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FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2020
Kelli Kennedy
AP - Rachael Ray had big plans for
the quarantine break at her home in
upstate New York. She envisioned
“a Renaissance time”, rereading the
classics, resuming her Danish lessons
and studying Italian.
"I was going to get more serious
about my painting. I had all these
lofty goals... and none of that's
happening," the popular daytime talk
show host told The Associated Press
(AP) in a phone interview.
"We have never worked this hard
in our entire lives," said Ray, who is
taping #STAYHOME With Rachael two
days a week from her home.
Her husband, John Cusimano, is
now the cameraman, producer and
musical guest. Their beloved pit bull
Isaboo accounts for the entire studio
audience, she jokes.
She wears sweats and no make-
up, cooking low-budget meals based
around pantry staples like chickpeas
and pasta, offering a refreshing peek
into her kitchen — she misplaces
the garlic sometimes — and a
comforting smile.
"This is a weird time. I can't say
there's a silver lining ... but there
are found moments every day,"
she said at the start of the irst at
home show.
She recently announced her
organisations will donate USD4
million to several charities including
food banks and relief funds for laid
off restaurant workers, saying she
wanted to "help people more than
just, 'hey, here's three things you
can do with canned tuna’”. Half the
money will go to animal rescue. The
animal lover said “a lot of the shelters
can't afford to keep going, there's no
workers. Animals are in crisis too”.
"The more you earn in life, the
more you owe in service and the
more you owe to your community,"
said a passionate Ray. "It is our
absolute responsibility to take care
of each other."
That's the answer she gives when
asked why she's donating so much —
and also she's afraid of her mother.
No, she's not afraid that she might
contract the virus, she's "absolutely
scared to death" of the 85-year-old
tough Sicilian who lives across the
street. "I'm scared because she's
tough," Ray said. "She wants a daily
update of what you're doing to help
the world. In detail."
Ray grew up cleaning shrimp and
helping out in her mother's restaurant
kitchen.
They spent holidays alongside
police and ireighters feedinghungry
families. Their family celebrated the
following day. "Every holiday was
like that. You had to be of service."
In rare down moments, Ray catches
up with friends by phone and cooks
Moroccan couscous in bone stock
for her dog, garnishing it with carrot
tops, mint and parsley.
Her husband plays a mini banjo
concert for Isaboo a few times a day.
"It feels so good to get on the phone
and kibitz and share," she said.
"I just like how much we're using
the old fashion telephone."
Rachael Ray tapes show
from home, makes
USD4M virus donation
In this undated photo made available by the Rachael Ray Show, Rachael Ray
cooks in her home kitchen in upstate New York. PHOTO: AP
AP - If social distancing is getting
old, consider how it would feel to
do it for hundreds of years — and
stay out of the sun.
The vampire household of
What We Do in the Shadows
ex-
amines the hilarious possibilities
when it returns for its second
season this week.
Another option to examine
worse cases of isolation can be
seen in
The Lighthouse
, which is
one of the new arrivals on stream-
ing this week. For the younger
set, Elmo and some superstar
friends will debut a kid-friendly
coronavirus special.
Grammy-winning
multi-in-
strumentalist H.E.R. offers fresh
content with her Instagram Live
series, while other music acts are
offering up a dose of nostalgia,
as Pink Floyd and Genesis release
vintage concerts later this week.
Here’s a collection curated
by The Associated Press’ enter-
tainment journalists of what’s ar-
riving on TV, streaming services
and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
- Moonrise Kingdom
: Summer
camps are in jeopardy this year,
but you and the (older) kids
can escape to New Penzance
in Wes Anderson’s enchanting
and wonderfully dark
Moonrise
Kingdom,
playing for free on Fa-
cebook through Focus Features’
Movie Mondays. With a delightful
soundtrack featuring Francoise
Hardy and Hank Williams, the
best of 1960s preppy New Eng-
land styles and a young Lucas
Hedges, it’s an aesthetic treat.
