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AP Entertainment Digest

Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 6 years, 6 months AGO
| March 9, 2020 6:30 AM

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MONDAY, MARCH 9

SWEDEN-OBIT-VON SYDOW - Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and later to moviegoers everywhere when he played the priest in the horror classic “The Exorcist,” has died. He was 90. SENT: 855 words, photos. Video planned.

BRITAIN-ROYALS - Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will make their final appearance as senior royals Monday when they appear with Queen Elizabeth II at the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey. By Danica Kirka. SENT: 540 words, photos.

CENSUS-YOUNG CHILDREN - Researchers say no other age group was undercounted more during the last once-a-decade census than children under age 5. “Sesame Street” is using Count von Count to change that. He is joining Elmo, Rosita and her mom, Rosa, in a public service announcement filmed on the set of the long-running television show. By Mike Schneider. SENT: 400 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FLORIDA THEME PARKS - Florida tourism officials say cases of the new coronavirus are having little visible impact on the state's biggest industry so far. George Ague leads a tourism promotion agency for Orlando and says there have only been a handful of inquiries about the virus by people planning trips to central Florida. By Mike Schneider and Tamara Lush. SENT: 1,030 words, photos.

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REVIEWS:

BOOK REVIEW-THE OPERATOR BY GRETCHEN BERG. Reviewed by Molly Sprayregen. UPCOMING Tuesday: 500 words, photos.

BOOK REVIEW-SHAKESPEARE IN A DIVIDED COUNTRY BY JAMES SHAPIRO. Reviewed by Ann Levin. UPCOMING Tuesday: 500 words, photos.

BOOK REVIEW-CINEMA '62 BY STEPHEN FARBER AND MICHAEL MCCLELLAN. Reviewed by Lee Mitgang. UPCOMING Tuesday: 500 words, photos.

BOOK REVIEW-JOURNEY OF THE PHARAOHS BY CLIVE CUSSLER AND GRAHAM BROWN. Reviewed by Jeff Ayers. UPCOMING Tuesday: 500 words, photos.

BOOK REVIEW-THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS BY KATHERINE SCHWARZENEGGER PRATT. Reviewed by Jeff Rowe. UPCOMING Tuesday: 500 words, photos.