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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…
Review: The Psychedelic Furs’ newest an excellent comeback
The Psychedelic Furs, “Made of Rain” (Cooking Vinyl)
For TV heads and viewers, conventions are largely a mystery
NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks before political conventions, television networks would typically be confirming hotel reservations, booking experts and pounding the last nails in temporary studios for their top anchors.
Garth Brooks doesn't want to win CMA entertainer award again
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country superstar Garth Brooks says he is pulling himself out of nominations for the Country Music Association's entertainer of the year award, saying it's time for someone else to win the t…
Plush toys, jewelry, dance lessons — Broadway's side hustles
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway seamstress Amy Micallef hasn't put her talent on hold while theaters are shut. She's been making plush toys — unusual plush toys.
New collaboration has Burt Bacharach still working at 92
Burt Bacharach has been working on an ending.
Report: Oligarchs skirt US sanctions through shady art sales
NEW YORK (AP) — Russian oligarchs have skirted U.S. sanctions through murky high-end art deals, according to a congressional report released Wednesday that urged lawmakers to rein in an unregulated industry favored…
Researcher pinpoints location of Van Gogh's last painting
AUVERS-SUR-OISE, France (AP) — The exact location where Dutch master Vincent van Gogh painted his last work has been pinpointed after being hidden in plain view for years among a tangle of roots next to a rural lan…
Meghan fights to keep friends anonymous in newspaper lawsuit
LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex asked a judge at a London court on Wednesday to keep the names of five of her friends out of the public domain as she wages a privacy-infringement battle against a Br…
UK judge holds hearing in Meghan's lawsuit against newspaper
LONDON (AP) — A judge in London is hearing the latest stage on Wednesday of the Duchess of Sussex’s privacy-infringement lawsuit against a British newspaper, as Meghan tries to keep the names of five of her friends…
Report: Attendance flat at Disney parks, grows at Universal
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attendance at Disney theme parks was flat last year as it limited the number of people allowed in to improve the experience and faced tourism disruptions in Hong Kong, while visits jumped at Un…
'Tenet' to open internationally first, in US a week later
NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest plan for Hollywood’s hopeful return to moviegoing during the pandemic, Warner Bros. will release Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” in an unprecedented fashion, opening it internationally fir…
Octavia Spencer: Cast more actors with disabilities
BOSTON (AP) —
Stars react to nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stars such as Kerry Washington, Christina Applegate and Rachel Brosnahan have expressed excitement after being nominated for the upcoming 72nd Emmy Awards. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, th…
Protesters destroy colonial statues on French Caribbean isle
PARIS (AP) — Cheering protesters tugging on ropes tore down a statue of Napoleon's wife on the Caribbean island of Martinique and another from the French territory's colonial history, adding to a growing list of mo…
Israeli artist takes aim at Netanyahu with life-size statue
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Residents of Tel Aviv woke up Wednesday to a jarring sight: a pop-up exhibit of a life-sized statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoying a lavish meal by himself at a sprawl…