She ‘held our family together’ through years of hardship, the musician said about his mother in a 2010 Ellis Island speech.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Hinton Battle, breathtaking dancer on Broadway and beyond, dies at 67
At 18, he played the Scarecrow in the original Broadway production of ‘The Wiz.’ He went on to win 3 Tony Awards for best featured actor in a musical.
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‘Argylle’: Romancing the clone
The interminable, bullet-pocked cube of zirconium spy whimsy called “Argylle” comes to us from director Matthew Vaughn, master of the hollow jape and laddish smirk. If you enjoyed “Layer Cake” (2004), “Kick-Ass” (2010) and the three “Kingsman” movies (2014-2021) – well, you may or may not enjoy his latest action comedy, which takes a familiar […]
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Grammys 2024 predictions: Who will win, who should win and the Taylor Swift of it all
The awards air Sunday night on CBS.
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Songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and more are starting to disappear from TikTok. Here’s why
Universal Music Group said that it would no longer allow its music on TikTok following the Wednesday expiration of a licensing deal between the 2 companies.
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Pearl Jam throws a listening party for their new album that Eddie Vedder calls ‘our best work’
Singer Vedder, lead guitarist Mike McCready and bassist Jeff Ament played the record for the first time for invited guests at the Troubadour.
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Annette Bening named Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
The Pudding is the oldest theatrical organization in the nation. Since 1951, it has bestowed this award annually on women ‘who have made lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment.’
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How Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce became the focus of baseless political conspiracy theories
‘Pop culture people identify with this stuff, they pay attention to it. And that’s what moves politics now. It’s attention and identity,’ says one researcher.
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Waterville quilt exhibition patches together struggle of thousands of immigrants at border, detention centers
The Ticonic Gallery at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center at 93 Main St. in downtown Waterville plans to display “The 45,000 Quilt Exhibit” through next Wednesday.
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Meta, TikTok among social media CEOs in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
Lawmakers and parents have grown increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people’s lives.