Venice architecture Biennale opens a year later on May 22
COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press
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MILAN (AP) — A year after being postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Venice Biennale for architecture will open on May 22 for a six-month run under strict virus protocols, officials said Monday.
The exhibition will bring together 63 countries for the main show under the theme “How will we live together?”
The title was chosen before the pandemic forced the postponement of the event initially slated for 2020. But curator Hashim Sarkis said “the pandemic has made the question ... all the more relevant, even if somehow ironic, given the isolation that the pandemic has imposed.”
New this week: 'Big Shot,' 'Mare of Easttown' and 'Monday'
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This combination photo shows promotional art for "Big Shot," premiering April 16 on Disney Plus, left, Mare of Easttown," a limited series premiering April 18 on HBO Max and "Monday," and IFC Film premiering April 16. (Disney+/HBO/IFC Films via AP)AP
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
— Sebastian Stan’s devoted followers are certainly getting a fair amount of him this spring on Disney+ in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” But for anyone looking for something outside Bucky Barnes and the Marvel universe, he’s also starring in the steamy new romance “Monday,” both in theaters and on video on demand starting Friday. Stan stars opposite Denise Gough as a pair of strangers who start an intense summer affair in Greece in director Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ film.
SAG Awards to honor best performances - with some distance
April 3, 2021
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1of9FILE - This Jan. 27, 2019 file photo shows a replica of The Actor statue on the red carpet at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. The 2021 SAG Awards will take place on April 4. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9This combination of photos shows poster art for the nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Award for best cast in a motion picture, from left, "Da 5 Bloods," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," "Minari," "One Night in Miami," and "The Trial of the Chicago 7." (Netflix/Netflix/A24/Amazon Studios/Netflix via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
'Godzilla vs. Kong' stomps to pandemic-best $48.5M opening
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
April 4, 2021
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1of5This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Kaylee Hottle in a scene from "Godzilla vs. Kong." (Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of5This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows a scene from "Godzilla vs. Kong." (Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
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4of5This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows a scene from "Godzilla vs. Kong." (Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
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NEW YORK (AP) — With the help of a few old friends, the box office rekindled some of its old might over the weekend. “Godzilla vs. Kong” scored easily the best opening of the pandemic with an estimated $48.5 million since opening Wednesday, even as it was simultaneously streaming at home.
Vast archives at JFK Library help bring 'Hemingway' to life
MARK PRATT, Associated Press
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1of8In this July 1934 photo provided by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation from the Ernest Hemingway Collection, Ernest Hemingway poses with a marlin at Havana Harbor, in Key West, Fla. A new three-part documentary about Hemingway, which relied heavily on the archives at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, debuts April 5, 2021, on PBS. (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of8This 1920s photo provided by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation from the Ernest Hemingway Collection shows Ernest Hemingway in his U.S. passport photo. A new three-part documentary about Hemingway, which relied heavily on the archives at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, debuts April 5, 2021, on PBS. (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
Historic Houston movie theater closes due to pandemic
JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press
April 3, 2021
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1of14Fans and patrons of the Landmark River Oaks Theatre do the "Time Warp", from the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" as they demonstrate against the potential closure of the historic movie theater Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Houston. The historic Houston theater that director Richard Linklater called his “film school” and that for decades was the place to catch hard-to-find independent and foreign films has closed for good. Like many U.S. movie theaters and other businesses, the River Oaks Theatre was a victim of the coronavirus pandemic.. ( Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)Brett Coomer/APShow MoreShow Less