TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese author Iris Chiang hardly seems like the type whose work would be banned from publication in China. Yet four years after being sold to a Chinese publisher, her book teaching children how to appreciate art has yet to go to press, a victim of heightened tensions between China and Taiwan that are spilling over into the cultural sphere.
To very young kids who like cartoon dogs driving shiny vehicles, “Paw Patrol: The Movie” may be awesome. To grown-ups, it may be an aggressively under-written, 88-minute toy commercial.
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
In recent months, James McMurtry test-drove some of this material during twice-a-week livestream performances from his home near Austin, Texas, occasionally interrupted by digital gremlins or a barking dog.
Organizers, sponsoring partners and almost 800 interpreters, craftsmen and volunteers are fine-tuning countless details for the opening of the 2021 edition of the Hay Creek Festival in Morgantown.
Nineteen musicians from the Colorado Springs Philharmonic will perform Igor Stravinsky's "L'Histoire du Soldat (A Soldier's Tale)" and Antonín Dvořák's "Serenade for Winds, Op. 44, B.77" on Saturday at Boot
Coal Mine Dragon takes its COVID-19 precautions seriously: Masks must be worn when entering or moving around the restaurant. This goes for those dining in and those getting carry-out orders.
Rebecca Hall plays a widow in mourning in “The Night House,” a psychological thriller directed by David Bruckner from a clever script by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski