New concerto highlights musical collaboration
The Rhythms of Beethoven, Rossini, and Akiho
Featuring Andy Akiho’s newest work, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
October 12 & 13
New concerto highlights musical collaboration
RACHEL HERGETT
For the Chronicle
Little was exchanged between composer and percussionist Andy Akiho and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler on first meeting. Akiho had joined a friend (composer Ingram Marshal) to take in a Kronos Quartet gig at Carnegie’s Zenkel Hall. Afterwards, he would be ushered backstage and introduced to Ziegler, who played cello for the contemporary classical quartet for eight years from 2005 to 2013.
Neither remembers much about that initial meeting, other than that Ziegler and the other members of the quartet were sporting some fancy shoes that evening — Black and silver Dolce and Gabbana high top sneakers that Zeigler says are still in his closet.
In the years following, Akiho and Zeigler have become friends and frequent collaborators — even musical family. And this fall, they are celebrating the premier of “Nisei: For Solo Cello and Orchestra,” a new Akiho work composed specifically for Zeigler and commissioned by the Bozeman Symphony alongside the Sun Valley Music Festival in Idaho that premiered the piece in August, the Oregon Symphony where Akiho is the composer in residence, South Carolina Philharmonic, and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra.
“It’s a point of pride of mine that I’ve had a hand in kind of bringing so many pieces to life,” said Zeigler, whose music has always included elements of experimentation and collaboration.
or (406) 585-9774. A pre-concert talk begins an hour before each performance. Also on the program for this weekend’s performances is Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” Overture and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major.
Akiho and Zeigler’s first collaboration
Bozeman Symphony presents “The Rhythms of Beethoven, Rossini, and Akiho” on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $27-82 at www.bozemansymphony. org
came by way of Zeigler’s wife, conductor Paola Prestini and founder of National Sawdust, a Brooklyn venue and nonprofit supporting innovative work. Her piece, “21,” that helped open the venue combined Akiho’s steel pan with Zeigler’s cello and spoken word. But that was
only the beginning. In the decade since, they have performed together in various ensembles, often collaborating with other musicians, artists and dancers.
“In addition to having had many different collaborations in the past, I know that we’re going to have many, many collaborations in the future,” Zeigler said over the phone the morning after one of the Oregon Symphony performances. “(‘Nisei’) just felt like a very natural part of that timeline.”
Many of the projects, Akiho said, used experimental electronics and amplification. “Nisei” goes back to more classical instrumentation with simply cello and orchestra.
“That’s what I wanted to explore in this piece,” Akiho said over the phone from Seattle, “going to what seems like more of a traditional route from what we’ve done, but to me it was a very innovative route.”
Akiho was on a layover on his way to Beijing when he spoke with Ruckus. Though cello happens to be his favorite instrument, his process focuses more on the musician. While composing, he said he imagined how Zeigler would play each note against what he described as the “full palate and timbre” of the orchestra.
“It was really writing a piece for Jeff, not for cello,” Akiho said.
“Nisei: For Solo Cello and Orchestra” draws on some of their shared history as well as their somewhat interwoven cultural identities. Both Akiho and Ziegler have roots in South Carolina. Both are half Japanese (“nisei” is the Japanese word for second generation and applies to the American-born sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants).
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Cellist Jeffrey Zeigler will perform with the Bozeman Symphony.
1) Billy Strings “Highway Prayers”
2) Chappel Roan “Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
3) Mac Miller “K.I.D.S.”
4) Sabrina Carpenter “Short n’ Sweet”
5) $uicideboy$ “I Want to Die In New Orleans”
6) Lord Huron “Strange Trails”
7) Kanye West “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
8) Tipper “Forward Escape”
9) Sierra Ferrell “Trail of Flowers”
10) Radiohead “OK Computer”
1) “Be Ready When the Luck Happens” by Ina Garten, $34
2) “Intermezzo” by Sally Rooney, $29
3) “The Mighty Red” by Louise Erdrich, $32
4) “The Message” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, $30
5) “Impossible Creatures” by Katherine Rundell, $19.99
6) “Bumblewood Thicket” by Random Acts of Silliness, $20
7) “The Wind Knows My Name” by Isabel Allende, $18
8) “Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout, $30
9) “Revenge of the Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell, $32
10) “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver, $21.99
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“American Horror Stories”Huluween Event (Oct. 15)
A spinoff of the long-running series “American Horror Story,” this FX anthology series features a different horror story each episode. The spooky new collection features an all-star cast, including Michael Imperioli, Henry Winkler, Dyllón Burnside, Debby Ryan, Jeff Hiller, Jessica Barden, Angel Bismark Curiel, Guy Burnet, Victor Garber, June Squibb and more.
“Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara” (Oct. 18)
Exploring the dark side of fandom, this documentary, from filmmaker and investigator Erin Lee Carr, looks into the chilling case of indie rockers Tegan and Sara’s stalker. While this individual has be stalking Tegan and terrorizing the band’s fans and community for over 15 years, the film interweaves new discoveries with information from the investigation initially conducted in 2011.
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“Rivals” - Season 1 (Oct. 18)
Based on the celebrated novel by Dame Jilly Cooper, this series, set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, dives headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Alex Hassell, Nafessa Williams, Katherine Parkinson and Bella Maclean star.
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“What We Do in the Shadows” - Season 6 (Hulu — Oct. 22, Season Premiere)
This hit FX mockumentary comedy’s final season makes its debut. It follows the nightly lives of a group of vampires living on Staten Island, New York. Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillen, Mark Proksch and Kristen Schaal star.
“Late Night with the Devil” (Oct. 19)
A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms. Starring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon and Ian Bliss.
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BY JAY BOBBIN
Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito in “Dumbo”
‘Dumbo’ flies in live action in Disney remake
It’s no secret that in its more recent history, the Disney studio has tried to capitalize on its intellectual property by turning some of its most popular animated features into live-action attractions.
That might seem especially tricky with a title character such as the one “Dumbo” has, but consider that Tim Burton is the director, and the 2019 remake – which Freeform shows Sunday, Oct. 13 – turns out to be very much its own creature, both literally and figuratively.
With his well-known knack for the offbeat, Burton might
13. Neighbor of Vietnam
14.Oft-broken promise
15.Cable TV prizes
17.Madhouse
18.Cult Canadian comedy troupe, with “The”
20.Pickles of “Rugrats”
21.“Your majesty”
22.QB Brett
24.Boxer Mike
28.“This ___ House”
29.Milk
30.Plague
33.Slumping athlete’s hopeful phrase
35.Andes capital
there also are the famously bizarre Burton touches that are likely to keep much of “Dumbo” at arm’s length for viewers who might otherwise anticipate getting fully wrapped up in it.
38. “Sprechen ___ Deutsch?”
39.4-Down series
45.“Game of Thrones” weapon
46.Vince Vaughn series
47.Combine
48.“___ Man” (2008)
49.Dublin’s land
50.Farm pen
51.Bakery product
52.“Send help!”
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1.Furniture wood
2.“Sound of Metal” (2019) actor Paul
3.Some old TV box sets
4. Actor Tudyk
5.Simpson and Maverick
6.Patrick Swayze’s role in “Point Break” (1991)
7.Maintain
8.Minnelli of “Cabaret” (1972)
9.“American ___”
10.“Dirty” activity
12.Middle Eastern statesman Arafat
16.___ E. Coyote
19.“___ Arnold!”
22.Watch chain
23.Microbrewery output
25.“Ted Lasso” star Jason
26.Big Ten inits.
27.Once called
31. Samuel’s teacher, in the Bible
32.Morsel
33.Golfer Aoki
34.Pooh’s creator
36.Funny Anne
37.Diego Luna “Star Wars” series
seem an odd match for a Disney project, though he also was among the makers of “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “James and the Giant Peach,” “Alice in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass” for the company. And indeed, the result here is a “Dumbo” that isn’t completely cuddly.
Digital effects help bring to life the baby elephant that gets separated from its mother -and yes, there still are those famous parent-and-child moments that don’t merely tug at your heart, they just about rip it out of your chest. However,
Danny DeVito (who earlier was The Penguin for Burton in “Batman Returns”) is wonderfully warm as the operator of the circus that becomes the big-eared, flying Dumbo’s new home ... but there’s also a really sinister rival showman, played by Burton’s earlier Batman, Michael Keaton. The competitor’s amusement-park concept is named Dreamland, but it may as well be called Nightmare Land, and Burton clearly is on familiar turf as he displays the site’s various horrors.
That also may be where more than a few moviegoers question the bill of goods they’ve been sold by “Dumbo.” Those who might expect strictly a live-action retelling of a childhood favorite are pretty much guaranteed to be surprised by the more ghoulish turns taken here, and that is to say nothing of how young children who are watching might react.
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“Beyond Black Beauty” - Season 1 (Oct. 15)
Young equestrian Jolie Dumont (Kaya Coleman) finds her Olympic dreams dashed when her mother (Sagine Sémajuste) moves them from Belgium to her family’s urban ranch in Baltimore. Wishing for nothing else but to have her old life back until she bonds with a spirited horse named Black Beauty, Jolie learns to embrace her heritage while continuing toward her Olympic-hopeful future.
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“Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” (Disney+/ Hulu — Oct. 25, Series Premiere) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band offer the most in-depth look ever at the creation of their legendary live performances, including footage of band rehearsals, backstage moments, rare archival clips and personal reflections from Springsteen himself.
“Brothers” (Oct. 17)
Brothers tells the story of a reformed criminal (Josh Brolin) whose attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother (Peter Dinklage) on a cross-country road trip for the score of a lifetime. Dodging bullets, the law, and an overbearing mother along the way, they must heal their severed family bond before they end up killing each other.
