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Had enough of "Contagion"? Here are some warm blanket movies

  • By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
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When many were rushing to rewatch "Contagion," the eerily prophetic 2011 Steven Soderbergh film about the outbreak of an easily transmitted virus, I was searching for more comforting escapes. I reached for "North by Northwest" the way a baby grasps for a pacifier.

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"Be Like Mike" jingle almost didn't happen, says creator

  • By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) — "The Last Dance," ESPN's docuseries detailing the 1998 and final season of the Chicago Bulls championship dynasty, has served as a reminder to basketball fans of the greatness of Michael Jordan on the court. While it's showcased Jordan's dominance between baselines, it's also…

A big-city orchestra salvages a student's canceled recital
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A big-city orchestra salvages a student's canceled recital

  • By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
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Devastated after her graduate recital was canceled due to coronavirus concerns, Brooke Mead nearly gave up. Faced with recording the concert alone, at home, the 23-year-old viola student stopped practicing altogether.

Actors' Mission plans for the future

Actors' Mission plans for the future

  • By Hannah Romero hromero@rocketminer.com
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ROCK SPRINGS — The Actors’ Mission is hoping to finally bring the postponed production of “The Waverly Gallery” to the stage in June.

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Community fishing's a popular outlet during pandemic

  • By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press
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CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Tim Wirtz Jr. slowly spun the reel, tracking the retrieval of a plastic worm, when two shapes moved into his peripheral vision. The teen's eyes gleamed as he peered through the crystal clear water at a pair of beefy rainbow trout cruising parallel to the shore.

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In a US now in puppy love, Labs still tops, but corgis rise

  • By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) — America's dogs are having their day as the coronavirus keeps many people at home more with their pets and spurs so much adoption and fostering that some shelters' kennels have emptied.