The Cape Elizabeth performing arts residency gave a preview of its upcoming production of ‘CarmXn.’
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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‘Barbenheimer’ arrives as moviegoers flock to a Mattel-mushroom cloud double feature
After a feverish drumbeat propelled forward by a mushroom cloud of memes, the most anticipated day on the year’s movie calendar finally arrived as ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’
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‘Challengers,’ starring Zendaya, will skip Venice premiere due to actors strike, moves to 2024
Several films set for release in August have also been delayed due to the strike.
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James Reston Jr., nonfiction writer with a novelist’s eye, dies at 82
His research helped David Frost corner former President Richard Nixon in television interviews that inspired the play and film ‘Frost/Nixon.’
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Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
The last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century, Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create ‘a hit catalog rather than hit records.’
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Third ‘Fool’ novel helps author Richard Russo hold on to his father
‘Somebody’s Fool’ is part of a series that began some 30 years ago and focused on a character based on the Portland author’s father. It goes on sale Tuesday.
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Harry Frankfurt, philosopher of excrement-level falsehoods, dies at 94
Frankfurt, a Princeton University philosopher who wrote primarily on Descartes, free will and moral responsibility, found literary fame with an unexpected bestseller on the pervasive, willful and devilish art of avoiding the truth.
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Amid labor turmoil in Hollywood, Broadway seems to avoid a strike
The Broadway League and Disney Theatrical Productions announced Thursday they had reached a tentative agreement that had threatened a strike as early as Friday.
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Vegas-area home searched in connection with Tupac Shakur’s killing is tied to suspect’s uncle
A home searched by Las Vegas police investigating the drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur in 1996 is tied to the uncle of a long-dead suspect in the killing.
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Press Play: Listen to ‘Draw the Line’ by Sara Cox
The song marks the artist’s long-awaited return to recording music.