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1 Gate securer
6 Long-necked
instrument
11 Compete in a
super-G
14 “Gesundheit!”
elicitor
15 Curmudgeonly TV
doctor
16 Spray-on salon
treatment
17 First chess
computer to beat
a grandmaster
19 Of that
(similar)
20 Like the Gobi’s
weather
21 Grandstand
divisions
22 Where Van Gogh
lost an ear
24 Sleeper agent
25 Typeface like
Helvetica
27 “The Twilight
Saga” genre
31 Cornfield pests
33 Ticks off
34 Liverpool lav
35 Interminable
times
36 Tea from Sri Lanka
38 Lost buoyancy
39 Root problem
40 Spanish surrealist
Joan
41 Comic pianist
Victor
42 U.S. immigrant’s
pursuit
46 Popped tops
47 Go kaput, with
“out”
48 Ivory Coast
neighbor
50 “Checkered” time
51 Lessen, as support
54 Couple’s pronoun
55 Basic impression
59 Every last bit
60 Not answer
directly
61 Standing at
attention
62 Sonny & Cher was
one
63 Shade in old
photos
64 Extracts with pliers
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1 Cheryl of “Charlie’s
Angels”
2 Taiwanese PC
giant
3 “ went
thataway!”
4 Squad car driver
5 Souped-up wheels
6 Prenuptial party
7 Notes in poker
pots
8 Harbor craft
9 Hearth residue
10 Hires, as an
attorney
11 Phone call to a fire
station, e.g.
12 Crinkly green
13 Tattooists’ supplies
18 One of the front
nine
23 Lab maze solver
24 Works with a Toro
25 Kaepernick hairdo
26 Sand trap tool
27 European
gambling mecca
28 Maker of Coolpix
cameras
29 Spotify offering
30 Plow pullers’ coupler
31 Michael of “Juno”
32 Clue board section
36 25-Down-
styling tool
37 Divisions of
35-Across
38 Enjoy a bubble
bath
40 Saharan
illusions
41 Rolls-Royce
alternative
43 “Solo” director
Howard
44 Beltway
region, briefly
45 French realist
Bonheur
48 Stick with one’s
spurs
49 Netflix competitor
50 Foot pampering,
informally
51 Original sin site
52 Conservative
radio host Glenn
53 Dugout rack items
56 Sinner in 51-Down
57 Take a siesta
58 Glass of public
radio
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – It’s
been quite the summer for Chris Harri-
son, and it’s not even close to over.
The “Bachelor,” “Bachelorette” and
“Bachelor in Paradise” host is still get-
ting to experience firsts with the reality
dating franchise, more than 17 years into
its run on ABC. This summer was the
first year that “Bachelorette” was the No.
1 show on TV among young adults as
Hannah B., Tyler, Jed and the rest of the
men had a wild ride and deep conversa-
tions about bad behavior and toxic mas-
culinity.
As if that wasn’t enough, the current
season of “Paradise” features the fran-
chise’s first same-sex relationship, as
Demi Burnett, who came out as “queer,”
falls for another female contestant.
USA TODAY caught up with Harrison
at a Television Critics Association
event, and he shared his reactions to
Hannah B.’s season, the importance of
Demi on “Paradise” and whether Tyler
can really be the next “Bachelor.”

Question: Were you surprised by
how big and popular this season was?
Chris Harrison: A lot of people maybe
underestimated Hannah and the draw,
and I think that’s where as producers
you kind of have to trust your gut and go
with what you think is the best TV. Be-
cause you think back on the time, and
people were clamoring for Hannah G.
and we kind of made a controversial de-
cision and went with Hannah B., and
obviously it turned out to be pretty suc-
cessful. Because we knew what an in-
credible woman she was, the layers and
the stories that were there and the
depth we’re going to get to.

Q: Were you surprised that there
were conversations around toxic
masculinity on the show?
Harrison: That’s one of the things I
love about the show. I know it’s fun, I
know it’s entertainment, I get it: I have a
lot of fun with the show as well. But over
the years, if you look back, we have

pressed a lot of social issues, whether

it’s slut-shaming, race, gender, double

standards, you name it. And we’re

about to dive into same-sex relation-

ships on ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ with

Demi. We don’t create these issues. We

don’t drive them. But I think our show

evolves with these social issues, and

then it becomes a topic of conversa-

tion. If nothing else, that’s pretty cool.

Q: How was filming ‘Bachelor in

Paradise’ with Demi?

Harrison: It was a big deal for us.

There are people behind the scenes,

who I won’t out specifically, who are in

same-sex relationships, and so it was

a big deal. We took a lot of pride in how

we were handling it, that we were go-

ing to embrace this. We’re not so naïve

as to think there’s not going to be back-

lash, but we’re really proud of what

we’re going to represent and how we’re

going to tell Demi’s story.

Q: Do you have any wishes for a

future ‘Bachelor’?

Harrison: I think there’s a pretty

solid list we have going. There’s the

usual front-runners, Pilot Pete, Big

Mike – who is in “Paradise” right now,

we’ll see how he does – Tyler, al-

though, we’ll see what Tyler’s life is

like as we get closer. But that’s one of

the reasons, in all seriousness, why we

wait to make a decision. What matters

is, are they ready? Are we going to find

someone like Hannah who is going to

give themselves up to this process and

be really open and honest and vulner-

able, and give us a great season?

TELEVISION

Harrison’s pick for

the new ‘Bachelor’

Kelly Lawler
USA TODAY

Chris Harrison and Lauren Zima

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When a rat scurries across the

screen and it’s not even the most on-

the-nose aspect of “The Kitchen,” you

know this is a gangster flick with is-

sues.

Writer/director Andrea Berloff ’s

feature-film debut goes its own way by

centering a 1970s mob drama on three

intelligent women instead of a bunch

of wise guys – been there, seen that,

slept with the fishes. Yet despite some

pleasant swerves and a murderer’s

row of actresses with Melissa

McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisa-

beth Moss, “The Kitchen” (eeEE; rat-

ed R; in theaters Friday) blunders a real

chance to cook up something fresh

and is undone by derivative dialogue

and a muddled plot that trips on the

line between black comedy and brutal

crime drama.

Based on the Vertigo Comics series,

the film centers on a trio of Irish mob

wives in the Hell’s Kitchen area of

Manhattan, New York, circa 1978.

Kathy (McCarthy) lives a pleasant-

enough life as a housewife and mom to

two kids while husband Jimmy (Brian

d’Arcy James) takes care of business.

Claire (Moss) doesn’t have it so well,

getting regularly battered by her ruffi-

an spouse Rob (Jeremy Robb). And Ru-

by (Haddish) is almost constantly dis-

missed by her hubby Kevin (James

Badge Dale), the leader of the gang,

and nasty mother-in-law Helen (Mar-

go Martindale).

When their men get pinched during

a liquor-store stick-up gone wrong and

are sentenced to three years in jail,

Kathy, Claire and Ruby discover that

the “family” isn’t that interested in

making sure they live a charmed life.

Needing money, and figuring out that

the misogynistic men in charge aren’t

that great at being mobsters, the wom-

en get into the protection racket for

themselves.

Their success upsets the balance of

the gang’s power structure and plants

a few seeds of mistrust among the

threesome. It also puts them on the ra-

dar of rival Italian gangsters in Brook-

lyn, a hitman (Domhnall Gleeson) back

in town and the FBI agents (Common

and E.J. Bonilla) who put their hus-

bands away.

The film’s most vicious gang war,

though, is between its competing tones.

As the women take over, there’s a strong

sense of gallows humor and even a

scene with disco dancing that points to

a lighter nature, plus montages chock-

full of ’70s pop hits – so much so that

Stevie Nicks seems like a side character.

Haddish is crazy talented and will

one day have a major dramatic break-

through but this isn’t it, though her icy

face-offs with Martindale are enjoyable.

And “The Kitchen” is a bit of a letdown

for McCarthy her fantastic Oscar-win-

ning turn in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”.

Much of the emotion falls on Kathy’s

shoulders, which McCarthy deftly han-

dles, but she’s not as convincing with

the shakedown antics.

Moss is the only one able to fully im-

merse herself into her character, as

Claire successfully turns from being a

mousey, abused wife to a crazy-eyed

avenger disturbingly interested in the

intricacies of corpse disposal.

They’re made women in an under-

world that doesn’t want them, and while

that theme is sufficiently explored, “The

Kitchen” disappointingly fails to explore

the racial politics it hints at and, aside

from the main trio, is full of characters

who feel paper-thin. The results aren’t

criminal, but the movie more often finds

mediocrity instead of real nuance.

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Kitchen’ sticks too close

to the mob-movie recipe

Brian Truitt

Columnist

USA TODAY

From left, Elisabeth Moss, Melissa

McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish in “The

Kitchen.” ALISON COHEN ROSA