Sunday’s rainy weather was not much good if heading outside, but it was perfect for watching movies — a sentiment embraced by many attendees on the final day of the 24th Maine International Film Festival in Waterville.
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‘Space Jam’ beats ‘Black Widow’ to lead weekend box office
The Warner Bros. picture starring Los Angeles Lakers great LeBron James made an estimated $31.7 million in sales in its weekend opening,
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Britney Spears won’t perform live ‘anytime soon’ under conservatorship
The pop star’s most recent tour took place in 2018.
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Longtime Maine art camp faces its future, without its founder
Following the death last year of Ruth Grauert, Bearnstow’s new leaders try to figure out how to make the Mount Vernon site sustainable going forward.
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Plenty at stake for NBC as COVID Olympics opening looms
After a year’s delay, the Olympics arrive during a COVID-19 state of emergency in Japan, with most Japanese citizens wishing the Olympics weren’t taking place and most events occurring in near-empty venues.
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Video games coming to Netflix? Latest hiring offers a clue
Adding video games would give Netflix another way to build on the nearly 208 million subscribers that it had at the end of March.
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Anarchy in UK court? Ex-Sex Pistols sue singer Johnny Rotten
Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook are suing for the right to use the band’s songs in an upcoming television series.
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Chip and Joanna Gaines step up to help lead a new TV network
The shows will vary from Atlanta-based farmer Jamila Norman helping families transform their outdoor spaces to designer Brian Patrick Flynn beautifying interior spaces.
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Britney Spears’ new attorney says father must step aside
An attorney of Spears’ choosing was appointed to represent the pop star in her conservatorship, after a hearing in which the singer tearfully spoke about the case’s impact on her life.
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Meghan, Harry to develop new Netflix animated series
The project will focus on a 12-year-old girl’s adventures.