Authors say these often idyllic locales – where there’s nowhere to run or hide – present opportunities for heightened drama, suspense and romance.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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A musician returns – and reconnects – to her Maine hometown after decades
Laurel Dodge’s debut novel, ‘The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell,’ is moving and unfolds in unexpected ways.
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Museum pulls wax figure of Sinead O’Connor after complaints it does not compare to the real thing
The National Wax Museum Plus apologized to O’Connor’s family and said it would immediately begin creating a more accurate representation of the singer.
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Kevin Spacey’s waterfront Baltimore condo sold at auction after foreclosure
The luxury condo on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor sold at auction Thursday morning for $3.24 million, according to the auctioneer’s website.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business
Video game performers will go on strike over AI concerns
Negotiators say gains have been made over wages and job safety in the video game contract, but that the two sides remain split over the regulation of generative AI.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Election 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Calls for Maya Rudolph to reprise her Kamala Harris on ‘SNL’ are flooding social media
Maya Rudolph played Vice President Kamala Harris several times as a guest on ‘SNL’ in 2019, during the 2020 presidential election cycle.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World, News
Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate the author’s 125th birthday in his beloved Key West
More than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author’s award-winning novels and adventure-filled life.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Music
The largest production ever for Opera Maine demanded a stage design to match
‘What does epic look like?’ set designer Germán Cárdenas-Alaminos asked himself when considering how to stage Verdi’s ‘Aida.’
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Weird Al talks new music, a decade of ‘Mandatory Fun’ and 40 years of ‘Eat It’
To celebrate 10 years since his final album debuted at No. 1, the parody singer has released a new polka medley that spoofs everyone from Taylor Swift to Lil Nas X.
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Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94
His outlook was modern, but he rarely raised his voice above a hesitant, almost stammering delivery. His only prop was a telephone, used to pretend to hold a conversation with someone on the other end of the line.