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Fish story
MOSES LAKE — The line between fantasy and reality, and the lines between generations, are woven together in the mu…
Comics keep laughs coming even with clubs closed by COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whenever she’s down, Tiffany Haddish says she finds a good joke can bring her right back up.
Agents in college bribery probe deny bullying core witness
Federal agents didn't entrap the wealthy parents accused of cheating the college admissions process, the man who helped investigators build their case reportedly told the FBI recently, boosting prosecutors' argumen…
Hi-tech scans get under skin of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Researchers using a battery of modern imaging techniques have gotten under the skin of Johannes Vermeer's “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” but tests haven't answered the key question about…
Stephen Sondheim gets starry but tardy 90th birthday concert
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Groban, Nathan Lane and Jake Gyllenhaal honored composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim on Sunday with an online 90th birthday concert that was stuffed with his songs, but delayed by technical d…
Makers gotta make: finding solace, joy in dangerous times
Their reasons may differ, but crafters agree: Makers gotta make. Those who create things by hand — who weld, weave, play in clay or paints — are pursuing their passions the best they can during the coronavirus pand…
Storybooks, radio connect kids isolated in far-flung Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — All it takes is a few words from a storybook to connect kids over the crackle of an AM radio station. It's not 1950s entertainment, but a nostalgic way children in even the most remote Alas…
'The Rise of Skywalker' to hit Disney Plus on May 4
NEW YORK (AP) — “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" will begin streaming on Disney Plus on May 4, about two months earlier than scheduled.
NFL draft averages record 8.4M viewers across 3 days
Seth Markman was just as nervous as NFL coaches and general managers about the unknown factors involved with a virtual draft. But the ESPN executive producer said he was overwhelmed with how everything came togethe…
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1. Walk the Wire by David Baldacci - 9781538761502 - (Grand Central Publishing)
Ryan Murphy's 'Hollywood' miniseries is a woke '40s fantasy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Murphy has a clear-eyed fascination with the 20th-century Hollywood dream machine, so adroit at making stars and breaking the hearts of those who didn’t fit the mold. Among the casualties: A…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 3-9
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 3-9
Parisians defy lockdown by dancing, briefly, in the street
LE PECQ, France (AP) — The itch to dance, to break out of coronavirus lockdown and bust a few moves in the fresh air, out on the street, has proved too strong for some to resist in Paris after weeks of staying home.
Review: ‘If It Bleeds’ gives Stephen King fans 4 new stories
“If It Bleeds,” by Stephen King (Scribner)
Asian celebs work to combat racist attacks amid pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Olivia Cheng was recently volunteering in Vancouver when she says she witnessed a man drive up to an elderly Chinese woman, roll down his window and yell, “This is your fault!” before throwi…
Gumbel's 'Real Sports' returns to air before real sports
NEW YORK (AP) — The HBO television show “Real Sports” is returning from a suspension forced by the coronavirus before the real sports themselves begin again.