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Mark Cuban on immigration policy: ‘We’re being really, really, really stupid’
DALLAS — Tech billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wasn’t shy Tuesday night when asked about the country’s immigration policy. When it comes to recruiting and retaining the world’s best talent, he said, the country’s got it wrong. “Right now, we’re being really, really, really stupid by taking really,...
‘This Is Us’ finale provided some closure, but now there are questions
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “This Is Us.” Season 3 of “This Is Us” took us to the past, across the country and to Vietnam, but it ended in the future. The NBC drama finally filled in the blanks on a flash-forward story that...
‘Joker’ trailer released: Joaquin Phoenix stars as iconic DC villain
The origin story for DC Comics’ most unnerving villain looks like a creepy affair in the first trailer for the “Joker” movie. Joaquin Phoenix takes up the story of Arthur Fleck, a slight man who doesn’t seem to have much going his way, but who somehow changes and transforms into...
Netflix drops chilling Ted Bundy movie trailerVideo
The story of Ted Bundy’s shocking crimes is all the more disturbing when told from the perspective of his girlfriend. Viewers will witness the betrayal felt by Elizabeth Kloepfer, played by Lily Collins, as she comes to realize the man she has grown most close to will turn out to...
Banff Centre adventure films world tour coming to PittsburghVideo
Stories of “remote journeys, ground-breaking expeditions, and cutting-edge adventures told through the eyes of adventurers, authors, photographers, and filmmakers from around the globe” will come to Pittsburgh as the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour plays the Byham Theater from April 5-7. The festival spans nine days each fall...
‘Avengers: Endgame’ tickets on sale, teaser with Thanos released
With less than a month until it debuts in theaters, Marvel Studios has begun selling tickets for “Avengers: Endgame.” On top of that, a new “Special Look” teaser trailer was released to social media on Tuesday. In it, we see the Avengers assembling to take on Thanos, whose is revealed...
TV host Deborah Norville will have cancerous nodule removed
LOS ANGELES — “Inside Edition” anchor Deborah Norville will undergo surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid nodule from her neck. The 60-year-old host says in a video a viewer reached out a long time ago and told her she had seen a lump on her neck. Norville says she had...
‘Black Panther,’ ‘black-ish’ win big at the 50th NAACP Image Awards
LOS ANGELES — “Black Panther,” the cultural phenomenon from Marvel Studios, swept the NAACP Image Awards by taking home six trophies, including best picture, director and ensemble. Director Ryan Coogler and much of the cast of the 2018 blockbuster took the stage late Saturday at the Dolby Theatre to accept...
West Mifflin’s Nate Walker misses top-20 cut on ‘American Idol’Video
Nate Walker didn’t make the cut on Sunday night’s episode of “American Idol,” but at least he got a trip to Hawaii for his final round. Following a week in which he struggled through vocal issues, the 18-year-old from West Mifflin made what might have been a risky choice: He...
Fox News apologizes for referring to ‘3 Mexican countries’Video
Don’t know much about geography? On Sunday, “Fox & Friends” had a prominent error in an on-screen graphic about President Trump’s southern border policy announcement at the start of the program that got plenty of social media attention. The craziest thing about this is that Fox & Friends has a...
Live-action ‘Dumbo’ struggles to soar at box office
LOS ANGELES — Disney’s “Dumbo” isn’t exactly taking flight at the North American box office the way its other live-action remakes of animated classics have. The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday that the Tim Burton-directed film has earned an estimated $45 million domestically from 4,259 locations against a $170 million...
Fox’s Jeanine Pirro back on-air after remarks on Muslim politician
NEW YORK — Fox News host Jeanine Pirro is back on the air after a two-week absence following her comments questioning a Muslim congresswoman’s loyalties. “Justice with Judge Jeanine” returned Saturday. The former judge and prosecutor thanked her viewers but didn’t directly discuss her apparent suspension. Pirro asked on-air March...
