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‘STARTUP’ GOES INSIDE THE ‘QUARRY’ A VIETNAM VET’S ‘THE FORCE’ IS WITH YOU WORLD OF DIGITAL CURRENCY DARK JOURNEY P.17 P.12 P.14 “Atlanta” DONALD GLOVER CREATES HIS OWN COMMUNITY, PREMIERING TUESDAY ON FX Henry Winkler • Jon Voight • Corey Stoll Plus Pamela Adlon • Troy Johnson • Von Miller FOLIO Courtesy of Gracenote September 4 - 10, 2016 C What’s HOT this contents Week! YOURTVLINK TOP STORIES 3 “Community” alum Donald Glover salutes the THE STORY! area where he grew up with the seriocomic FX series “Atlanta,” premiering Tuesday. 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Donald Glover“Atlanta” goes back to ‘Atlanta’ in new FX series BY JAY BOBBIN suspended disbelief In honoring the area where that you need for he was raised, Donald all genres, and it’s Glover wants “Atlanta” to important to me as be unpredictable ... just an artist to keep like life. those intact.” The former “30 Rock” Glover prides writer and “Community” himself on using co-star wears many hats many Atlanta- including actor, writer and area actors in the executive producer on the 10-episode first FX series that premieres season that was with two episodes Tuesday, filmed on location. Sept. 6. He draws his other Co-star Henry also career as a rap artist – under was raised there, and the name Childish Gambino – he notes, “There are into the saga of promising rapper different worlds in Atlanta. Alfred (played by Brian Tyree Henry), The absurdity for one person who’s being guided by his manager is the reality for another, and we cousin Earn (Glover). Though the show is just take it as it is. And I think that’s billed as a comedy, it can and does turn quickly what’s so special about that city, that it is toward dramatic and even violent content, and Glover always constantly growing and changing. doesn’t mind keeping viewers on their toes. “Most people feel that they can’t go down there and learn “There really isn’t a limit, I feel, to how abstract you can anything from Atlanta,” adds Henry, “when I actually feel get as long as you believe it,” he reasons. “There has to like Atlanta has so much more to teach every other major be some sort of grounded nature to something so people city. It’s the one little hub that I feel that allows other people don’t start being like, ‘I don’t believe this,’ and then they to come in and bring what they want and also expand what turn the channel. if you have something that is grounded on some level, you can go anywhere. People want to go there with you if you do, but you “There really isn’t a limit, I feel, to how just have to have it so people are like, ‘OK. They abstract you can get as long as you are guided by their own rules every step of the way.’” believe it.” Despite his own background in music, Glover determined we already have and already have discovered. And I just early in developing “Atlanta” that he didn’t want to play the love that.” rap artist “because that would be weird. I wouldn’t have enjoyed that. It’s possible to do that, but then it actually As “Atlanta” weaves its own story, Glover hopes for makes it harder for me to do (the show). It just clouds a lot viewers to get to know the city better “so when you come of things. I think it just wouldn’t be fun as much. to Atlanta, hopefully, it will feel like people who watch this will sort of feel like they are on a ride ... like when you go “If David Bowie made a show about him being a rock star, to Universal Studios and you are, ‘I’m really in Hogwarts.’ I you could definitely watch it ... but then there’s some times think if we are going to do that, let’s really show that. Let’s you’d be, like, ‘Is this dude playing me a little bit? Like, show both sides of that.” what’s going on?’ There’s a level of magic realism and Click on icon for more! September 4 - 10, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 3 CELEBRITY GEORGE DICKIE’S Q&A HENRY WINKLER of ‘Better Late Than Never’ Tuesday on NBC In the first episode of “Better Late Than Never,” you mentioned that doing the voice was how you were able to create the Fonz character for “Happy Days.” Is that true? That is true, that once I changed my voice in the audition it unlocked me and I just said anything that came to my mind. So at that point, you were the Fonz? I started to create him in the room at the audition for my wonderful, late, great (series creator) Garry Marshall. You know, Sir Laurence Olivier only could play a character once he found the nose. He would create and change his nose with makeup putty, and once he found the nose of the character it gave him enough of a key to start to create whatever the brilliance was he did. The wardrobe helps a lot. It helps a lot. There’s an old exercise from Commedia del’arte in the 15th century. You put on a piece of clothing or you put on a mask and you just stand in front of the mirror, you say not one word, and on its own your body starts to change and your posture changes and your shoulders move and all of a sudden a voice starts to come. You know, I did it at Yale in the drama school. That’s why I learned it. But it’s shockingly effective. Did you use that with the Fonz at all with the black leather jacket? No, I just used the voice. Remember, I didn’t get the black leather jacket until the second year. I wore a cloth jacket because ABC thought I would be associated with crime. Others in the “Happy Days” cast say Marshall encouraged them to branch out and take on roles other than acting. Did he do that with you? Yes, he did. He encouraged us in every way. He was my Don and I will still kiss his metaphorical ring. FOLIO Click on icon for more! Page 4 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote September 4 - 10, 2016 JAY BOBBIN’S Q&A CELEBRITY JON VOIGHT of ‘Ray Donovan’ Sunday on Showtime You now have your second Emmy nomination for playing Mickey on “Ray Donovan.” What are your thoughts about it? I’m very lucky to be part of the consideration for that award. I’m working with a team of brilliant people, and I’ve got a role that catches whatever talent I have. It illuminates it and gives me a playground, and the audience likes it, so it’s great. You’ve said that your work in the movie “Runaway Train” factored strongly into your “Ray Donovan” opportunity. In what way? That was a turning point in my acting life, to be asked to do that character. I had to come up with a new persona, which became an avenue to do a lot of other pieces ... and those, in concert with “Runaway Train,” were the reasons they came to me to play Mickey Donovan. You recently produced and starred in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film “J.L. Family Ranch.” What made you want to make that? It had a nice feel to it. It was reminiscent of many things, and that’s the way we are. You look at the (political) conventions and see people coming together, and it’s very moving, really. You see people trying to solve problems and encourage each other.