One story from Sicily, ‘Another Day In Paradise,’ is an unfinished work that appears in the new issue of The Strand Magazine.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Novel that fictionalizes real-life atrocity of Maine’s Malaga Island a finalist for top award
Paul Harding’s third novel, ‘This Other Eden,’ was one of six finalists announced Thursday for the Booker Prize.
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Rupert Murdoch, whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down
His son, Lachlan, will become News Corp. chairman and continue as chief executive officer of Fox Corp.
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First Bob Ross TV painting, completed in a half-hour, on sale for nearly $10 million
‘A Walk in the Woods’ is the first of more than 400 paintings that Ross produced on-air for his TV series ‘The Joy of Painting.’
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Bijou Phillips seeking spousal support from Danny Masterson in divorce amid 30-year sentence
The couple, who share 9-year-old daughter Fianna, were married for nearly 12 years.
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John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, other authors sue OpenAI over copyright
they call the ChatGPT program a ‘massive commercial enterprise’ that is reliant upon ‘systematic theft on a mass scale.’
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Russell Brand’s YouTube channel demonetized, shows pulled from BBC amid rape allegations
The comedian hasn’t been charged, but the media platform says he violated its ‘creator responsibility policy.’
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A novel idea: Waterville woman launches book festival in Hallowell
The Maine Book Fest is expected to bring local authors, bibliophiles and booksellers to central Maine on Oct. 1.
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Bill Maher is the latest TV host to delay returning to show during writers strike
Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision following similar pauses in the past few days by ‘The Drew Barrymore Show,’ ‘The Talk’ and ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show.’
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Rocker Marilyn Manson sentenced for blowing nose on videographer in New Hampshire
He was charged with 2 misdemeanor counts of simple assault stemming from the encounter with the videographer at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford in 2019.