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Arts & Entertainment, Maine

Maine poet laureate will use $50,000 grant to develop youth program

by Bob Keyes May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

Stuart Kestenbaum was among 23 poet laureates nationwide to receive the fellowship from the Academy of American Poets.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

While others wait and see, Footlights Theatre forges ahead with July reopening

by Bob Keyes May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

The theater in Falmouth plans to return with a comedy, as Portland Stage announces its season but no timeframe for it.

Arts & Entertainment

AMC drama revisits ‘Millionaire’ quiz show coughing scandal

by LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

In 2001, a couple was accused of cheating their way to the top prize on the British version of TV’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”

Arts & Entertainment

Winfrey, Pitt part of Grammys special for essential workers

by The Associated Press May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

The Grammys’ two-hour special to honor essential workers will air June 21.

Michael Quigley, Kevin Reilly, Sarah Aubrey

Arts & Entertainment, Business

Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe

by TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer May 27, 2020May 27, 2020

Entertainment companies like AT&T’s WarnerMedia are broadly shifting to streaming video, following in Netflix’ wake.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84

by MARK KENNEDY Associated Press May 27, 2020May 27, 2020

He wrote ‘The Normal Heart’ and founded the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACT UP, after losing his lover to acquired immune deficiency syndrome in 1984.

Arts & Entertainment

Fallon apologizes for using blackface in 20-year-old skit

by Associated Press May 27, 2020May 27, 2020

NBC ‘Tonight’ show host Jimmy Fallon apologized via Twitter for using blackface to impersonate comic Chris Rock in a 20-year-old ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit