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Actor Richard Thomas proving to be man for all seasons in PittsburghVideo
Let’s be clear. Actor Richard Thomas loves performing in Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh audiences love seeing Thomas perform. And they’re getting plenty of chances to watch the former “Waltons” star apply his craft. Thomas is currently in Pittsburgh reprising his role as Ebenezer Scrooge in the Pittsburgh CLO’s “A Musical Christmas...
Januscary Film Festival brings winter chills to Pittsburgh’s Harris Theater
Usually, the scariest thing about January is getting the Christmas credit card bill. To kick off 2022, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will offer more chills and thrills with the Januscary Film Festival, which will feature six new and classic horror films screening at the Harris Theater in downtown Pittsburgh. “Most...
Chris Noth out at ‘The Equalizer’ amid sex assault claims
LOS ANGELES — Chris Noth will no longer be part of the CBS series “The Equalizer” in the wake of sexual assault allegations against the actor. Universal Television and CBS made a joint announcement Monday that Noth would no longer be part of filming “effective immediately.” Noth has played a...
TV Talk: Mt. Lebanon native charts course for ‘Book of Boba Fett,’ ‘Mandalorian’
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Mt. Lebanon native Dave Filoni has been living his childhood dream of playing “Star Wars” for two decades, trading his childhood action figures for writing scripts and directing costumed actors and massive “Star Wars” props...
Trevor Noah’s malpractice lawsuit claims surgery made him ‘sore, lame and disabled’Video
“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah has filed a malpractice lawsuit against a New York doctor and hospital after allegedly suffering “permanent, severe, and grievous” injuries as a result of a surgery in November 2020. The Comedy Central star filed the lawsuit in New York’s Supreme Court against orthopedic surgeon...
What is a bidding war? CBS and NBC could chase ‘Jeopardy!’ for their TV stations
Last summer, the beloved game show “Jeopardy!” was getting pummeled with bad publicity over a botched search for a new host. But Sony Pictures Television’s stumbles trying to find a successor to the late Alex Trebek did not seem to matter much to “Jeopardy!” fans. In the current 2021-22 television...
Analysis: The Duggars built a wholesome reality TV empire on TLC. Now it’s in ruins
When reality TV star Josh Duggar was convicted this month of receiving and possessing child pornography, it brought a shocking end to the Duggars’ decade-plus reign as the Fundamentalist Kardashians. On their TLC shows “19 Kids and Counting” and “Counting On,” the ultra-conservative Arkansas clan known for its love of...
Red snow? A most unexpected modern standard for the holidays
NEW YORK — There is no mention of holiday or Christmas in lyrics to the song, “White Winter Hymnal.” Or winter, for that matter. There is a reference to snow, turned “red as strawberries in the summertime” — presumably, by blood. Nonetheless, the song has become a modern holiday standard,...
Paul Rudd hosts ‘SNL’ sans audience, Charli XCX amid omicron
NEW YORK — People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 was indeed inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on “Saturday Night Live,” but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus meant there was no live audience to see it happen. Instead, viewers at home saw new sketches taped earlier in the...
Spidey nets 3rd best opening of all time with $253 million
Never underestimate your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, even with a mutating virus afoot. Despite rising concerns over the omicron variant, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” not only shattered pandemic-era box office records; it became the third best opening of all time behind “Avengers: Endgame” and “Avengers: Infinity War.” The Sony and Marvel...
Up, up and they pay: $2.6M winning bid for Superman #1 comic
NEW YORK — A rare copy of a Superman #1 comic book that sold on newsstands for a dime in 1939 was purchased for $2.6 million in an auction. The comic showing Superman leaping over tall buildings on the cover was sold Thursday night to a buyer who wishes to...
Pittsburgh Symphony free program to explore global origin stories
Where did we come from? Why are we here? Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will explore those existential questions and more in “Origin Stories,” a free program set for 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh. Assistant Conductor Moon Doh will lead the musical journey inspired by ancient understandings of...
