The gift from 1985 graduate John Lyons, a film editor, and his wife, Susannah Gray, a retired pharmaceutical executive, was announced this week. The lab opens this fall for students.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
CNN revamping morning show with Lemon, Harlow and Collins
CNN says it is scrapping its ‘New Day’ morning show for a revamped program, set to debut later this year.
Pedro Almodovar steps away from his 1st English-language feature film
The Oscar winner for original screenplay for 2002’s ‘Talk to Her’ says it was a ‘painful decision’ to leave the helm of ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women.’
Jury convicts R. Kelly of sex crimes, acquits him of trial fixing
R. Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.
Jury gets R. Kelly’s child pornography and trial-fixing case
If convicted, more time could be tacked on to the 30-year prison sentence he was given in a separate federal trial in June.
Jean-Luc Godard, deeply influential French New Wave filmmaker, dies at 91
The French news outlet Liberation, citing an unnamed family member, said Godard died by assisted suicide, which is legal in Switzerland.
List of Emmy winners include Michael Keaton, Lizzo and ‘SNL’
Winners Monday night at the Emmy Awards included Michael Keaton, who won for best actor in a limited series or TV movie for his work in “Dopesick.”
‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ top Emmys; 1st time winners shine
The Emmy Awards have spread honors around repeat winners – Zendaya, Jason Sudeikis and Jean Smart – and some first timers, like Sheryl Lee Ralph and Quinta Brunson of “Abbott Elementary.”
For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier
The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary has arrived eight months after the death of Sidney Poitier.
Marsha Hunt, ’40s star and blacklist victim, dies at 104
The actor worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist.