The deal closes out a decadeslong run by the Redstone family and injects desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Lost Kitchen’s Erin French stars in new food travel show
Episodes of ‘Getting Lost with Erin French’ are airing on Magnolia Network and streaming on Max.
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Talea Ensemble shocks and amuses at Bowdoin music festival
The classical musicians from New York City played works by contemporary composers from around the world.
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Tribute to Joni Mitchell celebrates 50 years of ‘Court and Spark’
Big Yellow Taxi will play the entire album along with other Mitchell tunes in Portland.
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Enjoy a free Maine Pops Concert Band show in Portland’s Heseltine Park
Catch the performance July 17.
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12 hidden gems of this year’s Maine International Film Festival
From an animated short about a social media-addicted pig to a Blue Hill-based horror film, there’s lots to see in Waterville.
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Tickets on sale for July 19 shows from Joe Bonamassa in Bangor, Old Crow Medicine Show in Portland
See indie-folk quartet The Crane Wives at the State Theatre July 20.
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Topsham couple’s Bates Dance Festival performance is inspired by kabuki, punk rock and their 7-year-old
See Aretha Aoki and Ryan MacDonald’s ‘IzumonookunI’ in Lewiston this week.
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Jon Landau, Oscar-winning ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ producer, dies at 63
Landau’s partnership with director James Cameron led to three Oscar nominations and a best picture win for 1997’s ‘Titanic.’
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‘Despicable Me 4’ debuts with $122.6 million as boom times return to box office
Though overall ticket sales were down more than 40% from levels prior to the pandemic, heading into the summer moviegoing season, theaters have lately seen a succession of hits.