Movies/TV category, Page 153
Regent Square, Harris theaters shuttered; Pittsburgh Center for Arts closes main building
The Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media on Monday closed the Regent Square Theater and the Harris Theater, Downtown, and will cease operations at year’s end in the Marshall Mansion, its main building at the corner of Fifth and Shady avenues in Pittsburgh’s East End. In a letter to its...
Bill Cosby vows no remorse, expects to serve 10-year maximum
COLLEGEVILLE — Bill Cosby says he’s prepared to serve his 10-year maximum sentence for sexual assault rather than show remorse for a crime the comedian says he didn’t commit. Cosby is serving three to 10 years in a state prison near Philadelphia after a jury last year convicted him of...
For some rural TV viewers, local news is anything but
LINCOLN, Neb. — When Dianne Johnson channel-surfs for news in her rural western Nebraska home, all she sees are stories about Colorado crime and car crashes from a Denver television station more than 200 miles away. It’s frustrating for the 61-year-old rancher, who wants to know the latest developments in...
‘That ’70s Show’ could be the next series to leave Netflix
The popular Fox comedy “That ’70s Show” has been a part of Netflix’s library for years, but now the show’s owner says competing streamers are interested in bringing the program to their services. Los Angeles studio Carsey-Werner Television says it has received interest from at least four buyers, including Netflix,...
AP photographer releases new images of Mister Rogers’ ‘Neighborhood’
From 1984 through 2000, I had the privilege of spending countless hours documenting a very special neighbor, Fred Rogers of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” A more kind and caring neighbor there never was or will be. Whether working behind the set with his puppets, feeding his fish, pulling on his cardigan...
Your annual guide to holiday movies, specials on TV
Thanksgiving is only a few days away. It’s a signal to many as the “official” start of the holiday season. The beloved holiday movies and specials that air annually have become tradition for many. Here is our annual list of select favorites, with a few new gems sprinkled in here...
Review: Tom Hanks a perfect fit in lovely Mister Rogers tale for adults
Director Marielle Heller frames “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” as if it were an episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” with miniature sets of cars and bridges to illustrate New York and Pittsburgh. Mister Rogers, played with clear-eyed purpose by Tom Hanks, introduces the audience to the film’s protagonist, journalist...
TV comedy greats take a bow, make ’em laugh at ceremony
“There’s nothing I believe more than this, that laughter adds time to one’s life,” Norman Lear told an audience gathered to honor him and other four other television comedy greats. “I believe that as much as I believe my mother loved me,” the writer-producer added. “She said she did. But...
In Kacey Musgraves’ Christmas special, her grandma steals the show
Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves knows who the real star is in her family — her grandmother. That’s why the singer put the woman she calls Nana in her upcoming holiday special, “The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show.” “Basically, this is just Nana’s world. We’re just all livin’ in it. This is...
How a movie about Mister Rogers came togetherVideo
Marielle Heller had a daunting task. As the director of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” she had the job of bringing a story to the big screen that involved two legendary performers: children’s TV host Fred Rogers and the multi-Oscar-winning actor playing him, Tom Hanks. Her mission became a...
Across Mister Rogers’ actual neighborhoods, his faith echoes
His TV neighborhood, was, of course, a realm of make believe — a child’s-eye view of community summoned into being by an oddly understanding adult, cobbled together from a patchwork of stage sets, model houses and pure, unsullied love. Visiting it each day, with Mister Rogers as guide, you’d learn...
Review: ‘21 Bridges’ a just-good-enough New York crime thrillerVideo
How excited James Brown would have been for “21 Bridges.” Take you to bridge? How about 21 of them? But I suspect even the Godfather of Soul would give an easy pass to Brian Kirk’s “21 Bridges,” with Chadwick Boseman (who played Brown in the biopic “Get on Up”). It’s...
5 Pittsburgh things in the new Mister Rogers movie
There is plenty of Pittsburgh in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” However, the city is not quite ubiquitous in this film about the real life friendship between Fred Rogers, played by Tom Hanks, and a cynical journalist portrayed by Matthew Rhys. Make no mistake, you will see plenty of...
‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ debuts in PittsburghVideo
It was a beautiful night in the neighborhood in Pittsburgh as the Mister Rogers movie debuted. A red carpet gala and special screening of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” took place Wednesday at the SouthSide Works Cinema in Pittsburgh. Rogers’ wife Joanne Rogers arrived at 6:30 p.m., smiling and...
‘Saturday Night Live’ announces Jennifer Lopez, Niall Horan for December shows
It’s going to be a good month on “Saturday Night Live.” The NBC program announced hosts and musical guests Wednesday for its December shows. ? ???????? ????? ? pic.twitter.com/uEFfVaKlCE— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) November 20, 2019 Jennifer Lopez and rapper DaBaby are set for Dec. 7. Scarlett Johansson...
Once ruler of kids’ TV, Nickelodeon is working on a comeback
Twenty-five years ago, Brian Robbins was an aspiring young producer, scouring the country for talent. He assembled a troupe of teens for a sketch comedy show, “All That,” that became all that and more for Nickelodeon. The goofy show helped usher in a period of peak imagination for the children’s...
6 questions with ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ star Matthew Rhys
Friday’s opening of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” starring Tom Hanks as Latrobe native Fred Rogers is fast approaching. In the highly anticipated movie filmed in Pittsburgh, actor Matthew Rhys plays Lloyd Vogel, the fictional version of journalist Tom Junod, who is not quite ready to buy into the...
‘Muppet Christmas Carol’ screening free at Irwin’s Lamp Theatre
The Lamp Theatre in Irwin is gearing up for the holidays with two free showings of “The Muppet Christmas Carol” on Nov. 21. Movie times are 4:15 and 8:15 p.m. in the theater at 222 Main. St. Released in 1992, the G-rated movie features Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit,...
‘SNL’ taps Steelers-Browns helmet controversyVideo
For Pittsburgh Steelers fans, there was nothing funny about Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett smashing quarterback Mason Rudolph on the head with a helmet at the end of Thursday night’s game. But NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” attempted to mine a few laughs from it. Well, “attempted” anyway. The cold...
Busy Sterling K. Brown learns to decline offers ‘with integrity’
With a hit TV series, awards, film and TV opportunities, Sterling K. Brown admits he’s experienced “a lot of pinch me moments” in recent years. But, with all those possibilities and offers, the 43-year-old has also learned a very important lesson— how to say no. “ ‘No’ has become my...
Pittsburgh ‘Jeopardy!’ champ shares behind-the-scenes details from Tournament of Champions
One Final Jeopardy! clue stood between a chance at the $250,000 grand prize and getting knocked out of the game show’s Tournament of Champions. And Lindsey Shultz didn’t know the answer. “In a 1644 letter he wrote, ‘We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean air,’ which is what...
Stars come out for special screening of ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’Video
Actors in the new Tom Hanks film about Fred Rogers, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” attended the special screening Sunday in New York. Rita Wilson with Tom Hanks & with Mister Rogers’ widow Joanne Rogers attend the "A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood" New York Screening at Henry R....
‘The Crown’ gives new season and cast members a clever intro
“The Crown” opens with a clever acknowledgment that time has passed for Queen Elizabeth II and taken with it the Emmy-winning actress who played her in the Netflix drama’s first two seasons. In the scene, postage stamp portraits are displayed for the monarch: one with Claire Foy’s likeness as the...
Review: An evolved iceman? Kristoff steps up in ‘Frozen 2’Video
Picture this: A princess is in distress. It looks bad. Her dashing young man rides up in the nick of time and says, “Here I am to save you, my dear!” Actually, he doesn’t. He just says, “I’m here. Whaddya need?” She has a plan, and off they go. This...
Review: ‘Charlie’s Angels’ is basic, globe-trotting nonsenseVideo
ABC-TV wasn’t alone. But in the network’s flesh-peddling harem era of the 1970s, an adolescent boy could tune into “Charlie’s Angels” (or “Fantasy Island,” or “Battle of the Network Stars”) and begin developing some pretty dubious notions of female empowerment as it relates to straight male gratification. Meaning, if the...
