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‘Cleopatra’ feted at 50 with restoration, theatrical re-release and more

There was the spectacle, the runaway budget, the fights with the studio. But almost everyone thinks about the 1963 movie "Cleopatra" for one thing: Liz and Dick.
Martin Landau remembers the day when he realized "Cleopatra" stars Elizabeth Taylor and...

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Director labors eight years to get ‘Epic’ on the screen

All those years since "Ice Age" and "Robots," you'd figure Chris Wedge had retired on the "Scrat" bucks he and Blue Sky Animation pulled in from that saber-toothed squirrel.
"Yeah, I'd have starved, like Scrat, if I'd done that," he jokes. It turns...

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The Whalie Awards are handed out Saturday

Premium Content Rumors whiz by like fireballs from Roman candles. Why DID Taylor Swift buy property in Watch Hill?
There are many theories, but a genuinely reasonable possibility might be this: Swift wants to be A) eligible and B) close by for all future Whalie...

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Tuck in at Oliver’s Taverne

Premium Content Know what's better than a tavern? A taverne. There's something about that extra "e" that says "beer, grog, stew, warmth, repeat." Last weekend's dreadful weather demanded all of the above, so we headed out to Oliver's Restaurant and Taverne in Essex, home of dressed-up pub fare, many a...

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Live Lunch Break previews The Whalie Awards

Live Lunch Break looks back at performances by several acts nominated for Whalie Awards, will will be handed out Saturday night at the Hygienic Art Park. Performers include Daphne Lee Martin, Instant Family, Josi Davis, Madison Red, Matt Gouette,...


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Robert Taylor: arresting as TV lawman ‘Longmire’

You may not recognize Robert Taylor as anyone other than the title character he plays on the crime drama "Longmire." But he's...

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James Franco builds a bookish filmography

James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf - and a very respectable one, at that.

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Games

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Classic Crossword

Try your hand at the Universal Daily Crossword puzzle.

Sudoku

Race the clock in daily Sudoku logic puzzles.

Jigsaw Puzzle

Can you uncover the hidden image by solving the puzzle?

Bridge & Chess

Daily games from the print edition.

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Restaurant Reviews

Premium Content Norm's: Diner fare for the long-term fan

In 1983 I was sitting in a diner in Odessa, Texas. It was about 3 a.m. or so, and I was buying Carlos Cavazo breakfast. Even though he was the guitarist for Quiet Riot, who were on their...

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Premium Content Lobster Days comes to Mystic Seaport

Every Memorial Day weekend, the Mystic Rotary sells lobster dinners during Mystic Seaport's Lobster Days.

Usually, that means serving up...

Premium Content A six pack of questions with brewer Aaren Simoncini

Aaren Simoncini started small when he opened Beer'd Brewing in Stonington in late 2012. His plans to brew 150 barrels a year would make him not a...

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Suzanne Thompson

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Premium Content Movie tip: "Mud"

Few recent films have the evocative sense of place that "Mud" does. Writer-director Jeff Nichols sets his drama in the deep South, in a stark, downtrodden Arkansas town, but he doesn't...

The new ‘Star Trek’ is all about ‘ensemble’

Say this much for the new films in the long-running "Star Trek" franchise. They're real "share the wealth" exercises. It's not just about Kirk, Spock and Bones and a couple of red shirts...

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Beatles’ lyrics headed for British Library

Shakespeare, the Magna Carta - and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics.

The British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already formidable collection with handwritten lyrics...

Premium Content Have a Sound & Country Summer

Look for stories on party ideas, picnicking, camping, boating, fishing and other family adventures in the new, expanded summer edition of Sound & Country magazine, published in The Day tomorrow.

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‘Idol’ winner rolling out debut album in July

Candice Glover spent more time on season 12 of "American Idol" than she will on creating her debut album.

The 23-year-old, who won the Fox...

Music tip: "Fortyfied Nektar"

Over the years, I've compiled about 812 studio, live and compilation albums by Nektar, the British psych/prog band. Somehow, I'd never...

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Premium Content Saturday night live at Foxwoods, with Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller and Kevin Nealon

Live! From Foxwoods! It's Saturday niiiiiiiiight!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

How could I, considering that Saturday at MGM Grand...

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Events

Premium Content Let the Memorial Day parades begin

Memorial Day weekend has arrived, and the region is honoring the people who died serving in the U.S. military with vigils, ceremonies and...

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Exhibits

Premium Content Backus presents Lily Oncology on Canvas

The Lily Oncology on Canvas art exhibition opens today in the Medical Office Building of the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich.

The...

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Books

Premium Content The novelist captured in fiction

Serendipity played a big role not only in the overall concept of Jennie Field's fictional account of the life of 19th-century novelist...

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Horoscopes

Your stars - May 24

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make plans to do something with friends or take a day trip that will help you expand your interests or improve...

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