They will be honored for their lifetime achievement in the arts, along with blues legend Bonnie Raitt and the legendary Harlem theater The Apollo, which has launched generations of Black artists.
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‘Shogun’ leads Emmy nominees with 25; ‘The Bear’ sets comedy series record
They give FX the kind of strong year often reserved for HBO, which even in this ‘off’ year managed second with 91 nominations.
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‘Rust’ armorer seeks dismissal of her conviction or new trial in fatal shooting of cinematographer
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted by a jury in March in a trial overseen by Judge Marlowe Sommer, who later assigned the maximum 18-month penalty.
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Maine artists remember curator for ‘inventiveness and his love for photography’
Stephen Halpert, a photography proponent and former art house theater owner, died Saturday at 91. He was a significant contributor to the Portland art scene, with exhibitions at the University of New England and the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts.
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Former Colby College hockey player lends her expertise to ‘Inside Out 2’
Tracey Roberts works at Pixar in a different role, but served as consultant on the film because of her in-depth knowledge of the sport.
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How Jeremy Frey changed the way the art world sees Wabanaki basketmaking
The Maine artist’s solo show at the Portland Museum of Art – the first of its kind – represents a new perception of the art form.
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Anvil Falls: It takes just a little Moxie
Ernie Anderson is an award-winning cartoonist and the creator of Anvil Falls — which has been running in the Sun Journal on Sundays since February 2023. He got his start in newsprint media in 2012, producing editorial cartoons and illustrations for the Sun Journal, and in 2014 and 2015 his cartoons took first place at […]
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Late-night comics have long been relentless in skewering Donald Trump. Now it’s Joe Biden’s turn
Late-night comics may not have the television audience that they used to, but they arguably still have a disproportionate influence in the public discourse, Syracuse’s Robert Thompson, a scholar of TV and its history, says.
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Alec Baldwin weeps in court as judge announces involuntary manslaughter case is dismissed midtrial
The judge dismissed the case with prejudice based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense in the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film ‘Rust.’
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Actor Ashley Judd, Democratic activist, adds her voice to those calling on Biden to leave race
Judd has been an outspoken supporter for President Biden and other Democrats across the country.