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TO THE STARS YOU LOVE

NEWS FEATURES
What I’ve
4 NEWS NOW
NYPD Blue’s
Amy Brenneman
Learned
talks about life’s
biggest challenges.
Charo on moving
on after loss. Jimmy

24
Kimmel tries to make
his kids laugh.

8 PICTURE
PERFECT Christie
Brinkley hangs up her
dancing shoes. Judith
Light is honored
Markle “Be brave
with a star on the
to balance her young family’s
enough
Hollywood Walk of
Fame. Patti LaBelle
needs with her royal duties. to live
steals a sweet kiss. creatively.
IN THIS ISSUE IN EVERY ISSUE The
50 MICHAEL
DOUGLAS
creative
Upon turning 75,
the acclaimed actor 16 DOWNTON ABBEY The wait is over!
The cast of the new movie based on
the beloved PBS historical drama shares
44 HEART
TO HEART
Dynasty’s Catherine
place where
shares with Closer
what he’s learned secrets from the set with Closer. Oxenberg on her no one else
amazing life and
has ever
18
about kindness
BURT REYNOLDS Family, friends how she saved her
and the path to
happiness.
and co-stars reveal never-before-told
stories and memories of the late actor.
daughter. been.”
52 DOLLY
PARTON
22 JAMIE LEE CURTIS The veteran
actress confides to Closer the most
58
Look back at
MY LIFE IN
10 PICTURES
— Alan Alda

Her most memorable

important lesson her mother, Psycho star Catherine Zeta-
and flamboyant
costumes are on
Janet Leigh, ever taught her about life and Jones’ career. Joke of the
display in a new
success in Hollywood.
Week
exhibit at the Grand Weekly
Ole Opry.
Bonus
Section
FASHION&BEAUTY
25 WORD SEARCH
54 FASHION
MAVEN
Stand out by mixing
26 CROSSWORD
27 SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
trendy sparkles with

48
tailored pieces like 28 BONUS CROSSWORD
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Ellis Ross. 30 ENTERTAINMENT
when I
discovered
56 AGELESS
BEAUT Y
The easiest ways to
34 BEST OF TV
36 GREAT ESCAPE
How Demi Moore
the meaning
of life, they
add more volume to 38 GOOD FOOD made peace with her changed it.”
turbulent past and — George Carlin
thinning tresses. 40 FOREVER YOUNG failed marriages.

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2 October 7, 2019 CLOSER

 BEACH
BUDDIES
“Children are the world’s
most valuable resource and its
best hope for the future,” President
John F. Kennedy once said. And
on Sept. 15, 1963, the 35th POTUS
enjoyed spending time with
one of his own, son John Jr.,
2, at Bailey’s Beach in
Newport, R.I.

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NEWS NOW
THE LATEST ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE STARS

 AMY BRENNEMAN

Dealing With
Challenging
Situations

S
he turned 55 this summer,
but you wouldn’t know it from
Amy Brenneman’s youthful
energy. It’s even more
impressive considering some
of the difficult situations
she’s faced in her life. “I have Crohn’s
disease and colitis, so I’ve had to work on
getting a healthy weight,” she told Closer
at the Tribeca TV Festival event for her
Amazon series Goliath. “I eat a lot, I
move a lot, and if you’re past menopause,
things get better. That’s my secret.” Amy
also draws strength from her tight bond
with her daughter, Charlotte, 18, who has
cognitive disabilities. “She’s awesome,”
Amy gushes. “She’s not ever going to be
typical, and as time has gone on, we’ve
gotten freer and more celebratory about
that. There’s a whole wave of people in
the neuro-diversity community who are
no longer interested in being ‘normal,’ so

…and with
NYPD Blue
co-star David
Caruso in 1993.

“I’m post-
menopausal.
This is what
it looks like!”
— Amy, to Closer
 CHARO
Moving On With Life After
Her Husband’s Suicide
IT’S BEEN ONLY seven months
since Charo’s husband,
producer Kjell Rasten,
killed himself, and the
beloved entertainer is
still mourning his loss.
But “I made up my mind
that I want to live,” the
68-year-old star told
Closer exclusively at
Mercy for Animals’ recent
20th Anniversary Gala
in LA. “I have to live for
my son,” Shel Rasten,
37. Charo is dedicating
herself to breaking the
silence around the often-
taboo subjects of mental
illness and suicide. “I have
become a spokesperson
to control depression,”
she says. “It’s a silent
disease, and people are
afraid to talk about it, but
if we identify it, maybe we
can save a few lives.” The
beloved celeb best known
for her “coochie coochie”
catchphrase says she’s
grateful for “my family,
my music and the love of Charo wed
Kjell (inset)
people.” And she’s paying in 1978,
it forward. “I’m doing OK shortly
when I help people,” she after her
says. “I put my makeup and divorce from
a beautiful dress on, do my bandleader
hair, and say, ‘Let’s see if I Xavier Cugat.
can help someone.’”
JIMMY KIMMEL
My Kids Don’t
Think I’m Funny!
HE SCORES BIG LAUGHS on his late-night
talk show, but when Jimmy Kimmel
comes home, he’s faced with a tough
crowd: his two young kids. “I keep
telling them I’m this big, funny TV
star, and they don’t seem to care,”
Jimmy, 51, told Closer exclusively of
daughter Jane, 5, and son Billy, 2, at
the recent LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade
culinary event. “If I see a billboard
with my face on it, I’ll pull over and
make them get up on the roof of the
car so they can appreciate it, but they
don’t.” Part of the problem, Jimmy
says, is “they think everybody’s
father is on TV. I don’t think they
know the difference between a TV
and an iPhone.” More important,
Billy, who was born with a congenital
heart defect, is “doing great,” Jimmy
Jimmy and his wife, Molly says. “He thinks he’s Spider-Man. He
McNearney, 41, a former wears the costume all the time and
co–head writer for Jimmy
Kimmel Live!, with their shoots webs all over the house. So
kids Jane and Billy we’re safe from crime.”
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Something old, Sad notes. On Sept. 13,
something new, singer Eddie Money, who
something borrowed had such hits as “Baby
and…something Hold On,” “Two Tickets to
finger-lickin’ good. Paradise” and “Take Me
In Australia, KFC is Home Tonight,” passed
offering six lucky couples a chance to win catered away at 70. On Sept. 15,
weddings — complete with freshly cooked Ric Ocasek, musician,
Kentucky Fried Chicken, decorations, a KFC- record producer and
themed celebrant, photo booth and KFC-themed famed frontman for the
music. According to KFC, it’s in “response to all Cars, died at the age
the couples we’ve heard of who have popped the of 75. Finally, journalist
question in one of our restaurants or who have
created their own version of a KFC wedding.”

● ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK

● BABY BOOM Kitchen consequential. On
Well, she’s used to sequels. Recently, Pirates Oct. 9, auction house Lark
of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley, 34, Mason Associates will be
and her husband, James Righton, welcomed offering up for bid items
their second child. Also, country star Brantley from cook, traveler and TV
Gilbert, 34, and his wife, Amber, welcomed host Anthony Bourdain,
their second, a baby girl named Braylen, back who passed away last year.
on Sept. 9. That same day, Olympic swimmer The auction will feature
Michael Phelps, 34, shared on Instagram that nearly 200 lots, including
he and his wife, Nicole Johnson, had their third his custom-made Bob Cokie Roberts, the
son, Maverick. “Mama and baby are healthy and Kramer steel and meteorite chef’s knife, which longtime mainstay for
the boys are pumped to be big bros!” is expected fetch between $4,000 and $6,000. the ABC News Sunday
Proceeds will benefit his wife Ottavia and daughter morning show This Week,
A personal Ariane and will also help fund a new scholarship at passed on Sept. 17. She

Neverland! his alma mater, the Culinary Institute of America. was also 75.

Being a Daddy’s Girl:

● PAN’S LABYRINTH
Second star on the right, straight on to bidding!
The London home where novelist J.M. Barrie
lived in 1890 (he used the top-floor balcony as
inspiration for Peter Pan!) is on the market. Located
a 10-minute walk from Prince William’s Kensington
Palace abode, the six-bedroom, four-bathroom
house retains, per the listing, “the majority of its
period features, including ornate cornicing and
original solid wood flooring throughout.” The
asking price is just under $10.6 million.
Mariska Hargitay
While most people know she’s the
daughter of Hollywood icon Jayne
Mansfield, Law & Order: SVU star
Mariska Hargitay, 55, took the
time to honor her dad, former
Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay:
“My dad gave me so much
advice and shored me up so
young. He achieved so many
unattainable goals and did
it by beating to his own
drum. He used to say that to
me. Like, ‘What does it matter
what people think?’ He was so
clear in what it took to succeed.”
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“She did
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Family
When Christie broke her arm “into a
thousand little pieces” during a Sept. 12
rehearsal for Dancing With the Stars, all
hope seemed lost…until a replacement
sailed into the picture! “I thought, I
have to find a silver lining here,” Christie
shared, so she recruited her daughter
Sailor Brinkley-Cook, 21, to dance
with Val Chmerkovskiy on the Sept. 16
premiere. “My daughter rose to the
occasion,” the proud mom beamed.

8 October 7, 2019 CLOSER

  JENNIFER LOPEZ
Takes the
Cake!
J. Lo celebrated the
opening weekend
of her new hit movie
Hustlers at David
Grutman’s Papi Steak
in Miami Beach with a
five-tiered, stripper-
themed cake. Hey,
save us a slice!

