Past honorees include John Legend, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Adam Levine, Richard Gere, Channing Tatum and David Beckham.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Lionel Richie to receive ‘Icon’ honor at American Music Awards
The award will be the 18th that Richie has received from the AMAs, with previous honors including favorite pop/rock male artist in 1985 and 1987.
Duran Duran stumbles, Dolly Parton rolls into Rock Hall
Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar and Eminem also were inducted along with Carly Simon, Eurythmics, Harry Belafonte and Judas Priest.
Prince Harry’s memoir reportedly wasn’t changed after Queen Elizabeth’s death
The title of the Penguin Random House book is a reference to the royal spare or the monarch’s sibling.
Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter remembers his ‘baby brother’
Actress Hillary Duff and twin sister Angel Carter also speak out on Aaron Carter’s death.
‘Black Adam’ tops box office again on quiet weekend
Dwayne Johnson’s bid to launch a new DC Films superpower, has surpassed $300 million globally in three weeks of release.
Bedside table: OK, it’s just past Halloween, but we’ve got candy on our mind
Book recommendations from readers.
Tale of a real-life gardener – who made nearby islands bloom – will grow on you
‘Celia Planted a Garden’ introduces children to Celia Thaxter, a well-known poet and gardener in her time, who all her life cherished flowers, birds and the Isles of Shoals.
Selected poems by Maine veteran Ryan Stovall
From his book, ‘Black Snowflakes Smothering a Torch: Or How to Talk to Your Veteran – A Primer,’ released this month.
Former Green Beret wants his poetry to serve as a manual for talking to veterans
Ryan Stovall of Phillips says his new book of poems, ‘Black Snowflakes Smothering a Torch,’ is meant to help people learn how to better understand and interact with those who have been through war.