State Maine Showbiz Latest News and Updates

They were testing the New Year’s Eve ball today in Times Square ahead of Sunday’s celebrations, but the real spectacle was happening on the streets.

EXCLUSIVE: Bunk’d, Disney Channel‘s longest-running live-action series, will end its run with the conclusion of its current seventh season. The final installment of 10 new episodes will air in 2024.

The secretary of state of Maine has determined that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on that state’s ballot, finding that he is disqualified under the 14th Amendment‘s insurrection clause.

fatal crash that killed Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks, in a head-on car crash in Texas.The 65-year-old musician died instantly when her Ford F-150 was struck when a westbound truck entered her eastbound lane attempting to pass two cars on the highway just outside of El Paso on Friday afternoon.Smoke started billowing from Lynch’s car, causing a driver who had stopped behind the crash to cut the country star’s seatbelt and remove her from the vehicle, explained @mavmoto182 in a video posted to TikTok.The driver of the other vehicle was rushed to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, while Lynch was declared dead at the scene.The Texas Department of Public Safety later confirmed the star’s death. According to her cousin Mick Lynch, she was driving from El Paso to Dell City.

UPDATED with company statement: Shari Redstone’s National Amusements, the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, has confirmed it was the victim of a hack that affected more than 82,000 people.

The Chicks, has died aged 65.According to a statement from the Texas public safety department that was reported by the TV news station KTSM, Lynch was killed in a crash while driving a pickup truck outside El Paso on Friday night (December 22). She was struck head-on by the driver of another truck who was trying to pass another car along a two-way, undivided portion of the highway.Lynch co-founded the group, then known as the Dixie Chicks, in 1989 alongside – alongside Robin Lynn Macy, Martie Erwin and Emily Erwin.

Laura Lynch, one of the founding members of the country music band The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks), has sadly passed away at the age of 65.

Michaela Zee Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks, has died. She was 65. Lynch died in a car crash in West Texas on Friday evening, her cousin Michael Lynch told CBS News.

backin 1990. The Texan-born songstress recorded three albums with the band before leaving in 1993. Lynch originally played upright bass for the wildly popular country group, before providing lead vocals on their third album, “Shouldn’t a Told You That.”She was replaced by Natalie Maines in 1995.

Manchester City are 90 minutes away from potentially being crowned world champions - but one benefit they would get with that particular tag might well be delayed until the new year.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S., said personal data for approximately 35.9 million customers of its Xfinity services may have been illegally accessed by hackers in a security breach that occurred in October. On Monday, Comcast began notifying customers of the hack.

A day Manchester City fans will never forget saw the team hit their lowest ebb. It was December 19, 1998 - exactly 25 years ago today - and things were about to get really bad for City.

K.J. Yossman Jennifer Ehle has been cast in Jaclyn Bethany’s queer indie drama “In Transit.” Written by Alex Sarrigeorgiou, the Maine-set feature tells the story of a small town bartender called Lucy who agrees to model for painter Ilse – played by Ehle – who is existentially floundering as she seeks solitude away from her career and complicated personal life while on an artists retreat. “Through their relationship, both women must confront their preconceptions of what makes a good life,” reads the logline.

“Wellness”Nathan Hill (Knopf)At turns (darkly) hilarious and heartbreaking, this 624-page novel from the author of “The Nix” skewers Gen X cynicism, self-care devotion, cancel culture and aspirational wealth — with a brutal breakdown of how Boomers fall for conspiracy theories online. Jack and Elizabeth fall in and out of love, raise a difficult child and strive, often begrudgingly, to climb the corporate and social ladder, in gentrified Chicago, until the suburban dream starts to look more like a nightmare.“The Berry Pickers“Amanda Peters (Catapult)In July of 1962, a Mi’kmaq family arrives in Maine from Nova Scotia to pick berries for the summer. Weeks later, their youngest child, Ruthie, vanishes.

Lady Gaga won her first Oscar playing up-and-coming singer/songwriter Ally Maine alongside Bradley Cooper in 2018′s A Star is Born. Interestingly, she beat out several other famous pop stars to book the role.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with the Todd Haynes-directed May December starring Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman and Charles Melton. It made a splash at Cannes this year when the darkly comedic and complex feature, loosely based on the story of Mary Kay Letourneau, was picked up by Netflix in a splashy $11 million rights deal.

Anticipation for next year’s Amy Winehouse movie Back to Black is growing with Studiocanal unveiling a second image and announcing release dates.

EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired North American distribution rights to A Storm Foretold, a documentary about Trump adviser Roger Stone that becomes more urgent as the 2024 presidential election inches closer with every passing day.

