AP Entertainment Digest for Wednesday, April 15
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WEDNESDAY, April 15
UPDATES with PEOPLE-AYESHA CURRY, VIRUS OUTBREAK-ESSENCE FESTIVAL
FILM-KIDS MOVIES THEY HAVEN'T SEEN — Your kids have seen “Frozen” two dozen times and know the “Toy Story” movies backward and forward. But there are more movies out there for housebound kids — plenty of which are available for rent or streaming in your homes, and some are even free. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 858 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RACHAEL RAY — Rachael Ray had big plans for the quarantine break at her home in upstate New York. She envisioned “a Renaissance time,” rereading the classics, resuming her Danish lessons and studying Italian. But the daytime talk show says that hasn't happened because she has never been busier. By Kelli Kennedy. SENT: 453 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ESSENCE FESTIVAL — Amid the spread of the coronavirus, Essence Festival will not hold a festival at all in 2020 and instead is rescheduling to next year. Organizers announced the news Wednesday. It comes after New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell suggested that major spring and summer festivals that had been postponed to later this year shouldn’t be held at all in 2020. SENT: 282 words, photo.
PEOPLE-AYESHA CURRY A celebrity branding company is seeking at least $10 million in a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Ayesha Curry, food and lifestyle personality and wife of NBA star Stephen Curry. By Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton. SENT: 345 words, photo.
FOOD-BOOKS-AMERICAN TACO — Texas Monthly Taco Editor José R. Ralat has written a new book that examines the evolution of one of the world’s most popular dish: the American Taco. A lifelong project, “American Tacos: A History and Guide” illustrates Ralat’s travels throughout the United States while he examines the global metamorphosis of a food that transcends borders, barriers, or bullets. By Russell Contreras. AP Photos. SENT: 764 words, photos.
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REVIEWS
FILM REVIEW-SERGIO. By AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Wednesday: 631 words, film stills.
MUSIC REVIEW-SHELBY LYNNE. By Pablo Gorondi. UPCOMING: Wednesday.
MUSIC REVIEW-RON SEXSMITH. By Scott Stroud. UPCOMING: Thursday.
MUSIC REVIEW-THE WHITE BUFFALO. By Pablo Gorondi. UPCOMING: Thursday
BOOK REVIEW-SIMON THE FIDDLER BY PAULETTE JILES. Reviewed by Rob Merrill. SENT Monday: 413 words, book cover image.