AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, June 9, 2020
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TUESDAY, June 9, 2020
UPDATES with SPAIN-PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARDS, ISRAEL-PEOPLE-BAR REFAELI, BRITAIN-ROYALS-PRINCE PHILIP, MUSIC-VIENNA PHILHARMONIC, BOOKS-PARKMAN PRIZE and REMOVES AMERICA PROTESTS-MEDIA
FILM-SPIKE LEE — Spike Lee’s latest, “Da 5 Bloods,” is one of the rare films to put front and center the experience of African American veterans. The script originally was written for former white soldiers. Lee rewrote it and added a Trump-supporting character played by Delroy Lindo to make his first Netflix film an examination on the racial dimensions of American patriotism. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. UPCOMING: 950 words, photos.
MUSIC-DALAI LAMA — The Dalai Lama’s first-ever album, featuring teachings and mantras set to music by the Tibetan spiritual leader, will be released July 6. By Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. SENT: 701 words, photos.
MUSIC-VIENNA PHILHARMONIC — The Vienna Philharmonic returned home, and its famous strings purred for the first time since March 10. Attendance was limited to 100 in the 2,854-seat Musikverein, considered by many the world’s most beautiful concert hall. By Ronald Blum. SENT: 554 words.
MUSIC-SALZBURG FESTIVAL — The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music’s few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary celebration with capacities limited to about 50%. By Ronald Blum. SENT: 480 words, photo.
BRITAIN-ROYALS-PRINCE PHILIP — When Britain’s Prince Philip reaches 99 on Wednesday, he will spend it much the same way he’s spent most of his adult life: beside Queen Elizabeth II. The consort plans a quiet lunch at Windsor Castle, where the senior royals have been sheltering because of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Danica Kirka. SENT: 799 words, photos.
PEOPLE-EMILY GIFFIN — Best-selling author Emily Giffin talks about her 10th novel, “The Lies that Bind” and apologizes for criticizing Meghan Markle on social media. By Alicia Rancilio. SENT: 364 words, photos, video.
NIELSENS — Coverage of the top prime-time programs from the week of June 1-7. By Media Writer David Bauder. UPCOMING: 450 words, photo if available.
BOOKS-PARKMAN PRIZE — Charles King’s “Gods of the Upper Air,” a group biography on such groundbreaking anthropologists as Franz Boas, Margaret Mead and Zora Neale Hurston, has received the Francis Parkman Prize for history. The award along with several others were announced by the Society of American Historians. SENT: 182 words.
ISRAEL-PEOPLE-BAR REFAELI — Israeli top model Bar Refaeli has signed a plea bargain agreement with authorities to settle a long-standing tax evasion case against her and her family. The deal will require Refaeli to serve nine months of community service while her mother will be sent to prison for 16 months. By Aron Heller. SENT: 388 words, photo.
SPAIN-PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARDS — A foundation has announced that the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts and the Guadalajara International Book Fair will be sharing this year’s Princess of Asturias Awards of Communication and Humanities. SENT: 162 words.
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REVIEWS
FILM REVIEW-KING OF STATEN ISLAND. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Monday: 700 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-DA 5 BLOODS. By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. Upcoming: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-ARTEMIS FOWL. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. Upcoming: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.
MUSIC REVIEW-GONE WEST. Reviewed by AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Tuesday: 406 words, album cover.
BOOK REVIEW-THIN GIRLS BY DIANA CLARK. Reviewed by Molly Sprayregen. SENT Monday: 224 words, cover image.
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