“The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh”Season 1 (Oct. 17)
This sitcom follows the Pradeep family and the events of their life in America after moving from India. As told through hilarious (and often conflicting) flashbacks from an interrogation room, the Pradeeps quickly find themselves embroiled—romantically, personally, and professionally—with a polar-opposite neighborhood family, leading to a predicament with many surprising twists.
“The Devil’s Hour” - Season 2 (Oct. 18)
Continuing the story of Lucy Chambers (Jessica Raine), a woman caught up in the hunt for serial killer Gideon (Peter Capaldi) in ways she never could imagine, this new season sees Gideon’s true intentions finally revealed. As he attempts to involve Lucy in his mission to stop an elusive force of evil, Isaac (Benjamin Chivers), meanwhile, is discovering new emotions every day and struggling to keep his balance in a reality that rejects his existence. Fresh mysteries unfold as our stories converge on one explosive moment that will change everyone’s fate.
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LIBRARY EVENT
“What are you reading?” It’s fall, and that means more time to read. It’s an interesting thing about reading, we do it in solitude and then want to share the experience with others.
These meetings are commonly known as Book Club meetings and Bozeman Public Library offers two for adults. The Library Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of the month, at 3 p.m. in Barnes & Noble in the Gallatin Valley Mall, and at 6:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood room at the Library.
Readers requested a weekend book club, and the Classic
Literature BookClub meets the third Saturday of the month. Classic Lit meets 10:15 a.m.-noon in the picturesque Ponderosa room. These meetings are open to anyone interested and participation level is optional. For more information, call 406-582-2400 or visit bozemanlibrary.org.
LIBRARY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS
Wednesday, Oct. 16 Library
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Theroux. Paul Theroux writes an historical novel depicting George Orwell’s life in Burma approximately 100 years ago. Eric Arthur Blair, a quiet, standoffish, 19-yearold leaves his home and parents in England to navigate the cultural and political landscape of colonial, occupied Burma.
Saturday, Oct. 19 Classic Literature Book Club: Turn of the Screw by Henry James. One of the scariest ghost stories ever written, Henry James creates a terrifyingly believable
impression of innocent children so corrupted by evil that they remain deceptive pictures of innocent beauty. Their governess must exorcise the demons she believes possess their souls.
Wednesday, Nov. 20 Library Book Club: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. This propulsive, darkly comedic feminist thriller is about a woman named Geeta whose abusive husband walked out on her five years ago. Why does everyone in her village in India think she killed him? And why does everyone treat her so differently now? Not that it’s a bad thing …
Saturday, Nov. 23 Classic Literature Book Club: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. Two married people, struggling to keep a simple life simple. When
Nora borrows money from a questionable source to pay the bills her husband couldn’t when he was ill. She discovers how much she is stifled and controlled. Is it possible she lives as a doll in ‘A Doll’s House’?
BOOKS FOR THE KIDDOS
Rescue cat by Stephen Savage. Juvenile Fiction. Life hasn’t always been easy for street cat, Butterscotch. But when she finds herself in a brand-new home, full of warmth and love, she gathers the strength to be brave. One day, she sees a fellow cat facing a crocodile on the nature channel on TV, so she jumps through the screen to help. After all, she is... rescue cat!
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“Mighty Mosterwheelies” (Oct. 14)
Tapping into the Universal Monsters vault, this children’s animated series is an action-packed adventure-comedy series which reimagines classic characters as half-monster, half-truck vehicle heroes who team up to use their special powers to serve and protect the all-vehicle city of Motorvania from troublemakers like Phantom Freeze and Invisible Van.
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Behind My Doors: the Story of the World’s Oldest Library by Hena Khan; illustrated by Nabila Adani. Juvenile Nonfiction. Come learn about the oldest operating library in existence, which was originally founded in Morocco by a Muslim woman in the year 859, that’s 1, 165 years ago. It was recently restored and iscurrently open. This is a fun book to read aloud.
“Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special” (Oct. 15)
Comedian and actor Rachel Bloom muses on birth, death, cosmic uncertainty and pungent trees in this whimsical and reflective musical comedy special.
Bluey. Swim School. Picture
Book. Bluey is an Australian Blue Heeler, thus the name Bluey. Bluey and her family are playing Swim School! But their swimming lessons are proving to be difficult and not the fun time Bluey was anticipating. Can Mum, Dad, and Bingo pass the tests? Or, will they keep arguing and telling on each other? Bluey is getting bluer by the minute.
Little Ghost Makes a Friend by Maggie Edkins Willis.
“The Lincoln Lawyer”Season 3 (Oct. 17)
Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), an iconoclastic idealist, runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles. Based on the series of bestselling novels by renowned author Michael Connelly, the third season is based on the fifth book in The Lincoln Lawyer series, “The Gods of Guilt.”
