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Writer David Hare turns his COVID-19 into a theatre piece
LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated writer David Hare says he's turned his COVID-19 illness into a stage monologue about enduring "this quite extraordinary disease." "Beat the Devil" will open in London as ...
Jul 30, 2020
Glenda Jackson film to launch PBS' 'Masterpiece' anniversary
LOS ANGELES - Acclaimed actor Glenda Jackson will launch the 50th season of PBS' "Masterpiece" drama showcase next year. The film "Elizabeth is Missing," with Jackson as a woman in search of a vanishe...
Jul 30, 2020
Blake Bailey's 880-page Philip Roth bio to arrive in April
NEW YORK - In the Fall 2012, as the willing subject of one of the most anticipated literary biographies in recent memory, Philip Roth joked that he had surrendered power over his own life to author Bl...
Jul 30, 2020
Randy Rainbow memoir to be released in late 2021
NEW YORK - Randy Rainbow's first book is very much about Randy Rainbow. St. Martin's Press announced Wednesday that Rainbow's memoir "Playing With Myself" is scheduled for release late in 2021. The Em...
Jul 29, 2020
Review: 'Red Penguins' is the wild and crazy story of Russian hockey in 1990s
Steven Warshaw walked up to Gabe Polsky and introduced himself. The pair had just attended a 2015 screening of Polsky's documentary, "Red Army," which chronicles the rise of the Soviet Union's famed h...
Jul 29, 2020
Comedian says he'd return to testify in Orleans assault case
NEW ORLEANS - Comedian Andy Dick told a New Orleans news outlet Wednesday that he's willing to return to the city and testify against a man accused of knocking him unconscious last year. Dick spoke to...
Jul 29, 2020
Burns outlines 8 projects; PBS launches documentary service
NEW YORK - What do Ernest Hemingway, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci have in common? All are getting the Ken Burns treatment in the next few years. The PBS documentarian said Tue...
Jul 29, 2020
Pharrell, Beastie Boys, RZA, halftime show score Emmy nods
NEW YORK - Grammy-winners including Pharrell Williams, the Beastie Boys and Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor have a chance of winning their first-ever honours at the Emmy Awards, where Jennifer Lopez and...
Jul 29, 2020
Meghan fights to keep friends anonymous in newspaper lawsuit
LONDON - Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex asked a judge at a London court on Wednesday to keep the names of five of her friends out of the public domain as she wages a privacy-infringement battle aga...
Jul 29, 2020
Stars react to nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards
LOS ANGELES - Stars such as Kerry Washington, Christina Applegate and Rachel Brosnahan have expressed excitement after being nominated for the upcoming 72nd Emmy Awards. Because of the coronavirus pan...
Jul 28, 2020
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Guest host Taylor MacPherson dives into Riders game day under smoky skies, debates over historic statues, youth voting a...