BRIDGTON – The 3rd Annual Four Square World Championships will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Bridgton Town Hall. This school-yard game popular many years ago has become a hotly contested competition, drawing players from all over New England. This year’s latest entry is a team from the University of Connecticut.Hosted by Peter Lowell, […]

BATH – Local comedian John Ater will host a night of stand-up comedy, featuring John Turco with special guests Harold “Tuck” Tucker and Nellie Coes, Saturday, Feb. 3Ater was a young political comic at age 10, performing impressions of Presidents Nixon and Carter. Since the golden days of knock-knock jokes, he has developed into a […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Prince Charles and his wife Camilla waved to fans Sunday as they walked to a private church service before setting out for New York to continue their whirlwind American weekend.On an overcast and chilly day, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall strolled about a block from their downtown hotel […]

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) – Will Smith was honored with the Modern Master Award – an honor that says he is a master of his craft – at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.Smith is nominated for a best-actor Oscar for his performance in “The Pursuit of Happyness” as a struggling single father in San […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The comedy spoof “Epic Movie” debuted atop the box office as Oscar contenders got a bump in the first weekend since the Academy Award nominations were announced, according to studio and industry estimates Sunday.“Epic Movie,” which lampoons dozens of films, a few MTV shows and Paris Hilton, raked in $19.2 million. […]

Actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”Actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”Supporting actor: Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”Supporting actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”Cast: “Little Miss Sunshine” Television:Actor in a movie or miniseries: Jeremy Irons, “Elizabeth I” Actress in a movie or miniseries: Helen Mirren, “Elizabeth I”Actor in a drama series: Hugh Laurie, “House”Actress in a drama series: Chandra […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Helen Mirren of “The Queen” and Forest Whitaker of “The Last King of Scotland” won Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday as best lead players, their latest prizes on the road to the Academy Awards.The road-trip romp “Little Miss Sunshine” won the prize for best film ensemble, the guild’s equivalent of […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Behind nearly every young woman making her way through the gantlet of pageant life in hopes of being crowned Miss America, there’s a brother, boyfriend or some other man who’s along for the ride.These men may not know – or ever really want to know – what “ballet en pointe” is, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Kevin Bacon says he used to think the “six degrees of Kevin Bacon” game was a joke that would die out, but since it hasn’t, he is using the notoriety for charity.“I thought it was definitely going to go the way of eight-track cassettes and pet rocks. But it’s a concept that […]

NEW YORK (AP) – On TV, Michael Imperioli honors the godfather. Off-screen, he bows to a martial arts grandmaster.The 40-year-old actor, who plays the heroin-addicted, hothead mobster Christopher Moltisanti on “The Sopranos,” says he owes his clean new real life to tae kwon do teacher Tae Sun Kang, who also trains Imperioli’s wife, Victoria, and […]