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Alex Trebek shares ‘mind-boggling’ pancreatic cancer update
LOS ANGELES — “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek says his doctors say he’s in “near remission” of advanced pancreatic cancer and his response to the treatment is “kind of mind-boggling.” The 78-year-old TV personality tells People magazine he’s responding very well to chemotherapy and the doctors have told him “they hadn’t...
The Who not resting on legacy during Moving On! tourVideo
Last year, The Who singer Roger Daltrey joined up with a number of pops and local orchestras to put a new musical spin on the Who’s legendary rock opera “Tommy.” This year, The Who itself is seemingly taking a page from that playbook with a tour in which the current...
Rockin’ Wine and Beer Festival features Smokey Robinson Wines
Mention the name Smokey Robinson and some of the singer-songwriter’s best-known song titles come to mind, including Motown hits when he was with The Miracles, such as “The Tracks of My Tears” and “I Second that Emotion,” and songs he wrote for several other artists, including “My Girl” for The...
Thought-provoking ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ takes Apple Hill stage
A glimpse of 1930s Hollywood – for better or worse – is what audiences can expect in viewing Apple Hill Playhouse’s upcoming production of “Moonlight and Magnolias.” An eye-opening look at the social issues that plagued the movie industry during the real-life filming of the hit movie, “Gone with the...
Stage Right students tackle ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘West Side Story’
It’s show time for more than 100 preteen and teen musical theater students at Stage Right School for the Performing Arts in Greensburg as the school year draws to a close. Tony Marino, Stage Right artistic director and acting instructor, is pushing the two groups to give their best effort...
Greensburg native films spelling bee movie in hometown
When Greensburg native Sujata Day set out to film “Definition Please,” a movie she wrote and will star in and direct, a first order of business was casting her hometown. Day, 34, has acted in HBO’s “Insecure” and Netflix’s “I Think You Should Leave.” She grew up in the Fort...
Ex-defense secretary Jim Mattis has book coming this summer
Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has a book coming out this summer, but he warns that it will not be a “tell-all” about President Donald Trump. “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead” will be published July 16, Random House announced Tuesday. Co-written with Bing West, the book will be...
Comedian, actress Anjelah Johnson to make Pittsburgh stopVideo
Anjelah Johnson has made her comedic mark with bits including “Nail Salon” and the creation of her no-filter, fast-food worker character Bon Qui Qui. Johnson will bring her “Technically Not Stalking” tour to Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall, for an 8 p.m. Sept. 19 show....
Rob Thomas brings new music, tour to Benedum CenterVideo
Matchbox Twenty frontman and solo vocalist Rob Thomas is taking his Chip Tooth Tour across North America, including a Aug. 27 stop at Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center. The Grammy award winning singer/songwriter is touring in support of his fourth solo album, Chip Tooth Smile. “Chip Tooth Smile is vintage Thomas —...
Soldiers & Sailors event commemorates D-Day
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum and the Pittsburgh chapter of Pets for Vets at Animal Friends are partnering in the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The event begins with at 9:30 a.m. June 6 with the national anthem and invocation at the 4141 Fifth Ave., Oakland,...
‘Beyond Your Backyard’ highlights Laurel HighlandsVideo
Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands will be featured in an upcoming episode of “Beyond Your Backyard,” a travel series exploring and promoting regional on-and off-the-beaten-path eateries, attractions and other activities locals favor. Seasoned travel personality Erik Hastings — also known as Erik the Travel Guy — produces and hosts the syndicated PBS...
Bushy Run offers new Wilderness Day experience
Feeling wild? Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society has the answer — Wilderness Day. Described by museum officials as a hands-on experience, the June 15 event will take place outdoors and offer participants activities reflecting life in the wilderness. The program is open to students ages 10-13, with an accompanying adult....
WDVE Memorial Day 500 ends in major upset
The WDVE Memorial Day 500 returned to the airwaves after more than two decades this holiday weekend, but not without some controversy. Perennial 1980s winner, “Stairway to Heaven,” was unseated as the No. 1 song by Pink Floyd. It wasn’t the defeat of Zeppelin that led to tweets of rage...