 ANGELA KINSEY &

JENNA FISCHER
Corny Fun
The former Office co-
JUDITH LIGHT
stars are teaming up for
a weekly podcast, Office In the Pink
Ladies, starting Oct. 16 “It’s good that I
wore an outfit that
all the behind-the- matches,” Judith
scenes scoop,” joked when she
accepted her star on
the Hollywood Walk of
Fame on Sept. 12. And
the afterparty didn’t
disappoint: “This is
my bat mitzvah!” she
declared.

The Office ran from

2005 to 2013. CLOSERWEEKLY.COM 9
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my sweet
granddaughter
Leyla, who’s sugar
and spice and
everything nice, Patti with
a very happy 2nd grandkids
birthday!” Patti Leyla (left)
gushed to her fans and Gia
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Aug. 13. “They make my world go round.”

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Rocks
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“Growing up, I always
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singer,” says Reese. “But
guys…don’t worry, things
ended up working out for
me in the end!” Yep,
she won an Oscar TANYA TUCKER
playing one in
Walk the
Line!
Pretty in Pink
It’s been a long road since “Delta Dawn”! At the
Americanafest in Nashville on Sept. 11, Tanya
performed songs from her emotionally charged new
album, While I’m Livin’, for an appreciative audience.

ROB LOWE
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Longtime LA Rams
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on Sept. 15. It worked! The
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Saints 27–9.

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when I met Big Bird.” Aww!

JENNIFER GARNER

Jen and friends from
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THE CAST eturning to make the movie
version of Downton Abbey
look forward to their scripted battles. “We
actually have to be pulled back sometimes
OF THE NEW three years after the TV se- because we enjoy it so much,” confides
MOTION ries’ finale aired felt like Laura. “It’s just so campy and silly.”
PICTURE coming home for the cast.
SHARES “Making this film was such Mrs. Hughes constantly cracks jokes.
a treat,” Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Everyone agrees that Phyllis Logan, who
BEHIND-THE- Edith, told Closer at Downton’s New York pre- plays the stern but kindhearted head house-
SCENES miere. It’s a delight for fans, too. Even if you’ve keeper Mrs. Hughes, is the true cutup among
DISH FROM seen every episode of Downton, which ran on the cast. “She’s hilarious. She made up a cou-
THE SET PBS from 2010–’15, the gang’s secrets, friend-
ships and rivalries might surprise you.
ple of characters to amuse us,” Lesley Ni-
col, who plays head cook Mrs. Patmore, tells
Closer. “I’m campaigning for her to have her
The Crawley sisters love to fight! own TV series — as long as I can be in it!”
Laura and Michelle Dockery, who plays her Sophie McShera, best known as assistant
sister Lady Mary, often snipe at each other cook Daisy Mason, agrees. “She is the funni-
on-screen, but they are close friends who est person on the set.”

16 October 7, 2019 CLOSER

 1 2

FAMILY
REUNION
1. Elizabeth McGovern and
Hugh Bonneville return in
the movie, which is now
playing in theaters across
the United States.
2. The film, which takes
place in 1927, also brings
back Laura Carmichael
and Dame Maggie Smith.
3. Hugh, Elizabeth,
Michelle Dockery, Laura
and Allen Leech were
all smiles at Downton
Abbey’s recent world
premiere in London.

None of the kitchen staff can cook!
Their characters can whip up a decadent din-
ner, but the actors have only the most basic
kitchen competence in real life. “We’re only
good at pretending to cook,” admits Sophie.
That might change. Phyllis recently became
some of the actors do like to
keep in touch using WhatsApp or email. “We
do a lot of emails — we’re old-school at Down-
ton,” says Sophie. “We make plans. We all
hang out.” Phyllis notes that Hugh Bonnev-
ille, who plays stuffy Lord Grantham, earns

“Now a vegan, which forced her to learn some new

skills. “I had to go to cooking classes because
a surprising number of LOLs. “He is pretty
good at putting up amusing [messages].”
people otherwise I’d go hungry!” she confides.
Even Kate Middleton loves Downton.
keep Tom Branson’s still enjoying the ride.
Allen Leech, who plays chauffer-turned-
The Duchess of Cambridge pulled some royal
strings to visit the Downton Abbey set in 2015.
asking estate manager Tom Branson, admits that he
still gets recognized all the time. “I genuine-
“She was heavily pregnant at the time with
Princess Charlotte but she was very graceful,
about a ly thought the enthusiasm for the show would
die off once it was over,” he tells Closer. “I get
funny, interested and adept,” recalls Raquel

sequel!”
asked by a lot of people to drop them off on
— Allen Leech on the a regular basis. I use Meryl Streep’s famous
franchise’s future line: ‘I’m not working today, honey.’”
Technology keeps the cast connected.
The Crawleys wouldn’t understand it, but
Cassidy, who plays ladies’ maid Phyllis Bax-
ter. Adds Lesley: “[Kate appeared] very prop-
er and royal and then we realized she was
actually a very big fan! She came into the
kitchen and sat with me and Sophie and talk-
ed for a long, long time!”
— Louise A. Barile, reporting by Nicki Gostin

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“She’s a classy
lady,” Burt said
of Dinah Shore,
whom he dated
from 1971
to ’75.
 BURT REYNOLDS
Romance,
Regrets&
Redemption
THE FILM ICON ENDURED HEARTBREAKS & SELF-SABOTAGE
YET FINALLY FOUND PEACE AS A FATHER By BRUCE FRETTS
O
n the set of Evening
Shade in 1991, Burt
Reynolds was di-
recting an inex-
perienced young
actress who’d been
cast in a guest role on the sitcom and
was struggling with her lines. “Burt
was so loving and giving,” co-star
Marilu Henner remembers to Closer.
“He said, ‘It’s OK, honey, take your
time.’ She did the next take and to-
tally nailed it. And that young actress
was Hilary Swank.”
“He was a complicated man,”
Sally says of Burt. “I loved him.”
The future two-time Oscar win-
ner needed just this kind of TLC, and
Burt’s quiet act of kindness wasn’t
an anomaly for him after his run as
the world’s biggest box-office star
in the ’70s. “The thing I loved about
Burt was what you saw was what you
got,” Shade’s Elizabeth Ashley tells
Closer. “He always had your back.”
Yet Burt’s road to inner sereni-
ty wasn’t an easy one. He survived a
tough childhood, multiple roman-
tic travails and professional setbacks.
Still, he maintained a positive atti-
“We have a wonderful child,” Loni
says of Quinton, her son with Burt.
tude. “There’s nothing I can do about
things that weren’t happy or good,” he
told Closer in 2015. “It’s best to try and
let go of those.”
A year after Burt’s death of a heart
attack at 82, his family and friends
are opening up about the man they
knew. “Burt put on a strong face, but
he was very sensitive,” says close pal
and Deliverance co-star Jon Voight.
“He hid that from the public.”
SEMI-TOUGH
Growing up in the shadow of Burton
Reynolds Sr. — a World
War II veteran and Flor-
ida police chief — Burt
“spent his life trying to
prove to his father that
he was a man worth lov-
ing,” says Burt’s ex Sally
Field. A high school foot-
ball star, he won the state
championship his senior
year and broke down in
tears on the field, only
to be slapped by his fa-
ther, who said he wasn’t
behaving like a man.
CLOSERWEEKLY.COM 19
COVER STORY THE MAN WHO
LOVED WOMEN
From his first girlfriend in
Florida to TV spouse Marilu
Henner, Burt always had a way
with the ladies. “He was loyal,
generous, kind and smart,”
raves Evening Shade’s
Elizabeth Ashley.

“Playing Burt’s wife for four

years was just magical,”
says Evening’s Marilu.

Burt and Jon Voight

remained close pals after
making Deliverance.

“Burt talked like he was a bad boy, Supporting roles “I loved you
but he was a good kid,” Ann Lawlor, i n T V West er n s then and love
his first high school girlfriend, tells like Gunsmoke and you now,”
Closer. “He was always bent on doing B movies paid Burt’s Burt wrote to
Ann Lawlor
the right thing.” Burt and Ann’s ro- bills, but it was his
in 2016.
mance “faded away, but we never re- charismatic g uest
ally forgot each other,” she said, and shots w ith John-
the two had a sweet reunion when ny Carson on The
Burt did a 2015 book signing. Tonight Show that
A knee injury at Florida State cut convinced director
Burt’s college football career short, John Boorman to cast him in the side of me from the serious actor,
and he took up acting. Signed by Uni- transformative role of an outdoors- but I was wrong.”
versal, he toiled in small roles, then man pushed to his limits in 1972’s
was fired the same day as another Deliverance. “The producers came to STARTING OVER
neophyte, Clint Eastwood. “They me first,” Burt said. “It was the first Offscreen, Burt experienced more
told Clint his Adam’s apple stuck out time I had gotten a script without than his share of romantic turbu-
too far, then I said, ‘Why are you fir- Paul Newman or Robert Redford’s lence. His mismatched marriage to
ing me?’ and they said, ‘You can’t fingerprints all over it.” British Laugh-In cutup Judy Carne
act!’ ” Burt noted. “I said to Clint, Burt deservedly earned raves, flamed out after two years, and his
‘You’re in a hell of a lot of trouble. I’ll but he almost simultaneously tor- eyebrow-raising May-December
eventually learn to act. You’ll nev- pedoed his reputation by posing romance with singer Dinah Shore
er get rid of that Adam’s apple.’ ” Of semi-nude for a Cosmopolitan cen- landed him in the tabloids during
course, Clint and Burt both became terfold. “It was a total fiasco,” he the early ’70s. Yet he took away a
megafamous, and the lifelong chums admitted. “I thought people would valuable lesson from their four years
co-starred in 1984’s City Heat. be able to separate the fun-loving together: “She taught me if you can’t

