Mike and Doreen Haven of Waterville, whose son, Nate, is engaged to Julia Gagnon, said they were blown away by her singing voice the first time they heard it.
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Surprise: Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ is a double album, ‘The Anthology’
She surpassed Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon‘s Grammy honors with her fourth win in that category; she had been equal with the three male legends at three albums of the year since ‘Folklore.’
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Dick Van Dyke earns historic Daytime Emmy nomination at age 98
Among those Van Dyke is up against is Australian actor Guy Pearce of Amazon Freevee’s ‘Neighbours.’
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Heart, the band that proved women could rock hard, reunites for a world tour
The band’s Royal Flush Tour will have Cheap Trick as the opening act for many stops, but Def Leppard and Journey will join for three stadium dates in Cleveland, Toronto and Boston this summer.
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Long-lost first model of USS Enterprise from ‘Star Trek’ boldly goes home after twisting voyage
Eugene ‘Rod’ Roddenberry, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, said he’s thrilled to have the model that had graced the desk of his father, who died in 1991.
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Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
Betts shared lead guitar duties with Duane Allman in the original Allman Brothers Band to help give the group its distinctive sound and create a new genre – Southern rock.
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Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim’s Connecticut home sold for $3.25 million
Sondheim died at his Roxbury estate in 2021 at age 91.
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A painting of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he hated is up for auction
Churchill is said to have complained that the painting ‘makes me look half-witted, which I ain’t.’
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Cumberland singer Julia Gagnon voted into ‘American Idol’ top 14
She was among the 10 singers to receive the most votes from the public after Sunday night’s episode.
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Gun supervisor for ‘Rust’ movie gets 18 months in prison for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter and is scheduled for trial in July.