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WWE’s ‘Monday Night RAW’ Netflix debut averages 2.6M households in U.S., 4.9M globally
LOS ANGELES — The first episode of World Wrestling Entertainment’s “Monday Night RAW” on Netflix averaged 4.9 million viewers globally and 2.6 million households in the U.S., according to VideoAmp. Monday’s three-hour show from the Intuit Dome outside of Los Angeles kicked off WWE’s 10-year partnership with Netflix. The agreement,...
The Los Angeles landmarks from film and TV damaged by wildfires
The high school where Brian De Palma brought Stephen King’s “Carrie” to life, Will Rogers’ ranch house and a motel owned by William Randolph Hearst are among some of the famous structures that have been damaged or destroyed by the California wildfires. Los Angeles is a town full of landmarks,...
Participate or keep it quiet? Recent sing-alongs tap into larger discussion on moviegoing etiquette
WASHINGTON — As movie theaters worked to entice Americans back into seats after covid-19 lockdowns and labor strikes, the industry marketed blockbuster films like “Wicked” and the dueling releases of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” as no less than cultural events. But when certain movies become “events” unto themselves, sometimes different behavior...
TV Talk: Is ‘The Pitt’ — with all its local references — worth watching?
The first two episodes of streaming-only series “The Pitt” are available on Max (new episodes drop in subsequent weeks on Thursdays through April 10), and ultimately this Pittsburgh-set hospital drama proves to be fast-paced with well-developed doctors, med students and sometimes patient characters. It’s a grab-you-by-the-throat drama with each episode...
TV Talk: WPXI names new weekday evening anchor
As expected, WPXI announced morning anchor Gordon Loesch will succeed longtime Channel 11 anchor David Johnson, who retired last month. Loesch will anchor alongside Lisa Sylvester during the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. WPXI newscasts beginning Jan. 20. He’ll also co-anchor at 6:30 p.m. with Liz Kilmer and at 10...
TV Q&A: WPXI’s Cara Sapida shares her hair journey after cancer battle
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: I’m watching Channel 11, and Cara Sapida is doing her excellent reporting as usual. I know she wore a wig while she was going through...
Tom Holland and Zendaya confirm engagement rumors
After bringing the romance of Peter Parker and Mary Jane to the big screen, “Spider-Man” co-stars Tom Holland and Zendaya are engaged after three years of dating. TMZ first reported the couple’s engagement on Monday. The media outlet stated that a source shared that Holland proposed to the “Euphoria” and...
August Wilson gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame
August Wilson is receiving a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Constanza Romero Wilson, Wilson’s widow, will be accepting the award, according to the Hollywood Walk of Fame website. The playwright and Hill District native died from liver cancer in 2005, and the recognition continues to celebrate the Pulitzer Prize...
TV Talk: Joe Manganiello previews ‘unbelievable’ season of ‘Deal or No Deal Island’Video
For his second season as host of NBC’s “Deal or No Deal Island” (8 tonight, WPXI), Mt. Lebanon native Joe Manganiello said the reality competition delivers in a way that’s can’t-miss TV. “You’re going to see something you’ve never seen before,” he said in a phone interview Christmas Eve afternoon....
Golden Globes ratings hold steady with 10 million viewers
NEW YORK — An average of 10.1 million viewers tuned into the 82nd Golden Globes across CBS and Paramount+, Dick Clark Productions said Monday, roughly matching the audience for last year’s broadcast. CBS reported ratings figures from VideoAmp rather than the industry standard audience measurement service, Nielsen. Paramount Global, which...
Lopez, Affleck seek judge’s approval of divorce settlement
LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have settled their divorce and are asking a judge to finalize their breakup. Lopez filed documents Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court that show the former couple settled their divorce through mediation in September, about a month after she filed for divorce....
Lawsuit alleges Fox Sports ex-host harassed hairstylist and offered her $1.5M for sex
LOS ANGELES — A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports alleges in a lawsuit that former host Skip Bayless made repeated, unwanted advances toward her — including an offer of $1.5 million to have sex with him. Attorneys for Noushin Faraji, who was a hair stylist at...
