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Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Tina Turner mural defaced at North Carolina record store
Employees say an image of the pop star outside the store in Asheville was defaced with a red swastika.
Judge: Alec Baldwin didn’t slander man in comments on parking spat
But assault and battery allegations against the Emmy Award-winning actor can proceed toward trial.
Disney characters say tourists inappropriately touched them
Disney World employees who portray Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck file reports with police.
Jerry Herman, ‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer, dies at 88
He won two Tony Awards and two Grammys and was a Kennedy Center honoree.
Skier Lindsey Vonn asks hockey star P.K. Subban to marry her
She tweets, ‘Women aren’t the only ones who should get engagement rings!’
Brazil investigates Christmas Eve attack over Netflix show
A video on social media shows three masked people claiming they carried out a gas bomb attack to protest a Christmas program.
Songwriter Allee Willis, who did ‘Friends’ theme, dies at 72
Her work also includes the Broadway musical ‘The Color Purple’ and Earth, Wind & Fire’s ‘September.’
‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin opens bookstore in Santa Fe
The fantasy writer quietly opened Beastly Books last month in Santa Fe next to the movie theater he revived in 2013.
Bangor City Council votes to forgive American Folk Festival’s debt
The council voted to forgive the debt of nearly $104,000, with the festival disbanding because of financial struggles.