Page 23 - MidWeek - Dec 22, 2021

DECEMBER 22, 2021 MIDWEEK 23
ADOPTION ADVENTIST CAMEL CARDS
CHRISTMAS ENCHANT FORGIVE GRAVY
HART LIGHTS MCCATNEY MERRY
OPERA STAYCATION STRESS WHINE
AP PHOTOS
Apple TV’s The Morning Show, a series that offers an inside look at the chaos that is early morning television, earned four Academy Award nominations, including Best Television Series–Drama, as well as nods for Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup and Mark Duplass. The actors share the screen
with this Southern belle who’s come a long way since her days of doing “the bend and snap.”
Jared Leto won an Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club in 2013 and proved he’ll go the distance for his characterizations. In House of Gucci, which opened Nov. 24, he’s unrecognizable playing Paulo Gucci. The director is this multiple Oscar nominee, who has won an Emmy, and was knighted in 2003.
Days of Our Lives received a two-year pickup from NBC, and thanks to the recent success of spinoff Beyond Salem on Peacock, headlined by super couples Leann Hunley and Thaao Penghlis, and Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn, Peacock greenlit Days of Our Lives: A Very Sa- lem Christmas (released Dec. 16) toplined by Emmy-winner Chandler Massey and this blonde
actress known for her roles on some of the most popular daytime soap operas in America.
Urban criminality in the 1800s is at the forefront of Martin Scorsese’s epic Gangs of New York, which made its way into theaters 19 years ago this week. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Amsterdam Vallon, who’s hellbent on avenging his Irish gang chieftain and father. His adversary is the knife-wielding mon- ster William “Bill the Butcher” Cutting (Daniel Day Lewis), who killed Vallon’s father and leads the Protes- tant Confederation of American Natives gang. What is the name of the gang that Vallon commands?
BARB STEADDI
Dec. 26
National Whiners Day
Contrary to its name, Whiners Day is not a designated time for complaints (even though the long return lines post-Christmas might make you want to scream), but a time of gratitude. So, instead of moaning and groaning about things, learn to appreciate what you have rather than what you might lack.
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) Reese Witherspoon 2) Ridley Scott 3) Eileen Davidson 4) Dead Rabbits