Swift’s longtime friends, actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, also donated $1 million to Feeding America to support the hurricane relief efforts.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
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May trial date set for ‘Diddy’ to face sex trafficking charges
Sean Combs, 54, has pleaded not guilty to charges lodged against him last month.
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Disney World and Universal closures halt Orlando tourism as Milton approaches
The closures tempered expectations for some tourists while the impending storm raised some anxiety in others.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Maine’s environmental advocates awarded for their work
The Natural Resources Council of Maine held its event at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment in Freeport.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
In his last book, a famous newspaper editor paid tribute to the poets he loved
The late Mike Pride, a Concord Monitor editor on the ‘poetry beat,’ describes the lives and works of the New England poets he so deeply admired in ‘Northern Voices.’
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PortTIX moves box office to Congress Street
Formerly located in the lobby of Merrill Auditorium, the local ticket vendor now has its own storefront.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Midcoast artist Annika Earley’s alter ego is a lot. Can you handle it?
‘If You Want to be My Lover’ at Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth asks viewers to accept the painter in her entirety.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston’s mother, dies at 91
She performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Longtime Damnationland actor gets behind the camera for ‘Lil Hell’
Seeing the annual Maine horror anthology turned Joanna Clark into a fan of the genre.
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Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on seeing and hearing his words performed
Before a reading in Portland, the author of ‘The Sympathizer’ spoke about the experience of having his work turned into a miniseries and audiobooks.