Sir Rod Stewart has taken to social media to pay tribute to his son Alastair's milestone birthday as he turns 18. The singing legend and dad-of-eight posted a sweet picture of the pair enjoying a celebratory meal.

Gemma Collins and Claire Sweeney were the stars of the show at DJ Fat Tony's posh birthday party in Mayfair, London. Former TOWIE star, Gemma, 42, looked stunning as she posed for photos outside the MAINE restaurant and bar, where the party was held.

John Travolta is sharing a scary story.

Rita Ora has never shied away from a daring fashion choice, but she one-upped herself when she attended British Vogue’s 2023 Forces for Change Party on Thursday night (November 23) at The MAINE Mayfair in London, England.

K.J. Yossman John Travolta has revealed it was his own near-death experience while flying a plane on Thanksgiving that first drew him to “The Shepherd,” the new Alfonso Cuarón-produced short film set to premiere on Disney+ this winter. The film, which is based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1975 novella of the same name, tells the story of Freddie Hooke (played by Ben Radcliffe), a young Royal Air Force pilot flying home for Christmas across the North Sea.

The mass shooting last month in Maine — perpetrated by an Army reservist allowed to keep his guns reportedly bought days before he underwent psychiatric evaluations due to his erratic behavior that included hearing voices that were not there — briefly reopened debate about whether a standardized red-flag law could have prevent the massacre of 18, and the injury of 13 others. Each new shooting rampage seems to elicit fresh conversation about a crackdown on semi-automatic weapons and the need to keep firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill. Met with resistance from the gun lobby, those cries are stifled amid patronizing calls for it being “a time to heal” — until the next massacre re-opens the wound.

appeared on the “Today” show Monday where she was interviewed about a potential return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and she helped Al Roker do the weather forecast.After her chat, Roker, 69, joked that when the “Marriage Story” star often stops by the NBC morning show, she tries to take on his job.Once the interview concluded, the meteorologist led Johansson to a screen that showed off the temperature map.“This weather you guys is cray-cray,” she joked as she pointed to cities on the map such as Scarlet, Georgia, and Hollywood, California. She then tapped the screen to show the heavy amount of rainfall in Texas and the large quantities of snow by Washington state.“Guys, it looks like there is a bunch of stuff happening here,” she said as she pointed to a red line on the map by Maine.

Oasis’ classic …There And Then live concert film can now be streamed.Available now to buy or rent on Apple TV, the film uses footage from three of the shows on the band’s ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ tour, which ran between 1995 and 1996.…There And Then was first released on VHS on October 14, 1996 and saw the band storm through renditions of fan favourites including ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ and ‘Live Forever’. It also featured a range of exclusive interviews with the band.“The concert film ‘Oasis: …There and Then’ […] is now available for purchase and rental for the very first time,” read an update on X/Twitter, announcing the release to fans.The three shows featured in the film include a massive homecoming gig at Maine Road in Manchester and a then-record-breaking stop at London’s Earl’s Court.…There And Then is available now on Apple TV and can be found here.The news of the concert film now arriving on streaming platforms comes as the Britpop icons are currently celebrating various milestones from in their discography.This includes the 25th anniversary reissue of their famous compilation album ‘The Masterplan’.

There will be no second season for MGM+ series Chapelwaite. The show’s co-creator and executive producer Jason Filardi announced the news on X (fka Twitter) and Deadline has confirmed.

EXCLUSIVE: Andrée A. Michaud’s novel ‘Boundary’ is being developed as a thriller series.

Jaden Thompson Peter S. Fischer, co-creator of “Murder, She Wrote,” died in a care facility in Pacific Grove, Calif. on Oct.

Marlee Matlin is speaking out about the October 25 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, and encouraging media to cover the tragic event responsibly.

The man wanted over the mass shooting at a bowling alley and bar that killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Maine has been found dead.

A manhunt for a gunman who shot dead 18 people in the USA remains ongoing as details of his victims have started to emerge.

The day after dual shootings at a bowling alley and a restaurant that left at least 18 dead and 13 injured in Maine, former Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey posted his reaction to the violence in Lewiston (pop. 36,000), which is his hometown.

Patrick Dempsey is speaking out in the aftermath of a mass shooting in his hometown of Lewiston, Maine.

mass shooting in his hometown that killed at least 18 people and injured 13 more. “I am shocked, and deeply saddened by last night’s tragedy in my hometown, Lewiston, Maine,” Dempsey, 57, wrote Thursday on Instagram.

Comedians John Mulaney and Pete Davidson have postponed a pair of Maine shows scheduled for this weekend, in the aftermath of the Oct. 25 mass shooting in the town of Lewiston that left 18 people dead and 13 injured, according to Maine Governor Janet Mills.