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R. Kelly judgment withdrawn after lawyers say he can’t read
CHICAGO — A judge who ordered a default judgment against R. Kelly after the singer failed to respond to a lawsuit filed by one of his alleged victims now says the suit can proceed. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Cook County Judge Moira Johnson on Wednesday reinstated the lawsuit after...
Pittsburgh Symphony announces fellowship recipient
Shantanique Moore will be playing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The flute player is the recipient of the symphony’s two-year fellowship designed to place one young African American musician on an orchestral career path. Moore, of Redford Township, Mich., will be the eighth person awarded the opportunity which is part...
Ryan Reynolds trolls perfectly with fake ‘Detective Pikachu’ leak
Ryan Reynolds continues to play things perfectly. As if his handsome looks and genuine good-guy persona isn’t frustrating enough for some of us (ahem), the actor trolled fans by leaking the full version of his upcoming film, “Detective Pikachu.” Only it’s not really. Um.... Attn @DetPikachuMovie @warnerbros Ryan Reynolds...
Monroeville artist paints on, plans show, despite challenges
Jeanne Werner is a primarily self-taught artist, whose lack of formal instruction does not keep her from the painting she loves. Nor do a 1980 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and more recent cancer challenges, her family members say. Werner, 76, of Monroeville, is one of two artists whose work will...
Billy Bush to host new TV show, first gig since Trump scandal
Billy Bush appears headed back to TV this fall. People is reporting that Bush will host “Extra Extra,” a new version of the current syndicated entertainment show, “Extra,” currently hosted by Mario Lopez. (Lopez is rumored to be headed to another entertainment show.) “We all have to be able to...
Ed Asner discusses Holocaust play in Pittsburgh, Tree of Life, ‘Mary Tyler Moore’Video
Actor and activist Ed Asner has been in Pittsburgh this week playing a Nazi concentration camp survivor in the stage play “The Soap Myth.” Asner’s character Milton Saltzman swears that he is a witness to the Nazis manufacturing of soap made from the corpses of murdered Jews. Not everyone believes...
MTV fires ‘Teen Mom 2’ star Jenelle Evans after husband fatally shoots dog
MTV fired “Teen Mom 2” star Jenelle Evans after her husband shot and killed their French bulldog, USA Today reported. USA Today reported MTV cut ties with the 27-year-old Evans after her husband, David Eason, 30, shot and killed her dog, Nugget, last week after he said it nipped their...
Meghan, Harry name baby son Archie HarrisonVideo
LONDON — Prince Harry and Meghan have named their son Archie. Buckingham Palace says that the baby’s full name is Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The palace made the announcement hours after the couple posed with the two-day-old for the media. He also met his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, for the first...
Barack Obama’s book not expected to be released in 2019
Former President Barack Obama’s post-White House memoir isn’t expected to be released this year, setting up the likelihood that the highly anticipated book will drop during the 2020 campaign. Publisher Penguin Random House started alerting foreign partners and others about the status of Obama’s book on Tuesday. The former president...
High school band to kick off Ligonier Diamond concerts
Ligonier Valley High School’s Concert and Jazz Bands and Percussion Ensemble are scheduled to perform May 26 in Ligonier’s Diamond Park, kicking off the town’s 70th Annual Summer Band Concert Series. Sponsored by the Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce, the concerts are held at 7 p.m. Sundays at the park’s...
Snarky Puppy plays hard-to-define music ‘for booty and brain’
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the 18th-century German writer and politician, once said we should try to “hear a little music” every day in order to stay in touch with life’s beauties. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but there is nothing little about Snarky Puppy’s sound —...
‘Game of Thrones’: Breaking down ‘The Last of the Starks’Video
***WARNING: SPOILERS THROUGH SEASON 8, EPISODE 4 OF ‘GAMES OF THRONES,’ AND MILD BOOK SPOILERS*** Opinions were sharply divided among the “Thrones’n’at” panel regarding “The Last of the Starks.” With two episodes to go, the show jumped back into political intrigue, tense throne-room conversation and characters not knowing who their...
