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Section D | January 26, 2019 VALLEYLIFE TV WEEK SAG honoree Alan Aldada keepskeeps using acting to make anan imimpactpact ‘Serenity’ now? No thank you ALDA ON Byy JAKE COYLECO APAP FilmFilm WriterWr The elevator ppitchitch for Steven KKnight’s “Serenity” would be: “‘Ke“‘Keyy Largo”Largo” meets “Westworld.”’“Westw And it’s every bit as ACTING rirridiculousdid culous asas ththatat ssounds.ounds. SeSSevenven decades after HHumphrey Bogart indel- By JOJOHNO CARUCCICARARUCUCC ibiiblylyy ssteeredteered a bboatoat throught stormy Atlantic Associated Press sesseas,easa , Matthew MMcConaughey has found NEWEW YORKYORK hhihisis own tropictropicala noir. 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Benjamin Franklin PLE, AND THE WORK THAT I DO to headline LaureLive “Hawkeye” Pierce on the iconic television sitcom, “M*A*S*H” He ON HELPING PEOPLE COMMU- By GUY D’ASTOLFO min, The Blue Stones, Motopony, ers have taken steps to alleviate also co-wrote and directed the NICATE BETTER IS THE ONLY [email protected] The Suitcase Junket, Northern them. The festival has joined series finale, “Goodbye, Fare- WORK I’VE EVER DONE WHERE CHESTERLAND National, The Vindys, Rebounder, forces with chef Fabio Salerno’s well, and Amen,” which was the I HOPED IT WOULD NOT ONLY LaureLive, the two-day rock fes- Julia Thompson, JD Eicher and “Lago” brand, which already cre- most watched series broadcast STILL BE THERE AFTER I’M tival in Geauga County, will return The Dead Licks. ates items for Cleveland Browns in American television history, GONE” in June with headliners Sheryl The June 9 lineup includes head- Stadium, Quicken Loans Arena drawing 105 million viewers. Crow and Hozier, and a bit of a liner Crow, plus Trombone Shorty and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. His resume also includes fea- Alan Alda, Youngstown fl avor. (who also played the fest last year), There will be nine food stands tures films, including “Same Actor The festival, now in its fourth Lake Street Dive, AJR, Rodrigo y and five food trucks in the main Time, Next Year” and “The Avi- year, boast 30 musical acts, in- Gabriela, Red Sun Rising, Castle- concert area, plus additional food ator,” for which he was nomi- says, “I’m still a concerned femi- cluding The Vindys and JD Eicher. comer, Emily Hackett, Caroline trucks on the south side of the nated for an Oscar, to TV shows nist.” It will take place June 8-9 at the Jones, Doc Robinson, Clubhouse, concert venue adjacent to Stage including appearances on “30 He sees that same commit- Laurel School’s Butler Campus on The Furies, Front Porch Lights, 3. The total number of food ven- Rock.” ment to equality at SAG, es- Fairmount Road. Ashley Fulton and the Shootouts. dor windows will be at least 25, far He will receive his SAG honor pecially with the awards cer- Tickets are now on sale at Lau- The Irish artist Hozier, best exceeding that of any other year, during Sunday’s Screen Actors emony’s executive producer, reLive.com and Ticketfly.com. known for his song “Take Me to according to a press release from Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Kathy Connell. She has helmed Single-day passes are $75 ($20 for Church,” will release a new album, LaureLive. joining a group that includes the show since its inception children age 3-10), and weekend “Wasteland,” in March. The festival also made it a point Morgan Freeman, Clint East- 25 years ago, and was the fi rst passes are $115 ($35 for children). Crow, a nine-time Grammy to book more Northeast Ohio acts wood, Rita Moreno, Dick Van woman to produce a major Enhanced experience tickets are Award winner, is a multiplatinum this year, or national bands with Dyke and Lily Tomlin. awards show. $265 ($150 for children) for one artist whose body of work includes members from the region. In ad- Alda has also been involved in “I think the people who rep- day, and $395 ($195 for children) “All I Wanna Do,” “Soak Up the dition to the Vindys and JD Eich- numerous charities and orga- resent the actors, the union for a weekend pass. Sun,” “Everyday Is a Winding er, these include Red Sun Rising, nizations that have supported that represents the actors can The June 8 lineup will include Road,” “My Favorite Mistake” and COIN, Clubhouse, Julia Thomp- children’s causes and women’s be and has been, infl uential in Hozier and an undercard of Dirty “Strong Enough.” son, Doc Robinson, Front Porch issues, including his support for helping the image of who we Heads, Moon Taxi, Misterwives, Food lines at LaureLive were Lights, Ashley Fulton and the the Equal Rights Amendment are as a country, as a culture, be Coin, Dennis Lloyd, Alec Benja- long last year, and the organiz- Shootouts. nearly 40 years ago. represented on screen a little He hopes the legacy that en- more effectively. So, I’m very dures, even more so than his happy that there’s this effort to She plays Dill’s ex-wife who has acting, is his social activism, do that by our guild.” REVIEW ‘SERENITY’ tracked Dill, via Facebook, to Continued from D1 Plymouth with the proposal that particularly when it comes to his Alda has often portrayed affa- U Grade: One and a half stars work with the Alan Alda Center ble, nice guys on screen, which Dill take her abusive and alco- pect of a McConaughey mov- out of four. for Communicating Science at he says often comes from the holic husband (Jason Clarke, a ie set anywhere near a beach. U script. But when being regarded Rating: R for language caricature of vileness) on a fi sh- Stony Brook University in New But then strangely exaggerated as a nice guy in real life, well, throughout, sexual content and ing trip and leave him at the bot- York. The center works to bridge metaphors begin that’s something he attributes some bloody images. tom of the ocean in exchange for the gap between scientists and popping up ev- to his soul mate, his wife of 61 U Run time: 1:46 $10 million. the public, and uses acting tech- erywhere. Dill’s years, Arlene. Certainly, Knight is more than niques, such as improvisational boat is named “Most of the good intentions capable of taking a simple if fa- theater exercises to help make “Serenity” and I have come from my wife who A big reveal eventually washes miliar genre set-up like that and their message more relatable. he’s dubbed the helped me become a person ashore that both explains the turning it into something inter- “I’m not going to notice what elusive giant better than any other person I film’s clumsy pseudo-reality esting. His “Locke” memorably happens after I’m dead. But I tuna he obses- can think of. So, I’m indebted and makes it only more absurd. made a terse thriller out of a plot would like to leave behind sively chases to her. Not for what I have and McConaughey You can’t say Knight, the tal- that featured Tom Hardy alone in something of use to other peo- “Justice.” (That’s what I do, but for who I am to a ented screenwriter of “Eastern a car for nearly the fi lm’s entire ple, and the work that I do on right.