AP Entertainment Digest
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13
VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT’S HAPPENING - A chunky text look at any further cancellations or entertainment industry responses to the coronavirus. UPCOMING.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-COMEDY - Due to the coronavirus, the late-night comedians — Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Pete Buttigieg, who filled in for Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday night, are taking to the stage without the affirmation of adoring audiences. By AP Media Writer David Bauder. UPCOMING.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EMPTY HALLS - The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the New York Philharmonic and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. Soon there will be no one to admire the treasures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The ongoing fears surrounding the coronavirus have shuttered places where Americans have long gathered to escape the world and also to engage with it. By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK - New Yorkers will awaken Friday to find the coronavirus has left their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening crisis. By Michael Hill, Jennifer Peltz and Jim Mustian. SENT: 1,200 words, photos, video.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TOM HANKS - Tom Hanks said he and wife Rita Wilson were taking their coronavirus infection “one day at a time" while Australian television hosts who had interviewed Wilson were awaiting test results Friday. By Rod McGuirk. SENT: 350 words, photos.
TV-PLOT AGAINST AMERICA - When David Simon faced the challenge of adapting Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America," he had impeccable guidance from the acclaimed author himself, who also offered a few pointed observations about President Donald Trump. By AP Television Writer Lynn Elber. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos
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REVIEWS:
FILM REVIEW-BLOODSHOT - By AP Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT Wednesday: 700 words. Film stills.
FILM REVIEW-THE HUNT - By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Wednesday: 915 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS - By AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Tuesday: 730 words, film stills. EDITORS: PLEASE NOTE THIS REVIEW REPLACES MY SPY.
MUSIC REVIEW-NIALL HORAN. By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Tuesday: 330 words, photo.
MUSIC REVIEW-RACHELLE GARNIEZ. By Pablo Gorondi. SENT Wednesday: 250 words.
MUSIC REVIEW-JULIANA MACDOWELL. By Steve Wine. SENT Wednesday: 200 words, photos.
MUSIC REVIEW-TROLLS: WORLD TOUR. By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Thursday: 540 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-CINEMA '62 BY STEPHEN FARBER AND MICHAEL MCCLELLAN. Reviewed by Lee Mitgang. SENT Monday: 600 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-JOURNEY OF THE PHARAOHS BY CLIVE CUSSLER AND GRAHAM BROWN. Reviewed by Jeff Ayers. SENT Monday: 300 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-SHAKESPEARE IN A DIVIDED COUNTRY BY JAMES SHAPIRO. Reviewed by Ann Levin. SENT Monday: 445 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-THE OPERATOR BY GRETCHEN BERG. Reviewed by Molly Sprayregen. SENT Tuesday: 200 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS BY KATHERINE SCHWARZENEGGER PRATT. Reviewed by Jeff Rowe. SENT Tuesday: 410 words, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-THE UNEXPECTED SPY BY TRACY WALDER. Reviewed by Jeff Rowe. SENT Wednesday: 490 words, photo.