Most of the ‘Friends’ star’s final days were spent in the throes of an addiction to the surgical anesthetic ketamine.
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Fire breaks out at London’s Somerset House, home to priceless art
Paintings by Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh and others were safe after fire broke out on the roof.
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‘Law and Order: SVU’ star Mariska Hargitay helped solve thousands of real-life rape cases
In recent years, she’s also played a critical role in helping to eliminate the national rape kit backlog.
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Kathleen Turner falls ill during Ogunquit musical, misses final performances
The Golden Globe-winning actress became ill during Friday’s afternoon matinee of ‘A Little Night Music’ at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
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Father-and-son team Eugene and Dan Levy to co-host the Emmys
The Levys will be the first-ever father-son hosts at the Emmys.
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Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley’s family and auction off Graceland
Lisa Jeanine Findley falsely claimed Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie borrowed $3.8 million from a bogus private lender and pledged Graceland as collateral for the loan.
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At USM, an exuberant performance by East Coast Chamber Orchestra
The Portland Chamber Music Festival wraps up Saturday.
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In a film about a father-daughter dance in prison, the girls take the lead
In 2012, activist Angela Patton delivered a TED Talk about organizing a father-daughter dance at a prison. Several filmmakers reached out to her about turning the story into a documentary, but none of them seemed to grasp its point. They kept asking whether she could get them access to the correctional facility. It was all […]
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Peter Marshall, game-show host of ‘Hollywood Squares,’ dies at 98
In addition to hosting the long-running game show, he was a singer, comedian and Broadway actor.
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Good Theater finds new home at Stevens Square Community Center
The professional theater company and the center’s developer will share the cost of renovations to the auditorium on the site of the former Catherine McAuley High School campus.