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Thaddeus Mosley’s work adds to the public art across Pittsburgh
The sweltering heat soared above 90 degrees in late August, but world-renowned artist Thaddeus Mosley moved with a cool and humble aura as he debuted four monumental bronze sculptures in a solo exhibition with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust on Thursday. Mosley, 98, was calm and debonair in a linen sport...
Jack White threatens Trump with legal action over White Stripes song: ‘Law suit coming’
Jack White says he is suing Donald Trump over his campaign’s use of the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” in an online video posted by Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy director of communications. “Oh….Don’t even think about using my music you fascists,” White wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday, which...
Green Day, Outlaw Music Fest, Luke Bryan highlight September’s top Pittsburgh area concerts
A stadium show, a bill with three music icons and a country concert at a Westmoreland County farm highlight the top shows coming in September to Western Pennsylvania. Top concerts Sept. 1: Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, The Linda Lindas at PNC Park The veteran punk rockers Green Day are...
Women Who Rock benefit concert with Melissa Etheridge blazed its way to big bucks for women’s health
A sold-out crowd flooded Stage AE on Wednesday night to hear great music that benefited a great cause. The 2024 Women Who Rock benefit concert was headlined by musician and activist Melissa Etheridge, who is also a breast cancer survivor. It was an apt choice, considering the event was held...
Mark Rengers Gallery to highlight photographer Richard Snodgrass
Mark Rengers Gallery in Sewickley is set to showcase the work of noted local photographer and author Richard Snodgrass. “Richard Snodgrass: Retrospective” opens Aug. 30 and will highlight the artist’s decades-long career of capturing life in Western Pennsylvania. “I’m really pleased,” Snodgrass said. “(Mark Rengers) has been so supportive of...
TV Talk: Jeff Goldblum causes ‘Kaos;’ Caitlin O’Connor honored; WPXI reporter exits
It’s a busy week for performers with Western Pennsylvania ties: Friendship’s Learnmore Jonasi competed and advanced to the semifinals on “America’s Got Talent.” (He’ll next perform on the Sept. 11 episode of “AGT.”) This weekend, 2007 Uniontown High School grad Caitlin O’Connor, who had a role in HBO’s “Winning Time”...
TV Talk: KDKA-TV’s Ray Petelin and daughter go viral with sweet videoVideo
KDKA-TV meteorologist Ray Petelin and his daughter, Elizabeth, have experience appearing on-camera together in his “Hey Ray!” segments that air on Channel 2, but the pair’s exposure reached a whole new level following Ray’s social media posts last week. Ray Petelin edited together interviews he did with Elizabeth at the...
TV Q&A: Is KDKA-TV likely to drop a meteorologist?
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 noticed that KDKA now has five meteorologists on its staff with the addition of Trey Fullbright. I am curious to know if there are...
‘ER’ creator Michael Crichton’s estate sues Warner Bros. over upcoming hospital drama ‘The Pitt’
LOS ANGELES — The estate of Michael Crichton, who wrote the screenplay for what became the pilot episode of “ER,” has sued Warner Bros. Television over a dispute about an upcoming medical drama it says is a rebranded version of an unauthorized reboot. After Crichton’s estate, led by his widow,...
Moon songwriter handles all aspects of her 3rd album, out Aug. 30
When Maleena Dominick released her debut record, 2020’s “Bruises to Prove It,” she was about to graduate from Moon Area High School and was fresh off the heels of winning a national songwriting competition. Over the past four years, Dominick, 22, began to take some more creative control over the...
Jack White announces Pittsburgh show with just 2 days’ noticeVideo
Jack White is coming to Pittsburgh for an intimate show … on Thursday. Known for his work in the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and his solo projects, the veteran Detroit rocker announced on social media Tuesday that he’ll playing a trio of new shows. The first of the three shows...
Sid ‘Vicious’ Eudy, pro wrestling star in 1990s, dies at 63
Sidney Raymond Eudy, a professional wrestler known as Sid Vicious who was known for his intense persona and imposing stature, has died, his son announced Monday. He was 63. Gunnar Eudy, one of the wrestler’s two sons, wrote on Facebook that his father died after “battling cancer for several years.”...
