Movies/TV category, Page 167
‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ returning to theaters for 40th anniversary
“Star Trek” had been just a short-lived 1960s science-fiction TV show when it made its first journey to movie theaters in 1979 with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” It was a special-effects-heavy affair, more like “2001: A Space Odyssey” and differing significantly in look and feel from its sequel, “The...
Steel Curtain coaster has another fan in actress Viola Davis
List Viola Davis among fans of Kennywood’s new Steel Curtain roller coaster. After taking a spin (or nine) Sunday, the Academy Award-winning actress tweeted that the two-minute, 76-mph ride with nine inversions is “awesome.” Sweating at @Kenny_Kangaroo after the awesome Steel Curtain ride ?❤️?? pic.twitter.com/0wAZc7IqQ3— Viola Davis (@violadavis) July 28,...
PBS adds George W. Bush documentary to its president series
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A documentary about the life and political career of former President George W. Bush is coming to PBS stations next year. The two-part documentary, titled “W,” will include interviews with historians, journalists and inner-circle members. Among them: Bush’s chiefs of staff, press secretary Ari Fleischer and...
Kathy Griffin still working and hustling after Trump photo
NEW YORK — Kathy Griffin says two days into the fallout of her 2017 photo posing with a fake severed head of President Donald Trump, she knew she should film what was happening. She was losing jobs, making headline news and the topic of widespread scrutiny, not to mention the...
Amazon’s new ‘Making the Cut’ is global in fashion, commerce
Amazon Prime Video’s “Making the Cut” isn’t just about fashion, it’s about worldwide commerce. Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke told a TV critics meeting Saturday that there’s an international field of designers in the upcoming competition series. That makes them a match for the streaming service’s global audience, who serve...
Actresses of color make equal-pay quest a group effort
LOS ANGELES — When Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox recorded “Sisters Are Doin’ it For Themselves” in 1985, the Queen of Soul tried out a pointed ad lib for the empowerment anthem. “‘Equal pay, that’s what we say!’” she exclaimed in one take, as recounted by Lennox at a gathering...
50 Cent: ‘Power’ being overlooked by Emmys is racial
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — 50 Cent said he thinks “Power” being overlooked by the Emmys over the years was racial despite the success of popular Starz series that has a prominently black cast. “I like to say it’s racial. That’s the easy way to get out of things,” said the...
There’s no place like home for the ‘The Brady Bunch’
There’s no place like home for “The Brady Bunch,” even if was just a facade. An HGTV renovation of the Los Angeles house that was used for exterior shots of the TV sitcom reunited six cast members and rekindled the show’s spirit. “We enjoy being together, doing other projects, but...
Mueller hearing watched by 13 million TV viewers
The nearly seven hours of testimony by former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was watched by 13 million viewers on Wednesday, falling short of the audience levels for recent high-profile Washington hearings. The total was below the 20.4 million viewers who watched the Sept. 27 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings...
ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ broadcasts live from PittsburghVideo
The first fans lined up on Pittsburgh’s North Shore at 4:45 a.m. Thursday for an opportunity to board the Gateway Clipper’s Empress boat and join the “Good Morning America” live broadcast with Ginger Zee, T.J. Holmes and Tory Johnson. Friends Patty Kolesar of West Mifflin and Marlene Ordonez of McKeesport...
Former ‘Dance Moms’ star JoJo Siwa brings positivity to PittsburghVideo
Pittsburgh’s Abby Lee Miller recently returned to Lifetime with “Dance Moms,” her hit reality series that chronicles the drama of running a dance school and the dreams of young girls hoping to become stars. For many members of her original cast of dance students, their exposure on Miller’s successful TV...
HBO’s ‘Dark Materials,’ ‘Gemstones’ both grapple with faithVideo
HBO’s forthcoming fantasy series “His Dark Materials” and its new televangelist comedy “The Righteous Gemstones” bring wildly different worlds to the screen, yet both grapple with the same central problem: How to take on religion without degrading and demeaning viewers’ beliefs. “His Dark Materials” is based on the novel series...