- The Lighthouse
: If you’d rather
double down on cabin fever,
Amazon Prime has Robert Eg-
gers’
The Lighthouse
. Moody,
claustrophobic and latulence
illed (really), Willem Dafoe and
Robert Pattinson star as a few
grizzled “wickies” who are tasked
with minding a lighthouse in New
England in the late 19
th
Century.
Roar
: Or maybe you’re craving
some
Tiger King
adjacent mate-
rial?
Roar
, from 1981, the ilm with
Tippi Hedren, a teenage Melanie
Grifith and 150 lions, tigers, leop-
ards, jaguars and elephants is ic-
tion, but the injuries sustained by
at least 70 members of the cast
and crew were very real. - by Film
Writer Lindsey Bahr
MUSIC
- H.E.R.,
Girls With Guitars
: Gram-
my-winning guitar slayer and
R&B dynamo H.E.R. has launched
an Instagram Live series about
female musicians who are also
guitar heros. With the IG series,
H.E.R. has also partnered with
Amazon Music to raise donations
for the MusiCares Covid-19 Relief
Fund, which is run by The Re-
cording Academy).
- EOB,
Earth
: Radiohead guitar-
ist Ed O’Brien, under the moniker
EOB, is releasing his debut solo
album today.
It may be a solo album, but
the man ranked 59
th
on
Rolling
Stones’
list of 100 Greatest Gui-
tarists in 2010 has some top-
notch helpers on
Earth
, includ-
ing bandmate Colin Greenwood,
Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley,
Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche,
Omar Hakim, Nathan East, Lau-
ra Marling and The Invisible’s
David Okumu.
- Pink Floyd and Genesis (You-
Tube): Today, Pink Floyd will
release full concert ilms every
week for four weeks on YouTube.
It starts with
Pulse
, which was re-
corded in 1994 during the band’s
The Division Bell Tour in London.
Tomorrow, Genesis will also
release a series of ive concert
ilms once a week.
It will begin with
Three Sides
Live
, which includes live tour
performances from two shows in
1981, the year the band released
the album
Abacab.
- by Music
Editor Mesin Fekadu
TELEVISION
- What We Do in the Shadows
may be just what’s needed for
those craving escapist fare. The
comedy series spun from Je-
maine Clement and Taika Waititi’s
mockumentary ilm returns for
season two with contemporary
New York-dwelling vampires
Nandor, Laszlo and Nadja facing
new challenges.
There’s a ghost infestation
to confront, the possibility of an
electronic curse and, perhaps
toughest of all, a Super Bowl par-
ty to attend.
- This should perk up stuck-at-
home kids and a fair number of
adults: Elmo is coming over and
he’s bringing along some A-list-
ers.
Sesame Street: Elmo’s Play-
date
will feature guests including
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anne Hatha-
way and Tracee Ellis Ross.
Elmo and buddies Grover,
Cookie Monster and Abby Cad-
abby will ind new ways to play
together and learn in the special
presented as a “cozy video con-
ference” intended to help kids
and families feel connected dur-
ing the coronavirus crisis.
- There’s something warmly reas-
suring about the
Jeopardy! Col-
lege Championship
. Taped before
the quiz show joined other Holly-
wood productions in a coronavi-
rus-caused shutdown, it’s a daily
half-hour escape into what we
wish could be happening now.
Here’s host Alex Trebek chat-
ting easily with the student con-
testants, no social distancing
required. And the college kids
appear untroubled by anything
other than mastering the buzzer
and making their school look
good — the kind of simple plea-
sures we look forward to reclaim-
ing. The contestants are vying for
a USD100,000 grand prize and
a spot in the next Tournament
of Champions. - by TV Writer
Lynn Elber
FROM LFET: Harvey Guillén as Guillermo, Mark Proksch as Colin Robinson, Kayvan Novak as Nandor, Natasia
Demetriou as Nadja and Matt Berry as Laszlo in a scene from ‘What We Do in the Shadows’. PHOTO: AP
Coming to devices near
you: H.E.R., vampires,
‘Roar’ and Elmo