





Nothing says the Old West like robots, right? It’s certainly true for Season 3 of HBO’s hit series, “Westworld,” premiering Sunday, March 15, on the premium cable channel. In the fictional amusement park of Westworld, a troupe of eerily lifelike AI called “hosts” are programed to play the roles of townsfolk and gunmen for the park’s guests. The series entered the HBO lineup in 2016 and stars Evan Rachel Wood (“Frozen II,” 2019) as Dolores Abernathy, the oldest host in the park, and a rancher’s daughter-turned-robot revolutionist.
In this western-themed adult playground run by a company called Delos Destinations, there are no consequences. Guests are allowed to indulge their darkest fantasies, and the AI hosts have their memories wiped regularly, often after dying at the hands of a guest.
But the hosts begin to evolve. A few particularly astute and tena cious beings learn who they really are, and, more importantly, start to remember, even after their
memories are supposedly wiped. The series makes you wonder if there is more humanity in these machines than in the people who oversee them.
In Season 2, the hosts (who have become self-aware) set out to take control over the park. Tes-
lipped, but the trailers for this new season unveil a whole new adventure for these sentient androids. This time, it’s outside the park. This gripping show is actually based on a 1973 movie of the same name, written by Michael Crichton, author of “Jurassic
Conan
The WNBA is guaranteeing maternity leave for its players. In response, the NBA said, “If we offered our players paternity leave, there’d be no NBA.”
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and a Roman World. While the film was popular in its time, HBO’s take on the story is inventive and fresh.
Critics can’t help but compare this 21st century version of “Westworld” to HBO’s other smash hit, “Game Of Thrones.” The fantasydrama series ended in 2019 after an eight-season run that had an enormous following. Odds are, if you enjoyed “Game Of Thrones,” you’ll get hooked on “Westworld.” Hopefully, this foreshadows a nice long run for our ranching robots.
The show itself is full of big names who consistently turn in stellar performances. The cast so far has included Anthony Hopkins (“The Silence of the Lambs,” 1991), Jeffrey Wright (“Shaft,” 2000), James Marsden (“Dead to Me”), Thandie Newton (“Beloved,” 1998) and Ed Harris (“Apollo 13,” 1995). Oh, and if you look closely, you can even catch NFL star running back Marshawn Lynch of the Seattle Seahawks making a guest appearance. This season, Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”), Lena Waithe (“Master of None”), Tommy Flanagan (“Sons of Anarchy”), Michael Ealy (“Stumptown”), Vincent Cassel (“Black Swan,” 2010), Kid Cudi (“How to Make It in America”), John Gallagher Jr. (“The Newsroom”) and more join the cast.
HBO has gone all out to make this experience truly immersive for fans, even developing a Virtual Reality experience with Survios, the interactive content studio. Taking it a step further, HBO created a dystopianthemed website run by a fake company, Incite Inc. Within the site, HBO tucked away two additional trailers for the show. It’s a virtual treasure hunt for “Westworld” fans.
The hidden trailers are dark and dramatic and suggest that Dolores’ journey to freedom will come at a steep price. After two intense trailers full of murder and explosions, No. 3 is a complete surprise. It reveals Dolores’ budding relationship with a new character, Caleb (Paul), and frames it as a romantic comedy. The two of them order milkshakes, take long strolls on a pier and ride off into the sunset on horseback. The trailer promises that Season 3 will be “35% more romantic.” The tongue-incheek humor is a nice break from the intensity of the hosts’ fight for freedom.
“1917” was predicted to win Best Picture [at the Oscars] and it didn’t. The producer was furious and said, “We fought World War I for nothing.”
Gamers are better role models than basketball players because you can’t cheat on your wife if you’ve never talked to a girl.
Did you know that Saudi Arabia gave a robot named Sophia citizenship? Looks like in Saudi Arabia you can have more rights as a robot than a woman.
“Frozen 2” is out six years after the original, which, coincidentally, is the exact amount of time it took to get “Let It Go” out of our heads the first time!
So let’s get this straight: In Eastern Asia, everyone wants to be whiter; in North America, everyone wants to be tan. So, it turns out that the only thing everyone on Earth has in common is low self-esteem.
Attorney General William Barr said that the president’s tweets make it impossible for him to do his job. Meanwhile, Trump’s tweets make it very possible for me to do my job.
