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October 9 - 15, 2017 Page 3 ACROSS 1. "Man __ __ __" 8. Opera solo 9. Ward, for one 10. Actor on "The Goldbergs" (2) 14. "El __"; 1949 John Payne western movie 15. Banned pesticide 16. "__ Ventura: Pet Detective"; 1994 Jim Carrey film 17. Anna-Kat __; role on "American Housewife" 18. Prefix for center or gram 19. Ricky Ricardo's portrayer 20. FedEx rival 24. "The __"; 1999- 2001 primetime animated series 27. Mailmen's beats: abbr. 28. Actor Barrett 29. "__ Indianapolis: Men of Courage"; 2016 Nicolas Cage film 32. Rowing team 33. __ LaSalle; role on "NCIS: New Orleans" 36. "My __ Is Earl" 37. Mowry and Carrere 38. Reality series that began in 2009 (2) DOWN 1. Pulls forcibly from another's grasp 2. 36667 tripled 3. Feather's partner, in phrase 4. Attention-getting utterance 5. Marvin or Majors 6. Seaweeds 7. Civil rights org. 8. Playing marble material 11. Initials for Dzundza 12. "Mister __" (1958- 66) 13. Neckwear for Don Ho 14. Pea casing 20. Oliver Twist, for one 21. Winning __; period of continuous victories 22. Looks through a keyhole 23. 90 degrees from ESE 24. Enlisted rank below a corporal, for short 25. Adams, Tyler and Kennedy 26. Lauren Graham's role on "Parenthood" 29. __-friendly; easy to operate 30. Actress Jill __. John 31. "That's __ Raven" 34. "__ __ Big Girl Now" 35. "Harper Valley __" Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it It doesn't have Linda Ev- ans and Joan Collins this time, but "Dynasty" still has its trademark catfights. That's evident right from the first hour of The CW's new reboot of the famously glitzy, Aaron Spelling-pro- duced 1980s serial that begins Wednesday, Oct. 11. Spelling-series alum Grant Show ("Melrose Place") assumes John Forsythe's earlier role as wealthy Blake Carrington, whose likely business suc- cessor appears to be his strong-minded daughter Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies, "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll") until he takes a fiancee: his ex-employee Cristal (Nath- alie Kelley, "The Vampire Diaries"), a rival for the Atlanta family's power that the very determined Fallon expected to be hers. Partnered again with his "Gossip Girl" and "The O.C." colleague Stephanie Savage in executive-pro- ducing "Dynasty," Josh Schwartz reasons, "We are definitely living in an age of dynasties, right? You cannot look at the news across a spectrum of parts of society (without them) ... whether we are talking about Trumps or Clintons or Kardashians or Murdochs, what have you. Our news is filled with the stories of family dynasties, and that is something that was really exciting to us about why to do the show today." Actor Show, who thinks Spelling "would love" the "Dynasty" revival, was sold immediately on it. "Blake Carrington is such an icon- ic character," he reflects, "and one of the most com- plicated villains — I'm not sure if he was a villain or not in soap-opera history — and that's what I'm con- tinuing to strive for, but in a modern era. In 2017, Blake can't be homophobic in the same way that a 1983 Blake was, but he can have problems with his son (Steven, now played by James Mackay) not being the son that he wants him to be. Those are the things that I'm working towards." Fallon is the first Car- rington the new "Dynasty" re-introduces, and her skill- ful dressing-down of two admirers in the opening scene sets her pace imme- diately. "I did watch quite a bit of the original 'Dynasty,"' Gillies says, "but I didn't want to imitate either of the other actresses (originator Pamela Sue Martin, then Emma Samms). I wanted to bring my own thing to her." The CW's new version of "Dynasty" premieres Wednesday. The passion and power of 'Dynasty' resurfaces in CW reboot

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