Page 31 - MidWeek - June 9, 2021

JUNE 9, 2021 MIDWEEK 31
Words below taken from this week’s issue. See classifieds for answers.
Answers are in the classifieds
AGING ALARM CHEAT CRACKSEED
DONALD ELECTRIC FALCON GARDEN
GOODWILL KAISER MEILI OLIVER
PAINT POKEMON ROSES VACCINE
AP PHOTOS
Ben Kingsley is keeping busy. The 77-year-old completed the historical drama The Way of the Wind, and is in production for Daliland, in which he plays Salvador Dali. Want to catch Kingsley now? He’s in
the HBO Max rom-com Locked Down, which stars Mindy Kaling and this Genovia heir actor.
Production for Finding the Mother Tree, based on the nature/science memoir of the same name, will be in the creative hands of Amy Adams, who will star as author and ecologist Suzanne Simard, and this actor, who recently completed Netflix’s The Guilty with Ethan Hawke, as well as the Michael Bay action-thriller Ambulance (which opens in February).
Speaking of Ethan Hawke, he’s currently filming Marvel TV series Moon Knight. He’ll be playing the main villain opposite this actor, who plays Marc Spector, a former CIA agent
who’s saved by moon god Khonshu. Expect Moon Knight to debut some time next year.
Seventeen years ago this week, the quirky comedy Napoleon Dynamite introduced audienc- es to relatively unknown actors like Jon Heder, memorable lines such as “Vote Pedro!” and “Whatever I feel like I wanna do! Gosh!” and hilarious characters, including one named Rex. Jack Black was interested in the role of the Rex Kwon Do sensei who taught students
to “break the wrist, walk away.” In the end, however, the part went to this actor.
BARERICE HIDDD
June 9
Donald Duck Day
Any duck that can steal the spotlight for decades deserves to be celebrated. For nearly 90 years, Donald Duck has brought his infectious grumpiness and inferior diction to more than 200 movies. Best of all, he’s become the most published non-superhero comic book character ever. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
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: BRONZE
Answers: 1) Anne Hathaway 2) Jake Gyllenhaal 3) Oscar Isaac 4) Diedrich Bader