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Beloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ star Winter died of twisted intestine
Florida’s most famous dolphin Winter, beloved by fans around the world and star of the movie “Dolphin Tale,” died of twisted intestines, according to necropsy results released by the aquarium Saturday. The dolphin’s intestines were in an area impossible to reach through surgery. “There was nothing more the team could...
Chaos erupts at ‘SNL’ ticket line in NYC ahead of Taylor Swift appearance
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift fanatics were seeing red Friday in the standby line for “Saturday Night Live” tickets, witnesses told the Daily News. The chaos was sparked by a tweet at 10:05 a.m. from SNL’s account directing hopeful attendees to The Shop at NBC Studios for tickets to Saturday’s...
Taylor Swift fans revel in ‘All Too Well’ film lyrics, clues
Taylor Swift’s fans know how to look for careful clues and Easter eggs in her lyrics and music videos, so anticipation was high when the pop star dropped a short film going deeper into her romantic life on a fan favorite song. The 13-minute “All Too Well: The Short Film,”...
Britney freed: Judge dissolves Spears’ conservatorship
Britney is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled Britney Spears’ life and money for nearly 14 years. The decision capped a stunning five-month odyssey that saw Spears publicly demand the end of the conservatorship, hire her own attorney, have her father removed from...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 12-14
The weekend has arrived. Here are some ways to spend it. Pet expo The Pittsburgh Pet Expo – the largest pet expo on the East Coast – is Friday through Sunday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. The expo includes three days of competitions and adoption opportunities as...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: Nov. 12-14
Owl encounter You’ve heard of howling at the moon, but what about “Owling at the Moon”? That’s what will happen from 6-9 p.m. Friday at Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Cook Township. Visitors of all ages are invited to the reserve to sip cider and hear stories around a...
Billy Joel to play PNC Park in AugustVideo
Elton John isn’t the only Piano Man coming back to Pittsburgh next year. Billy Joel will host a concert at PNC Park on Aug. 11, 2022. The Pittsburgh Pirates, along with former Pirate Steve Blass, made the announcement Thursday at home plate of the ballpark with a grand piano and...
Pittsburgh vocalist’s EP blends neo-soul, jazz, R&B
Pittsburgh vocalist KELS is looking forward to her 26th birthday later this month. On that date, the Pine-Richland graduate will release her first three-song EP, “Slow Ryde,” after performances this summer at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, Deutschtown Music Festival, Millvale Music Festival and Picklesburgh. Before that, though, she’ll host...
Man to plead guilty in rapper Mac Miller’s drug death
LOS ANGELES — An Arizona man accused of supplying the dealer who sold Mac Miller the drugs that killed the rapper has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge, prosecutors said Wednesday. Ryan Michael Reavis, 38, will admit to a single count of distribution of fentanyl, the U.S. Attorney’s...
Paul Rudd named People’s Sexiest Man Alive
Paul Rudd seems to have been a little “Clueless” about just how attractive he really is. The “Ant-Man” star was named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2021, an honor he hopes will finally get him invited to “those sexy dinners with Clooney and Pitt and B Jordan.” “I figure...
Billy Crystal plans his Broadway return in a familiar role
NEW YORK — Billy Crystal is not ready to say goodbye to “Mr. Saturday Night.” The comic icon has turned his comedy film into a Broadway-bound musical and hopes to open it next year with him reprising his film role as Buddy Young Jr., a bitter, old insult comic chasing...
TV Q&A: Why are so many TV reporters leaving Pittsburgh?
Q: Another person leaving WPXI-TV with the departure of Michele Newell. What’s going on at that station in recent times? — Gary via Facebook Rob: Newell left Channel 11 and her hometown of Pittsburgh for a reporter position in the larger Atlanta TV market at a station that’s part of...
Brian Williams says he’s leaving NBC News after 28 years
NEW YORK — Brian Williams, who remade his career as an MSNBC host after losing his job as NBC “Nightly News” anchor for making false claims about a wartime story, is leaving the network after 28 years. Williams said in a note to colleagues that “following much reflection,” he had...
