AP Entertainment Digest for Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 5 years, 9 months AGO
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23
UPDATES with OBIT-STELLA TENNANT, CHEER STAR-CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
FILM-GEORGE CLOONEY — In an interview, George Clooney discusses his new film “The Midnight Sky,” his confidence in the future of the film industry and why he’s less interested in acting than ever before. Q&A format. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 1375 words, photos.
FILM-PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN — One of the boldest films of the year, ‘Promising Young Woman’ takes on rape culture like you’ve never seen before: In candy-colored packaging with some of Hollywood’s most likeable people. Writer-director Emerald Fennell and star Cary Mulligan discuss their audacious new film. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 870 words, photos.
OBIT-STELLA TENNANT — British model Stella Tennant’s family says she has died suddenly at the age of 50. The family said Tennant died Tuesday. Tennant rose to fame in the 1990s while walking the runway for fashion designers including Versace and Alexander McQueen. In the late 90s, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, and she became a muse for Lagerfeld. SENT: 268 words, photos.
FBN-NFL-TV COVERAGE — Even though NFL games may look the same, most of the processes around broadcasting the games have changed during the pandemic. Interviews for pregame features are being done remotely, announcers are socially distanced while being separated by plexiglass, and sideline reporters are in the stands. By AP Sports Writer Joe Reedy. SENT: 1083 words, photos.
CHEER STAR-CHILD PORNOGRAPHY — “Cheer” star Jerry Harris has pleaded not guilty to federal child pornography charges and allegations that he solicited sex from minors and convinced teenage boys to send him obscene images of themselves. The 21-year-old man from Naperville, Illinois, was indicted this month in a seven-count indictment. Harris was a cast member on the Netflix docuseries “Cheer” that follows a cheerleading team from Texas. SENT: 210 words, photo.
AS—JAPAN-NOVELIST YU MIRI — Yu Miri, who won this year’s National Book Award for translated literature, says Tokyo’s Ueno Park, where a homeless man kills himself in her award-winning book, “Tokyo Ueno Station,” looks clean ahead of the Olympics. Still, she says, that does little to raise hope amid the coronavirus pandemic and the delayed recovery of the disaster-hit Fukushima region. By Mari Yamaguchi. SENT: 629 words, photos.
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FILM REVIEW-SOUL. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. Upcoming: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-SYLVIE’S LOVE. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Tuesday: 660 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-NEWS OF THE WORLD. By Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Tuesday: 880 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN. By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. SENT Tuesday: 778 words, film stills.