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Mt. Lebanon native Daya sets headline tourVideo
Mt. Lebanon native Daya is going out on tour in support of her most recent album, but local fans will have to travel to see her. Daya, who released her sophomore album, “Til Every Petal Drops,” in October, announced a headline tour for April. After shooting to fame in 2015...
TV Talk: AMC’s ‘Dark Winds’ road trips to L.A. in 4th season
It was always going to be a challenge for AMC’s “Dark Winds” to top its third season, the series’ best so far. Although the new fourth season lacks a defining episode like season three’s sixth episode, “Abidooniidee (What We Had Been Told),” featuring lead character Joe Leaphorn on an emotional,...
NOBRO’s biggest tour yet brings the Canadian punk band to PittsburghVideo
When NOBRO hits the road this week with the Descendents and Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, it will be the Canadian all-female punk band’s longest tour ever. But the trek, which stretches from Feb. 13 to March 15, didn’t come without some casualties. “Well, two of our members got...
Catherine O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism. Cancer was the underlying causeVideo
LOS ANGELES — Catherine O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause. A Los Angeles County death certificate issued Monday lists the pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of the actor’s Jan. 30 death...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Eric MoeVideo
Pittsburgh-based composer Eric Moe’s latest release, “Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years,” includes five works for solo keyboard with another track using a quintet featuring piano. “(It’s) an amazing variety of keyboard-centered music — tiny pieces, big solo pieces, pieces with more than 12 notes per octave, with...
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show delivers a party with a message of loveVideo
While the reason to tune in to the Super Bowl on Sunday night was ostensibly to watch the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots duke it out for the NFL championship, the buzz leading up to the broadcast was all about the music. In September, it was announced that Puerto...
Bad Bunny brings Gaga, Martin and Puerto Rican pride to Super Bowl as Green Day, Puth play pregameVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Stars have been front-and-center at Super Bowl 60, with Chris Pratt and Jon Bon Jovi introducing the teams, a series of soaring pre-game performances and a much-anticipated halftime show from Bad Bunny. Highlights from Levi’s Stadium include Blue Ivy Carter leaping in an end zone before...
‘Melania’ falls steeply and ‘Send Help’ holds steady at No. 1 on a quiet weekend in theaters
NEW YORK — Hollywood largely ceded attention to football over a slow box-office weekend, with the survival thriller “Send Help” repeating as No. 1 in ticket sales and the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” falling sharply in its second weekend. Super Bowl weekend is typically one of the lowest attended moviegoing...
Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dies at 47Video
LOS ANGELES — Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47. The band said in a statement that Arnold “passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones,...
Verizon’s FIOS TV customers will be able to watch the Super Bowl, Olympics on WPXI
FIOS TV customers will be able to watch the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics on Pittsburgh’s WPXI after a dispute that started in December between the Verizon television service and Cox Media Group. Cox Media is WPXI’s parent company. Verizon failed to reach an agreement on a new retransmission...
Lainey Wilson says she keeps getting asked if she is really marrying ex-Steelers QB
It has been nearly a year since Lainey Wilson and Devlin “Duck” Hodges got engaged at George Jones’ estate, and there’s still not a date set for the big day. And during a recent interview, Wilson admitted that Hodges has noticed. “I’ve got a lot to do … I’ve got...
Actor Timothy Busfield indicted in New Mexico on 4 counts of sexual contact with a child
SANTA FE, N.M. — “West Wing” and “Field of Dreams” actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child under age 13, a New Mexico prosecutor announced Friday. The allegations are tied to Busfield’s work as a director on...
Penguins logo makes cameo in branding gone awry during ‘The Pitt’
Pittsburgh gets yet another nod in the latest episode of “The Pitt,” when a Penguins logo becomes the punchline of a painfully silly experiment — a don’t-try-this-home branding attempt at wearing hometown pride on one’s chest. Dr. Frank Langdon and nurse Donnie Donahue treat an unlucky patient with dry-ice burns...
