Gabriel Basso stars in “The Night Agent”
Crossword
Across
1. Sitar master Shankar
5. Stoolie
8. Tennis’s Arthur
12. Eye part
13. Freudian topic
14. “No ___ for you!” (“Seinfeld” catchphrase)
15. “Cheers” catchphrase
16. “Silicon Valley” actor Kumail
18. Fred Savage series, with “The”
20. Orbital point
21. AFTRA cousin 22. Strikes 24. ___ Dame
28. Comedian Bernie
29. “___ in Cleveland”
30. Titanic
33. Burns and Allen, e.g.
35. Historic period
37. “Breaking Bad” character ___ White
38. NBC legal drama
42. “Tonight Show” host before Carson
43. Cut down
45. “Fancy meeting you here!”
46. In poor health
47. Dorothy’s last name in “The Wizard of Oz”
48. Partner of born
49. “The Science Kid” of TV
50. “Orinoco Flow” singer
1. Score
2. Affirm
3. “___ Mars”
4. Response to “You are so”
5. Taylor of “The Nanny”
6. Food thickener
7. Theater prizes
8. Italian cheese
9. Fly high
10. Vandals
11. Over: Prefix
17. Actress Smart of “Hacks”
19. Drill wielder: Abbr.
22. “r u kidding?!”
23. Part of le printemps
25. Rory Calhoun western
26. Deteriorate
27. Aliens, for short
31. Recent arrival on the block
32. Links hazard
33. Golf pros regularly break it
34. Senescence
36. Diarist Nin
37. Series opener?
38. Cowardly Lion portrayer Bert
39. Tooth trouble
40. Painter of limp watches
41. Bank (on)
42. Swindle
44. Raiding grp.
Solution on page 12
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Sports this week
Sunday, Jan. 19
6:00 a.m. ESPN2 2025 Australian Open Tennis Round of 16 (3:00)
8:00 a.m. GOLF PGA Tour
Champions Golf Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Final Round (3:00)
USA Premier League Soccer Everton vs. Tottenham Hotspur (Live) (2:00)
9:00 a.m. ESPN2 Golf Latin America Amateur Championship, Final Round (Live) (3:00)
10:30 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Ipswich Town vs. Manchester City (Live) (2:00)
11:00 a.m. (7) KCCO College Basketball Illinois at Michigan State (Live) (2:00) (11) KARE Women’s College Basketball USC at Indiana (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Korn Ferry Tour
Golf The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, First Round (Live) (3:00)
Noon (9) KMSP (15) KVRR
Women’s College Basketball Iowa State at West Virginia (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 Women’s College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
FDNOR Women’s College Basketball (2:00)
1:00 p.m. (23) WUCW
Women’s College Basketball Virginia at NC State (Live) (2:00)
CNBC FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup. Lake Placid - Mixed Aerials Team (1:00)
USA College Basketball La Salle at Massachusetts (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m. (11) KARE NFL Football Divisional Round: Teams TBA (Live) (3:30)
ESPN2 Women’s College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
3:00 p.m. FDNOR College Hockey (2:30)
GOLF PGA Tour Golf The American Express, Final Round (Live) (3:00)
4:00 p.m. ESPN2 Boys High School Basketball Geico Hoophall Classic (Live) (1:30)
5:30 p.m. (9) KMSP (15)
KVRR NFL Football Divisional Round: Teams TBA (Live) (3:30)
ESPN2 Golf Latin America Amateur Championship, Final Round (0:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 Boys High School Basketball Geico Hoophall Classic (Live) (1:30) FDNOR NBA Basketball (2:30)
7:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf The American Express, Final Round (3:00)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 2025 Australian Open Tennis Quarterfinals (Live) (5:00)
11:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour
Golf The American Express, Final Round (6:00)
Monday, Jan. 20
6:00 a.m. FDNOR Women’s College Basketball (2:00)
9:00 a.m. FDNOR NHL Hockey (2:00)
GOLF PGA Tour Champions
Golf Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Final Round (2:00)
10:00 a.m. ESPN2 2025 Australian Open Tennis Quarterfinals (3:00)
Noon FDNOR NASCAR Race Rewind (1:00)
1:00 p.m. FDNOR NBA Basketball (0:30)
GOLF PGA Korn Ferry Tour
Golf The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, Second Round (Live) (3:00)
1:30 p.m. TNT TRUTV NBA
Basketball Minnesota Timberwolves at Memphis Grizzlies (Live) (2:30)
2:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15)
KVRR Women’s College Basketball Baylor vs. UCLA (Live) (2:00)
FDNOR NHL Hockey Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche (Live) (2:30)
USA Premier League Soccer Chelsea vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (Live) (2:00)