I wanna wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day! If you and that special someone agreed that you’re not exchanging gifts this year, right now you’re probably realizing that was a trap.
Police in Scotland were called after thousands of people signed up to a massive game of hide and seek in Ikea. It only should have taken them 20 minutes to assemble a team, but since it was Ikea, it took them seven hours.
“Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker”
Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer (“Truth Be Told”) takes center stage in this new biographical drama premiering Friday, March 20, on Netflix. Spencer stars as an icon of black history, Sarah Breedlove, or as she’s better known, Madam C.J. Walker, who became the first black female self-made millionaire in America. Walker’s success was a result of the launch of hair products that catered to the needs of black women and which she created after suffering from hair loss herself. Based on the book “On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker,” which was written by Walker’s great-great-granddaughter, the series follows the struggles that Walker faced, everything from business rivalires and betrayals to sexism and post-slavery racism. Spencer is joined by an incredible cast, which includes Blair Underwood (“Quantico”) as her husband, Tiffany Haddish (“Girls Trip,” 2017) as her daughter, Garrett Morris (“2 Broke Girls”) as her father-in-law, and Carmen Ejogo (“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” 2017) as her business rival, Addie Munroe. Don’t miss this look into the life of one of the most revolutionary women in black history.
“Bert Kreicher: Hey Big Boy”
On Tuesday, March 17, famous party man and standup comedian Bert Kreischer returns for yet another Netflix original comedy special. Known for being the inspiration behind the 2002 cult classic film “Van Wilder,” the self-described man-child almost always starts his show by immediately taking off his shirt and taking a drink. Like most comedians, Kreischer uses his life experiences to fuel his comedy, and he comments on everything from his children, the stuggles of parenthood and his marriage to his own health and his relationship with his parents. Despite the seemingly average subject matter, the Florida native’s life experience tends to one-up anything you would expect. For example, he tells a story about accidentally bringing a Coors Light with him to a parent-teacher conference, thinking it was a Diet Coke. You can get a taste for Kreischer’s hilarious comedy by watching his other comedy specials, “The Machine” and “Secret Time,” before catching the premiere of “Hey Big Boy” this Tuesday.
“The Letter for the King”
On Friday, March 20, this medieval
coming-of-age series based on Tonke Dragt’s Dutch teen novel of the same name premieres on Netflix. For thousands of years, the land of Eviellan has been under attack by the kingdoms of Unauwen and Dagonaut, but now the war is about to change. Amir Wilson (“His Dark Materials”) stars as Tiuri, a teenage squire who dreams of one day being a knight. Tiuri’s life suddenly changes when he is tasked with delivering a letter to the king of Unauwen, a letter that could affect the fate of the entire kingdom. Bound by a sense of honor, Tiuri heads off on a dangerous mission across the Great Mountains with his friends Lavinia (Ruby Serkis, “Cider with Rosie,” 2015) and Piak (Nathanael Saleh, “Mary Poppins Returns,” 2018). Tiuri learns what it truly means to be a knight as he faces all sorts of dangers and enemies while on the adventure of a lifetime.
“Little Fires Everywhere”
Reese Witherspoon (“The Morning Show”) and Kerry Washington (“Scandal”) bring the Celeste Ng bestseller “Little Fires Everywhere” to life in the premiere of this adaptation on Wednesday, March 18. Elena Richardson (Witherspoon) has a seemingly perfect life. She lives in a big house with her husband, Bill (Joshua Jackson, “The Affair”), and their four children. Life hasn’t been quite so good to Mia Warren (Washington), who is living in a car with her daughter, Pearl (Lexi Underwood, “Family Reunion”), when she meets Elena. The series opens with the Richardson house in flames and Elena being asked if she knows who may have set the fire. What follows is a look at the previous year, as Elena offers to rent a house to Mia and her daughter, and the two families become entwined.
On Friday, March 20, don’t miss Pete Davidson (“Saturday Night Live”) as he stars in his first leading role, as
Meanwhile, across town, brothel owner Enid Nora Devlin (Margo Martindale, “The Americans”) has been robbed of $50,000 and one of her girls has disappeared, so she sends a man to find her money and her girl. When Mary Beth happens to encounter this man, she accidentally kills him, sending her life into full chaos. Not knowing where else to turn, she goes to Priscilla, who helps her to cover up the murder and figure out what to do with the mysterious bag of money they found him with. Things only get more complicated for the girls when the body of Enid’s girl turns up and the town elders begin an investigation.
