AP Entertainment Digest for Friday, Dec. 11, 2020

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FRIDAY, Dec. 11

UPDATES with CONGRESS-MUSEUMS, GRADUATE-NICKI MINAJ, BRITAIN-OBIT-BARBARA WINDSOR, MUSIC-GRAMMYWATCH-BLUE IVY, PEOPLE-FKA twigs-SHIA LABEOUF

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. By Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum Jr. SENT: 1,360 words, photos, video.

TV-HOLIDAY MOVIES-ASIAN REPRESENTATION — “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,” premiering Sunday on Lifetime, may be the first feel-good TV Christmas flick to feature a mostly Asian ensemble. It’s one of several projects where cable channels are demonstrating a desire for inclusion this yuletide season. By Terry Tang. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.

PEOPLE-FKA twigs-SHIA LABEOUF — Singer and actress FKA twigs filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that Shia LaBeouf was physically abusive. By Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton. UPCOMING; 500 words, photo.

MUSIC-TOURING SALES — Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, concert trade publication Pollstar puts the total lost revenue for the live events industry in 2020 at more than $30 billion. By Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. SENT: 345 words, photo.

MUSIC-GRAMMYWATCH-BLUE IVY — Blue Ivy Carter is an official Grammy nominee. When the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2021 Grammys last month, Beyoncé scored a nomination for best music video for “Brown Skin Girl,” which Ivy Carter is credited as a featured artist. The 8-year-old's name did not appear on the nominees list, but the Grammys recently updated its website to include her and Nigerian singer Wizkid, who appears on the song. By Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. SENT: 285 words, photo.

FBN-KORNACKI-NBC — Steve Kornacki and his big board aren’t sitting idle between the Presidential Election and next month’s Georgia Senate runoff. Kornacki is making appearances on NBC’s “Football Night in America” to provide playoff projections. By Joe Reedy. UPCOMING. 700 words, photos.

BRITAIN-OBIT-BARBARA WINDSOR — British actress Barbara Windsor, whose seven-decade career ranged from cheeky film comedies to the soap opera “EastEnders,” has died. She was 83. Husband Scott Mitchell said Windsor died at a care home in London on Thursday. from Alzheimer’s disease. By Jill Lawless. SENT: 435 words, photos.

OBIT-SKOREA-KIM KI-DUK — South Korean director Kim Ki-duk, who won the top award at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 but later faced allegations at home of trying to force an actress into shooting off-script sexual scenes while making another movie, has died in Latvia. By Jan M. Olsen. SENT: 421 words, photos.

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-WEINSTEIN — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein will remain in a New York prison for now after his lawyers and prosecutors agreed to postpone efforts to send him to California to face sexual assault charges. Weinstein appeared via video from a prison on Friday before a judge, who set a new date of April 9 for his extradition hearing. By Carolyn Thompson. SENT: 328 words, photo, video.

CONGRESS-MUSEUMS — A senator from Utah has blocked the bipartisan approval of two new national museums to honor American Latinos and women. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah objected to the creation of the two proposed Smithsonian museums. He says the “last thing we need is to further divide an already divided nation.” Both museums have been in the making for decades and enjoy broad bipartisan support. By Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 540 words, photo.

GRADUATE-NICKI MINAJ — A University of Louisiana at Lafayette student who just graduated is thanking rap artist Nicki Minaj for paying his tuition. SENT: 171 words, photo.

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REVIEWS

FILM REVIEW-THE PROM. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 680 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.

FILM REVIEW-WILD MOUNTAIN THYME. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 600 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.

FILM REVIEW-LET THEM ALL TALK. By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. SENT: 770 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.

FILM REVIEW-MIDNIGHT SKY. By Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Wednesday: 748 words, film stills.

MUSIC REVIEW-KACY & CLATON & MARLON. By Steven Wine. SENT Wednesday: 260 words, album cover.

MUSIC REVIEW-CHRIS CORNELL. Reviewed by Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Friday: 412 words, cover image.

BOOK REVIEW-BLIND VIGIL By Matt Coyle. Reviewed by Bruce DeSilva. SENT Monday: 350 words, cover image.