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MOSES LAKE — Some stage musicals are grand, brightly-colored affairs, with lots of dancing and flamboyant sets and…
Joe Exotic formally requests pardon, maintains innocence
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma zookeeper
Maggie O'Farrell's Shakespearean 'Hamnet' wins Women's Prize
LONDON (AP) — Maggie O’Farrell won the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for “Hamnet,” a novel that explores the lives of William Shakespeare’s often-maligned wife and lost son.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
Few parents, coaches still fighting charges in college scam
BOSTON (AP) — TV actresses. A well-known fashion designer. Business leaders. Entrepreneurs.
Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Hart will host the return of a popular telethon once spearheaded by the late Jerry Lewis to fight muscular dystrophy.
Woodward defends decision to withhold Trump's virus comments
NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Woodward, facing widespread criticism for only now revealing President Donald Trump's early concerns about the severity of the coronavirus, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he needed …
Yahtzee, Baby Nancy, My Little Pony up for Toy Hall of Fame
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Breyer Horses and My Little Pony are neck-and-neck in the race to the National Toy Hall of Fame, making the list of 12 finalists for the Class of 2020, announced Wednesday.
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Paris art fair to go ahead despite virus pandemic
PARIS (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation of this year's premiere global art fairs since March, stymieing the main commercial artery of the multibillion-dollar industry.
Blue staters make their case in satirical 'Coastal Elites'
NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Paul Rudnick has never been comfortable with the term “coastal elites,” that sneering nod to educated professionals who live in California cities or along the Eastern seaboard.
With election interest keen, Fox's Carlson strong in ratings
NEW YORK (AP) — Tucker Carlson drew the television equivalent of a royal flush on the week before Labor Day.
Disney criticized for filming 'Mulan' in China's Xinjiang
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Disney is under fire for filming part of its live-action reboot “Mulan” in Xinjiang, the region in China where the government has been accused of human rights abuses against Uighurs and ot…
'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' will end in 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Who do we keep up with now? After more than a decade, “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” will be ending its run next year.
McBride, Wilkerson among nominees for Kirkus Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Elena Ferrante, James McBride and Isabel Wilkerson are among the nominees for the Kirkus Prize, a $50,000 honor for the best fiction, nonfiction and children's books.
Oscars diversity criteria 'not about exclusion' say leaders
Any change to the Oscars is going get people talking, so the leaders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were not exactly surprised that the