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Reclaimed materials link past, present in Pittsburgh Botanic Garden exhibition
An exhibition juxtaposing long-unused industrial materials with new artworks opens Thursday in the welcome center of the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. “Patterns of Meaning,” by Pittsburgh artist Cory Bonnet, will be on display through Feb. 26 at the facility in Settlers Cabin Park in Oakdale. Bonnet’s exhibition derived inspiration from a...
Review: In ‘The Fabelmans,’ Spielberg looks back in vanityVideo
A movie by one of Hollywood’s most successful directors that’s based on his early life begins, appropriately enough, at a movie theater and ends in a movie back lot. “The Fabelmans” is clearly a very personal film for Steven Spielberg and it’s as much a coming-of-age journey as a form...
TV Q&A: Do media companies prioritize streaming services over broadcast networks?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: Are you noticing a large shift now of channeling shows to the network pay sites? Are these networks trying to move more shows to their...
Jeff Cook, co-founder of country band Alabama, dies at 73
NEW YORK — Guitarist Jeff Cook, who co-founded the successful country group Alabama and steered them up the charts with such hits as “Song of the South” and “Dixieland Delight,” has died. He was 73. Cook had Parkinson’s disease and disclosed his diagnosis in 2017. He died Tuesday at his...
Review: In ‘Wakanda Forever,’ an empire mourns and rebuildsVideo
Made in the wake of tragedy, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” reverberates with the agony of loss, piercing the usually less consequential superhero realm. Like someone going through the stages of grief, Ryan Coogler’s movie is at turns mournful and rootless, full of rage and blessed with clarity. In the fantastical...
Greek museum displays 1st batch of artworks recouped from U.S.
ATHENS, Greece — It’s a first symbolic step in a homecoming that will long outlast the 10-year Odyssey of ancient myth. For decades, an important part of Greece’s cultural heritage sparkled only for the very few in a U.S. billionaire’s private collection, until a groundbreaking deal for its gradual return...
‘They erase everything’: For this ‘Black Panther 2’ star, representation is resistanceVideo
On his first day at work on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Tenoch Huerta gave an impromptu speech. Hanging above his colleagues on wires in his Namor regalia — pointy ears, piercings, the shortest of short green shorts — the Mexican actor addressed everyone present to express his thanks and to...
‘Captain America’ star Chris Evans named People’s sexiest man alive
Captain America is the incredible hunk. The Marvel actor is People’s selection for the 2022 sexiest man alive, a title he’s humbly embracing. “It’s something that as I become old and saggy I can look back on and say ‘I remember then … ‘” Evans told the magazine. “I’m lucky...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking a former Steelers player on ‘The Masked Singer;’ reviewing ‘Weird,’ ‘Blockbuster’Video
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including the unmasking of Milkshake on Fox’s “The Masked Singer” to reveal former Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell. None of the judges correctly guessed the...
Mimi Parker, co-founder of indie band Low has diedVideo
DULUTH, Minn. — Mimi Parker, whose soothing vocals helped propel the Minnesota indie band Low to critical acclaim, has died at age 55, nearly two years after revealing that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. “Friends, it’s hard to put the universe into language and into a short message,...
Review: Movie fans will roar, growl over ’50 MGM Films’ book
“The 50 MGM Films that Transformed Hollywood: Triumphs, Blockbusters, and Fiascos,” by Steven Bingen (Lyons Press) The title of film historian Steven Bingen’s new book is reminiscent of B-movie trailers of the 1950s that breathlessly hype “The Most Important Picture of the Year!” But like many of those overripe flicks,...
Review: Bruce Springsteen wants to change the topic with ‘Only the Strong Survive’Video
When Bruce Springsteen went on Howard Stern’s Sirius/XM radio show recently to promote his new album of soul music covers, “Only the Strong Survive,” he talked about his often-voiced idea of his career being “a lifelong conversation with my audience.” “Thankfully, I’ve got a sizable audience that’s interested in what’s...
Duran Duran stumbles, Dolly Parton rolls into Rock Hall
LOS ANGELES — Lionel Richie soared. Pat Benatar roared. Duran Duran stumbled but stayed sophisticated. Eminem was Eminem. The four acts found very different ways to celebrate on Saturday night, but all can now forever say they’re Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. So are Carly Simon, Eurythmics, Harry Belafonte,...