Latrobe Cabaret Theatre’s Broadway revue is part of global reopening event
Latrobe-based Cabaret Theatre will turn off the ghost light and turn on the stage lights with a post-pandemic reopening production called “All Together Now!” Cabaret is joining with theater companies worldwide to stage the Broadway musical revue, which was offered royalty-free to small companies by the licensing house Music Theatre...
Pittsburgh TV news changes: 2021 hires and departures
Pittsburgh has had its share of television news anchors and reporters coming and going this year. Here is a look at all moves covered by TV reporter Rob Owen in 2021 (so far): Departures ● KDKA’s Lynne Hayes-Freeland retired in early November after nearly 4o years on the local TV...
2-day Holiday Mart returns to Westmoreland Museum
Regional artisans will offer an array of gift-giving options at the annual Holiday Mart, set for Friday and Saturday at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. The event will feature returning makers and those new to the event, said Dwi Bartlebaugh, the museum shop manager. Merchandise will be set up...
Dean Stockwell of ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ dies at 85
NEW YORK — Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age in the sci-fi series “Quantum Leap” and in a string of indelible performances in film, including David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet,” Wim Wenders’ “Paris, Texas” and Jonathan Demme’s “Married to the Mob,” has died....
Richard Madden, Salma Hayek support ‘Eternals’ love scene
Marvel’s new film “Eternals” broke the mold in an area the studio has conspicuously avoided for years: Sex between superheroes. It’s the first time in 26 Marvel cinematic universe films that an intimate conjugal moment was visibly shown between two characters. The scene — depicted by Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao...
How director Chloe Zhao made ‘Eternals’ epic, intimate and unlike anything else in the MCU
Marvel’s “Eternals” is an action-packed superhero epic about cosmic beings that repeatedly save humanity from vicious, mutating monsters over the span of thousands of years. It’s also a delicate tapestry of love, friendship, grief and betrayal woven with quiet and passionate interpersonal moments — including, for example, the Marvel Cinematic...
Unity’s Victory Brinker releasing EP of favorite Christmas songsVideo
Fans who have missed Victory Brinker since the Sept. 14 finale of “America’s Got Talent” are in luck. Just in time for Christmas, the 9-year-old opera diva from Unity is releasing her first EP, “The Wonder of Christmas. It will be available beginning Friday on all digital retailers and streaming...
‘Eternals’ opens with $71M but audience response is mixedVideo
NEW YORK — “Eternals,” one of Marvel’s most ambitious efforts to expand its superhero universe, arrived in theaters with about $71 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates. By most studios’ box-office standards, the opening was enviable. Only three other films have debuted better during the...
For Travis Scott, chaos part of popular formula
LOS ANGELES — Travis Scott’s high-energy performances are known for being chaotic and fun-filled shows with concertgoers encouraged to take part in a raucous nature involving mosh pits, crowd surfing and stage diving. On Friday night, something went wrong. At least eight people — between the ages of 14 and...
TV Talk: Steelers legend Jerome Bettis guest stars on CBS sitcom ‘The Neighborhood’
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome “The Bus” Bettis guest stars on Monday’s episode of “The Neighborhood” (8 p.m., KDKA-TV) as himself. The storyline finds Calvin Butler (Cedric the Entertainer) running into Bettis at a restaurant and learning the Hall of Famer grew up knowing Calvin’s wife, Tina (Tichina Arnold),...
Review: Ballads predominate on ABBA’s comeback album
A bouncy, synthy beat bridges the decades and brings ABBA into the present. “You look bewildered,” Agnetha Fältskog sings above the retro rhythm, “and you wonder why I’m here today.” Well, yes. ABBA is back with its first album since 1981. While skeptics might ask why, the four Scandinavian septuagenarians...
‘Marisol and Warhol Take New York’ is taking Pittsburgh
The decade of the 1960s brought with it a pop culture explosion that enveloped music, fashion, film and visual art. In one sonic boom, a new multi-dimensional world of creation opened up and two artists in particular — Venezuelan-American Marisol Escobar, otherwise known simply as Marisol, and Pittsburgh native Andy...
