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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…
In 'Crip Camp,' a rare spotlight for disability rights
PARK CITY, UTAH (AP) — It wasn't Judith Heumann's first standing ovation, but it might have been her loudest.
Review: Jessie Reyez's great debut reveals an intense star
Jessie Reyez, “Before Love Came to Kill Us" (FMLY/Island Records)
Once booming concert industry goes quiet after coronavirus
NASHVILLE, Tenn (AP) — Inside a warehouse for MooTV, a live video production company in Nashville, Tennessee, the floor-to-ceiling shelves are lined with row after row of video screens, cables and rolling cases tha…
James Taylor and his wife donate $1M to Boston hospital
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…
'Wonder Woman 1984,' 'In The Heights' postponed due to virus
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. on Tuesday delayed the summer release of “Wonder Woman 1984” and removed the adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's “In the Heights” from its schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Best-Selling Books Week Ended March 21st.
IndyCar goes virtual racing as it waits to get back on track
IndyCar isn't sure when it can get its cars on track to officially start the season. For now, the series will follow the lead of other racing leagues and go virtual.
Review: Trans woman and her sister learn acceptance, love
“My Sister: How One Sibling’s Transition Changed Us Both,” Bold Type Books, by Selenis Leyva and Marizol Leyva
If you don't laugh, you cry: Coping with virus through humor
BOSTON (AP) — Neil Diamond posts a fireside rendition of "Sweet Caroline" with its familiar lyrics tweaked to say, "Hands ... washing hands." A news anchor asks when social distancing will end because "my husband k…
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…
Best-Sellers-Books-USAToday
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.