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December 12 - 18, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Pesci or Penny 4. "Judge __" 8. Denver or Hope 11. Setting for "The Golden Girls": abbr. 12. Annapolis academy letters 13. Baseball stat. 14. Series for Kevin James (3) 17. 90 degrees from NNE 18. "The Karate __" 19. Snout 21. "__ Blue" (1993-2005) 24. "__ All Night" (2011-12) 25. "__ Law" (1986-94) 26. Note of the scale 27. Word in the title of Roma Downey's series 28. Jeff Bridges' brother 30. __ Garrett; Charlotte Rae's role on "The Facts of Life" 32. "Before __ __ to Sleep"; 2014 Nicole Kidman film 34. "I'll __ Away" 35. Actor on "Scandal" (2) 41. Building annex 42. "Killing __ Softly"; 2012 Brad Pitt movie 43. "Emerald Point __" (1983-84) 44. Presidential monogram 45. "__ of the Century"; 1983-89 game show 46. DEF's followers DOWN 1. 1991 Kevin Costner movie 2. "Grand __ Opry" 3. Wasps' nests locations 4. Beaver's mom 5. Rob Estes' alma mater 6. FBI crime lab evidence 7. "A __ at Eton"; 1942 Mickey Rooney film 8. "The __ Bunch" (1969- 74) 9. Geisha's sash 10. "A Little __ of Heaven"; 2011 Kate Hudson movie 15. "Eight __ __" (1977-81) 16. "Hooray, hoorah, it's __-Mahoney time ..." 19. Deadened 20. Mayberry resident 22. "Escape __"; 2013 Sylvester Stallone film 23. Plato or Carvey 29. Supermarket walkway 31. "__ of the Light"; 2014 Nicolas Cage movie 33. Pitcher's delights 34. 1982-87 series set at a school in New York 35. Role on "The Beverly Hillbillies" 36. "The New Adventures of __ Christine" 37. __ moment; instant of sudden realization 38. Tillis or Torm"'e 39. Slangy refusal 40. "__ __ was saying ..." Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it Approaching her 30th anniversary as an enter- tainer, Queen Latifah is getting a strong reminder of her career roots from her newest television role. The Emmy- and Gram- my-winning actress-sing- er-producer returns to Fox, where she had a substan- tial 1990s run in the sitcom "Living Single," to play Atlanta salon owner Carlot- ta — a surrogate mother to three young women striv- ing for success in the mu- sic world — in "Star," the new drama from "Empire" mentor Lee Daniels and co-creator Tom Donaghy that has an advance pre- miere Wednesday, Dec. 14. Introducing Jude De- morest (whose character actually is named Star), Ryan Destiny and Brittany O'Grady as the hopefuls, the show begins its regular weekly run in January. "Sometimes, I still pinch myself that this is really happening," Latifah says. "Lee is really the reason I took this show, in addition to the fact that TV is really good right now. The things you can do on television, and the kinds of audienc- es that have a chance to watch your show, are really big. I thought it would be fun to work with someone like Lee, who knows the film world and has an eye for it, and to see what he would bring cinematically to television." Latifah (who was born Dana Owens) notes her conversations with Dan- iels about collaborating on a project began before "Empire" premiered and became an instant sensa- tion, "so this is not really a new thing. He would come up with various ideas over time, and he would call and check in with me every few months or so. When he finally had this concept ready, he sent me the treatment and I thought, 'This is something else.' " Indeed, Latifah empha- sizes "Star" is "something else" than "Empire," though she acknowledges both shows utilize "music and high drama. I know these characters and I know these stories, because that's where I came from. This is about a different kind of family, but a family nevertheless. With 'Empire' being (Daniels') first real foray into television, I felt like he learned a lot on it, and he brought a lot of that — both the ups and the downs of it — to this one." Queen Latifah is a cast member of the Fox drama series "Star," premiering Wednesday. 'Star' stars Queen Latifah as Fox's new drama premieres Providing for the Agricultural and Gardening Needs of our Community 711 E. WATERFORD • WAKARUSA 574.862.1163 SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS

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