Gay rights activists and cultural figures complain a distributor cut scenes depicting homosexual activity and drug use.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bluegrass musician turns Maine life and times into lyrics
Stan Keach, who was inducted into the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame in May, has written some 30 songs about everything from Bean boots to the North Pond Hermit.
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‘Rocketman’ goes beyond the music to tell Elton John’s full story
The movie covers the pop superstar’s stardom, substance abuse and sexuality in a time when being gay could have torpedoed his career.
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Maine poet Wesley McNair takes us on ‘The Rhubarb Route’
Naturally, a man famous for conveying the everyday lives of northern New Englanders takes rhubarb as his subject.
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Leon Redbone, acclaimed 1970s singer and guitarist, dies at 69
He performed jazz, ragtime and Tin Pan Alley-style songs, and often dressed in a white suit with a string tie, sunglasses and Panama hat.
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‘Pet Sematary’ star Leo the cat dies a month after film’s release
Leo was one of 4 Maine Coon cats to play the central cat character, Church, in the recent remake.
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Actor Ashton Kutcher testifies about knocking on slain woman’s door
His testimony came in the murder trial of a man charged with killing 2 women.
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Promoter and Westbrook officials pledge to tone down concert noise
The city said 237 people called to complain about the noise during Sunday night’s concert by Anderson .Paak.
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‘Jeopardy’ champ James Holzhauer nears Ken Jennings’ record
LOS ANGELES — James Holzhauer’s “Jeopardy” winning streak is still going and he may be on track to surpass Ken Jennings’ record earnings in the next month. Holzhauer on Monday won his 28th straight game with an additional $130,222 in winnings, the second highest single-day sum ever recorded on the show. The professional sports gambler […]
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Bowdoin College art museum marks 125 years with a ‘portrait of our moment’
A new exhibition focuses on the museum’s growing collection of contemporary art.