Entertainment briefs 3/28/17

Adele doubts she ever will tour again

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Adele fans who didn't catch her on her world tour that's winding down may be out of luck in the future. The New Zealand Herald reports Adele told the audience during Sunday night's show in Auckland that "touring isn't something I'm good at," and she doesn't know whether she "will ever tour again." The concert was Adele's last before she finishes the tour in her hometown of London with four sold-out dates at Wembley Stadium this summer. Adele sang through heavy rain at the outdoor show Sunday in Auckland. Photos show her in a drenched dress for part of the concert and donning a plastic poncho. She joked she "just spent two hours in hair and makeup for nothing."

Former Obama press secretary joins NBC

NEW YORK -- Former White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest joined NBC News as an analyst, making his debut Monday on the "Today" show. Earnest was the last of former president Barack Obama's press secretaries, serving in the role from 2014 until the end of Obama's presidency. He worked in Obama's press office throughout his two terms as president. Earnest also will appear on MSNBC and was on "Morning Joe" on Monday morning.

'Moonlight' director helms Amazon series

NEW YORK -- "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins will follow his Oscar-winning film with a drama series for Amazon based on Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad." Amazon announced Monday it will develop the TV series, with Jenkins writing and directing the adaptation of the 2016 National Book Award winner. Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad" is a part-historic, part-surrealistic novel about a slave who escapes on an actual railroad. Jenkins has been at work on the series, though how many episodes are planned was not announced.

Nonfiction-book prizes announced

NEW YORK -- Books on gun violence, Koch Industries and New York's history of immigration won prizes for outstanding nonfiction work. Prize officials said Gary Younge's "Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives" won the $10,000 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for combining literary excellence and social concern. Tyler Anbinder's "City of Dream: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York" received the $10,000 Mark Lynton History Prize. And Christopher Leonard's "Kochland" won the $25,000 Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, which helps authors finish "a significant work." Leonard's book is under contract with Simon & Schuster.

-- From wire reports