Why, after all these years, have we never forgotten one of the darkest villains in movie history? Here is “Silence of the Lambs” again, after opening with little fanfare on Feb. 14, 1991, and grossing $14 million to become the number one film in box offices across the country. Anthony Hopkins quietly put his debonair […]
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Phil Donahue, pioneering daytime talk show host, dies at 88
Dubbed ‘the king of daytime talk,’ he was the first to incorporate audience participation, typically during a full hour with a single guest.
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Tickets on sale for Deer Tick in Westbrook, Elvis Costello in Waterville
Alternative rock band Deer Tick performs outdoors at the Rock Row venue on Aug. 31.
Posted inAnimals, Local & State
Record number of breeding puffins recorded on island in Gulf of Maine
Seal Island, off the coast of Rockland, was once home to the area’s largest Atlantic puffin colony. Elsewhere, there are reminders that Gulf of Maine seabirds remain highly vulnerable.
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Indiana Jones’ iconic fedora fetches $630,000 at auction
The brown felt fedora was worn by Harrison Ford in 1984’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.’
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Alain Delon, French actor and heartthrob, dies at 88
With his handsome looks and tender manner, the actor was able to combine toughness with an appealing, vulnerable quality that made him one of France’s memorable leading men.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
On Music: Louisa Stancioff talks about upcoming Farmington festival concert
It’s neat when Mainers hit the national scene and the latest example of that, for me, happens to be singer/songwriter Louisa Stancioff. The musician has traveled around the country working on farms in Alaska, assisted a director on a TV series in Hollywood, worked shifts at a grocery store in Echo Park and picked apples […]
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
If rising sea levels threaten your garden, we’ve a few ideas on what to plant
Some plants are far more resistant to salt water than others.
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‘Shoot me up with a big one’: A timeline of the last days of Matthew Perry
Most of the ‘Friends’ star’s final days were spent in the throes of an addiction to the surgical anesthetic ketamine.
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Fire breaks out at London’s Somerset House, home to priceless art
Paintings by Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh and others were safe after fire broke out on the roof.