20 October 7, 2019 CLOSER

 BURT’S FIVE MOST
laugh at yourself, you have no busi- tionship, to Stroker Ace co-star Loni UNDERRATED MOVIES
ness in this business,” he said. Anderson. Their 1988–’93 marriage
Burt translated this self-deprecat- brought Burt his greatest joy — son HOOPER (1978)
Smokey and
ing wit into a new screen persona as Quinton, 31 — but it also led to a bru-
Cannonball
a winking wiseacre, and he rode that tal divorce that left him in dire fi- were bigger
image to the top of the charts with nancial straits for the rest of his life. hits, but
lowbrow smashes like Smokey and His private roller coaster ultimate- this ode to
the Bandit I and II. He fell hard for ly slowed down, and in his later years, stuntmen was
Smokey co-star Sally Field, but after Burt did some of his best work, earn- Burt’s best film
she won an Oscar for 1979’s Norma ing an Emmy for Evening Shade and with director
Hal Needham.
Rae, Burt felt threatened because she an Oscar nod as an avuncular porn
had earned the acclaim he felt he’d guru in 1997’s Boogie Nights. He also
earlier been denied. He tried to con- became known as a consummate pro. STARTING
trol Sally, and she ultimately left him. When he guested on TV’s Ed in 2003, OVER (1979)
“I don’t know why I was so stupid,” “he couldn’t have been nicer or more He should
confessed Burt, who considered Sal- approachable,” producer Rob Bur- have gotten
an Oscar
ly the one who got away. “Men are like nett tells Closer. “But there was still
nod for his
that. You find the per- an undeniable aura sensitive
fect person, and then about him, like he turn as a
you do everything you
can to screw it up.” “All of my was the last of the old-
time movie stars.”
newly di-
vorced man
Meanwhile, Burt be-
came notorious for bad
experiences In his final months,
Burt also made peace
(with Jill
Clayburgh).
behavior on sets; he
was known to fill “wa-
made me with Loni. “The last
time I saw Burt, we
ter bottles” with vod- who I am went out to dinner

today, and
ka, and his drinking with Quinton, and
led to fiery outbursts Burt brought me flow-
at times. “Whenev-
er I meet someone I I’m grateful ers,” she tells Closer.
“It’s darling, I know.”
worked with in the ’70s
or ’80s, I immediate- for them.” Most importantly,
Burt forged the kind
ly apologize because I —Burt, to Closer in 2015 of strong bond with
was an ass,” Burt told Quinton he’d nev-
producer Michael Rock Reuben when er had with his own dad. “He was SHARKY’S MACHINE (1981) Burt also
expertly directed this sleek crime
he guested on The King of Queens in very devoted and treated Quinton
thriller co-starring Rachel Ward.
2005. “I was the biggest star in the with respect,” says Jon Winokur, co-
world, and I didn’t handle it well.” author of Burt’s 2015 memoir But BREAKING
Enough About Me. “He wanted Quin- IN (1989)
THE LAST MOVIE STAR ton’s approval, and he got it.” He put all
vanity aside
Burt’s career took a nosedive when Burt’s legacy will live in a docuse-
to play an
he started to avoid challenging roles ries set for 2020. “Viewers will meet aging thief
and coasted on his charm in subpar a man who’s not only tough and fun- (with Casey
vehicles like The Cannonball Run ny, but caring and vulnerable,” pro- Siemaszko)
and Rent-a-Cop. “I sold out and took ducer Suzanne Niedland, who shot in this sweet
the money,” Burt told Chazz Palmin- hundreds of hours with Burt, shares buddy pic.
teri, whom he contacted to offer ad- with Closer. “I promised him before
vice after the actor-playwright hit he died I would finish this project.”
it big with 1993’s A Bronx Tale. “I re- That’s great news for everybody
gretted that, and I want you to know who loved Burt. “He was the most
that,” Chazz recalls Burt telling him. wonderful, generous person I’ve
“He said, ‘Always go where the good ever worked with,” enthuses Marilu.
work is.’ I never forgot that.” “He was one of those golden people
His professional downturn coin- you just pray for.” —Reporting by
cided with another turbulent rela- Katie Bruno and Lexi Ciccone THE LAST MOVIE STAR (2017)
This elegiac comedy (with Chevy
Chase) capped Burt’s career.
 Lessons
JAMIE LEE CURTIS

From My
Mother
HALLOWEEN’S STAR HAD A GREAT
ROLE MODEL IN JANET LEIGH

W
hen she first found fame as
a terrorized babysitter in
1978’s Halloween, Jamie Lee
Curtis was carrying on a
grand family tradition. Her
mother, Janet Leigh, had
been one of Hollywood’s original scream queens in
1960’s Psycho. Offscreen, Janet also taught Jamie
Lee to use her voice in another way: to help others.
“My mother was a great actress, but she was also
a member of a wonderful organization here in LA
called SHARE,” Jamie Lee told Closer exclusively
at Project Angel Food’s recent Angel Awards Gala.
“It’s an exceptional children’s foundation — a group
of Hollywood moms who dedicate months of their
time to put on a [benefit] show every year.”
Jamie Lee, 60, says Janet (who died at 77 in
2004) taught her the importance of using fame
to give back. “The amount of attention, money
and adulation public figures get is obscene,” she
says. “Something better has to come from it.”

ANYTHING FOR LOVE

The actress, who is hotter and busier than
ever thanks to last year’s smash Halloween
reboot, is grateful for the peo-
ple who helped her kick an ad-
diction to opioids 20 years ago.
“I had the great good fortune
of understanding there are re-
covery rooms all over LA that
would welcome me,” says Ja-
mie Lee, whose dad, Tony Cur-
tis, also battled addiction.
“I watched her my “Without sobriety, none of this
whole childhood,” says would’ve ever happened for me.”
…and with her
Jamie Lee, with her daughter, Annie
— Bruce Fretts, with reporting by
mom, Janet, in 1979… Guest, 32, who Amanda Champagne-Meadows
married in July.
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Back to
WORK
THE DUCHESS RETURNS
TO HER ROYAL DUTIES, BUT
ARCHIE AND HARRY ARE
STILL HER TOP PRIORITY

A
fter four months of ma-
ternity leave, Duchess
Meghan Markle returned
to her royal duties on
Sept. 12. Addressing a
crowd outside London’s
John Lewis department store, the new mom
beamed with joy as she introduced the char-
ity fashion collection she helped bring to life.
“When I first moved to the U.K., it was in-
credibly important to me personally to be
able to connect with people on the ground,
doing really important work,” Meghan, 38,
shared. “And a big piece of this is trying to
transform the idea of charity to community.”
For her latest project, Meghan joined forc-
es with her close friend, fashion designer
Misha Nonoo, to create the Smart Set Cap-
sule Collection for the charity Smart Works.
When any item is purchased, the same one healthy balance be-
will be given to an unemployed woman, t ween work and
helping her to look and feel confident on her family,” the insider
next job interview. shares. “[Her mom]
While Prince Harry, 35, fully supports Doria has her own
his wife’s philanthropy, “as a doting father, bedroom at their
he’s obviously nervous about Meghan re- Frogmore home and will be flying over from “At least once a
turning to work,” an insider tells Closer. LA more frequently to help.” week, she and
“But as long as she’s happy, he’s happy. They Meghan is also excited for her upcoming Harry enjoy date
split parenting duties equally, so it’s not like royal tour of Africa, “especially since Ar- nights — even
if it means just
she’s on her own.” chie will be joining them,” the insider says.
snuggling up on
But as she left the London event, it was clear the couch,” an
FULL SPEED AHEAD being a mom is still her top priority. “I’ve got insider tells Closer.
How is Meghan adjusting to time away from to get back to the baby — feed time!” she said
her little bundle of joy? “Of course she miss- with a laugh and a big smile.
es Archie, but she’s determined to create a — Reporting by Natalie Posner

24 October 7, 2019 CLOSER

 Relax!
Puzzles • TV & Movies • Food • Health • Horoscopes

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Weekly Bonu
Section
Starts Here!
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the grid horizontally, vertically, diagonally, D R B C W R I T E N J G H W Y A L K U T
backward or forward. Circle them all to
solve the puzzle. F I N D I N G N E V E R L A N D Y F I T

KATE EXPECTATIONS C O N T A G I O N J S H D D R R S V L L
H X I T I C G E N T R I I E Y O M S L E
CONTAGION LABOR DAY
V A I X K D Q G E J L A D H C B O G S C
DIVERGENT LITTLE CHILDREN
K T M Y R Y I V I O K P N S R A K P P H
ENIGMA MILDRED PIERCE
K X I L G D E V H F I M X U Y L E M W I
FINDING QUILLS
NEVERLAND L N M L E J A E E E Q J I L J B D I U L
SENSE AND
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HIDEOUS KINKY THE HOLIDAY S O S I U R E D A E R E H T E S I I O E

Y T I L I B I S N E S D N A E S N E S N
HOLY SMOKE THE READER
Y K N I K S U O E D I H S T E N I G M A
IRIS TITANIC

SUDOKU There are nine sections of nine squares in each puzzle. Fill in all blank spaces
with numbers 1 to 9. The numbers can be in any order but can not be repeated.
MEDIUM HARD EXPERT
4 6 2 6 6 6 3 6 9 6 1 6 9 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 8 8
6 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 8 8 4 8 8
9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 6 2 8 8 8 7 8 8
3 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 8 9 6 7 6 1 6 8 6 6 8 8 7 8 8 2 8 9 8
6 6 8 3 6 4 5 6 6 6 6 1 6 8 6 2 6 6 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6
6 6 6 6 8 6 6 6 3 6 6 6 6 9 6 5 6 3 8 9 8 1 8 4 8 8 8
5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 2 6 8 8 4 7 8 8 9 6 3
6 7 6 1 6 8 6 6 6 2 6 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 8 8 9 8 8 1 8 8 8
8 6 6 6 6 6 9 6 7 6 6 6 6 2 1 6 7 6 8 8 8 8 2 8 8 8 8
For the answers to this week’s puzzles, turn to page 29.

