CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Derek Trucks – the youngest musician named in Rolling Stone’s list of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time, and one of those featured on the cover of the esteemed magazine’s 2007 New Guitar Gods issue – will headline Sugarloaf’s Bud Light Concert Series Saturday, Feb. 7.The following weekend, on Saturday, Feb. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” wasn’t ready to turn over his box-office badge this weekend as the film about a bumbling shopping center security guard earned $21.5 million to nab No. 1 for a second week in a row. The comedy, starring Kevin James as the guard who tries to protect the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Meryl Streep of the Roman Catholic drama “Doubt” and Sean Penn of the Harvey Milk film biography “Milk” won lead-acting honors Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The prize for overall cast went to the rags-to-riches saga “Slumdog Millionaire,” while Heath Ledger of Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight” and Kate […]

NEW YORK – Paul McCartney is free to marry his girlfriend Nancy Shevell because New York courts have issued a final decree in her pending divorce, two British newspapers reported Sunday. The Sunday Mirror and the Sunday Telegraph reported that McCartney had gotten the approval of his children, including his daughter Stella. “The divorce was […]

“The Renegades,” by T. Jefferson Parker; Dutton ($26.95)T. Jefferson Parker doesn’t write series.In his 25 years as a top-notch mystery writer, Parker has had only one three-novel series. But in his 16th novel, the twice Edgar winner returns to Charlie Hood, a young sheriff’s deputy forced into a coming-of-age passage in last year’s superb “L.A. […]

Movies:n Cast: “Slumdog Millionaire.”n Actor in a leading role: Sean Penn, “Milk.”n Actress in a leading role: Meryl Streep, “Doubt.”n Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight.”n Supporting actress: Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”n Stunt ensemble: “The Dark Knight.”Television:n Drama series cast: “Mad Men.”n Actor in a drama series: Hugh Laurie, “House.”n Actress in a drama […]

A couple of times a year, we devote considerable space to book previews – lists of coming titles and their plots, which authors are back on the literary scene and which ones are debuting, what trends are showing, and the season’s must-reads as predicted by industry insiders.For a pre-preview of the spring lineup, we looked […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Katie Stam always dreamed of becoming Miss America, but she bypassed the kiddie pageants and waited until she was more mature and sure of herself. Her view of Miss America changed in that time too, and made her want her new title even more. A day after Stam was crowned Miss […]

The Cosmos Club was entertained yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. S.H. Anderson on Pine Street. Twenty-four members and guests were in attendance and the subject for the afternoon’s program was “Women authors of Maine, by birth and adoption.”Mrs. Martha Robinson played a piano solo very acceptably, and then papers were read on Harriet […]

PARIS – The first murder-mystery dinner presented by the Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association is already sold out, so it’s a pretty sure bet there will be another one on next year’s show schedule.A seven-member cast will present “All This Talk Is Killing Me” to an audience that will also enjoy a four-course […]