PRIME-TIME VIEWERSHIP numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 26-Sept. 1. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership. 1. “Under the Dome,” CBS, 11.12 million. 2. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), NBC, 9.85 million. 3. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 8.7 million. 4. “NCIS,” CBS, 8.47 million. 5. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 8.36 million. 6. College […]

LOS ANGELES “American Idol” is betting that a judges’ remix with Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban will fare better with viewers than bickering divas Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj did last season. The rumored addition of Lopez and Connick as judges for season 13 was announced Tuesday by Fox. They’ll join Urban […]

MILAN Writer and director Abdellah Taia believes he has given Arab cinema its first gay protagonist in his debut film “Salvation Army.” Taia already created a sensation in his native Morocco when he became the first Moroccan to publicly acknowledge his homosexuality in 2006 and a year later appeared on the cover of a newsmagazine […]

DETROIT City and federal officials are making good on promises to raze a vacant Detroit housing project once home to the Supremes before the trio became vital voices of “the Motown sound.” Mayor Dave Bing and Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan on Wednesday announced the first stage of demolishing the Frederick […]

A young, idealistic rebel from a desert planet seeks to fight an unjust, tyrannical emperor with a space station capable of destroying planets. “Star Wars,” the 1977 film? Not quite. Try “The Star Wars,” the 1974 rough draft by George Lucas that, ultimately, turned into the wildly popular and still culturally resonant film. Now, starting […]

GORHAM — An inopportune snowstorm last winter canceled the University of Southern Maine tribute to a British trumpeter and his unique brass ensemble, but the concert has been rescheduled. Maine-ly British Brass: A Tribute to the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the London Brass, will be performed 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 13, at Corthell Concert […]

GEORGETOWN — Chefs Shanna and Brian O’Hea have appeared on the Food Network’s “Best Thing I Ever Ate,” “Food Paradise” on the Travel Channel and in Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine. You may have also seen them on the WPFO program “Good Day Maine” on Fox Channel 23 and WCSH’s “207,” or on the Food Network’s […]

WISCASSET — Come and peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a special “Behind Closed Doors Tour” with Historic New England. The event is 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6 at Castle Tucker, 2 Lee St. Admission is $10 Historic New England members, $15 nonmembers. Led by Site Manager Peggy Konitzky, this in-depth […]

BRUNSWICK — Studio 48 Performing Arts and Dance Center offers registration for classes and dance from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 at 20 Davis St. New classes are Broadway Dance, Broadway Toddler, Musical Theater Class, Tap and Hip Hop. Other classes offered are Tap, Beginning Ballet, Contemporary Lyrical, Hip Hop and Serendipity Glee […]

TOPSHAM — A new field guide for identifying and understanding the sedge species in Maine is being unveiled at a special book release party this week. “The Sedges of Maine – A Field Guide to the Cyperaceae” is meant to bridge the gap between overly technical and overly simplified manuals for identifying sedge species, one […]