AP Entertainment Digest for Monday, Oct. 5, 2020
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MONDAY, Oct. 5
UPDATES with MUSIC-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, PARIS FASHION WEEK, VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN-OPERA HOUSE, ACTOR BYRD KILLED, FILM REVIEW-HUBIE HALLOWEEN, BELGIUM-NEW PRINCESS, ALBANIA-KADARE-NEUSTADT PRIZE
CINEWORLD CLOSURES — Shares in the company that owns the Regal, Cineworld and Picturehouse movie theaters fell as much as 58% after it said it will temporarily close the venues because the postponement of the latest James Bond film left it with few blockbusters to attract customers during the pandemic. The company said 536 Regal cinemas in the U.S. and 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse venues in the U.K. will close Thursday. By Danica Kirka and Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 575 words, photos.
CMA AWARDS HOSTS — Country stars Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker are promising laughs and good music when they co-host this year’s CMA Awards in November. McEntire is a veteran of awards show hosting, while Rucker will be a first-time host when the show airs on Nov. 11 on ABC from Nashville, Tennessee. By AP Entertainment Writer Kristin M. Hall. SENT: 500 words, photos.
US MONUMENTS — The Mellon Foundation announces $250 million to pay to “create, contextualize and relocate” monuments. Organizers say the five-year project will transform the way history is told in public spaces. By Rebecca Santana. SENT: 700 words, photos.
MUSIC-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN — Bruce Springsteen isn’t just releasing a new rock album later this month. He’ll also offer a documentary on the making of the music. “Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You” will be released on Apple TV+ on Oct. 23, the same day the album “Letter To You” drops. SENT: 173 words, photos.
ACTOR BYRD KILLED — Police say actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd has been shot dead in Atlanta. Authorities said he was shot in the back multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Byrd was known for his roles in many Spike Lee films and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2003 for his performance in the Broadway revival of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” SENT: 310 words, photo.
BOOKS-CHANDLER-CHRISTIE — Strand Magazine is proving that two of crime fiction’s most famous storytellers, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, also knew how to get a laugh. By AP National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT: 580 words, photos.
PARIS FASHION WEEK — Giambattista Valli’s 1960s-infused collection was the highlight on the second-last day of Paris Fashion Week, which concludes Tuesday with Chanel and Louis Vuitton runway shows. Like Milan before it, Paris is undertaking an unusual fashion season for Spring-Summer 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. By Fashion Writer Thomas Adamson. SENT: 406 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN-OPERA HOUSE — Britain’s Royal Opera House is selling a David Hockney painting of its former chief to help it stay afloat as coronavirus-related restrictions keep many U.K. performing arts venues shuttered. Christie’s auction house said Monday that “Portrait of Sir David Webster” will be offered for sale in London on Oct. 22. SENT: 253 words, photo.
BELGIUM-NEW PRINCESS — Delphine Boel has been acknowledged as Belgian Princess Delphine of Saxe-Coburg after a two-decade royal paternity scandal. Still, she said on Monday she’d rather be considered an artist than a royal. By Raf Casert. SENT: 483 words, photos.
ALBANIA-KADARE-NEUSTADT PRIZE — The U.S. Embassy in Tirana says that Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has been awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. The 84-year-old Kadare, a long-time nominee for the Nobel Literature Prize, has been well-known as a novelist and poet since the 1960s when Albania was governed by the communist regime. By Llazar Semini. SENT: 256 words
THE STREAM — This week’s new entertainment releases include new music from Patty Smyth, a searing look at how COVID-19 overwhelmed U.S. hospitals and an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s astronaut book, “The Right Stuff.” SENT: 756 words, photos.
CELEB BIRTHDAYS — A list of some of the celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct. 11-17. SENT: 1,233 words, photos
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REVIEWS
FILM REVIEW-THE 40-YEAR-OLD VERSION. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. UPCOMING: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-YELLOW ROSE. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. UPCOMING: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-TIME. By Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-HUBIE HALLOWEEN. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. UPCOMING: 600 words by 5 p.m. EDT Wednesday, photos
MUSIC REVIEW-LOUDON WAINWRIGHT. By Steven Wine. UPCOMING: Wednesday.
MUSIC REVIEW-ADAM WRIGHT. By Steven Wine. UPCOMING: Thursday.
BOOK REVIEW-HUSH by Dylan Farrow. Reviewed by Ann Levin. UPCOMING Monday: 390 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-THE SEARCHER by Tana French. Reviewed by Bruce DeSilva. SENT: Monday: 325 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-MISSIONARIES by Phil Klay. Reviewed by Frank Bajak. SENT Tuesday: 425 words, cover image.