He went from circus performer to Hollywood stuntman to character actor in the course of his career.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Viola Davis is named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
She won an Academy Award for the 2016 film ‘Fences,’ and landed her fourth Oscar nomination in March for her lead role in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.’
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‘Peaky Blinders,’ ‘Harry Potter’ actor Helen McCrory dies of cancer at 52
Her husband, fellow actor Damian Lewis, said McCrory died at home after a ‘heroic battle with cancer.’
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Venice Film Festival honors Roberto Benigni
It will bestow its lifetime achievement award on the Oscar-winning director and actor.
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Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez have split
The couple known as J-Rod announce they are calling off their two-year engagement.
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Farnsworth museum given 27 works by three generations of Wyeths
The ‘transformational’ gift comes from the family’s matriarch, Betsy Wyeth, who died last year.
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The disabled hope their Oscar moment can become a movement
Three films have the people behind them hoping their moment can move Hollywood to stop using the disabled as sources of inspiration, objects of pity, or twisted villains.
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‘The Bachelor’ star Colton Underwood comes out as gay
Underwood is a former football tight end who found fame on Season 23 of ‘The Bachelor.’
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Nielsen, networks clash over stats showing fewer viewers
It’s a reliable sign of spring: Television networks are grumbling that the Nielsen company is not accurately measuring how many people are watching their programs.
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Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lopez to headline vaccination concert
Anti-poverty organization Global Citizen wants to raise $22 billion to help get much-needed doses to poor countries.