AP Entertainment Digest

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MONDAY, MARCH 16

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ENTERTAINING OURSELVES - The entertainment world has virtually stalled in response to the coronavirus outbreak, so exactly how are people filling up their newfound extra time? Easily, many said. People are reaching for their home stacks of books, looking for new gems on their streaming services and taking on long-delayed home repair projects. By Leanne Italie. UPCOMING: 930 words, photos.

BOOKS-ISABEL WILKERSON - Isabel Wilkerson's first book since "The Warmth of Other Suns" to come out in August. By AP National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT: 190 words.

BOOKS-BECOMING MUHAMMAD ALI - James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are writing a kids book on Muhammad Ali. By AP National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT: 240 words.

CELEB BIRTHDAYS - Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 22-28. UPCOMING: 1,600 words.

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REVIEWS:

BOOK REVIEW-THE BOY FROM THE WOODS BY HARLAN COBEN. Reviewed by Jeff Ayers. UPCOMING Tuesday: 450 words, photos.

BOOK REVIEW-DARLING ROSE GOLD BY STEPHANIE WROBEL. Reviewed by Oline H. Cogdill. UPCOMING Tuesday: 450 words, photos.