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August 22 - 28, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Series for Yaya DaCosta (2) 9. "__ to Me" (2009-11) 10. "__ __ Like Love"; 2005 Amanda Peet film 11. "The __"; 2012 Channing Tatum movie 13. Skating rinks 15. Fraternity letter 17. Series for Justin Hires (2) 18. "A River Runs Through __"; 1992 Brad Pitt film 20. "__, Wilderness!"; 1935 Lionel Barrymore movie 21. Madrid Mme. 23. Series for Eric Szmanda 24. __ Solo; role in "Star Wars" films 25. Role on "Law & Order: SVU" 26. "__ All Night" 29. HI forerunners 30. Reality adventure series 34. Unsuspecting 36. See __ __ eye; agree 38. Word with fly or about 39. "__ Maverick" (1981- 82) 42. Charged particle 43. Actress on "The Blacklist" (2) DOWN 1. LII and LII 2. "Did You __ About the Morgans?"; 2009 Hugh Grant film 3. Member of The Mamas and the Papas 4. Role on "Home Improvement" 5. "__ On" (2012-13) 6. Mr. Preminger 7. "Unhappily __ After" 8. Speck 9. Role on "Fresh Off the Boat" (2) 12. Kerry of "Scandal" 14. "P.S. I __ U" (1991- 92) 16. "Ben-__"; Charlton Heston movie 19. "The Parent __"; 1998 Lindsay Lohan film 20. Short-lived 2002 Robin Dunne sitcom 22. Word in the title of Roma Downey's series 23. Initials for actress Conchata 27. S-W connection 28. Rogers or Clark 30. "West __ Story" 31. Sitcom that starred a country music star 32. Forbid; prohibit 33. Harness strap 35. Monogram for Eeyore's creator 37. Part of a sock 40. Many a hospital floor supervisor 41. Initials for actress Burstyn Solution on page 2 CoverStory By George Dickie © Zap2it Take four male celeb- rities of a certain age, bring them on an epic trek through Asia and watch what happens. That's the conceit be- hind the new unscripted NBC series "Better Late Than Never." Premiering Tuesday, Aug. 23, the fish-out-of-water comedy event follows TV legends Henry Winkler ("Happy Days") and William Shat- ner ("Star Trek"), football great Terry Bradshaw and former heavyweight boxing champ George Foreman as they embark on a journey of a lifetime through locations such as Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok and Hong Kong, traveling with no schedule and no itinerary and guided by comedian Jeff Dye. Winkler, who is also an executive producer, knew Shatner prior to this proj- ect but not Bradshaw and Foreman. But that didn't stop the four men from be- coming fast friends during casting and production. "Oh, we've had so much fun," Winkler says, "and you know it was grueling but it was like a trip that fell out of the heavens. I mean, four very big personalities and ultimately you can feel the affection and respect be- cause I was allowed to go into the editing room and look at stuff as they cut it together. And I thought to myself, 'I'm in it and I want to spend time with these guys.' " Each stop, according to Winkler, took three-and- one-half days to film with a typical shooting day last- ing 14-15 hours. In each episode, the four men banter, kid around, take in landmark sights and inter- act with the locals, along the way discovering that language is no barrier. "Here's what's interest- ing: We're all the same," Winkler says. "I watched George Foreman, who is a mountain of a man, lie down on a thatched mat on a platform covered by a thatched roof open on three sides, and these children 2-, 3-, 4-years- old, came over to him in Thailand and they could have been his grandchil- dren. Without knowing the language but only the language of laughter, they started making up games together and jumping on him. I mean, I saw it. I met these children in Kyoto at a sumo wrestling match, their mom and dad came, and with no language we laughed together and cre- ated masterpieces in the gravel we were sitting on." "Better Late Than Never" premieres Tuesday on NBC. NBC's 'Better Late Than Never' takes celebs on the trip of a lifetime

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