AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, May 19
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TUESDAY, May 19
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONCERTS — As states start to let businesses reopen under limitations, music industry organizers are testing out new models of smaller, socially distant concerts. By Entertainment Writer Kristin M. Hall. UPCOMING by 3 p.m. 700 words, photos.
FILM-KUMAIL NANJIANI — Kumail Nanjiani has a name for the COV19-era. He calls it “The Weirds.” With his wife, Emily V. Gordon, he has been documenting his lockdown experience – the mood swings and anxieties -- in a podcast called “Staying In,” for charity. He’s also releasing a movie, the Netflix comedy “Lovebirds,” with Issa Rae – the latest lead role for Nanjiani, who since his breakthrough in “The Big Sick,” is finding his way as a movie star. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. UPCOMING by 3 p.m. 900 words, photos.
MUSIC-THE-DREAM — The-Dream has won Grammys for his songwriting skills, but the performer doesn’t plan to break down the formula for his latest hit, the Megan Thee Stallion “Savage” remix co-starring Beyoncé. By Gary Gerard Hamilton. UPCOMING Tuesday: 500 words, photos by 2 p.m.
WEBBY AWARDS — LeBron James, Jimmy Fallon, Spotify and HBO are among the 2020 Webby Award winners for internet excellence. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced the winners Tuesday. SENT. 250 words, photos.
POLAND-CENSORED SONG — A song took aim at an alleged abuse of power by Poland’s ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. It rose to the top of the chart of a public radio station. Then it disappeared. By Vanessa Gera. SENT. 497 words.
FRANCE-PICASSO RAFFLE — Someone, somewhere is about to become the lucky winner of a painting by Pablo Picasso. After an eight-week delay caused by France’s COVID-19 lockdown, the Christie’s auction house in Paris is hosting a raffle draw Wednesday for “Nature Morte,” an oil on canvas that Picasso painted in 1921. By John Leicester. SENT. 481 words, photo.
NIELSENS — Coverage of the top prime-time programs from the week of May 11-17. By AP Media Writer David Bauder. UPCOMING: 450 words, photo if available.
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REVIEWS
FILM REVIEW-LOVEBIRDS. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. Upcoming: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-TRIP TO GREECE. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. Upcoming: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-PAINTER AND THE THIEF. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. Upcoming: 700 words by 6 p.m. Wednesday, film stills.
MUSIC REVIEW-THE 1975. Reviewed by AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT Monday: 457 words, photo
MUSIC REVIEW-INDIGO GIRLS. By Pablo Gorondi. UPCOMING: Wednesday, photo.
BOOK REVIEW-THINGS YOU WOULD KNOW BY NANCY WAYSON DINAN. Reviewed by Rob Merrill. SENT Monday: 516 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-SUNNY DAYS BY DAVID CAMP. Reviewed by Molly Sprayregen. UPCOMING Tuesday. 520 words, photo.