Leonardo DiCaprio to play cult leader Jim Jones in new film

Leonardo DiCaprio will play cult leader Jim Jones in an upcoming film. The new film will explore how Jones orchestrated the Jonestown mass suicide that caused over 900 deaths in November 1978. Jones founded the Peoples Temple religious organization in Indianapolis in 1955 and constructed Jonestown in Guyana in 1974. When U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan …

Sitcom inspired by the life of Alanis Morissette in the works at ABC

Alanis Morissette, the singer/songwriter behind the multi-million-selling album Jagged Little Pill, will be the inspiration for a new ABC sitcom.  Titled Relatable, the sitcom is a single-camera comedy that follows a 40-something woman, married with three kids, who spent her young adult life as an international rock star, famous for her self-penned anthems of female …

Tractor Trailer Crash on Turnpike

UPDATE: All southbound lanes on the Turnpike near Mile Marker 35 have reopened. ORIGINAL STORY: A tractor trailer truck this afternoon, Nov. 12, jack knifed across all lanes in the area of Mile Marker 35 southbound on the turnpike. All south bound traffic in the area was diverted off Exit 36 in Saco. The tractor …

MSCU On-Line Auction to End Hunger

Maine State Credit Union’s online auction to End Hunger in Maine begins Monday, Nov. 15 and ends Friday, Nov. 26. Bid early and often on any the number of great items. Take a look, place a bid, and help end food insecurity in local communities. 100% of the proceeds raised will go directly to over …

22-year-old college student is ninth person to die after tragedy at Astroworld festival

Nearly one week after the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, a 22-year-old college student has died – marking the ninth person killed in the tragedy. The family attorney of the victim announced Thursday that Bharti Shahani, a student at Texas A&M University studying computer science, died at an intensive care unit surrounded by …

Appeals court agrees to temporarily block access to former-President Trump’s White House records in Jan. 6 probe

A federal appeals court on Thursday granted former President Donald Trump’s request to temporarily block the National Archives from giving his White House records to a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel granted Trump an administrative injunction and set arguments for the case for Nov. 30, writing: “The …

Colorado’s Country Jam announces headliners for 2022

Country Jam announced it is returning in June 2022. featuring headliners such as Miranda Lambert, Eric Church and Tim McGraw. The three-day music festival will feature more than 20 acts performing June 23-25, 2022, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Other acts on the lineup include Chris Janson, Riley Green, Chris Lane, Blanco Brown, Jo Dee Messina, …

Blake Shelton releases the video for ‘Come Back as a Country Boy’

Blake Shelton has released the official video for his new single, “Come Back As a Country Boy,” directed by Sophie Muller. Shelton says of the visual: “This video is an adventure. But at the end of the day it’s just me, my dog and my truck … and, of course, a beer. It’s me being …

Kenan Thompson to host 2021 People’s Choice Awards

E! and NBC announced that actor/comedian Kenan Thompson will host the 2021 People’s Choice Awards. Thompson, 43, will host the 47th annual awards show set to air in December.  In addition to hosting, Thompson is nominated at the PCAs for The Comedy TV Star and The Male TV star for his work on Saturday Night Live. …

See Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in the first full-length trailer for ‘Being the Ricardos’

Amazon Studios has released the first official, full-length trailer for ‘Being the Ricardos’ featuring Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.  You can view the trailer – here. The film by Aaron Sorkin follows the famous pair during one critical production week of their sitcom, ‘I Love Lucy,’ which comes at …