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August 15 - 21, 2020 —3 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN August 15 - 21, 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 They may not function all that well in reality but the video gamers in "Dead Pixels" are titans of their virtual world. Premiering Tuesday, Aug. 18, on The CW, the half-hour comedy from the U.K. and writer/creator Jon Brown ("Succession," "Veep") fol - lows the daily lives — real and online — of three gamer pals: Meg (Alexa Davies, "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again"), an office worker who has no qualms about leaving a date to help defend a burning castle; Nicky (Will Merrick, "Poldark"), a fellow office drone and uber-devoted gamer; and Usman (Sargon Yelda, "Strike"), a stay-at-home dad who made a ply - wood lid for his child's playpen so he can game in peace. All three have things missing in their lives and themselves that they find in varying degrees in the world of "Kingdom Scrolls," an online fantasy game. And their avatars are expressions of how they see them - selves — or how they want to see themselves. In Meg's case, that character is Greta, a muscular hunchback and fearless warrior. "I think it's across all games, really, just that feeling of ... inad - equacy in real life that is then kind of remedied by getting to step into this other world and be, in Meg's case, a hunchback who can clobber anything to death and feel what she likes," Davies says with a laugh. "Meg's avatar, Greta, just is kind of covered in armor and is just the defi- nite kind of aggressive front which translates into her real life as well and there's a real kind of need to display a very strong exterior." Nicky occupies a character named Moric the Unwavering, which Mer- rick explains is the antithesis of Nicky's inadequate, retiring self. "I had a real clear idea in my head that Nicky would be a very different person himself, almost a different personality when he was playing the game," the British actor says. "He's really vocal, he's really chatty, he's very dry and sarcastic but he has a wit and he has a sense of humor. And then as soon as he leaves that world and goes into work or goes into a more social real world environ - ment, he really recedes and becomes very quiet and muted and keeps to himself and keeps his head down." "I think like Meg and Nicky and Usman, they're a pretty big deal in 'Kingdom Scrolls,' " he continues, "I guess you'd call them (three) of the elders. They've been around and people look up to them in the game. They're high level, they're dangerous and they get stuff done, so I think that he's a totally different guy away from the monitor." Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop Gamers take their lives and relationships into the virtual world in 'Dead Pixels' Cover Story Cover Story By George Dickie A professor at Johns Hopkins University and a Fox News political commentator, Wendy Osefo was understandably hesitant to wade into unfamiliar waters and put her life and family on screen when she was approached to join "The Real Housewives of Potomac." But her kids' attitude about having TV cameras in their home changed her mind. "I was nervous at first. I was fearful, also, but I really credit my kids," the 36-year-old native of Nigeria says. "I have two little boys and a little girl. But my 7-year-old and my 5 year-old, they were just themselves. They didn't care about the cameras and I took the lead from them. And so it was really interesting, they were the parents in that regard. They were just like, 'Mom, just do you.' And I was like, 'OK.' And I just did me." In the hourlong unscripted series now in its fifth season Sundays on Bravo (and Slice in Canada), Checking in with Wendy Osefo Osefo is the lone newcomer to a returning cast of Gizelle Bryant, Karen Huger, Ashley Darby, Robyn Dixon, Monique Samuels and Candiace Dillard Bassett, all strong women with strong personalities. As a triple threat with careers in television, academics and business, Osefo is no shrinking violet herself and she says the other women rec- ognized that from the outset. "I think when you come into a group of strong personalities, they want to know how would you fit in," Osefo says. "Like are you strong or what's your position on things? And I came in just be- ing who I was. I didn't sweat it. I didn't try to necessarily make good impressions for people. I was just who I was and I think that they saw that and they respected that, that I would love to be friends with everyone but I'm also OK stand- ing on my own. And that way of thinking, they embraced it and my uniqueness is, I think, what made them say, 'OK, she's an indepen- dent thinker.' " Name: Wendy Osefo (nee Ozuzu) Birth date: May 21, 1984 Birthplace: Nigeria Family ties: With husband Ed- ward, a lawyer, has two sons and a daughter Education: B.A. in political sci- ence from Temple University; M.A. in government from Johns Hopkins University; M.Sc. in Public Affairs from Rutgers Uni- versity; Ph.D. in Public Affairs- Community Development from Rutgers Business interests: Founder and CEO of the 1954 Equity Project, which helps underrepresented minorities thrive in higher edu- cation Other TV credits include: "The Story With Martha MacCallum," "Your World With Neil Cavuto," "Tucker Carlson Tonight," "Wat - ters' World," "Fox and Friends" Print credit: Osefo is a contribu- tor to the news website The Hill. One Y. One Community. 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