His manga works ‘Galaxy Express 999’ and ‘Space Pirate Captain Herlock’ were adapted into television anime series in the 1970s and became huge hits in and outside Japan.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jane Fonda campaigns to save ‘our brethren in the ocean’
She delivers 5.5 million signatures from people in 157 countries demanding a strong Global Ocean Treaty.
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Gun enhancement charge dropped in Baldwin shooting case
He no longer faces a mandatory five-year sentence but is still has been charged with felony involuntary manslaughter.
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Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and TV detective, dies at 78
Belzer, who played John Munch in ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and ‘Law & Order: SVU,’ was 78. There was no known cause of death.
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Ant-Man opens big at box office with $104 million for ‘Quantumania’
It’s the largest opening of the year so far, but its Rotten Tomatoes score is less than dazzling.
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‘Rough Sleepers’ follows a doctor’s relentless efforts to treat homeless patients
The book by part-time Mainer Tracy Kidder weaves scenes from the streets of Boston with the problems that are keeping people there.
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The Dance Hall founder created a community that will live on without her
Drika Overton, who founded the Kittery music and dance venue in 2010, is moving on but leaving it in good hands.
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With ‘Air,’ Ben Affleck tells lesser-known Michael Jordan story
The movie, which also stars Matt Damon, Viola Davis and Jason Bateman, will be released April 5.
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What is frontotemporal dementia? Disease afflicting actor Bruce Willis is incurable
His family shared his diagnosis of aphasia last year upon announcing his retirement from acting.
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Stella Stevens, star of ‘The Nutty Professor,’ is dead at 84
Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis’s affection in “The Nutty Professor,” has died. She was 84. Stevens’ estate said she died Friday in Los Angeles after a long illness. Born Estelle Caro Eggleston in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1938, she […]