CLOSERWEEKLY.COM 25
TRAIN YOUR BRAIN
5 Julia Roberts movie 38 River through Paris 64 Printed piece

CROSSWORD
___ Pray Love 39 Covered by ceramic 65 Ice cream treats
6 Unhappily squares 66 Shocking blow
7 Self-esteems 40 Applications 67 Provokes, upsets
ACROSS 81 Month abbreviation 8 Careless, negligent 41 “Can we talk?” 69 Sharpened, as skills
1 Caught a quick look 82 Scotland’s neighbor 9 Very lean, gaunt comedian Joan 70 Sped along
6 Not very generous 83 Coffee nickname 10 Rabbit relatives 43 Rocky star Talia 71 Festive celebrations
11 The Departed star 84 Burt Lancaster movie 11 Stylishly up-to-date 44 Casts a ballot 72 Take hold of
Damon Come Back Little ___ 12 Forsakes 45 Banner 74 Crunchy stalk
14 Operatic solos 85 Placed on a pedestal 13 Chased up a maple 46 Detect an odor 75 Prima donnas
15 It’s a long story 87 Completely 15 Dirties 47 Flatbreads 77 Formal decree
16 Meal on a skewer overwhelmed 17 Flower plot 48 Mixes together 78 Leveled to the
18 Doesn’t conform 90 Boyle, Jackson or 18 Very disturbing 49 Pertaining to birds ground
to the rules Sellers 19 Clutches onto 50 Island in the 79 Mayhem
20 Large terrier 91 Commotions, fusses 20 Heavenly glows Mediterranean 80 Clip hair
22 Fork prongs 92 Particular region 21 Rental agreement 51 Firmly established 82 Mental agility
24 Canola, olive and 93 Playthings 23 Des Moines is here 52 Rowing needs 83 Star Wars knight
vegetable 94 Vigorously energetic 25 It comes before cotta 54 External 84 Editor’s mark
25 Adjusted a piano 95 Desperate need or firma 55 Corrects written copy 86 Anne Hathaway
26 Society page word 28 Taunts from the crowd 56 Carried on the wind movie ___
27 Profit’s opposite DOWN 29 Moray and lamprey 58 Donated Misérables
28 Bread spread 1 Most docile 30 Apple or pear 60 Spring flower 87 Hoover or Grand
30 Forest plants 2 Horses and lions have 33 “___ up doc?” 61 Central part of a Coulee
31 Father them 34 Pretty close church 88 Asian language
32 Lamb’s mom 3 Paid athletes 35 Historic time periods 62 Noisy swallow 89 MGM slogan: “___
33 Garden invaders 4 Title for Mr. McCartney 37 Partner for desist 63 Puts in the refrigerator Gratia Artis”
34 Impressive grouping
35 Greek goddess
36 Small cases
38 Cowboy kickers
39 Body Heat actress
Kathleen
42 Drops of joy
43 Old photograph type
44 Passport endorsements
45 British apartments
46 Closet item
47 Warsaw natives
48 Extreme happiness
49 Kind of acid
50 Quotes authority
51 Female deer
53 The Perfect Storm
star Diane
54 Did way too much
56 Grizzly beast
57 Easter Bunny
offering
58 Artful deception
59 Original thoughts
60 Active ones
61 Pertaining to birth
62 NYPD Blue star
Jimmy
63 Complains
64 Safe place
65 Roofing stone
66 Brings together
68 Razor
70 Beats badly
71 Big fat zero
73 Metal containing rock
74 Group of compatriots
75 Waste time
76 Jeremy Piven’s
Entourage role
77 Last word in a bedtime
story
78 Review the highlights
79 Sword handles
80 Emergency room word

WORD SCRAMBLE
Unscramble the shaded letters to spell out
starred

the answer to this week’s trivia question.

 Relax!
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
Find the 10 things that make these two pictures different!
PICTURED:
CARSON DALY, ACE CHAMPION AND
AL ROKER TACKLE SNACKS ON TODAY.

BLOCK BUSTERS
Bust up the blocks below and reassemble
them to spell the title of a movie that
each actor appeared in. Each complete
word begins with a capital letter.
CRYPTOGRAM
A Cryptogram is a deciphering puzzle where one letter stands for another.
If the letter M represents the letter A, it will do so throughout the puzzle.
Write your answer in the box over the coded letter. Short words like A,
AND, THE and I are common. Words may frequently end in E, S, and ING.
We’ve given you some starting clues at the bottom.

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D St s H F L D D M S P V L A H K D

rn nd on T Z K L S L B M L O S E R M
s A Bo E L H S “F Z I M Z O Z U M K,
Bri A Guy
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GENE KELLY
G M O B Z U M K, O Z Y Z S X
JUDY GARLAND
G L E R Z I M.
FRANK SINATRA
CLUES: S=D M=E, QUOTE BY RODNEY DANGERFIELD
TRAIN YOUR BRAIN
BONUS CROSSWORD 10 Banana
remains
31 Cozy room
37 Depart
ACROSS 56 Supermodel 12 Use a loom 39 Possessive
1 Freeway Kate 13 Observed word
frustration 59 Latest copy of 15 Minnows and night 41 Circle section
5 Get all a magazine crawlers 43 Specific zones
twisted up 60 Part of a whole 16 Skyscraper 45 Seedy
9 Subject of 61 Crammed full material establishment
discussion 18 Homecoming 47 Coin toss
11 Wise birds DOWN event, sometimes call
14 Refine ore 1 Pair 19 Sinks to the 48 Robin’s dinner
15 Top-notch 2 Everything bottom 51 Take a break
17 Teacher’s 3 ’Tis 20 Some 52 Possesses
favorite 4 Enhance, 21 Put into service 53 Floor covering
18 Diamond improve 22 Place to catch 54 Veggie drawer
game 5 Pinball word a play 55 Moist
21 Joined together 6 Play a part 23 Gave a meaning 57 Not on
24 Cookie crisper 7 Tell a fib 26 Huge 58 Down in the
25 Lofty homes 8 Small mark 29 Interstate sign mouth
27 Quaker
pronoun
28 Take-home
pay
29 Place to break
a sweat
30 Helen Mirren
movie
32 Santa’s helper
33 Crumpet’s
partner
34 Cyclops
had one
35 Distinctive
time period
36 Not well
38 Daughter’s
brother
40 The Elephant
___
42 Hit the beach
44 Swamp grass
46 Say it
48 Used to be
49 Simpler
50 Moored
51 Do away with
52 On this spot
54 Underneath

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Relax!
WEEK OF SEPT. 30 – OCT. 6 Julie Andrecwt.s1!
Libra Aries turns 84 on O
SEPT. 23 – OCT. 22 MARCH 21 – APRIL 19
It’s time to let your confidence shine, Libra! Replace competition with cooperation going
Once you’ve left behind those indecisions, forward, Aries. It may just connect you with
you’re bound to attract all the right types. someone who’ll complement you to a T.
Scorpio Taurus
OCT. 23 – NOV. 21 APRIL 20 – MAY 20
Unwind and rest up in the coming days. A Responsibilities have weighed you down long
crossed path or chance encounter can lead to enough. A steady diet of rest and relaxation
much more exciting things down the road. now will ready you for the challenges ahead.
Sagittarius Gemini
NOV. 22 – DEC. 21 MAY 21 – JUNE 21
Keeping things light and fun now will give Expect a lot of admirers for the foreseeable
you space later to explore and expand your future as all your desirable qualities come to
interests — be they professional or romantic. the fore in ways you didn’t expect.
Capricorn Cancer
DEC. 22 – JAN. 19 JUNE 22 – JULY 22
Go after what you want, Cap! Showing off A reunion or family gathering may be in the
what makes you so popular with friends is the offing soon as the urge to be closer to your
surest way to impress all those at work. nearest and dearest will be tough to resist.
Aquarius Leo
JAN. 20 – FEB. 18 JULY 23 – AUG. 22
If you feel the need for change, then travel Stay flexible, Leo. You could find
may be the answer. Remember: A journey of yourself somewhere new and
1,000 miles begins with a single step.
Pisces Virgo
FEB. 19 – MARCH 20 AUG. 23 – SEPT. 22
Bonding with someone special is the key to Your curiosity will be piqued by
Julie in 1965’s
realizing all your desires. So go off and show
The Sound of Music
that person just how much you care! will be the pick of the litter for you.

THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

D ol ls Guy s A nd nobody’s home.” I went over, nobody was home.” Susan Sarandon
“I called up a girl for a date and she said “come on over, ANSWER:
Frank Sinatra WORD SCRAMBLE
CRYPTOGRAM
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8 7 2 1 4 3 9 5 6 1 8 4 5 7 3 9 6 2 5 6 4 8 3 1 9 7 2 10. Stripe gone from
Judy Garland 3 6 9 5 8 7 4 2 1 5 2 3 9 6 8 4 7 1 1 2 8 6 7 9 4 3 5 building in the back.
7 5 8 4 3 1 6 9 2 3 1 5 7 9 2 6 4 8 3 9 7 1 8 2 5 4 6 9. Window added to
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8. A white yard line
9 1 7 8 5 4 2 6 3 2 4 9 6 3 1 8 5 7 6 5 1 3 2 4 7 8 9
Gene Kelly 2 8 4 3 1 6 5 7 9 logo on one helmet.
6 3 1 8 5 7 2 9 4 4 8 2 7 9 6 3 5 1
BLOCK BUSTERS 5 3 6 7 9 2 1 4 8 8 5 7 2 4 9 3 1 6 9 7 3 5 1 8 2 6 4 7. Extra Green Bay
Expert Hard Medium helmet on table.
A I G M N E T S H I D E O U I K S K N Y SUDOKU 6. Extra Green Bay
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Goliath’s New Fight
Billy Bob Thornton returns
to his Golden Globe–
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attorney Billy McBride
in Season 3 of Goliath.
This time he’s taking on a
corporate conglomerate
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WHAT HE’S DOING:
Playing legendary
gangster Bumpy
Johnson in Godfather
“It’s an age-old of Harlem. “You have
story,” says Billy to understand evil
Bob of Goliath’s characters,” says
against-the-odds Forest, 58. “That’s
tale. “But different what interests me.”
than ever before.”
that’s hoarding water with flaws. He believes in justice
deadly consequences. “I try and fairness — probably
to play the part as if it’s me, more than he does the law.”
and it’s not that terribly far This season’s impressive
from me, anyway,” says Billy ensemble also includes Amy
Bob, 64. “He may be a mess Brenneman, Dennis Quaid
personally, but he owns his and Beau Bridges. WHAT HE’S DONE:
Won an Oscar as
Ugandan dictator
Idi Amin in 2006’s
Timothy Keeping It in the The Last King of
Scotland. “Personally
with (from
left) Emily, Almost Family it was quite an
Brittany and Timothy Hutton is no stranger overwhelming
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son in 1980’s Ordinary People. In
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daughters (Emily Osment, Brittany
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“He really believes he was simply TUNE IN! God-
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JUDY
Renée Zellweger (above) plays Judy Garland (inset) in
a biopic that follows the legendary entertainer through
a series of concerts she played in London a year before
her tragic death at 47 in 1969. “It’s a big ask to play Judy
Garland,” says director Rupert Goold (True Story). “The
Scandinavian-looking, blond, diminutive Bridget Jones
wasn’t necessarily slam-dunk obvious.” Early reviews
indicate Renée nailed it, with predictions that she
OUT FRI. 9/27
ABOMINABLE
A trio of youngsters tries to help a magical yeti reunite
with its family in this animated adventure. The voice cast
includes British stand-up Eddie Izzard and American
Horror Story’s Sarah Paulson as the film’s villains, a
wealthy hunter and a zoologist. [PG]
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could win her first Oscar for best actress (she won best
supporting actress for 2003’s Cold Mountain). Clearly,
Renée, who took a six-year sabbatical from making films
to escape the limelight, identifies with the besieged Judy.
“There was so much that was not allowed for,” she says.
“You’re not allowed to be human. There’s no room on the
schedule for her sanity — the choices that were made for
her and how she was exploited and robbed.” [PG-13]
OUT FRI. 9/27
THE DAY SHALL COME
The leader (played by Marchánt Davis, above) of a Hebrew
Israelite community in Miami is unwittingly recruited for a
criminal scheme by a corrupt FBI agent (Anna Kendrick) in
this darkly comic thriller. With Jim Gaffigan, Denis O’Hare
and Orange Is the New Black’s Danielle Brooks. [NR]
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DVDs PURSUIT
Joyce Carol Oates
A recurring nightmare. An
exchange of vows. A life-
and-death struggle. In the
latest novel by the National
Book Award–winning author
of Blonde and Black Water, a
newlywed must wrestle with
her dark past while she lies
in a hospital recovering from
OUT TUE. 10/1 an incident her new husband
suspects could have been
SPIDER-MAN: a desperate, premeditated
FAR FROM HOME cry for help.
Tom Holland’s web-
slinger journeys over-
seas in Marvel’s latest
movie. With Jake
Gyllenhaal. [PG-13]
OUT TUE. 10/1
OUT TUE. 10/1
MAIDEN
This inspiring doc
OUT TUE. 10/1
FACE IT
Debbie Harry
One way or another the
frontwoman of Blondie
recounts her life and times.
Whether it’s re-creating
a ’70s NYC populated by
the Ramones and David
Bowie or relating struggles
with addiction, bankruptcy
and the near-death of her
partner, it all seems to start
with her onstage persona
— “an inflatable doll but
with a dark, provocative,
aggressive side.”
NANCY
Olivia Jaimes
“Nancy has been my
favorite sassy grouch for
a long time,” explained
author and illustrator
Jaimes. Last year, she got
to take over the 80-year-
old comic strip and, as
collected here, she’s
updated the exploits of the
precocious 8-year-old and
her best friend, Sluggo,
for a new generation.
“The Nancy I know and
love is a total jerk and also
gluttonous and also has big
feelings and voraciously
consumes her world.”
OUT TUE. 10/1

MUSIC
follows Captain Tracy FUN FACT:
Edwards and the first In 2009, Kristin
all-female crew to won an Emmy for
enter the Whitbread playing Olive Snook on
Pushing Daisies.
Round the World
Race in 1989. [PG]

OUT FRI. 9/27

KRISTIN CHENOWETH
For the Girls
”I really wanted to pay homage to all the women singers
who have influenced me over the years,” says the Tony

songs made famous by the likes of Barbra Streisand,

Patsy Cline and Linda Ronstadt
and reinterpreted with the
OUT TUE. 10/1 help of Jennifer Hudson, Reba
CHERNOBYL McEntire and Dolly Parton.
Mad Men’s Jared Harris “[Dolly’s] ‘I Will Always Love
and Wild Rose’s Jessie You’ is a song I’ve loved since I
Buckley head the cast was a child. I used to think, ‘One
of HBO’s acclaimed day I’m going to sing that song.’
miniseries about the Little did I know that I’d get to
nuclear disaster. sing it with the queen herself.”

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SUNDAY 9/29 MONDAY 9/30 TUESDAY 10/1

A Bunch 1 p.m.,
of Brady decades
Here’s the story: To mark
the 50th anniversary of The
Brady Bunch, this marathon
features episodes from the
original series as well as the
sequels The Brady Brides
and The Bradys.
Trapped: The 8 p.m.,
Alex Cooper Story life
In this docudrama, a
teenager (Addison Holley)
has to keep the faith when
she comes out as gay to her
devout Mormon parents.
All of My Heart: 9 p.m.,
The Wedding hall
Jenny (Lacey Chabert) and
Brian (Brennan Elliott) see
their nuptials threatened
after a relative lays claim to
their country inn.
House Hunters 10 p.m.,
Renovation hgtv
An architect has designs
on a fixer-upper, but his
significant other isn’t down
with his sense of style.
Saturday 11:30 p.m.,
Night Live nbc
Cheers! SNL celebrates the
start of its 45th season with
Woody Harrelson as host.
America’s Funniest 7 p.m.,
Home Videos abc
The viewer-generated show
kicks off its 30th season of
laughs, pranks and gags.
Alfonso Ribeiro hosts.
Bless 8:30 p.m.,
the Harts fox
Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph
and Mary Steenburgen lend
their voices to this new
animated comedy series
about a rural family trying
to keep their fortunes from
going south.
Poldark 9 p.m., pbs
Ross (Aidan Turner) returns,
Demelza (Eleanor Tomlin-
son) detects and George
(Jack Farthing) struggles as
the final season begins.
NCIS: 9:30 p.m.,
Los Angeles cbs
JAG’s Mac (Catherine Bell)
and Harm (David James
Elliott) keep spying ways to
help the team for the 11th
season’s premiere.
Outrageous 10 p.m.,
Pumpkins food
You’ll go out of your gourd
trying to pick the best
Halloween carvers.
The Flintstones 6 p.m., me tv
Yabba Dabba Do-Over!
The classic cartoon about
a modern Stone Age family
returns on the very day it
premiered back in 1960.
Back Home 9 p.m., acorn tv
In this Italian series, a
farmer and family man
(Alessio Boni) has to say
“arrivederci” to his old life
after he wakes from a five-
year-long coma.
The Deuce 9 p.m., hbo
James Franco directs this
episode, which finds Candy
(Maggie Gyllenhaal) facing
critics and the Martino twins
(both played by James)
looking at another b’day.
POV 10 p.m., pbs
“The Silence of Others”
reveals the battle
fought by survivors of
General Franco’s 40-year
dictatorship in Spain to have
their day in court.
MLB Playoffs 8 p.m., tbs
Batter up! Baseball’s 2019
postseason begins with
the NL Wild Card game.
The AL Wild Card game airs
Wed. @ 8 p.m. on ESPN.
Sorry for 9 p.m.,
Your Loss facebook
The struggles surrounding
Leigh Shaw (Elizabeth
Olsen) after the death of
her husband continue as
the second season starts.
Frontline 9 p.m., pbs
“The Crown Prince of
Saudi Arabia” profiles Prince
Mohammed bin Salman
and probes his ties to the
murder of Washington Post
journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
NCIS: 10 p.m.,
New Orleans
cbs
The team may have to wing
it when a Navy pilot says
she saw a UFO prior to the
crash of a private plane.
Most Terrifying 10 p.m.,
Places travel
A deserted amusement
park and a long-shuttered
factory offer visitors some
grave concerns in this
docuseries’ debut.

