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New this week: 'This Is Us,' Baby Yoda, 'The Craft' redone

New this week: 'This Is Us,' Baby Yoda, 'The Craft' redone

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.

Outtakes: Springsteen on 1st guitar, touring and Twitter

NEW YORK — Bruce Springsteen — who released his 20th album “Letter to You” last week — discusses trending on Twitter, his first guitar, his first concert and the pain of the pandemic in outtakes from a recent interview with The Associated Press.
Remembering his friends, Springsteen pens ‘Letter to You’

Remembering his friends, Springsteen pens ‘Letter to You’

NEW YORK — Last year as Bruce Springsteen reflected on the death of his friend and teenage bandmate George Theiss, who died in 2018, he grabbed his guitar and pen and began writing a song about being the sole living member of his first band.
Prince Harry says ignorance no excuse for unconscious bias

Prince Harry says ignorance no excuse for unconscious bias

LONDON — Britain’s Prince Harry says it took him many years and the experience of living with his wife, the former Meghan Markle, to understand how his privileged upbringing shielded him from the reality of unconscious bias.
Book Review: Peter Frampton looks back in a gentle memoir

Book Review: Peter Frampton looks back in a gentle memoir

Peter Frampton, “Do You Feel Like I Do?” (Hachette Books) When Peter Frampton was a child, he busted his father on Christmas morning giving him an acoustic guitar dressed as Santa.
Sterling K. Brown finds his balance in when to speak out

Sterling K. Brown finds his balance in when to speak out

NEW YORK — Season five of NBC's “This Is Us,” debuts Tuesday and viewers will get to see the Pearson family as they navigate both the pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. Sterling K.
Review: Despite changes, Jack Reacher stays the good course

Review: Despite changes, Jack Reacher stays the good course

“The Sentinel,” by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delacorte Press) The cover of “The Sentinel,” the 25th thriller in the wildly popular Jack Reacher series, declares that it was written by Lee Child and Andrew Child, but no one by either name actually w
Beyond the Needle: Probability experts assess 2020 race

Beyond the Needle: Probability experts assess 2020 race

NEW YORK — The one thing most likely to conjure nightmares of the 2016 election night for opponents of President Donald Trump is the Needle.
Harry Styles investing in new music venue in Manchester

Harry Styles investing in new music venue in Manchester

LONDON — While most music stars are rescheduling tour dates to 2021, Harry Styles is looking farther ahead and making plans to headline his own arena — one he’s putting his money and ideas into.
Review: A memoir of a friend and a Knicks fan for the ages

Review: A memoir of a friend and a Knicks fan for the ages

“Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship,” by Harvey Araton (Penguin Press) In 2018, the sportswriter Harvey Araton wrote an obituary for The New York Times about a diehard New York Knicks fan whose choice seats behind the team bench had made
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