‘Jeopardy!’ champ James Holzhauer nears Ken Jennings’ record
LOS ANGELES — James Holzhauer’s “Jeopardy!” winning streak is still going and he may be on track to surpass Ken Jennings’ record earnings in the next month. Holzhauer on Monday won his 28th straight game with an additional $130,222 in winnings, the second highest single-day sum ever recorded on the...
Benefit headliner Sheila E. says Pittsburghers are ‘so cordial’
When drummer Sheila E. was 15 years old, her father’s band needed a percussionist. One of the members was ill and not able to perform at the show in San Francisco, Calif. Sheila E. told her dad she could step in. “He wasn’t for that, but when my mom told...
Edmund Morris, known for his biography of Reagan, dies at 78
DANBURY, Conn. — Presidential biographer Edmund Morris, best known for writing a book about the life of Ronald Reagan, has died. He was 78. Morris died Friday in a hospital in Danbury, Conn., a day after suffering a stroke, his wife, Sylvia Jukes Morris, told The Associated Press on Monday....
Finale for Renaissance City Choir artistic director Jeffry Blake Johnson
Jeffry Blake Johnson will soon take a final bow. His last performances as artistic director for the Renaissance City Choir are 4 p.m. June 1-2 at East Liberty Presbyterian Church’s Courtyard. He’s been with the group for seven seasons. A search for his replacement has begun. “It’s time,” he says....
‘Aladdin’ soars, but ‘Booksmart’ barely passes at box office
LOS ANGELES — Moviegoers voted with their dollars and chose the familiar over the new this Memorial Day weekend. The Walt Disney Co.’s live-action remake of “Aladdin” crushed the competition at the box office, which included two new original R-rated films that opened as counterprogramming to the family pic: The...
Woodland Hills, Elizabeth Forward, big winners with ‘Mamma Mia’ at Gene Kelly Awards
The musical “Mamma Mia!” and schools performing the popular musical turned out to be the biggest winners of the night at the Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater Saturday. Three schools performing “Mamma Mia!” — Deer Lakes, Elizabeth Forward and Woodland Hills — won in the...
California show explores Andy Warhol’s social, tech foreshadowing
SAN FRANCISCO — Before Instagram and Facebook, before selfies and filters that perfect selfies, there was Andy Warhol, using his art to imbue friends, family, celebrities — even himself — with a certain mystique. A retrospective of Warhol’s work on display in San Francisco captures the artist’s ability to use...
‘When They See Us’ actors revisit the Central Park Five caseVideo
Actor Jharrel Jerome, perhaps best known for his role in “Moonlight,” recalls walking to school a few years ago in his native New York City, worried about an upcoming test, when he was stopped by two police officers. “Stop! Can I see your bag?” one asked him. He immediately froze...
Julianna Margulies fights Ebola in ‘The Hot Zone’Video
Julianna Margulies knew her role in the National Geographic limited series “The Hot Zone” would give her a multitude of layers to play. She could concentrate on the medical part of the character bringing to the screen the doctor who, in 1989, recognized the first appearance of the deadly Ebola...
Ashley Judd not interested in Weinstein settlement, says she plans to see him in court
NEW YORK — The tentative $44 million settlement involving Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct allegations won’t drop the curtain on all lawsuits filed against the movie mogul, some of his accusers said Friday. Ashley Judd, the first A-list actress to speak publicly about Weinstein’s alleged pattern of predatory behavior, said in...
National Aviary to open ‘Living Dinosaurs’ exhibit
A new National Aviary exhibit will allow visitors to fly like a pterosaur, part of a wide array of interactive learning opportunities. The “Living Dinosaurs” exhibit, opening Saturday, is putting an emphasis on experiencing birds as living descendants of dinosaurs and highlighting the traits birds and dinosaurs share. Guests with...
Sled dogs, art for all at Ligonier Country Market
Ligonier Country Market’s special features on May 25 will include Spirits of the Mountain Sled Dogs. The dogs include four Alaskan huskies, three Alaskan malamutes and 10 Siberian huskies. They were in shelters or surrendered by their owners. The dogs train in the Laurel Mountain and surrounding areas and run...