Early Reader. Little Ghost lives in a friendly neighborhood, with his Ghost Mom. When a little girl moves in next door, he hopes to make a new friend. But, how? This books is filled with pretty pictures, an uplifting story and a great lesson for kids who are shy about reaching out to others. No boos here.
Family DVD: Coco .As one might guess from all the skeletons running around, this Pixar/Disney movie is a
“Woman of the Hour” (Oct. 18)
The stranger-than-fiction story of an aspiring actress (Anna Kendrick) in 1970s Los Angeles and a serial killer (Daniel Zovatto) in the midst of a years-long murder spree, whose lives intersect when they’re cast on an episode of “The Dating Game.”
celebration of the Day of the Dead, also known as All Souls Day, which is coming up Nov. 1.
FOR THE TWEENS AND TEEENS
The Library is planning a refocus of the Teen Corner to better serve all the teens and tweens who visit there. Who else would we ask for input that the teens and tweens who use it? There is an online survey to fill out atBozemanlibrary.
org. The questions from the designers include: What do you like about the current TeenCorner? How do you use it? What vibe would you like the Teen Corner to have? What do you think is missing from the Teen Corner? Any other recommendations? Get on there and tell us what you need.
Beth Boyson is a Programming Librarian and Cataloger at Bozeman Public Library. She can be reached through the Library website at www. bozemanlibrary.org.
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The solution to the question is found within the answers in the puzzle. In order to discover this hidden solution, unscramble the letters noted with asterisks within the puzzle.
Across 1. Airport in Queens
4. Nudges
8. Needle
11. H+, e.g.
12. McGregor of “Trainspotting” (1996)
13. Incense
14. DiGiorno or Ellio’s offerings
17. Tear
18. Corn site
19. Number near an APR
21. AOL and NetZero
24. “Wait a minute ...”
25. Guitarist Diddley
26. Depart
27. Meg, Beth, and Amy’s sister
28. Origin
30. Sunrise direction
32. Buzzer
34. Tea server
35. 1987 Madonna film and song
41. Follower of Christ?
42. It gets a licking
43. “Told ya!”
44. Lord’s Prayer pronoun
45. Egg producers
46. Genre related to goth Down
1. Peter Pan rival
2. Part of FWIW
3. Big name in bouillon
4. Wrangler wrangler
5. On one’s ___
6. Mountain pass
7. Huffy state
8. Store selection
9. Great time
10. N.B.A.’s Unseld
15. Bulk mail requirement
16. “Futurama” doctor
19. Kissers
20. Pump, e.g.
lifestyle
22. Sammies made with 1-Down
23. Dirty coat
29. Black
31. Biscotti flavoring
33. Make an impression
34. Salt Lake City collegians
35. Clever person
36. “A likely story!”
37. Shed item
38. Cape ___
39. Sleep acronym
40. Sign before Virgo
BY CAROLINE COLLACUTT
Horror-filled honors: 2024’s Fangoria Chainsaw Awards celebrate a ‘nightmare’ to remember
Hosted by David Dastmalchian (“Late Night with the Devil,” 2023) and Angel Melanson (“Jane vs Monsters”), the 2024 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards returns Sunday, Oct. 13, on Shudder. An event that began in 1992 with 11 categories — and a mail-in ballot voting system — the Chainsaw Awards now features 18 categories, including Achievement in Non-Fiction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Creature FX, Best Director, Best Documentary Feature, Best First Feature, Best International Movie, Best Lead Performance, Best Limited Release, Best Makeup FX, Best Score, Best Screenplay, Best
Streaming Premiere, Best Supporting Performance, Best Television Series, Best Wide Release Movie and (added only this year) Best Video Game.
This year, the awards will be presented by horror genre alumni such as Skeet Ulrich (“Scream,” 1996), Madeleine McGraw (“The Black Phone,” 2021), Dewayne Perkins (“The Blackening,” 2022) and Lauren LaVera (“Terrifier 2,” 2022), with categories featuring heavy-hitting films released in both 2023 and 2024.
“We couldn’t just drop a 2023 awards show in October of 2024, so our nominees represent the best of not only all of last year, but the first half of this year,” explained producer and Fangoria editor-in-chief Phil Nobile Jr. “This of course meant an unprecedented, absolutely brutal level of competition across 18 months of movies and shows. But it’s the Chainsaw Awards; getting a little bloody is, after all, totally on-brand for us.”
Following a year packed with nightmare-worthy films, the Chainsaw Awards’ two most anticipated categories — Best Wide Release Movie and Best Lead Performance
— are both stacked with endless talent.
For Best Wide Release, “Abigail” (2024), “Evil Dead Rise” (2023), “The First Omen” (2024), “Godzilla Minus One” (2023), “Infinity Pool” (2023), “Late Night With the Devil” (2023), “M3GAN” (2023), “Satanic Hispanics” (2023), “Talk to Me” (2023) and “When Evil Lurks” (2023) were all nominated, making for a gruesome competition.
