Two women, age 20 and 21, were charged in relation to the soup-throwing protest on Friday, while a third was charged over paint sprayed on a rotating sign at the Metropolitan Police’s headquarters in central London.
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Filmmaker group pictures a brighter future for Maine’s movie industry
A new group called Picture Maine is part of a growing effort by local film professionals to create a larger media production industry in the state.
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Influential Midcoast artist Harold Garde dies at age 99
The New York native and abstract expressionist painter moved to Belfast in the 1980s and had his most productive period there.
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Wynton Marsalis joins forces with Michigan Marching Band
He’s taking part in a weeklong residency at the University of Michigan.
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Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
The two also glued themselves to the gallery wall, police say.
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Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter’s Hagrid, dies at 72
The Scottish actor, who played a crime boss in 2 Bond films and well known as the beloved Hagrid in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies, has died.
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Movie review: ‘Halloween Ends’ confirms franchise is ready to be put out of its misery
Horror fans should know this installment isn’t required viewing.
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Angela Lansbury in ‘Murder, She Wrote’ wasn’t ‘cozy’ – she was revolutionary
Angela Lansbury was in a class by herself, and “Murder, She Wrote” was, all that quaintness notwithstanding, revolutionary.
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Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. avoids jail in touching case, irking accusers
The Oscar-winning actor turned #MeToo defendant avoided prison time by complying with the terms of a conditional plea agreement that saw him plead guilty to charges involving just one of what prosecutors have said were allegations from at least 30 women.
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How much Netflix’s new ad-supported plan will cost and what you get (and don’t)
The push into advertising comes years after Netflix resisted putting commercials on its programs.