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WEDNESDAY 10/2
NHL 8 p.m., nbcsn
The hockey season gets
underway with the Stanley
Cup champion St. Louis
Blues facing off against the
Washington Capitals.
iHeartRadio 8 p.m.,
Music Festival cw
Def Leppard, Alicia Keys
and Tim McGraw are some
of the notables taking the
stage. Ryan Seacrest hosts.
Continues Thurs. @ 8 p.m.
Nature 8 p.m., pbs
With “Octopus: Making
Contact,” a professor
elicits good ink by raising a
cephalopod in his home.
Seal Team 9 p.m., cbs
In the two-part season
premiere, Jason (David
Boreanaz) leads the unit
to Serbia after a series of
outpost bombings.
Chicago P.D. 10 p.m., nbc
Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins)
goes undercover in a South
Side drug syndicate; Voight
(Jason Beghe) goes up the
chain of command to get
leniency for Ruzek (Patrick
John Flueger).
THURSDAY 10/3
Chasing 7 p.m.,
the Sun ova
Adventurer and filmmaker
Stephen Friedman tries to
get snapshots of places
through the eyes of its
people, beginning in NYC.
This Old House 8 p.m.,
Hour pbs
As the season starts, Norm,
Kevin and the rest of the
gang hammer out details
about working on a ranch-
style home in Rhode Island.
Mom 9 p.m., cbs
Bonnie (Allison Janney)
reluctantly has to keep
tabs when Christy (Anna
Faris) and Adam (William
Fichtner) clash over an
incident at the bar.
Beat 10 p.m.,
Bobby Flay food
Flay vs. Fey. Oy vey!
Bobby isn’t laughing when
funnylady Tina Fey joins Iron
Chef Alex Guarnaschelli in an
attempt to cook his goose.
FLAY ’S
TINA FEY
FRIDAY 10/4
Peaky 3 a.m.,
Blinders netflix
Done with Luca’s goons,
the gang lives it up as the
season starts, except for
Tommy (Cillian Murphy),
whose life is taken up with
parenting and a new job.
The Blacklist 8 p.m., nbc
In the season premiere,
an abducted Red (James
Spader) looks for someone
to trust while Liz (Megan
Boone) searches for anyone
who can help find him.
American 8 p.m.,
Housewife abc
Katie (Katy Mixon) has her
work cut out for herself as
her elusive boss (guest star
Kelly Ripa) hits town.
Haunted 8 p.m.,
Salem: Live travel
In a four-hour paranormal
event, what trials await Jack
Osbourne and others at the
site of America’s original
witch hunt?
In Search Of 10 p.m., hist
Host Zachary Quinto
returns for a new season
of investigating various
mysteries, missing persons,
myths and monsters.
Relax!
COOPER & HEMINGWAY
SUN. 9/29, 8 P.M. TCM “For
what are we born if not to aid
one another?” Gary Cooper
brings to life two of Ernest
Hemingway’s classics with
1943’s For Whom the Bell Tolls
and 1932’s A Farewell to Arms.
HOLDING SWAYZE SUN. 9/29,
8 P.M., SUN The late, great
Patrick Swayze is featured in
an unchained medley of hits —
1989’s Road House, 1983’s The
Outsiders and 1990’s Ghost,
with Demi Moore.
MONSTER OF THE MONTH
FRI. 10/4, 8 P.M. TCM Look
out, Tokyo! This Godzilla-
fest starts with the original
Japanese version of Godzilla
(1954) and the Americanized
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
(1956) with Raymond Burr,
followed by Godzilla Raids
Again (1955) and Mothra
vs. Godzilla (1964).
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recipes he relies on to
NOTA feed his loved ones
etween his TV shows, cookbooks and cooking
competitions, superchef Bobby Flay seems to live in
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relax when I’m not working,” muses Flay. “Interestingly, “Cooking to me is much
and somewhat surprising to most, the answer is: I cook.” more than a profession.
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and dearest. Try one of these delicious delights tonight! for the people in my life.”

GRILLED GROUPER WITH TOMATOES

Serves 4

11 ⁄2 lbs. assorted at room temperature

summer until ready to serve.
tomatoes, sliced, 2. Heat a grill to high.
diced or halved Brush the fish on both
1
⁄4 cup extra-virgin sides with canola oil
olive oil, plus and season with salt
more as needed and pepper. Grill until
1 tsp. kosher salt, golden brown, charred
plus more as on both sides and just
needed cooked through, 4 min.
11 ⁄2 lbs. fresh per side, depending on
grouper thickness.
1
⁄4 cup canola oil 3. Just before serving,
2 Hass avocados, add the avocados and
pitted, peeled and dill to the tomatoes
diced and season with more
1
⁄2 cup chopped salt and pepper.
fresh dill Transfer the fish to
1
⁄4 cup fresh basil or a platter and top
flat-leaf parsley with tomato mixture.
leaves, for Drizzle with more olive
garnish oil, garnish with basil
or parsley and serve.
1. Combine tomatoes, PER SERVING: 680 cal,
olive oil and salt in a 47g protein, 19g carbs,
large bowl and let sit 10g fiber, 5g sugar, 49g fat

38 October 7, 2019 CLOSER Recipes adapted from Bobby at Home. Copyright © 2019 by Boy Meets Grill, Inc. Photographs copyright ©
2019 by Ed Anderson. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC.

With hearty Brussels
sprouts and an indulgent
cheese sauce, your guests
will never miss the meat on
these nachos.
Relax!
BRUSSELS SPROUTS NACHOS
Serves 4
1 (81 ⁄4 oz.) bag 3. Pour some cheese
blue corn tortilla sauce* onto a platter.
chips Top with chips and
3 tbsp. olive oil more sauce. Sprinkle
12 oz. Brussels on Brussels sprouts,
sprouts, trimmed pickled onions and
and thinly sliced chilies. Repeat layers
2 cups pickled red once. Garnish with
onions cilantro and lime zest.
1 cup pickled *For cheese sauce:
chilies In a pan, melt 2 tbsp.
1
⁄4 cup chopped unsalted butter over
fresh cilantro, for medium-high. Add
garnish 2 tbsp. flour; whisk
Finely grated lime 2 min. Slowly add 2
zest, for garnish cups warm whole milk;
whisk 5 min. Reduce
1. Heat oven to 200°F. heat to low; add 8 oz.
Spread chips in an chopped Muenster
even layer on a large cheese. Let sit 1 min.;
baking sheet. Heat in whisk until smooth.
oven 10 min. Season with salt, pep-
2. Heat oil in a skillet per and hot sauce.
over medium-high. PER SERVING: 839 cal,
Add Brussels sprouts; 28g protein, 65g carbs,
cook 5 min. Season. 7g fiber, 10g sugar, 56g fat
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11 ⁄2 cups sugar a wire rack 5 min.
11 ⁄2 cups brown sugar Transfer to rack; cool
21 ⁄2 tsp. baking soda completely.
1
⁄8 tsp. fine sea salt 4. Spread the flat side
4 large eggs of half the cookies
1 tsp. vanilla with filling*; top with
6 cups quick- remaining cookies.
cooking oats *For filling: With a
handheld mixer, beat
1. With a handheld 8 oz. smooth peanut
mixer, beat peanut butter, 8 oz. cream
butter and butter on cheese and 1 stick
high until smooth. Add unsalted butter on
next 4 ingredients; high until smooth. Add
beat until combined. 8 oz. powdered sugar
2. Beat in eggs one at and 1 tbsp. vanilla; mix
a time. Beat in vanilla. until smooth.
Fold in oats. Cover; PER SERVING: 245 cal,
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3. Heat oven to 350°F. 2g fiber, 17g sugar, 14g fat
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5 SUPERFOODS THAT
FROM BLUEBERRIES TO DARK CHOCOLATE,
ADD FOODS TO YOUR DIET THAT CAN
MAKE YOU FEEL AS GOOD AS THEY TASTE
STAY TRUE BLUE!: Many berries are sweet and high in fiber, but
blueberries’ high antioxidant values make them stand out. The
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition estimated that a cup a day
reduced the risk of any cardiovascular event by 13 percent, and
they’re also anti-inflammatory. Try them fresh or frozen.
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK: A 2017 analysis of several
studies found that those who regularly eat dark chocolate (two to
three 30-gram servings per week) had a lower risk of developing
diabetes, heart disease and strokes. And a recent study found
improvements in vision in people who ate a 47-gram bar
(72 percent cacao). But it does have lots of fat, so don’t overdo it!
TURN OVER A NEW LEAF: Dark, leafy greens such as
spinach, Swiss chard, kale, collard greens and mustard
greens add essential fiber to your diet and are a good
source of vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium. The USDA
says studies have shown that two to three servings per
week may lower the risk of stomach, breast and skin
cancer, and these same antioxidants in greens have
been proven to decrease the risk of heart disease.
CHANGE YOUR OIL: The vitamin E, polyphenols “I always have
and monounsaturated fatty acids in olive oil all a small piece of
help reduce the risk of heart disease, per Harvard
Medical School. Stick to extra-virgin or virgin
dark chocolate.
and use it in place of butter or in dressings, but It tells my body
remember: It’s still fattening, so use sparingly! that I’m done
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Julie Andrews
Raise the
curtain! On
YEARS AGO Sept. 30, 1954,
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A STAR IS BORN makes her Broadway debut in
PREMIERED the musical The Boy Friend. In
2003, she’d make her directorial
debut in a regional production of
the very same show.

55
YEARS AGO

PASSED:
classic pictures with his famous
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Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman 3 Adolph Marx falls silent,
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Janet Gaynor played the pic’s Oscar-
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winning ingenue opposite Fredric
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Mason) she falls for and marries hits the actual Academy Award ?
screen in the second of its four versions.
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A The Best Years of Our Lives
B Death of a Salesman
35
YEARS AGO
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B Esther Hoffman B Elvis Presley 1984, Angela
C Esther Williams C Frank Sinatra Lansbury
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HEART to heart
VE
EXCLUSVIIEW
INTER

CATHERINE OXENBERG

I Didn’t Know

STRENGTH
saving her daughter from a sex cult

Catherine (bottom left) with her
Dynasty co-stars in 1986…
S
he’s best known for playing Amanda
Carrington on Dynasty, yet Cathe-
rine Oxenberg’s offscreen life has
had nearly as many wild twists and
turns as that classic ’80s nighttime
soap. As the teenage daughter of
Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Catherine was
encouraged to become an actress by her mom’s
then-fiancée, Richard Burton. Her break-
through was a TV film portraying Princess Di-
ana, the wife of her real-life second cousin once
removed, Prince Charles. (It was at their wed-
ding that Catherine turned down a marriage
proposal from Prince Andrew!) She’d later find
love with Starship Troopers’ Casper Van Dien
and together they have two daughters: Celeste,
15, and Maya, 17. In 2015 their 16-year union end-
ed, but that heartbreak and disappointment was
nothing compared to the trial she’s had to face in
recent years: saving her daughter India, 28, from
the notorious NXIVM sex cult. Closer talked
with Catherine, 58, about her memoir, Captive;
the new Lifetime film she executive-produced,
Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother’s Fight to
Save Her Daughter; and much more.
What was your time on Dynasty like?
Otherworldly, because there were only three
networks, and the show had an audience of 100
million people a week around the world, which
is unfathomable. So it was really an honor, and
a pretty surreal experience.
… and “celebrating victory” in NYC with
her daughter India after NXIVM leader
Keith Raniere was found guilty of all
charges against him in June.
You were on from 1984–’86. Do you wish
you’d stayed longer?
Actually, I asked to leave because I was
struggling with an eating disorder, and it was
very stressful. I had already had it since I was
16, and I needed to take care of my health.
Did you feel a lot of pressure at that time
to maintain a certain appearance?
No, but I didn’t have the best self-esteem. My
dad probably made me feel more pressure than
anything. He was a difficult guy. I remember
getting into Harvard and him saying, “Oh,
you’re a waste of money. You’re just going to go
get married.” I think I was actually prepared
for the business because I had a dad whose
approval I could never get.
What inspired you to get into acting?
I was born in New York, spent my adolescence
in England and came out to LA at 22. My mom is
from royalty, so I grew up around royalty. And
when my mom was engaged to Richard Burton
when I was 13, that really intrigued me. At the
ball at Princess Diana’s wedding [years later],
Prince Andrew asked me to marry him, and he
said, “Would you marry somebody like me, or
would you prefer to act?” And I said, “I’d really
prefer to act.” So the idea of Hollywood glamour
intrigued me way more than any sort of royal
glamour. That meant nothing to me. It was like
everybody had a title. [Laughs] So from the age of
13, since I watched Richard Burton on set play-
ing Winston Churchill, I wanted to be an actress.
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HEART to heart
Did Richard help in other ways?
He used to teach me Shakespeare. He’d have
me act out a scene in a restaurant, and he’d
say, “You’re too shy.” [Laughs] The last time
I saw him I was 16. He was on Broadway in
Equus and invited me to watch from the
bleachers onstage. He took me out to take
bows with him. And literally, three years
later, I had my first acting role. I never saw
him again because he died, but I always felt
like he was introducing me to my career.
What was it like playing Princess Di?
It was great, because I’d met her. The only
thing that the film cost me was return visits
to Buckingham Palace. My mom was super
nervous — she was very worried that it would
offend Charles, who’s her second cousin, but
he was very gracious. He said, “Look, they’re
going to make the movie anyway. At least
Catherine can bring dignity to the role.”
How did you meet Diana?
Attheball,rightbeforetheirwedding,Charles
cameuptomeandhesaid,“Wouldyouliketo
meetDiana?”ThethingIdorememberisthat
sheseemedreallysadforaprospectivebride.
You were married twice. What lessons
did you take away?
Married twice doesn’t count, because one
[to producer Robert Evans] was for a week.
After my divorce [from Casper], I got to
appreciate who I was.
GIVING BACK
Are you seeing anyone? “I founded the Catherine
Oxenberg Foundation to
He’s not in the entertainment
prevent women from being
business, which is thrilling for exploited and subjugated
me. But how I met him is because and abused,” she tells Closer.
my house burned down [in “My daughter made it out
Malibu last November]. He wasn’t [of NXIVM] unscathed, but
a firefighter, but he was definitely a others didn’t. I want
first responder. [Laughs] He reached to help.”
out through family friends, texted me
48 hours after the fire and said, “I have a
home in Brentwood that’s empty, and you’re
welcome to stay with your family.” And we
fell in love. I met him [less than a year] ago,
and he’s, I would say, the love of my life.
That’s wonderful, especially after all
you’ve been through with India in NXIVM.
The last thing I wanted to do was expose
my daughter publicly. It was a last resort,
because I failed at an intervention, and the
fear was I could lose her forever. I knew
she could be sitting where [senior NXIVM
figure and former Smallville actress]
Allison Mack is now, facing years in jail. At
times I lost hope.
What steps did you take to get her out?
When The New York Times broke the story
— the first moment I outed my daughter —
I was convinced that she wouldn’t be able to
write it off as fake news, and that failed. I was
convinced the moment that Keith Raniere
was arrested that that would wake her up,
but that failed. There were many times I

HER OWN
DYNASTY
TO DI FOR As
Princess Diana
in her screen
debut, the 1982
TV movie The
Royal Romance
of Charles and
Diana. “This
caused quite
FAMILY TIME a stir amongst
Catherine, several royal FIGHTING CRIME
Richard Burton families — it She co-starred
and her mom, was deemed with Fabio (left)
Princess impudent to and Brendan Kelly
Elizabeth of impersonate as a leader of top-
Yugoslavia, in one of our own, secret agents in
1974, the year [but] I can’t say the 1993–’94 series
the latter two I had regrets,” Acapulco H.E.A.T.
were engaged. she’s said.
 “I have many regrets
— they’re pointless.
The antidote to that
is gratitude for my
blessings.”
—Catherine

didn’t have hope, and my life was threatened.

But when the government called my lawyers
and said “we want Catherine to know we’re
moving in with the FBI aggressively,” that
was the moment when I had hope.

How did this change you, India and your

daughters Maya and Celeste Van Dien?
India is very committed to her healing
process — she understands what happened
to her and she is empowered. I’m doing
everything that I can to spend time with
my other girls; Maya just started college,
and [Celeste] is in 11th grade. I tapped into
a quality of maternal strength that I didn’t
know I had. That I would be willing to risk
my life for my child. I know myself better,
and I have become a more courageous
person as a result of this ordeal. My children
taught me what it means to really love
somebody. I’m proud to be a mom.
— Reporting by Diana Cooper

WORK & PLAY

Catherine and SEE THE MOVIE She’s an
her ex-husband executive producer of
Casper Van Dien the TV film Escaping the
DON’T WORRY, FRAN Catherine NXIVM Cult: A Mother’s
co-starred in
showed off her comedic chops as a Fight to Save Her Daughter,
several movies,
publicist who makes Ms. Fine (Fran featuring Peter Facinelli. It airs
including 2014’s
Drescher) jealous when their boss saving India. I felt, how Sept. 26, 27 and 28 on Lifetime
Sleeping Beauty.
falls for her — until she reveals that can I help all of these — check listings for airtimes.
young women?”
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 Demi with Bruce
and their daughters
in 2001; with her
St. Elmo’s Fire
co-stars (from left)
Ally Sheedy, Judd
Nelson and Emilio
Estevez in 1985

initely not interested in blaming anyone,”

she says. “It’s a waste of energy.”
DEMI MOORE
A ROCKY ROAD

Mak
After enduring an unstable childhood with
a suicidal mother, Demi married young, di-
vorced and achieved her first break on Gener-
al Hospital. In 1985, St. Elmo’s Fire made her
a movie star and put her among Hollywood’s
“Brat Pack,” where she partied too hard and
obsessed over her weight.
Demi wed again in 1987. “Bruce [Willis] lit-
erally swept me off my feet: we met, married

