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Pressure mounts on Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a summer festival in London

LONDON — Pressure was mounting Sunday on American rapper Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a London music festival this summer, after criticism from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Pepsi has already withdrawn its lead sponsorship role of the Wireless Festival at Finsbury Park in north London...
Annual band festival will feature performance of Westmoreland County’s official songVideo

At the annual Three Rivers Community Band Festival coming up this month, the Scottdale Concert Band will perform a song with some special significance. It is “The Westmoreland,” an uptempo march that is also the official song of Westmoreland County. That might evoke the image of a tune dating back...
Former Turnstile guitarist is accused of hitting an ex-bandmate’s dad with his car

SILVER SPRING, Md. — A former guitarist for Grammy-winning Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile has been charged with attempted murder after authorities say he chased down and struck a former bandmate’s father with his car, badly injuring him. Montgomery County police officers responding to a Sunday report about a pedestrian being...
Stay tuned Cincinnati: WKRP is coming to town for real, North Carolina station’s director says

RALEIGH, N.C. — Hold on to those Thanksgiving turkeys! WKRP is coming to Cincinnati — for real this time. “I cannot, by contract, tell you when. I cannot tell you who. But I can tell you, direct to the camera, WKRP, after 48 years, is coming to Cincinnati,” D.P. McIntire,...
Recap: Harsh truths surface as ‘The Pitt’ enters overtime

Editor’s Note: This story contains spoilers for the 13th episode of season 2 of “The Pitt.” While the first season of “The Pitt” saw the staff overstaying their shift because of a mass casualty incident, in “7:00 P.M.,” it becomes clear this season’s crises are internal. It’s not any one...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: April 3-5

Not only is it Easter weekend, but it’s also Pirates Home Opener weekend! If you manage to find time between celebrating those two important holidays, here are some things to do around town that will be just as fun. Jurassic Quest Bring the whole family to real-as-life animatronic dinosaurs this...
Actor Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni are tossed out

NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York tossed out actor Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims Thursday against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie “It Ends With Us,” but he left intact three claims, including retaliation, that will let a jury hear about many of the...
TV Talk: Cast members staying on, leaving ‘The Pitt’

It was bound to happen that some of the series regulars on “The Pitt” would not stay with the show for the entirety of its run. After all, the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center is a teaching hospital, a career steppingstone for most, not a destination. Variety reports Supriya Ganesh,...
Pittsburgh-set film ‘The Gymnast’ to premiere at Miami Film Festival

Director and writer Charlotte Glynn grew up in Pittsburgh in the era after the industrial boom. Her most recent film, “The Gymnast,” evokes that time with a ringing authenticity. The third of her films set in Pittsburgh, “The Gymnast” has its North American premiere April 10 at the Miami Film...
Bret Michaels says it’s a ‘dream come true’ to perform as part of NFL Draft festivities in Pittsburgh

Bret Michaels has sung the national anthem at a Pittsburgh Steelers game back in 2000 at Three Rivers Stadium. He’s led the Terrible Towel twirl. And he’s played a set at halftime (Oct. 26 last year during “Sunday Night Football” between the Steelers and Green Bay Packers.) That’s not to...
Quantum Theatre takes audiences behind the scenes with ’10 out of 12′

Controlled chaos reigns in playwright Anne Washburn’s “10 Out of 12,” and director Andrew William Smith has been in charge of creating it. Quantum Theatre is mounting the play at the Mellon Institute in Oakland, with opening night on Friday. The run continues through April 26. “It’s been beautiful because...
Lindsey Buckingham, former Fleetwood Mac guitarist, attacked by a woman in Santa Monica

LOS ANGELES — Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Lindsey Buckingham was attacked by a woman in Santa Monica on Wednesday morning. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that a woman with a history of stalking Buckingham, 76, tossed an unknown substance toward the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and vocalist...
The Maine drummer Pat Kirch on hitting 10 albums with ‘Joy Next Door’ with Pittsburgh showVideo

Drummer Pat Kirch said The Maine used a mood board of sorts when they were working on their upcoming album. “We wanted the intro song to almost be like the trailer for a movie, and then we wanted the second song to feel like the opening credits,” Kirch said Monday....
TV Talk: ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ sequel ‘Testaments’ goes younger, lighterVideo

Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” debuted in 2017 during the first Trump administration. Current events inspired author Margaret Atwood to pen the 2019 sequel novel, “The Testaments,” and now the Hulu adaptation of that continuation of the “Handmaid’s” story debuts during the second Trump administration. “I don’t try to time things,”...
Movie Review: Jittery, edgy and magnetic, Riz Ahmed takes ‘Hamlet’ for a spin

“To be, or not to be,” Hamlet says in his best-known speech — questioning the value of life itself and, more immediately, his own. But surely, these words have rarely if ever been uttered with such an apparent death wish as when Riz Ahmed, our latest troubled prince, hurtles down...
Ukrainian folk band Yagody helps to keep country’s culture aliveVideo

The Ukrainian folk band Yagody is making its third tour of the United States, including its first stop in Pittsburgh later this month. Yagody — which translates to “berries” — will perform April 9 at City Winery Pittsburgh in the Strip District. The band’s mission is to preserve, as well...

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