He gained fame with his first feature, 1976’s ‘The Omen.’
Life & Culture
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Raffaella Carrà, Italian superstar of music and television, dies at 78
She sold 60 million records over a career that kept her in the spotlight until nearly the end of her life.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Springsteen’s daughter makes Olympic equestrian team
She will be one of four riders on the U.S. jumping team that will compete in Tokyo.
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Spike Lee, ‘Annette’ kick off 74th Cannes Film Festival
The occasion draws a wide spectrum of luminaries back to celebrate the fest, canceled last year due to the COVID-19 virus.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
‘Superman,’ ‘Lethal Weapon’ director Richard Donner dies
He also directed the kids’ adventure classic ‘The Goonies.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Movies with Maine connections focus of 2021 Maine International Film Festival in Waterville
About 50 films to be shown during annual 10-day festival, with focus on those made, produced or set in Maine.
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Cannes reawakens, pins hopes on film festival’s return
The show is now running 14 months late, thanks to the pandemic.
Posted inMaine, Religion and Values
Maine priest placed on leave following sexual abuse allegation
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland says it is following its protocol while investigating allegations that the Rev. Robert Vaillancourt abused an underage girl in the 1980s.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Live Music Lineup: Multi-genre singer-songwriter, blues festival and Beethoven
The North Atlantic Blues Festival is this weekend in Rockland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Portland’s Longfellow Books a stop on filmed tour of indie bookstores
‘The Bookstour’ visits 50 brick-and-mortar retail havens for bibliophiles in a bid to raise awareness about the importance of supporting them.