Julia Gagnon, a senior at the University of Southern Maine, wanted to be on the internationally televised talent show as a way of sharing something with her birth mother in Guatemala. She’ll make her first appearance Sunday.
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Kate, Princess of Wales, says she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy
Her condition was disclosed in a video message recorded on Wednesday and broadcast Friday, coming after weeks of speculation on social media about her whereabouts.
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Pattie Boyd’s trove of treasures from her life with Eric Clapton and George Harrison nets $3.6 million
The collection, which went on public display at Christie’s London headquarters last Friday, provided a glimpse into the heart of the 1960s and 70s counterculture.
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Elton John and Bernie Taupin honored with prestigious Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
The evening’s entertainment featured renowned performers Garth Brooks, Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile, Joni Mitchell and Annie Lennox.
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Movie Review: ‘27 Dresses’ is a terrible movie, writes JP Devine
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. How many times have we heard that cliche? It should, by now, be relegated to the embroidered throw pillow in your grandma’s favorite chair. Here then is 2008’s “27 Dresses” directed by Anne Fletcher (“The Proposal” 2009, and “Hocus Pocus 2” 2022.) So why did a humble reviewer agree […]
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M. Emmet Walsh, unforgettable character actor from ‘Blade Runner,’ dies at 88
Born Michael Emmet Walsh, his characters led people to believe he was from the American South, but he could hardly have been from any further north.
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On Music: Kitchen Dwellers talk about bringing their folk-tinged bluegrass sound back to Maine
Quartet out of Montana wrote some of the songs off of their new album in Machias.
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Massachusetts moves to protect horseshoe crabs during spawning
Horseshoe crabs predate the dinosaurs, but their populations have been depleted for decades.
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Ariana Grande finalizes divorce
The pop star will pay ex-husband Dalton Gomez $1.25 million.
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A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message
Banksy, who has never confirmed his full identity, began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England, and has become one of the world’s best-known artists.