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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…
Latvia bans Russian television channel RT
HELSINKI (AP) — The Baltic nation of Latvia has banned the state-controlled Russian television channel RT, saying that it is effectively controlled by a media figure who is under European Union sanctions.
Ex-husband of 'Real Housewives' star is charged in assault
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The ex-husband of a “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member hired a reputed mobster to carry out an assault of the woman's current husband in exchange for a lavish wedding reception, federal…
Critics slam country artists for playing for unmasked crowds
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fellow musicians and fans alike are criticizing country artists who performed at outdoor concerts this weekend where social media pictures showed large, tight crowds without masks, even as C…
Italy honors, remembers virus dead with Donizetti's Requiem
ROME (AP) — Italy bid farewell to its coronavirus dead on Sunday with a haunting Requiem concert performed at the entrance to the cemetery of Bergamo, the hardest-hit province in the onetime epicenter of the outbre…
Using 'face doubles,' new HBO doc captures LGBTQ purge
Anonymous sources in documentaries have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure — or worse, a pixelated blur.
Review: A timely portrait in ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’
Getting into “good trouble” is a guiding principle for John Lewis. It's not only OK, but necessary to enact and inspire meaningful change. And it’s not just rhetoric, either. The 80-year-old congressman has the rec…
Judge temporarily blocks tell-all book by Trump's niece
Distribution of a tell-all book by President Donald Trump’s niece was blocked by a judge Tuesday after the president’s brother said its publication would violate a pact among family members, but a publisher's chief…
Review: Revolutionary 'Hamilton' arrives at an uneasy time
The revolution is finally being televised, thank goodness.
New this week: Willie Nelson, Nick race special, 'Hamilton'
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
An eventful year for Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead
NEW YORK (AP) — Even sheltering in place, Colson Whitehead has had an eventful year.
Sir Patrick Stewart is writing memoir, publisher announces
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearing his 80th birthday, Sir Patrick Stewart is finally ready for the project he once feared taking on — his memoir.
Ex-wife of 'Da Vinci Code' author alleges he led double life
BOSTON (AP) — The ex-wife of “The Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown has filed a lawsuit alleging the man known for writing about conspiracies and secret societies led a double life during their marriage that included…
AMC pushes back movie theater reopening by 2 weeks
AMC Theaters, the nation’s largest chain, is pushing back its plans to begin reopening theaters by two weeks following the closure because of COVID-19. The company said Monday that it would open approximately 450 U…
Reports: Carl Reiner, actor, comic and 'Dick van Dyke Show' creator, dies at 98
NEW YORK (AP) — Reports: Carl Reiner, actor, comic and 'Dick van Dyke Show' creator, dies at 98.
Famed architect Paul Williams' archive goes to Getty, USC
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before there was Frank Gehry there was Paul Revere Williams, who shaped the face of Los Angeles throughout much of the 20th century, a time in which he also became known as perhaps the greatest B…