Hallmark Channel Christmas movies return, The Beatles have a new song on the way and Astros manager Dusty Baker retires | Bonus sports & entertainment episode

Welcome to the weekly bonus episode of Hot off the Wire, where we look back at some of the top headlines from the week in the world of sports and entertainment. 

As always, be sure to check out our latest episode of Streamed & Screened, a podcast dedicated to movies and television. 

This week Bruce Miller and I discuss new projects from Sting and Billie Jean King, the actors strike and Christmas movies.

Listen to the latest episode of Streamed & Screened here. 

This week’s top headlines include:

• The last new Beatles song, 'Now And Then,' is on the way.
• Patty Loveless, Bob McDill and Tanya Tucker were inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame. 
• 'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, died at age 81.
• And Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker announced his retirement.

Those stories and more from The Associated Press. But first, Bruce Miller and I talk about Christmas movies on Hallmark Channel on the latest episode of Streamed & Screened. 

— Compiled and narrated by Terry Lipshetz from Associated Press reports

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Host Terry Lipshetz is a senior producer for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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