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E-sports finds a foothold in the Basin
COLUMBIA BASIN — Among the activities that students can participate in, e-sports, or organized competitive video g…
This is his quest: An actor serenades the front-line workers
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a stunning sound, emerging amid the clanging and the whooping and the banging and the honking at 7 p.m. each night as New Yorkers cheer front-line workers: the velvety, buttery baritone of Bria…
Best-Sellers-Books-USAToday
1. “Walk the Wire” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
Review: Damien Jurado’s delicate vignettes fill new album
Damien Jurado, “What’s New, Tomboy?” (Mama Bird Recording Co.)
'Goonies' cast, 'Flintstones' rescue TV viewers in pandemic
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Josh Gad had a notion about what might soothe the kid in him during a scary time and maybe do the same for others. The actor got to work organizing an online reunion of the cast and creators of t…
Column: A look at some of the best sports documentaries
Sports and cinema have an uneasy alliance.
Durst seeks mistrial over coronavirus delays in murder case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for real estate heir Robert Durst asked a Los Angeles judge to declare a mistrial Thursday in the murder case against him, arguing that he cannot get a fair trial with the long pause in…
Egypt’s dynasty of big cat trainers takes the show home
CAIRO (AP) — At his Cairo apartment, located just off a busy road along the Nile River, Ashraf el-Helw, a third-generation Egyptian lion trainer, prepares for a show with his big cats.
Q&A: Director Brad Bird on choosing his 'essentials' for TCM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the youngest member of his family, Brad Bird would often get dragged along to films that may have been a little out of his depth for a child, like “2001: A Space Odyssey.” But even if he didn’…
Netflix’s ‘The Half of It’ wins Tribeca Film Festival honor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alice Wu’s “The Half of It,” a teenage spin on Cyrano de Bergerac, has won the top award from the Tribeca Film Festival.
What to gossip about in a quarantine? Virus changes TMZ
NEW YORK (AP) — Just like the rest of us, celebrities are largely confined to their homes to wait out the coronavirus pandemic.
Anderson Cooper is a father; gives infant son a special name
NEW YORK (AP) — Anderson Cooper is a father, a milestone the CNN anchor says for a while he didn't believe would ever happen.
LeBron James to honor Class of 2020 with all-star event
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James is putting together an all-star event to honor and celebrate the high school class of 2020, which has had its graduation season upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
Mari Winsor, Pilates guru and celebrity trainer, dies at 70
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mari Winsor, a celebrity trainer for Hollywood’s elite who became known as a Pilates guru, has died. She was 70.
Gigi Hadid expects first child with Zayn Malik in September
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gigi Hadid is about to strut into motherhood.
Axios says it will return $4.8 million government loan
NEW YORK (AP) — The news organization Axios says it will return the $4.8 loan it received from the federal government as part of the Paycheck Protection Program passed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.