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Review: ‘Bull Durham’ fans, rejoice at ‘Church of Baseball’
“The Church of Baseball: The Making of ‘Bull Durham’: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings and a Hit” by Ron Shelton (Knopf) Former minor-league ballplayer Ron Shelton has written and directed a host of sports-themed movies, but it’s doubtful anyone has told him they’ve named their children after...
105.9 The X’s July 420 countdown sees change at the top
There will be no threepeat for Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” In a bit of an upset, Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy” finished first in this year’s “July 420,” a countdown of 105.9 WXDX’s top 420 rock and alternative-rock songs of the 1990s. It’s the third straight year the station has held...
‘Minions’ set box office on fire with $108.5 million debut
Families went bananas for Minions this weekend at the movie theater. ” Minions: The Rise of Gru ” brought in an estimated $108.5 million in ticket sales from 4,391 screens in North America, Universal Pictures said Sunday. By the end of the Monday’s July Fourth holiday, it will likely have...
Better Than Ezra to headline Arts on the Allegheny concert
The alternative rock band Better Than Ezra will headline a free Arts on the Allegheny concert July 23 at the John P. Murtha Amphitheater in Kittanning’s Riverfront Park. The nonprofit offers free arts and entertainment events at the park and other venues. Last year, Blues Traveler drew upward of 7,000...
Actress Lindsay Lohan celebrates birthday as married woman
NEW YORK — Actress Lindsay Lohan is celebrating her 36th birthday on Saturday as a married woman. The “Freaky Friday” star said she was the “luckiest woman in the world” in an Instagram post Friday that pictured her with financier Bader Shammas, who had been her fiance. “I am stunned...
Song by song, country star Luke Combs grows into stadiums
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Singer-songwriter Luke Combs is making big leaps this year in his unprecedented rise to the top of country music, both personally and professionally. The North Carolina-born singer, who holds a Billboard record with 14 consecutive No. 1 country airplay singles with hits like “Beer Never Broke My...
Ibram X. Kendi on preparing children for the realities of racism
LOS ANGELES — Ibram X. Kendi has spent years studying racism’s history, and he is intimately familiar with its violence, horrors and brutalities. So when he became a father six years ago, the thought of exposing his daughter to the legacy and realities of racism deeply troubled him. The issue...
How the Doobie Brothers survived ’50-ish’ years to finally get their due
LOS ANGELES — When it finally happened last summer, the Doobie Brothers’ long-anticipated reunion with Michael McDonald took just more than a week to run into trouble. Nine days after they kicked off a tour marking the California group’s 50th anniversary — a year late due to a pandemic-forced delay...
Germany, Nigeria sign accord for return of Benin Bronzes
BERLIN — Germany and Nigeria on Friday signed an agreement paving the way for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa more than 120 years ago — an accord that Nigerian officials hope will prompt other countries to follow suit. Governments...
Rock star Randy Bachman reunited with beloved stolen guitar
TOKYO — Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman’s long search came to an end Friday when he was reunited in Tokyo with a cherished guitar 45 years after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel. “My girlfriend is right there,” said Bachman, 78, a former member of The Guess Who, as...
TV Talk: ‘Stranger Things’ ends its bloated season; Chris Pratt stars in bleak thriller ‘Terminal List’Video
Just when you think Netflix’s “Stranger Things 4” couldn’t get more bloated, writers/directors the Duffer Brothers make the last two episodes of the season even longer. Episodes eight and nine, now streaming, clock in at 85 and 140 minutes, respectively. That’s a lot of “Stranger Things” — too much, as...
Cristela Alonzo is ready for a comeback. Is Hollywood ready for her?Video
LOS ANGELES — Cristela Alonzo is settling into a booth at members-only Soho House in West Hollywood, well-heeled professionals and the creative class carrying on their midmorning affairs around her, when she explains the reason for her brief delay: She was trying to find street parking. For a first-generation Mexican...