Kid Rock to bring his ‘Freedom 250’ tour to Star Lake
Rap-rock musician Kid Rock will perform at the Pavillion at Star Lake with special guest Jon Pardi on his “Freedom 250: The Road to Nashville” tour this summer. The concert, which promises to be high-energy and include Kid Rock’s hit songs, will take place on Saturday, June 20. Kid Rock’s...
TV Talk: ‘The ‘Burbs’ reimagined as ‘Desperate Housewives’ redux
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Anyone watching the Super Bowl on NBC this weekend is bound to see ads for Peacock’s new streaming series “The ‘Burbs,” inspired by the 1989 Tom Hanks film. NBCUniversal, parent company of NBC and streamer...
Actor Michael Keaton honored as Man of the Year by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding theater group
BOSTON — Actor Michael Keaton jousted with an Oscar statue and made burgers Friday night as he was roasted before receiving the 2026 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world’s third-oldest still operating, presented...
Dropkick Murphys guitarist Tim Brennan on St. Patrick’s Day tour, new ‘Citizen I.C.E.’ song and more
It may be a few more weeks until St. Patrick’s Day arrives on March 17, but when it comes to the Dropkick Murphys, it might feel like the band is celebrating the holiday year-round. “We bring a little bit of St. Patrick’s Day to wherever we are every night, I...
Former One Direction member Zayn bringing solo tour to Pittsburgh
Zayn is launching the biggest solo tour of his career, and it includes a stop in Pittsburgh. The former One Direction member is bringing “The Konnakol Tour” to PPG Paints Arena on July 20. His fifth solo album, “Konnakol,” will be released on April 17, and a new single, “Die...
Review: ‘The Chief’ at Pittsburgh Playhouse is a riveting evening with the soul of the Steelers
Few people are as truly, splendidly Pittsburgh as Art Rooney Sr. Not just because he gave the Steelers to the world, though that doesn’t hurt, but also because he embodied qualities that make Pittsburghers the best people in the world: loyalty, toughness, humor, passion. (Disclosure: This reviewer, a third-generation Pittsburgher,...
Savannah Guthrie posts message to her mother’s kidnapper asking to provide proof she is aliveVideo
TUCSON, Ariz. — NBC “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie said Wednesday that her family is ready to talk to people holding their mother, but they want to see proof that she is alive. Guthrie said in a recorded video posted on social media that her family has heard about a...
TV Q&A: How can Verizon customers watch Super Bowl LX with WPXI MIA?
Q: It has been six weeks since WPXI went off the air for Verizon FiOS TV customers in Western Pa. I am beginning to think it will never come back. What about people who just moved into the area? They wont want to get Verizon because of no NBC. Why...
TV Talk: ‘Downward Dog’ creator tries AI animals; 4 Western Pa. shelter dogs in Puppy Bowl
From the talking Taco Bell chihuahua in ‘90s commercials to ABC’s winning 2017 talking dog comedy series “Downward Dog,” Michael Killen of Pittsburgh’s Animal Studios has used CGI to create talking animals for TV for decades. In December he decided to try something new and potentially heretical to people in...
TV Talk: Super Bowl LX ads highlighted by celebs, animals, nostalgia; ‘Kingstown’ seeks extras
In this post-monoculture era when few people watch the same TV shows, the Super Bowl remains one of the few unifying TV broadcasts each year, drawing millions for the game but also some viewers who are more interested in the TV commercials. Northwestern University’s Medill Spiegel Research Center found in...
Kelly Clarkson to end talk show this fall to ‘prioritize’ her kids
LOS ANGELES — I can’t believe it’s happening to us. “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” the Daytime Emmy Award-winning series hosted by the Grammy-winning musician, is ending after a seven-season run. Kelly Clarkson announced this week that she had decided to step away from hosting the daily talk show. In a...
Katatonia founder Jonas Renkse on Swedish metal band’s new chapter ahead of Pittsburgh showVideo
With the 2025 departure of co-founder Anders Nystrom after more than 30 years in the band, it feels like a new era for Katatonia, according to singer Jonas Renkse. Renkse, who co-founded Katatonia in 1991, said the Swedish melancholic metal band is moving forward. “Those things happen all the time,”...
