AP Entertainment Digest for Friday, Sept. 4, 2020
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FRIDAY, Sept. 4
UPDATES with ITALY-VENICE-FILM-GRETA, R KELLY ATTACK
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VISUAL ARTISTS — Affected by the global pandemic, many visual artists are taking refuge in their work in search of sense and solace. Some have suffered the horror, the sickness and the loss firsthand. Others, are channeling their anguish and their fear, their feelings of loneliness. By Sigal Ratner-Arias. SENT: 989 words, photos.
FILM-TENET-ELIZABETH DEBICKI — Elizabeth Debicki plays the mysterious estranged wife of the villain in Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet.” She talks about why she’s not just a victim, however. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 769 words, photos.
ITALY-VENICE-FILM-GRETA — A documentary on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, making its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, is seeking to remind a world consumed with the coronavirus crisis that the climate crisis is just as urgent and isn’t going away. By Nicole Winfield. SENT: 614 words, photos.
With ITALY-VENICE-FILM THEATERS — Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has joined a chorus of voices at the Venice Film Festival urging the reopening of movie theaters after coronavirus lockdowns. He said Thursday films are meant to be seen on the big screen and that home viewership is no replacement. By Nicole Winfield. SENT: 615 words, photos.
R KELLY ATTACK — Attorneys for R. Kelly want to question a convicted member of the Latin Kings gang who says he beat up the jailed R&B singer in a Chicago cell. The Chicago Tribune reports that Kelly’s lawyers filed a motion Friday in federal court to question Jeremiah Farmer under oath. SENT: 238 words.
JOHN OLIVER-SEWAGE PLANT — The mayor of Danbury, Connecticut, is expected to respond Friday to comedian John Oliver’s offer to donate $55,000 to charity if the city follows through on a joke to rename its sewage plant after Oliver. UPCOMING: 300 words by 4 p.m.
SWEDEN-REVOLTING BOOZE — The Disgusting Food Museum in Malmo, Sweden, which has served up displays of bull testicles and maggot-infested cheese, is now introducing a drinks menu in the form of a temporary exhibition opening Saturday. Paul Rhys. SENT: 490 words, photos.
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REVIEWS
FILM REVIEW-MULAN. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Thursday: 720 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT Wednesday: 803 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-FEELS GOOD MAN. By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. SENT Wednesday: 808 words, film stills.
MUSIC REVIEW-DIRK POWELL. By Steven Wine. SENT Thursday: 242 words, album cover.
MUSIC REVIEW-STRYPER. By Wayne Parry. SENT Thursday: 237 words, album cover.
BOOK REVIEW-PERILOUS BOUNTY by Tom Philpott. Reviewed by Jeff Rowe. SENT Tuesday: 350 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-HAVING AND BEING HAD by Eula Biss. Reviewed by Ann Levin. SENT Wednesday: 423 words, cover image.