Movies/TV category, Page 138
Review: ‘The King of Staten Island’ loses focus but captures Pete Davidson’s charismaVideo
Comedy impresario Judd Apatow has a penchant for a specific filmic formula: lightly biographical star-driven vehicles that are lengthy hangout movies with some flimsy conflict laid on top to keep things moving. The best of these capture the essence of a performer, like the Adam Sandler vehicle “Funny People,” while...
Abby Lee Miller issues apology amid ‘Dance Moms’ co-star’s claim of racist comments
Abby Lee Miller has apologized on social media for racially insensitive “words.” The former Penn Hills reality star put up a statement Thursday on Instagram. “I genuinely understand and deeply regret how my words have effected and hurt those around me in the past, particularly those in the Black...
CNN, Sesame Street to team up for town hall Saturday discussing racism
CNN and “Sesame Street” are joining forces to present a family-oriented town hall program that aims to address racism in America. According to CNN, the 60-minute special “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism. A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Families” will air Saturday at 10 a.m.. Big Bird...
Cannes announces lineup for a festival canceled by covid
From an empty movie theater in Paris, organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday announced the films that would have played at there in May had it not been canceled by the pandemic. The selections were an exercise in what-might-have-been for Cannes, the premier international film festival that for...
AMC Theatres warns of ‘substantial doubt’ about its future
The AMC Theatres chain says it has “substantial doubt” it will be able to remain in business after closing all of its locations during the coronavirus pandemic. In the first quarter ending March 31, AMC reported revenue of $941.5 million, down from $1.2 billion in the same quarter last year....
Allegheny County to offer music on TV, online and movies in the park
To hear the music of the Allegheny County Summer Concert Series, tune into Pittsburgh’s CW. The entertainment usually heard at South Park and Hartwood Acres Park amphitheaters has moved to television because of the pandemic, the county announced. Presented by BNY Mellon, performances by local musicians and artists will be...
New season of ‘Dirty John’ explores scorned wife-turned-killer Betty BroderickVideo
“Dirty John” creator Alexandra Cunningham didn’t want to change the true story of Betty Broderick’s brutal 1989 murder of her ex-husband and his new wife. But her version tells the tale of what led her to that. The second season of the true crime anthology series, which premiered Tuesday on...
Lea Michele apologizes for being ‘difficult’ on ‘Glee’ set
Former “Glee” star Lea Michele has apologized for being “unnecessarily difficult” on the set of the musical TV show after a co-star accused Michele of making her time there “a living hell.” Michele issued a statement saying that while she didn’t recall any incident or judged anyone by their background,...
Nickelodeon pauses programming in honor of George Floyd with ‘I can’t breathe’ messageVideo
Nickelodeon stopped its programming Monday evening for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while airing a black screen with a message that said “I can’t breathe” in an attempt to bring awareness to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis a week before. Floyd, 46, was a black man who died...
Review: Witchy, wordy ‘Shirley’ thrillingly follows famed horror writerVideo
The first exchange in the brilliant, brutal “Shirley” is telling about what’s to come. A young woman, Rose (Odessa Young), finishes reading a short story (“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson) and recounts the tale to her husband, Fred (Logan Lerman). “That’s creepy,” he observes. “It’s terrific,” she sighs. And so...
CNN improves ratings while increasingly turning lens on itself
Since becoming the first 24-hour cable news channel 40 years ago this week, CNN has covered natural disasters, wars and political campaigns. But increasingly it’s become the story itself. Between having one of its reporters arrested while on camera, demonstrators descending on its Atlanta offices, and its anchors clashing with...
Lawrenceville’s Row House Cinema offering movie concession packs
Watch your favorite film at home, but stop at the theater first. Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville has created movie concession packs that people can pick up and take to their house and watch a flick. On Friday between 2 and 8 p.m., stop by for one of several options,...
A superhero kid with autism shines in new PBS Kids’ seriesVideo
There’s a new crop of superheroes coming to our TV this summer but they may need a little seasoning. After all, they’re only in elementary school. The PBS Kids’ animated series “Hero Elementary” is set inside a grade school where a diverse group of four superhero students are learning to...
