Movies/TV category, Page 48
TV Talk: Gift ideas for fans of ‘Bluey,’ ‘Call the Midwife,’ ‘Donkey Hodie,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Yellowstone’
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers gifting tips for TV fans this holiday season. For the TV fan on your gift-giving list, consider one of these options (prices listed are rounded to the nearest dollar, standard retail prices but many items sell for less, particularly when purchased online):...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Golden Globe nominations, gifts for TV fans, ‘Monk’ returns, holiday films
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including the Golden Globe Award nominations with local ties. Partially Pittsburgh-set “Daisy Jones & the Six” (Prime Video) received a best limited series nomination and...
‘Barbie’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 9, followed closely by ‘Oppenheimer’
Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” dominated the Golden Globe Awards nominations with nine nods for the blockbuster film, including best picture musical or comedy as well as acting nominations for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and three of its original songs. It was closely followed by its release date and meme companion...
TV Talk: Carnegie Mellon grad Matt Bomer talks ‘Fellow Travelers’
Matt Bomer (“White Collar”), a 2001 Carnegie Mellon University graduate, is winning accolades for his role in the often risqué, queer love story “Fellow Travelers” (9 p.m. Sunday, Showtime; streams on Paramount+ with Showtime). The series is written by Southwestern Pennsylvania native Ron Nyswaner, who grew up in Clarksville, Greene...
Delmont decorating fundraiser will be featured on NBC’s ‘Today’ showVideo
Since 2020, residents in Delmont’s Monticello neighborhood have decorated their homes to the hilt for the holiday season, part of a fundraising competition that allows them to present an annual gift to two local charities. On Christmas Day, they will get their own gift — a nationally televised segment on...
TV Talk: ‘Monk’ back on the case; ‘Archies’ vs. ‘Archie’Video
TV reboots get built on ricketier foundations than “Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A ‘Monk’ Movie,” streaming Friday on Peacock. On the 2002-09 USA cable series, Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) was known as the germ-phobic, “obsessive-compulsive detective.” So it wasn’t that deep into the covid-19 pandemic before Shalhoub, who got covid...
Youngwood bartending school featured on ‘World’s Greatest’ show
A Youngwood business that trains students in high-end bartending, service, sommelier skills and even the basics of owning and operating their own bar will be featured on national television. Wines, Steins & Cocktails was chosen by the “World’s Greatest” series as “World’s Greatest Professional Bartender School” and will be part...
Norman Lear, revolutionary TV producer of ‘All in the Family,’ has died at 101
Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with “All in the Family” and “Maude,” propelling political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died. He was 101. Lear died Tuesday night in his sleep, surrounded by family at his home in Los...
TV Q&A: Did Chris Hoffman leave KDKA-TV? Where’s WPXI’s Alby Oxenreiter?
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: Just wondering why we haven’t seen Chris Hoffman on KDKA-TV for quite a while. — Linda, via Facebook Rob: Hoffman posted to social media that...
Tom Hanks draws on his love of space for immersive documentary ‘The Moonwalkers’Video
LONDON — You won’t see Tom Hanks on one of those space tourism flights that whisk celebrities and millionaires on a suborbital jaunt for a few hours. He says it wouldn’t be enough time out of this world. “I don’t need to go up and down,” Hanks said Tuesday. “I...
In ‘Wonka,’ Timothée Chalamet finds a world of pure imagination
Hugh Grant learned some years ago that if a filmmaker doesn’t make something from the heart, it shows. The films that work best, and are most loved, he’s found, are the ones that the directors really meant. It applied to his romantic comedies with Richard Curtis as well as “Paddington...
4th GOP debate will be key moment for young NewsNation cable network
NEW YORK — By airing the fourth Republican presidential primary debate scheduled for Wednesday — again, minus Donald Trump — the young NewsNation television network will almost certainly reach the largest audience in its history. Yet with two of the three debate moderators associated with conservative media and not NewsNation,...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Hulu cancels series that was to film in Pittsburgh; new WTAE reporter; Verizon’s new streaming bundle
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment including this weekend’s news that Hulu has dropped Lee Daniels’ Sammy Davis Jr. biographical series that had planned to film in Pittsburgh in 2024. Producers...
