Movies/TV category, Page 101
Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival returning to Lawrenceville’s Row House CinemaVideo
After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival is returning live to Lawrenceville. Screenings are planned for March 18-31 at Row House Cinema at 4115 Butler St. Passes go on sale Friday. “Our opening night film will be ‘The Island of Cats,’ which has never been shown in...
TV Talk: Showtime cancels filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘American Rust’
Almost three months after its first-season finale, Showtime canceled filmed-in-Pittsburgh “American Rust.” “We can confirm that ‘American Rust’ will not be moving forward with a second season,” read a Showtime statement. “We would like to thank our partners at Boat Rocker, our talented showrunner Dan Futterman and the rest of...
‘Aftershock’ puts human face to maternal health crisis in U.S.
It was 2017 when filmmaker Paula Eiselt started seeing articles about rising maternal mortality rates in the United States. She’d had traumatic experiences giving birth to her four children, but didn’t realize that the problems were widespread and disproportionately affecting Black women. Tonya Lewis Lee, in her travels and conversations...
TV Talk: Point Park celebrates 1st Myron Cope Day, ‘Proud Family’ on Disney+Video
The School of Communication at Point Park University will celebrate its first Myron Cope Day on Feb. 7, celebrating the Pittsburgh broadcasting legend at 200 Lawrence Hall. Three panels will include a look at his career as a print journalist (10-10:45 a.m.), broadcast journalist (10:45-11:30 a.m.) and as a radio...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking Tori Yorgey, ‘Fraggle Rock’ and ‘The Pale Blue Eye’
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including WTAE-TV (as of next week) reporter Tori Yorgey and her viral live shot, the latest Tom Hanks movie to film in Pittsburgh, Netflix’s “The...
Reporter Tori Yorgey talks live shot fame after being hit by car, joining WTAE
Praised for her dedication and good humor while also instigating discourse around television reporter safety, it’s been a whirlwind for future WTAE reporter Tori Yorgey in the days days after she was hit by a car while reporting live from a water main break in Dunbar, W.Va. The Philadelphia-area native...
TV Talk: Soapy ‘Promised Land,’ comedies ‘The Afterparty’ and ‘Astrid & Lilly’ premiereVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers viewing tips for the coming week. There’s promise in ABC’s latest prime-time soap, but its makers sure don’t make it easy on viewers initially. Premiering at 10 p.m. Monday on WTAE-TV, “Promised Land” introduces the large, wealthy Hispanic family that owns Heritage...
‘Spider-Man’ comes back swinging, takes No. 1 from ‘Scream’
After spending one weekend in second place, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” proved it still had some fight left. Sony’s superhero juggernaut swung back to first place in its sixth weekend in theaters and became the sixth highest grossing film of all time, globally. The film topped the North American charts...
‘SignTasTic!,’ game show featuring sign language, filming in Pittsburgh
A unique new game show aiming to raise awareness about American Sign Language and the deaf community is being filmed in Pittsburgh. Each episode of the show, dubbed “SignTasTic!,” features two contestants who have to learn 50 sign language words before the show. The show then tests how well they’ve...
Louie Anderson, Emmy-winning comedian, dies at 68Video
LOS ANGELES — Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died Friday. He was 68. Anderson died at a hospital in Las Vegas of complications from cancer, said Glenn Schwartz, his...
Tom Hanks returning to Pittsburgh region to film ‘A Man Called Ove’
Tom Hanks is set to return to the Pittsburgh region to film another project after having portrayed the late Fred Rogers in the 2019 “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” The U.S. adaptation of “A Man Called Ove” will film in Western Pennsylvania this year, Pittsburgh Film Office director Dawn...
TV Talk: Pittsburgh native’s Zachary Quinto film gets Sundance screening; gorgeous ‘Gilded Age’ debuts
Most viewers first got to know Pittsburgh native Zachary Quinto as the sinister Sylar on NBC’s “Heroes.” He plays another dark, complex character in “Chaperone,” a 16-minute short film written/directed by Pittsburgh native Sam Max that’s now streaming through Jan. 30 as part of the virtual Sundance Film Festival. Max...
