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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…
Survey: In Hollywood, few believe harassers will be punished
Disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein may well spend the rest of his life in prison. But that doesn’t mean workers in Hollywood have faith that other harassers and abusers will be similarly punished.
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, her company honored by MacDowell
NEW YORK (AP) — Filmmaker Ava DuVernay will be honored next month by MacDowell, which is presenting its inaugural Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award to her media company and arts collective ARRAY.
Review: Nick Hornby creates a couple worth cheering for
“Just Like You,” by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books)
The only debate moderator to return, Fox's Wallace preps
NEW YORK (AP) — Four years ago when he first moderated a general election presidential debate, Chris Wallace was firm and funny in trying to get Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to stop talking simultaneously.
Director Schele Williams is writing book on enslavement
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway director Schele Williams is working on a book for young people about the history of enslavement.
Times' tax story is talker, but perceptions mostly hold
NEW YORK (AP) — Orlando Sentinel Editor-in-Chief Julie Anderson was curious how readers in polarized central Florida would react to her newspaper leading Monday's edition with a report that President Donald Trump p…
Review: A smart portrait of a living legend in ‘The Glorias'
Gloria Steinem is always in conversation with herself in “
Last solo recording of jazz icon Dave Brubeck to be released
RIO RANCHO, N.M, (AP) — Nearly eight years after his death, the final solo recording of late American jazz pianist legend Dave Brubeck is set for release next month.
'Borat' sequel to be released by Amazon before election
NEW YORK (AP) — Borat is back. Sacha Baron Cohen has filmed a sequel to his 2006 film “Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” that Amazon plans to release before the el…
Bereft of scripted shows, opening week ratings down for TV
NEW YORK (AP) — The surest sign of how the coronavirus shutdown has devastated the television industry is the fourth-place finish of CBS in what was nominally the first week of a new fall season.
New this week: Mariah Carey, Gloria Steinem & 'South Park'
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Mac Davis, who launched his career crafting the Elvis hits “A Little Less Conversation” and “In the Ghetto,” and whose own hits include “Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me,” has died. …
Review: In 'Dick Johnson Is Dead,' a celebration of life
Kirsten Johnson's last film, the autobiographical collage
Texas sheriff indicted after probe into Black man's death
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff has been indicted on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death in custody of a Black man, Javier Ambler, that was filmed by the police reality…
Study: 1st Berlin fest chief had significant Nazi-era role
BERLIN (AP) — A study has concluded that the founding director of the Berlin International Film Festival made a “not insignificant” contribution to the German film system under Nazi rule and later covered up his ro…