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May 30 - June 5, 2020—3 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN May 30 - June 5, 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 Jay Bobbin As the adage says, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned ... and Betty Broderick is a textbook example. Played by Meredith Baxter in two early-1990s TV-movies, Broderick fa - mously wrought vengeance on her San Diego-lawyer husband Dan after he left her for another woman. What initially seemed like immature vandalism even- tually became something much more lethal, and the true story gets a new and very detailed dramatization over the eight episodes of the second season of "Dirty John," which USA Network debuts Tuesday, June 2 (after the first, podcast-inspired "Dirty John" series ran on Bravo). Amanda Peet ("Brockmire," "Togeth - erness") and Tiera Skovbye ("River- dale") portray Betty at different ages, as she supports Dan (Christian Slater, returning to USA after his "Mr. Robot" run) through his medical and legal schooling and the starts of their family and his career. The union disintegrates rather rapidly once he meets Linda Kolkena (Rachel Keller, "Legion"), prompting Betty to strike back — a situation that ultimately results in a double homicide. Playing Broderick as alternately high- spirited and desperate, and sometimes both at once, Peet says that the project gives "a very complex psychological por - trait that allows for the idea that there probably was mental illness, but also that there were incidents in the mar- riage and the legal system made it very difficult for her to remain healthy." The Betty Broderick-themed season of "Dirty John" boasts an all-female team of directors, including its writer and executive producer, Alexandra Cun - ningham. Peet admits that she didn't know much about Broderick before reading Cunningham's teleplay, "and I think that was probably a good thing. It seemed to me to just be an intimate portrait of someone who, after so many years of suffering, sort of snapped." Depicting that required Peet and Slater to be very much in sync, with the series' timeline going back and forth continually. "I just can't rave about him enough," she says. "Besides being a bril- liant actor, he's a class act as a human being, really fun and so considerate. I can't believe he's been a star for this long and is so thoughtful and kind ... no offense to anyone else!" After writing two stage plays, Peet currently is working with her writer- producer husband David Benioff ("Game of Thrones") on Netflix's forthcoming, Sandra Oh-starring university comedy-drama "The Chair." Peet co-created it and is doing the bulk of its scripts, but she's still grateful to land acting parts includ - ing Betty Broderick (who has been denied parole three times, and is next eligible in 2032). "To have a role like this at age 48 is a gift and an honor," Peet reflects. "And the fact that Alexandra picked me for it still blows my mind." Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop Betty Broderick exacts marital fury in second 'Dirty John' series Cover Story Cover Story By Jay Bobbin Kristin Davis knows firsthand that there are various paths to parenthood. Being a single mother to two adopted children helped prompt the "Sex and the City" alum to sign up as the host and a producer of "Labor of Love," Fox's new Thursday reality series that puts former "The Bachelor" contestant Kristy Katzmann on a quest to choose someone as not only a partner, but also the father of the child she wants to have in the imme- diate future. "We wanted to find people who were already in that place, and not put them in that place," Davis explains of ensur- ing the "Labor of Love" partici- pants were ready to be parents ... or at least thought they were when production began. She notes that at the start, "Every- one across the board said, 'I Checking in with Kristin Davis want to be a parent in the next year.' " Davis maintains that initially, she didn't know Katzmann already was versed in the "Bachelor" process: "I wasn't fully involved in the female casting. I was more involved in choosing the men. I reviewed hundreds of 'man tapes,' but it was tougher with the women in a way. They had to be specifi- cally ready, and ready now, in wanting to have a child as well as a partner. We'd find an amaz- ing woman and then she would say, 'I don't know that I need a partner. I might just want to do this alone.' " Still, Davis is satisfied with the way things have gone. "Fox felt the show needed to be about someone who's look- ing for everything," she says, "because we're told that we can't have everything. So, how does than pan out?" Birthdate: Feb. 23, 1965 Birthplace: Boulder, Colo. Current residence: Los An- geles Marital status: Single; has two adopted children Other television work in- cludes: "Sex and the City," "Melrose Place," "Holiday in the Wild," "A Heavenly Christmas," "Bad Teacher," "Will & Grace," "The Win- ning Season," "Friends," "Take Me Home: The John Denver Story," "Atomic Train," "Seinfeld," "A Deadly Vision," "The Single Guy," "The Ultimate Lie," "Alien Nation: Body and Soul," "ER," "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," "The Larry Sanders Show," "General Hospital" Movie work includes: "Sex and the City," "Sex and the City 2," "Journey 2: The Mys- terious Island," "Couples Re- treat," "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends" (voice only), "Deck the Halls," "The Shag- gy Dog," "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D," "Nine Months" Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home 423-638-4141 www.doughty-stevens.com 1125 Tusculum Blvd. Greeneville, Tennessee Established 1892 Serving the community for 127 years! One Y. One Community. 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