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Westmoreland native’s new guidebook explores the ‘weird, wonderful and obscure’ in New York City
Having grown up in Western Pennsylvania, Rossilynne Skena Culgan had a leg up when she started her first guidebook, “101 Things to Do in Pittsburgh Before You Die.” A few years ago, the Murrysville native moved to New York City, where she quickly began cataloguing five boroughs’ worth of oddities...
Lee DeWyze out to show he’s so much more than a former ‘American Idol’ winnerVideo
Lee DeWyze may have that he’s the Season 9 winner of “American Idol” on his resume, but it’s not the pinnacle of his career, not by a long shot. Likening his musical output to a Christmas tree, DeWyze is striving for a diversity of decorations. ”(‘American Idol’ is) a beautiful...
Nobel Prize in literature is awarded to South Korean author Han Kang for her ‘intense poetic prose’
STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson praised Han’s “physical empathy for the vulnerable, often...
TV Talk: Mister Rogers helps inspire Hulu horror film; ‘Caddo Lake’ debuts on MaxVideo
The Pittsburgh-filmed “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” has seen its share of parodies, most notably Eddie Murphy as Mister Robinson on “Saturday Night Live.” PBS’s classic children’s show also served as one of the inspirations for a new horror film, “Mr. Crocket,” streaming Oct. 11 on Hulu. In 1993, when parents play...
Riley Keough felt a duty to finish Lisa Marie Presley’s book on Elvis, grief, addiction and love
Riley Keough was quick to agree to help complete her mother’s memoir. She thought they’d write it together, reflecting on her extraordinary upbringing and life, but it became a much greater responsibility after Lisa Marie Presley’s sudden death in 2023. Finishing the task her mother — the only child of...
Stevie Wonder celebrates the healing joy of music at PPG Paints ArenaVideo
“I want you to know that it’s OK to love, it’s OK to care.” That was the message that legend of R&B, funk and soul Stevie Wonder brought to the stage Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena. Kicking off his national tour — Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our...
Dancing with the Stars: Live! returns to Pittsburgh
The cast members of “Dancing with the Stars” will bring their ballroom moves onto the Benedum Center stage in Pittsburgh once again in February. The Dancing with the Stars: Live! tour will come to the city on Feb. 4, 2025, featuring professional dancers Emma Slater, Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong, Britt...
TV Q&A: Did KDKA-TV debut a new set?
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: When Jon Delano interviewed Kamala Harris on Oct. 1, it looked like he was on a different set. I do not remember seeing that screen...
Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at 91
LOS ANGELES — Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, has died. She was 91. Houston died Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her...
JVK singer Jo Krieger discusses Boston band’s tour, ‘Body Double’ single, more ahead of Pittsburgh showVideo
Putting together the first cross-country tour for Boston-based rock band JVK has definitely been daunting for founder/frontwoman Jo Krieger. ”We’re very ambitious and we’ll do absolutely anything and everything to get to where we want to be. So we were coming up with this tour and all the dates, we’re...
TV Talk: When is a reboot not a reboot? When it’s CBS’s ‘Matlock’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Note: This column contains spoilers for the premiere episode of CBS’s “Matlock” that aired last month. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Despite perpetual mocking, with Grandpa Simpson wailing “Matlock!” in “The Simpsons” episodes from the late 1980s/early...
Jelly Roll offers inspiration in sold-out Pittsburgh concertVideo
Jelly Roll provided a concise yet accurate description of his show at one point Saturday night, calling it “real music for real people with real problems.” In a sold-out concert at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the country/rap/rock/pop star never flinched as he stared down those issues, while also being...
Pop violin star Kishi Bashi talks documentary, AI and new album ‘Kantos’
After spending years working on a documentary about Japanese-Americans incarcerated during World War II, Kishi Bashi joked that he needed something lighter to help with “cleansing my brain of sadness.” With the completion of the album “Omoiyari” in 2019 and the Emmy-nominated documentary “Omoiyari: A Song Film By Kishi Bashi”...
Jeannette Community Band will host free ‘Oktoberfest’ concert
The Jeannette Community Band will host a free concert Oct. 13 with a chance for the public to support its memorial scholarship fund. The band’s Oktoberfest concert will be at 7 p.m. at the American Legion, 109 South Fifth Street in Jeannette. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. There will be...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 4-6
It may be October, but not every activity has to be about the fall season. Between football games, pumpkin carving and Halloween costume selection, maybe you need a break! Here are a few things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend. Dormont Street and Music Festival Take a stroll through Dormont...
Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist
LOS ANGELES — A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he raped her in a Los Angeles hotel in 2019. The woman does not use her name and goes by Jane Roe in the lawsuit filed in...
Eminem is going to be a grandfather, he reveals in ‘Temporary’ music video
Eminem killed off his alter ego Slim Shady with his latest album, but he’s making way for a new nickname: Grandpa. The rapper announced his daughter Hailie Jade is pregnant through a touching music video that is a tribute to their relationship. Home videos dating back to 1999 and photos...
August Wilson’s niece highlights his life, film adaptation of ‘The Piano Lesson’
The latest adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson’s work, “The Piano Lesson,” will hit theaters on Nov. 8. Wilson’s niece and executive director of The Historic Hill Institute, Dr. Kimberly Ellis, gave the keynote speech on Sept. 27 at the 109th meeting of the Association for the Study of...
Italian family believes painting found in a dump in 1960s is a Picasso and seeks authentication
MILAN — An Italian family hopes to prove definitively that a painting discarded from a villa on the island of Capri more than 60 years ago is a Picasso, and has been gathering scientific data to persuade Picasso’s estate administration in Paris to make the definitive call. The rolled-up canvas...
TV Talk: Ming-Na Wen has more ‘Gremlins’ adventures; WTAE reporter exitsVideo
Before we talked about the second season of Max’s animated “Gremlins” series, there was a local matter to discuss with actress Ming-Na Wen: Her family’s business, Chinatown Inn (owned by her brother, Jonathan Yee), is the latest model added to Carnegie Science Center’s Miniature Railroad & Village. “It is so...
Doctor who helped supply Matthew Perry ketamine pleads guilty to drug charge
LOS ANGELES — A San Diego doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry ‘s fatal overdose pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine. Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, entered the plea to the felony in federal court in Los Angeles, becoming the third person to admit guilt...
Comedian Matteo Lane looks forward to Byham Theater show
Stand-up comedian Matteo Lane is really excited to return to Pittsburgh. “My best friends — who I met through Fortnite — live in Pittsburgh. I’d like a quote in a Pittsburgh paper to say, Donnie and Simmer, we’re coming to Pittsburgh. We’re all going to go to Kennywood together,” Lane...
Crypta singer Fernanda Lira talks Brazilian metal band’s current tour, brush with a tornado and intense screamingVideo
Life on tour isn’t all it’s cracked up to be sometimes, as Fernanda Lira, the singer for Brazilian death metal band Crypta, can attest. On Tuesday, an elevator issue left Lira and drummer Luana Dametto stuck in their Toronto hotel for about 30 minutes. “Everyone thinks it’s like really about...
Returning to Pittsburgh, acting troupe turns Shakespeare on its tipsy head
Audiences at the Greer Cabaret Theater will once again get to experience the immortal words of William Shakespeare spoken — or, rather, slurred — by one very wasted cast member. “Sh!tfaced Shakespeare” has been touring here since 2018 and returns from Oct. 2-13 with its hilarious version of the comedy...
TV Q&A: Will WTAE hire a new weekend morning anchor?
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: Is WTAE-TV still looking for a weekend morning news anchor? — William, via email Rob: Following the July departure of weekend morning anchor Tom Garris,...