Meanwhile, Tobin Bell (“Saw X,” 2023), David Dastmalchian (“Late Night with the Devil,” 2023), Kaitlyn Dever (“No One Will Save You,” 2023), Nell Tiger Free (“The First Omen,” 2024), Kathryn Newton (“Lisa Frankenstein,” 2024), Lupita Nyong’o (“A Quiet Place: Day One,” 2024), Emma Stone (“Poor Things,” 2023), Lily Sullivan (“Evil Dead Rise,” 2023), Sydney Sweeney (“Immaculate,” 2024) and Sophie Wilde (“Talk to Me,” 2023) all make waves with nominations in the Best Lead Performance category.
Determining who wins and who loses (and who only has seven days to live), the “2024 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards” airs Sunday, Oct. 13, on Shudder.
Tobin Bell in “Saw X”
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“Pupstruction” - Season 2 (Oct. 15)
This imaginative, music-filled animated series follows the adventures of the Pupstruction team — a doggone hard-working construction crew that ranges from some of the brawniest breeds to irresistibly cute and playful puppies. It centers on Phinny (Yonas Kibreab), an innovative young corgi, who might be the smallest pup on the crew but proves that you don’t need big paws to have big dreams or big ideas.
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“Kiff: The Haunting of Miss McGravy’s House”Halloween Special (Oct. 16)
The series follows Kiff (Kimiko Glenn), an optimistic squirrel whose best intentions often lead to complete chaos, and her best friend Barry (Michael Croner), a sweet and mellow bunny. In this full-length special, Kiff and her friends haunt a house on Halloween to save it from being sold.
“The Devil’s Climb” (Oct. 18)
This thrilling documentary special follows renowned rock climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell as they take on a 2,600-mile expedition to tackle one of the most daunting challenges of their careers: summiting the infamous Devils Thumb, deep in the wilderness of southeast Alaska.
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (Oct. 19)
Music’s highest honor, the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction will be live on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio at 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT/5:00 p.m. MDT/4:00 p.m. PDT. 2024 inductees include Cher, Mary J. Blige, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang and Dionne Warwick.
Jesse L. Martin of “The Irrational” on NBC and Peacock: He reprised his role as Tom Collins from the Broadway and London stagings of : “Rent” in the 2005 movie version of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical.
LeVar Burton of “Trivial Pursuit” on The CW: He was a newcomer to television when he gave his Primetime Emmy Award-nominated performance as the young Kunta Kinte in the landmark 1977 miniseries “Roots.”
John Quinones of “What Would You Do?” on ABC and Hulu: He has been with ABC News for 42 years, having started as a general-assignment reporter based in Miami, and has hosted “What Would You Do?” since it began in 2008.
‘SNL’ through the years
Questions:
trivia quiz
BY STAFF WRITERS
1) Who was the first host of “Saturday Night Live” when it premiered on October. 11, 1975?
2)“I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.” What is the name of Will Ferrell’s cowbell player in the iconic “SNL” skit?
3)He’s 35 years old, thrice divorced, and living in a van down by the river — what is the name of the motivational speaker played by Chris Farley?
4) Who played two Olympic hopefuls in the 1984 “SNL” short “Synchronized Swimming”?
5) What is the name of the frequently “verklempt” host of “Coffee Talk,” as played by Mike Myers?
6) Who currently holds the record for hosting the most “SNL” episodes?
7) Which “Celebrity Jeopardy!” category appeared in every sketch but was only selected in the 40th anniversary special?
8) Which “SNL” alum played Ms. Rafferty, known for her uncomfortable stories of alien abduction?
9)“Save the liver!” Who performed a blood-soaked imitation of chef Julia Child?
9)Dan Aykroyd
8)Kate McKinnon
7)Potent Potables
6)Alec Baldwin
5)Linda Richman
4)Harry Shearer, Martin Short
3)Matt Foley
2)Gene Frenkle
1)George Carlin
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George Clooney
OF SISTERS ON NBC
Q: I see that the series “Sisters” is streaming now. I know George Clooney was in it, but which character did he play?
A: We can confirm that it wasn’t one of the sisters … though with his famous sense of humor, George Clooney might have given that a try if that opportunity had been presented to him. The drama series, which ran on NBC from 1991 to 1996, is now available to stream via the service Plex. Clooney appeared during the fourth and fifth rounds of the show’s six-season run, playing James Falconer, a police detective who became involved with the program’s central family when he investigated an assault on one of its members.
Teddy (portrayed by Sela Ward) eventually was Falconer’s love interest, with their connection advanced and strengthened by the fact that they both were recovering alcoholics. He had a tragic personal past, for sure, and that background gave Clooney plenty of opportunity to show how he handled dramatic material. That was notable since much of his television work preceding that was in the comedy realm (“The Facts of Life,” “Roseanne,” etc.).