Documentary focuses on unlikely champion of Mexican cuisineVideo
If you add garlic to your guacamole, we have bad news: You’re not doing it right. Do you mince the onion? That’s also a no-no. And, please, leave the avocado lumpy. So says 97-year-old Diana Kennedy, a foremost authority on traditional Mexican cuisine. Over many decades, she has mastered, documented...
‘Never Have I Ever’ brings rare voice, and a newcomer, to TV
When Mindy Kaling was growing up in the Boston area, few classmates looked like her, and her television choices ranged from angsty white teenagers to funny white teenagers. It helps explain her latest project, the hit Netflix comedy “Never Have I Ever,” which follows Devi Vishwakumar, a first-generation Indian American...
KDKA-TV anchor Brenda Waters to retire
KDKA-TV news anchor and reporter Brenda Waters will sign off at 6 p.m. Friday. Waters is retiring after more than four decades as a journalist. Chris Cotugno, the station’s vice president and general manager, said there will be a celebration. Waters will say her goodbyes. “People miss things differently when...
Review: Despite an army of comic talent, Netflix’s ‘Space Force’ shoots blanksVideo
Co-created by Steve Carell and Greg Daniels, “Space Force,” which launched Friday on Netflix, reunites the star of “The Office” with the man who developed it from the U.K. original. Daniels went on to co-create the great “Parks and Recreation” and create the really quite good “Upload,” now streaming on...
KDKA-TV anchors Rick Dayton, Susan Koeppen let go
Longtime news anchors Rick Dayton and Susan Koeppen are no longer employed by KDKA-TV, the station’s vice president and general manager confirmed Thursday. Chris Cotungo referred the Tribune-Review to a statement from CBS. “We are restructuring various operations at CBS as part our ongoing integration with Viacom, and to adapt...
Review: ‘The Vast of Night’ is a cunning lo-fi sci-fi noirVideo
“The Vast of Night,” a micro-budget noir set in 1950s New Mexico, crackles with B-movie electricity. The film is one of those little miracles: a directorial debut, made for nothing, that establishes a young filmmaker of self-evident command. With atmosphere and cunning, director Andrew Patterson steers “The Vast of Night”...
Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabeVideo
Is a pandemic the perfect time to launch a new and relatively expensive streaming service? AT&T sure hopes so. The phone company is investing billions in HBO Max, its first big entertainment venture since it spent $85 billion for Time Warner in 2018. The good news for its timing: millions...
#MeToo, phase 2: Documentary explores heavy burden on women of colorVideo
There’s an elegant, almost poetic silence to one of the most compelling scenes of “On the Record,” a powerful new documentary about sexual violence that knows just when to dial down to a hushed quiet. In the early morning darkness of Dec. 13, 2017, former music executive Drew Dixon walks...
Judge tosses One America News Network’s defamation suit against Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow has dunked on One America News Network yet again — this time in a courtroom. A judge ruled on Friday that the host of the MSNBC program “The Rachel Maddow Show” did not malign the ultraconservative political network when she called it “Russian propaganda” and dismissed OAN’s $10...
Perry’s studio moves toward reopening while industry waits
LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry is planning to make his Atlanta-based mega studio one of the first domestic filming grounds to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. But while Perry is looking to restart production in July, other studios in Georgia and beyond are anxiously waiting for Hollywood’s green light. “We’re...
Inside HBO Max’s scramble to launch a massive bet on streamingVideo
Pairing Tony Soprano with Elmo and Chandler Bing was always going to be tricky. Would the murderous mob boss befriend a red Muppet? Forget about it. Nor would Tony Soprano have much patience for the wiseguy antics of Chandler Bing, the neighbor from “Friends.” Yet here they are, pillars of...
Kelly Clarkson, Alex Trebek among Daytime Emmy nominees
The first season of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” received Daytime Emmy Awards nominations for best entertainment talk show and host, while “Jeopardy!” veteran Alex Trebek’s nod for best game show host could give him a second consecutive win in the category. “General Hospital” earned a leading 23 nominations Thursday, including...