Zeke Presanti in this coming-of-age story that premiered last year at the Sundance Film Festival. Zeke is a college dropout with seemingly no aspirations in life, but when he meets 16-year-old Mo Harris (Griffin Gluck, “American Vandal”), he decides to teach him about the world and help him navigate the chaos of high school. The two become best friends, but the closer they get, the more Mo’s father (Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men”) becomes concerned about the unconventional lessons Zeke is teaching him.
The classic Stephen King novel “Pet Sematary” is brought back to life in this remake coming to Prime on Thursday, March 19. Jason Clarke (“Catherine the Great”) and Amy Seimetz (“The Killing”) star as Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, whose lives are turned upside down after moving from Boston to a small town in Maine with their children Ellie (Jeté Laurence, “Younger”) and Gage (Hugo and Lucas Lavoie). When their cat is tragically hit by a truck, the family’s new and unusual neighbor, Jud (John Lithgow, “Bombshell,” 2019), tells them about a pet cemetery where Louis decides to bury the body. But the cemetery is not what it seems, and the family soon faces unspeakable evil.
On Friday, March 20, this thrilling small-town film noir comes to Prime. When sisters Priscilla (Sophie Lowe, “The Returned”) and Mary Beth Connolley’s (Morgan Saylor, “Homeland”) mother passes away, they are suddenly faced with the overwhelming responsibility of the unpaid bills and loans she left behind. While Priscilla is prepared to step up and run the family fish shop, Mary Beth is not quite as ready to give up her carefree life.
“G-Force” (2009)
The fate of the world rests in small paws in this action-packed family film joining Disney Plus on Sunday, March 15. Zach Galifianakis (“Between Two Ferns”) stars as scientist Ben Kendell, the lead of G-Force, a group of secret agent animals that have been scientifically enhanced to be able to speak with humans. The team comprises three guinea pigs: Blaster (Tracy Morgan, “What Men Want,” 2019), Juarez (Penelope Cruz, “American Crime Story”) and Darwin (Sam Rockwell, “Jojo Rabbit,” 2019). Joining them is a star-nosed mole named Speckles (Nicolas Cage, “Primal,” 2019) and a housefly named Mooch (Dee Bradley Baker, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”). When the team goes on an unauthorized mission to gain intel on electronics magnate Leonard Saber (Bill Nighy, “Emma.,” 2020), its information is deemed worthless, and Darwin, Blaster, Juarez and Speckles are sent to be sold at a pet store. Ben soon discovers that the intel wasn’t useless and that Saber is actually trying to take over the world using household appliances, so the team members must escape their new home and stop him before it’s too late.
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Monday, March 16
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Tuesday, March 17
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Wednesday, March 18
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Thursday, March 19
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GOLF LPGA Golf Round 1 Founders Cup. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN ISU Figure Skating Women’s Short World Championship.
5:30 p.m. FSN The Yearbook Published by PrepSpotlight.tv
5:45 p.m. TNT NCAA Round Division I Tournament. (2:30)
6:00 p.m. (7) KCCO TRUTV NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (3:00)
ESPN NCAA Wrestling Second Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (3:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Second Round NIT Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
6:15 p.m. TBS NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
6:30 p.m. FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
7:00 p.m. FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN ISU Figure Skating Pairs Free World Championship. (Live) (2:00)
7:30 p.m. FSN NHL Hockey Min. at Chi. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 Tennis Men’s and Women’s Quarter-final BNP Paribas Open. (Live) (4:00)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
8:15 p.m. TNT NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:15)
8:30 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Valspar Championship. (4:00)
8:45 p.m. TBS NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:45)
9:00 p.m. NBCSN ISU Figure Skating Short World Championship. (2:00)
TRUTV NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (3:30)
9:30 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)
10:00 p.m. FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
10:30 p.m. FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (1:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
NBCSN Curling Women’s Round Robin United States vs. Sweden World Championship. (3:00)
11:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Pre-game (0:30)
Friday, March 20
9:30 a.m. GOLF LPGA Golf Round 1 Founders Cup. (2:30)
10:00 a.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
12:50 p.m. TBS NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
1:00 p.m. ESPN ATP Tennis Quarterfinal BNP Paribas Open. (Live) (4:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Valspar Championship. (Live) (4:00)
1:30 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
2:00 p.m. TRUTV NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
2:30 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN Premier League Mornings (Live) (0:30)
2:50 p.m. TNT NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:55)
3:00 p.m. FSN Twins Season Preview (0:30)
6:30 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR WWE SmackDown (Live) (2:00)
ESPN NCAA Wrestling Semifinal Division I Tournament. (Live) (3:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Min. at Wpg. (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN ISU Figure Skating Women’s Free World Championship. (Live) (2:00)
8:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
8:15 p.m. TNT NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live)
(2:15)
8:30 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Valspar Championship. (4:00)
8:45 p.m. TBS NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live)
(2:45)
9:00 p.m. NBCSN ISU Figure Skating Short World Championship. (2:00)
TRUTV NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (3:30)
9:30 p.m. (15) KVRR KVRR Sports Extra (0:30)
FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
Saturday, March 21
9:55 a.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer (Live) (2:05)
10:00 a.m. ESPN College Gameday (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
10:30 a.m. FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
ESPN ATP Tennis Semifinal BNP Paribas Open. (Live) (4:00)
1:30 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Second Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
2:00 p.m. (11) KARE PGA Golf Round 3 Valspar Championship. (Live) (3:00)
GOLF Feherty (1:00)
2:30 p.m. (9) KAWE Prairie Sportsman (0:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN IMSA Auto Racing SportsCar Championship 12 Hours of Sebring. (Live) (1:30)
3:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR Inside PBC Boxing (1:00)
4:00 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Second Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
(8) WDSE Prairie Sportsman (0:30)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR XFL Football L.A. at St. L (Live) (3:00)
FSN NCAA Baseball Min. at Tex.Tech (2:30)
NBCSN Horse Racing Louisiana Derby. (Live) (1:00)
TNT NCAA Pre-game Show (Live) (1:00)
4:30 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
5:00 p.m. (23) WUCW Gametime With Boomer Esiason (0:30)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 3 Founders Cup. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN AMA Supercross (Live) (3:00)
TNT NCAA Basketball Second Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Wrestling Championship Division I Tournament. (Live) (3:00)
TBS NCAA Basketball Second Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN FIS Alpine Skiing Team Event World Cup Final. (1:00)
11:00 a.m. (7) KCCO TRUTV NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (3:00)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
11:30 a.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors (0:30)
Noon (9) KAWE Sit and Be Fit (0:30)
ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Studio (Live) (0:30)
FSN MLB Baseball Spring Training. Bos. vs. Min. (Live) (3:00)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)
TNT NCAA Pre-game Show (Live) (0:20)
12:20 p.m. TNT NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
12:30 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
TBS NCAA Pre-game Show (Live) (0:20)
NBCSN EPL Soccer WHU at TOT (Live) (2:00)
3:20 p.m. TBS NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:55)
3:30 p.m. FSN Larry Smith Outdoors (0:30)
4:30 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN In-Depth Outdoors (0:30)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 2 Founders Cup. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN ISU Figure Skating Rhythm Dance World Championship. (2:00)
5:30 p.m. FSN Fish Addictions TV (0:30)
5:45 p.m. TNT NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
6:00 p.m. (7) KCCO TRUTV NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (3:00)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Three Wide Life (0:30)
6:15 p.m. TBS NCAA Basketball First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
11:00 a.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Second Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
(11) KARE FIS Cross-country Skiing World Cup (1:00)
ESPN NCAA Basketball Second Round NIT Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Keyes Outdoors (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)
11:30 a.m. FSN Sportsman’s Journal (0:30)
Noon (5) KSTP World of X Games (1:00)
(11) KARE ISU Figure Skating Women’s Free World Championship. (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Studio (Live) (0:30)
FSN MLB Baseball Spring Training. N.Y. Y. vs. Min. (Live) (3:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Valspar Championship. (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN Premier League Mornings (Live) (0:25)
12:25 p.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer C.Pal. at Liverp’l (Live) (2:05)
12:30 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP XFL Football Dall. at Tamp. (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Second Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Twins Season Preview (0:30)
7:00 p.m. FSN MLB Baseball Spring Training. N.Y. Y. at Min. (3:00)
7:30 p.m. TNT NCAA Basketball Second Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. (11) KARE ISU Figure Skating Free World Championship. (2:00)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
NBCSN IMSA Auto Racing SportsCar Championship 12 Hours of Sebring. (Live) (2:00)
8:30 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s First Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:00)
TBS NCAA Basketball Second Round Division I Tournament. (Live) (2:30)
9:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Valspar Championship. (4:30)
9:30 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (Live) (0:30)
Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports Mar 15, 2020 to Mar 21, 2020
Some of your favorite cheftestants are back for another shot at culinary supremacy this week. Bravo’s “Top Chef” returns for a 17th season on Thursday, March 19. And for the second time in the show’s history, this edition will feature a returning lineup (Season 8 was the first allstar edition).
