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Review: ‘Top Gun’ sequel a welcome trip to the danger zoneVideo
Early on in “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise hops on his sleek motorcycle, wearing Aviator sunglasses and a leather jacket with patches, and speeds into a time machine. No, that’s not right. It’s actually us who take a trip back. More than 30 years after Cruise smirked his way to...
Summer Movie Calendar: From ‘Top Gun 2’ to ‘Thor 4’ and more
A rundown of notable films coming out this summer: May 6 “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (Disney, theaters): After breaking open the multiverse in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Benedict Cumberbatch once again takes center stage as the brilliant Doctor Strange as he and Wong deal with new enemies...
Murrysville girl excited to be part of coming-of-age story
The Pittsburgh Youth Chorus and Hill Dance Academy will collaborate to present a coming-of-age story told through choral ballet this month. “‘Crossings’ is a coming-of-age story — told through dance, vocal music, and spoken word — of a young African-American woman growing up ‘Uptown’ and confronting racism in her community,”...
Naomi Judd died from self-inflicted gunshot wound, daughter Ashley confirmsVideo
Naomi Judd fatally shot herself, her daughter Ashley revealed Thursday, less than two weeks after the country singer was found dead at home. Judd, 76, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Ashley Judd told Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America,” saying she and her family didn’t want to share these...
Andy Dick charged with sexual battery after comedian’s arrest caught on livestream
Andy Dick was arrested again Wednesday — and it was captured live on camera by a fellow RV enthusiast in California. The comedian, 56, was detained and charged with felony sexual battery for allegedly assaulting another man at the park, TMZ reported. The arrest was seen live on the YouTube...
TV Talk: Pittsburgh native enters ‘Shark Tank’ to pitch unique men’s productVideo
If you’re a “Shark Tank” viewer, you might expect Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary to have something snarky to say when presented with the opportunity to invest in makeup for men. But 2009 Baldwin High School grad Jon Shanahan said the sharks were surprisingly receptive to the pitch he and Stryx...
Henry Winkler gets book deal, memoir to come out in 2024
NEW YORK — Henry Winkler is as busy as ever these days, but the actor is still making time to write a memoir. Celadon Books announced Wednesday that it has a deal with Winkler to tell his life story. The memoir, currently untitled, is scheduled for 2024. Winkler, 76, became...
Smashing Pumpkins, Jane’s Addiction playing Pittsburgh in October
The Smashing Pumpkins won’t be playing in Pittsburgh “Tonight, Tonight,” but they will be here this fall. The alternative rock giants will play Oct. 22 at PPG Paints Arena with support from Jane’s Addiction and Meg Myers. The Smashing Pumpkins came to prominence in 1993 with “Cherub Rock” from their...
Lower Burrell author Tamara Girardi releases 1st children’s book, ‘Why, Daddy? Why?’
It was about the time Gabriella Girardi turned 4 that the questions started. “Research shows that age 4 is the age when we ask the most questions. No other age on the planet asks more questions than a 4-year-old,” said her mother, Tamara Girardi of Lower Burrell. But what made...
TV Q&A: Where has KDKA-TV’s Josh Taylor been?
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: I haven’t seen Josh Taylor on weekend sports on Channel 2 or heard him on 93.7 The Fan in a while. Where has he been?...
TV Talk: Billy Gardell back in town; Pitt history-maker featured in ‘Sky Blossom’
Swissvale native Billy Gardell (“Bob Hearts Abishola”) was back in Pittsburgh this past weekend to tape an episode for the upcoming second season of CBS’s “Secret Celebrity Renovation.” In its first season last year the show featured celebrities in sports, music and entertainment gifting a surprise home renovation to a...
Buhl Planetarium to host screenings of virtual-reality Holocaust documentary
One of the lesser-known stories of the Holocaust is the Terezin concentration camp. All of the concentration camps were horrible, but this particular camp had its own brand of insidiousness. Terezin was established in 1941 in the Czech town of Terezin as a destination for European Jews from prominent families,...
Bono memoir ‘Surrender’ to be released in November
NEW YORK — The long-rumored memoir by Bono, U2’s frontman, is coming out Nov. 1. Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday that the book, first signed up in 2015 but not officially disclosed at the time, will be called “Surrender.” Reports that he had a deal date back to at least...
Geena Davis memoir ‘Dying of Politeness’ comes out in fall
NEW YORK — Oscar winner Geena Davis has a memoir coming out this fall, titled “Dying of Politeness,” and described by the actor as her “journey to badassery.” HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Tuesday that the book will be published Oct. 11. According to the publisher, Davis will...
Pittsburgh Ballet artistic director Susan Jaffe leaving for role in New York City
Fresh from debuting her new choreography for “Swan Lake,” Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artistic director Susan Jaffe has announced that she is leaving the company. In December, Jaffe will take over as artistic director of New York City-based American Ballet Theatre. Jaffe, 59, has a long history with ABT, beginning as...
Temptations’ musical story comes to Pittsburgh in ‘Ain’t Too Proud’
From the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, “Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of The Temptations” covers the story of the iconic Motown super-group. The first national tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical comes to Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center from May 17...
Singer Nick Cave confirms son Jethro Lazenby has died at 31
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave has confirmed the death of his son Jethro Lazenby at age 31. “With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away,” the frontman of rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds said in a statement Tuesday. “We would...
Atlanta rapper Young Thug arrested on RICO, gang charges
ATLANTA — The Atlanta rapper Young Thug was one of 28 people indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records. The rapper, whose name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested at his home in Buckhead, an Atlanta neighborhood...
Andy Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ sells for record-breaking $195 million at auction
A Pittsburgh native now holds the record for the most expensive work of American art ever sold. Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” which was painted in 1964, sold in just four minutes Monday at Christie’s for $195 million to become the most expensive 20th century artwork ever sold at...
CMU alumni nominated for 9 Tony Awards
Carnegie Mellon University graduates are no strangers to the Tony Awards but this year the School of Drama’s cup may have runneth over. During a streaming nominations event Monday, four Carnegie Mellon alumni were announced as nominees for nine Tony Awards. This marks 13 consecutive years in which CMU alumni...
New York Times: Wordle answer changed to avoid fraught word
NEW YORK — The New York Times moved swiftly to change the answer on Monday to its daily Wordle puzzle out of fear that it would be seen as some sort of commentary on the debate over abortion rights. The game, which became a sensation late last year and was...
‘Jeopardy!’ savors run of super champions after host stumbles
NEW YORK — As Mattea Roach, Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio can attest, it’s cool to be smart again. “Jeopardy!” is on an unusual run of super champs. In the past seven months, each of those contestants has landed in the television game show’s historical list of top five winning...
‘A Strange Loop’ earns a leading 11 Tony Award nominations
NEW YORK — “A Strange Loop,” Michael R. Jackson’s critically cheered theater meta-journey earned a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Monday as Broadway joined the national discussion of race by embracing an envelope-pushing Black-written and Black-led musical. Jackson’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize drama winner about a Black gay man writing a...
‘Doctor Strange 2’ conjures up biggest opening of 2022
The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to ” Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.” The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the Walt Disney Co. said Sunday. Not only did it...
New ‘Doctor Who’ star is actor Ncuti Gatwa
LONDON — Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday, ending speculation over the iconic Time Lord’s next regeneration. “Sometimes talent walks through the door and it’s so bright and bold and brilliant, I just stand back in awe and thank my...
