Oscar voting begins – finally – this week, meaning we are one step closer to spring, one step closer to gaining a bit more clarity about this year’s strange awards season and one step closer to making sure the liquor cabinet is stocked with a bottle or three of good Irish whiskey for a few […]
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Possible result of an upended Oscar season? ‘It might be the purest … and strangest’
A vast sub-industry of activity to influence Academy voters and other award givers has gone as dark as movie theaters during the pandemic, adding even more mystery to which films emerge as contenders.
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Pandemic hasn’t completely brought curtain down on student performers
Maine school drama groups, choruses and bands have dealt with limitations on practicing and performing by rehearsing over Zoom and putting together productions online, but restrictions are starting to loosen.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Times Record
Maine Arts Commission says hiring head of its board, though unusual, is the right move at a crucial time
David Greenham will step down from the board to begin a two-year term as the interim executive director.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors, Outdoors
The first comprehensive guide to Maine’s birdlife in some 70 years gets everything right
Peter Vickery did not live to see his life’s work published, but ‘Birds of Maine’ – engaging, gorgeous and packed with information – is a great testament to a great ornithologist.
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Golden Globes hosts to recruit Black members after outcry
The group has 87 members who are journalists, but none is Black.
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Lady Gaga’s dogs recovered safely after theft, shooting
The dog walker was shot once as he walked three of the singer’s bulldogs in Hollywood.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Belgrade’s Ed Lorusso quietly establishes himself as Maine’s master of silent film restoration
The 71-year-old Lorusso, who restores the films at home, just finished his 17th Kickstarter campaign and is working on the 1925 film ‘Zander the Great.’
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Lady Gaga’s dogs turn up safe after theft and shooting
A woman brought the 2 French bulldogs to a Los Angeles police station Friday evening.
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Laying out data, Netflix touts its record on inclusivity
The streaming giant achieved roughly gender parity among lead characters in both film and TV in 2018 and 2019.