MARCH 15 - 21, 2020 staradvertiser.com VIOLENT DELIGHTS The hosts continue their struggle for freedom when Season 3 of Westworld premieres this Sunday. Evan Rachel Wood stars as Dolores, the oldest AI host in an amusement park that allows guests to live out their darkest fantasies. Last season’s fi nale saw Dolores stepping out into the real world, but her continued freedom could come at a very steep cost. Premiering Sunday, March 15, on HBO. NEW EPISODE! Join host, Lyla Berg as she sits down with guests who share their work on moving our community forward. SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE: Robert Girrier, Rear Admiral Retired (USN), President, Pacific Forum Cher Gray, MSN, RN, CRH Director, VA Pacific Islands Health Care System 1st & 3rd Honolulu City Council Member Ron Menor, olelo.org Wednesday of the Month Keone Kealoha, Kanu Hawaii, Executive Director 6:30pm | Channel 53 ON THE COVER | WESTWORLD Breaking free Season 3 of ‘Westworld’ ity in these machines than in the people who Medieval World and a Roman World. While the oversee them. film was popular in its time, HBO’s take on the ventures out into the real In Season 2, the hosts (who have become story is inventive and fresh. world self-aware) set out to take control over the Critics can’t help but compare this 21st park. Tessa Thompson (“Thor: Ragnarok,” century version of “Westworld” to HBO’s other By Rachel Jones 2017) plays Charlotte Hale, the executive smash hit, “Game Of Thrones.” The fantasy- TV Media director of Delos, but in the Season 2 finale, a drama series ended in 2019 after an eight- major plot twist has her playing Dolores as well. season run that had an enormous following. othing says the Old West like robots, No worries, though, Wood is back as Delores Odds are, if you enjoyed “Game Of Thrones,” right? It’s certainly true for Season 3 of for Season 3, in the body the escaped host you’ll get hooked on “Westworld.” Hopefully, NHBO’s hit series, “Westworld,” premier- pieced together in last year’s season finale. As this foreshadows a nice long run for our ranch- ing Sunday, March 15, on the premium cable Season 2 wrapped up, it seemed like the hosts ing robots. channel. In the fictional amusement park of had accomplished their mission. What more The show itself is full of big names who con- Westworld, a troupe of eerily lifelike AI called could they do? HBO is notoriously tight-lipped, sistently turn in stellar performances. The cast “hosts” are programed to play the roles of but the trailers for this new season unveil a so far has included Anthony Hopkins (“The townsfolk and gunmen for the park’s guests. whole new adventure for these sentient an- Silence of the Lambs,” 1991), Jeffrey Wright The series entered the HBO lineup in 2016 and droids. This time, it’s outside the park. (“Shaft,” 2000), James Marsden (“Dead to stars Evan Rachel Wood (“Frozen II,” 2019) This gripping show is actually based on Me”), Thandie Newton (“Beloved,” 1998) and as Dolores Abernathy, the oldest host a 1973 movie of the same name, writ- Ed Harris (“Apollo 13,” 1995). Oh, and if you look in the park, and a rancher’s daughter- ten by Michael Crichton, author of closely, you can even catch NFL star running turned-robot revolutionist. “Jurassic Park,” “Congo,” “Timeline” back Marshawn Lynch of the Seattle Seahawks In this western-themed adult and many other page-to-screen suc- making a guest appearance. This season, playground run by a company called cess stories. It starred Yul Brynner Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”), Lena Waithe Delos Destinations, there are no (“The Ten Commandments,” 1956) (“Master of None”), Tommy Flanagan (“Sons of consequences. Guests are allowed as an android in the park, Anarchy”), Michael Ealy (“Stumptown”), Vincent to indulge their darkest fantasies, with Richard Benjamin Cassel (“Black Swan,” 2010), Kid Cudi (“How to and the AI hosts have their mem- (“Goodbye, Columbus,” Make It in America”), John Gallagher Jr. (“The ories wiped regularly, often after 1969) and James Brolin Newsroom”) and more join the cast. dying at the hands of a guest. (“Traffic,” 2000) as HBO has gone all out to make this experience But the hosts begin to evolve. guests. In this version, truly immersive for fans, even developing a A few particularly astute and the theme park actually Virtual Reality experience with Survios, the tenacious beings learn who they housed three alternate interactive content studio. Taking it a step really are, and, more importantly, worlds with varying further, HBO created a dystopian-themed web- start to remember, even after themes: Western World, site run by a fake company, Incite Inc. Within their memories are supposedly the site, HBO tucked away two additional trail- wiped. The series makes you Tessa Thompson in ers for the show. It’s a virtual treasure hunt for “Westworld” wonder if there is more human- “Westworld” fans. 2 STAR CHANNELS MARch 15 - 21, 2020 BEST BETS Sunday Tuesday Thursday The Walking Dead For Life After Truth: Disinformation and the AMC 6 p.m. KITV 9 p.m. Cost of Fake News In this new episode, the leader of the Wrongfully imprisoned, Aaron Wallace HBO 6 p.m. Whisperers, Alpha (Samantha Morton), and (Nicholas Pinnock) studies the law in order Explore the rising phenomenon of fake news her right-hand man, Beta (Ryan Hurst), to argue his own case in this crime drama. in this documentary from director Andrew launch an attack on Hilltop. It is time to Despite his need to free himself, he uses Rossi. 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