The festival kicks off Sept. 5.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ guitar up for auction
In B.B. King’s hands, black Gibson ES-345 prototype guitar gave voice to the “King of the Blues.”
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Portland Museum of Art wins $4.6 million in lawsuit over benefactor’s will
The museum contended that a caretaker convinced a Portland woman to change her will, depriving the museum of a major gift after the woman’s death.
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Maine International Film Festival caps 10-day run with culturally relevant film
“Luce,” a psychological thriller by Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah, yielded a large turnout of local moviegoers for the final night of the landmark Waterville festival, organizers said.
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Lil Nas X ties Billboard record set by Mariah, ‘Despacito’
Lil Nas X has taken his horse to the old town road and ridden it to the top of the Billboard charts for 16 weeks, tying a record set by Mariah Carey and Luis Fonsi
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‘Nobody is perfect’: Felicity Huffman’s co-stars come to her defense in college admissions scandal
LOS ANGELES — Felicity Huffman is waiting to learn whether she’ll be spared or sent to prison after pleading guilty amid the college admissions scandal and admitting she paid $15,000 to fix her daughter’s SAT score — a “transgression,” in her words, that “I will carry for the rest of my life.” Now, her co-stars […]
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Trump offers to guarantee rapper A$AP Rocky’s bail in Sweden
The Grammy-nominated artist has been in custody since early this month over an alleged fight in Stockholm.
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Painting stolen by retreating Nazis is back in Florence museum
A Dutch still-life sent by a Nazi soldier as a present for his wife has been returned to the Uffizi Galleries.
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Hamilton, Schwarzenegger tease R-rated ‘Terminator’ sequel
Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger reunited to tease the sequel at San Diego Comic-Con.
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The moon landing was a giant leap for movies, too
The moon landing 50 years ago was a giant leap not just for mankind but for filmmaking.