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List of Emmy winners include Michael Keaton, Lizzo and ‘SNL’

by The Associated Press September 12, 2022September 13, 2022

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.”

Arts & Entertainment, News

‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ top Emmys; 1st time winners shine

by LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer September 12, 2022September 12, 2022

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.”

Arts & Entertainment

For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press September 11, 2022September 12, 2022

The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary has arrived eight months after the death of Sidney Poitier.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Marsha Hunt, ’40s star and blacklist victim, dies at 104

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press September 11, 2022

The actor worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

In a debut novel set on a fictional Maine island, an unusual boy comes of age

by Frank O Smith September 11, 2022September 10, 2022

The orphaned ‘Faron Goss’ struggles to overcome his haunted childhood in a tight-knit lobstering community.

Arts & Entertainment

Art review: Galleries show the spectrum of Maine’s contemporary art scene

by Jorge S. Arango September 11, 2022September 10, 2022

But these exhibits aren’t up for long, so make a plan to see them soon.

Arts & Entertainment

Peak TV bonanza complicates Emmy goal of honoring the best

by LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

Eager to root for viewer favorites during Monday night’s Emmy Awards? They and other rating successes failed to make a dent in nominations.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

Art Spiegelman to receive honorary National Book Award

by HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

The unexpected pleasure of being cited by the National Book Foundation comes months after the jarring saga of his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Maus” being withdrawn by a Tennessee school board.