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Q&A: Kiss the Tiger singer Meghan Kreidler on ‘Infinite Love’ and moreVideo
When Meghan Kreidler and Michael Anderson started Kiss the Tiger almost a decade ago, she wasn’t taking it too seriously. “It was just like, let’s see how this goes,” said Kreidler, the band’s singer. Now 10 years later, the Minneapolis rock group is trying to make a go of it...
Pittsburgh Irish Festival returns to Carrie Blast Furnaces this weekend
Interest in the 34th Pittsburgh Irish Festival, which runs Friday through Sunday at the Carrie Blast Furnaces in Swissvale, might be higher than usual as the region gears up for the Pittsburgh Steelers game in Ireland. The team is getting ready for the trip, too, by making an appearance at...
‘Black Photojournalism’ exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Art reveals history through many lenses
A picture is worth a thousand words, but for Black photojournalists during the 20th century, many of those words were spoken in whispers. A new exhibit from the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland seeks to bring the work of these professionals to the forefront. Much of the inspiration for...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Sept. 5-7
This weekend marks the first official Steelers Sunday of the NFL season — but that won’t happen until Sunday afternoon. So, what to do with the rest of your free time? Here are five other ideas. Pittsburgh Lebanese Festival All weekend long, get a taste of Lebanon at the Pittsburgh...
Reggae band, florists team up to draw attention to suicide prevention in Latrobe
Kayla Palmer knows the pain of losing a loved one to suicide, and knows the good work done by groups like Ray of Hope, Westmoreland County’s suicide awareness and prevention task force. “I thought it would be great to allow people to donate to a group of Ray of Hope...
Pittsburgh comic book artist designs Chappell Roan book cover
A new Chappell Roan-inspired comic book includes the work of Pittsburgh artist Sorah Suhng featured on the front cover. The latest installment in the FAME series by TidalWave Comics, which “celebrates the stories of influential personalities,” “FAME: Chappell Roan” spotlights Roan’s journey to music stardom in a 22-page format. The...
TV Talk: ‘Mare of Easttown’ writer trades whodunnit for collision course in HBO’s ‘Task’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. HBO’s “Task” isn’t a sequel to “Mare of Easttown,” but it is a worthy spiritual successor. Like “Mare,” the seven-episode “Task” (9 p.m. Sept. 7; streams on HBO Max) is set in eastern Pennsylvania, where...
C-SPAN announces deal for its service to be carried on YouTube TV, Hulu
NEW YORK — C-SPAN said Wednesday that it had reached a deal to have its three channels air on YouTube TV and Hulu’s live television feed, ending a dispute that had led to a revenue squeeze for the public affairs network in the cord-cutting era. The network said the streaming...
The ‘Superman’ sequel, ‘Man of Tomorrow,’ will arrive summer 2027
NEW YORK — Up, up and away! A “Superman” sequel is in the works. Writer-director James Gunn, who now presides over DC Studios with producer Peter Safran, shared on Instagram that a new film, called “Man of Tomorrow,” will arrive in theaters July 9, 2027. His post on Wednesday included...
Q&A: Molly Tuttle on moving beyond bluegrass, cold starts and her new eraVideo
When Molly Tuttle finishes “Everything Burns” — the song she’s been using to open her current The Highway Knows tour — she knows she can breathe. “It’s honestly terrifying for me because it starts with this fast guitar riff, which is the hardest guitar part I play on the new...
‘Ketamine Queen’ pleads guilty to selling fatal dose to Matthew Perry
LOS ANGELES — A woman branded as the “Ketamine Queen” pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed the “Friends” star. Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty to five federal charges, including providing the ketamine that led to Perry’s death. Her trial had been planned to start later this...
Radiohead returns after 7 years, announces 20 new live dates
NEW YORK — Something is in the water in England. After a summer defined by the Oasis reunion, yet another beloved British rock band is set to return to the live stage: Radiohead. The band — made up of vocalist Thom Yorke, guitarist/keyboardist Jonny Greenwood, guitarist Ed O’Brien, bassist Colin...
