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Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and TV detective, dies at 78

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press February 19, 2023February 19, 2023

Belzer, who played John Munch in ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and ‘Law & Order: SVU,’ was 78. There was no known cause of death.

Film Review - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Arts & Entertainment

Ant-Man opens big at box office with $104 million for ‘Quantumania’

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press February 19, 2023February 19, 2023

It’s the largest opening of the year so far, but its Rotten Tomatoes score is less than dazzling.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

‘Rough Sleepers’ follows a doctor’s relentless efforts to treat homeless patients

by Joan Silverman February 19, 2023February 18, 2023

The book by part-time Mainer Tracy Kidder weaves scenes from the streets of Boston with the problems that are keeping people there.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

The Dance Hall founder created a community that will live on without her

by Eric Russell February 18, 2023February 23, 2023

Drika Overton, who founded the Kittery music and dance venue in 2010, is moving on but leaving it in good hands.

Arts & Entertainment

With ‘Air,’ Ben Affleck tells lesser-known Michael Jordan story

by TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press February 18, 2023

The movie, which also stars Matt Damon, Viola Davis and Jason Bateman, will be released April 5.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

What is frontotemporal dementia? Disease afflicting actor Bruce Willis is incurable

by Corinne Purtill Tribune News Service February 17, 2023

His family shared his diagnosis of aphasia last year upon announcing his retirement from acting.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Stella Stevens, star of ‘The Nutty Professor,’ is dead at 84

by LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press February 17, 2023February 17, 2023

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 […]