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105.9 The X planning 4th of July alternative rock countdownVideo
Pearl Jam. Nirvana. Green Day. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Which one of these 1990s alternative rock giants will sit atop 105.9 The X’s Fourth of July countdown? For the 4th of July weekend, We will count down, or up. We’re not sure.... The TOP 420 Rock and Alternative songs of...
ABC’s fall TV schedule is set, but virus has say on timing
ABC’s fall schedule released Wednesday optimistically details its plans, including a new thriller from the creator of “Big Little Lies.” But there’s a key element missing — the debut dates made uncertain by the coronavirus pandemic. “I am hopeful that the season will start sometime in late September or early...
‘Hamilton,’ ‘Phantom’ will be off London stages until 2021
Some of London’s biggest West End shows, including “Hamilton” and “The Phantom of the Opera,” won’t reopen until next year, producers announced Wednesday, as arts bodies warned that Britain faces a “cultural catastrophe” because of the coronavirus pandemic. Producer Cameron Mackintosh, his producing partners and his Delfont Mackintosh Theatres group...
Cinemark set to reopen Pittsburgh-area theaters
Cinemark plans to reopen four theaters in the Pittsburgh area in early July. Cinemark’s website said the North Hills and Robinson locations will be among the first Cinemark theaters to open in Pennsylvania, on July 3. The move is part of the company’s phased reopening from the covid-19 shutdown. Theaters...
Real-life Pittsburgh couples to act in live, online micro-plays
Quantum Theatre will host four evenings of live online programming, featuring seven Pittsburgh-area actor couples who cohabit in real life. The text will come from Caryl Churchill’s “Love and Information,” a collection of 57 micro-plays, featuring more than 100 characters “exploring the breadth of human experience and our shared hunger...
Tyler Perry says he’s ‘exhausted’ by all the hate, division
Tyler Perry wrote “we must never give up” in a heartfelt first-person essay in People magazine detailing his thoughts on racial injustice and police brutality against unarmed black people in America. Perry said he almost passed on publishing his essay in the upcoming issue, which will be released Friday, but...
’30 Rock’ cast reuniting to tout new NBC, cable schedules
Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan and other “30 Rock” stars are reuniting for a corporate cause: to promote the shows and stars that will be part of the new season for NBC and its NBCUniversal cable siblings. Described as a “one-time, commercial-free event” — other than the extended ad...
Kennedy Township girl advances on ‘America’s Got Talent’ with musical tribute to dad
A 12-year-old Kennedy Township girl sang a song she wrote for her dad and won the hearts of the audience and judges to advance to the next round of “America’s Got Talent” during an audition episode of the TV show that aired Tuesday evening. Ashley Marina Yankello, who drops her...
$5M in covid-19 safety efforts planned when ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ filming resumes
Hollywood lore abounds with stories of fraught film shoots and technical difficulties. A famous one comes from the 1976 “Star Wars” production in Tunisia. Costumes broke, sand ruined equipment and windstorms pummeled sets. Famously, early in the process, even rain became an impediment — something that would have seemed unfathomable...
‘Lemmy’ biopic to focus on Motorhead frontman’s early years
The iconic frontman from Motorhead is getting a biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will follow Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister’s early life in England and his early experiences as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix, among other topics. “Lemmy” is set to be directed by Greg Olliver, who spent years...
My Chemical Romance postpones reunion tour
My Chemical Romance has pushed back the band’s highly anticipated reunion tour of North America. The tour will now take place next year. The trek will kick off in Philadelphia on Sept. 8, 2021. pic.twitter.com/JFYhuqK9N2— My Chemical Romance (@MCRofficial) June 16, 2020 “As a band, we are deeply aware...
Jimmy Kimmel to host Emmys, first major awards show of pandemicVideo
LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Kimmel will host the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the coronavirus pandemic — but just how the Emmy Awards will be held remains cloudy. Kimmel, who is also producing the Sept. 20 ceremony on ABC honoring TV’s best, acknowledged that in Tuesday’s announcement. “I don’t...
