Movies/TV category, Page 168
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...
MaxMotive looks to the future with inaugural Steel City Nationals 2019
A major remodeling project taking place along Pittsburgh Street in Cheswick might not look like much from the outside, but inside the one-story building is a treasure trove of automotive history. MaxMotive, a family-owned and operated company founded in 2018, owns the facility that is an expansion of the former...
Netflix co-stars say Felicity Huffman remorseful for role in college case
LOS ANGELES — Felicity Huffman’s co-stars in a new Netflix movie say they found her remorseful about her role in a college admissions scandal. Actress Angela Bassett said Huffman appears ready to take whatever steps are necessary in her case. Patricia Arquette said she believes Huffman feels terrible about her...
Universal teases 2 new films in its ‘Halloween’ sagaVideo
Universal says it will release two new “Halloween” films, including one with the ominous title “Halloween Ends.” The studio said Friday that the first of the films, “Halloween Kills,” will be released in 2020 and the second film will come in 2021. A teaser video includes the voice of Jamie...
Gina Torres steps into the spotlight with ‘Suits’ spinoffVideo
Gina Torres used to wonder about the back story of her “Suits ” character, Jessica Pearson. The character was the co-founder and boss of the law firm at the center of the show, but that was about all that was known. Torres wondered: “‘She doesn’t have family, she doesn’t have...
David Crosby opens up in new documentary ‘Remember My Name’Video
David Crosby has turned down no fewer than four biopics about his life. None of them captured the scope of his turbulent life. But he said yes when director A.J. Eaton proposed a documentary. At 77, in relatively poor health yet creating some of the best music of his career,...
Me-Yow! ‘Cats’ movie trailer draws catty reactions
“Cats,” one of the most successful musicals of all time, will hit the big screen Dec. 20 as a live-action movie. The first trailer has dropped and the internet has opinions — from “unsettling” to “nightmarish.” Let’s take a look, shall we? CNN has this to say: “There’s a good...
Joshua Rush sees ‘Andi Mack’ as one step toward changeVideo
The final episode of the groundbreaking Disney Channel series “Andi Mack” is scheduled to be broadcast July 26. During its three seasons, the series has been praised for tackling issues designed to spark social change especially in the case of Joshua Rush. His character marked the first portrayal of an...
Tom Cruise surprises Comic-Con with ‘Top Gun’ sequel trailerVideo
SAN DIEGO — Tom Cruise has made an unexpected flyby at San Diego Comic-Con to debut the first trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick.” The audience in the 8,000 seat room went wild for Cruise Thursday afternoon. He closed out what had been billed only as a panel for “Terminator: Dark...
Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger tease R-rated ‘Terminator’ sequel
SAN DIEGO — Leave the kids at home, “Terminator: Dark Fate” is getting an R-rating. Director Tim Miller tells the audience at San Diego Comic-Con that the fans demanded it. To kick off the annual fan convention Thursday, Miller was joined by Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger and other cast like...
PSO to play movie score while ‘Empire Strikes Back’ screens
The force is definitely with John Williams. His scores for the “Star Wars” series of films are among the most popular music for orchestra of our time. Excerpts from Williams’ film music have figured prominently at Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts for decades now. Williams himself has led the local orchestra...
‘Modern Family’ star to marry ‘Bachelorette’ star
LOS ANGELES — “Modern Family” actress Sarah Hyland and “Bachelorette” alum Wells Adams are engaged. Hyland, 28, and Adams, 35, took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce the news. Hyland posted a series of images of the couple’s special moment on a beach, including a picture of Adams down on...
Brosnahan, Chlumsky, Shalhoub reaction to their Emmy noms
LOS ANGELES — Stars react to Tuesday’s 71st Primetime Emmy Award nominations: ——— “I was watching it live on my phone. I was in a restaurant with some of my friends from high school. My manager and my mom were on the way. We were having breakfast together. … It...
