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January 29 - February 4, 2018 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Role on "Kevin Can Wait" (2) 8. Mediocre (hyph.) 9. Bedspring 10. Role on "Madam Secretary" (2) 14. "__ __ Have This Dance?"; Anne Murray song 15. __ Cabrera; role on "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World" 16. FBI crime lab evidence 17. Actor Ken 18. Monogram for author Milne 19. Bullring cries 20. Crow's remarks 24. Hairpiece 27. Bread spread 28. Enemy 29. Josh Randall's "Ten Days in the Valley" role 32. Rob Lowe's age 33. Actor on "Speechless" (2) 36. Pod veggie 37. Word with sight or quarters 38. Newsmagazine series (2) DOWN 1. Role on "Happy Days" 2. Actor John and his family 3. Portable bed 4. Sore 5. Yogi's little buddy, for short 6. Hunt or Lavin 7. Ms. Verdugo 8. "__ Wonder" (1985-89) 11. One of the Kettles 12. "I __ Number Four"; 2011 sci-fi movie 13. Orange tuber 14. Contented sound 20. Lassie, for one 21. 1986 Sigourney Weaver movie 22. "The __ Al Show" (1997-98) 23. "__ __ Married an Axe Murderer"; Nancy Travis film 24. Mondale's monogram 25. 5053 doubled 26. Colorful lizard 29. Asian language 30. "Agents __ S.H.I.E.L.D." 31. Apr. or Aug. 34. "The Man with the Golden __"; Frank Sinatra film 35. President Taft's monogram Solution on page 2 CoverStory By George Dickie © Zap2it As the 2018 Winter Olympics approach at the end of next week, Lifetime tells the tale of one of the 2016 Summer Games' greatest performers in a telepic debuting this week. In "The Simone Biles Story," premiering Satur- day, Feb. 3, newcomer Jeanté Godlock stars in the title role of the U.S. artistic gymnast who overcame a tumultuous childhood marked by abandonment, foster care and eventually adoption to achieve Olym- pic glory two years ago in Rio de Janeiro, winning five medals, four gold. Biles' journey began at age 6, when a coach at a gymnastics training center spotted her gift. But honing her routines to a world- class level meant sacrific- ing things other kids took for granted like high-school football games, proms and college at UCLA. But with the support of parents Ron (Julius Tennon, "How to Get Away With Murder") and Nellie (Tisha Camp- bell-Martin, "My Wife and Kids") and younger sister Adria (Raven Bowens, "The New Edition Story"), she is able to realize her dream and make Olympic history. The story is based on the book "Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance" by Biles, who is also an executive producer of this film. "She always seemed like a very confident indi- vidual and I was like, 'Man, this girl's so strong and she has a story to tell,' " says Godlock of her initial impressions of Biles. "And so when I met her, it was so funny because she was all those things and more, and she was so nice and so friendly and just really down to earth and I really like that. ... And we're still friends, so that's great." To prepare for the role, Godlock studied Biles, digesting as many films of her routines and inter- views as she could to pick up on her mannerisms and speech cadence, and watching her interactions with others when she came on set. She also hit the gym where the movie was filmed in Vancouver to practice some of Biles' choreography on the bal- ance beam. "When we started doing Rio, the Olympic scenes, those were way more grueling, I would say, be- cause it was so intense because we had like 200 or 300 (extras)," Godlock says with a laugh. "And so it was almost like I was at the Olympics because I was doing this beam rou- tine and I'm trying to focus on it and then there are so many eyes and everything. But once you do it over and over, it gets better but it also starts taking a toll on you. But I'm in really good shape so it wasn't so bad." Jeanté Godlock stars in "The Simone Biles Story" Saturday on Lifetime. Lifetime's 'The Simone Biles Story' follows an Olympian's path to greatness

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