ELO tribute band blends rock, classics for Palace Theatre show
The Electric Light Orchestra album “Out of the Blue” helped Ronda Price through a hard time in her life. As a young teen, she played it on repeat during the summer of 1979 after her mother passed away. Forty years later, she offered a gesture of thanks by forming Into...
Chris Noth accused of sexual assaults; actor denies claims
LOS ANGELES — Actor Chris Noth has been accused of sexually assaulting two women in separate encounters that took place in 2004 and 2015, according to a report Thursday. The women’s identities were withheld by The Hollywood Reporter in order to protect their privacy, said the trade publication, which used...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: Dec. 17-19
‘Does Someone Need a Hug?’ “Elf the Musical” comes to the stage of the Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, courtesy of Actors and Artists of Fayette County. A Sunday matinee is sold out. Based on the 2003 movie starring...
New York Times honors The Westmoreland with best art book choice
The catalogue for “Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee,” currently showing in The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, has made the list of The New York Times Best Art Books of 2021. The 240-page, fully illustrated, full-color hardback catalogue includes an essay by The Westmoreland’s chief curator...
Bruce Springsteen sells music catalog to Sony in record-breaking, $500 million deal
The Boss is getting a Christmas bonus. Bruce Springsteen has sold his entire catalog of music, including his master recordings and song publishing catalog, to Sony Music Entertainment in a blockbuster deal that reportedly could be worth $500 million. The record-setting transaction, which includes classic songs “Born to Run,” “Dancing...
bell hooks, groundbreaking feminist thinker, dies at 69
NEW YORK — bell hooks, the groundbreaking author, educator and activist whose explorations of how race, gender, economics and politics intertwined helped shape academic and popular debates over the past 40 years, has died. She was 69. In a statement issued through William Morrow Publishers, hooks’ family announced that she...
Stoney Richards departing Y108 morning show to focus on acting
WDSY-FM (Y108) is looking for a new host for its “Y’d Awake” morning show, and whoever is hired will have some big shoes to fill. After three years, Charles David “Stoney” Richards is leaving his popular morning gig to focus on his acting career. His last show is Friday. “It’s...
Fort Ligonier to cap holiday season with Twelfth Night Celebration
Revelers can party like it’s 1799 at the annual Twelfth Night celebration set for Jan. 8 at Fort Ligonier. It will be a blast from the colonial past as guests attend in period costume to partake of wassail and rum punch and to put their best foot forward for English...
‘Return of Jedi,’ ‘Selena’ added to National Film Registry
LOS ANGELES — This year’s inductees into the National Film Registry include an epic Star Wars and Lord of the Ring films, projects starring Jennifer Lopez and the late Cicely Tyson along with films that took on racially motivated violence against people of color. The Library of Congress announced Tuesday...
Genesis and Phil Collins delight devoted Pittsburgh fans during farewell tour stopVideo
They lined up outside the gates of PPG Paints Arena Monday night, some of them looking as though they were heading to a wake. The pre-concert partying normally associated with a performance by an A-list rock group was fairly tame. These loyal Genesis fans had seen the images from earlier...
Concert industry ponders: What impact will omicron variant have in U.S. as live events in Europe start to be curtailed?
Can the world of concerts, theater and other performing arts survive another covid-fueled shutdown of live events? How many commercial and nonprofit arts organizations can weather going dark again without crucial government funding? And, if worse comes to worse, what happens to culture, the artists who create it and the...
Pittsburgh Pop: Reacting to that ‘Sex and the City’ shocker, Rick Sebak’s throwback interview of August Wilson
In this week’s episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including Rick Sebak’s latest WQED-TV special, “Brain Space Energy: My Interview with August Wilson.” Last week’s premiere of “Sex and the City” sequel series...
Shatner marvels at Blue Origin flight frenzy, ‘finite’ Earth
LOS ANGELES — William Shatner’s durable role as an avatar of space’s promise drew a frenzy of attention when fiction became fact with his rocket ride. The “Star Trek” actor says he was as surprised by it as he was gratified by the 10-minute, suborbital jaunt made possible by billionaire...
