Among the films competing for the Palme d’Or are the festival opener, ‘Annette,’ by Leox Carax and Sean Penn’s ‘Flag Day,’ in which he stars alongside his daughter, Dylan Penn, as a conman.
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Allegations of abuse by Robert Indiana resurface in ‘hush money’ court case
Sentenced for Social Security fraud, a Waldoboro man blames his downward spiral on the abuse he says he suffered by the late artist 4 decades ago.
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David Diop wins International Booker Prize with World War I story
The international contest is open to fiction in any language that has been translated into English.
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Portland Chamber Music Festival returns to in-person performances in August
The program for one of the concerts won’t be revealed beforehand.
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Kelly Riley talks about the Porch Party Mamas
The Porch Party Mamas are greater than the sum of its parts.
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A direction home: Bob Dylan album returned 48 years late
A man living in San Francisco has mailed a Bob Dylan double album back to the Ohio library where it was overdue by 48 years.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority
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Kelly Osbourne opens up about drug and alcohol addictions
The TV personality said she ended almost four years of sobriety in in April.
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La Scala announces 2021-22 season, with hope of fewer limits
Italy’s most important theater plans 13 operas, seven ballets and numerous concerts.
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‘Hooked on a Feeling’ singer B.J. Thomas dies at 78
Hi signature recording was “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head,’ a No. 1 pop hit and an Oscar winner