‘Game of Thrones’ sets record with 32 Emmy nominations
LOS ANGELES — HBO’s “Game of Thrones” slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations Tuesday for its eighth and final season, leading HBO back to dominance over Netflix, the streaming service that bumped it last year from atop the increasingly crowded television heap. The bloodthirsty saga’s total eclipsed...
Catch a wave at The Westmoreland’s ‘beach party’ Summer SaturdayVideo
A “beach party” is planned for the July 20 Summer Saturday event at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. The centerpiece for the free evening, beginning at 7 p.m., will be the screening of “The Endless Summer,” a 1966 movie following two surfers on a surfing trip around...
Graphic suicide scene edited out of ’13 Reasons Why’ finale
Netflix has decided to remove a graphic suicide scene from the Season 1 finale of its show “13 Reasons Why” as the series prepares to launch its third season. Show creator Brian Yorkey says in a statement on Twitter the intent in portraying the suicide in such graphic detail was...
Diddy’s ‘Making the Band’ coming back to TV
Diddy’s “Making the Band” is officially coming back to TV. The music mogul announced Monday that the hit series, where he discovered groups including platinum-sellers Danity Kane, would return to MTV in 2020. “Making the Band” made its debut on ABC in 2000 when Lou Pearlman, who managed the Backstreet...
‘Huddle Up with Gus’: Dave Hanson goes behind the scenes of filming ‘Slap Shot’
Dave Hanson of “Slap Shot” fame wasn’t a shoo-in to play hockey. “I thought I was moving on to play collegiate football,” Hanson told Gus Frerotte and Dave Hager during this week’s “Huddle Up with Gus” podcast. “I had a couple opportunities to go on and play collegiate football.” An...
Pottery Barn will sell ‘Friends’ furniture — including that apothecary table
There’s only one way to make your binge viewing of “Friends” more enjoyable: Doing it in a roomful of “Friends” furniture. And now that dream can come true. Thanks to Pottery Barn, the store that Phoebe Buffay hates with a passion, you can decorate your home in all things related...
Some things to consider ahead of the Emmy Award nominations
Emmy nominations arrive July 16, roughly nine weeks ahead of the September show and a year out from Meryl Streep unfurling another acceptance speech — this time for her supporting turn on the second season of “Big Little Lies.” (The chilling look of self-satisfaction that ended Sunday’s episode all but...
‘Spider-Man’ does victory lap over ‘Crawl,’ ‘Stuber’
LOS ANGELES — “Spider-Man: Far From Home” is celebrating another weekend at No. 1, but non-franchise fare continues to struggle at the box office. Fresh studio-released counterprograming such as the horror movie “Crawl” and the action-comedy “Stuber” barely made a dent in the web-slinger’s earnings, although there is a glimmer...
CBS News takes some chances with new anchor, Norah O’Donnell
NEW YORK — Long consigned to the evening news ratings basement, CBS News figures it can’t hurt to take some chances. The first was the appointment of a new anchor, Norah O’Donnell, who takes over Monday at the start of what promises to be a busy midsummer week. The second...
Film airing on PBS recalls city’s dark deportation history
BISBEE, Ariz. — The darkest, most violent chapter in the history of Bisbee was an open secret for decades in the funky old Arizona copper town 7 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. But few residents knew the details of how about 1,200 miners, most of them immigrants, were pulled...
Which one of Netflix’s dark, European thrillers is the best?
There was a time when it was enough to say that you watched “Masterpiece Theater” or, a decade later, that you considered “The Wire” the best show ever. Now, identifying yourself as a television smarty pants — er, connoisseur — has become a bit tougher. Are you a late-adopting but...
Review: It’s hard to feel the love for bland ‘Lion King’ remakeVideo
Life moves in a circle, “The Lion King” tells us, and, increasingly, so does studio movie-making. Close on the heels of “live-action” remakes of “Aladdin” and “Dumbo” and on the precipice of a reborn “The Little Mermaid,” ”The Lion King” is back, too. Round and round we go. Cue Savannah...
