Movies/TV category, Page 146
Which romantic comedy is most popular in Pennsylvania?Video
One way to avoid the crowded restaurants on Valentine’s Day is to stay home, cook a meal, add a little champagne and a romantic movie. The folks at Comparitech dug into some Google Trends data and found the rom-coms that are most popular in each state. Pennsylvania’s favorite is “Silver...
Review: Retooled ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ a treat for kids and adultsVideo
If the Hollywood mantra for making blockbusters is “faster, faster, faster,” then the creators of “Sonic the Hedgehog” have wisely ignored it. The little blue alien who can sprint quicker than the speed of light has ironically benefited from slowing it down, taking a pit stop to retool and emerge...
Rick Moranis set to return in ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ sequelVideo
Here’s some big news about a small matter: Rick Moranis will return as Wayne Szalinski in Disney’s latest sequel to “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” According to an exclusive on Deadline, the comedic actor will star in “Shrunk.” The movie also will star Josh Gad as Moranis’ son, whose attempts...
Review: ‘Downhill’ is a strange, prickly piece of film-makingVideo
Watching Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s deeply uncomfortable absurdist relationship drama “Force Majeure,” one can’t help but think that this bleakly obtuse and existentially unbearable film is the type that would never be greenlighted in the United States. So it’s a bit of a shock that the award-winning 2014 film has...
Live episode of ‘The Conners’ takes on New Hampshire primaryVideo
Veteran TV producer Bruce Helford knows how unpredictable a live sitcom episode can be. He has a vivid memory of the moment on “The Drew Carey Show” when an extra mooned the camera with a cheery “Hi Mom” scribbled on his behind, a broadcasting milestone that Helford figures gave network...
African-American World War II veterans share their storiesVideo
The new WQED documentary, “The Good Fight,” tells the stories of African-American veterans and war workers during World War II. Premiering at 8 p.m. Feb. 13, the documentary will rebroadcast at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and Feb. 27, and will be available digitally at wqed.org/the-good-fight following its initial airing. According...
South Koreans explode with joy over ‘Parasite’ Oscar wins
SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans reacted with rare collective joy Monday after director Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” won the Oscar for best picture and three other awards, good news that came as their country struggles to guard against a new virus and counter North Korea’s nuclear threat. The movie’s...
Adam Pally glad to have ‘sane’ part in new Fran Drescher sitcom, ‘Indebted’Video
Adam Pally is sick of playing maniacs. The New York native made a name for himself as the walking trainwreck Max Bloom in “Happy Endings” and the sweet but immature Dr. Peter Prentice on “The Mindy Project.” Now, he’s ready to settle down. “The first decade of my career, which...
A Netflix series tackles gentrification in Los Angeles. Some say it’s part of the problem
LOS ANGELES — Netflix’s new series “Gentefied” explores the gentrification battles that have roiled the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in recent years. But the story of how the series came to be starts a few miles northwest, in East Hollywood. Co-creator Marvin Lemus moved into a studio apartment...
Scarlett Johansson among the bombshells on Oscars red carpet
NEW YORK — Scarlett Johansson showed up Sunday for her two-nomination night at the Oscars every bit the bombshell in a Champagne-colored Oscar de la Renta strapless gown embellished to the rafters, while fellow nominee Laura Dern brought her mom as she walked the red carpet in pale pink and...
In a win for the world, ‘Parasite’ takes best picture OscarVideo
LOS ANGELES — Subtitle this: “Parasite” is the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards. Bong Joon Ho’s masterfully devious class satire took Hollywood’s top prize at the Oscars on Sunday night, along with awards for best director, best international film...
‘Birds of Prey’ flies low on Oscars weekend with tepid debut
LOS ANGELES — “Birds of Prey,” the DC Comics’ Harley Quinn spinoff, made a tepid debut in theaters over the weekend, opening in No. 1 but below expectations with $33.3 million domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),” an R-rated...
From Pitt to ‘1917,’ what to anticipate at Sunday’s Oscars
LOS ANGELES — The Oscars are here, already. After the shortest awards season in decades, the 92nd annual Academy Awards will get underway Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The red carpet is being rolled out two to three weeks earlier than usual in a bid to...
