NEW YORK – It was two years ago, almost to the day, that everything went black. You know: The finale of “The Sopranos,” which ended with a blackout that seemed to last forever. It left the show’s fans in the dark and drove them wild. It still does. But Edie Falco, having capped her stellar […]

NEW YORK – The new documentary “Food, Inc.” begins with idyllic scenes of American farmland, panning from golden fields of hay to a solitary cowboy rounding up a herd of cattle. Then the camera zooms in on a grocery cart overflowing with packaged food and rolling down the aisles of a gaudily lit supermarket. Eerie, […]

It is expected that the new Lewiston team will be rounded into shape within a short time. Managers McDonough and Legendre are hearing many words of encouragement and the team, playing independent ball, promises to get some good games. Of course, the article may not be as fast as the New England League but certainly […]

Kyra Sedgwick’s never lived with one character as long as she’s lived with Brenda Leigh Johnson, the endearingly driven cop at the center of TNT’s “The Closer.” And as the pair enter their fifth season together on Monday, with Brenda newly married to Fritz (Jon Tenney), the actress, who’s been married to Kevin Bacon since […]

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Michael Cera, 21; Anna Kournikova, 28; Allen Iverson, 34; Liam Neeson, 57Happy Birthday: You’ll have to look over your shoulder, stick to your plans and make your agenda very clear this year. Your strength and courage to stand up for your rights and your beliefs will make a strong statement. […]

Seeking adoption areSaraBorn in 1996, Sara is a fun and engaging young woman who has benefited from living in a predictable, structured environment the past few years. Her foster parent describes her as having a “youthfulness that makes you smile.”Sara has a lively sense of humor and is willing to learn new things. She enjoys […]

DEAR ABBY: “Ralph” and I have been married a little over a year. It’s the second marriage for both of us. We were both single for six years after our divorces, so we had time to become independent.Ralph still spends his evenings and weekends the way he did when he was a bachelor. He stays […]

After playing many years in Virginia with The Jan Mayes Band and The Perfect Defectives, Jan Mayes, left, has returned to Maine and has partnered up with local musician Jerry Joe Carrier, right. The duo will play from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Holly’s Own Deli & Restaurant, 84 Court St., Auburn. […]

This piece, titled “Men 2,” is one of the woodcuts artist/printmaker RJ Gray Jr. of Stratton will exhibit at the Reinholt Fine Arts Gallery in Kingfield along with artwork done by 17 other area artists. They are Bruce Bulger, Andy Gelinas, Frances Haugen, Natasha Haugen, Larry Mofett, Nathan Patton, Pat Pray, Emily Reinholt, gallery owners […]

MIAMI (AP) – Actor Billy Bob Thornton’s estranged daughter, charged with neglect in the death of her infant goddaughter, was a longtime friend of the baby’s mother and is “very distressed” about the situation, the woman’s mother said Tuesday. Thornton’s first wife, Melissa Parish, told The Associated Press that her daughter Amanda Brumfield is “very […]