We won’t say much more about Falconer’s story here, for the benefit of those who aren’t familiar with “Sisters” and may want to check it out. Clooney stayed with NBC and production company Warner Bros. Television by segueing into the medical drama “ER,” which cemented his stardom with his portrayal of Dr. Doug Ross. His career after that is the stuff of show-business history, encompassing two Oscar wins (for his acting in 2005’s “Syriana” and his producing of 2012’s “Argo”) but no Primetime Emmy Awards as of yet.
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Daniel Craig celebrity q&a
BY ADAM THOMLISON
OF KNIVES OUT ON LIONSGATE FILMS
Q: Did Daniel Craig actually play a stormtrooper in a Star Wars movie? Also, when’s he giving us another Knives Out movie?
A: You raise two hard-to-believe facts here: one, that an actor of Daniel Craig’s (“Skyfall,” 2012) caliber would take a faceless, one-scene role in a Star Wars movie; and two, that it takes this long to make a Knives Out movie.
But incredibly, both are true.
Craig, in fact, requested the role in “Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens” (2015). At the time, he was shooting “Spectre” (2015), his fourth outing as legendary superspy James Bond, and that film shared some crew with “The Force Awakens,” including second assistant director Ben Dixon.
In his usual clipped English, he told Britain’s Daily Express newspaper that it all came together pretty easily. “I said to Ben, I said, ‘Part for me?’” And he was like, ‘Are you serious?’ I was like, ‘Yeah.’ And he went, ‘I’ll go ask J.J. [Abrams, director of “The Force Awakens”],’ And he came back and said, ‘Yeah.’”
That makes three mega-franchises Craig was a part of in the ‘10s. Because just four years later, he starred in “Knives Out,” a distinctly American take on the cozy mystery genre. A sequel followed — 2022’s “Glass Onion” — but a year before that was even released, it was announced that there would be a third film as well.
That movie, “Wake Up Dead Man,” is due out sometime in 2025 (that’s the less-than-specific word from Netflix, which is producing and distributing it).
And so, by the time it’s released, it will have been four years between the announcement of the film and its final release. However, it will only be three years between the second and third films in the franchise, which matches the gap between the first two.
Chevy Chase in the first season of “Saturday Night Live”
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TV is offering plenty of ‘Hocus Pocus’
It wouldn’t be Halloween season without a little “Hocus Pocus” … actually, more than a little, since the popular Disney feature typically gets a bounty of showings during October. That’s the case again this year, since FX has the 1993 horror-comedy-fantasy movie on Sunday, Oct. 13, and Saturday, Oct. 19 – and Freeform also presents it on Monday, Oct. 14, Wednesday, Oct. 16, and Friday, Oct. 18 (with more telecasts of it slated later in the month).
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy star as 300-year-old sibling witches who are revived by an unwitting teen (Omri Katz), who thinks he’s just clowning around when his actions have that drastic result at a museum in Salem, Mass. (where else?). It’s then up to him, his sister (Thora Birch) and his attractive new classmate (Vinessa Shaw) to try to reverse the trouble he has set in motion. The picture’s enduring success inspired a 1994 prequel and, even more notably, a 2022 sequel that reunited the three top stars.
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“Freaky Friday” (Hulu, streaming): It’s a good time to catch this 2003 body-switching comedy-fantasy – which the Disney studio made twice before – since stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan have completed filming a sequel that’s scheduled for release next year. They play a mother and daughter who end up occupying each other’s space quite literally, thanks to two fortune cookies that have a surprising effect on them. Mark Harmon and Chad Michael Murray also have reprised the characters they play here for the forthcoming sequel, which logically is titled “Freakier Friday.”
“Wings” (Turner Classic Movies, Sunday, Oct. 13): Director William A. Welman’s 1927 saga of pilots (played by Charles “Buddy” Rogers and Richard Arlen) who are rivals professionally and in romance has a permanent place in motion picture history, since it was the first film to win the Oscar for best picture. It’s presented here as half of a double-feature tribute to Clara Bow, who actually doesn’t portray the woman the two men fight over; that role belongs to Jobyna Ralston. Gary Cooper has a supporting role in the drama, which initially was a silent movie, then was re-released with music and sound effects added the next year.
Michael Trucco celebrity update
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Q: I know that Luke is only a part-time character on “Fire Country,” but I’d love to see more of the actor. What else has he been doing?
A: California-born actor Michael Trucco’s star started rising quickly almost the minute he graduated theater school in the late ‘90s. He’s been working steadily, mostly on TV, ever since.
Even with his role as Luke in CBS’s buzzy action-drama “Fire Country,” Trucco is still probably best known for his two-and-a-half-season run as a star in beloved sci-fi series “Battlestar Galactica” in the late ‘00s.
As you say, “Fire Country” is only a part-time commitment for Trucco. In the meantime, he’s also continued a couple of other recurring roles — one in the ABC
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medical drama “The Good Doctor” and one in ABC’s cop show “The Rookie” (which, when added to his firefighter role in “Fire Country,” gets him a first-responder bingo).
He’s also become part of the unofficial acting troupe employed by director Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House”). Trucco appeared in all eight episodes of Flanagan’s 2023 miniseries “The Fall of the House of Usher” and has a role in his feature-length sci-fi drama “The Life of Chuck,” which recently debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, ahead of getting wider distribution.
And he’s maintaining that busy pace — he’s currently in pre-production on the indie sci-fi film “The Last Transport,” which reunites him with his old “Battlestar” castmate Katee Sackhoff (“Riddick,” 2013).
Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy in “Hocus Pocus”
Los Angeles Lakers head to Phoenix as preseason slowly wraps up
The Los Angeles Lakers continue their NBA preseason action as they get set to take on the Phoenix Suns Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, with all the action broadcast live on TNT.
Entering the 2024-25 campaign with a new head coach and a fresh sense of optimism despite making little to no moves during the offseason, the Lakers will be looking to go even further in the postseason after an early first-round exit last season against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. Replacing coach Darvin Ham for the new season will be former NBA guard JJ Redick, who is entering his first season as an NBA head coach.
Another new face — also entering his first season as a Laker — is 23-year-old North Dakota native Dalton Knecht, the 17th pick in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft.
Projected to be a lottery pick, Knecht dropped to 17th, largely due to his older age at 23. But that didn’t seem to discourage the 2023-24 SEC Player of the Year, as he went on to average 21.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 45.8% from the field and 39.7% from three-point range.
Knechts’ shooting consistency is exactly what the Lakers need coming off last season, where they struggled with a league-second-worst 29.9% from three-point range.
Additionally, the Lakers will once again enter another NBA season with limited depth on the bench, something that may plague the team down the stretch of a grueling 82-game NBA regular season. Hopefully, with new faces and a fresh sense of leadership, the Lakers can wrap up their final stretch of the preseason on a strong note.
Full name: Dalton Douglas Knecht
Birthdate: April 19, 2001 (23)
Birthplace: Fargo, North Dakota
Height/weight: 6-6/215 pounds
Team(s): Los Angeles Lakers (2024-present) University of Tennessee (20242023), Northern Colorado (2023-2021), Northeastern JC (2021-2019)
TOWN & COUNTRY FOODS: DUTCH OVEN ENCHILADAS
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 large red onion, finely chopped, plus more for garnish
1 large bell pepper, finely chopped
2 ( 10-ounce) cans red enchilada sauce
1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
10-12 (6-inch) flour tortillas
2 cups finely shredded taco style cheese blend
1 cup shredded mild cheddar cheese
1 (4 oz.) can canned sliced jalapenors, drained
Sour cream, for garnish
Chopped fresh cilantro for garnish
Method:
Preheat oven 375 degrees. Heat oil in
a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and peppers and cook until tender, about 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
Coat bottom of a Dutch oven with about 1/4 cup of enchilada sauce and set aside.
Combine black beans, cumin and salt in a small bowl and toss to coat. Divide black bean mixture and taco cheese evenly among tortillas. Roll up each tortilla and place seam side into Dutch oven.
Cover with remaining enchilada sauce and top with cheddar cheese. Cover and bake until cheese is melted and bubbling, about 20-25 minutes.
Garnish with jalapenos, sour cream, red onions, cilantro and serve.
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That was the starting point, Akiho said. “Nisei” allowed them to get in touch with their roots, but on an “abstract and intuitive level.”
The pair had been in talks about the piece for years before it came to fruition, with discussions about what kind of piece they were imagining and what they have in common.
“It’s 25 minutes and it goes through quite the gamut of emotions,” Zeigler said. “There’s a lot of intensity, there’s a lot of energy, but there’s a lot of beauty and melody as well.”
For some, adding cultural heritage into a piece could be taken literally, with themes from folk songs or other cultural nods. Akiho isn’t that literal. In a pizzicato section in the opening of the third movement, the orchestra’s strings seem to reference the sound of a koto, a 13-stringed zither that is Japan’s national instrument.
“I think that it’s more about the experience of being a second generation Japanese-American,” Zeigler said.
Add in the South Carolina connection and Zeigler describes the piece as an
abstract of interwoven feelings and thought processes related to identity and place.
“Yes, it’s an Andy piece, but it’s also like there’s something that binds the two of us, and I feel that connection,” Zeigler said.
In final discussions over the piece, Ziegler found the most challenging sections to be some the composer didn’t expect, and the sections that were expected to pose a challenge seemed easy to play through.
“I joke with him that he must think I’m a much better cellist than I actually am, because it’s pretty hard, playing up and down the cello constantly,” Zeigler said..
