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Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Kevin Spacey fights back tears as he testifies how sex abuse allegations ‘exploded’ his career
The allegations that sent Spacey’s film and stage career into a spiral came in 2017 when a fellow actor accused him of sexually inappropriate behavior 3 decades earlier.
‘Succession’ leads all Emmy nominees with 27; ‘Ted Lasso’ leads comedy contenders
The nominations suggested that HBO can still dominate even as streaming-only outlets have taken over so much of elite TV.
Milan Kundera, Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris aged 94
Kundera’s novel ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ won critical acclaim, earning him a wide readership among Westerners.
Leonardo DiCaprio to fund scholarships, climate education at his former elementary school
The program starts this upcoming school year at the UCLA Lab School.
Hayley Atwell, Tom Cruise’s new ‘Mission: Impossible’ co-star, addresses romance rumors
Hayley Atwell, who stars in the upcoming “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” is speaking out about rumors of a secret romance with Tom Cruise. The British actress, who’s engaged to music producer Ned Wolfgang Kelly, described the gossip during the filming of the seventh installment of the action franchise as “upsetting.” “I would […]
Jury decides 2014 document found in Aretha Franklin’s couch is a valid will
Papers found in a couch and dated 2014 are found to override a 2010 will that was discovered around the same time in a locked cabinet at the Queen of Soul’s home in suburban Detroit.
Madonna says she’s ‘on the road to recovery’ but is postponing Celebration tour
Madonna has emerged to update fans on her health and the state of her impending Celebration tour following her hospitalization late last month. The Material Girl, who spent several days in the ICU after developing “a serious bacterial infection,” showed gratitude Monday on Instagram, thanking fans for their positive energy, prayers, words of healing and […]
‘Uphill Both Ways’ tells of one family’s adventures, and misadventures, on the Colorado Trail
Writer Andrea Lani walked nearly 500 miles with her husband and school-age sons. She interweaves the family’s personal story with the environmental story of the landscape they hiked through.
Maine author plays key role in new Rock Hudson documentary
The HBO film ‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ relies heavily on research by Mark Griffin of Lewiston.