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BASIN EVENTS: May 8-16
COLUMBIA BASIN — The weather is just about perfect and there are things going on all over the Basin. Here are some…
Art dealer whose treasure sent hunters scouring US West dies
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Antiquities dealer and author Forrest Fenn, who gained fame after hiding a treasure chest filled with gold, jewels and other valuables that drove hundreds of thousands of people to search remo…
Review: Put down that phone, urges doc 'The Social Dilemma'
“The Social Dilemma” is the first film you'll watch and immediately want to toss your smartphone into the garbage can. And then toss the garbage can through the window of a Facebook executive.
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Netflix film dissects a technology-driven 'social dilemma'
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — A new Netflix documentary is setting out to expose technology’s corrosive effects on society during a pandemic that's left people more dependent than ever on tools that keep them connected …
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'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.
Oscars set inclusion standards for best picture category
In an historic move, the Oscars are raising the inclusion bar for best picture nominees starting with the 96th Academy Awards in 2024. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday laid out sweeping el…
Another Marx (his daughter) gets Venice Film Fest spotlight
VENICE (AP) — There’s been a lot of talk about gender parity, feminism and equality at the Venice Film Festival this year, with nearly half the in-competition films directed by women. One of them, “Miss Marx,” cert…
Review: 'Fool’s Paradise' is an unexpected disappointment
“Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise,” by Mike Lupica (Putnam)
New this week: 'Cuties,' 'Unpregnant' and fresh 'Jeopardy!'
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
Washington Post journalist named executive editor at Crown
NEW YORK (AP) — A prize-winning journalist at The Washington Post has been named vice president and executive editor at Crown, a prominent division of Penguin Random House where authors include Barack and Michelle …
Lupita Nyong'o says Chadwick Boseman's 'power lives on'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lupita Nyong'o has written a stirring tribute to her late “Black Panther" co-star Chadwick Boseman, calling him a man whose power will ”reverberate for generations."
Review: Elizabeth Cook sings about regrowth on 'Aftermath'
Elizabeth Cook, “Aftermath” (Agent Love/Thirty Tigers)
Grammy-nominated composer William Pursell dies at age 94
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — William “Bill” Pursell, a Grammy-nominated composer who worked as a Nashville studio musician with artists like Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, has died. He was 94.
Kanye West makes presidential ballot in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kanye West will appear as a presidential candidate on Mississippi's ballot in November, after being approved as a qualified candidate by the State Board of Election Commissioners on Tuesday.