AP Entertainment Digest for Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5
UPDATES with PEOPLE-JAKE PAUL, TV-COASTAL ELITES, OBIT-SHIRLEY ANN GRAU, AAFCA-TV-HONORS, TV-SELENA-GOMEZ, OBIT-PETE HAMILL and BOOK REVIEW-A SAINT FROM TEXAS BY EDMUND WHITE
PEOPLE-JAKE PAUL — FBI agents including a SWAT team served a search warrant at the home of YouTube star Jake Paul on Wednesday. AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton. SENT: 380 words, photo.
TV-COASTAL ELITES — For Bette Midler and Sarah Paulson, making HBO’s “Coastal Elites” in pandemic-forced isolation proved an unsettling challenge. AP Television Writer Lynn Elber. SENT: 400 words, photos.
FILM-MADE IN ITALY — Liam Neeson and son Micheál Richardson play a father and son grieving over the loss of a wife/mother in the new film “Made In Italy,” which is similar to the real life tragedy of losing Natasha Richardson over a decade ago. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 800 words, photos, video.
AAFCA-TV-HONORS — Viola Davis, Sterling K. Brown and LeBron James are among several honorees at the AAFCA TV Honors later this month. SENT: 220 words.
TV-SELENA-GOMEZ — Selena Gomez is taking the heat in the kitchen. The singer-actress slices and dices in “Selena + Chef,” debuting Aug. 13 on the new HBO Max streaming service. By Beth Harris. SENT: 415 words, photo.
OBIT-PETE HAMILL — Pete Hamill, the self-taught, street-wise newspaper columnist whose love affair with New York inspired a colorful and uniquely influential journalistic career and produced several books of fiction and nonfiction, died Wednesday morning. By Thalia Beaty. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.
OBIT-SHIRLEY ANN GRAU — Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer whose stories and novels told of both the dark secrets and the beauty of the Deep South, has died. SENT: 720 words, photos.
NATIONAL STUDENT POETS — Five high school juniors, residing everywhere from Lake Worth, Florida to Saratoga, California, have been named National Student Poets. SENT: 230 words, photo.
BRITAIN-MEGHAN-LAWSUIT — A British judge ruled Wednesday that the Duchess of Sussex can keep the names of five close friends secret while she brings a privacy invasion lawsuit against a British newspaper — but he chided both sides in the case for playing out their battle in the media as well as the courtroom. By Jill Lawless. SENT: 680 words, photos.
AP APPOINTMENT-ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR — Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press’ West Coast entertainment editor who as a reporter covered the legal aftermath of Michael Jackson’s death and many celebrity trials, has been appointed the news cooperative’s global entertainment and lifestyles editor. SENT 245 words, photo.
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REVIEWS
FILM REVIEW-AN AMERICAN PICKLE. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT Tuesday: 667 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-THE SECRET GARDEN. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT Wednesday: 415 words, film stills.
FILM REVIEW-WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS. By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. SENT Wednesday: 700 words, film stills.
MUSIC REVIEW-DEEP PURPLE. By Pablo Gorondi. UPCOMING Thursday: 300 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-THE FIRST TO LIE BY HANK PHILLIPP RYAN. Reviewed by Bruce DeSilva. SENT Monday: 320 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-THE HOLLOW ONES BY GUILLERMO DEL TORO AND CHUCK HOGAN. Reviewed by Rob Merrill. SENT Tuesday: 420 words, cover image.
BOOK REVIEW-A SAINT FROM TEXAS BY EDMUND WHITE. Reviewed by Molly Sprayregen. SENT Wednesday: 250 words, cover image.