AP-AP-Entertainment Digest, 1st Ld-Writethru

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UPDATES WITH FILM-DIVERSITY STUDY, OBIT-ALICE MAYHEW, PEOPLE-SHANNEN DOHERTY, BRITAIN-CONCERT ATTACK, SKOREA-K-POP SCANDAL, MILAN FASHION-CHINA, CYPRUS-RETURNED ARTWORK

FILM-DIVERSITY STUDY - Hollywood's awards season may not show it, but the most popular films are increasingly diverse, a new study finds. According to new research released Tuesday by the University of Southern California's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, more of 2019's top movies featured minority or female lead characters than ever recorded before. By AP Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 470 words, photos.

FILM-PEOPLE-SHANNEN DOHERTY - Shannen Doherty is battling a recurrence of breast cancer that has progressed to stage four, telling fans “it's a bitter pill to swallow.” SENT: 250 words, photos.

MIAMI-CUBAN ARTISTS - As President Donald Trump tightens the trade embargo on Cuba, some members of the United States’ largest Cuban-American community are once again taking a hard line on performers from the island who support its communist government or don’t speak out against it. By Gisela Salomon. SENT: 760 words, photo.

OSCARS-THE CAVE - It took an outpouring of support from the film community but “The Cave” filmmaker and Oscar nominee Feras Fayyad was finally able to secure a visa to attend Sunday's ceremony. Fayyad lives in asylum in Denmark where he has continued to make films about his native war-torn country, Syria. His documentary “The Cave” is about a subterranean hospital on the outskirts of Damascus. By AP Film Writer Jake Coyle. UPCOMING: 900 words by 1 p.m, photos.

OSCARS-HONEYLAND - No film has ever been nominated for both best documentary and best foreign language film before, but the history-making “Honeyland” is no ordinary film. It’s about a middle-aged beekeeper in rural Macedonia whose sustainable ways are threatened by a less mindful family that moves in next door. One of the year’s most acclaimed films, “Honeyland” is a documentary of rare intimacy and larger ecological metaphor. By AP Film Writer Jake Coyle. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos.

TV-JANE AUSTEN-DIVERSITY - African American actress Crystal Clarke figured a role in a period costume drama was unlikely. Then came PBS' "Sanditon," a Jane Austen adaptation with the author's only character of color. By AP Television Writer Lynn Elber. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos.

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-WEINSTEIN - A woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her was back on the witness stand Tuesday, a day after she became so upset while being questioned by the movie mogul's lawyers that the judge suspended her cross examination. By Tom Hays and Michael R. Sisak. SENT: 770 words, photos.

OBIT-ALICE MAYHEW - Alice Mayhew, the celebrated and influential editor of political and historical works whose authors ranged from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to Taylor Branch and Doris Kearns Goodwin, died Tuesday at age 87. SENT: 160 words.

NAACP IMAGE AWARDS - Rihanna will receive the President’s Award during the 51st NAACP Image Awards this month. The NAACP announced Tuesday that it had selected the 31-year-old pop star and fashion icon for her “groundbreaking career as an artist and musician, but (someone who) has also distinguished herself as a stellar public servant.” SENT: 165 words, photos.

BRITAIN-CONCERT ATTACK - The younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester has gone on trial for murder. SENT: 290 words.

SKOREA-K-POP SCANDAL - A K-pop star charged with violating South Korea’s anti-prostitution law may have to join the country’s army and face trial in a military court. By Hyung-Jin Kim. SENT: 435 words, photos.

SPAIN-SMUGGLED PICASSO - A Spanish court has raised the sentence against a former bank president found guilty of trying to smuggle a painting by Pablo Picasso out of the country. SENT: 270 words.

CYPRUS-RETURNED ARTWORK - It took more than 45 years, but 219 paintings thought lost or stolen — artwork that includes some of the most significant works produced by Greek Cypriot artists — have gone on display. One work by artist George P. Georghiou has been hailed as one of Cyprus' “most iconic paintings.” By Menelaos Hadjicostis. SENT: 475 words, photos.

ITALY-MILAN FASHION-CHINA - Italian fashion officials on Tuesday forecast a nearly 2% drop in first-half revenues due to the virus emerging from China, which also is preventing three Chinese fashion houses from traveling to Milan Fashion Week later this month. By AP Fashion Writer Colleen Barry. SENT: 425 words, photos.

NIELSENS - Coverage of the top prime-time programs from the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2. By AP Media Writer David Bauder. UPCOMING: 500 words.

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REVIEWS:

FILM REVIEW-BIRDS OF PREY. Reviewed by AP National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. UPCOMING Wednesday: 700 words, film stills.

MUSIC REVIEW-SON LITTLE. Reviewed by Pablo Gorondi. SENT Monday: 335 words, photos.

MUSIC REVIEW-GREEN DAY. Reviewed by AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING Tuesday: 350 words, photo.

MUSIC REVIEW-GRAHAM NORWOOD. Reviewed by Pablo Gorondi. SENT Tuesday: 320 words, photos.

MUSIC REVIEW-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS. Reviewed by AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING: Thursday: 350 words, photo.

BOOK REVIEW-THE BIG GOODBYE BY SAM WASSON. Reviewed by Douglass K. Daniel. SENT Monday: 605 words, photos.

BOOK REVIEW-THE BOMB BY FRED KAPLAN. Reviewed by Jeff Rowe. SENT Monday: 545 words, photo.

BOOK REVIEW-GOLDEN IN DEATH BY J.D. ROBB. Reviewed by Sophia Rosenbaum. SENT Tuesday: 425 words, photos.

BOOK REVIEW-THE GOOD KILLER BY HARRY DOLAN. Reviewed by Oline H. Cogdill. SENT Tuesday: 390 words, photos.

BOOK REVIEW-A COLD TRAIL BY ROBERT DUGONI. Reviewed by Jeff Ayers. SENT Tuesday: 340 words, photo.