NBC’s ‘Homicide’ is a great supplement for fans of ‘The Wire’Video
It wasn’t too difficult to get my father interested in HBO’s series “The Wire.” All I had to do was tell him it was created by the same guy who did “Homicide: Life on the Street.” He’ll be plenty excited NBC has opted to bring the series to its streaming...
‘Shrek’ rave brings nostalgia and strobe lights to Roxian Theatre
Once upon a time — in 2001 — an animated children’s film called “Shrek” was released. It eventually spawned a trio of sequels (with a fourth currently in development), television shows, a Broadway musical, a slew of Internet memes and … a traveling rave. “Shrek” was highly popular even at...
Singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz discusses ‘Polaroid Lovers’ album, co-writing and more ahead of Pittsburgh show
As singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz pondered album titles for her most recent release, she wound up selecting “Polaroid Lovers,” enjoying the way it sounded and rolled off her tongue, as well as its multiple meanings. “There’s the very literal meaning of two lovers, two people in a Polaroid photograph, which is...
Book review: ‘Steel City’ novel a vivid journey through Pittsburgh’s industrial heyday
In the late 19th century, Pittsburgh was in many ways the center of the universe. From steel to electricity to food, the innovators and barons of America’s biggest industries called the Steel City home. In his debut novel, “Steel City: A Story of Pittsburgh,” William J. Miller Jr. transports the...
Oasis reunites for tour and ends a 15-year hiatus during Gallagher brothers’ feud
LONDON — Oasis, the Britpop band known for timeless hits like “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” is reuniting for a tour of the British Isles next summer, ending a 15-year hiatus and, presumably, the long-held feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher. The guitar band will play 14...
TV Talk: Pittsburgh resident Learnmore Jonasi competes on ‘AGT’Video
Comedian Learnmore Jonasi, a 31-year-old Pittsburgh resident born in Zimbabwe, is having a moment this summer on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” making it into the Top 44 with his next appearance tonight (8 p.m., WPXI-TV) as he competes for a spot in the show’s semifinals. Jonasi, who said on “AGT”...
Mariah Carey’s mother and sister die on the same day; singer says her ‘heart is broken’
LOS ANGELES — Mariah Carey’s mother, Patricia, and sister Alison died on the same day, the singer said Monday. “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day,” the Grammy-winning singer...
Venice Film Festival: From ‘Joker 2’ to ‘Queer,’ here are 10 movies to get excited aboutVideo
VENICE, Italy — Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga and Brad Pitt. But while the allure of A-listers on those picturesque docks is a welcome return to form after last...
Why Punkie Johnson still has love for Lorne Michaels, even if ‘SNL’ was not her ‘zone’
Punkie Johnson’s relationship with “Saturday Night Live” is “still strong,” even if she won’t be among the cast members returning for its 50th season. “Mutually, we just understood that it was not my zone,” the stand-up comic said, shedding more light on her recent departure. Johnson, who joined the NBC...
TV Talk: Director Lee Daniels exorcises demons in Netflix’s filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘The Deliverance’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Director Lee Daniels approached his filmed-and-set-in-Pittsburgh exorcism thriller “The Deliverance,” streaming Friday on Netflix, not simply as a horror film but also an exploration of a dysfunctional family damaged by intergenerational trauma. And his...
Legendary rock band battling Donald Trump, backing Kamala Harris
The Foo Fighters and Donald Trump’s campaign went into the weekend going rounds, and it doesn’t look like there will any love lost when the dust has settled. The conflict began when the former president used the band’s “My Hero” when he brought former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy...
Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?
Ahead of Taylor Swift’s July 14, 2023, concert in Denver, Aditi Desai, chief marketing officer at the Food Bank of the Rockies, got an unusual call. The billionaire pop star wanted to donate tens of thousands of meals to the nonprofit — a philanthropic effort she had repeated, much like...
Venus Williams talks about being part of Carnegie Museum of Art podcast
Venus Williams is the narrator behind the Carnegie Museum of Art’s “Widening the Lens” podcast, a six-part series that explores the relationship between people, photography and the environment. That relationship is contextualized, discussed and analyzed by scholars, artists from diverse backgrounds and Williams herself. Some of the artists also appear...
