AP Entertainment Digest for Friday, May 15
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ADDS OBIT-ASTRID KIRCHHERR, MUSIC-KEITH URBAN, T25-SPORTS MOVIES-ROCKY, MET OPERA-FINANCES, TV-STAR TREK.
FRIDAY, MAY 15
VIRUS OUTBREAK-REMOTE SONGWRITING — Songwriters are taking their writing sessions online during the pandemic, sometimes co-writing songs across continents. Recording studios have shuttered during stay at home orders, but songwriters and producers are using video calls to keep crafting lyrics and melodies. By Entertainment Writer Kristin M. Hall. SENT. 841 words, with photos, video.
OBIT-ASTRID KIRCHHERR — One of the key influences on the early Beatles, German photographer Astrid Kirchherr, has died at age 81. She shot some of the earliest and most striking images of the Beatles and had a lasting impact on their visual style. By National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT. 813 words.
TV-SNOWPIERCER-DAVEED DIGGS — Daveed Diggs figured that sci-fi drama “Snowpiercer,” about a survivor-filled train making an endless loop around a frozen Earth, was a TV series worth the ride. By TV Writer Lynn Elber. SENT. 500 words, with photos.
BOOKS-CURTIS SITTENFELD — Curtis Sittenfeld discusses her new novel, “Rodham,” in which she imagines a very different life for Hillary Clinton. By National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT. 800 words, with photo.
MUSIC-KEITH URBAN — Country star Keith Urban stripped down his normally huge stage show to play at a drive-in movie theater for about 200 medical workers. Urban told The Associated Press that playing on a flatbed truck with just two other musicians in front of a movie theater screen felt like “glorified karaoke.” By Entertainment Writer Kristin M. Hall. SENT. 316 words, with photos. Video planned.
T25-SPORTS MOVIES-ROCKY —Yo, Adrian! Rocky did it! “Rocky” finished tied for No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 favorite sports movies poll. The 1976 film won a best picture Oscar and transcended the sports genre to become a pop culture sensation. By Sports Writer Dan Gelston. SENT. 949 words.
MET OPERA-FINANCES — Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s income from the Metropolitan Opera in his first season as music director was about a quarter of what James Levine earned in his last full season as music director emeritus. By Ronald Blum. UPCOMING by 5:30 p.m., with photo.
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST — Over its many years, the Eurovision Song Contest has come to be a sign of the times. So it is perhaps fitting that, in coronavirus times, nothing will be happening on Saturday at the scheduled venue of the Ahoy Hall in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam. By Raf Casert. SENT. 581 words, with photo.
TV-STAR TREK — CBS All Access is bringing back Spock for its third full live action show in the “Star Trek” universe, ordering a new series set in the years before Capt. James T. Kirk helmed the U.S.S. Enterprise. SENT. By Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT. 169 words.
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FILM REVIEW-HAVE A GOOD TRIP. By Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT. 800 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-SCOOB. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT Friday. 700 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-CAPONE. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Tuesday: 700 words, film stills.
MUSIC REVIEW-GRETCHEN PETERS. By Pablo Gorondi. SENT.
MUSIC REVIEW-MARSHALL CHAPMAN. By Steven Wine. SENT.
MUSIC REVIEW-SPECIAL CONSENSUS. By Steven Wine. SENT Wednesday.
MUSIC REVIEW-WILLIE NILE. By Pablo Gorondi. SENT Wednesday.
MUSIC REVIEW-SPARKS. By Pablo Gorondi. SENT Thursday.
MUSIC REVIEW-MOSES SUMNEY. By Ragan Clark. SENT Thursday.
BOOK REVIEW-LOU GEHRIG BY ALAN D GAFF. Reviewed by Jeff Rowe. SENT Tuesday: 470 words, cover image.