The Bangor native is wrapping up a 47-year TV career in which he made fellow Mainers feel like he was talking to them, not at them.
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Concert promoters turn away from facial recognition technology
AEG Presents and Live Nation both disavow plans to use it at music festivals.
Los Angeles prosecutors reject Kevin Spacey sexual battery case
The accuser has died, the district attorney’s office says.
Sony shutting down online-cable service PlayStation Vue
Sony launched Vue in early 2015 as a skinnier, cheaper version of cable or satellite TV delivered via the internet.
John Legend rewrites ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ with a focus on consent
The EGOT winner rewrote the song for his 2020 holiday album.
Rodin’s Thinker finds new home in Abu Dhabi Louvre
The bronze sculpture is on loan for a year from the Rodin Museum in Paris.
Texas man guilty of stalking, threatening Taylor Swift
The man sent at least 40 letters and emails to the pop star’s former record label before he was arrested over a year ago.
Gospel artist Kirk Franklin says he’s boycotting Dove Awards
The Grammy winner said his acceptance speech about a police shooting was edited out.
Taylor Swift helps Alibaba plug world’s biggest shopping spree
Swift is the highest-profile act to feature at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Nov. 11 extravaganza since its inception over a decade ago.
Robert Evans, iconic producer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89
Robert Evans, producer of ‘Chinatown’ and former chief of Paramount Pictures who revitalized the studio with hits like ‘The Godfather,’ died on Saturday.