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‘Gone Girl’ actor Lisa Banes dies 10 days after hit-and-run
NEW YORK — “Gone Girl” actor Lisa Banes died 10 days after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in New York City, police said. The 65-year-old Banes, who was struck by a scooter or motorcycle while crossing a street on June 4, died Monday at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, a...
Anthony Bourdain doc ‘an act of therapy’ for an acute lossVideo
NEW YORK — When the filmmaker Morgan Neville began making a documentary on Anthony Bourdain, the late chef and globe-trotting television host, one of the first things he did was comb through every song Bourdain had ever referenced. He came up with a playlist 18½ hours long and called it...
‘M*A*S*H’ reunion brings Swit, Farr and hundreds of fans to MonroevilleVideo
Loretta Swit was so excited to get out in front of “M*A*S*H” fans Sunday morning at Steel City Con that she showed up 10 minutes early for an event that wasn’t scheduled to begin until 11 a.m. A crowd of about 750 fans of the legendary TV show came to...
‘In the Heights’ makes muted debut, edged by ‘A Quiet Place’
NEW YORK — Just when a party was poised to break out in movie theaters, the below-expectation debut of “In the Heights” dampened Hollywood’s hopes of a swift or smooth recovery at the summer box office. Jon M. Chu’s exuberant adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical opened with a modest...
TV Talk: Murrysville native Julie Benz spills ‘Secrets of a Gold Digger’ on LifetimeVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. While some American actors have gone stir crazy waiting out the required 14-day quarantine before they can work on film and TV projects that shoot in Canada, Murrysville native Julie Benz learned to love the...
TV Talk: ‘Loki’ time hops, AMC’s ‘Kevin Can…’ strugglesVideo
So far Marvel’s efforts for Disney+ have stretched from the genre-bending, clever “WandaVision” to the excessively violent, more routine “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” The streaming service’s latest series, the six-episode “Loki,” falls somewhere in between, but leans closer to the creative freshness of “WandaVision” in the first two...
‘Loki’ gets a rude awakening, reality check in series premiere
***SPOILERS AHEAD FOR BASICALLY THE ENTIRE MARVEL CINEMATIC/DISNEY+ UNIVERSE*** Let me start by saying I feel I can speak confidently for all of us Marvel fans with day jobs, in roundly denouncing Disney+’s decision to release its new series episodes early in the day. We’re now forced to avoid nearly...
Greater Latrobe’s virtual pandemic-themed play honored with a Telly Award
Greater Latrobe Drama Club’s innovative approach that allowed the show to go on for last fall’s high school play was recognized with a Telly Award. The club and Headspace Media, the Latrobe firm that filmed the play “”Love… No Barriers” for an online presentation during the covid-19 pandemic, received a...
TV Q&A: When will PBS’s ‘Call the Midwife’ be back with new episodes?
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: Do you have any clue as to when PBS’s “Call the Midwife” will be broadcast? Usually, by now the show is over for the year....
Review: ‘In the Heights’ is the infusion of joy we neededVideo
“I am Usnavi and you prob’ly never heard my name,” declares bodega owner Usnavi at the start of “In the Heights,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s contagiously joyous ode to his beloved Washington Heights neighborhood. “Reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated.” Um … maybe not for long. Projects by Miranda tend to...
‘M*A*S*H’ star Jamie Farr talks about playing Klinger, spiritual connection to Pittsburgh
The stories of actors struggling to make ends meet in Hollywood are not uncommon. But it’s hard to imagine someone who played one of television’s most memorable characters accepting the role on a one-day basis just so he could pay his rent. And yet, that’s what happened to Jamie Farr,...
Clarence Williams III, ‘The Mod Squad’s’ Linc, dies at 81
Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81. Williams died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer, his manager Allan Mindel said Sunday....
‘Conjuring 3’ tops ‘A Quiet Place 2’ as moviegoing returns
The domestic box office is getting back to normal, with moderate wins and sizable second weekend drops. After its triumphant first weekend, “A Quiet Place Part II” fell 59% at the North American box office leaving room for the third movie in the “Conjuring” franchise to take first place. Warner...
