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October 12 - 18, 2019 3 Amazon anthology series explores 'Modern Love' – whatever that may mean Love, it is said, can come in many forms. There is romantic love, love between a parent and child and between best friends. And then there are a good many that are harder to define. And a few are explored to entertaining effect in a smart new comedy anthology series dropping this week on Amazon. "Modern Love," inspired by the popular New York Times column of the same name and premiering Friday, Oct. 18, looks at love in all of its complicated forms, with each episode brought to life by an impressive cast including Anne Hathaway ("Les Miserables"), Cristin Milioti ("How I Met Your Mother") Gary Carr ("The Deuce"), Catherine Keener ("Capote"), Andy Garcia ("The Godfather Part III"), Tina Fey ("30 Rock"), John Slattery ("Mad Men") and Sofia Boutella ("Hotel Artemis"). The opening episode, titled "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man," introduces us to young New York singleton Maggie (Milioti), whose everyday comings and goings are observed by her apartment building's doorman, Guzmin (Laurentiu Possa, "The Bourne Ultimatum"). He's a former Albanian sniper with a protective streak and an eye for character, and what he sees in some of Maggie's dates, he doesn't like. And he tells her so. "I was really touched by the nuance of it," Milioti, seated in a quiet corner of a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel, says of the storyline. "And it wasn't romantic love. It was a love you couldn't put your finger on. And I was really touched by her, too, because I feel like there's multiple love stories that go on within it. It's her and the love with the doorman, platonic but also father/ daughter, also something you can't quite put your finger on. ... "And then I think ... it's a love story between her and herself," she continues, "that she tried to conform to be what other people wanted her to be, like on all those failed dates, dumbing herself down and going out with guys who weren't even listening to her. And she makes this really brave decision and she sees it through and she comes into her own." A subsequent episode, titled "Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am," deals with mental illness as told through the story of Lexi (Hathaway), a bipolar woman we meet as she's going food shopping at 7 a.m., dressed to the nines and feeling so good about herself there is a production number complete with leaping dancers going on behind her. "It's this huge block in Lexi's life," Hathaway says, "and she talks about that. She talks about just needing one person, just one person to accept all of her. And that's really what we all, I think, want. And she gets it. She doesn't get it from the person that, I think, any of us expect her to get it from in the beginning of the episode. But that one person giving her the space, being patient, being compassionate, and being a true loving person in her life changes everything for her. It gives her hope and gives her a future." Laurentiu Possa (left) and Cristin Miloti are featured in the anthology series "Modern Love," which begins streaming Friday on Amazon. BY GEORGE DICKIE BY JAY BOBBIN Questions: 1) Which 1987-90 Fox show made Johnny Depp a star? 2) In a 1958-64 ABC series, which title address did private detectives played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith and Edd Byrnes operate out of? 3) The 1964-65 NBC show "90 Bristol Court" was made up of three sitcoms — including "Harris Against the World," starring an actor who would find bigger television success later in "The Odd Couple" and "Quincy, M.E." Name him. 4) Which apartment building address did Marla Gibbs and Jackee Harry occupy in a 1985-90 NBC sitcom? 5) The award-winning NBC comedy series "30 Rock" was about the backstage workings of a television show. In real life, what is located at the New York address commonly referred to as "30 Rock"? Johnny Depp Let's address this Answers: 1) "21 Jump Street" 2) "77 Sunset Strip" 3) Jack Klugman 4) "227" 5) The East Coast headquarters of the NBC television network 2 x 3.5" ad Old Main Village Not sure where to begin? Whether you're just starting to consider senior living or ready to tour, our team at Old Main Village is ready to walk through this important process with you. INDEPENDENT LIVING | ASSISTED LIVING 301 South 5th Street | Mankato, Minnesota 56001 | oldmainvillage.com Call Nancy at 507-388-4200 to schedule a tour!

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