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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…
CBS News shutters office after two employees get coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News shut down its New York City headquarters for cleaning and disinfecting on Wednesday after two of its employees tested positive for coronavirus.
Who Canceled: A look at the concerts, films, events on hold
And soon there will be none (for a while).
Coronavirus brings entertainment world to a standstill
NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, canceling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and scuttling concer…
Alex Jones accused of selling phony coronavirus cures
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general is demanding that conspiracy monger Alex Jones stop hawking phony coronavirus treatments.
Review: Rachelle Garniez stylishly remembers Bowie, Aretha
Rachelle Garniez, “Gone to Glory" (StorySound Records)
NYC keeping schools open, defying coronavirus trend
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest public school system is staying open during the coronavirus crisis, New York City's mayor said Friday, defying mounting pressure to close as he raised concerns about the uninten…
Review: How `Unexpected Spy' author went from college to CIA
“The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious Terrorists,” St. Martin’s Press, by Tracy Walder with Jessica Anya Blau
Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be "totally confused" by the #MeToo moveme…
Virus prompts late shows to drop audiences, ‘Survivor’ delay
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ripple effect of the new coronavirus on the entertainment industry reached late-night and daytime television, a TV fan festival and far beyond to the series “Survivor” in Fiji.
Disney sends 'Frozen 2' to streaming for housebound families
NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. will release “Frozen 2” on Disney Plus several months early to give families cooped up by the coronavirus a welcome distraction — and give its streaming service a boost.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
NYC keeping schools open, defying coronavirus trend
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest public school system is staying open during the coronavirus crisis, New York City's mayor said Friday, defying mounting pressure to close as he raised concerns about the uninten…
Big city bucking trend: NYC schools to stay open amid virus
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest public school system will remain open during the coronavirus crisis, New York City's mayor announced Friday, saying his concerns about the unintended consequences of leaving mor…
Author Roth weighed in on 'Plot Against America' TV series
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Simon, the creative force behind stellar TV including “The Wire," “Show Me a Hero” and “Treme,” found himself in unfamiliar territory with his latest series, HBO’s “The Plot Against America…
Movie theaters, for now, stay open nationwide
NEW YORK (AP) — Movie theaters have long acted as a refuge in times of war and recession. Their screens have flickered virtually unabated for the last century. But the coronavirus presents a rare case and an acute …