Online children’s story sessions feature Westmoreland Symphony musicians
Children are invited to learn about composer Ludwig van Beethoven during online story times presented by the Westmoreland Library Network, featuring musicians from the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra. “Beethoven Lives Upstairs,” by Barbara Nichol, will be read during sessions at 11 a.m. Wednesday and Friday, and on July 13 and Aug....
Celebrate Pride Month with these streaming picksVideo
June is Pride Month in the United States, timed to celebrate the birth of the American LGBTQ rights movement, which burst out of the underground on June 28, 1969, during a rebellion at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, where patrons fought back during a police raid. It has...
Oprah picks James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ for book club
Oprah Winfrey has chosen James McBride’s “Deacon King Kong” for her book club. McBride’s novel is set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969 and centers on the shooting of a drug dealer by an aging and tipsy church deacon. But it also pays tribute to community and to McBride’s...
Pittsburgh’s Pride Month Reel Q film festival goes virtual
The Reel Q film festival, presented in conjunction with Pride Month in Pittsburgh, is moving online this year. Teaming up with other local organizations, Reel Q will offer films and virtual events from June 18 to the end of July, beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday with a screening of “Pier...
Warner Bros to hold massive virtual event for DC Comics fansVideo
Comic-Con may be canceled this year, but Warner Bros. will convene a 24-hour virtual gathering of the biggest names in the DC Comics universe. The studio announced Tuesday that DC FanDome will be held on Aug. 22 starting at 7 a.m.. The event will feature talent announcements and reveal new...
‘Top Chef’ host Padma Lakshmi working on picture book
Padma Lakshmi’s next book is designed for the children’s table. The “Top Chef” host and best-selling author is working on her first picture book, “Tomatoes for Neela.” Viking Children’s Books announced Tuesday that the book is scheduled for fall 2021. According to the publisher, “Tomatoes for Neela” is an intergenerational...
Pittsburgh jazz festival marks 10th anniversary with livestream event
The first-ever Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival Live Online will feature noted jazz musicians from around the world, including Sean Jones, Dianne Reeves, The Bad Plus, Laurin Talese, Jeff Watts, Brett Williams, Lakecia Benjamin and others. The one-time-only virtual event, curated by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in collaboration...
Academy delays 2021 Oscars ceremony because of coronavirus
For the fourth time in its history, the Oscars are being postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network said Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards will now be held April 25, 2021, eight weeks later than originally planned because of the pandemic’s effects...
Review: Identical twins veer apart in moving ‘Thin Girls’
Dark, poignant and gripping, Diana Clarke’s “Thin Girls” is sure to be unlike anything else you’ve read. Identical twins Rose and Lily Winters are deeply connected, but in high school their relationship begins to grow complicated. Rose’s desperation to be cool leads her down a dangerous path of extreme dieting....
Kenny Chesney sets 2021 Pittsburgh concert date
Kenny Chesney will be back in the ‘Burgh on June 12, 2021. Earlier this year, the country superstar canceled his entire Chillaxification tour, which included a May 30 date at Heinz Field. The revived tour has 18 dates and will include same lineup of special guests, including Florida Georgia Line,...
Review: Ottessa Moshfegh offers an eccentric murder mystery
Dark doesn’t even begin to describe Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel, “Death in Her Hands.” Try horrifying, macabre, fashionably self-referential and exceptionally well-written — a book, as the publisher’s blurb says, that asks us to consider how the stories we tell ourselves both reflect the truth and keep us blind to...
PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West docVideo
Before there was Cher or Madonna, Beyonce or Rihanna, there was another savvy media star who unapologetically embraced her sex appeal and femininity. That would be Mae West, the bawdy, witty, sex symbol of the 1930s who pioneered a path for modern women with guts and a nod and a...
New roller coaster highlights Hersheypark’s reopening on July 3Video
After months of coronavirus precautions, Hersheypark is getting ready to reopen. And when guests finally start visiting on July 3, they’ll be able to experience a new ride that’s billed as the park’s fastest, tallest and longest roller coaster. Candymonium reaches 210 feet high with a max speed of 76...
