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Tribute, cover bands finish out Moses Lake’s summer concert series
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Summer Concert Series, sponsored by the Moses Lake Creative District, has come into it…
AFI offers free 'Do The Right Thing' and talk with Spike Lee
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The American Film Institute announced Monday that it is offering free rentals of “Do The Right Thing” all week and will host a discussion of the 1989 film about racism, protests, police brutality…
International Balloon Fiesta grounded over virus concerns
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — There will be no hot air balloons lifting off this fall as part of an international event that draws hundreds of thousands of spectators and ballooning teams from around the world to the he…
Some New York news shows back, but many hosts work remotely
NEW YORK (AP) — The couch is still in storage, but the morning team on “Fox & Friends” returned for the first time Monday to the midtown Manhattan studio vacated in March because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Fans turn up heat for ABC's canceled 'Baker and the Beauty'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With cries for equality and justice ringing in the streets, a petition drive to rescue a canceled television series may seem inconsequential.
Plants fill seats at Barcelona opera house concert
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house reopened Monday and performed its first concert since the coronavirus lockdown — to an audience that didn’t have to worry about social distancin…
'American Idol' 2019 winner Laine Hardy diagnosed with virus
LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) — Laine Hardy, the 2019 winner of “American Idol,” says he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 but his symptoms are mild and he is recovering under home quarantine.
New this week: 'Clemency,' BET Awards, HAIM, 'Doctor Sleep'
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
Pussy Riot member sentenced to 15 days in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Pytor Verzilov, a Russian political activist and member of the Pussy Riot protest group, has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for swearing in public.
Joel Schumacher, director of ‘Lost Boys,’ ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ and 2 ‘Batman’ films, dies at 80.
NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Schumacher, director of ‘Lost Boys,’ ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ and 2 ‘Batman’ films, dies at 80.
Joel Schumacher, director of 'St. Elmo's Fire,' dies at 80
NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Schumacher, the eclectic and brazen filmmaker who dressed New York department store windows before shepherding the Brat Pack to the big screen in “St. Elmo's Fire” and steering the Batman franc…
Review: Jessie Ware is the pleasure principal on new album
Jessie Ware, “What’s Your Pleasure?" (PMR/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope)
Golden Globes set Feb. 28 for pandemic-delayed ceremony
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Golden Globes is refusing to let the pandemic get in the way of its party.
'Jaws,' 'Black Panther' and more coming back to the drive-in
“Jaws,” “Black Panther” and “Back to the Future” are just a few of the modern popcorn classics coming to the drive-in this summer.
Viggo Mortensen's career to be honored by Spanish festival
MADRID (AP) — The career of Viggo Mortensen, Aragorn in the popular trilogy “Lord of the Rings” and a protagonist in the Academy Award-winning “Green Book,” will be honored at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festiva…
Brad Paisley on drive-in concerts: 'It's a return to life'
NEW YORK (AP) — For country star Brad Paisley, who has spent the last two decades performing live concerts for feverish fans, the thought of touring being taken away never crossed his mind.