Dubbed ‘the king of daytime talk,’ he was the first to incorporate audience participation, typically during a full hour with a single guest.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Tickets on sale for Deer Tick in Westbrook, Elvis Costello in Waterville
Alternative rock band Deer Tick performs outdoors at the Rock Row venue on Aug. 31.
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Indiana Jones’ iconic fedora fetches $630,000 at auction
The brown felt fedora was worn by Harrison Ford in 1984’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.’
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Alain Delon, French actor and heartthrob, dies at 88
With his handsome looks and tender manner, the actor was able to combine toughness with an appealing, vulnerable quality that made him one of France’s memorable leading men.
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‘Shoot me up with a big one’: A timeline of the last days of Matthew Perry
Most of the ‘Friends’ star’s final days were spent in the throes of an addiction to the surgical anesthetic ketamine.
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Fire breaks out at London’s Somerset House, home to priceless art
Paintings by Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh and others were safe after fire broke out on the roof.
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Father-and-son team Eugene and Dan Levy to co-host the Emmys
The Levys will be the first-ever father-son hosts at the Emmys.
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Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley’s family and auction off Graceland
Lisa Jeanine Findley falsely claimed Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie borrowed $3.8 million from a bogus private lender and pledged Graceland as collateral for the loan.
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Matthew Perry’s assistant among 5, including 2 doctors, charged in ‘Friends’ star’s death
Two of the defendants, including the actor’s personal live-in assistant, have pleaded guilty to the charges already, and a third person has agreed to plead guilty.
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Gena Rowlands, acting powerhouse and guiding light in independent cinema, dies at 94
She starred in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and later charmed audiences in her son, Nick Cassavetes’, tear-jerker ‘The Notebook.’