TV Talk: ‘The Office’ spin-off ‘The Paper’ shows promiseVideo
Long-gestating mockumentary spin-off from “The Office,” “The Paper” streams its entire 10-episode first season Thursday on Peacock. There’s more of “The Office” in “The Paper” than one might expect, especially in the first episode. The same documentary crew that followed the shenanigans of the Dunder Mifflin gang is now at...
Film Pittsburgh’s ReelAbilities Film Festival spotlights disability stories
For another year, Film Pittsburgh will demonstrate that the magic of movies is for everyone with ReelAbilities Pittsburgh, a film festival that focuses on telling the stories of individuals with disabilities. Starting on Thursday and running until Sept. 11, ReelAbilities Pittsburgh will feature a variety of genres and film lengths...
Cardi B wins case filed by security guard who claimed rapper assaulted her
LOS ANGELES — A jury gave Cardi B a quick and absolute victory Tuesday at a trial in the lawsuit of a security guard who alleged the rap star assaulted her at a doctor’s office during her then-secret first pregnancy. The jury of six men and six women at a...
Karen Huger of ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ released early from 1-year prison sentence
“Real Housewives of Potomac” star Karen Huger’s time in prison is over, earlier than expected. The reality TV star was released Tuesday from the Montgomery County Detention Center in Maryland, a spokesperson for the Montgomery Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed to The Times. Huger left six months into a...
Gérard Depardieu to face trial in Paris over rape and sexual assault allegations
PARIS — The French film star Gérard Depardieu has been ordered to stand trial before a criminal court in Paris over allegations of rape and sexual assault against actor Charlotte Arnould. “I feel relieved,” Arnould, 29, wrote on Instagram on Tuesday, announcing that she had received the investigating judge’s indictment...
Q&A: PUP guitarist Steve Sladkowski on new album, Pittsburgh plans and moreVideo
PUP guitarist Steve Sladkowski already knows what he’s doing on the band’s off day before their show next week in Pittsburgh, and he won’t have far to go. The Canadian punk rock band will play Stage AE on Sept. 8, and Sladkowski planned to walk a few blocks down to...
Anna Wintour taps Chloe Malle as Vogue successor — but she’s still in charge
NEW YORK — Anna Wintour ended weeks of fashion-world speculation Tuesday when she named Chloe Malle her successor as head of editorial content at Vogue — but the most powerful person in the business isn’t going anywhere. Wintour, 75, remains chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director...
TV Q&A: Which local station will carry Steelers’ streaming/cable games?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every week at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: Does anyone know which local station(s) will show the Steelers’ week three game (NFL Network) and the week seven game (Amazon’s Prime Video)? — Rick,...
Theater group to present reading of Holocaust play
StoryZ Theatre will launch its new season with a staged reading of “The Happiest Man On Earth” by Mark St. Germain, inspired by the best-selling memoir of Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku. Jaku recounts his journey as a young Jewish boy in Nazi Germany, his survival at the Auschwitz death camp...
‘Love Island USA’ star Taylor Williams hospitalized after being thrown from horse during rodeo
LOS ANGELES — “Love Island USA” star Taylor Williams says he is “all good” after being thrown from his horse during the Arizona Invitational Black Rodeo in Scottsdale. In a TikTok video, Williams’ horse seemingly trips over another horse before falling to the ground. Williams and his horse appear to...
Man found dead at annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, a sheriff’s office says
RENO, Nevada — A man found dead in a pool of blood is being investigated as a homicide at the annual Burning Man art and music festival in the northwestern Nevada desert, authorities say. Authorities were alerted about the man Saturday at the gathering in the Black Rock Desert about...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Mike Urick and the ModelairesVideo
Mike Urick feels like is he is carrying on the legacy of his grandfather, Mike Cilli, with his band, Mike Urick and the Modelaires. “He was a great musician and an amazing person,” Urick said. “We were really close when I was young and I grew up listening to his...
TV Talk: ‘NCIS’ spins off into streaming with ‘Tony & Ziva’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. “NCIS” fans were disappointed when Ziva David (2000 Carnegie Mellon University grad Cote de Pablo) exited the series in 2013, bereft when the show killed Ziva off-screen in absentia and surprised and relieved to see...
