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Week in entertainment: 'Stand By Me' turns 30; Kanye kicks off tour


Plan your week in entertainment with these highlights and pop-culture milestones:

MONDAY, 8/22

Revisit: Monday marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Stand By Me.Go back in time and rewatch this classic coming-of-age film, or check out Stephen King's novellaThe Body,on which the film's plot is based.

 

TUESDAY, 8/23

Read: Literary Starbucks: Fresh-Brewed, Half-Caf, No-Whip Bookish Humorby Nora Katz, Wilson Josephson and Jill Poskanzer hits bookstores today. The book, inspired by the author's Tumblr site of the same name, features chance encounters of authors and famous characters at Starbucks.

WEDNESDAY, 8/24

Watch: Get back into the glitz, glamour and backstage drama of child beauty pageants with the  return ofTLC'sToddlers and Tiarasat 9 p.m. ET/PT. 

THURSDAY, 8/25

Go: Kanye West's Saint Pablo Tour kicks off today in Indianapolis. The tour, his first in North America in three years, will include stops in Boston, New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Seattle and Los Angeles.

 

FRIDAY, 8/26

Listen: Barbra Streisand's Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,  in which she pairs up with Hollywood heavyweights, is released today. The album features duets with, among others, Anne Hathaway, Alec Baldwin, Melissa McCarthy, Chris Pine and Jamie Foxx.