Movies/TV category, Page 185
‘Black Panther’ wins top honor at SAG Awards
NEW YORK — “Black Panther” took the top award at Sunday’s 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, giving Ryan Coogler’s superhero sensation it’s most significant honor yet and potentially setting it up for more wins at the Academy Awards. “Well, I’ll be,” said Chadwick Boseman, accepting the award for best ensemble...
‘Glass’ is No. 1 again, McConaughey’s ‘Serenity’ flops
NEW YORK — Matthew McConaughey notched one of the worst debuts of his career, Oscar nominees saw only modest bumps and M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” easily remained No. 1 on a quiet weekend in movie theaters. The weekend’s two new wide releases — McConaughey’s tropic noir “Serenity” and the updated...
‘Untouchable’ charts the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein
PARK CITY, Utah — Harvey Weinstein’s name was intrinsically linked to the Sundance Film Festival for years, which makes it somewhat fitting that 14 months after his demise the festival played host the world premiere of a documentary about his rise and fall. “I’m so happy it’s at Sundance,” said...
Michael Jackson accusers’ film gets standing ovation, estate rebuke
PARK CITY, Utah — It’s not uncommon for audiences at the Sundance Film Festival to give standing ovations, but the ceremonial act took on a solemn air as two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys walked onstage following the festival’s only screening of “Leaving Neverland,” a...
TNT, Chris Pine are the latest players to enter the serial-killer game
The bodies do pile up. As an American consumer who spends a couple of thousand hours a year looking at moving pictures, there are times when the sheer number of mutilated corpses on all those screens gets to be a bit much. How long has it been since director David...
Anne Hathaway confirms: There’s a ‘Princess Diaries 3’ in the works
You can’t keep a good princess down. For too long. Anne Hathaway, while on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, said a script for a third installment of her hit series “The Princess Diaries” exists and is being worked on right this moment. We’ll wait while you collect yourself....
Is Jeff Bridges teasing a new ‘Big Lebowski’ film?
Why is Jeff Bridges teasing a Feb. 3 announcement while dressed as cinema cult-classic icon Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski from the Coen Brothers’ 1998 film, “The Big Lebowski”? The Internet is certainly wild with speculation. February 3 is Super Bowl Sunday, and it would make perfect sense for Bridges to...
Fans of Netflix shows can take home props at 3-weekend sale in Marshall
Netflix is offloading its latest batch of leftover props and set decor in greater Pittsburgh. Fans interested in adorning their homes or businesses with props from the streaming service’s original shows have the chance to choose from thousands of items during a three-weekend liquidation sale that begins Saturday in Marshall...
Review: Steamy ‘Serenity’ is so bad it almost parodies itselfVideo
Let it be stipulated that the movie “Serenity” is about a battered woman (Anne Hathaway) who is trying to persuade her ex-husband (Matthew McConaughey) to murder her current one (Jason Clarke). And let it also be stipulated that the movie “Serenity” is absolutely not about that. At first glance, the...
Review: ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ sends a message of hopeVideo
Do the Middle Ages hold the key to saving the world? “The Kid Who Would Be King” suggests so. This contemporary, Arthurian-themed adventure encourages kids of today to look to the legends of the past — and to the lessons of medieval chivalry — in their search for a peaceful...
‘Wizard of Oz’ returns to big screen for 80th-anniversary stintVideo
All the magic of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” the scary Wicked Witch of the West, those creepy flying monkeys and the adventurous Dorothy that generations of little girls dreamed of being is coming back to the big screen. Four Pittsburgh area movie theaters will be among nearly 700 nationwide that...
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ director Bryan Singer accused of sexual assault of minors
NEW YORK — Bryan Singer, the director of the Oscar-nominated “Bohemian Rhapsody,” has been accused of sexually assaulting minors in an expose published by the Atlantic. The Atlantic on Wednesday published a lengthy article based on a 12-month investigation. It details the stories of four alleged victims who said they...
Mister Rogers ‘most shocking’ Oscar snub
The Oscar nominees for best documentary take viewers to hazardous mountaintops, war-torn Syria and the chambers of the Supreme Court — but not the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Last year’s Fred Rogers documentary, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” won almost universal acclaim from critics and viewers and became the highest-grossing biographical...
