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BASIN EVENTS: Dec. 19-27
COLUMBIA BASIN — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and a lot of people will be spending time at home wi…
Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto dies at 76
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde and colorful work that included flamboyant costumes of the late rock icon David Bowie, has died of leukemia, his company said Monday…
Queen Elizabeth II joins virtual unveiling of portrait
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has joined in the virtual unveiling of a new portrait commissioned by Britain’s Foreign Office to honor her services to diplomacy.
Egyptian women get 2 years in prison for TikTok dance videos
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced several young women to two years in prison Monday for posting “indecent” dance videos on TikTok in a fraught case that critics describe as a further crackdown on self-expres…
Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104
PARIS (AP) — Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” but also a two-time Oscar winner and an off-screen fighter who challenged and unchai…
Olivia de Havilland embodied old Hollywood, and shook it up
NEW YORK (AP) — She was one of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars and determined off-screen fighters. No one was better suited than Olivia de Havilland to play the sainted Melanie Wilkes in “Gone With the Wind” or mo…
Actress Spencer Grammer slashed outside Manhattan restaurant
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Spencer Grammer says she was trying to calm an agitated man when he slashed her in the arm and stabbed her friend in the back Friday outside a New York City restaurant.
Sinclair says it won't air Fauci conspiracy theory segment
NEW YORK (AP) — The Sinclair Broadcast Group says it will not air a segment on its “America This Week” program in which a conspiracy theorist speculates about Dr. Anthony Fauci and the coronavirus.
Rift between royal brothers laid bare in new book extract
LONDON (AP) — Prince William infuriated Prince Harry when he told his younger brother he should move slowly in his relationship with the former Meghan Markle, fearing that he was being “blindsided by lust,’’ a new …
New this week: Beyoncé, Alanis Morissette and Emmy noms
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
Sophie Turner, Joe Jonas greet first child
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas have had their first child.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 2-8
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 2-8.
Actor John Saxon dies; 'Enter the Dragon' among many roles
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Actor John Saxon, a versatile actor with a lengthy and prolific career who starred with Bruce Lee in “Enter the Dragon” and appeared in several “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies, has died …
Hilary Mantel, Anne Tyler among Booker Prize contenders
LONDON (AP) — Best-selling British novelist Hilary Mantel and American author Anne Tyler are among 13 writers on a U.S.-dominated list of contenders for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction.
Police investigate anti-Semitic tweets by grime artist Wiley
LONDON (AP) — London's police are investigating after a stream of anti-Semitic comments were posted on British grime artist Wiley’s social media accounts.
Twitter faces backlash over handling of anti-Semitic posts
LONDON (AP) — Some Twitter users are staging a 48-hour boycott of the platform over its handling of a stream of anti-Semitic comments that were posted on British rapper Wiley’s social media accounts.