NEW YORK (AP) – Tom Sizemore, who has admitted in court to using methamphetamine, says he’s struggling to come out from the haze of drug addiction.The 44-year-old actor was sentenced Thursday to three years’ probation after tearfully confessing that he used meth last month. He could have faced 16 months in prison after violating his […]

Knight Ridder Newspapers Rosie O’Donnell is itching to get back on TV so she can flog her favorite things.Such as? “The Color Purple” on Broadway. Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Oscar-nominated performance in “Capote.” Kanye West’s new album.And a new safety razor with a refillable shaving-cream supply in the handle.“If I was on TV, this would be […]

in the eight years Mike Miclon has owned the Oddfellow Theater in Buckfield, he has never performed a solo show. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17 and 18, he will rectify that, sort of. Miclon will be joined by two of his most famous alter egos – Moto Hoonchbach and Dickie Hyper-Hynie.These two characters have taken […]

AUBURN – The Book Burrow will host a Grand Finale Gala beginning at noon Sunday, Feb. 12. There free food, live music, and local writers will be available to talk about and sign their books.Among those scheduled to participate are Mark LaFlamme, author of “The Pink Room;” Robert Chapman, “A Certain Fall;” Marty Engstrom, “Marty […]

WHO: Motley CrueWHEN: 8 p.m. Monday, March 6TICKETS: $47, $77WHO: Korn with Mudvayne and 10 YearsWHEN: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 26TICKETS: $39.50WHO: Larry the Cable GuyWHEN: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2TICKETS: $39.75Tickets are available at the Colisee box office at 190 Birch St., Lewiston, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; at 877-468-4946 and […]

FARMINGTON – Husband and wife duo, Ron and Deb Hodge, who go by the name New Beginnings, have released their first CD, “The Answer is Christ.”A blend of traditional and Southern gospel music, the CD recorded by Bruce Goulette of Studio G in Turner, is intended to speak to the heart of the listener.“We truly […]

BATH – Singer Marcia Ball will perform her blend of Texas blues, Louisiana R&B and Gulf Coast swamp pop at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, in the Chocolate Church Arts Center.She recorded her first full-length live album, “Live! Down the Road,” in 2004. The CD mixes songs from throughout her career, including longtime fan favorites […]

HEBRON – The Hebron Academy Players will present “The Wiz,” William F. Brown and Charlie Smalls’ remake of the classic fairy tale, Friday, Feb. 24, and Saturday, Feb. 25.The shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the academy’s Androscoggin Theater in Sargent Gymnasium.In this updated version of the “Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy and friends “Ease […]

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut’s in 1922 contains five sarcophagi with mummies, breaking the nearly centurylong belief that there’s nothing more to find in the valley where some of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs were buried.The tomb’s spare appearance suggests it was not […]

By Chris Hewitt,Knight Ridder Newspapers Is it my imagination or are practically all the characters Harrison Ford plays named Jack?It’s a solid American name for a solid American actor, one who projects modesty, decency and the ability to outrun bad guys one-third his age.All of which explains why Ford plays his fourth Jack in “Firewall,” […]