โA Soldierโs Playโ playwright Charles Fuller dies at 83
Charles Fuller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of the searing and acclaimed โA Soldierโs Playโ who often explored and exposed how social institutions can perpetuate racism, has died.
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New this week: Jingle Ball 2020 & 2 doses of Meryl Streep
MOVIESโ Travel may seem closed off right now but how about a cruise with Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest and Candice Bergen? โ If one Streep film wasnโt enough for you, sheโs again in typically fine form in โThe Prom,โ parodying a diva actor in Ryan Murphyโs adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical. โ AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSICโ Jon Bon Jovi has already produced an album this year with โ2020โ and the concert film "On a Night Like This โ Bon Jovi 2020." โ AP Entertainment Writer Mark KennedyTELEVISIONโ This seasonโs winner for lengthy title: โHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special,โ debuting Friday on Disney +. โ The CWโs โiHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2020,โ a 90-minute special based on the annual concert, will air at 8 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 14.
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KSAT Kids: Today in History, Nov. 18
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2020. There are 43 days left in the year. In 1963, the Bell System introduced the first commercial touch-tone telephone system in Carnegie and Greensburg, Pennsylvania. 1958: Cartoonist Bill Watterson, best known as the creator of the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," is born in Washington, D.C. Rock singer Tim DeLaughter is 55.