Jonas has filed to dismiss the custody portion of their divorce case in Florida because that part of the case had been resolved.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food
For these artists, the beer can is their canvas
The art on Maine beer labels grows more creative every year and with more than 150 breweries in the state, there is plenty to look at.
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Posted inBooks, Nation & World, News
Louise Meriwether, novelist who conjured 1930s Harlem, dies at 100
Her debut novel, “Daddy Was a Number Runner,” was a searing examination of Black life in Depression-era Harlem.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80
Over more than 60 years of published work, Glück forged a narrative of trauma, disillusion, stasis, and longing, spelled by moments – but only moments – of ecstasy and contentment.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Jada Pinkett Smith says she was ‘shocked’ Will Smith called her his ‘wife’ during the Oscars slap
Earlier this week, while promoting her upcoming memoir ‘Worthy,’ Pinkett Smith revealed that she and Smith have been living separate lives since 2016.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News, Uncategorized
Rudolph Isley, founding member of Isley Brothers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, dies at 84
A Cincinnati native, Isley began singing in church with brothers Ronald and O’Kelly and was still in his teens when they broke through in the late 1950s with ‘Shout,’ which was later immortalized during the toga scene in ‘National Lampoon’s Animal House.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ is a Halloween ‘Christmas Story’
What if Edgar Allan Poe had written “Succession”? It’s not a question I’d have thought to ask, but Mike Flanagan – the creator of “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor” and “Midnight Mass” – takes it up with grisly flair. “The Fall of the House of Usher,” his Netflix miniseries about […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business
Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam ‘bullying tactics’
The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make continuing worth it.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Religion and Values
Hundreds attend solidarity vigil for Israel in Portland
At the same time as the event supporting Israel, a ‘Free Palestine’ rally in Monument Square drew about 60 demonstrators protesting the Israeli government’s military strikes on Gaza.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Nation & World, News, Politics
Yarmouth teen among 15 recognized by Jill Biden for work to improve their communities
Leela Marie Hidier, 18, is a climate social justice advocate and author of an award-winning debut novel, ‘Changes in the Weather.’