National Entertainment

NEW YORK — Getting the Beastie Boys’ Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and longtime collaborator and friend, Spike Jonze, together during normal times would be full of jokes, playful banter and overall fun.

LOS ANGELES — Turner Classic Movies has enlisted “Ratatouille” and “The Iron Giant” director Brad Bird to program the latest 20-episode season of “The Essentials," the channel said Wednesday. Bird’s selections run the gamut of classic film offerings.

NEW YORK — English singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull has been discharged from a London hospital after being treated for coronavirus.

“The Book of Longings,” by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking) “I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus ben Joseph of Nazareth. I called him Beloved and he, laughing, called me Little Thunder.

LOS ANGELES — How does an indie film shop give back to its hometown in this crisis? If you’re A24, you start by mining your prop, wardrobe and set departments.

NEW YORK — CBS' News' Gayle King says she's starting a temporary satellite radio program because she wants to hear how Americans are coping with lockdowns and social distancing measures. King's call-in show on SiriusXM will begin on Thursday at 5 p.

Audible bestsellers for week ending April 17th: Fiction: 1. Second Skin: Audible Original Novella by Christian White, narrated by Ellen Archer (Audible Studios) 2. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K.

LOS ANGELES — Three generations will grace the cover of People magazine’s 30th anniversary “Beauty Issue.

LOS ANGELES — Three generations will grace the cover of People magazine’s 30th anniversary “Beauty Issue.

NEW YORK — The animated Scooby-Doo film “Scoob!” will bypass theatres and premiere directly on digital platforms, Warner Bros. said Tuesday, making it the latest studio to experiment with an on-demand release during the pandemic shutdown.