With My
and were pregnant within four months,” she
writes of the father of Rumer, 31, Scout, 28,

PAST
and Tallulah, 25. But Demi struggled for bal-
ance. Though she earned a precedent-setting
$12.5 million for 1996’s Striptease, Bruce felt
her movie-making interfered with their fam-
ily time. They divorced in 2000.
She regarded her third marriage to 15-years-
younger Ashton Kutcher as “a do-over.” It
made her feel young and alive. But after she

H
miscarried their baby she began drinking
AFTER YEARS er ups and downs have heavily and abusing Vicodin. They separated
OF STRUGGLE been chronicled for de-
cades, and now Demi
amid a cheating scandal in 2011. A year later,
Demi hit rock bottom when she suffered a sei-
AND Moore is telling her side zure while partying with her daughter Rumer.
SCANDAL, of the story. “It’s excit- “I had no career. No relationship,” Demi re-
THE ACTRESS ing,” she says. “And yet I calls. “Part of my life was clearly unraveling.”
FINALLY feel very vulnerable.”
That’s no surprise. In her revealing new
Now sober, the star feels that telling her
story has been a crucial part of her heal-
COMES memoir, Inside Out, Demi, 56, opens up ing. “If you carry a well of shame and unre-
CLEAN IN A about her troubled childhood, struggles solved trauma inside of you,” Demi says, “no
NEW MEMOIR with substance abuse and her marriages to
Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher. “I’m def-
amount of money, no measure of success or
celebrity, can fill it.” — Louise A. Barile

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throw a party this year.
“We started planning a big bang, then we re-
alized it’s overwhelming and we can do it
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sively at a recent Paley Center Honors Lun-
cheon in NYC. “We have a number of friends
who share our same birthday, so we’re going
to go to one of their parties and hide.”
That approach is in line with one of the
lessons Michael has gleaned from his life. “I
pace myself,” he says. “I’m not a surfer, but I
admire surfers who sit and do nothing, then
suddenly the wave comes and they’re ready.”
Michael is currently riding the crest of a
career wave with his award-winning role
as an acting teacher in Netflix’s sitcom The
Kominsky Method, which returns for Season 2
on Oct. 25. “I’ve always been fascinated by
50 October 7, 2019 CLOSER
MICHAEL DOUGLAS
Learned
Michael says his Oscar
win “was important
in stepping out of my
father’s shadow.”
dramatic parts like his Oscar-win-
ning turn as greedy Gordon Gekko
in 1987’s Wall Street. “I’m learning
something new and enjoying it.”
FULL DISCLOSURE
Michael says the most important thing
he’s learned in his life is that “kindness He says “mutual respect”
is not weakness. I try to conduct myself as is the key to his happy
a good citizen of the planet and look out for marriage to Catherine.
those who are less fortunate.”
After surviving stage 4 throat cancer in
2010, Michael says his health “is good. You
get checked once a year and just keep mov-
ing.” He’s most grateful for his loved ones, in- “I always
cluding father Kirk, 102; kids Cameron, 40,
Dylan, 19, and Carys, 16; and granddaughter try to look
Lua, 1. “Meeting Catherine [in 1998] was ex-
traordinary, and my family has been an re-
forward,
ally important part of my life,” says Michael.
“I’ve been very fortunate.” — Bruce Fretts,
not back.”
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1
1991
BUDDING
2 MOVE Upon
Catherine’s
CAREER moving to Hollywood,
“I could never ride “Helena Bonham Cart-
the [subway] again,” er, Kate Winslet, Cate
she said after finding Blanchett and Emily
sudden fame with Watson were getting
her U.K. series The the roles I really wanted
Darling Buds of May. and the British press
“I was so associated was labeling me as
with my TV character over-the-hill. I recall the
that it was hard to word ‘loser’ being used
break away from it. more than once.” But, a
Then I came here, role in the TV miniseries
where I’d go into Titanic changed that.
meetings and they’d “Steven Spielberg was
ask, ‘What have channel surfing one
you done?’ But night and saw me on
when I’d get off the that and suggested that
airplane in Britain, I should come in for an
I’d be mobbed.” interview for Zorro.”

CATHERINE ZETA-JONES

MY LIFE IN
10
Pictures
AS A young girl in Swansea, Wales, Catherine Zeta-Jones
“never, never, never saw myself as a movie star. I always
wanted to be a theater actress.” And, through her days as a
chorus girl in London productions of Annie, Bugsy Malone and
42nd Street, it remained her focus. “I never really thought about
movies until I hung up my tap shoes and went, ‘OK, I can’t be a
hoofer for the rest of my life. What am I going to do now?’” What
she did was become a British TV sensation, an Oscar winner,
wife of Hollywood legend Michael Douglas and a multitalented
actress in her own right. And, Catherine, who turns 50 on
Sept. 25, has no intention of ever slowing down in that chosen
profession. “That’s what I love and the rest of my life is a joy
because I’ve got two beautiful kids and a healthy, happy husband.
It’s all good, and I’m not going to be humble for that, either.”
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1998 MAKING A MARK The Mask of
3 Zorro “holds a special place in my
heart because it was my breakout
movie,” she said. “[But] for me it was not just
professionally important but personally
important. Michael [Douglas] saw me [and]
seduced me. He hounded me and followed
me around the world until he found me.”
1999 LOTS OF NERVE She was “so nervous”
4
about starring opposite Sean Connery in
Entrapment. “But I always get nervous
before I shoot or go onstage. I just have stage fright
all the time, which I think is great. I’m sure if I lost
that, I’d completely fall apart.” Nevertheless, any
fears she had disappeared the moment she met
Sean. “He was exactly the way I imagined him.”

2002 ALL
6 THAT JAZZ
“Talk about
a memorable ride,”
mused Catherine
of the musical
Chicago. “It was
a roller coaster
of shooting the
film, promoting the
2004 PITT STOP “I bet I’m
7
2000 TRAFFIC JAM She was film with my ever-
5 pregnant with first child Dylan
while making Traffic and “a lot
growing [baby]
bump, going to
hated by women around the
world for having to kiss this
of the emotions and instincts that I used the Oscars with my guy,” joked Catherine about starring
in my character came from this instinct ever-growing bump, opposite Brad Pitt in Ocean’s Twelve.
of the lioness wanting to protect and singing live, winning “My husband would say to me, ‘What
nurture my new little life…. It just blew my and then giving birth are you doing today, honey?’ and I’d say,
mind away that a complete little stranger to [my daughter, ‘Oh, I’m kissing Brad on a bridge’…. It
would fill me with this overwhelming Carys] 10 days later. was a tough job, but somebody had to
desire to nurture and protect him.” It was a real trip.” do it. We had a lot of fun.”

2009 CAREER GOAL “I’d read the
8 9
phone book with the people here,”
said Catherine of the cast from her
Tony-winning Broadway debut in A Little
Night Music, which included Angela
Lansbury. “I’m in awe of her career! If ever
I could predict my future and write the
perfect blueprint for where I would even
start to jump, it would be her career.”
2017 STAR TURN For her role as Olivia
de Havilland in TV’s Feud, she talked to
someone who knew her: father-in-law
Kirk Douglas. “When I told Kirk, he went, ‘Aaah
Olivia’ and said nothing else. I said, ‘And it’s
[also] about Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.’ He
went, ‘Joan Crawford? She was out of her effing
mind.’ And then about Bette Davis, he went,
‘Aww, she was a broad. She told it as it was.’”
2018 FAMILY BUSINESS “I have
10 two kids who want to be actors
and I am so proud,” she said of
Dylan and Carys. “It’s not about fame
for them. They’ve been brought up
around famous people. They know what
that is like. They want the craft because
that’s what they love. And it gives me
such pride that they get it.”
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 1975 Now
Sophia Loren Miley Cyrus

Funky Hats
Pity the person sitting behind Miley Cyrus and
her enormous hat at the recent Tom Ford fashion
show! Sophia Loren once wore a similar chapeau
to keep the sun off her face on a visit to France.

1949
Gordon
Jackson

Raincoats
Tyra Banks looked
positively smashing at a fashion
event wearing a sexy trenchcoat
from Altuzarra for Target, similar
to the one Scottish actor Gordon
1989
Fred Rogers
Jackson wore seven decades earlier.
Very little has changed about this
timeless style since it was first
designed by Thomas Burberry to
be worn by officers of the British
Army during World War I. Back Now
then, Burberry made his raincoats Tyra Banks
out of water-resistant gabardine,
whereas today’s are often sewn from
a synthetic fabric.

Wheaties
Heroes
“I have dreamt of this
since I was a young
woman,” wrote tennis
ace Serena Williams,
whose Wheaties
boxes will line store
shelves next month.
In 1987, Chris Evert
Lloyd became the first
female tennis player
to be honored. Chris Evert Lloyd
Now
Tom Hanks
Mister Rogers
“Did Fred really talk that slowly?” Tom Hanks
asked Joanne Rogers, the widow of the Mister
Rogers’ Neighborhood star. (The answer is
yes — he did!) Tom masterfully inhabits the
zip-up sweater of the late Fred Rogers in
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a film
1987 Now about the beloved children’s TV host, which
will hit theaters on Nov. 22.
Serena Williams

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