Viewers will quickly get reacquainted with “10 finalists and five front-runners” (per Bravo’s news release) during the 75-minute season premiere of “Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.”
And considering the series is now in its 14th year of existence, producers had a lot of past cheftestants to choose from. To put things into perspective, the iPhone wasn’t even around when “Top Chef” debuted in 2006, back when James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful” was topping the charts and we were all fawning over cupcakes (unless you were on an Atkins or Lemonade diet).
So who will you be cheering for? Take your pick from these 15 familiar faces: Eric Adjepong and Nini Nguyen (Season 16); Joe Sasto (Season 15); Jamie Lynch (Season 14); Karen Akunowicz (Season 13); Melissa King and Gregory
Gourdet (Season 12); Stephanie Cmar (Season 10, 11); Angelo Sosa (Seasons 7, 8); Jennifer Carroll (Seasons 6, 8); Kevin Gillespie and Bryan Voltaggio (Season 6); Lisa Fernandes (Season 4); Brian Malarkey (Season 3); and Lee Anne Wong (Season 1).
Padma Lakshmi, who has hosted every Top Chef edition since Season 2, will be reunited with permanent judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons, who was MIA last season due to parental leave.
You can also expect to see Ruth Reichl, Marcus Samuelsson, Ali Wong and Danny Trejo (the “Machete” actor is an L.A.-based restaurateur and taco mogul) pop up as guest judges this season.
As the title suggests, the season was filmed in Los Angeles (like Season 2), but the finale takes place in Italy and, surprisingly, this will be the series’ first European locale. The cash prize has also been upped to $250,000, making it the largest ever award-
ed in the Top Chef franchise, though the winner will also earn a coveted spot at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.
Speaking of Food & Wine, the March 19 debut of “Top Chef: AllStars L.A.” will coincide with the first-ever Top Chef Food & Wine Festival held at Universal Studios Hollywood. Those in attendance will get to sample menu items inspired by the series and watch live cooking demos hosted by some Top Chef alums.
And if that doesn’t satisfy your hunger for a fan experience, check out the Top Chef Quickfire eatery in Philadelphia. The Top Chef-themed concession stand opened in January, and Season 16 contestant Eddie Konrad (you might remember him as “Eddie Money”) was involved in menu development.
Or tune in to the March 19 premiere of “Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.” to find out who will be the first to pack their knives “and go.”
Sunday, March 15
10:00 a.m. (8) WDSE Julia Child: Best Bites Chefs and celebrities share personal insights as they screen Julia’s most-beloved recipes.
10:00 p.m. (8) WDSE Beatrice
Ojakangas: Welcome to My Kitchen
Bea serves up a light as air, never fail recipe for cheese soufflé and a farmer’s cheese.
10:35 p.m. (8) WDSE Beatrice
Ojakangas: Welcome to My Kitchen
Today, Bea makes delicious specialties straight from Finland: Piirakka, Pulla, and Paisti.
11:10 p.m. (8) WDSE Beatrice
Ojakangas: Welcome to My Kitchen
Bea creates a gourmet dinner for two featuring a standing rib roast and crisp salad.
11:45 p.m. (8) WDSE Beatrice
Ojakangas: Welcome to My Kitchen Bea makes moist flaky Danish pastry with jewel tone fruit preserves and almond filling.
12:15 a.m. (8) WDSE Beatrice
Ojakangas: Welcome to My Kitchen
Bea turns delicious homemade soup and bread combinations into a feast for the senses.
Monday, March 16
1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.
Tuesday, March 17
1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.
Wednesday, March 18
1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.
10:30 p.m. (2) KTCA New Scandinavian Cooking Recipes include: salted and cured cod, and a fish stew made from freshly caught fish.
4:30 a.m. (2) KTCA New Scandinavian Cooking Recipes include: salted and cured cod, and a fish stew made from freshly caught fish.
Thursday, March 19
1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.
Friday, March 20
12:30 p.m. (9) KAWE Food Over 50
1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.
