Lou Rawls, singer and community activist, dies of cancer at 72. LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer and longtime community activist who started as a choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine,” died Friday of cancer. He was 72.Rawls died at […]

By Rick Porter,Zap2it.com It seems natural to set the latest incarnation of “The Bachelor” in and around Paris, given the city’s reputation (fueled in no small part by decades of movie portrayals) as among the most romantic in the world.There’s just one problem with that, says Travis Stork, the guy at the center of ABC’s […]

Jan. 14: LEWISTON, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:45 to 6 p.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church, 59 Sabattus St. $6/$3Jan. 14: PORTLAND, a benefit roast beef buffet will be held at 4:30 p.m. at North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave. $8/$4.50 797-2487Jan. 14: SOUTH PARIS, a soup and […]

Jan. 7: LEWISTON, Burlington Taiko Drums will perform at 8 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. 786-6135Jan. 7: PORTLAND, “Stomp,” featuring international percussion sensation, will be held at 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturday and 1 and 5 p.m. on Sunday at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $54.50/$36.50 842-0800Jan. 8: PORTLAND, the […]

NEW YORK (AP) – I want a car like “The Shield.” I want a sirloin like “The Shield.” I wish I could find a laptop like “The Shield,” and an airline and an antidandruff shampoo like “The Shield.”To simply call “The Shield” a great drama series damns it with faint praise. Week in, week out, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – This could be the year gay-themed films dominate Hollywood’s awards season.The cowboys-in-love drama “Brokeback Mountain,” a potential Academy Award front-runner, led nominees Thursday for film prizes from actors and directors unions, including performers Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams and Jake Gyllenhaal and filmmaker Ang Lee.Along with Ledger and Gyllenhaal, playing old sheepherding […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. will give Howard Stern 34 million shares of stock – worth about $220 million at today’s prices – because the company has met agreed-upon targets for gaining new subscribers under its 2004 deal with the shock jock.In a regulatory filing Thursday, Sirius said its subscriber count as […]

The idea alone is enough to make you cringe: Johnny Knoxville stars as an average guy who pretends he’s mentally challenged in order to rig the Special Olympics. Hunched over to one side and slightly contorted, referring to himself in the third person by the simpleton pseudonym “Jeffy,” he insinuates himself among the athletes who […]

By David A. Sargent,Special to Encore WHAT: “Proof,” a play staged by Community Little TheatreWHEN: 8 p.m. Jan. 13, 14,19, 20 and 21; 2 p.m. Jan. 15 and 22WHERE: Great Falls Performing Arts Center, Academy Street, AuburnTICKET: $15 for adults, $13 for senior citizens and full-time studentsCALL: 783-0958; or go online to laCLT.com. ‘Proof’ CLT’s […]

Maine illustrator and writer Anne Sibley O’Brien will give a presentation. PORTLAND – Portland Stage Company will host an afternoon of free performances and workshops for families, with the PSC’s Affiliate Artists as both performers and teachers, Saturday, Jan. 14. Featured will be staged-readings and songs celebrating nature and winter with special selections focusing on […]