27. "Top __"; 1986 Tom Cruise movie 28. Former co-host on "The View" 30. Web surfer's stop 31. Sitcom in which a singer was the star 32. Disallow; forbid 33. Harness strap 35. Monogram for Pooh's creator 37. "__ Life to Live" 40. "Studio 60 __ the Sunset Strip" 41. CD forerunners Solution on page 2. CoverStory By John Crook © Zap2it Anyone who has seen Patrick Stewart in his guest appearances on "Frasier" or the Ricky Gervais sitcom "Extras" knows that the actor can be very funny, but at 75, Stewart is far better known for his iconic dra- matic roles on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and in TV adaptations of "Macbeth," "The Lion in Winter," "Moby Dick" and many others. That may start to change with the Satur- day, Aug. 22 premiere of the new Starz comedy series "Blunt Talk," which casts Stewart as Wal- ter Blunt, a passionate, opinionated and deep- ly neurotic British TV newscaster and pundit currently working in Los Angeles on the titular TV program. Playing a com- edy series lead is a new experience for Stewart, but it's one that he rel- ishes. "We are having a blast," he says. "One of my primary recollections from this past January, February, March and April were laughing, and not just laughing at stu- pid things we were doing, but finding the scenes themselves funny, and very interesting as well." It was his friend Seth MacFarlane, for whom Stewart has done ex- tensive voice work on the animated comedies "Family Guy" and "Amer- ican Dad," who first approached Stewart two years ago about starring in a live-action comedy series, but Jonathan Ames, creator of the underappreciated HBO sitcom "Bored to Death", came up with the series premise, after catching British talking head Piers Morgan on CNN. "One of the great thrills of the show is that we have Jonathan Ames as our executive producer, show runner and princi- pal writer, because he is such a smart guy and such an original thinker," Stewart says. "Even in the little scenes, the ones that aren't a major part of the story, he writes with such originality that all of us who get to say his lines are thrilled." While sophisticated, character-driven comedy is a hallmark of "Blunt Talk," Ames also is more than willing to give his leading man an occa- sional chance to shine in more physical comedy, Patrick Stewart stars in the new comedy series "Blunt Talk," premiering Saturday on Starz. as in a screamingly funny scene set in an airport restroom, where an in- creasingly frantic Walter, running late for a flight, runs sadly afoul of the auto-flush function on one of the fixtures. If Ames created the show's concept, it was Stewart himself who came up with his charac- ter's name. "Walter Blunt (in 'Hen- ry IV: Part One') was the first speaking role that I ever played with the Roy- al Shakespeare Compa- Patrick Stewart goes for the funny bone in Starz sitcom 'Blunt Talk' ny back in 1966," Stewart explains. "It meant that I had arrived at the place and the organization in my career that I had wanted to be for a long, long time. "When I came to Hollywood in 1987, my reputation became much more widely known, and I needed a pseudonym for checking into hotels. So I chose the name Walter Blunt and have been us- ing that for many years. Now I have to come up with another name!" RETIRE WORK Take Control of Your Future 64825 County Road 31 Goshen, IN 46528 1-866-764-1601 www.QualityDriveAway.com See America and Supplement Your Income!! Get Paid to Deliver Vehicles Throughout the U.S. & Canada Retiring Doesn't have to be Scary We Have Vehicles for Every License Type! Call Us Today! Buffet 7 Days A Week! OR Order off our menu Homemade Pies 1403 E. Market • Nappanee • 574.773.0436 Mon.-Sat. 6am - 8pm • Sunday 7am - 2pm Solution on page 2

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