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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…
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.
AP PHOTOS: Traveling circus stays put in virus-hit Italy
ROME (AP) — They say the show must go on, but the Rony Roller circus isn’t going anywhere right now.
Concert special, Jordan doc entice homebound TV viewers
NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Gaga, Michael Jordan and the remote Rolling Stones provided television entertainment over the weekend for millions of Americans homebound because of the coronavirus.
Texas venue that launched Janis Joplin's career set to close
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A live-music venue in Texas where college student Janis Joplin launched her singing career will not be reopening after the coronavirus pandemic lifts.
Lester Holt starts show for children about the coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — In the NBC “Nightly News” inaugural kids edition, Sadie of Morristown, New Jersey, posed the question that everyone wishes had an answer.
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.
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…
Warner Bros. delays many releases including 'The Batman'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Warner Bros. is delaying a batch of theatrical releases including “The Batman” and “The Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark.”
Pandemic and chill: Netflix adds a cool 16M subscribers
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Netflix picked up nearly 16 million global subscribers during the first three months of the year, helping cement its status as one of the world's most essential services in times of isolatio…
Fans invited to compete for 'Friends' reunion special spot
NEW YORK (AP) — The big upcoming “Friends” reunion special is inviting a few extra friends — maybe even you.
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)
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.
Apple Books Top 10
Apple Books US Bestseller List - 04/19/20 - Paid Books
A teeming, violent pre-pandemic world in 'Extraction'
NEW YORK (AP) — The big-budget action thriller “Extraction” belongs, in many ways, to another world.