Weinstein lawyer on avoiding sexual assault: ‘I would never put myself in that position’
Harvey Weinstein’s lead defense attorney in the movie mogul’s rape and sexual assault trial said in an interview that she has never been a victim of sexual assault “because I would never put myself in that position.” In an interview released by The Daily podcast on Friday, Donna Rotunno, was...
Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA
LOS ANGELES — Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian, was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles, authorities said. He was 91. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office confirmed Bean’s Friday night death, saying it was being investigated as a “traffic-related” fatality. The coroner’s office provided the...
Ben Platt named Hasty Pudding’s 2020 Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Award-winning actor and musician Ben Platt was named 2020 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s famed Hasty Pudding theater troupe on Monday. Platt, 26, is the youngest recipient in the 54-year history of the award, handed out annually by the troupe that dates to the late...
Keegan-Michael Key still making people laugh but flexing his drama chops
Keegan-Michael Key is transitioning out of over-the-top comedies to focus more on dramatic films, and for him, it’s no laughing matter. “We’ve been moving in a little bit of a new direction, where it’s a Keegan with a little more gravitas and a Keegan that still does humor, but it’s...
Laughlintown family explores island life on ‘Beachfront Bargain Hunt’
Escaping to an island retreat is a fantasy many entertain. Laughlintown residents Matt and Leigh Ann McCulty recently turned the fantasy into reality, with a little help from HGTV’s “Beachfront Bargain Hunt.” While working with a Realtor to find a home on Grand Cayman, they were asked to participate in...
Turturro brings ‘Big Lebowski’ character back with ‘The Jesus Rolls’Video
Normally, it would be extremely bad form to get excited about a movie starring a character whose main claim to fame is as a pederast who happens to be an excellent bowler. But the 1998 Coen Brothers cult classic film “The Big Lebowski,” with its bizarre and hilarious blend of...
Women vying for Oscars salute their progress, snubs aside
The mood at Diane von Furstenberg’s lunch honoring this year’s female Oscar contenders could have been downbeat, given the shutout of women directors for Sunday’s awards. Instead, it was celebratory and defiant. The 30-plus nominees who gathered at Furstenberg’s home, tucked into elegant and secluded grounds, cheered as the women...
Review: ‘Birds of Prey’ is colorful, campy and cheerfully brutalVideo
The best thing to come out of 2016’s much-derided DC antihero team-up, “Suicide Squad,” was Margot Robbie’s inspired take on Harley Quinn, the self-proclaimed “Joker’s girl” and quirky chaos clown. Robbie’s Quinn, with her colorful pigtails and baseball bat, instantly became an icon, a perennial Halloween costume, eclipsing even her...
Carnegie Mellon, Penn State students to compete in ‘Jeopardy!’ College Championship
Emma Farrell, a Carnegie Mellon University senior from Telford in southeastern Pennsylvania, will compete in the “Jeopardy!” College Championship in April. The 10-day special event airs from April 6-17. Fifteen students from across the country will compete for a $100,000 grand prize and a berth in the next edition of...
Ben Platt named Hasty Pudding’s 2020 Man of the YearVideo
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Award-winning actor and musician Ben Platt was named 2020 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s famed Hasty Pudding theater troupe on Monday. Platt, 26, is the youngest recipient in the 54-year history of the award, handed out annually by the troupe that dates to the late...
Watch the best and worst of Super Bowl adsVideo
During advertising’s biggest night, Super Bowl Sunday, marketers battled it out to bolster their brands and promote new products. Advertisers paid up to $5.6 million for 30 seconds, and almost 100 million people tuned into the big game. This year, Hyundai and Jeep scored with whimsical humor by poking fun...
Netflix becomes aggressive in courting first-time filmmakers
Stefon Bristol had a clear vision of his first feature project. As a graduate film student at NYU, he had already shot a short version of a movie called “See You Yesterday,” a story about a science-obsessed New York City teen who masters time travel to save her loved ones....
