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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…
TV med shows donate masks, Cannes delayed amid coronavirus
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…
Cannes Film Festival postponed due to virus, organizers now looking at June or July dates
PARIS (AP) — Cannes Film Festival postponed due to virus, organizers now looking at June or July dates.
Judge hands major win to Katy Perry in 'Dark Horse' dispute
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Los Angeles handed a major victory to Katy Perry on Tuesday, overturning a jury's verdict that found the pop superstar and her collaborators copied her 2013 hit “Dark Horse” fr…
Alex Kotlowitz's `An American Summer' wins Lukas Book Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Kotlowitz's “An American Summer,” an intimate chronicle of gun violence in Chicago, has won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. Kerri K. Greenidge's “Black Radical,” a biography of civil rights ac…
Weinstein moved to state prison day before 68th birthday
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was transferred to a state prison in New York on Wednesday as he begins to serve a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault in his landmark #MeToo case.
Review: 'Darling Rose Gold' an excellent debut by Wrobel
The phenomenon Munchausen syndrome by proxy — in which a parent purposely makes a child ill to gain sympathy and attention — receives a fresh update in Stephanie Wrobel’s excellent debut. The psychological thriller…
Review: Gordon Lightfoot shows pillars of his art on 'Solo'
Gordon Lightfoot, “Solo” (Rhino)
Cinemas close nationwide, Disney postpones 'Black Widow'
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. movie theaters have closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, turning dark nearly all of the country's 40,000-plus screens in an unprecedented shutdown.
White House, media team up for virus public service campaign
LOS ANGELES (AP) — First lady Melania Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci will take part in public service messages aimed at informing Americans about how to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus.
Conan O'Brien to return to air, with an iPhone from home
NEW YORK (AP) — With iPhones and Skype, Conan O'Brien is going back on the air.
Maggie Griffin, impish mother of comedian Kathy, dies at 99
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of comedian Kathy Griffin, who inspired many of the jokes in her famous daughter's standup routines, has died. Maggie Griffin was 99.
Tired of 'Into the Wild' rescues, locals want bus removed
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — They’re tired of the deaths and multiple rescues near a decrepit old bus whose legendary status continues to lure adventurers to one of Alaska’s most unforgiving hinterlands, and now offici…
Virus-shocked Hollywood gets break with streaming services
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sports are on hold, theaters are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has stunned Hollywood. But Americans held captive at home by the coronavirus can turn to Netflix…
Lyle Waggoner, foil on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' dies at 84
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lyle Waggoner, who used his good looks to comic effect on "The Carol Burnett Show," partnered with a superhero on "Wonder Woman" and was the first centerfold for Playgirl magazine, died Tuesday. …
Twilight Time: Long-lost Rod Serling baseball comedy on deck
Years before he journeyed to "The Twilight Zone," Rod Serling made a brief detour to the strike zone.