In what Zeigler described as the biggest compliment for the piece of music, cellists in the Oregon Symphony were “salivating” after the first rehearsal, asking when exclusivity contracts would end and the piece would be open for all to play.
“I hope that it will have a place in the repertoire because it’s really one of the best cello concertos I’ve ever come across,” Zeigler said, likening it to the work of Antonin Dvorak, Dmitri Shostakovich and Robert Schumann.
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NBA: Keeping it in the Family
Questions: Answers:
1)Like father, like son(s). Name the former NBA Sixth Man of the Year award winner who currently has two sons active in the NBA.
2)Which father-and-son duo both played and coached in the NBA — with both generations winning two NBA championships each?
3)Who paid homage to their Slam Dunk Contest-winning father by wearing his jersey in the 2018 Slam Dunk competition?
4)In a lengthy coaching career, who became the first head coach in NBA history to coach his son in an NBA game?
5)Name the Lithuanian-born center who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and whose son has been named to an All-NBA Team twice in his career.
6)Which father-and-son duo were both teammates of Dirk Nowitzki at various points in their NBA careers?
7)While Tito had a relatively short NBA career, his son recently won his first career NBA championship — and became the first player to bring the Larry O’Brien trophy to the Dominican Republic. Who is he?
8)Which Golden State Warriors shooting guard is the son of the first point guard to be named the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year?
9)Name the New York Knicks superstar who led the team to a playoff round victory — and has a father as an assistant coach currently on-staff.
10)Which NBA father lost to the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Finals but had a son on the championship-winning 2022 Golden State Warriors (who defeated the Boston Celtics).
Though Missy Peregrym was absent from “FBI” for a while toward the end of last season, many more cases are in her future.
The Dick Wolf-produced CBS and Paramount+ drama returns Tuesday, Oct. 15, for its seventh year — the first of three that it was renewed for at once, something quite rare. Peregrym’s character, Special Agent Maggie Bell, is still concerned with taking over the raising of a late FBI peer’s (Charlotte Sullivan, “Chicago Fire”) daughter (Rose Decker, “Mare of Easttown”). She also has a big investigation to handle in the season opener, as she and her colleagues clash with CIA operatives while investigating a New York-area plumber’s murder that has global implications.
“We have a new showrunner this year, Mike Weiss [‘Chicago P.D.’], who’s fantastic,” says Peregrym, who notes another big “FBI” change with co-star Katherine Renee Kane (“Extra Ordinary,” 2016) about to leave with her federal agent character Tiffany Wallace. “We have a new person joining the team this season [‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ star Lisette Olivera, as Behavioral Analysis Unit agent Syd], and we’re really looking forward to that, though I’ve loved working with Katherine. She’s so talented, and I have nothing but love and support for her move forward in her career.”
The subplot of Maggie considering parenthood came in large part from Peregrym, a real-life mother of two, who explains, “I really just wanted to have more of a maternal side of Maggie come out, outside of work. I thought it was
10)Mitchell and Andrew Wiggins
9)Jalen Brunson
8)Gary Payton II
7)Al Horford
6)Tim Hardaway (2001) and Tim Hardaway Jr. (2019)
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interesting for her to get a child through a friend, and I’m excited that we’re able to continue that storyline.
“What I love about this season is that Maggie has to balance that out,” adds Peregrym. “She opens up more about that stuff not just with OA [her FBI partner, played by Zeeko Zaki, ‘24: Legacy’], but also with the other characters. And it’s tough. It’s not like she’s doing it by herself, but she definitely needs help and support. It’s not like every mother who has her own child knows what to do in every situation, but these are even tougher circumstances.”
Birthdate: June 16, 1982
Birthplace: Montreal
Current residence: New York
Marital status: Married to Australian actor and producer Tom Oakley; they have two children, son Otis and daughter Mela
Other television credits include: “FBI: International,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Van Helsing,” “Ten Days in the Valley,” “The Night Shift,” “Saving Hope,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Motive,” “Cybergeddon,” “Rookie Blue,” “Reaper,” “Heroes,” “Life As We Know It,” “Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss,” “Andromeda,” “Smallville,” “Tru Calling,” “Jake 2.0,” “Black Sash,” “The Chris Isaak Show,” “Dark Angel”
Movie credits include: “Out Come the Wolves,” “Pyewacket,” “Backcountry,” “Wide Awake,” “Stick It” Previous careers: Fashion model, commercial performer
“The Pasta Queen” - Season 1 (Prime — Oct. 24, Series Premiere)
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Nadia Caterina Munno, the descendant of an Italian pasta dynasty, as she travels through Italy and shares essential ingredients and recipes from all the regions she visits.
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Bozeman Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Vaani Jegapragasan, to Bozeman Health Rheumatology Clinic. Jegapragasan received her medical degree from fellowship-trained in internal medicine. Her approach to patient care is holistic Learnmoreatwww.BozemanHealth.org