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Oscars 2025 predictions for all 23 categories
LOS ANGELES — The 97th Academy Awards arrive Sunday after an awards season full of wild momentum swings, online trolling and internecine whisper campaigns that almost made me long for the day when Harvey Weinstein would personally take me to a movie theater just so I’d know how much people...
Dormont musician to celebrate new record and the label that released it with VFW show
On March 15, Josh Oswald is set to take the stage, Roland-style drum machine and his trusty black-and-white Fender Jazzmaster guitar in tow, to make some noise at Dormont’s Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge. The live set will celebrate the area musician’s latest adventure under the nom de guerre Spacebastard,...
Kraftwerk, Donnie Iris, Tyler, the Creator among top March concerts in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh icon, electronic music pioneers and an enigmatic rapper are among the top concerts coming to the region in March: Top concerts March 1 and 15: Donnie Iris and the Cruisers at the Palace Theatre Pittsburgh rock luminary Donnie Iris will hit the stage at the Palace Theatre in...
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Taylor Momsen and Blake Lively mourn death of Michelle Trachtenberg
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Taylor Momsen and Blake Lively are among those paying tribute to Michelle Trachtenberg, who died Wednesday. Trachtenberg was found in her New York apartment “unconscious and unresponsive,” according to an NYPD statement. She was 39. “Michelle, listen to me. Listen. I love you. I will always love...
Sewickley Academy will serve up fun and farce with musical 'Crazy For You'
Spring is on the horizon and love is in the air with the Sewickley Academy senior school’s upcoming musical, “Crazy For You.” The romantic comedy show will run from March 6-8 in the Rea Auditorium. “Crazy For You” debuted on Broadway in 1992 and was nominated for a whole slew...
Sabrina Carpenter bringing Short N' Sweet tour to Pittsburgh for 2 nights 
Fresh off a pair of wins at the Grammys, pop singer Sabrina Carpenter will be giving Pittsburgh two chances to see her. The “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” singer announced a pair of shows, Oct. 23 and 24, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, kicking off the new leg of...
Quaker Valley High School to go bigger than ever with classic musical 'My Fair Lady'
After last year’s very contemporary “The Addams Family,” Quaker Valley High School’s 2025 spring musical is going even bigger with a classic. From March 5-8, the school will produce “My Fairy Lady,” a surprisingly rare choice for high schools, according to director Austin Wolford. “It’s a very big show, but...
Shaggy with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra? More natural than you'd think
Yes, that Shaggy. Mr. Boombastic himself. The reggae musician of the 1990s and 2000s who advised anyone caught cheating red-handed to declare “it wasn’t me.” Probably the last musician you’d expect to get onstage in front of a whole symphony orchestra and perform for 90 minutes. Well, he did it....
TV Talk: Joseph Cannon, Pittsburgh broadcaster's son, stars in Lifetime movie
Churchill native Joseph Cannon, son of local broadcaster and former PCNC host Ellis Cannon, gets his biggest acting break to date this weekend with a role in Lifetime’s “Abducted in the Everglades” (8 p.m. Sunday). Joseph Cannon stars in scenes with Tori Spelling (“Beverly Hills, 90210”), who plays a mom...
Gene Hackman, wife and dog were dead for some time, warrant shows
SANTA FE, N.M. — Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs were apparently dead for some time before a maintenance worker discovered their bodies at the couple’s Santa Fe home, according to investigators. Hackman, 95, was found dead Wednesday in a mudroom and his 63-year-old wife, Betsy...
'Anything Goes' features humor, entries from the Great American Songbook
The Franklin Regional Senior High School auditorium will transport its audience back to the days of the Golden Age of Hollywood, big-band music and the end of prohibition in its spring musical. The high school’s Theatre Guild will stage “Anything Goes” on Feb. 27-28 and March 1-2, presenting a madcap...
Burning Man art plane gets a new life as a Las Vegas party venue
A hulking section of a decommissioned jumbo jet that was transformed into a party venue at the 2017 Burning Man Festival is getting a new life off the Las Vegas Strip. The cockpit and section of the fuselage of the Boeing 747 were towed Wednesday from a spot at the...
Here's what to know about the Oscars, from presenters to performers
After devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles, the 97th Academy Awards are going forward. Like the Grammys and other awards shows this year, the ceremony will be transformed by the fires and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has pledged to help its members and the broader film...
Interview: Singer-songwriter Ron Pope talks about his 'American Man, American Music' album ahead of Pittsburgh show 
Singer-songwriter Ron Pope will be back in Pittsburgh on Saturday, and it should be a more pleasant time than his most recent, albeit unintentional, stay. Pope joined several artists on Feb. 16 in Morgantown, W.Va., to record an episode of “Mountain Stage” for NPR radio stations, but weather conditions axed...
Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Harriet the Spy' star, dies at at 39
NEW YORK — Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 “Harriet the Spy” hit movie and went on to co-star in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows — “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl” — has died. She was 39. Police responded to a 911 call...
Robert Pattinson reminds audiences that accents are a signature of his performances in 'Mickey 17'
LOS ANGELES — Often when Robert Pattinson gets a script, one of the first things he does — to the annoyance of his girlfriend, Suki Waterhouse — is try on different voices to bring his character to life. “I’ve always had that sort of response to a script,” he reflected,...
TV Q&A: What happened to a reporter seen on WTAE? 
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: Is “Rossen Reports,” with reporter Jeff Rossen, still on WTAE news? I haven’t seen it in a few weeks and the station didn’t respond to...
TV Talk: Why so many national news anchor changes?
Although this wasn’t always true, in the modern era it’s safe to conclude anytime there is an upheaval in the general TV order, the reason almost always comes down to one thing: money. This week, Lester Holt announced his departure later this year from anchoring “NBC Nightly News,” a position...
Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, touring in support of 'lowdown blues' album, heading to Pittsburgh 
Tommy Castro and the Painkillers might be more of a contemporary blues band with their original songs, but Castro really wanted to make an album that channeled his influences like Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Elmore James and Muddy Waters. “I love all that old funky stuff, and we kind of...
TV Talk: ‘Born Again’ picks up Daredevil’s story, brings it to Disney+ 
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Before the arrival of Disney+ in 2019, Disney licensed some of its Marvel characters to Netflix for series that originally streamed 2015-18, including “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist,” “Defenders,” “The Punisher” and “Daredevil,” probably...
Joy Reid is leaving MSNBC as the network cancels her evening show
NEW YORK — Joy Reid is leaving MSNBC, the network’s new president announced in a memo to staff on Monday, marking an end to the prime time show hosted by the progressive political analyst and broadcast news anchor. Reid’s namesake show, “The ReidOut,” has been a fixture of MSNBC’s evening...
Lester Holt to step down as anchor of NBC's flagship 'Nightly News' after a decade
NEW YORK — NBC’s veteran Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of the network’s flagship “Nightly News” broadcast in the coming months. Holt, who has been the face of “Nightly News” for a decade, won’t be leaving NBC altogether, however. In a memo to staff Monday, he said he...
Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88
NEW YORK — Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and other hits made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long...
Pantera opening tour with show at Pavilion at Star Lake 
Heavy metal veterans Pantera will open their U.S. summer tour with a date in the Pittsburgh area. Touted as “the heaviest tour of the summer,” Pantera will be joined by Swedish metal stalwarts Amon Amarth for a July 15 show at the Pavilion at Star Lake, with another opener still...
List of winners at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards
LOS ANGELES — Here’s an updating list of winners at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards, held Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. In addition to the winners below, Jane Fonda received the SAG Life Achievement Award. Film Ensemble “Conclave” Female actor in a leading role Demi Moore,...


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