Television shows that reflect the nation’s increasing racial and ethnic diversity are finding favor with industry gatekeepers and viewers.
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Assistant director who handed gun to Baldwin was fired after similar mishap in 2019
The disclosure about Dave Halls emerged as producers of Alec Baldwin’s movie ‘Rust’ officially halted filming.
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Live Music Lineup: Dean Ford & The Beautiful Ones play tribute to Prince in Portland
You can also see shows from Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman and Gary Clark Jr.
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Let computers do it: Film set tragedy spurs call to ban guns
A petition was launched over the weekend on change.org for real guns to be banned from production sets.
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Crew member who gave Baldwin gun subject of prior complaint
Maggie Goll, a prop maker and licensed pyrotechnician, says she filed a complaint about assistant director Dave Halls’ behavior on set in 2019.
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Ed Sheeran has COVID, will do performances from home
Ed Sheeran breaks the news on social media days before his new studio album is due out.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Another gardening season draws to a close
The weather was weird, very dry, then very wet, and often unusually warm. But by and large, the plants didn’t complain.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Betwixt and between: When summer produce lingers, but the calendar says it’s fall
What to do? Apply cold weather cooking methods, such as roasting and braising, to summery produce.
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Peter Scolari of ‘Newhart,’ ‘Bosom Buddies,’ dies at 66
Scolari died Friday morning in New York after fighting cancer for two years.
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Crypto community secretly paid $4 million for Pharma Bro’s one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album
Martin Shkreli, who infamously raised the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000%, purchased the album by the Staten Island hip-hop greats for $2 million at an auction.