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Senior Picnic celebrates America’s 250th birthday with hot dogs, music and fun
MOSES LAKE — The 12th annual Moses Lake Senior Picnic June 10 was a star-spangled success, organizers said. “It…
Though scuttled, SXSW still goes ahead with film awards
NEW YORK (AP) — South by Southwest, the sprawling Austin, Texas, conference and festival, was one of the first major gatherings canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. But its organizers, eager to lend a hand to the …
Representative: Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights, has died of complications from coronavirus at 81
NEW YORK (AP) — Representative: Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights, has died of complications from coronavirus at 81.
Political historian-commentator Richard Reeves dies at 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Reeves, an author and syndicated columnist who wrote about politics for more than 50 years and published books on Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy and other American presidents, has died at ag…
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1. “The Boy from the Woods” by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing)
2 more publishers withdraw from BookExpo convention
NEW YORK (AP) — Three of the top five publishers in the U.S. will not be attending BookExpo, the industry's national convention. Organizers already had pushed back the event from May to July in the hopes of easing …
Will Smith says he’s humbled by rapper’s tribute music video
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith says he was “humbled and honored” after rapper Joyner Lucas released a tribute song honoring his career work.
Michigan regents fire opera singer accused of sexual assault
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan's Board of Regents on Thursday fired a music professor and noted opera singer who, along with his husband, is accused of sexually assaulting a fellow singer in Hou…
TCM is bringing its classic film festival to your home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The folks at Turner Classic Movies had just decided they’d have to
Chef Floyd Cardoz dies at 59 of coronavirus complications
NEW YORK (AP) — Chef Floyd Cardoz, who competed on “Top Chef,” won “Top Chef Masters” and operated successful restaurants in both India and New York, died Wednesday of complications from the coronavirus, his compan…
None of the 'Big Five' publishers will attend BookExpo
NEW YORK (AP) — All of the so-called “Big Five” publishers have dropped out of BookExpo, the industry's annual national convention. Hachette Book Group and Macmillan became the fourth and fifth to announce they wou…
MMA, esports, The Apprentice _ Chatri's options in pandemic
He survived the Asian financial crisis, which wiped out entire economies and tore his family apart.
Elton John to host TV, radio concert as coronavirus antidote
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elton John is hosting a “living room” concert aimed at bolstering American spirits during the coronavirus crisis and saluting those countering it, iHeartMedia and Fox said Wednesday.
Rosario Dawson relishes being the lead on new TV drama
NEW YORK (AP) — Rosario Dawson has graced both the big and small screens, in everything from dramas to comedies to Marvel superhero projects, yet she’s rarely been cast as the lead in a project.
Review: Rollins' Sigma Force returns in `The Last Odyssey'
``The Last Odyssey,'' Morrow, by James Rollins
TV viewership climbing with people stuck at home by virus
NEW YORK (AP) — A fixture on television, actress Julie Bowen of “Modern Family” is doing the same thing as millions of other people during the widespread coronavirus shutdown.