Saturday, March 21
7:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke Learn how to smoke duck breast and enjoy bean-stuffed poblanos.
7:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Moveable Feast With Fine Cooking Pete Evans joins top chefs Antony Lamas and Daniel Wright at Ambrosia Farm.
8:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Nigella: At My Table Nigella prepares some of her go-to favorites, including a fried bread and tomato hash.
8:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Simply Ming Renowned chef and James BeardAward recipient, Kenji Lopez-Alt joins Ming.
9:00 a.m. (2) KTCA New Scandinavian Cooking
9:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Pati’s Mexican Table Inspired by a liver and egg dish in San Martin Tilcajete, Pati makes an Oaxacan breakfast.
10:00 a.m. (2) KTCA How to Cook Well With Rory O’Connell Soft goat’s cheese and thyme leaf tart and black-eye beans with oyster mushrooms.
10:30 a.m. (2) KTCA New Orleans Cooking With Kevin Belton Trout Meuniere; Pecan Crusted Redfish; Fried Catfish with Beer Batter.
11:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places Recipes include spicy paprika shrimp with amontillado and oven potato chips.
11:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Lidia’s Kitchen Noon (2) KTCA Jamie’s Ultimate Veg Jamie is inspired by gorgeous breakfasts in Jerusalem, later, visits a cookery class.
(8) WDSE Garage With Steve Butler Steve builds a foosball game.
(9) KAWE America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Erin McMurrer makes a pita bread.
12:30 p.m. (2) KTCA America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated
1:00 p.m. (2) KTCA Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Recipes include: lemon-saffron chicken, and cumin-coriander potatoes.
1:30 p.m. (2) KTCA Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen Julia and Bridget make the ultimate New Jersey crumb buns.
(9) KAWE Barbecue University With Steven Raichlen Raichlen shows us the splendours of grilling with ingredients from the Pacific Northwest.
2:00 p.m. (8) WDSE A Taste of History Walter visits Pennsbury manor and cooks dishes William Penn would have enjoyed.
2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen Julia and Bridget make flank steak in adobo.
3:00 p.m. (8) WDSE America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Erin McMurrer makes a pita bread. Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Food Mar 15, 2020 to Mar 21, 2020
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One of the biggest prime time soap hits on television, “Riverdale,” generated another spinoff this year, and this one is decidedly less spooky than the last. For those looking for something to contrast the dark (but fun) plotlines of “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” this series fits the bill. “Katy Keene” is a bright, feel-good show, almost the antithesis of its sister spinoff, but they do have a few things in common: vibrant characters, compelling storylines and, of course, lots of juicy drama.
“Katy Keene” premiered in February and you can catch a new episode airing Thursday, March 19, on CW. Lucy Hale (“Pretty Little Liars”) stars as the titular Keene, and the series follows the fashionista as she and her friends chase their dreams in New York City. If you enjoy “Riverdale” but wish it had more impeccable outfits, featured singing and dancing and was less murdery, “Katy Keene” is for you. The Archie Comics universe introduced the Katy Keene character in a 1945 issue of “Wilbur Comics,” and she has made many appearances in other Archie comics over the years. This new series is the first time the character has been portrayed on-screen, aside from the one episode of “Riverdale” (titled “Chapter 69”) that served as a backdoor pilot and aired the night before the new show’s premiere. Naturally, Keene is an old friend of Veronica’s (Camila Mendes, “The Perfect Date,” 2019) from her New York days.
Through all of her iterations, Keene’s characterization has been fashion-centric, whether she has appeared as a model, designer or social media influencer. This time around, Keene’s interest in fashion is inspired by her mother, who made her own clothes and dreamed of having her designs sold at an upscale retailer called Lacy’s. When we meet her in the pilot episode, Keene is an ambitious personal shopper but hasn’t become a designer yet, unless you count the outfits she makes for her friends.
The bright lights of the Big Apple are what brings all of the main
characters of “Katy Keene” together. A familiar face lands in the big city when Josie arrives to move into the spare room in Keene’s apartment. That’s Josie McCoy, formerly of Josie and the Pussycats, the premiere musical act in Riverdale.
Ashleigh Murray reprises the role of McCoy, who has grown a lot since her “Riverdale” days. Since leaving her pussycats behind, McCoy has gone on tour with her father, a jazz musician, and has chosen New York City as the place to cultivate her solo career. She is noticed quickly as she sings with a busker, only to have the offer of a recording contract ripped from her hands by someone who will clearly be an entertaining villain.
