Page 23 - MidWeek - May 5, 2021

MAY 5, 2021 MIDWEEK 23
Words below taken from this week’s issue. See classifieds for answers.
Answers are in the classifieds
ADVICE DIANA GOLFING KAISER
MONIZ MOTHERS NEIMAN NURSES
OPERA PLUMBING POMPOM SCOUTS
SLEEP STOWAWAY STRAWBERRY TOFU
AP PHOTOS
The fourth fifilm in the Thor saga — still starring Chris Hemsworth — will be out in February. Thor: Love and Thunder has a stellar cast that includes Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Matt Damon, Luke Hemsworth, Melissa McCarthy, Taika Waititi and this Gotham-defending actor, who is making the jump from DC Comics to Marvel.
Diana the musical was supposed to debut in 2019, but thanks to the pandemic, that was put on hold. Come Dec. 1, it’ll premiere on Broadway, and Netflix will start streaming it Oct. 1. Jeanna de Waal plays Princess Di, while Roe Hartrampf portrays Prince Charles. What Broadway veteran will play Queen Elizabeth II?
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, 73, brings the classic Cinderella fairytale to life in a stage musical, with a twist. It opened last month in London and features this “miserable”
performer in the title role.
Released 41 years ago this week, Friday the 13th kicked off a slew of slasher flicks while intro- ducing horror fans to the young character Jason Voorhees, his serial-killing mother Pamela, played by Betsy Palmer, and a certain actor known for a six-degrees game who, coinciden-
tally, has been cast as a character named Jack six times over the course of his career.
BIOCE NAKNV
May 9
National Lost Sock Memorial Day
The washing machine gods sometimes call a single sock home, leaving its mate to finish out its days at the back of the drawer or as a child’s sock puppet or dust rag. To all those socks we’ve loved and lost, rest in peace.
Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest). Answers are in the classifieds.
RATING: SILVER
Answers: 1) Christian Bale 2) Judy Kaye 3) Carrie Hope Fletcher 4) Kevin Bacon