3rd annual July 420 countdown of alt-rock songs to debut on 105.9 The X
There is classic rock and then there is alternative rock. Classic rock has always gotten a lot of holiday love from radio stations like 102.5 WDVE, which has hosted a Memorial Day countdown of the top 500 classic rock songs on and off for decades. In 2020, ‘DVE’s “brother” station,...
‘Stranger Things’ releases 2nd half of Season 4; Netflix temporarily crashes
Fans of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” have about four hours of new content to enjoy this holiday weekend — if they don’t overwhelm the streaming service. The much-anticipated second installment of the fourth season of the hit show came out at midnight Friday. Netflix users reported that the streaming service crashed...
Hampton family proves Pine Creek Community Band is for everyone
The Pine Creek Community Band welcomes members of all ages and ability levels — no experience is needed. “It enables a lot of people who enjoy playing music to get together and share that interest,” said conductor Randy Heide of Richland. The Gardner family from Hampton embodies the band’s philosophy....
Canadian radio station played Rage Against the Machine song on unbroken loop, announces format changeVideo
A Canadian radio station played a continual loop of a Rage Against the Machine song in efforts to playfully announce a big change. KiSS RADiO 104.9, a soft rock station in Vancouver, Canada, started playing the song “Killing in the Name” by Rage on Wednesday morning and continued on an...
TV Talk: New faces to appear on Pittsburgh newscasts in July
Prepare to see several unfamiliar faces on local newscasts in the next month as stations restock their on-air ranks. Kristen Powers The most notable on-air addition is the arrival this week of WTAE’s new weekday anchor, who will sit alongside Mike Clark during the 11 p.m. newscast. With or without...
Maury Povich is done with TV and he couldn’t be happier about it
LOS ANGELES — Inside a studio in Stamford, Connecticut, a man and a woman were at each other’s throats. Tashima and her live-in boyfriend, Darnell, were battling after he accused her of infidelity during their three-year relationship, including sleeping with the mailman. Darnell’s claim that he was not really the...
Westmoreland Symphony plans annual ‘Summer Sparklers’ free concert
Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s annual “Summer Sparklers” concert is “an opportunity to celebrate a great season and to look forward to the next season,” said Artistic Director Daniel Meyer. It’s also an opportunity to celebrate the Fourth of July, the warm days of summer and a wide range of musical tastes....
Singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking caseVideo
NEW YORK — R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse. The singer and songwriter, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year at a trial that...
CEO, Florida museum part ways following Basquiat raid
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Museum of Art has parted ways with its CEO in the days after the FBI raided the Florida museum and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that are the subjects of an investigation into possible wire fraud and conspiracy. The...
Movie review: Colorful little henchmen reason enough to catch ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’
You can’t help but be charmed by the current of weirdness that washes through the computer-animated “Despicable Me” franchise. Take, for instance, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” — the second prequel to the main movie series and the sequel to 2015’s “Minions” — which debuts this week in theaters. It...
Syria Shriners’ 3rd annual free summer concert series keeps rolling along
During 2020 when people stayed indoors to occupy their time, Bob Addleman wanted to give the community a fun environment outside while still being safe. Addleman, who serves as recorder, secretary and business manager for the Pittsburgh’s Syria Shriners, would find the perfect opportunity by using the Pittsburgh Shrine Center’s...
Elmo gets covid-19 shot in CDC’s vaccine push for kids, prompting Ted Cruz criticism
Elmo got his covid-19 vaccine. Sesame Street’s iconic, perpetually 3-year-old Muppet got his covid-19 shot in a public service announcement released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. The video comes just days after the vaccinations became available for children 5 years and younger. The U.S. Food...
Blink-182’s Travis Barker rushed to hospital with wife Kourtney Kardashian by his side
LOS ANGELES — Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who was hospitalized on Tuesday, is reportedly dealing with a bout of pancreatitis. TMZ first reported on Wednesday that the musician, 46, was rushed to the hospital due to pancreatitis, which doctors believe was triggered by a recent colonoscopy. Barker’s representatives did not...