James Gandolfini’s son to play young Tony in ‘Sopranos’ prequel
James Gandolfini’s son is sticking with the family business. Michael Gandolfini is set to take on the role made famous by his father, Tony Soprano, in the upcoming “The Sopranos” prequel film, Deadline reported. Michael will play a young version of the no-nonsense mob boss in “The Many Saints of...
Conan O’Brien aired his first half-hour show Tuesday night. Here’s what was different.
After a three-month hiatus, Conan O’Brien returned to television Tuesday night - as he announced last fall, after 25 years of hosting an hour-long late-night program, his TBS show “Conan” would move to a 30-minute format. It might seem small, but as you might know, late-night is typically very regimented:...
Hulu cuts basic monthly subscription to $6 after Netflix hike
Hulu is lowering the price of its entry-level, ad-supported online TV service by 25 percent to $6 a month — a week after Netflix raised prices. The on-demand video service, which features over 85,000 episodes of shows such as “The Good Doctor” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” is keeping the price...
‘Mighty Ducks’ fly together for reunion at NHL game, secret project
They didn’t break out the Flying V, but some cast member of the “Mighty Ducks” franchise did get together for a reunion of sorts. Kenan Thompson, Vincent Larusso, Garette Ratliff Henson, Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine and Danny Tamberelli attended the New York Islanders vs. Anaheim Ducks game Sunday, wearing Anaheim Ducks jerseys...
Taylor Swift confirms ‘Cats’ role on Instagram
The “Cats” out of the bag for Taylor Swift. On Tuesday, she confirmed her role in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s muscial. An Instragram post showed Swift posing next to a sign that read “Bombalurina,” a main character in “Cats.” It was reported in July by Entertainment Tonight...
Oscar noms skip Fred Rogers doc, Bradley Cooper for director
The rollercoaster of the 2019 awards season continued Tuesday with a batch of Oscar nominations that few could have predicted. Sure, there were some shoo-ins that made it, like “Black Panther” breaking the superhero best picture barrier, and “A Star Is Born,” ”The Favourite” and “Roma” being among the leading...
CBS rejects Super Bowl ad for medical marijuana
The Super Bowl isn’t ready for medical marijuana. Acreage Holdings, the multi-state cannabis company backed by John Boehner, says CBS rejected a television advertisement that calls for the legalization of medical marijuana. The network, which is airing the game on Feb. 3, nixed the proposed spot after seeing a rough...
WQED’s Rick Sebak gets ‘Nebby’ in ‘That Kennywood Summer’Video
The fifth program in Rick Sebak’s kickstarted “Nebby” series, “That Kennywood Summer,” will premiere at 8 p.m. Jan. 24 on WQED-TV. The 30-minute documentary was created with footage Sebak and his WQED crew shot in 1988 while gathering material for his program “Kennywood Memories.” That documentary remains one of WQED’s...
Watch live: Oscar nominations presentation
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. —The reading of this year’s Oscar nominations has begun. Tracee Ellis Ross and Kumail Nanjiani are announcing nominees in 24 categories highlighting everything from the best picture and acting performances to production and costume design. The announcement began at 8:20 a.m. ET. The entire announcement can also...
‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite’ lead Oscar nomination with 10 nods
NEW YORK — Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” led all films with 10 nominations each to the 91st Academy Awards, while Netflix and Marvel each scored their first best picture nomination. The nominees for best picture are: “A Star Is Born,” ”Roma,” ”Green Book,” ”The Favourite,” ”Black...
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ is No. 1 with $40.6M debut
NEW YORK — M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” didn’t live up to expectations but it still easily dominated the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend at the box office, debuting with an estimated $40.6 million in ticket sales. Universal Pictures is estimating that “Glass” will make about $47 million over the four-day...
Netflix has no plans to cut ‘Bird Box’ scene despite outcry
NEW YORK — Netflix’s post-apocalyptic survival film “Bird Box” is drawing criticism for using footage of a real fiery train disaster but the streaming giant has no plans to remove it. The footage concerns a 2013 tragedy in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic when an unattended train carrying crude oil...
