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‘Thunderbolts’ and ‘Sinners’ top box office charts once more
Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” dominated the North American box office charts again this weekend. Now in their second and fourth weekends respectively, the two films had some new competition, including a horror movie, a Kerry Washington action pic, a Josh Hartnett airplane thriller, and a Shakespeare-inspired musical. None...
Guitarist Scarlett McKahey of Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers on opening for Pearl Jam in PittsburghVideo
Guitarist Scarlett McKahey had cut back her touring with Australian rockers Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers after a diagnosis of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in 2023. But the opportunity to open shows for Pearl Jam on their current Dark Matter tour was too good to pass up. “I’ll just...
Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s ‘Waitress’ is a sweet treat for audiences
Creating a good musical is a lot like baking a pie. There are some crucial ingredients — a strong cast, plenty of great numbers, a little bit of humor (and maybe a hint of spice) and a lot of heart. Then, it all gets mixed together and put out under...
Lainey Wilson rules the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards once again, Alan Jackson is honored
NEW YORK — It was her night once again. Lainey Wilson took home the top prize at the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards — the title of entertainer of the year — for a second year in a row. And that was after she cleaned house, taking home...
TV Talk: Moriarty, Watson face off in ‘Watson’ season finale
When CBS’s Pittsburgh-set medical mystery drama “Watson” (9 p.m. Sunday, KDKA-TV) premiered in January, the first episode featured scenes shot in Pittsburgh over a few days in June 2024, including a confrontation filmed on the Duquesne Incline between Moriarty (Randall Park) and Shinwell Johnson (Ritchie Coster), Dr. Watson’s aide-de-camp. But...
AC/DC thunders through classics in Power Up tour stop in PittsburghVideo
If Thursday night proved to be AC/DC’s last concert in Pittsburgh, the hard rock legends went out with a bang … or make that a whole lotta bangs. The Australian rockers, making their first Pittsburgh appearance in more than 16 years, played a career-spanning show on their Power Up tour...
WQED lays off staff, suspends Creator Academy
This week, WQED Multimedia laid off four full-time staff and one part-time employee and announced the suspension of its Creator Academy, formerly known as WQED Film Academy and before that, Steeltown Entertainment Project. In an online post at wqed.org/thecreatoracademy, WQED cited the “unprecedented threats to federal funding for the arts,...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 9-11
Want to do something more special for Mom this Mother’s Day weekend than just buying some flowers and a card? How about taking her to one (or more) of the great events happening around town? Here’s some inspiration. Contemporary Craft Community Day Time to get hands-on at Contemporary Craft in...
TV Talk: Former Pittsburgher Chbosky directs, Joe Manganiello stars in Netflix’s ‘Nonnas’Video
For his latest film project, 1988 Upper St. Clair High School grad Stephen Chbosky, author of coming-of-age novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and writer/director of its film adaptation, looked to an actor from a rival high school to cast in “Nonnas,” streaming May 9 on Netflix (just in...
3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold reveals Stage 4 cancer diagnosis
3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold announced he was diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer in a video posted on the band’s social media accounts on Wednesday. “Hey, everybody, it’s Brad from 3 Doors Down. I hope you’re having a great day today,” the “Kryptonite” singer said in the video....
Disney to build its 7th theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates
Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said Wednesday. The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi city, already home to Formula One’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Ferrari and Warner Bros. amusement...
TV Q&A: Why are different job titles used on local newscasts?
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 have noticed on at least three occasions that when a story on which Chandi Chapman is reporting she is introduced as “WTAE reporter Chandi...
Smokey Robinson accused by former housekeepers of sexual assault and rape
LOS ANGELES — Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him. The suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks at least $50 million in damages over the alleged assaults,...
Edda Fields-Black, Pulitzer Prize winner and CMU professor, brings personal perspective to history of Harriet Tubman
Edda Fields-Black is still processing the fact she was awarded a 2025 Pulitzer Prize on Monday. “It’s just beginning to set in. It’s going to take some time for this new reality to set in. But it feels really good,” she said in an interview Tuesday. Fields-Black is a professor...