‘SNL’ takes on the Mueller report with more of the sameVideo
“Saturday Night Live” did not produce a new episode the week special counsel Robert Mueller III filed his long-awaited report, so the show wasted no time addressing it on this weekend’s cold open. It went about how anyone who has paid close attention to the show during the past two...
Beyonce, ‘Black Panther’ wins at 50th NAACP Image Awards
LOS ANGELES — Beyonce was named entertainer of the year at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color. After Beyonce accepted the award Saturday night, the superstar paid homage to the people who were nominated in the same category as her. She...
Cancellations of Latino-themed shows spark anger, reflection
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Netflix’s cancellation of “One Day at a Time” has led to an outcry on social media by the show’s viewers. And fans of CW’s “Jane the Virgin” are preparing to say goodbye to a show entering its fifth and final season. The departure of the two Latino-themed...
Who will win the ‘Game of Thrones’? Ask the bookies
Everyone wants to know who’s going to rule Westeros when the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” ends later this spring. Data visualization company Visme has taken it even further, employing a detailed methodology to try and calculate individual...
Is Hannah Montana making a comeback?Video
With this Facebook post, singer Miley Cyrus sent the long-ago fans of her TV alter-ego Hannah Montana into a tizzy. The short video clip has already garnered more than 289,000 views, 3,100 shares and 2,200 comments. Cyrus starred in the Disney program, which premiered 13 years ago, with her dad...
Review: ‘Dumbo’ remake adds digital wizardry to classic characterVideo
The original “Dumbo” was released in the summer of 1941 while Germany was spreading across Europe and war was breaking out in the Pacific. Crafted as a simpler Disney fable after the more extravagant “Fantasia” disappointed at the box office, “Dumbo” — only 64 minutes in length — took flight...
From flickers of black and white to online programming, WQED turns 65
WQED HISTORY TIMELINE 1954 WQED became the nation’s first community-supported television station with its first broadcast on April 1. “The Children’s Corner” with host Josie Carey and producer, puppeteer and composer Fred Rogers was one of the first regularly scheduled shows on WQED. 1955 WQED broadcast the first televised school...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus reveals last season story line of ‘Veep’
NEW YORK — Julia Louis-Dreyfus still had tears to shed as she said her official farewell to “Veep.” The only problem is she forgot to bring tissues. Shooting wrapped for the series in December, but those tearful goodbyes were not enough as she and the cast of the HBO comedy...
Chinese viewers balk at ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ film censorship
BEIJING (AP) — A huge fan of rock legends Queen, Peng Yanzi rushed to see “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the biopic about the band’s late lead singer, Freddie Mercury, while he was traveling in Britain last October. It was a touching film that made him cry hard, Peng says. He loved it...
Pittsburgh’s WQED celebrates 65 years of public broadcasting
WQED’s history is a storied one. Its expansion to radio, digital and community programming has always held education as its foundation. An early holder of an educational broadcast license, WQED began with a flicker of life on VHF Channel 13 at 8 p.m. on April 1, 1954, in Pittsburgh. It...
Dismissal of Smollett case brings backlash, more questions
CHICAGO — Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. The “Empire” star still says he was assaulted by two men late at night in downtown Chicago. But with little explanation, authorities on Tuesday abruptly...
Bark.com offers ‘High Valyrian’ tutors for hardcore ‘Game of Thrones’ fans
There’s brushing up on your “Game of Thrones” knowledge as the smash HBO show’s final season approaches… and then there’s hiring yourself a $52-per-hour tutor in a fictional language. Bark.com announced this week it will offer tutors in “High Valyrian,” the fictional language spoken by “Game of Thrones” heroine Daenaerys...
West Mifflin’s Nate Walker pushes through vocal struggles on ‘American Idol’
The show must go on, and go on it did for “American Idol” contestant Nate Walker. Following his performance during Sunday night’s episode, the West Mifflin native said he lost his voice and ended up with a pounding headache and stomach pain. He was rushed to the hospital, but he...