NBC News: WPXI in Pittsburgh 1 of 2 stations hit by apparent cyberattack
WPXI-TV was one of two Cox Media Group stations forced offline this week in an apparent cyberattack against the parent company, according to a report from NBC News. Managers on Thursday told employees at WPXI and WFTV in Orlando, Fla. to shut down company computers and phones, according to report....
TV Talk: George A. Romero transports viewers to ‘The Amusement Park’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. There are no zombies in the usual George A. Romero sense in his recently restored film “The Amusement Park,” streaming Tuesday on Shudder and AMC+. Instead, the emphasis is on discrimination against the elderly. “The...
Don’t like the ‘woke’ casting of Netflix’s ‘Sandman’ series? Neil Gaiman doesn’t care
Neil Gaiman’s revered comic book series “The Sandman” from the ’80s and ’90s is finally being made into a television series for Netflix. The comic was a genre-busting, gender-bending horror-ish fantasia that simply didn’t care about convention. So when self-proclaimed fans objected to the show casting nonbinary and Black actors,...
‘Paw Patrol’ pups star in their own feature film this AugustVideo
I thought we had moved beyond the “Paw Patrol” phase in my household. Oh, certainly, we had the Paw Patroller, the mobile tactical vehicle that a group of small dogs without thumbs somehow manages to drive. We had at least three versions of my now-8-year-old son’s favorite member of the...
Loretta Swit talks ‘M*A*S*H’, Margaret and ‘Metz’ ahead of Steel City Con
Actress Loretta Swit is best known for her portrayal of Maj. Margaret Houlihan on the beloved, award-winning television show, “M*A*S*H,” which ran for 11 seasons, from 1972-83. She won two Emmy awards for the role. The 83-year-old actress recently spoke to the Tribune-Review via telephone to promote her upcoming appearance...
TV Talk: ‘Meerkat Manor’ rebooted on BBC America with bigger scope
In this age of remakes, reboots and revivals, it stands to reason that even a 2005-08 natural history series can return with new episodes. Previously airing on Animal Planet, the reboot of “Meerkat Manor” from original series creator Caroline Hawkins and Oxford Scientific Films debuts at 8 p.m. Saturday on...
TV Q&A: Why did KDKA-TV make such a big deal out of an anchor’s retirement?
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: In reference to “Stacy Smith prepares to sign off from KDKA-TV on his terms” and his three-day consecration: I appreciate Stacy Smith and his devotion...
Gavin MacLeod, ‘Love Boat’ captain, dies at 90
LOS ANGELES — Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved stardom as Murray Slaughter, the sardonic TV news writer on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” before going on to even bigger fame as the cheerful Capt. Stubing on “The Love Boat,” has died. He was 90. MacLeod died early...
Bill Cosby refuses sex offender program, so parole is denied
PHILADELPHIA — Actor Bill Cosby won’t be paroled this year after refusing to participate in sex offender programs during his nearly three years in state prison in Pennsylvania. The 83-year-old Cosby has long said he would resist the treatment programs and refuse to acknowledge wrongdoing even if it means serving...
Voice of Disney’s ‘Sebastian the Crab’ dies at age 72
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Samuel E. Wright, the South Carolina native who famously voiced “Sebastian the Crab” in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and had an acting career spanning five decades, died this week. He was 72. Wright died Monday in New York after a three-year bout with prostate cancer, according to...
WWE returns to Pittsburgh this summer
After a last-minute cancellation in 2020, the WWE is coming back to Pittsburgh. The sports entertainment company on Friday announced new live event dates for this summer. Pittsburgh is slated for a Supershow at 7:30 p.m. July 24 at PPG Paints Arena. The arena has the event listed on their...
TV Talk: ‘Friends’ cast reunites; May sweeps local news ratings released
HBO Max and media hype over the long-in-the-works “Friends” reunion would make more sense if it was the cast of the one-time NBC hit reuniting to reprise their classic characters, but this is not that. The “Friends” reunion, streaming on HBO Max, is just the actors as themselves reminiscing about...