Actor Rutger Hauer, of ‘Blade Runner’ fame, has died at 75Video
Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in “Blade Runner” opposite Harrison Ford, has died. He was 75. Hauer’s agent, Steve Kenis, says the actor died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands. Hauer’s roles included a terrorist...
‘Queer Eye’s’ Tan France looks deeper in new book ‘Naturally Tan’Video
You might know him from the French tuck or his distinctive hair. But “Queer Eye’s” fashion guru Tan France wants fans to get to know him beyond the surface. His new book, “Naturally Tan,” provides a deeper look at the English designer’s life. “I wanted the opportunity to really say...
‘Harriet’ tells the tale of American freedom fighterVideo
The story of the extraordinary life and legacy of American freedom fighter Harriet Tubman arrives on the big screen Nov. 1. The Focus Feature film “Harriet” tells her tale of escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. The trailer for the movie was released today. The...
Marvel’s next films will bring diversity, onscreen and offVideo
Marvel’s push for more women and people of color in its immensely popular film franchise is extending to behind the camera as it launches its next round of films after the massive success of “Avengers: Endgame.” Of the five films the superhero studio announced at Comic-Con on Saturday, only one...
Ex-WPXI anchor Darieth Chisolm victorious in revenge porn case
After two years of waging an international court case against revenge porn, former WPXI news anchor Darieth Chisolm can claim victory. Chisolm’s ex-boyfriend, Donovan Powell, 53, of Jamaica pleaded guilty in Jamaican court to three charges related to distributing nude pictures of the journalist, according to The (Jamaica) Gleaner. The...
ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ to broadcast live from Pittsburgh
“Good Morning America” hits the Steel City on Thursday as part of its “The Big Summer Road Trip” series. “We’re popping up in Pittsburgh,” said Ginger Zee, chief meteorologist for ABC News, in a video posted Monday. Zee sported a Steelers hat as she made the announcement. Did you hear...
Review: In Quentin Tarantino’s latest, a radiant Hollywood fable
Quentin Tarantino has, for a while now, been reminding us what’s so great about movies — or at least, what he thinks is so great about them. He’s made an old-fashioned double-feature (“Death Proof,” one half of the “Grindhouse” release), resurrected the wide-screen format of 70mm Ultra Panavision (“The Hateful...
Watch Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers in first ‘Beautiful Day’ trailerVideo
In the new TriStar Pictures trailer for “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” actor Tom Hanks appears convincing as the mild-mannered children’s program host and Latrobe native Fred Rogers — or Mister Rogers, as generations of children knew him. Scheduled for release on Thanksgiving Day, the film is described as...
With ‘The Lion King,’ Jon Favreau cements his status as a Disney MVPVideo
As he headed into the opening of his photorealistic CGI remake of “The Lion King,” you might assume that director Jon Favreau would be coasting on a wave of pure “hakuna matata.” After all, if you’re following in the footsteps of one of the most successful and beloved films of...
Jerry Seinfeld learns from comedy’s best on Netflix seriesVideo
Jerry Seinfeld would rather cruise in classic cars and sip coffee with comedy’s best than reboot his uber-successful “Seinfeld” television series. “No, and do what? Make it worse?” Seinfeld said in an interview this week about his eponymous NBC sitcom, which celebrated its 30-year anniversary this month. “I (was) very...
‘The Lion King’ bites off $185 million debut, a July record
LOS ANGELES — If there was any doubt that the 2019 box office belonged to the Walt Disney Co., this weekend put an end to it. Not only did its photorealistic remake of “The Lion King” devour opening weekend records for the month of July and a PG-rated film, but...
Marvel’s Phase 4: Natalie Portman is Thor, Mahershala Ali is Blade and more
SAN DIEGO — “Avengers: Endgame” may have closed a chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the blockbuster factory is not slowing down and only expanding in scope and diversity. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige led a marathon presentation at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday night, announcing plans for the first...
ESPN reasserts political talk policy after attack on TrumpVideo
NEW YORK — ESPN is making sure that its employees know there is no change in the network’s policy to avoid talking about politics unless it intersects with sports after radio talk show host Dan Le Batard criticized President Donald Trump and his recent racist comments and ESPN itself on...