Singer Matt Andersen talks new ‘The Hammer & The Rose’ album before Pittsburgh concertVideo
With Matt Andersen’s latest album, “The Hammer & The Rose,” producer Josh Van Tassel convinced the veteran Canadian singer-songwriter to try a different approach from his previous effort. “He’d seen me live a bunch, and the moments when we’d chill out on stage a lot, those parts in the show...
Pittsburgh Blues Fest will pay tribute to Kip London, Mike Lange
The eighth installment of an annual music festival is getting a new name this year: the Kip London Memorial Pittsburgh Blues & Roots Festival. This year’s event, scheduled for July 25-27 at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center Pavilion in Harmar, will pay tribute to London, a Greensburg native who died in...
New Castle-based Pyrotecnico will light up AC/DC’s Pittsburgh show
Pete Cappadocia has played with fire, smoke and other special effects for four decades. Known as “Pyro Pete,” the pyrotechnics expert has spent many nights lighting up the stage for some of the biggest rock ‘n’ roll bands in the world, including AC/DC, which is set to play Acrisure Stadium...
TV Talk: ‘Poker Face’ returns, references infamous Pirates no-hitterVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Peacock streaming series “Poker Face” returns May 8 with the first three episodes of its second season. (After that, one new episode releases weekly on Thursdays through July 10.) In this week’s season premiere, Charlie...
Met Gala pays tribute to Black fashion, designers and includes Rihanna pregnancy surpriseVideo
NEW YORK — A rainy Met Gala on Monday included a Rihanna pregnancy announcement, a tuxedoed choir and a trend true to the menswear theme: Emma Chamberlain, Zendaya, Teyana Taylor and many other women in pinstripes and other traditional men’s detailing. Chamberlain and Zuri Hall were among those who wore...
CMU professor Edda Fields-Black wins Pulitzer Prize in history
Carnegie Mellon University Professor Edda L. Fields-Black on Monday won a 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History for her book “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War.” Fields-Black is a professor of history and director of The Humanities Center at CMU’s Dietrich College of...
Greensburg native, Juilliard grad will perform senior recital at hometown churchVideo
A piano sounds like a piano. A trumpet sounds like a trumpet. A big old church organ is another matter. A talented organist, using all of the instrument’s stops, levers and pedals, can make it sound like just about anything he or she wants. “I love that the organ can...
Carnegie Mellon University alumni score big with 13 Tony Award nominations
Nominations for the 78th Tony Awards — the highest honors in American theater — have been announced, and five of the nominees are graduates of Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University. The alumni received a total of 13 nominations between them. The American Theatre Wing’s 78th Tony Awards will be held on...
KT Tunstall, Ashley Cooke lead Allegheny County summer concert series
Allegheny County announced its 2025 summer concert series, with a diverse lineup ranging from country to jazz to the British Invasion to funk. The free concerts, which start May 30, take place at either the South Park Amphitheater or the Hartwood Acres Amphitheater in Hampton. Rising country singer Ashley Cooke...
TV Talk: Natalie Bencivenga explores local neighborhoods in WQED’s ‘Destination’
WQED-TV’s “Destination with Natalie Bencivenga,” created by independent journalist Bencivenga, profiles local immigrant communities and neighborhoods, beginning with Bloomfield. The show’s first 15-minute episode starts streaming May 6 at WQED.org/Destination (or youtube.com/@WQED) and airs on linear Channel 13 at 7:30 p.m. May 12, where it will be paired with another,...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Gary Pratt
Local country singer Gary Pratt loves to write songs, but he couldn’t pass up “Red Barn,” his latest single which was penned by veteran Nashville writer Jason Patrick Matthews (who has worked with Luke Bryan and Billy Currington). “It reminded me of the red barn on my great grandfather’s farm,”...
