AP Entertainment Digest for Monday, Sept. 14, 2020

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MONDAY, Sept. 14

UPDATES with CHADWICK BOSEMAN-DEATH, PEOPLE-TAN FRANCE, ELECTION 2020-WISCONSIN-PRINCESS BRIDE, MUSIC-ACM AWARDS-PANDEMIC, AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS and FILM REVIEW-THE NEST.

CHADWICK BOSEMAN-DEATH — Chadwick Boseman was buried near his South Carolina hometown six days after he died at his home in Los Angeles, according to a death certificate obtained Monday by The Associated Press. By AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton. SENT: 200 words, photos.

TV-CHALLENGER — Many Americans have strong, even life-changing memories of Jan. 28, 1986. That was the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded over Florida’s Cape Canaveral just seconds after liftoff. Netflix is returning to that dark day with a four-part documentary series “Challenger: The Final Flight.” By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT 800 words, photos.

MUSIC-ACM AWARDS-PANDEMIC — At the Academy of Country Music Awards on Wednesday, there won’t be fake fans, canned applause or pre-taped acceptance speeches. After a five-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, the awards show wants to bring the live television experience back again. By AP Entertainment Writer Kristin M. Hall. SENT: 730 words, photos.

PEOPLE-BRAD PAISLEY — Country music star Brad Paisley and his wife are expanding their effort to fight hunger. Paisley and actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley have pledged to donate one million nutritional meals in various cities around the country. By Jonathan Landrum Jr. SENT: 380 words, photo.

PEOPLE-PARIS HILTON — Paris Hilton is the subject of a new documentary, ’This is Paris,” premiering Monday on YouTube. The film reveals secrets Hilton says she’s kept quiet for years that contributed to her public image. UPCOMING: By Alicia Rancilio. UPCOMING: 550 words, photos, video.

PEOPLE-TAN FRANCE — “Queer Eye” isn't shooting during the pandemic so in the meantime co-host and the show’s fashion expert, Tan France, is turning his stylish skills to other uses. By Hilary Fox. SENT: 590 words, photos and video.

ELECTION 2020-WISCONSIN-PRINCESS BRIDE — For those who find it “inconceivable” for President Donald Trump to serve a second term, Wisconsin Democrats offered a star-packed live-streamed script reading of “The Princess Bride” to help Joe Biden’s campaign in the key battleground state. By Scott Bauer. SENT: 515 words, photos.

NY FASHION WEEK-CFDA AWARDS — The Council of Fashion Designers of America gave its top fashion awards on Monday to Gabriela Hearst for womenswear and Kerby Jean-Raymond for menswear. The two designers led a group of winners that the CFDA said was the most diverse in the 39-year history of the awards. By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. SENT: 400 words, file photos.

LITERARY PEACE PRIZE-ATWOOD — Author Margaret Atwood thinks an American defiant streak is the country’s defense against the kind of nightmarish totalitarian future she depicts for the United States in “The Handmaid’s Tale.” By Dan Sewell. SENT: words, photos.

AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS — Fiction by Ocean Vuong and Yoko Ogawa, a prison memoir by Alfred Woodfox and a graphic memoir based on actor George Takei’s childhood in a U.S. internment camp for Japanese Americans are the among the winners of the 41st annual American Book Awards. SENT: 240 words.

THE STREAM — This week’s new entertainment releases include Alicia Keys’ first album in four years, called “ALICIA,” and the return to TV of Kim Cattrall, who is at the center of Fox’s “Filthy Rich,” a prime-time soap opera loaded with money and betrayal. SENT: 800 words, photos.

CELEB BIRTHDAYS — Celebrities enjoying birthdays during the week of Sept. 20-26 include Sophia Loren, Billy Porter and Tatiana Maslany. SENT: 1,300 words, photos

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REVIEWS

FILM REVIEW-ANTEBELLUM. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. UPCOMING: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.

FILM REVIEW-THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. UPCOMING: 700 words by Wednesday at 6 p.m., film stills.

FILM REVIEW-THE NEST. By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. UPCOMING: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.

MUSIC REVIEW-JOAN OSBORNE. By Steven Wine. UPCOMING Wednesday: 300 words, album art.

MUSIC REVIEW-ACE FREHLEY. By Wayne Parry. SENT Monday: 300 words, album art.

MUSIC REVIEW-BLAKE AND CARLBERG. By Steven Wine. UPCOMING= Thursday: 300 words, album art.

BOOK REVIEW-HOMELAND ELEGIES by Ayad Akhtar. Reviewed by Ann Levin. SENT Monday: 450 words, cover image.