A rundown of AP's Entertainment year-end coverage
EDITORS:
Here are the plans for AP’s Entertainment year-end package. All text stories will carry a YE- slug.
The AP is discontinuing its Entertainer of the Year story. We will be moving a series of Breakthrough Entertainer profiles the week of Dec. 14.
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MONDAY DEC 7:
YE-DEATHS: Recalling some of the influential figures who died in 2020. SENT: 6,585 words, photos.
YE-OVER IT: Zoom. Masks. Racial injustice. Political chaos. Wildfires. Each and every death from COVID-19. There’s a lot to leave behind in 2020. But the year we’d love to forget includes a caveat or two. Streaming exploded, millions took to the great outdoors and many teachers became heroes who made the best of a worst-case scenario. SENT Monday: 1,080 words, photos.
YE-TOP TV MOMENTS: AP’s television and media writers recount some of the 2020’s top televised moments in a year upended by the global pandemic and anticipation about the U.S. presidential election. SENT: 950 words, photos.
TUESDAY, DEC. 8:
YE-TOP 10 FILMS: AP’s film writers offer their lists of the top 10 films of 2020. UPCOMING: By 2 p.m. Eastern/1900 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9:
YE-MUSIC TOP SONGS: AP’S music critic breaks down the year’s 10 top songs. UPCOMING: By 2 p.m. Eastern/1900 GMT.
YE-MUSIC-TOP ALBUMS: A look at what the AP’s music critic deems the year’s top 10 albums. UPCOMING: By 5 p.m. Eastern/2200 GMT.
THURSDAY, DEC. 10:
YE-POP CULTURE: A month-by-month look at major pop culture moments in a year in which the pandemic influenced just about everything. UPCOMING: By 5 p.m. Eastern/2200 GMT.
FRIDAY, DEC. 11:
YE-ENTERTAINMENT-MAKING 2020 BETTER: Nothing about 2020 has been normal, but these stars and those inspired by them have tried to do good and brighten a bleak year. UPCOMING: By 5 p.m. Eastern/2200 GMT.
TUESDAY, Dec. 15
The AP will move its Breakthrough Entertainers package, which will include profiles of stars who made a significant mark on 2020.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16:
YE--PHOTO GALLERY-ENTERTAINMENT: A look at some of the top photos from the entertainment realm in 2020. UPCOMING: By 5 p.m. Eastern/2200 GMT.
VIDEO
MONDAY, DEC. 7
ARCHIVE — Johnny Depp losing his libel case against UK tabloids, Weinstein’s sentencing and Bar Refaeli’s tax evasion trial – a look at the big legal stories of 2020.
ARCHIVE — Music played a big role in 2020, from performers singing on their balconies during lockdown, to online gigs, charity records and digital music award shows.
TUESDAY, DEC. 8
ARCHIVE — From Kanye’s failed presidential bid, to Sussexit and Degeneres’ toxic workplace accusations, some of the biggest celebrity news in the year of the coronavirus
ARCHIVE — TV highlights from lockdown - including “Tiger King,” and cast re-unions to “The Queen’s Gambit” and “The Crown” …what everyone’s been talking about.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9
ARCHIVE — After stepping down as senior members of the UK royal family, 2020 has been a dramatic year for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
ARCHIVE — A reminder of this year’s pre-pandemic award season and a look ahead to what is likely to be a very different 2021 award season.
THURSDAY, DEC. 10
ARCHIVE — Prince Charles and William catch COVID-19; The Queen joins Zoom; Prince Andrew wanted for questioning in Epstein probe - a review of 2020 for Britain’s royal family.
VARIOUS — The Hollywood blockbusters that didn’t made it into cinemas in 2020
VARIOUS — Will movie theaters be able to move past the pandemic and live to fight another day?
FRIDAY, DEC. 11
ARCHIVE — A review of some of 2020′s most tragic and shocking celebrity deaths.
ARCHIVE — Asian stars we lost in 2020. Bollywood actors to Netflix reality show stars.
ARCHIVE — The biggest entertainment stories in Asia in 2020: from Parasite winning at the Oscars to BTS global domination.
MONDAY, DEC. 14
VARIOUS — A preview of what there is to look forward to next year in books, film and music (Part 1).
VARIOUS — A preview of what there is to look forward to next year in books, film and music (Part 2).
TUESDAY, DEC. 15
VARIOUS — After the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman, what will happen to the ‘Black Panther’ franchise?
VARIOUS — Stars of music and screen share their hopes and dreams for a better 2021 (Part 1).
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16
VARIOUS — Stars of music and screen share their hopes and dreams for a better 2021 (Part 2).
VARIOUS — Have enough movies been released in 2020 to justify the Oscars 2021?
ALREADY RUN
MONDAY, NOV. 30
ARCHIVE — The stars we lost in January, February: Kirk Douglas, Kobe Bryant, Terry Jones 4299610
VARIOUS — Christmas dealbreakers. The 2020 festive season is going to be different but what are the celebrity dealbreakers and ‘must do’ traditions (Part 1 actors).
TUESDAY, DEC. 1
ARCHIVE — The stars we lost in March, April: Kenny Rogers, Irrfan Khan, Bill Withers, Honor Blackman 4299745
VARIOUS — Christmas dealbreakers. The 2020 festive season is going to be different but what are the celebrity dealbreakers and ‘must do’ traditions (Part 2 musicians).
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2
ARCHIVE — The stars we lost in May, June: Little Richard, Carl Reiner, Fred Willard, Jerry Stiller, Dame Vera Lynn. 4299930
ARCHIVE — From Cameron Diaz to Richard Gere and Robbie Williams, a round-up of celebrity births, January to June 2020. 4299933
THURSDAY, DEC. 3
ARCHIVE — The stars we lost in July, August: Chadwick Boseman, Kelly Preston, Naya Rivera, Regis Philbin. 4300095
ARCHIVE — Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik among the stars that welcomed babies, July to December 2020. 4300106
FRIDAY, DEC. 4
ARCHIVE — The stars we lost in September, October: Sean Connery, Eddie Van Halen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Helen Reddy. 4300275
ARCHIVE — A look at who married, and who postponed their weddings in 2020. 4300282
ARCHIVE — Entertainment review: Which couples called it quits in 2020? 4300283
— The AP