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May 16 - 22, 2020—3 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN May 16 - 22, 2020 — 3 2 x 3.5" ad a) greene cnty farmers b) swango's 2 x 4" ad williams electric 2 x 1.5" ad ymca 2 x 1.5" ad doughty stevens 2 x 1.5" ad midway const. By George Dickie An attempt to stem climate change backfires, plunging Earth into a new ice age and some of its inhabitants into a struggle to survive aboard an enormous train circling the frozen globe in a sci-fi series debuting on TNT. In "Snowpiercer," premiering Sunday, May 17, those survivors wind up on an ark-like supertrain of the same name, created by a rich visionary named Mr. Wilford, who foresaw the impending apocalypse and wanted to ensure human - ity's survival. It is here on this 1,001-car juggernaut where the haves, the have-nots and the unlawful are segregated into sepa- rate sections. While the commoners in the back of the train cope with overcrowding and dwindling food rations, the biggest prob- lem the rich face in the elegant front is body-shaming in the sauna. But when a murder occurs that could upend life on board, former homicide detective Layton (Daveed Diggs, "black-ish") is plucked from the back or "the tail" to investigate. Among those aboard are the head of hospitality Melanie (Jennifer Connelly, "A Beautiful Mind") and her right hand, Ruth (Alison Wright, "The Americans"); Bess (Mickey Sumner, "Frances Ha"), a member of the train's police force; Jinju (Susan Park, "Ghostbusters"), the train's head agricultural officer; Bennett (Iddo Goldberg, "Peaky Blinders"), an engineer who knows the train end to end; and LJ (Annalise Basso, "Oculus"), the nihilistic teen daughter of a powerful family. The story, which is based on the graph- ic novel series and the 2013 film from director Bong Joon Ho (who is also an executive producer here), is heavy on class warfare and social injustice as the politics of survival play out and everyone tries to keep their secrets under wraps. That is especially true of Connelly's character Melanie, as the actress told a recent gathering of journalists in Pasa - dena, Calif. "I felt like the person that you first meet in Episode 1 is very different from the person you come to know by the end of the first season," she says. "And it's a kind of gradual unfolding as you come to understand what she's been hiding, what she's been carrying, things that she's been compartmentalizing. I think a lot of that is ... brought about by her relationship with Layton. She's forced to confront choices that she's made and who she is, and who she's become. "And that's sort of a gradual process and also is not entirely linear," she continues. "And I found that a very rewarding pro - cess going through that and watching that character unfold ... ." Similarly, Diggs' character of Layton also has some skeletons in his closet. "I think you spend a lot of time as an actor thinking about your secrets, like what you're character's secrets are," Diggs says. "And particularly I spent so much time in the tail, which is very, very con - fined because of the amount of people in there. You realize that like having a secret is kind of impossible in that situation. So that was an interesting. I think it in - formed a lot of my choices, this idea that like privacy didn't exist." Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop Class warfare engulfs post-apocalyptic survivors aboard 'Snowpiercer' Cover Story Cover Story By George Dickie Derek Watt won't say he's eying a broadcasting career when his playing days are done. But he will admit his first experience was fun. In "Ultimate Tag," a physical competition series premiering Wednesday, May 20, Watt and his fellow NFL player brothers J.J. and T.J. call the action as competitors vault, dodge, tumble and dive their way through several three-dimen - sional courses, all the while chased by resident Taggers. The object of this ramped-up game of tag is simple: Don't get caught. For Derek Watt, a running back with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the middle child of the three Watt brothers, the two-week shoot in April 2019 was educational and entertaining. Checking in with Derek Watt "It was a great experience for us," the 27-year-old Wisconsin native says. "You know, we were not great at it initially. It definitely took some time but it was a great op - portunity for all three of us to do something like that together and get the true raw banter between us, one, just to spend time together. We don't really get that much time in the offseason together like that. So it took us two weeks to film and we got to watch each other get bet - ter as we went along and it was a great experience for us." Who did he think did best? "(J.J.) definitely has a knack for that kind of thing," he says. "And I would say T.J. struggled the most and he'd be the first to admit it. He had some issues with the TelePrompter ... . But it was fun. I wouldn't say I was great at it but I feel like I picked up steam as we went along and got better as we progressed and it was fun and I would definitely do it again. Full name: Derek John Watt Birth date: Nov. 7, 1992 Birthplace: Waukesha, Wis. Height/weight: 6 feet 2 inch- es/235 pounds Alma mater: University of Wis- consin Family ties: Older brother J.J. Watt is a defensive end for the Houston Texans; younger brother T.J. 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