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Tony Shalhoub returns as everyone’s favorite obsessive-

compulsive sleuth in ‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case’

By MARK KENNEDY you,” he is told. “They’re
AP Entertainment Writer gonna hate it,” he replies.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fourteen Monk is in a moody place,
years ago, Tony Shalhoub no longer detecting and
said goodbye to one of lonely. He wrote a memoir
his most beloved creations but burned through editors
the obsessive-compulsive and ghost writers. His ob-
private detective Adrian session with details includ-
Monk. Monk’s last TV ap- ing nine pages about a
pearance in 2009 was even suspect’s vacuum cleaner
called “Mr. Monk and the has prompted his publisher
End.” to scrap the book and ask
There was talk over the for his advance back. So
years of a potential reboot Monk is reevaluating his life
and some possible scripts and his career.
were floated. But Shalhoub “When we’re young, every-
said there wasn’t enough thing’s in front of us. And
of a compelling reason to then when we’re in our
return to his phobia-ob- middle ages, we feel more
sessed character. settled in the present. But
Then the pandemic hit. then as we move beyond
Monk suddenly wasn’t the that, we mostly are looking
only germaphobe wip- backwards. We’re looking
ing down their groceries, Actor Tony Shalhoub poses for a portrait to promote the Peacock film “Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A behind us and we’re reas-
stocking up on antibacte- Monk Movie,” Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in West Hollywood, Calif. sessing and reevaluating,”
rial wipes and shuddering Associated Press Shalhoub says.
at the sight of crowded “You know, ‘What have I
places. another goodbye with the back together in 1994, serve things that others done? What has been my
“Monk, in a way, was the 90-minute “Mr. Monk’s Last founding member Glenn overlook. He walked away footprint and my impact?’
canary in the coal mine,” Case: A Monk Movie” hit- Frey said they’d never after solving his last case And I think that’s exactly
Shalhoub tells The Associ- ting Peacock on Friday. broke up, they just took a the murder of his beloved where Monk is: ‘What has
ated Press. “He seemed Shalhoub reunites on a 14-year vacation. “That’s wife. all this meant? What have
so out of touch and so new murder case with a how I felt at the first table When we reconnect with we really accomplished?’
neurotic and so forth. The millionaire as the prime sus- read when we all got back Monk, it is present day and That further perpetuates
pandemic was the great pect and original stars Ted together again. We just he’s emerged from the these very dark thoughts
equalizer. Everybody got Levine, Traylor Howard, Ja- kind of folded right back pandemic, having spent that he’s having.”
to sort of see the world son Gray-Stanford, Melora into it.” most of it in a full protective Shalhoub collected three
through Monk’s eyes.” Hardin and Hector Elizon- Monk helped the San Fran- suit and using in-home rap- Emmy Awards for his work
Viewers have caught up do. cisco Police Department id tests every 20 minutes. as Monk over eight sea-
with Monk and so fans get Shalhoub laughs that when solve crimes because his Outside, hand sanitizer use sons. q
the rock band Eagles got fixations enable him to ob- is booming. “Everyone is

Rembrandt portraits that were privately held for nearly 200 years

go on show in Amsterdam

THE HAGUE, Netherlands tion this year and given on to his family since Jan and dence,” the museum said. alongside other works by
(AP) — After nearly 200 long-term loan by the fam- Jaapgen’s son Dominicus The portraits were hung Rembrandt.q
years in a private collec- ily of wealthy Dutch busi- married the painter’s cous-
tion, a pair of small por- nessman Henry Holterman, in, Cornelia Cornelisdr van
traits by 17th century Dutch the museum said. Suytbroek.
Master Rembrandt van Rijn “Given my close relation- Rijksmuseum Director Taco
went on display Wednes- ship with the museum and Dibbits welcomed the loan
day after a long-term loan the fact that the team of and said the portraits “will
to the Netherlands’ nation- experts has been conduct- bring visitors closer to Rem-
al art and history museum. ing research into these por- brandt’s family circle.”
The Rijksmuseum said the traits over a period of years, Researchers at the mu-
portraits of Jan Willemsz I feel that these works be- seum worked to establish
van der Pluym and his wife long in the museum,” Holt- that Rembrandt painted
Jaapgen “disappeared erman said in a statement. the portraits, which mea-
from view for almost two The museum said that sure about 20x16.5 centi-
centuries, before resurfac- based on their small size meters (8x6 inches), using
ing two years ago.” and “dynamic, sketchy high-tech scans and paint
The paintings, believed to style,” the portraits likely analysis.
be the last known pair of were painted by Rem- “When taken together, Rembrandt’s portraits of Jan and Jaapgen are displayed at
the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in this photo released by the
privately held Rembrandt brandt as a favor to the the various research results Rijksmuseum on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
portraits, were sold at auc- couple, who had close links amount to compelling evi- Associated Press