TV Talk: Future WTAE reporter hit by a car live on the airVideo
Local TV news reporter Tori Yorgey will begin her new job at Pittsburgh’s WTAE-TV in February, but her last week on the job at WSAZ-TV in Huntington, W.Va., has been eventful: She was struck by a car during a live broadcast and continued reporting, becoming a viral sensation on Twitter...
Greensburg native’s directorial debut will premiere Jan. 21 on NetflixVideo
A few years ago, Sujata Day would likely have described her directorial debut, “Definition Please,” in terms of the number of theaters and cities where it would be opening. And while the Greensburg native’s debut won’t be premiering in theaters, she could conceivably say it will be opening on 95...
TV Q&A: What happened to WTAE-TV reporter Katelyn Sykes?
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. WARNING: The last question in this column includes spoilers for the finale of “Dexter: New Blood,” which aired on Jan. 9. Q: Could you please tell...
TV Talk: Steelers fan shares ‘True Story’ of sneaking into the 1979 Super BowlVideo
Retired Pittsburgh boxer and boxing referee Rick Steigerwald has previously shared his story of how, at age 24, he snuck into the 1979 Super Bowl, where the Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys. But until now, he’s never had the tale re-enacted by a cast of professional comic actors, including Adam...
‘This Is Us,’ ‘black-ish’ salutes set for Paley TV festival
LOS ANGELES — “This Is Us,” “black-ish” and “Better Call Saul” are among the shows to be saluted at the Paley Center for Media’s annual TV festival, returning to live events after two years of pandemic-caused virtual editions. The trio of shows, all set to end this year, will be...
‘Yellowjackets’ creators break down ‘heartbreaking’ finale — and your fan theories
Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the married writing duo behind Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” started with a simple idea: What if a girl’s sports team was in a plane crash and had to survive? What materialized is a compelling and unnerving coming-of-age tale —a chilling remix of “My-So-Called Life,” “Now & Then,”...
Official: Alec Baldwin surrenders phone for shooting probe
SANTA FE, N.M. — Alec Baldwin has surrendered his cellphone to authorities as part of the investigation into a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set last fall, a law enforcement official said. Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Juan Rios said Baldwin’s phone was turned over Friday to...
Pittsburgh Pop: Peacock profiles Western Pa. native Joe Montana, remembering Bob Saget, previewing ‘Peacemaker’Video
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including Peacock’s six-episode docu-series about Joe Montana, who grew up in Monongahela, which is featured prominently in the first episode. Benz and Owen discuss the...
Here’s how you can watch Betty White’s tribute movie
Betty White’s enduring legacy needs no introduction. On what would have been her 100th birthday, her story will be properly honored on the big screen in “Betty White: A Celebration.” Screening in theaters Monday, the film was previously titled “Betty White: 100 Years Young — A Birthday Celebration.” After her...
‘Ghost Hunters’ episode filmed at Church Brew Works begins streaming Saturday
Things were going bump in the night at the Church Brew Works. And that was just part of the weirdness. Owner Sean Casey was hearing stories from his employees about strange noises in unoccupied spaces of the vast Lawrenceville complex. There were sightings of a woman dressed in white. Creepy,...
TV Talk: ‘How I Met Your Father’ delivers more complicated take on ‘How I Met Your Mother’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. More a spiritual spin-off than a true sequel series, Hulu’s “How I Met Your Father” does a gender swap on the 2005-14 CBS comedy “How I Met Your Mother.” Streaming Tuesday, “How I Met Your...
Pitt assistant professor finishes 2nd on ‘Jeopardy!’
It was “Weird Al” Yankovic who recorded the parody song “I Lost on Jeopardy.” But it doesn’t seem fair to apply it to Ally Bove, an assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s school of health and rehabilitation sciences. Bove fulfilled a lifelong dream when she appeared on the television...
TV Talk: Mt. Lebanon native David Hollander concludes ‘Ray Donovan’ with Showtime movie
When Showtime canceled “Ray Donovan” in February 2020, it came as a surprise to viewers and the show’s creative team alike. At the time of the cancellation, Mt. Lebanon native David Hollander, who has been a writer on the series since its first season and became the showrunner/head writer in...
