A half-century ago the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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How you can help Julia Gagnon advance on ‘American Idol’
Voting for American Idol takes place during each coast-to-coast live show and closes during the final commercial break.
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorce
Fisher, 52, and Cohen, 48, met at a party in Sydney in 2001, and became engaged in 2004.
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From our archives: On the 25th anniversary of ‘Carrie,’ a look at Stephen King’s influential career
By 1999, the prolific Maine author had made a significant impact on the publishing and film industries, not to mention his readers.
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Thomas Gumbleton, Catholic bishop who opposed war and promoted social justice, dies at 94
For decades, he was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labor and social justice.
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Stephen King’s 50-year career has inspired a generation of writers and teachers
Once thought of as a pop culture phenomenon, the Maine author is now studied by academics and aspiring writers.
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I’ve covered Stephen King for most of his career. Here’s what I’ve learned.
On the 50th anniversary of King’s first book, ‘Carrie,’ features writer Ray Routhier shares some tales from his more than 25 years of covering the author for the Press Herald.
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Dave Coulier shares touching voicemail Bob Saget left him before his death
The 64-year-old “Full House Rewind” host shared the touching voicemail on the latest episode of his podcast.
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Movie Review: ‘The Zone of Interest’ starts slow, grows richer, more compelling, J.P. Devine writes
Jonathan Glazer’s “Zone of Interest,” (“Sexy Beast” 2000) loosely based on Martin Amis’s novel of the same name, tells the true story of Rudolf Hoss, a Nazi commandant who ran the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp in World War II Poland while his wife and five children led a passive, comfortable life in a pristine new […]
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Comedian Joe Flaherty of ‘Freaks and Geeks’ and ‘SCTV’ dies at 82
Flaherty was also known to later generations as a jeering heckler in the 1996 film ‘Happy Gilmore.’