WASHINGTON (AP) – Television evangelist Pat Robertson, who has rattled the religious and political establishment with recent controversial declarations, acknowledged Thursday, “My passion runs ahead of me” on some occasions.“I’ve been doing TV for years and years,” Robertson said. “And the problem is, I ad lib.”Interviewed on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on the morning of […]

Zap2it.comNielsen rates as fill-in on ‘SVU’ As Mariska Hargitay prepares to go on maternity leave, “Law & Order: SVU” has found a temporary replacement for her.Connie Nielsen, best known for her role in the Oscar-winning “Gladiator,” will appear in six episodes of the NBC series later this season when Hargitay is out on leave. Hargitay […]

NEW YORK (AP) – “Saturday Night Live,” like rock ‘n’ roll, is perpetually dying.Throughout the 31 seasons of the NBC sketch comedy show, on a near annual basis, critics have written off “SNL” for not being “what it once was.”When the immensely popular Chevy Chase left the show early in the second season, his replacement […]

Feb. 3: BRUNSWICK, Ladysmith Black Mambazo will perform at 8 p.m. at Bowdoin College Pickard Theatre. $15 725-3375Feb. 3: LEWISTON, the “Sounds of Scandinavia,” will be performed by Midcoast Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. at Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. $12 865-2231Feb. 3: PORTLAND, Natalie MacMaster, fiddle superstar, will perform at 8 p.m. at […]

GORHAM – The 55-member Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Lehmann, will perform Bach’s “Coffee Cantata” Saturday, Feb. 11.The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in Corthell Concert Hall on the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus.The orchestra will be joined by School of Music vocal faculty members Malcolm Smith, bass; Christina Astrachan, soprano; […]

PORTLAND – Scaling buildings in Boulder, Colo., and kayaking and rafting the Yenisey River in Mongolia and Russia are some sights expected to thrill and inspire audiences when the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour returns to the State Theatre Feb. 14.This year’s selection of 2½ hours of cinematography includes films from the United States, […]

PORTLAND – The Portland Symphony Orchestra will present a program of passion and enlightenment with works by Wojciech Kilar, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Tuesday, Feb. 14. Featured at the 7:30 p.m. classical concert will be soloist Karen Gomyo on violin.A concert conversation led by conductor Alexander Mickelthwate will begin at 6:15 p.m. prior to the concert; […]

RUMFORD – Two local playwrights, Duane Glover of Rumford and Nancy O. DeMilner of Peru, have conspired together to write a mystery dinner theater show called “The Award Show.” It’s a spoof on award shows in general, wrapped up in a murder mystery to be played during dinner. It will be presented Feb. 23, 24 […]

LEWISTON – The Dave Rowe Trio will give a concert Friday, Feb. 10, at the Franco- American Heritage Center, to raise money and awareness of the importance of music instruction in Lewiston-Auburn schools.The concert is the brain-child of Doreen Ward, mother of a music student at Lewiston High School, who contacted Rowe to explore the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – After 11 years of marriage, actress Heather Locklear has filed for divorce from rocker Richie Sambora, her publicist said Thursday.“This is a private matter and there will be no further comment at this time,” CeCe Yorke said in a statement.Locklear, 44, first gained fame in 1981 as sexy Sammy Jo Dean […]