4:00 p.m. TNT TRUTV NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors (Live) (2:30)
4:30 p.m. (9) KMSP (15)
KVRR Women’s College Basketball Texas vs. Maryland (Live) (2:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN CFP National Championship Teams TBA (Live) (4:30)
6:45 p.m. ESPN2 CFP National Championship Teams TBA (Live) (3:30)
7:00 p.m. FDNOR NBA Basketball (2:30)
7:30 p.m. TNT TRUTV Unrivaled Basketball Vinyl Basketball Club vs. Phantom Basketball Club (Live) (1:00)
8:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf
The American Express, Final Round (4:00)
8:30 p.m. TNT TRUTV Unrivaled Basketball Laces Basketball Club vs. Mist Basketball Club (Live) (1:00)
10:30 p.m. ESPN2 2025 Australian Open Tennis Quarterfinals (1:30)
Tuesday, Jan. 21
6:00 a.m. FDNOR NBA Basketball (2:00)
9:00 a.m. FDNOR NHL Hockey (2:00)
Noon ESPN2 2025 Australian Open Tennis Quarterfinals (4:00)
1:00 p.m. FDNOR NBA Basketball (2:00)
GOLF PGA Korn Ferry Tour
Golf The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, Third Round (Live) (3:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN TGL Golf TGL
Golf. New York Golf Club vs. Atlanta Drive GC (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
6:30 p.m. TNT TRUTV NBA
Basketball New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN College
Basketball North Carolina at Wake Forest (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 2025 Australian Open Tennis Quarterfinals (Live) (4:00)
9:00 p.m. TNT TRUTV NBA
Basketball Philadelphia 76ers at Denver Nuggets (Live) (2:30)
9:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Korn
Ferry Tour Golf The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, Third Round (3:00)
Wednesday, Jan. 22
9:00 a.m. FDNOR NBA
Basketball (2:00)
Noon ESPN2 2025 Australian Open Tennis Quarterfinals (4:00)
GOLF PGA Korn Ferry Tour
Golf The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, Final Round (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf
Farmers Insurance Open, First Round (Live) (4:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 College
Basketball Kansas at TCU (Live) (2:00)
TNT TRUTV Men’s International Soccer Friendlies United States vs. Costa Rica (Live) (2:00)
6:30 p.m. ESPN FDNOR NBA
Basketball Minnesota Timberwolves at Dallas Mavericks (Live) (2:35)
7:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf
Farmers Insurance Open, First Round (3:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
9:00 p.m. TNT TRUTV NHL
Hockey Florida Panthers at Los Angeles Kings (Live) (3:00)
9:05 p.m. ESPN NBA
Basketball Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings (Live) (2:30)
11:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Korn Ferry Tour Golf The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, Final Round (2:00)
Thursday, Jan. 23
6:00 a.m. FDNOR NBA Basketball (2:00)
7:30 a.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, First Round (3:00)
9:00 a.m. FDNOR College Basketball (2:00)
1:00 p.m. ESPN2 2025 Australian Open Tennis Women’s Semifinals (3:00) FDNOR NBA Basketball (2:00)
2:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Second Round (Live) (4:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Wichita State at Memphis (Live) (2:00)
USA Figure Skating (Live) (2:00)
6:30 p.m. TNT TRUTV NBA Basketball Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks (Live) (2:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN Women’s College Basketball LSU at South Carolina (Live) (2:00)
FDNOR High School Hockey (2:00)
GOLF PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Second Round (4:00)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
USA Figure Skating (Live) (2:00)
9:00 p.m. TNT TRUTV NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers (Live) (2:30)
9:30 p.m. ESPN 2025
Australian Open Tennis Men’s Semifinals (Live) (2:30)
11:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Second Round (3:30)
Friday, Jan. 24
6:00 a.m. FDNOR High School Hockey (2:00)
7:30 a.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Second Round (4:00)
1:00 p.m. ESPN2 2025 Australian Open Tennis First Round (3:00)
FDNOR High School Hockey (2:00)
2:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf
Farmers Insurance Open, Third Round (Live) (2:00)
4:00 p.m. (7) KCCO PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Third Round (Live) (3:00)
GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Golf. Ras Al Khaimah Championship, Second Round (3:00)
5:00 p.m.
