‘This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been,’ Swift said Wednesday.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Norman Lear, producer of TV’s ‘All in the Family,’ influential liberal advocate, dies at 101
The writer, director and producer revolutionized prime time television.
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Denny Laine, founding member of Moody Blues and Paul McCartney’s Wings, dies
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was 79.
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Prince Harry challenges decision to strip him of security in Britain
The 39-year-old prince is challenging the decision to provide security on a ‘case by case’ basis after he moved in 2020 to Canada and then California.
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Kennedy Center Honors fetes new inductees, including Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Dionne Warwick
President Biden welcomed the honorees to the White House before the event, saying the performing arts ‘reflect who we are as Americans and as human beings.’
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Spotify axes 17% of workforce in third round of layoffs this year
A spokesperson confirmed that about 1,500 employees would lose their jobs as part of what the CEO called a ‘strategic reorientation.’
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Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader is met with mixed emotions
Wilma Mankiller was the nation’s first female principal chief, leading the tribe for a decade until 1995. She focused on improving social conditions through consensus and on restoring pride in Native heritage.
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Kiss bids farewell to live touring, become first U.S. band to go virtual
The cutting-edge technology was used to tease a new chapter of the rock band: after 50 years of Kiss, the band is now interested in a kind of digital immortality.
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Art review: Range of Indigenous art on display at Maine colleges
A show at Colby and two at Bates take an overdue look at Native artists working in variety of media.
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Illinois appeals court upholds actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions, jail sentence
The actor was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying about it to Chicago police.