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Actress who played Rosario on ‘Will and Grace’ dies at 83Video
LOS ANGELES — Shelley Morrison, an actress with a 50-year career who was best known for playing a memorable maid on “Will and Grace,” died Sunday, her publicist said. Morrison died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from heart failure after a brief illness, publicist Lori DeWaal told The...
‘Frozen 2’ ices competition again with record Thanksgiving
LOS ANGELES — “Frozen 2” kept a wintry wind at its back in its second week, setting a Thanksgiving record with a whopping box office bounty. Disney’s ice princess sequel brought in $85.3 million in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend and earned an unprecedented $132.7 million for the...
Brad Paisley happy to be the butt of jokes in variety special
Brad Paisley is perfectly comfortable being the butt of jokes. In his new variety special, “Brad Paisley Thinks He’s Special,” airing Dec. 3 on ABC, the country star allows himself to be the punchline in a number of skits with celeb pals including Peyton Manning, Carrie Underwood, the Jonas Brothers...
John Shumway steps down from KDKA Radio
John Shumway has stepped down as the morning news co-host on KDKA Radio. His last day was Wednesday. He will remain on KDKA-TV as a general assignment reporter, according to a statement from Michael Spacciapolli, senior vice president of Entercom in Pittsburgh, shared by KDKA. “(John’s) tireless work ethic and...
Review: Ominous ‘Dark Waters’ is like ‘Chernobyl’ for AmericaVideo
Todd Haynes’ “Dark Waters,” about the prolonged (and ongoing) legal fight to uncover the environmental damage of cancer-inducing “forever chemicals” and hold their corporate makers accountable, is a sober and ominous docudrama. On its surface, it’s an unspectacular one. Its lead character, a corporate defense attorney played by Mark Ruffalo,...
Review: In ‘Queen & Slim,’ bad Tinder date makes for great movieVideo
Rarely has a Tinder date ended so poorly than the one shown in “Queen & Slim.” Even more rarely has a bad Tinder date produced such a great film. The remarkable “Queen & Slim” is a romance and a road movie, a film about outlaws on the run, two journeys...
Review: ‘Knives Out’ an old-fashioned whodunit made devilishly newVideo
Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” unravels not just a good old-fashioned murder mystery but the very fabric of the whodunit, pulling at loose threads until it has intricately, devilishly woven together something new and exceedingly delightful. For all the detective tales that dot television screens, the Agatha Christie-styled whodunit has gone...
Bruno Sammartino documentary set for New York, L.A. debut
A new documentary on Bruno Sammartino is set for release in New York and Los Angeles. “Bruno Sammartino” will be screened in at The Cinema Village in New York and The Monica Film Center in Santa Monica from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5. According to KDKA Radio, a premiere is...
‘This Is Us’ actor Blake Stadnik in Pittsburgh holiday paradeVideo
When he was a boy, Blake Stadnik marched with the Pittsburgh CLO Mini Stars in the WPXI Holiday Parade. On Nov. 30, the actor and “This Is Us” cast member and Ellwood City native will again participate in the parade, this time as a featured performer. “I was 10, 11...
AARP releases the names of its Movies for Grownups nominees
NEW YORK — A new batch of film nominations are out from an influential media organization — but superhero flicks and “Frozen 2” need not apply. AARP has released nominations for its annual Movies for Grownups awards, which is designed to reward films that resonate with older viewers and fight...
Point Park grads capture picture-perfect moment with Tom Hanks in Pittsburgh
Danette Levers changed her Facebook profile picture at 7:34 a.m. Friday. There’s a pretty good chance she won’t ever change it again. She waited for months to upload that photo of her standing next to Tom Hanks. She idolizes the actor. She can recite most of his movie lines from...
Aspinwall author watches his novel jump from page to film
For Aspinwall’s Philip Beard, a punctuating moment in an 18-year journey came when he and his daughter watched actress Sadie Sink of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” shoot a scene in Kennywood Park for a movie based on his novel, “Dear Zoe.” “It’s surreal not only hearing my words coming from the...
