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JUNE 28 - JULY 4, 2020 staradvertiser.com HIGHER STAKES Audiences have been waiting for the absurdist comedy Black Monday to return since Season 2 came to a screeching halt thanks to COVID-19 slowing down production. Fortunately for viewers, the remainder of the 10-episode season premieres Sunday. Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Andrew Rannells and Casey Wilson star in this series that both glorifi es and villainizes the fi nancial sector. Premiering Sunday, June 28, on Showtime. SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE: A SPECIAL Dr. Sarah Park, State Epidemiologist Chief, Disease Outbreak Control Division, COVID-19 State of Hawaii, Department of Health PRESENTATION Luke P. Meyers, Administrator, HI-FEMA Captain Jeffrey Roache, Public Join host, Lyla Berg as she Information Officer, Honolulu Fire Department speaks with community experts Wednesday,We 6:30pm Christopher Sloman, olelo.org about COVID-19. Acting EMS Chief, Channel 53 Honolulu Emergency Medical Services 590210_IslandFocus_Ad_Post-COVID19_2in_run6-28.indd 1 6/23/20 3:51 PM ON THE COVER | BLACK MONDAY Taking down Wall Street Season 2 of Showtime’s (“Marry Me”) and David Caspe (“That’s My Boy,” they met on the trading floor, Blair and Dawn ‘Black Monday’ returns 2012), have proved that they can make a spec- plotted to have him fired. tacle out of it. But now, Mo is back. Sunday With a colorful and complex cast of charac- He’s sporting a new hairstyle and avoiding ters, the first season was a look at the year prosecution for the crimes he committed back By Amelia Ellis leading up to the infamous crash. Audiences in Season 1. Meanwhile, Dawn and Blair have TV Media kept up with veteran stockbroker Maurice some demons of their own to battle. Dawn “Mo” Monroe (Don Cheadle, “Avengers: continues to fight for respect in her field, de- fter the first season’s finale ended with Endgame,” 2019) and his attempt to buy spite owning her own brokerage firm. She is a long-lost father falling to his death, au- out his very rich fiancée’s jean company. also plagued by paranoia, fearful that Mo will Adiences have been waiting for the ab- We also witnessed Dawn Darcy (Regina come back to undermine her. surdist comedy “Black Monday” to re- Hall, “Shaft,” 2019) struggle to earn Blair is working with his new wife, Tiff (Casey turn and clarify all of our unanswered workplace respect despite being Wilson, “Happy Endings”), to blackmail politi- questions. Though we were able to the most capable employee, and, of cians into deregulating banks for their own get some satisfaction earlier this course, the survival of aspiring bro- benefit. year, Season 2 came to a screech- ker Blair Pfaff (Andrew Rannells, “A We also cannot leave out the colorful Keith ing halt thanks to COVID-19 slowing Simple Favor,” 2018), whose MBA Shankar, portrayed by none other than Paul down production. thesis and intellect are being used Scheer (“The Good Place”). We are happy that Fortunately for viewers, the for underhanded business deals, the show’s creators wrote him down off the remainder of the 10-episode unbeknownst to him. edge (literally) and kept him around for Season season premieres Sunday, This season, a betrayed Mo has 2. He finds himself hiding out in the same June 28, on Showtime. been knocked from his throne. After Miami hotel as Mo in this installment. On Oct. 19, 1987, Wall Street his apprentice, Blair, discovered that While it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing any saw its worst stock market crash in Mo had been using him since the day more of Rod “The Jammer” Jaminski (Bruce history. No one is sure exactly why it Dern, “Mr. Mercedes”), since he fell to his death happened, but creators of the “Black Regina Hall stars in “Black last season, the show’s plot is so outrageous Monday” Monday” series, Jordan Cahan that anything is possible. Free Headlines, Breaking News There can’t be a Next Generation without Whether you like the stories, the features, the columns, the savings, the comics...or just the feel of a newspaper in your hand, and Much More on staradvertiser.com the original one. There’s always the original — the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The Next Generation — news and information your way 538-NEWS. The Next Generation — news and information your way June 28 - JULY 4, 2020 STAR CHANNELS 2 ON DEMAND Friends forever Netflix brings a beloved book series to life WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX time to tell an aspirational story about empow- Friday, July 3, on Prime. Esme Creed-Miles ering young female entrepreneurs.” The series (“Pond Life,” 2018) stars as 15-year-old “The Baby-Sitters Club” is a modern take on the classic characters Hanna, who grew up in a remote forested — Kristy Thomas (Sophie Grace, “Terror in the area in Poland with her father, Erik (Joel Netflix continues its recent trend of adapt- Woods,” 2018), Mary-Anne Spier (Malia Baker, Kinnaman, “For All Mankind”). Erik trained ing popular novels for the screen in this new “The Flash”), Stacey McGill (Shay Rudolph, series based on the cult-classic collection of Hanna to be a skilled hunter and killer, but “Lethal Weapon”), Claudia Kishi (Momona novels by Ann M. Martin. You can watch it start- when she begins to venture away from Tamada, “The Main Event,” 2020) and Dawn ing Friday, July 3, on the streamer. It’s been 15 home, she discovers that she and her Schafer (Xochitl Gomez, “Raven’s Home”) — years since the last adaptation of the coming- father are being hunted by a ruthless CIA as they start up their babysitting business in of-age novels, and this new iteration promises agent. Now, Hanna and Erik are on the run Stoneybrook, Connecticut. With 131 novels to focus on many timely issues while still stay- from Agent Marissa Wiegler (Mireille Enos, in the book series, Netflix has a lot of source ing true to the novels. A Netflix release says “The Killing”), who has been searching for material to pull from, and the streamer has that “there has never been a more opportune them since Hanna was born. As Hanna been teasing plot lines involving diversity, uses her many skills to avoid the CIA, she divorce and racism. The series is also set to learns that Erik has kept many secrets feature Alicia Silverstone (“Clueless,” 1995) in from her about both his past and her own. a prominent role as Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer, The end of Season 1 brought about huge Kristy’s single mother. revelations as Erik informed Hanna that she was born as part of a CIA project that WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME recruited pregnant women and enhanced the DNA of their unborn children to cre- “Hanna” Season 2 Momona Tamada, Sophie Grace, Xochitl ate super soldiers. Season 2 is even more Gomez, Malia Baker and Shay Rudolph from Based on the 2011 film of the same name, action-packed and exciting as Hanna’s “The Baby-Sitter’s Club” this thrilling adventure continues on journey continues. FREE Download the BREAKING NEWS FREE TRAFFIC FREE WEATHER No matter how you read it, we deliver. app for free. 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