AP Entertainment Digest for Friday, Oct. 2, 2020
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FRIDAY, Oct. 2
UPDATES with VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-MEDIA, EXUAL MISCONDUCT-HARVEY WEINSTEIN, RICK MORANIS-ATTACKED, PEOPLE-OPRAH WINFREY
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-HARVEY WEINSTEIN — Prosecutors say Harvey Weinstein has been charged with the rape of two more women in Los Angeles County. The district attorney’s office said Friday that Weinstein faces three new counts of rape and three new counts of forcible oral copulation involving two women. By Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton. SENT: 211 words, photo.
FILM-STEVE MCQUEEN — Where other filmmakers have put their next opuses on hold, Steve McQueen has raced to finish not one but five new films. In an interview, McQueen discusses his anthology, dedicated to George Floyd, chronicling the West Indian experience in London from the late ’60s to the mid-’80s. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 911 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-MEDIA — A look at media coverage of President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis. By Media Writer David Bauder. UPCOMING: 550 words, photos.
SNOOPY AT 70 — The virus pandemic won’t stop Charlie Brown, Snoopy or the “Peanuts” gang from marking an important birthday and they’re hoping to raise the spirits of sick kids while celebrating. By Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT: 792 words, photos.
RICK MORANIS-ATTACKED — A law enforcement official says actor Rick Moranis was sucker punched by an unknown assailant while walking Thursday on a sidewalk near New York’s Central Park. Surveillance video shows a man hitting the 67-year-old “Ghostbusters” star and knocking him to the ground. By Michael R. Sisak. SENT: 243 words.
PEOPLE-OPRAH WINFREY — Oprah Winfrey will have an in-depth conversation with famed author Isabel Wilkerson as part of the next episode of her “Oprah’s Book Club.” SENT: 160 words, photo.
TV-BRUCE LEE-WARRIOR — Nearly 50 years after his death, Bruce Lee is helping shape the careers of the predominantly Asian ensemble at a time when Hollywood, like most industries, faces a reckoning on race and representation. By Terry Tang. SENT: 850 words, photos.
TV-EMILY IN PARIS — Lily Collins takes viewers to Paris in a new Netflix series about an American Expat in France, “Emily in Paris.” By Alicia Rancilio. SENT: 654 words, photos.
FILM-THE WITCHES — The Robert Zemeckis adaptation of “Roald Dahl’s The Witches” has found a new home on HBO Max this month just in time for Halloween. By AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 160 words, photo.
FRANCE-PARIS FASHION WEEK — From escapism at the disco, to resistance and aggression, even to pondering the importance of the postal service while working from home, designers in Paris have presented divergent creative responses to the global health crisis as spring-summer shows continued Friday. By AP Fashion Writer Thomas Adamson. SENT: 781 words.
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REVIEWS
FILM REVIEW-ON THE ROCKS. By AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Thursday: 773 words, photos.
FILM REVIEW-GLORIAS — By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Tuesday: 700 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD — By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT Tuesday: 600 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-SAVE YOURSELVES — By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. SENT Wednesday: 700 words, film stills.
MUSIC REVIEW-QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT. By Wayne Parry. SENT Tuesday: 364 words, album cover.
MUSIC REVIEW-BON JOVI. By Wayne Parry. SENT Tuesday: 280 words, album cover.
MUSIC REVIEW-LAURA JANE GRACE. By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Thursday: 355 words, album cover.
MUSIC REVIEW-COREY TAYLOR. By John Marshall. SENT Thursday: 312 words, album cover.
MUSIC REVIEW-BLACKPINK. By Cristina Jaleru. SENT Friday: 240 words, album cover.
BOOK REVIEW-JUST LIKE YOU by Nick Hornby. Reviewed by Rob Merrill. SENT Monday: 492 words, cover art.
BOOK REVIEW-TIES THAT TETHER by Jane Igharo. Reviewed by Molly Sprayregen. SENT Tuesday: 250 words, cover image.