AP Entertainment Digest for Thursday, July 16, 2020

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THURSDAY, July 16

UPDATES with BOOKS-MARY TRUMP, MEDIA-FOX-FAULKNER, MEDIA-USA TODAY-NAVARRO, FILM-GLAAD STUDY, MUSIC-DR. LUKE, MUSIC REVIEW-CHRISTIAN SANDS

MUSIC-DR. LUKE — Controversial music producer Dr. Luke was once pop music’s top hitmaker, crafting hits for virtually every female pop star, from Katy Perry to Kelly Clarkson to Britney Spears. He’s returned to the charts in 2020, working on songs for rising and established rap stars, including Lil Wayne, Juice WRLD and Saweetie. By Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. SENT: 529 words, photos.

MEDIA-FOX-FAULKNER — As a Black journalist at Fox News Channel, Harris Faulkner is used to people who make presumptions about her. She uses it as a motivating force. She’s one of the few Black hosts with a prominent role at Fox, and in all of cable news, and is hosting a weekend special about the nation’s racial reckoning. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 1135 words, photos. WITH MEDIA-FOX-FAULKNER-ABRIDGED: 839 words.

MEDIA-USA TODAY-NAVARRO — The newspaper USA Today says that presidential aide Peter Navarro’s column about Dr. Anthony Fauci that it solicited and published did not meet its fact-checking standards. Navarro’s column, saying that the nation’s top infectious disease expert had been wrong about several key pandemic response policies, ran in Wednesday’s newspaper and online a night earlier. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 348 words, photo.

PEOPLE-LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA — You’ve probably seen the highly scripted side of Lin-Manuel Miranda. Now see the unscripted one. The playwright, actor and songwriter this month follows up the streaming live capture of his triumphant Broadway musical “Hamilton” with a documentary on Hulu showing his impressive hip-hop improv skills in “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme.” By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT: 793 words, photo.

PEOPLE-MICHELLE OBAMA — Former first lady Michelle Obama will host “The Michelle Obama Podcast” a podcast. It will exclusively debut on Spotify on July 29. By AP Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum Jr. SENT: 260 words, photo.

BRITAIN-JOHNNY DEPP — Johnny Depp’s security chief alleged that Amber Heard physically abused Depp during the couple’s tempestuous marriage, giving testimony to support Depp’s libel suit against a British tabloid that accused him of assaulting his former spouse. By Jill Lawless. SENT: 685 words, photos.

FILM-GLAAD STUDY — A new study by GLAAD says 2019 saw record representation of LGBTQ characters in the 118 films released by major studios. But for the third straight year, the racial diversity of LGBTQ characters has waned and transgender characters again went unseen. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 409 words.

BOOKS-MARY TRUMP — Mary L. Trump’s scathing memoir about her uncle, President Donald Trump, is nearly a million seller on preorders alone. SENT: 120 words, photo.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-SHAKESPEARE TO YOU — Some of the actors with the Vermont Shakespeare Festival are keeping the bard in peoples’ minds this summer by doing free, short performances of some of Shakespeare’s most memorable works. So far the actors participating in the Shakespeare to You have done about 30 performance, most outside peoples’ homes, but they will also do it by zoom or even by telephone. By Wilson Ring. SENT: 570 words, photos.

BOOKS-DARRIN BELL — Darrin Bell, the Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist acclaimed for his sharp takes on race, gender and President Donald Trump, has a two-book deal. Henry Holt & Company announced Thursday that Bell will publish two graphic memoirs that explore racism and his background as a descendant of slaves. SENT: 195 words.

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REVIEWS

FILM REVIEW-DIRT MUSIC. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Tuesday: 686 words, film stills.

FILM-REVIEW-THE PAINTED BIRD. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT Wednesday: 730 words, film stills.

FILM REVIEW-FATAL AFFAIR. By Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Wednesday: 734 words, film stills.

MUSIC REVIEW-THE CHICKS. By Cristina Jaleru. SENT Tuesday: 318 words, album cover image.

MUSIC REVIEW-THE PRETENDERS. By Wayne Parry. UPCOMING Thursday; 300 words, album cover image.

MUSIC REVIEW-U.D.O. By Wayne Parry. SENT Thursday: 193 words, album cover image.

MUSIC REVIEW-S.G GOODMAN. By Scott Stroud. UPCOMING Thursday: 300 words, album cover image.

MUSIC REVIEW-BTS. By Cristina Jaleru. UPCOMING Friday: 300 words, album cover image.

MUSIC REVIEW-CHRISTIAN SANDS. By Steven Wine. SENT Thursday: 198 words, album cover image.