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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…
Member of Turkish band dies on 288th day of hunger strike
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A member of a popular folk music group that is banned in Turkey died on the 288th day of a hunger strike she and a colleague started while imprisoned to protest the government's treatment of t…
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New phone-only Quibi aims for bite of digital entertainment
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Want to see Chance the Rapper prank Hollywood stars? Catch a new action thriller starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz? How about a six-minute edition of “60 Minutes”? There’s an app for th…
Tribeca Film Festival to proceed, in part, online
NEW YORK (AP) — The Tribeca Film Festival, postponed by the pandemic, is moving some elements of its annual New York event online.
Brooke Baldwin becomes 2nd CNN on-air person diagnosed
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin has tested positive for the coronavirus, the second on-air personality at the news network to come down with the disease.
New online store offers help to shuttered indie booksellers
Andy Hunter, founder of a new online sales outlet for independent booksellers, had seen a crisis building well before the coronavirus pandemic shut down many of the country's stores.
James Patterson sets up fund to help indie booksellers
NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson has a history of helping independent bookstores.
HBO documentary sheds new light on 'Atlanta Child Murders'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Terrell believes an imprisoned man currently serving two life sentences may not have been the person who murdered his brother as part of a killing spree that rocked Atlanta four decades a…
Taylor Swift donation will help Nashville record store
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift is helping out a Nashville record store closed by the
Spanish singer-songwriter Luis Eduardo Aute dies at age 76
MADRID (AP) — Spanish singer-songwriter Luis Eduardo Aute, whose politically charged songs became popular during Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy, died Saturday at the age of 76, a performing arts …
Andrew Lloyd Webber shares musicals online; actor diagnosed
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here’s a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most people recover…
'Lost Children' author: Writers must 'document' pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — Cooped up at her Bronx home with her daughter and a niece because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli says she has lowered the “volume and speed” of her life. She is arrangi…
Singer Pink says she had COVID-19, gives $1M to relief funds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The singer Pink had tested positive for COVID-19, she said Friday, also announcing that she is donating $500,000 each to two emergency funds.
Marvel remakes release calendar; 'Mulan' moves to late July
NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. on Friday overhauled its release schedule by moving the dates of half a dozen Marvel movies, announcing a new one for the live-action adaption of “Mulan” and pushing one movie, “…
To share or not to share, that is the question for Sam Hunt
NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Hunt’s sophomore album opens and closes with two of the most personal songs he’s ever written, as he draws from his own life to paint candid portraits for listeners.