Arts & Entertainment Archives - Lewiston Sun Journal

At rehabbed Globes, ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘Banshees’ triumph

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press January 10, 2023January 11, 2023

The red carpet (colored gray this year) was just as crammed with decked-out stars as ever ahead of the ceremony Tuesday.

Arts & Entertainment

She ordered her regular cup of Dunkin’. Ben Affleck handed it to her.

by Praveena Somasundaram The Washington Post January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

Fans speculated that he was in Medford, Mass., filming a Super Bowl commercial.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

TV series based on Portland author Richard Russo’s ‘Straight Man’ to debut March 19

by Ray Routhier January 10, 2023January 11, 2023

Titled ‘Lucky Hank’ and starring Bob Odenkirk, the series will seen on AMC.

Arts & Entertainment

Poet Richard Blanco pulls from his own Miami-to-Maine story for first play

by Eric Russell January 8, 2023January 8, 2023

Blanco, best known as the poet for Barack Obama’s second inauguration, teamed up with fellow Cuban American writer Vanessa Garcia on ‘Sweet Goats and Blueberry Senoritas,’ a play commissioned by Portland Stage, where it premieres this month.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine, Maine Crime

Lifetime turns Zumba prostitution scandal into made-for-TV movie

by Ray Routhier January 7, 2023January 11, 2023

‘Let’s Get Physical’ doesn’t specifically name Alexis Wright, who went to jail in 2013 for running a prostitution ring from her Kennebunk fitness studio, but the setting and story are extremely similar.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation / World, News

Singer Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at age 74

by Associated Press January 1, 2023January 1, 2023

A cause of death was not immediately revealed.

Arts & Entertainment

Part-time Mainer aims to make science relatable in PBS series

by Ray Routhier January 1, 2023January 4, 2023

Physicist and novelist Alan Lightman, a Maine summer resident, is host of the upcoming three-part PBS series ‘Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science.’