The performances that aired Sunday were pre-taped at various locations in Nashville, Tennessee.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Alma Wahlberg, mother of Mark, Donnie Wahlberg, dies at 78
The Boston-born mother of nine became a household name thanks to her appearances on the A&E series ‘Wahlburgers,’ about the family’s burgeoning burger chain.
Guitar sales soar as COVID-19 keeps Mainers playing at home
Shoppers are picking up guitars, keyboards and other instruments to learn to play as the pandemic stretches on.
Mainers challenge themselves to reading goals during the pandemic
A 9-year-old who has read some 250 books and a book club that tackled ‘War and Peace’ are among those filling their downtime with reading.
Felix Silla, Cousin Itt on TV’s ‘Addams Family,’ dies at 84
He went from circus performer to Hollywood stuntman to character actor in the course of his career.
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.’
‘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.’
Venice Film Festival honors Roberto Benigni
It will bestow its lifetime achievement award on the Oscar-winning director and actor.
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez have split
The couple known as J-Rod announce they are calling off their two-year engagement.
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.