ESPN2 Boys High School Basketball Montverde Academy (Fla.) at Columbus (Fla.) (Live) (1:30)
USA Figure Skating (Live) (2:00)
6:15 p.m. TNT TRUTV
Unrivaled Basketball
Phantom Basketball Club vs. Mist Basketball Club (Live) (1:00)
6:30 p.m. ESPN NHL Hockey
Vegas Golden Knights at Dallas Stars (Live) (2:30)
ESPN2 College Basketball Saint Joseph’s at Dayton (Live) (2:00)
7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15)
KVRR College Basketball Michigan at Purdue (Live) (2:00) (11) KARE Figure Skating U.S. Championships, Women’s Free Skate (Live) (3:00)
7:15 p.m. TNT TRUTV Unrivaled Basketball Laces Basketball Club vs. Vinyl Basketball Club (Live) (1:00)
8:00 p.m. FDNOR NBA Basketball (2:30) GOLF PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Third Round (4:30)
8:30 p.m. ESPN2 Women’s College Gymnastics Oregon State at Auburn (Live) (1:30)
Saturday, Jan. 25
8:00 a.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Third Round (4:00)
8:30 a.m. ESPN2 2025
Australian Open Tennis Women’s Championship (3:00)
9:00 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Everton (Live) (2:00)
11:00 a.m. (23) WUCW College
Basketball SMU at NC State (Live) (2:00)
ESPN NBA Basketball Indiana Pacers at San Antonio Spurs (Live) (2:30)
11:30 a.m. (5) KSTP X Games Aspen 2025 (Live) (2:00) (9) KMSP (15) KVRR College Basketball Georgetown at Providence (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 College Basketball Pittsburgh at Syracuse (Live) (2:00)
Noon FDNOR College Basketball (2:00)
12:30 p.m. (7) KCCO College
Basketball Michigan State at Rutgers (Live) (2:30) (11) KARE IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 at Daytona (Live) (1:00)
1:00 p.m. (23) WUCW College
Basketball Boston College at North Carolina (Live) (2:30)
GOLF PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round (Live) (2:00)
1:30 p.m. (11) KARE Figure Skating U.S. Championships, Free Dance (Live) (2:00)
ESPN College Basketball (Live) (2:00)
USA IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 at Daytona (Live) (4:00)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP NBA Basketball Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves (Live) (2:30)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR College Basketball New Mexico at UNLV (Live) (2:00) FDNOR Girls High School Hockey (2:00)
3:00 p.m. (7) KCCO PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round (Live) (4:00) GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Golf. Ras Al Khaimah Championship, Third Round (4:00)
3:30 p.m. (11) KARE Horse Racing Pegasus World Cup Invitational (Live) (1:30)
ESPN College Basketball Duke at Wake Forest (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
4:30 p.m. (5) KSTP NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks (Live) (2:30) (9) KMSP (15) KVRR Women’s College Basketball Connecticut at Creighton (Live) (2:00)
5:00 p.m. TRUTV Unrivaled Basketball Mist Basketball Club vs. Rose Basketball Club (Live) (1:00)
5:30 p.m. ESPN College Basketball (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
6:00 p.m. FDNOR NHL Hockey Calgary Flames at Minnesota Wild (Live) (2:30) TRUTV Unrivaled Basketball Lunar Owls Basketball Club vs. Phantom Basketball Club (Live) (1:00)
7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR College Basketball Connecticut at Xavier (Live) (2:00)
USA Figure Skating (Live) (2:00)
7:30 p.m. (5) KSTP NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors (Live) (2:30)
ESPN ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
9:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Cincinnati at BYU (Live) (2:00)
Videoreleases
The Substance
On her 50th birthday, Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore), a successful film star who is now fading in popularity due to her age, is fired from her long-running aerobics show by the producer, Harvey (Quaid). Distraught, Elisabeth crashes her car when she is distracted by the removal of one of her billboards. At the hospital, one of the nurses
slips her a flash drive advertising a black market serum called “The Substance,” which promises to transform the user into a perfect, younger version of themselves. Desperate, Elisabeth orders The Substance, which generates a younger version of herself, Sue (Qualley), in a separate body. The two versions of Elisabeth must switch consciousness every seven days, and Sue must be sustained with stabilizer fluid extracted from the original body. Initially, Elisabeth enjoys reliving her youth and success through Sue but is soon faced with the consequences of Sue’s independent actions.
Director:CoralieFargeat.Stars: DemiMoore,MargaretQualley, DennisQuaid,EdwardHamilton Clark,GoreAbrams,OscarLesage,HugoDiegoGarcia,Christian Erickson.2024.141min.Sci-Fi Horror.
