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It’s didn’t take long for former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and His All Starr band to find a date to reschedule their Pittsburgh concert originally set for this Saturday at PPG Paints Arena. Five days after announcing the postponement of the show because two of his band members tested positive...

NEW YORK — Silenced for two years, the Songwriters Hall of Fame is ready to party again, welcoming a diverse set of artists for its Class of 2022, including pop diva Mariah Carey, the weirdly cool producers the Neptunes, the British electro-pop band Eurythmics, psychedelic bluesman Steve Miller and the...

Actor, retired dentist and Plum resident David Petti sticks to what he knows. So when Petti was working on the screenplay for “That’s Amore” – which will be shown June 23 at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont – he didn’t stray far from his roots. “My character is a dentist,”...

Members of Pittsburgh’s refugee and immigrant community will gather in Schenley Plaza on Monday to celebrate World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month. The family friendly event, organized by Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS) with support from other agencies, will run from 4-8 p.m. It will bring people together...

NEW YORK — The summer movie season has not, traditionally speaking, been known for its nuanced attention to female sexuality. But smack in the middle of Hollywood’s high season of masculine thrill rides and sci-fi fantasies is “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” a compassionate comedy in which Emma Thompson...

NEW YORK — James Patterson is apologizing for saying that white male writers are being subjected to “just another of form of racism,” comments the best-selling author had made during an interview with The Sunday Times in London. Facing widespread criticism on social media, Patterson tweeted this week that “I...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Jurors must hold Bill Cosby responsible for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975, the woman’s lawyer said during closing arguments in a civil trial Wednesday. “It is particularly important in this case that Mr. Cosby be held fully accountable for doing...

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: Any idea why on “Jeopardy!” Ken Jennings is introduced as hosting “Jeopardy!” but Mayim Bialik is introduced as the host of “Jeopardy!”? — Kitty, Charleroi...

LOS ANGELES — A reality show inspired by Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game” is coming to the streaming service, but with far less dire consequences promised for contestants. In the South Korean-produced drama, players’ lives were at stake. With “Squid Game: The Challenge,” the “worst fate is going home empty-handed,”...

DELAND, Fla. — Pro wrestler Jeff Hardy is facing driving under the influence and other charges after being arrested in Florida, authorities said. Hardy, 44, was pulled over by a state trooper early Monday after the Florida Highway Patrol received calls about an impaired driver on Interstate 95 in Volusia...

Global superstars BTS said they are taking time to focus on solo projects, but the company behind the groundbreaking K-pop group said they are not taking a hiatus. The seven-member group with hits like “Butter” and “Dynamite” talked about their future in a video posted Tuesday celebrating the nine year...

AMSTERDAM — The Rolling Stones canceled their concert Monday in Amsterdam, just hours before it was due to start after lead singer Mick Jagger tested positive for Ccovid-19. The band announced the cancelation in a statement, saying the 78-year-old Jagger tested positive “after experiencing symptoms of covid upon arrival at...

Carlotta Paige, co-founder of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition, once aspired to a career as a singer. Growing up in Westmoreland County, she sang with a group called The Cashmeres and later moved to New York City and got a job as an administrative assistant at Columbia Records, hoping to get...

Popular rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer Post Malone (Austin Richard Post) has announced his return to Pittsburgh in 2022 as part of his “Twelve Carat Tour.” Produced by Live Nation, the tour will stop at PPG Paints Arena on Sept. 28. Malone, sporting his numerous signature tattoos, last performed in...

Billy Porter added to his list of Tony Award wins Sunday, taking home honors for Best Musical as producer of “A Strange Loop.” The Pittsburgh native and 1991 Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama alumnus also won a 2013 Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as...

NEW YORK — Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s first movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in “Seinfeld,” has died. He was 90. Holly Wolfle Hall, the actor’s wife of nearly 40 years, on Monday...

BALTIMORE — During the five seasons that “The Wire” was broadcast on HBO, co-creators David Simon and Ed Burns filled it with more complicated and nuanced characters than a Russian novel. The show introduced an international television audience to dozens of actors at a relatively early stage of their careers....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No one can accuse Carrie Underwood of underdressing — or underdelivering — when the country superstar puts out her latest record “Denim & Rhinestones” during the same weekend of CMA Fest and giving tens of thousands of fans a stadium-sized performance. After a two-year hiatus because of...

LOS ANGELES — Sean “Diddy” Combs built one of hip-hop’s biggest empires, blazing a trail with his own music television network and fashion line, and now his decorated career has earned him one of the highest honors at the BET Awards this month. Combs will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award...

Folk rockers The Lumineers visit the Pavilion at Star Lake on Wednesday for their Brightside World Tour with support from Caamp. The band, who hit it big with “Ho Hey” in 2012, are touring in support of their album, “Brightside,” which came out earlier this year. Tickets start at $35....

NEW YORK — Surely many in the audience were thinking it, but “Company” director Marianne Elliott said it most directly at Sunday’s Tony awards: In the devastating two years since the pandemic hit, it “felt at times that live theater was endangered.” As in, the industry might never recover. The...

Country music star Toby Keith announced Sunday that he has been undergoing treatment for stomach cancer since last fall. The multi-platinum-selling singer said on Twitter that he underwent surgery and received chemotherapy and radiation in the past six months. “So far, so good,” said Keith, an Oklahoma native who turns...