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BASIN EVENTS: Nov. 13-21
COLUMBIA BASIN — Shh! Hear that? It’s the last quiet time before the holidays begin in earnest. Here are a few way…
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.
MLB airing 30 classic games digitally on PPD opening day
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will air 30 games across its digital platforms Thursday, giving fans plenty of hardball to choose from on an opening day postponed by the coronavirus pandemic.
'The day the music died': Coronavirus tests New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There were the great fires of 1788 and 1794 and the multiple yellow fever outbreaks of the 1800s. Hurricane Betsy hit in 1965, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the memories linger in New Orleans li…
Stars of 'Contagion' reunite for a PSA
NEW YORK (AP) — The stars of the 2011 virus thriller “Contagion” — a prescient film these days — have reunited for a series of public service announcements to warn about COVID-19.
Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81
NEW YORK (AP) — Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" and the musicals "Ragtime" and "K…
Global pandemic postpones this year's glitzy Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — With Broadway shuttered amid the coronavirus pandemic, producers of the annual Tony Awards have postponed this year's celebration of American theater.
Prentice Penny puts a fresh spin on wine films in 'Uncorked'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an early scene in Prentice Penny’s debut feature, “Uncorked,” his main character Elijah is trying to help a customer who doesn’t know much about wine find the right bottle.
Review: Lukas Nelson offers outtakes, alternative versions
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, "Naked Garden" (Fantasy Records)
Taylor Swift surprises some of her fans with money donations
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…
Judge: Tekashi 6ix9ine probably belongs at home, not jail
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge who sentenced the rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine to prison said Wednesday he would have ordered home confinement instead if he had known about the coronavirus in December.
Review: Eef Barzelay leads Clem Snide to serene devastation
Clem Snide, “Forever Just Beyond” (Ramseur/Thirty Tigers)
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Englund ready to see someone up the ante with Freddy Krueger
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Englund, the actor who turned Freddy Krueger into a fearsome household name, say he’s looking forward to someone else taking a stab at reviving the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise.