Also going for an eye-popping amount was a stormtrooper costume that sold for $645,000.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Documentary spotlights Maine star of beloved Canadian children’s show
‘Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe’ explores the life of Auburn-born Ernie Coombs and is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Suzanne Somers, of ‘Three’s Company’ fame, dies at 76
The effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow had breast cancer for over 23 years and died Sunday morning.
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ dances to No. 1 at box office, eyeing ‘Joker’ film record
It could be the biggest October opening ever and already is the biggest opening for a concert film of all time.
Art review: Find color on a foliage drive to Monson Arts or in town at Moss Galleries
‘Northwoods: Absence and Presence features the paintings of Alan Bray and poems of Wesley McNair, while ‘How Do I Look’ takes on female body image.
Norridgewock unveils mural celebrating community history
Artist Cary Wendell unveiled Norridgewock’s newest public art piece on the town square on Saturday a four-panel mural designed to tie Norridgewock’s present to its past.
For these artists, the beer can is their canvas
The art on Maine beer labels grows more creative every year and with more than 150 breweries in the state, there is plenty to look at.
Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80
Over more than 60 years of published work, Glück forged a narrative of trauma, disillusion, stasis, and longing, spelled by moments – but only moments – of ecstasy and contentment.
Jada Pinkett Smith says she was ‘shocked’ Will Smith called her his ‘wife’ during the Oscars slap
Earlier this week, while promoting her upcoming memoir ‘Worthy,’ Pinkett Smith revealed that she and Smith have been living separate lives since 2016.
Rudolph Isley, founding member of Isley Brothers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, dies at 84
A Cincinnati native, Isley began singing in church with brothers Ronald and O’Kelly and was still in his teens when they broke through in the late 1950s with ‘Shout,’ which was later immortalized during the toga scene in ‘National Lampoon’s Animal House.’