The Venice Film Festival is wrapping up the first COVID-era international cinema showcase.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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‘Nomadland’ wins top prize at Venice Film Fest
Director Chloe Zhao’s recession-era road trip drama starring Frances McDormand wins the Golden Lion for best film.
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Michael Cohen launches podcast; Rosie O’Donnell is 1st guest
President Trump’s attorney-turned-enemy will interview the comedian and talk-show host on Monday.
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Hollywood’s inclusion problems still run deep, study finds
Hollywood remains far from reflecting the makeup of its American audiences, a new report by the Inclusion Initiative at USC finds.
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‘Avengers’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ star Diana Rigg dies at 82
Rigg became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel in the TV series ‘The Avengers.’
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Theater companies feel shut out of state relief program
They say guidelines for the $200 million grant program for small businesses and nonprofits make them ineligible and reward organizations that have lost the most money.
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Maine Arts Academy gets creative with learning and safety
Chorus can be a challenge when harmonizing 14 feet apart with a face mask, but staff and students are making the most of the opportunity to keep the school open and singing.
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Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis
The Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraiser will air Oct. 24.
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Art dealer whose treasure sent hunters scouring American West dies at 90
Forrest Fenn said he hid the loot 10 years ago in the Rocky Mountains and dropped clues to its whereabouts in a poem published in his 2010 autobiography.
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Kanye West makes presidential ballot in Mississippi
The rapper has already qualified to appear on the ballot as an independent candidate in several states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Utah.