Rushdie, 75, suffered a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye, according to his agent, in the attack.
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Attack on Rushdie shows divisions among Lebanese Shiites
The stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has laid bare divisions in Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim community
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‘The Last Movie Stars’ about Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward
It’s long, this tortuous, winding road down the history of the family Newman, six long hours to be precise. Each segment runs about an hour each. That’s a long sit when all you’re learning about is secrets behind the glossy, turbulent love life of two very blonde, very blue-eyed movie stars, Paul Newman and […]
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Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot,’ dies
His breakthrough feature about life aboard a German U-boat was hailed as an anti-war masterpiece and nominated for six Oscars.
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Rock icon Melissa Etheridge announces solo off-Broadway show
The 12-show run will feature songs and stories from her childhood and career.
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See famous paintings by Maine masters at these state parks
The program, running through October, is a collaboration among the Portland Museum of Art, Maine’s Bureau of Parks and Lands, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and Freeport retailer L.L. Bean.
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Anne Heche, star with troubled life, dies of crash injuries
Heche had been on life support after suffering a ‘severe anoxic brain injury’ when her car crashed into a home Aug. 5.
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‘Bullet Train’ repeats No. 1 at box office
‘Top Gun’ flies back up ranks to third in its 12th week of release.
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The forest of Phippsburg is the canvas for these carvings
New York artist Kevin Sudeith has been carving petroglyphs into rock along Phippsburg trails for the past three years, including images of wildlife, a schooner and a space helicopter.
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Society Notebook: Maine Island Trail Association splits its annual celebration into 3
The nonprofit held Toast to the Coast parties in different locations, including Fore Points Marina in Portland.