Regent Square, Harris theaters shuttered; Pittsburgh Center for Arts closes main building
The Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media on Monday closed the Regent Square Theater and the Harris Theater, Downtown, and will cease operations at year’s end in the Marshall Mansion, its main building at the corner of Fifth and Shady avenues in Pittsburgh’s East End. In a letter to its...
Bill Cosby vows no remorse, expects to serve 10-year maximum
COLLEGEVILLE — Bill Cosby says he’s prepared to serve his 10-year maximum sentence for sexual assault rather than show remorse for a crime the comedian says he didn’t commit. Cosby is serving three to 10 years in a state prison near Philadelphia after a jury last year convicted him of...
For some rural TV viewers, local news is anything but
LINCOLN, Neb. — When Dianne Johnson channel-surfs for news in her rural western Nebraska home, all she sees are stories about Colorado crime and car crashes from a Denver television station more than 200 miles away. It’s frustrating for the 61-year-old rancher, who wants to know the latest developments in...
‘That ’70s Show’ could be the next series to leave Netflix
The popular Fox comedy “That ’70s Show” has been a part of Netflix’s library for years, but now the show’s owner says competing streamers are interested in bringing the program to their services. Los Angeles studio Carsey-Werner Television says it has received interest from at least four buyers, including Netflix,...
AP photographer releases new images of Mister Rogers’ ‘Neighborhood’
From 1984 through 2000, I had the privilege of spending countless hours documenting a very special neighbor, Fred Rogers of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” A more kind and caring neighbor there never was or will be. Whether working behind the set with his puppets, feeding his fish, pulling on his cardigan...
Your annual guide to holiday movies, specials on TV
Thanksgiving is only a few days away. It’s a signal to many as the “official” start of the holiday season. The beloved holiday movies and specials that air annually have become tradition for many. Here is our annual list of select favorites, with a few new gems sprinkled in here...
Review: Tom Hanks a perfect fit in lovely Mister Rogers tale for adults
Director Marielle Heller frames “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” as if it were an episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” with miniature sets of cars and bridges to illustrate New York and Pittsburgh. Mister Rogers, played with clear-eyed purpose by Tom Hanks, introduces the audience to the film’s protagonist, journalist...
TV comedy greats take a bow, make ’em laugh at ceremony
“There’s nothing I believe more than this, that laughter adds time to one’s life,” Norman Lear told an audience gathered to honor him and other four other television comedy greats. “I believe that as much as I believe my mother loved me,” the writer-producer added. “She said she did. But...
In Kacey Musgraves’ Christmas special, her grandma steals the show
Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves knows who the real star is in her family — her grandmother. That’s why the singer put the woman she calls Nana in her upcoming holiday special, “The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show.” “Basically, this is just Nana’s world. We’re just all livin’ in it. This is...
How a movie about Mister Rogers came togetherVideo
Marielle Heller had a daunting task. As the director of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” she had the job of bringing a story to the big screen that involved two legendary performers: children’s TV host Fred Rogers and the multi-Oscar-winning actor playing him, Tom Hanks. Her mission became a...
Across Mister Rogers’ actual neighborhoods, his faith echoes
His TV neighborhood, was, of course, a realm of make believe — a child’s-eye view of community summoned into being by an oddly understanding adult, cobbled together from a patchwork of stage sets, model houses and pure, unsullied love. Visiting it each day, with Mister Rogers as guide, you’d learn...
Review: ‘21 Bridges’ a just-good-enough New York crime thrillerVideo
How excited James Brown would have been for “21 Bridges.” Take you to bridge? How about 21 of them? But I suspect even the Godfather of Soul would give an easy pass to Brian Kirk’s “21 Bridges,” with Chadwick Boseman (who played Brown in the biopic “Get on Up”). It’s...
5 Pittsburgh things in the new Mister Rogers movie
There is plenty of Pittsburgh in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” However, the city is not quite ubiquitous in this film about the real life friendship between Fred Rogers, played by Tom Hanks, and a cynical journalist portrayed by Matthew Rhys. Make no mistake, you will see plenty of...
