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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…
Teen receives scholarship honoring 'The Hate U Give' author
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi teenager with a talent for writing is receiving a full-ride college scholarship named for the author of “The Hate U Give.”
Sotheby’s offers benefit auction with Sting, Hillary Clinton
NEW YORK (AP) — Win an acting lesson from Patrick Stewart. Record a song with Sting. Hang out with rockers The Strokes. Have a virtual coffee with Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Review: A six-decade romance story in ‘A Secret Love’
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'Trolls' went straight to homes. Movie theaters are fuming.
NEW YORK (AP) — The most controversial movie of the year is ... “Trolls World Tour”?
Coast Guard, Ripley Entertainment criticized in boat crash
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A duck boat sinking on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people two summers ago likely would not have happened if the U.S. Coast Guard had followed recommendations to improve the safety of such tou…
Film festivals team up to offer free global fest on YouTube
NEW YORK (AP) — Film festivals worldwide are teaming up to launch “We Are One: A Global Film Festival,” which will play out over 10 days and be available for free on YouTube.
No ‘Black Widow’ or ‘F9’ leaves a muted summer movie season
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The six-year fan campaign for a standalone Black Widow movie was paying off: at long last, a film would put Scarlett Johansson’s popular Avenger front and center. And, like many of Marvel’s bigge…
Reality TV star Ashley 'Minnie' Ross dies in Georgia wreck
ATLANTA (AP) — Ashley Ross of the reality TV show “Little Women: Atlanta” has died in a head-on crash on a Georgia road, police and her representative confirmed Tuesday.
Review: Horror flick 'The Wretched' wastes some good ideas
You can thank “The Wretched” if you suddenly want to add another item to stock up with during this pandemic: salt. That's one of the only things that apparently keeps witches at bay. Pro tip: buy it in big bags.
Top actor and Bollywood scion Rishi Kapoor dies of leukemia
NEW DELHI (AP) — Top Indian actor Rishi Kapoor, a scion of Bollywood’s most famous Kapoor family, has died. He was 67 and had leukemia.
John Bolton book again delayed, this time to June 23
NEW YORK (AP) — John Bolton's book has again been delayed, according to listings on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, both of which say “What Happened In the Room” has been pushed back from May 12 to June 23. The new …
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.
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.
Harrison Ford piloting plane that wrongly crosses runway
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Ford was piloting a plane that wrongly crossed a runway where another plane was landing, and federal authorities are investigating, officials and a representative for the actor sai…