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STUDIO BASIN: A round-up of MLSD contract, strike coverage
MOSES LAKE — On this episode of the STUDIO BASIN Podcast, Reporter Nance Beston and Editor R. Hans Miller discusse…
Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. …
'Watchmen' director is among women making an Emmy splash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An awkward youth is coaxed into a carnival’s house of mirrors for what looks to be an innocent flirtation, but the “Watchmen” scene quickly turns emotionally grueling and, ultimately, destructive.
Biden campaign 'flooding the zone' with celebrity backers
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Poised over the piano, Carole King was set to play “I Feel the Earth Move” during a recent virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden when the Democratic presidential nominee himself beat her to it.
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Bragging rights to Biden over Trump in television ratings
NEW YORK (AP) — In the competition for attention at their makeshift conventions, Democrat Joe Biden can claim bragging rights over President Donald Trump.
Review: A madcap journey in crude but sweet ‘Get Duked!’
“The Most Dangerous Game” meets modern U.K. delinquent culture in the raucous indie black comedy “
Mozart meets COVID-19: Finnish opera adapts classic piece
HELSINKI (AP) — After being forced to cancel all its spring season performances due to the coronavirus outbreak, Finland's National Opera is opening this fall with an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart featuring a to…
Artsy Edinburgh, laid low by the virus, hopes for recovery
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Francesca Moody is spending August the way she always does: in darkened rooms in Edinburgh, watching some of the best new theater and comedy the world has to offer.
Rivera, Estefan, Miranda to star in digital benefit show
NEW YORK (AP) — Chita Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thalía will headline a benefit digital concert in October to celebrate Latino culture and achievement in theater.
Conventions highlight aggressive fact-check efforts
NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Maddow ended her fact-check mission with a lightning round after President Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech — 12 corrections in about a minute. Or, rather, 11 corrections and a pre…
Smile!: Katy Perry gives birth to a baby girl named Daisy
Katy Perry has given birth to a baby girl named Daisy Dove Bloom.
Review: Distinctive, 'punchy' set from Canadian Colter Wall
Colter Wall, “Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs” (La Honda Records)
Review: In 'Tenet,' a time-bending thriller for bended times
I went in fresh to “Tenet.” I didn’t have any real sense of the plot, yes, but it's more that it had been some five months since I was last in a movie theater. That’s a long hiatus — a dark ages for sitting in the …
Kanye West qualifies for Tennessee presidential ballot
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rapper and producer Kanye West will be on Tennessee's presidential ballot in November, the state election’s office confirmed.
London carnival show goes on _ with more import than ever
LONDON (AP) — Organizers of Europe’s biggest street fair, which traces its roots to the emancipation of Black slaves and race riots in London during the late 1950s, say the event is more important than ever amid th…