Next year’s Academy Awards will take place March 12, 2 weeks earlier than this year’s Oscars.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Nation & World, New England
Baby formula shortage fueling spike in milk bank interest
The U.S. baby formula shortage stemmed from a safety recall and supply disruptions and has captured national attention with panicked parents looking to swap and buy formula online.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Nonprofit board fires DaPonte String Quartet musicians, changes mission
The group that has managed the ensemble for decades told the quartet’s members this week that they would no longer be paid as salaried musicians.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Star of ‘The Bear Whisperer’ accused of illegal bear kill
Harvey Neil Anthony of Maine killed a black bear in Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park, prosecutors allege.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Got Tix: Where to find concert tickets to upcoming shows
See heavy metal act Megadeth in Portland on Thursday with opener Lamb of God.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
U.S. finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far
Tribal leaders have pressed the Interior Department to ensure that any children’s remains are properly cared for and returned to their tribes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Mario Batali acquittal underscores perils of #MeToo cases
Legal experts and victims’ advocates say celebrity chef Mario Batali’s acquittal on sexual assault charges underscores the inherent difficulties of prosecuting such cases nearly five years into the #MeToo era.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, Politics
Jen Psaki, known for professionalism, ending tenure as a top White House messenger
Psaki is leaving as White House press secretary on Friday after having answered reporters’ questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days that President Biden has been in office.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Director Wim Wenders making a film about fancy public restrooms in Japan
The hero of the renowned German director’s movie will be a sanitation worker who cleans the toilets, seeing his job as a craft and a service for the people.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
No charges for Mike Tyson for punching airplane passenger
The April 20 video shows the boxer leaning over the back of his seat and repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head.