Singer-rapper Aaron Carter dies in California at age 34
LOS ANGELES — Aaron Carter, the singer-rapper who began performing as a child and had hit albums starting in his teen years, was found dead Saturday at his home in Southern California. He was 34. Representatives for Carter’s family confirmed the singer’s death. His fiance, Melanie Martin, asked for privacy...
Review: Serial killer thriller ‘Holy Spider’ gets stuck in its own morally murky webVideo
On April 8, 2002, Saeed Hanaei was executed for the murders of 16 women between 2000 and 2001 in the Iranian city of Mashhad. The media dubbed him the “Spider Killer” for the way he lured his victims into his lair — the same apartment he shared with his unsuspecting...
Chazz Palminteri brings ‘Bronx Tale’ 1-man show to PittsburghVideo
What do a charismatic mob boss, an Italian-American boy being brought up in a law-abiding family, and Bill Mazeroski have in common? They all factor into actor, writer, director and producer Chazz Palminteri’s “A Bronx Tale.” Before it was a movie, it was a one-man stage play. The 70-year-old Palminteri...
Michael Rapaport on his first film role, disrupting and 52 years of talking trash
Michael Rapaport has always been a disruptor. As a kid growing up in New York, Rapaport had a big mouth and could make people laugh, though teachers continually noted his “disruptive behavior” in class. “That’s just a genetic disposition,” says Rapaport, on the phone last month from New York. “That’s...
Brother, sister will showcase Murrysville church’s new organ
Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church will fill with music today, thanks to a new digital Allen GX335 GeniSys series organ church officials have installed. The church’s music director and organist, Becky Gard of West Mifflin, will be joined by her brother, Patrick Gard, who is the music director and organist for St....
Phil Spector killed her. The press tarred her. Her mother wants to ‘set the story straight’
LOS ANGELES — It’s been nearly two decades since Lana Clarkson, the statuesque sword-wielding star of “Barbarian Queen” and other action films by Roger Corman, was murdered by songwriter and music producer Phil Spector at his sprawling faux French chateau in Alhambra known as the Pyrenees Castle. For most of...
Garry Peterson playing Palace Theatre with The Guess Who
Outside of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, there aren’t many rock ’n’ rollers who can boast that they’ve been in the same band for 60 years. Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is one of the few who can make that claim. Peterson was 17...
From ‘Enola Holmes’ to ‘Extraction,’ Netflix bets on sequels
It’s easy to forget that the Netflix original film department is still rather young. Five years ago, the streaming service didn’t even really have one. But things move quickly in the competitive streaming world, especially when starting from scratch. Now with a robust library of proprietary and commercially minded films...
Mt. Pleasant rocker Andy Davis wins Male Entertainer of the Year at independent music awards
As an independent artist, Andy Davis of Mt. Pleasant doesn’t have a major record label backing his work, and the money that goes into his music career comes mostly out of his own pockets. “To be able to do that, and continue to see things progress, is really unbelievable,” Davis...
CNBC pulls the plug on ‘The News With Shepard Smith’
NEW YORK — CNBC is ending its nightly newscast with Shepard Smith, the former Fox News anchor who moved to the business channel in 2020. KC Sullivan, who recently took over leadership of the NBCUniversal-owned outlet, told staffers in a memo Thursday that Smith’s final program will air at the...
Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Argentina announce they are marriedVideo
HAVANA — Two former beauty queens, Fabiola Valentín of Puerto Rico and Mariana Valera of Argentina, announced this week that they had secretly married. The joint Instagram post spurred celebration in LGBTQ communities across Latin America, a region that has historically lagged on gay rights but has made small steps...
David Duchovny and Rosemarie DeWitt embrace roles as awful people in ‘The Estate’Video
David Duchovny and Rosemarie DeWitt play cousins who are completely and utterly awful people in the new black comedy “The Estate.” But then, every major character in “The Estate,” which also stars Toni Collette, Anna Faris and Kathleen Turner, is just as terrible. And that, DeWitt and Duchovny say, is...
