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Comedian Juston McKinney returns to Stone Mountain Arts Center

14+ hour, 25+ min ago  (305+ words) Comedian Juston McKinney brings his sharp, New England'rooted humor to the stage. A Portsmouth, NH native who grew up on the New Hampshire'Maine border, McKinney spent seven years as a deputy sheriff in rural Maine before trading his badge for…...

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mainepublic.org > npr-news > 2026-03-28 > that-was-a-fun-movie-but-where-are-the-bloopers-nowadays

That was a fun movie. But where are the bloopers nowadays?

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (815+ words) After the end of the 2001 film Rush Hour 2, a montage of Jackie Chan's mistakes starts rolling. He's the star of the film, but he repeatedly falls backward while trying to complete a front flip, and faceplants as he's running through…...

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mainepublic.org > npr-news > 2026-03-28 > the-iconic-south-african-theater-that-took-on-apartheid

The iconic South African theater that took on apartheid

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (816+ words) Updated March 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM EDT JOHANNESBURG, South Africa'When it first started in the 1970s, South Africa's Market Theater staged plays considered to be so subversive that it became a regular target of the apartheid government's zealous censors. Even the fact that…...

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mainepublic.org > npr-news > 2025-08-29 > in-the-roses-benedict-cumberbatch-and-olivia-colman-play-a-couple-at-odds

In 'The Roses,' Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman play a couple at odds

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1045+ words) Many movies that have been made detail the start of relationships. Those dizzying first moments of love " flirtation and the spark of attraction, first kisses and the will-they-or-won't-they tension of so many romantic comedies. The movie, directed by Jay Roach,…...

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mainepublic.org > npr-news > 2025-08-25 > is-edinburghs-fringe-still-fringe-or-has-it-gasp-gone-mainstream

Is Edinburgh's Fringe still fringe, or has it — gasp — gone mainstream?

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (870+ words) EDINBURGH, Scotland " For decades, devotees repeated rumors in hushed reverence about starving artists sleeping in bathtubs, out of dedication to the Fringe " one of the world's biggest theater and comedy festivals. Now they deride corporate sponsors and local residents for…...