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BASIN EVENTS: May 1-9
COLUMBIA BASIN — Spring is finally here and it's time to get out in the sunshine. Music, sales and celebrations ga…
8,800 part-time workers in Florida part of Disney layoffs
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — About 8,800 part-time union workers at Walt Disney World in Florida will be part of the 28,000 layoffs in Disney's parks division in California and Florida, union officials said Wednesday.
'Speak up!' — 'Sesame Street' tackles racism in TV special
NEW YORK (AP) — “Sesame Street" has always pressed for inclusion. Now in the wake of the national reckoning on race, it's going further — teaching children to stand up against racism.
Nobel Literature prize to be awarded after years of tumult
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded Thursday after several years of controversy and scandal for the world’s pre-eminent literary accolade.
'Speak up!' — 'Sesame Street' tackles racism in TV special
NEW YORK (AP) — “Sesame Street" has always pressed for inclusion. Now in the wake of the national reckoning on race, it's going further — teaching children to stand up against racism.
ESPN, ESPN2, ABC average 1,836,000 viewers in wild card
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC averaged 1,836,000 viewers for 16 broadcasts in Major League Baseball’s expanded wild-card round, drawing far more viewers for 16 games but an average down vastly from the single…
Wallen dropped as 'SNL' performer after breaking COVID rules
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Morgan Wallen has been dropped from performing on “Saturday Night Live” after breaking the show’s COVID-19 protocols.
Texas grand jury indicts Netflix for promotion of 'Cuties'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas grand jury has indicted streaming giant Netflix for promoting French film “Mignonnes,” or “Cuties,” which the court says depicts lewd visuals of children.
Elvis Presley's late grandson laid to rest at Graceland
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The grandson of late rock n' roll singer and actor Elvis Presley has been buried alongside his relatives at Graceland.
8,800 part-time workers in Florida part of Disney layoffs
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — About 8,800 part-time union workers at Walt Disney World in Florida will be part of the 28,000 layoffs in Disney's parks division in California and Florida, union officials said Wednesday.
Online fall Broadway play revivals attract starry casts
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway theaters may be dark, but there will be plenty of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall with some starry self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freem…
Review: Adam Sandler's 'Hubie Halloween' is ... good?
The distance for Adam Sandler from last year's
'Jurassic World' shoot suspended after COVID-19 positives
Filming on the new “Jurassic World” movie at Pinewood Studios in the U.K. has been suspended for two weeks because of COVID-19 cases on set. Director Colin Trevorrow tweeted Wednesday that there were “a few” positi…
Women outwit Hollywood bias with help from industry insiders
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kaitlyn Yang knows it’s rare for women to work in visual effects but wanted to find out just how much company she has.
Review: A terrific debut in ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’
Precociousness can be a curse if adulthood successes don’t live up to your assumed potential. And placement on one of those 30-Under-30 lists is just a cruel public reminder what (probably) should’ve been — especia…
Radha Blank of 'The Forty-Year-Old Version' isn't late
If Radha Blank had a tagline for her film, “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” it would be: “You don't age out of your passion.”