AP Entertainment Digest for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020
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THURSDAY, Aug. 6
UPDATES with BOOKS-GEORGE W BUSH, SEXUAL-MISCONDUCT-PLACIDO-DOMINGO, MUSIC PRODUCER-SEXUAL ASSAULT, BRITAIN-TV-HOST-DEATH
BOOKS-GEORGE W BUSH — A new book by former President George W. Bush will highlight an issue which now sets him apart from many of his fellow Republicans — immigration. By AP National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT: 420 words, photos.
OLYMPICS-DEPRESSION — Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, calls depression and suicide among Olympic athletes an “epidemic” and is opening up about his own suicidal thoughts at the peak of his career. Phelps, speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno and others reveal their mental health struggles in a new HBO documentary called “The Weight of Gold.” By Amanda Lee Myers. SENT: 900 words, photos, video.
TV-SURVIVING JEFFREY EPSTEIN — Filmmakers and a survivor who participated in Lifetime’s “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” series talk about series. By Alicia Rancilio. SENT: 800 words, photos, video.
MUSIC PRODUCER-SEXUAL ASSAULT — Grammy Award-winning music producer Detail has been arrested on more than a dozen charges of sexual assault. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says the producer was arrested Wednesday and is being held on more than $6 million bail. He’s charged with 15 counts of sexual assault and five counts of assault that authorities say took place between 2010 and 2018. SENT: 267 words, photo.
SEXUAL-MISCONDUCT-PLACIDO-DOMINGO — Placido Domingo is back in Europe to receive a lifetime achievement award after a bout with the coronavirus, vowing in an interview with a top Italian daily newspaper to clear his name from allegations of sexual misconduct. SENT: 530 words, photo.
BRITAIN-TV-HOST-DEATH — A British coroner ruled Thursday that reality TV host Caroline Flack killed herself while facing an assault trial she feared would end her career and bring unbearable media scrutiny. SENT: 240 words, photo.
BRITAIN-VOGUE — The British issue of Vogue is devoting its September issue to activism, with a cover featuring two Black activists. SENT: 220 words, photo.
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REVIEWS
FILM REVIEW-AN AMERICAN PICKLE. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Tuesday: 667 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-THE SECRET GARDEN. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT Wednesday: 415 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS. By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. SENT Wednesday: 700 words, film stills.
MUSIC REVIEW-DEEP PURPLE. By Pablo Gorondi. SENT Thursday: 300 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-THE FIRST TO LIE BY HANK PHILLIPP RYAN. Reviewed by Bruce DeSilva. SENT Monday: 320 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-THE HOLLOW ONES BY GUILLERMO DEL TORO AND CHUCK HOGAN. Reviewed by Rob Merrill. SENT Tuesday: 420 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-A SAINT FROM TEXAS BY EDMUND WHITE. Reviewed by Molly Sprayregen. SENT Wednesday: 250 words, cover image.