AP-AP Entertainment Digest, 2nd Ld-Writethru
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UPDATES WITH TOM STOPPARD-PEN AWARD, MEDIA STREAMING, OBIT-PAULA KELLY, HOMES-JIGSAW PUZZLES
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12
TOM STOPPARD-PEN AWARD - British playwright Tom Stoppard and the Canadian poet and fiction writer M. NourbeSe Philip are among those being honored next month by PEN America, the literary and human rights organization. SENT: 200 words.
BOOKS-BINGE-READING-JD ROBB - What's it like to read 50 books in five months? AP writer Sophia Rosenbaum did just that with the ``In Death'' series by J.D. Robb. Five lessons she learned. By SOPHIA ROSENBAUM. SENT: 1,500 words, photo.
MEDIA STREAMING - A study shows that streaming services like Netflix and Hulu account for nearly one-fifth of television viewing in the United States, nearly doubling in a year. By AP Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 445 words.
HOMES-JIGSAW PUZZLES - Jigsaw puzzles are in vogue. There are puzzles left out in offices and at coffee shops, puzzle clubs and competitions online, and artistic, mind-bending puzzles that sell for thousands of dollars. By Tracee M. Herbaugh. SENT: 690 words, photos.
OBIT-PAULA KELLY - Actress, singer and dancer Paula Kelly, who earned an Emmy Award nomination on the sitcom “Night Court” and co-starred with Chita Rivera and Shirley MacLaine in the film “Sweet Charity,” has died. She was 77. SENT: 190 words.
NY FASHION WEEK-VERA WANG – Vera Wang is a big name on red carpets, and in the bridal business. For New York Fashion Week, she wanted to do something totally different, she says. She calls the concept “breaking down evening," and by that she means literally breaking it down, as in deconstructing traditional clothes, to emerge with a new kind of evening wear. By Jocelyn Noveck. SENT: 370 words, photos.
NY FASHION WEEK-PRABAL GURUNG - In celebration of the grit and eclectic glamour of his adopted New York City, Prabal Gurung staged his New York Fashion Week show at the famed Rainbow Room high above Midtown on Tuesday night with his favorite street musician on a piano emblazoned with the message: “This Machine Kills Fascists.” By AP Entertainment Writer Leanne Italie. SENT: 530 words, photos.
NEW YORK FASHION WEEK - Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors are among the designers showing Wednesday at New York Fashion Week. UPCOMING.
POLAND-JEWISH MUSEUM – A stalemate over the future of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish history museum moved closer to a resolution Wednesday after the former director — who won a competition for a second term but whom Poland's populist government refused to reinstate — offered to stand aside. By Vanessa Gera. SENT: 900 words.
GERMANY-OBIT-VILSMAIER - Joseph Vilsmaier, a German filmmaker whose striking portrayal of the Battle of Stalingrad brought home the horrors of war to a new generation, has died. He was 81. SENT: 260 words.
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REVIEWS:
FILM REVIEW- SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. Reviewed by AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING Thursday at 1 a.m.: 700 words, film stills. Review timing is subject to embargo.
FILM REVIEW-DOWNHILL. Reviewed by AP Film Writer Jake Coyle. UPCOMING Wednesday: 700 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-THE LAST THING HE WANTED. Reviewed by AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Wednesday: 750 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-THE PHOTOGRAPH. Reviewed by AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING Thursday: 700 words, film stills.
MUSIC REVIEW-PHIL MADEIRA. Reviewed by Steven Wine. SENT Tuesday: 200 words, photo.
MUSIC REVIEW-KHRUANGBIN & LEON BRIDGES. Reviewed by Melanie J. Sims. SENT TUESDAY: 260 words, photo.
MUSIC REVIEW-HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS. Reviewed by Pablo Gorondi. SENT Wednesday: 325 words.
BOOK REVIEW-NOBODY DOES IT BETTER BY MARK A. ALTMAN AND EDWARD GROSS. Reviewed by Douglass K. Daniel. SENT Monday: 640 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-THE ONLY CHILD BY MI-AE SEA. Reviewed by Oline H. Cogdill. SENT Monday: 300 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-IN THE LAND OF MEN BY ADRIENNE MILLER. Reviewed by Lincee Ray. SENT Tuesday: 250 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-LOVE UNSCRIPTED BY OWEN NICHOLLS. Reviewed by Lincee Ray. SENT Tuesday: 300 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-BEEN THERE, MARRIED THAT BY GIGI LEVANGIE. Reviewed by Samantha Critchell. SENT Tuesday: 360 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-ALL THE BEST LIES BY JOANNA SCHAFFHAUSEN. Reviewed by Bruce DeSilva. SENT Tuesday: 390 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-THE BURN BY KATHLEEN KENT. Reviewed by Oline H. Cogdill. SENT Tuesday: 350 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-DEAD TO HER BY SARAH PINBOROUGH. Reviewed by Oline H. Cogdill. SENT Tuesday: 450 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-SALT RIVER BY RANDY WAYNE WHITE. Reviewed by Bruce DeSilva. SENT Wednesday: 380 words, photo.