LAS VEGAS (AP) – They’ll tap dance, sing and glide around the stage. They’ll don glitzy costumes, bathing suits and bright smiles in a quest for big money and a chance to see their names in lights.Just don’t call them showgirls.Today, 52 driven, young beauties will arrive in Las Vegas to begin the weeklong whirlwind […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt brought a rare dose of Hollywood glamour to this beleaguered Caribbean nation during a visit Friday.The couple, who recently announced they are expecting a baby this summer, flew to Haiti from the neighboring Dominican Republic, where Jolie is filming the movie “The Good Shepherd,” directed by […]

Jan. 16: BRUNSWICK, the “Children’s Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.,” will be held at 10 a.m. at Bowdoin College Moulton Union. 725-3281Jan. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22: PORTLAND, “Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic,” will be held at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Showtimes are Jan. 18, 19 and 20 at 7 p.m., […]

Jan. 20: BETHEL, the Theater at Monmouth will perform “Henry V,” at 7 p.m. at Gould Academy Bingham Hall. $8/$4 824-3575Jan. 20-Feb. 5: PORTLAND, the Portland Players will perform “Godspell,” at the theater, 420 Cottage Road. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. $19/$16 799-7337Jan. 20, 27: WATERVILLE, […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) – They’ll tap dance, sing and glide around the stage. They’ll don glitzy costumes, bathing suits and bright smiles in a quest for big money and a chance to see their names in lights.Just don’t call them showgirls.On Saturday, 52 driven, young beauties will arrive in Las Vegas to begin the weeklong […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – It’s not Guns N’ Roses but cars and cash that have rocker Axl Rose suing a Beverly Hills auto dealership.The suit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims the dealership failed to deliver two luxury cars after receiving $20,000 in deposits and also failed to give the Guns N’ […]

Augusta: Exhibits of Maine’s natural environment, prehistory, social history and manufacturing heritage are featured year round, at the Maine State Museum, State House Complex. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. Closed all state holidays. 287-2301Bar Harbor: “Layers of Time: Archaeology at […]

By Ivette M. Yee,South Florida Sun-Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The myth is as big as the beast itself.For decades, film lovers and King Kong fans alike have been looking for the “missing spider-pit scene” from Merian C. Cooper’s 1933 classic, “King Kong.”In this season’s blockbuster remake, director Peter Jackson re-created the scene in which […]

New York Daily News PASADENA, Calif. – The Weather Channel launches the series “It Could Happen Tomorrow,” which takes meteorological disasters from history and transplants them to the present day, Sunday at 9:30 p.m. EST.The opening broadcast imagines a hurricane hitting New York City, and is based on the 1938 hurricane that hit Long Island. […]

BATH – Schooner Fare brothers Chuck and Steve Romanoff have begun their 30th year as Schooner Fare with renewed energy and a new CD, “And Both Shall Row.” They will take to the stage at The Chocolate Church Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.With such signature songs as “Portland Town,” “Day of the […]