Kennedy Center Honors fetes new inductees, including Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Dionne WarwickVideo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The newest group of Kennedy Center honorees, including comedian Billy Crystal and actor Queen Latifah, were feted Sunday night at a star-studded event commemorating their lifetime achievement in arts and entertainment. Opera singer Renée Fleming, music star Barry Gibb and prolific hitmaker Dionne Warwick were also honored...
Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ is No. 1 at the box office with $21 million debut
Beyoncé ruled the box office this weekend. Her concert picture, ” Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” opened in first place with $21 million in North American ticket sales, according to estimates from AMC Theatres Sunday. The post-Thanksgiving, early December box office is notoriously slow, but “Renaissance” defied the odds. Not...
TV Talk: Recently published books go behind the scenes of TV biz
TribLive TV writer Rob Owen offers reading tips for recent books about TV. One of the pitfalls of writing about TV in the #peakTV era is that if you don’t make a point to take a break from watching screeners of TV shows, you’ll never find time to pick up...
Will an earlier Oscars broadcast attract more viewers? ABC plans to try the 7 p.m. slot in 2024
Academy Awards enthusiasts won’t have to stay up quite as late to hear the best picture winner in March. The 96th Oscars will begin one hour early, with the official show starting at 7 p.m. Eastern for the first time, ABC said Thursday. The official pre-show will also begin earlier,...
TV Talk: KDKA+ announces 8 p.m. anchor; local ratings; Pa.-set ‘Great Photo’ uncovers family’s story
WPKD-TV, known in branding as KDKA+ on Channel 19, will begin broadcasting a one-hour 8 p.m. newscast Jan. 8 with Jessica Guay as anchor, relocating from her current weekend morning anchor position on KDKA-TV. Ray Petelin will provide weather forecasts on “Primetime News on KDKA+.” Recent hire Megan Shinn will...
Etna-based business highlighted in 100-year-old movie
After the Regent Square Theater closed in 2019, Pittsburgh Sound + Image director of programming Steven Haines discovered a 100-year-old movie with an Etna connection. Now he wants to show it to the public. Haines was given all of the films from the Regent Square Theater to comb through. “This...
Actor Jonathan Majors in court for expected start of jury selection in New York assault trial
NEW YORK — The actor Jonathan Majors appeared in court in New York on Wednesday for the expected start of jury selection in a trial in which he is accused of injuring his then-girlfriend during an argument last spring. The trial could wind up playing a big role in what...
TV Q&A: Why isn’t Chris DeRose on KDKA-TV in the mornings?
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: Is Chris DeRose still at KDKA-TV? He’s been on sporadically in the morning. — Dave, via email Rob: He’s still there, just no longer working...
TV Talk: Ashley Zilka exits WTAE; Cuban to leave ‘Shark Tank’; RMU grad on ‘Squid Game’
Channel 4 general assignment reporter Ashley Zilka, who joined the station just two years ago, posted to Facebook this week that she’s leaving the station Thursday and leaving TV news altogether to join her family’s baking supply business, Zilka & Company. Zilka grew up in Rostraver Township and graduated from...
TV Talk: T.J. ‘Doo Wop’ Lubinsky finally got to make his dream music showVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Locally based TV producer T.J. Lubinsky hit on a winning formula for public TV pledge specials in 1999 with WQED-TV’s “Doo Wop 50,” Lubinsky’s first national pledge show. He’s been making PBS music-centric pledge specials...
Stephen Colbert’s appendix ruptures, prompting ‘The Late Show’ to take time off
Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” will be off the airwaves this week as the comedian recovers from surgery to repair a ruptured appendix. “Sorry to say that I have to cancel our shows this week,” Colbert announced Monday on Threads. “I’m sure you’re thinking, ‘Turkey overdose, Steve? Gravy boat capsize?’...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘Growing Up Yinzer’ book, ‘Fargo,’ ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including an interview with Dick Roberts of the new book, “Growing Up Yinzer: Memories from Beloved Pittsburgh” ($25, The History Press), which includes reminiscences from...
