LOS ANGELES — Paul Rudd has been crowned as 2021’s Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Rudd, known for his starring roles in Marvel’s “Ant-Man” films, “This is 40” and “Clueless,” was revealed as this year’s winner Tuesday night on CBS’ ”The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The actor tells the magazine in an issue […]
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Brian Williams says he’s leaving NBC News at end of this year
Williams was NBC News’ top anchor from 2004 until 2015, when he was suspended for falsely claiming that he had been in a helicopter hit by enemy fire during the Iraq War.
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Rapper’s rowdy past raises red flags in Astroworld lawsuits
Legal experts say Travis Scott’s past incitement of concertgoers offers a history that could make it easier to pursue negligence claims against companies that planned and managed the show in Houston.
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Gardiner’s Johnson Hall meets fundraising challenge, closes in on $5.5 million goal
A fundraising challenge to renovate the upper theater at the historic opera house in Gardiner is within 90% of its $5.5 million goal.
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Dean Stockwell of ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ dies at 85
Stockwell garnered an Oscar nomination for “Married to the Mob” and Emmy nominations for “Quantum Leap.”
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A new ‘Trump.’ New ‘SNL’ cast member attracts attention for mimicry
Only five shows into his rookie season at ‘Saturday Night Live,’ comic James Austin Johnson has turned in a breakout performance imitating Donald Trump.
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Norman Rockwell painting sells for whopping $3.6 million
A veterans organization in Massachusetts sold the original ‘Home for Thanksgiving’ painting at auction.
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Alec Baldwin calls for police on movie and TV sets with guns after fatal ‘Rust’ shooting
The actor fatally shot “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last month when he fired a gun mistakenly loaded with live bullets.
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Victims identified in Astroworld concert tragedy
Investigators are still trying to determine what went wrong when the crowd rushed the stage during a performance by the rapper Travis Scott.
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Portland street photographer’s negatives from the ’70s make for nostalgia-inducing book
John Duncan’s ‘Take It Easy: Portland in the 1970s’ is a reminder of how much has changed.