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“Bob Ballard: An
Explorer’s Life”
(Oct. 29)
“McFarland,
USA” (Oct. 29)
The oceanographer
credited with the
discoveries of
numerous notorious
shipwrecks including
the Titanic, the
Bismarck and the
USS Yorktown reveals
the inside stories behind his most exciting
finds, while sharing the personal triumphs,
challenges and tragedies that led him to
them in this 2020 documentary from
National Geographic
Kevin Costner heads
the cast of this 2015
drama as a high
school football coach
who lost his last job
because he was too
rough on his entitled
charges. He finds his
calling when he lands
at a rural California
school and turns seven disappointing
students into one of the best cross-country
track teams in the country. Maria Bello and
Morgan Saylor also star.
“Impact With Gal
Gadot” (Available
now)
“Rookie of the
Year” (Available
now)
The “Wonder Woman”
star hosts this short-
form documentary
series from National
Geographic that
spotlights six women
working to improve
their communities
around the world.
Among the women featured are a 20-year-old
Detroit figure-skating coach who trains young
girls of color and helps empower them on
and off the ice, and a woman who uses “surf
therapy” to help others recover from loss.
A 12-year-old boy
(Thomas Ian Nicholas)
becomes a major-
league sensation when
an accident renders
him a phenomenal
pitching arm.
Naturally, he helps
hurl baseball’s hapless
Chicago Cubs into the playoffs. Gary Busey,
Dan Hedaya and Daniel Stern also star in this
1993 comedy that was Stern’s rookie effort as
a director.
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Plan B
Questions:
1) Joe Mantegna took over the starring role in “Criminal
Minds” in 2007 when what former Emmy winner abruptly
left the series?
2) Javicia Leslie replaced what actress in the title role of
The CW’s “Batwoman”?
3) Kate Mulgrew was cast as Kathryn Janeway in what
sci-fi series after the originally cast Genevieve Bujold
decided to give up the role?
4) After a stroke forced Bette Davis to drop out of her
starring role in the 1983 TV series
“Hotel,” the actress was replaced
by which of her “All About Eve” co-
stars?
5) Which Academy Award winner
was fired after trying to replace
Barbara Bel Geddes in the role of
“Miss Ellie” Ewing on “Dallas”?
1) Mandy Patinkin
2) Ruby Rose
3) “Star Trek:
Voyager”
4) Anne Baxter
5) Donna Reed
Answers:
Joe Mantegna
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