Movies/TV category, Page 33
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,...
‘Oppenheimer’ hype brings lesser-known aspects of atomic age in Pittsburgh to fore
J. Robert Oppenheimer’s brilliant mind belonged to the atom, his loyalty to the United States, his passion to the New Mexico desert. But the beating heart of the American Prometheus belonged to a woman who grew up in Aspinwall. Yes, Aspinwall, childhood home of the great physicist’s wife, Katherine “Kitty”...
Drive-in movie tradition continues in Western PennsylvaniaVideo
Every Friday during the summer, Cassandra Dzik packs up her car and heads to Evergreen Drive-In, the last remaining outdoor theater in Westmoreland County, with her sister, Carrie Schaming, and 11-year-old son Richard. One night this summer, the trio set up camping chairs on the East Huntingdon theater’s lawn, waiting...
