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BASIN EVENTS: July 3-11
COLUMBIA BASIN – This weekend will be loaded with Fourth of July observances in most of our communities, and then …
Shirley Knight, Oscar-nominated actress, has died at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shirley Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in movies, TV and the stage, has died. She was 83.
New show 'Defending Jacob' is a homecoming for Chris Evans
NEW YORK (AP) —
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'Parks and Recreation' cast reunites for fundraising special
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The original cast members of “Parks and Recreation” are getting back to work for a coronavirus-related fundraising special.
A24 to auction movie paraphernalia to benefit NYC charities
LOS ANGELES (AP) — How does an indie film shop give back to its hometown in this crisis? If you’re A24, you start by mining your prop, wardrobe and set departments.
Harold Reid, Statler Brothers bass singer, dies at 80
STAUNTON, Va. (AP) — Harold Reid, who sang bass for the Grammy-winning country group the Statler Brothers, has died after a long battle with kidney failure. He was 80.
Literary scholar Cheryl A. Wall dies at age 71
NEW YORK (AP) — Cheryl A. Wall, a longtime Rutgers University professor and prominent scholar of African American women writers who edited two Library of America volumes of Zora Neale Hurston's work, has died at ag…
News outlets, long resistant to government help, take loans
NEW YORK (AP) — The idea of taking government money was once anathema to news organizations that guarded their independence, but attitudes change when survival is at stake.
Review: 'Book of Longings' has an ambitious, lasting power
“The Book of Longings,” by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking)
Wainwright brings his 'Robe Recitals' to fans on lockdown
Despite canceled tour dates and a delayed album release, Rufus Wainwright is still working hard in lockdown.
Stuntmen are increasingly Hollywood's go-to action directors
Some of today's top action directors were first doubles for Brad Pitt, Neo and Wolverine.
A teeming, violent pre-pandemic world in 'Extraction'
NEW YORK (AP) — The big-budget action thriller “Extraction” belongs, in many ways, to another world.
Betsy Wyeth, widow and muse of Andrew Wyeth, dies at 98
CHADDS FORD, Pa. (AP) — Betsy James Wyeth, the widow, business manager and muse of painter Andrew Wyeth, died Tuesday at age 98, according to the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, which s…
Kids' Choice Awards bringing stars, slime from isolation
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Kids' Choice Awards will be bringing the slime home.
Review: Hemsworth finds a worthy action pic in 'Extraction'
Tyler Rake sounds like a Mad-Libs action hero name. When you add to the mix that this character actually, literally kills someone with a rake, it starts to veer into parody territory. That’s why it’s somewhat surpr…