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CBAA auction moves inside with Kentucky Derby theme
MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Allied Arts fundraiser auction will have a new venue this year, at the Best Wester…
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1. ”Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Deep End" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books)
Review: Borat is back, and this time he fits right in
Since Sacha Baron Cohen first appeared as his Kazakh journalist on “Da Ali G Show,” Borat Sagdiyev has been remarkably consistent. The accent is the same. The gray suit is still rumpled. “Nahce” and “Mah Wahfe” reg…
James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical days
NEW YORK (AP) — James Corden may not be allowed in a theater these days but there's still a way to laugh with him onstage. Lea Salonga isn't permitted to sing to a crowd right now but there's still a way to hear he…
COVID-19: 'The Bitter End' for nation's live music venues?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The venerable New Orleans funk band Galactic purchased the historic music club Tipitina’s in late November 2018 and, according to bassist Robert Mercurio, was making a go of it.
Pioneering Black doll Baby Nancy enters Toy Hall of Fame
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Baby Nancy, the first Black baby doll to have an Afro and other authentic features, was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday, along with sidewalk chalk and the wooden block…
How two blind brothers became Two Blind Brothers for a cause
NEW YORK (AP) — Would you buy something you can’t see?
New kids' series 'Pikwik Pack' puts spotlight on deliveries
NEW YORK (AP) — The studio behind the kids’ mega-hit TV show “Paw Patrol” has a new animated series that arrives timed perfectly for a global pandemic: It celebrates delivery people.
Review: Diane Lane and Kevin Costner in 'Let Him Go'
Superman, that boring lug, has thankfully flown the coop. Writer-director Thomas Bezucha's Western thriller “Let Him Go” reunites Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, who as the Kents were easily the warmest presences in …
With performers infected, La Scala season premiere canceled
ROME (AP) — The Dec. 7 season premiere at Milan’s La Scala opera house, a gala event that is one of Italy’s cultural highlights, is being canceled after a rash of coronavirus infections among musicians and chorus m…
Spanish court takes over new investigation of ex-king
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Supreme Court prosecutors have taken over a new investigation into the financial activities of ex-King Juan Carlos, who recently left Spain to live in an unspecified country following the open…
Review: With Kylie’s latest album, ‘DISCO’ days aren’t over
Kylie Minogue, “DISCO" (BMG)
Sunset falls on a historic season for the drive-in
NEW YORK (AP) — Julia Wiggin was still shivering after running out to hang up the weekend’s marquee — “Ghostbusters,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” — at her Northfield Drive-in near Hinsdale, New Hampshire.
Dean, Drysdale, Buck, Shulman, Michaels up for Frick Award
NEW YORK (AP) — The late Hall of Fame pitchers Dizzy Dean and Don Drysdale are candidates for the Hall’s Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting, along with Fox’s Joe Buck, ESPN’s Dan Shulman an…
Seeking inclusion, Grammys change name of a music category
NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy Awards have changed the name of their best world music album category to the best global music album, an attempt to find “a more relevant, modern and inclusive term.”
Music Review: Neil Young revisits 2003's 'Greendale'
Neil Young, “Return to Greendale” (Reprise Records)