Extreme Sudoku
Smile 2
Pop star Skye Riley (Scott) prepares for a comeback tour following a public struggle with substance abuse and the death of her boyfriend, Paul Hudson (Nicholson), in a car crash that Skye survived. Despite being constantly supervised by her manager and personal team, Skye still manages to obtain Vicodin from her former classmate and drug dealer, Lewis (Gage). After becoming an unintentional carrier of the Smile curse, Lewis kills himself in front of Skye, infecting her and giving the curse access to millions of Skye’s fans.
Director:ParkerFinn.Stars:Naomi Scott,RosemarieDeWitt,Lukas Gage,MilesGutierrez-Riley,Peter Jacobson,RayNicholson,Dylan Gelula,RaulCastillo,KyleGallner. 2024.127min.Horror.
Monster Summer
School friends Noah (Thames), Eugene (Lerner), Ben (Cottrell) and Sammy (Witherspoon) spend the summer playing ball and biking around the sunny shores of Martha’s Vineyard. After getting the chance to spend an evening with the beautiful Ellie Evans
(Pate), the four go swimming and encounter a deadly, otherworldly presence in the water. After nearly drowning, Ben returns in a trancelike state. It isn’t long before the teenagers around the island begin exhibiting the same vacant stare. To save their island, the teens team up with retired police detective Gene Carruthers (Gibson).
Director:DavidHenrie.Stars:MasonThames,JulianLerner,Abby JamesWitherspoon,NoahCottrell,LilahPate,NoraZehetner, PatrickRenna,LorraineBracco, MelGibson,KevinJames.2024. 97min.AdventureHorror.
Demi Moore in “The Substance”
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General Excellence
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Late Laughs
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Love is in the air because today [Dec. 12] we learned that Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are engaged. Congratulations to both Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco, or, as they’re known by their celebrity couple name: Selena Gomez.
There’s some news about our current president, I want to say “Jorf Biscuit?”
Today [Dec. 12] on his way out of office he used his power of the presidency to commute 1,500 sentences and pardon 39 people. Wow. I did not know he had 39 sons.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Chili’s and Applebee’s are now fighting online about who has the better value meal. Not since the Great Chicken Sandwich War of 2019 has the country been so divided. Yes, Chili’s versus Applebee’s. This
might be the only peace agreement that Trump is qualified to negotiate.
The FDA may ban artificial red dye No. 3 from beverages, candy and other foods. It sounds good until someone hands you a gray Flamin’ Hot Cheeto.
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Donald Trump believes that if you want American citizenship, you have to do it the old-fashioned way. You have to move here from Slovenia, get a modelling contract, and marry the first orange millionaire you meet.
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“With Love, Meghan” - Season 1 (Available Now)
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“Blink Twice” (Jan. 21)
When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, sparks fly. He invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. It’s paradise. Wild nights blend into sun soaked days and everyone’s having a great time. No one wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality. There is something wrong with this place, and she’ll have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out of this party alive.
“Harlem” - Season 3 (Jan. 23)
After a shocking Season 2 finale cliffhanger that left audiences on the edge of their seats, this new season follows the core four women on the precipice of change like never before. Whether it be motherhood, singlehood, sisterhood, complicated career journeys, or even more complicated families, our stylish and ambitious best girlfriends strive to finally choose themselves above all else. Shoniqua Shandai, Grace Byers, Meagan Good and Jerrie Johnson star.
“Sleep” (Jan. 21)
Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) and Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) are newlyweds whose domestic bliss is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep. From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, Hyun-su transforms into someone else, with no recollection of what happened the night before. Overwhelmed with anxiety that he may hurt himself or their young family, Soo-jin can barely sleep because of this irrational fear. Despite treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and Soo-jin begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger.
”To Catch a Smuggler: Tropical Takedown” (Jan. 22)
“The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story” (Jan. 24)
The kidnapping and sudden reappearance of Ruth Finley (Teri Hatcher) leaves investigators scrambling for answers. As suspicion mounts and new evidence comes to light, authorities entertain the notion that the perpetrator may be someone intimately connected to her. Tahmoh Penikett also stars.
Air and Marine Operations and Homeland Security Investigations work throughout the Caribbean to combat the global cocaine trade. The “Caribbean Corridor” has become a gateway for criminal networks pushing cocaine to the U.S. and Europe. This series follows AMO and HSI agents as they work to seize millions in cocaine from smugglers, and dismantle drug trafficking organizations operating in Puerto Rico and surrounding islands.
“Kiff: Lore of the Ring Light” (Jan. 22)
This special episode follows along as Kiff (Kimiko Glenn) and her friends go on an adventure to destroy a ring light of immense power. Michael Croner and Josh Johnson also voice star.
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