TV Talk: ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ top winners at Golden Globes
Comedian Nikki Glaser, a stand-up comic best known as a mainstay on Comedy Central celebrity roasts, kicked off the 82nd annual Golden Globes telecast Sunday night in fine form, poking gentle but pointed fun at Hollywood celebrities and entertainment culture as movies “Emilia Perez” and “The Brutalist” and series “Shōgun,”...
TV Talk: Go on set to see how Pittsburgh-set ER drama ‘The Pitt’ gets made
BURBANK, Calif. — John Wells, a 1979 Carnegie Mellon University grad, watches on a monitor as he directs the last day of filming on the first episode of Pittsburgh-set Max medical drama “The Pitt.” It’s mid-July 2024 and production is just nine days into the 15-episode first season of a...
UPMC doctor shares her experiences with ‘The Pitt’ writers
Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was one of several doctors recruited by “The Pitt” writers/producers to offer perspective on what it’s like to be an ER physician in Pittsburgh and to share her experiences. During a two-hour...
Aubrey Plaza’s husband, director Jeff Baena, found dead by suicide
Aubrey Plaza’s husband, screenwriter and director Jeff Baena, was found dead Friday of suicide at the age of 47. An assistant made the discovery at a Los Angeles-area home, to which emergency services responded around 10:30 a.m. local time, law enforcement sources told TMZ. Authorities pronounced Baena dead at the...
WWE ready to begin Netflix era with ‘Monday Night Raw’ move
LOS ANGELES — Nick Khan’s prediction becomes a reality Monday night. The World Wrestling Entertainment executive said during earning calls in the past that he saw a day when Netflix would continue to evolve and enter into live programming, much to the consternation of Netflix officials. However, Khan saw the...
Have an extra $4 million? You could buy the ‘Breaking Bad’ house
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The house made famous by the “Breaking Bad” TV series is up for sale, and the owners of the otherwise unassuming home in one of Albuquerque’s older neighborhoods are hoping the property’s role in the long-running series will help them fetch a pretty penny. Centered on mythical...
David Fincher gives ‘Seven’ a final, 4K UHD glow up for its 30th anniversaryVideo
For David Fincher, seeing “Seven” in 4K was an experience he can only describe as harrowing. That or a high school reunion. “There are definitely moments that you go, ‘What was I thinking?’ Or ‘Why did I let this person have that hairdo’?” Fincher said in a recent interview with...
Golden Globes 2025: Who’s nominated, hosting, presenting, the honorees, what they’ll eat and more
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Golden Globes will return Sunday with major star appeal thanks to a slew of big name nominees, including Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande and more. Nominations for the 82nd awards ceremony were made last month. The show will be...
Jay Leno laughs off rumors mob involved in his fall down Greensburg hill
One of Jay Leno’s staples when he hosted “The Tonight Show” involved a segment featuring ridiculous headlines. The veteran comedian has found himself in a real-life version of that after a November mishap in Westmoreland County. Before a Nov. 15 show at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, Leno said he...
TV Talk: Local queen competes on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Nicholas Fry, 23, grew up in Greensburg, graduated from Hempfield Area High School in 2019, then studied film at Point Park University, graduating in 2023. Now he’s competing in Season 17 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” as his drag alter ego, Lydia B. Kollins, for a cash prize of $200,000. “Drag...
A Hemingway classic and Popeye enter public domain while copyright only gets more confusing
Last year, it was Mickey Mouse. This year, Popeye the Sailor joins Mickey as a new entrant to the public domain — that is, shedding his core copyright protections on Jan. 1. He’s merely the most familiar cultural artifact to enter the public domain on Wednesday. But as Jennifer Jenkins,...
Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers through the Sept. 11 attacks, dies at 76
Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has died. Brown died Sunday of pneumonia in Washington, D.C., where he lived, family spokesperson Molly Levinson said. He was 76. Brown began his career in...
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after 8 years
LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two. Jolie and Pitt signed off on a default declaration filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday,...
