On TV, “extras” are those faces in crowds and at parties, cafes and street scenes, with no lines, who now have been upgraded with more dignified titles like “junior artists,” “atmospheres” and “background talent,” J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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‘The Gilded Age’ was a great era
So here it is today on HBO, in our own era of social upheaval. No fan of costumed events, I reluctantly sat through every episode of Julian Fellowes’s, Michael Engler’s and Salli Richardson-Whitfields’s lavish and expensive production, in order to have a review for you this morning. I won’t run down each chapter because Fellowes’ […]
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Liz Soares: Learning to do what’s right for me
In the aftermath of knee replacement surgery, Liz Soares contemplates what it means to take care of her own needs during a time of recovery.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Freedom’s song
Reflecting on his pet, Ms. Kramer, prompts J.P. Devine to ponder the larger question of what it means to be a caged bird.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Embrace the blessings that birthdays bring
Besides generating presents, sweets and good company, birthdays mark the passage into another year of life, the best gift of all, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘The Godfather’ restored, polished
Railroad Square Cinema to feature the first in the area, 4K re-release of the classic mob film
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: Lives of the stars
Pondering the “life cycle of stars,” Dana Wilde reflects on the process of shining, burning out and disappearing, while sometimes becoming a diamond.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Back from the dead
Dreaming of one more outing to the mall in South Portland, J.P. is whistling in the graveyard of memories.