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EVENTS: July 2026
COLUMBIA BASIN — July will be bright, hot and filled with fun. Once the Fourth of July hoopla is over, there are s…
Broadway shuts its doors over ongoing coronavirus concerns
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's governor ordered all Broadway theaters to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns, plunging into darkness one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and causi…
Hollywood braces for shutdown, clears release calendar
NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment industry, a business predicated on drawing crowds to theaters, cinemas and concert venues, braced Thursday for a potential shutdown from the coronavirus as upcoming movies were can…
Hollywood braces for shutdown, clearing release calendar
NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment industry, a business predicated on drawing crowds in theaters, cinemas and concert venues, braced Thursday for a potential shutdown from the coronavirus as upcoming movies were can…
Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall cancel performances
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera has canceled performances and rehearsals through March 31 because of the coronavirus.
Global concert industry in flux as coronavirus spreads
NEW YORK (AP) — Multi-platinum rock band Third Eye Blind had never canceled a tour, even when its members “all had salmonella poisoning and we were all green and vomiting,” as bandleader Stephan Jenkins put it.
Fast and Furious film 'F9' pushed back a year due to virus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Universal Pictures is moving back the release of the ninth Fast and Furious film by a year amid the coronavirus outbreak. The studio on Thursday said that “F9” will now open on April 2, 2021. It …
French-American movie director Tonie Marshall dies at 68
PARIS (AP) — French-American filmmaker and actress Tonie Marshall, the only female director to ever win a Cesar award — France's equivalent of the Oscars — has died. She was 68.
Best-Sellers-Books-USAToday
1. “House of Earth and Blood” by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury)
Review: New 'Trolls' soundtrack no little thing. It's huge.
Justin Timberlake and various artists, “Trolls: World Tour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (RCA Records)
Tour, festival cancellations ramp up due to virus outbreak
Tours, awards shows, conventions and festivals are announcing cancellations and postponements daily due to the new coronavirus outbreak, causing a major impact on entertainment events both in the States and elsewhe…
'Quiet Place 2' delayed, as Hollywood braces for shut down
NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment industry, a business predicated on drawing crowds in theaters, cinemas and concert venues, is bracing for possible shutdown in the coming weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, pot…
Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson in Australian hospital with new virus
SYDNEY (AP) — Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson are isolated in stable condition in an Australian hospital Thursday after contracting the new coronavirus, the actor and Australian officials said.
Marilyn, soup cans, wigs feature in Tate's Andy Warhol show
LONDON (AP) — Images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe’s lips are on display in a new Andy Warhol show at London’s
Michael Schur's `How to Be Good' will be published in 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Good Place” creator Michael Schur would like to help you manage your life even as he figures out how to put it into words.
Nashville artists help out on stage and off after tornadoes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Members of the Grammy-winning string band Old Crow Medicine Show put down their fiddles and banjos and picked up chainsaws last week after deadly tornadoes hit middle Tennessee.