US-Entertainment Digest
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15
MUSIC-ROCK HALL - Posthumous inductees Whitney Houston and The Notorious B.I.G. will lead a new class into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch Nails and T-Rex. By AP Entertainment Writer David Bauder. SENT: 610 words, photos.
BOOKS-HURSTON SERIES - There is a new collection of Zora Neale Hurston stories coming, continuing a decades-long revival of her work. By AP National Writer Hillel Italie. UPCOMING.
MUSIC-GRAMMYWATCH - Little Big Town’s Grammy-nominated song “The Daughters” struck such a nerve with its pointed lyrics about double standards for women that a protester who didn’t like their song even showed up at one of their concerts. By Kristin M. Hall. UPCOMING.
TV-SEVEN WORLDS-ONE PLANET - A new seven-part nature documentary series is bursting with fascinating animal behavior, from male river chubs in Tennessee who carefully build nests of rocks for their mates to the jumping spiders of Australia whose mating ritual is as theatrical as a Broadway show. By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING: 900 words, photo.
EUROPE-WORKING ROYALS - As the British royal family wrestles with the future roles of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, it could look to Europe for examples of how princes and princesses have tried, with varying degrees of success, to carve out careers away from the pomp and ceremony of their families’ traditional duties. By Mike Corder. SENT: 960 words, photos.
BRITAIN-ROYAL RIFT - The estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex could be called as a defense witness in her lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday newspaper, court papers reveal. Meghan is suing the newspaper and its parent company Associated Newspapers for publishing a letter she wrote to her father Thomas Markle. SENT: 325 words, photos.
TV-JEOPARDY CHAMPION - Contestant Ken Jennings is the winner of “Jeopardy’s” entertaining tournament to name the mythical “Greatest of All Time” player in the game show's history. Jennings won by being bold in Tuesday's tournament, three times betting all of his points on one question, and three times answering correctly. By AP Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 300 words, photos.
STOLEN GUITARS-FLORIDA - A Florida man has been arrested after he tried to pawn a red California SG electric guitar signed by the members of the rock band Van Halen that he stole from a storage unit, police investigators said. SENT: 465 words.
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REVIEWS:
FILM REVIEW-DOLITTLE. By AP Film Writer Jake Coyle. UPCOMING Wednesday: 300 words, photos by 3 p.m.
FILM REVIEW-BAD BOYS FOR LIFE. By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING Wednesday: 500 words, photos by 5 p.m.
MUSIC REVIEW-MARCUS KING. Reviewed by Pablo Gorondi. UPCOMING Wednesday: 250 words, photos.
BOOK REVIEW-THE HOLLOWS BY JESS MONTGOMERY. Reviewed by Genine Babkian. SENT Monday: 405 words, photos.
BOOK REVIEW-THE BETTER LIAR: A NOVEL BY TANEN JONES. Reviewed by Molly Sprayregen. SENT Monday: 200 words, photos.
BOOK REVIEW-THE PRISON GUARD BY ALEX MARWOOD. Reviewed by Oline H. Cogdill. SENT Monday: 370 words, photos.
BOOK REVIEW-THE PRIZED GIRL BY AMY K. GREEN. Reviewed by Bruce DeSilva. SENT Monday: 415 words, photos.
BOOK REVIEW-HOW QUICKLY SHE DISAPPEARS BY RAYMOND FLEISHCHMANN. Reviewed by Bruce DeSilva. SENT Tuesday: 370 words, photos.
BOOK REVIEW-BETWEEN TWO FIRES BY JOSHUA YAFFA. Reviewed by Jeff Rowe. SENT Tuesday: 350 words, photos.