Jorge Lopez (Jonny Beauchamp, “Penny Dreadful”), an aspiring Broadway star, is a roommate of Keene and McCoy. While he struggles by day in open auditions for upcoming shows like “Mannequin: The Musical,” by night he thrives as Ginger, his drag persona, who wears custom Katy Keene designs and stuns her audiences with mashups of glamorous classics such as “Diamonds Are Forever” and “Material Girl.” Inspired by the adoring fans at his drag performance, Lopez brings Ginger with him to the same audition he’d been cut from the day before, hoping to convince the director that he is capable of more. It doesn’t work this time, but it’s obvious that there is no stopping Lopez as long as he is being himself.
The most elusive member of the fab four is Pepper Smith, portrayed by Julia Chan (“Saving Hope”), who is the most well-connected person Keene knows. She is a socialite with many top-secret projects on the go with famous clients and friends.
It wouldn’t be a CW drama without lovers and rivals. Keene’s nemesis is a fellow personal shopper at Lacy’s, Amanda, played by Hélene York (“The Other Two”). The two shoppers are pitted against each other for a promotion in the pilot episode and must prove themselves during a session with a literal prince. There supporting all of Keene’s passions is her boxer boyfriend, KO Kelly, played by Zane Holtz (“From Dusk Till Dawn: The
Series”). He springs two big surprises on Keene early in the season, but I won’t spoil those for anyone clambering to catch up.
“Katy Keene” is part of a recent resurgence of fashion-centric television. “Project Runway” is well
into its new iteration after moving back to Bravo from Lifetime in 2019; that show’s original judges, Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, star in an upcoming spinoff, “Making the Cut,” on Amazon Prime; Netflix is streaming shows such as “Next in
Fashion” and “Girlboss”; “What Not to Wear” is back on TLC after a seven-year hiatus; and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. “Katy Keene” is a wonderful blend of fashion and drama, and there’s plenty of appetite for both at the moment.
Who knows what could happen when the endless opportunities of a magical city like New York meet the ambitious young creatives eager to make it? Find out in the new episode of “Katy Keene,” airing Thursday, March 19, on CW.
Jumanji: The Next Level
Two years after their initial adventure into the magical world of Jumanji, a group of friends are living very different lives. When Spencer Gilpin (Wolff), Anthony “Fridge” Johnson (Blain), Martha Kaply (Turner), and Bethany Walker (Iseman) plan a reunion brunch, Spencer is hesitant to attend because of his desire to return to the game where he once felt a sense of purpose. When the friends convene at Spencer’s home, they are shocked to discover that he has once again immersed himself in the game. Following him into the magical video game, the group soon realizes the fantastical world is not how they left it. This film is a sequel to the 2017 film “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” and is the fourth film in the Jumanji franchise.
Director:JakeKasdan.Stars: DwayneJohnson,JackBlack,Kevin Hart,KarenGillan,Awkwafina, NickJonas,AlexWolff,DannyDeVito,DannyGlover,RhysDarby,Colin Hanks,RoryMcCann,Ser’Darius Blain,MorganTurner,MadisonIseman.2019.123mins.Action.
Richard Jewell
In the ongoing fervor of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, security guard Richard Jewell (Walter Hauser) monitors Centennial Park. Early in the morning of July 27, 1996, after a concert in the park, Jewell discovers a suspicious package beneath a bench. It is confirmed to be a bomb. While evacuating the concert-goers, the bomb detonates, and Jewell is declared a hero for saving so many people. After his heroic actions, he discovers that he is a suspect — the FBI be-
lieves he planted the bomb himself. Immediately maligned by international media, Jewell fights to clear his name.
Director:ClintEastwood.Stars: PaulWalterHauser,SamRockwell, BrandonStanley,OliviaWilde, KathyBates,JonHamm.2019.131 mins.Biography.
Black Christmas
After the majority of college students head home for the holidays,
sorority sisters Riley (Poots), Kris (Shannon), Marty (Donoghue), Jesse (O’Grady) and Helena (Adams) are forced to contend with an anonymous stalker who is killing sorority girls on campus. When the young women refuse to become hapless victims of the masked man, they take matters into their own hands.
Director:SophiaTakal.Stars:ImogenPoots,AleyseShannon,Lily Donoghue,BrittanyO’Grady. 2019.92mins.Horror.