Bushy Run Market opens season with new format
Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society Inc. will resume its open air market on May 25, continuing each fourth Saturday of the month through Sept. 28. The Bushy Run Market will host a variety of artisans and vendors, while encouraging those attending to visit the grounds of the battlefield, site of...
Dave Chappelle to receive 2019 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Dave Chappelle, among the most lauded and oft-quoted stand-up comedians of his generation, will receive comedy’s most prestigious accolade: the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Chappelle, 45, who will be honored at a star-studded gala on Oct. 27, joins the ranks of past recipients, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus,...
Disney announces new ‘Star Wars’ films, bumps ‘Avatar’ sequels
Disney released a revised lineup for its coming slate of films, and among those are three new “Star Wars” films. The movies — not yet titled and not yet with a revealed storyline — will be released in 2022, 24, and 26. “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” the final...
Woodland Hills, Elizabeth Forward lead Gene Kelly nominations with 9
And the nominees are … Pittsburgh CLO has announced the nominees for the 29th annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater. Patterned after Broadway’s Tony Awards, the event will begin at 7:30 p.m. May 25 in the Benedum Center, 237 Seventh St., and will celebrate the...
Court TV’s all-trial coverage set for relaunch with ex-KDKA reporter Julie Grant
Court TV is ending its long recess. The channel for legal junkies that thrived during the trial-crazy 1990s comes back from the dead after more than a decade Wednesday amid a crime-story craze that its backers hope will launch it into a long new life. “The timing could not be...
Thoughtful Thursdays Film Festival at UPG to address social issuesVideo
“Movies With a Message” is the theme of the upcoming Thoughtful Thursdays Film Festival hosted by the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition. Screenings will begin at 6 p.m. in the Campana Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, 150 Finoli Drive, Hempfield. A discussion on a pertinent social issue will follow...
Alexander? James? Arthur? Guessing game on royal baby’s name
LONDON — Now that everyone knows Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have a baby boy, there is widespread speculation about what he will be called. Royals have a way of taking their time about naming babies and the couple is known to want to do things at their own...
Billy Porter slays Met Gala red carpet as gold-winged ‘Sun God’
Why walk the red carpet when you can be carried in on a litter by six buff, shirtless hunks in shiny gold trousers? Always pushing the boundaries of gender and genre, actor Billy Porter thus made his entrance at the 2019 Met Gala in an ancient Egypt-inspired “Sun God” ensemble:...
Comedian Amy Schumer welcomes her own ‘royal baby’
LOS ANGELES — Meghan Markle isn’t the only one celebrating a newborn today . Comedian Amy Schumer has also given birth to her first child. Schumer and husband Chris Fischer’s son was born Sunday night according to her Instagram where she posted a photo of her family of three. In...
Coffee cup in ‘Game of Thrones’ scene perks up viewers
LOS ANGELES — “Game of Thrones” fans got a taste of the modern world when eagle-eyed viewers spotted a takeout coffee cup on the table during a celebration in which the actors drank from goblets and horns. The characters Daenerys and Jon did not react to the out of place...
Photos: Celebrities try to out-camp each other at wild Met GalaVideo
NEW YORK — Cardi B swept by in a stunning red quilted dress accentuated with a matching sequin headpiece, feathers and a train that took up much of the pink carpet, Jared Leto was accompanied by his own (fake) head and Katy Perry came as a candled chandelier at the...
Artist’s paintings reflect hope, ‘rain or shine’
Artist Stacey Pydynkowski’s exhibit, “Rain or Shine,” will showcase a new series of introspective paintings during a month-long run at the Greensburg Garden & Civic Center, 951 Old Salem Drive. The show is open through May 31, with an artist reception from 6-8 p.m. May 7. Pydynkowski’s paintings explore a...
Blink-182, Lil Wayne will play KeyBank Pavilion on summer tourVideo
It’s not just “Gossip” — it will definitely be “The Rock Show” when multi-platinum artists Blink-182 and Lil Wayne hit the road together for the first time this summer on a co-headlining tour across North America. The tour includes a July 6 date at KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown. Blink-182 and...
