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Hollywood’s strikes are both now over as actors reach deal with studios, return to work with writers
LOS ANGELES — On Thursday, for the first time in more than six months, neither Hollywood’s actors nor its writers will be on strike. The long-awaited clearing in the industry’s stormiest season in decades comes as a deal was reached late Wednesday to end what was, at nearly four months,...
TV Talk: New ‘NCIS,’ ‘The Curse’ debut; ‘For All Mankind’ returnsVideo
Given its worldwide popularity, it’s a no-brainer for Paramount Global to extend CBS’s “NCIS” franchise beyond the United States, especially given that the real NCIS has offices in 41 countries. CBS’s “NCIS: Sydney” (8 p.m. Nov. 14, KDKA-TV) leans into the possible conflict with local authorities as NCIS special agent...
SAG-AFTRA committee approves deal with studios to end historic strike
LOS ANGELES — SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee has approved a a tentative deal with the major studios that would end a nearly four-month-long strike that has sidelined thousands of workers. The tentative contract — which still must be ratified by the union’s board and members — would boost minimum pay for...
Pittsburgh native brings directorial debut, ‘Two Lives in Pittsburgh,’ to Three Rivers Film Festival
When Brian Silverman was growing up in Mt. Lebanon, his parents often took him along to the many cultural events they attended around Pittsburgh. That early exposure to the arts made an impression on Silverman, who’s now 55 and living in Los Angeles. He’s returned the favor to his hometown...
Patrick Dempsey named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine
LOS ANGELES — He’s not just “McDreamy” anymore — Patrick Dempsey is now also People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. The “Grey’s Anatomy” star and race car driver takes the mantle from “Captain America” star Chris Evans, who was 2022’s selection. The pick was revealed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Tuesday night....
TV Q&A: Did WTAE’s Kelly Sasso go part-time?
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 Kelly Sasso working part-time now? She’s never there a full five days — Bridget, via email Rob: Nope, her status with the station has...
Western Pa.-filmed ‘Unsinkable’ movie to debut at Three Rivers Film Festival
An independent movie filmed at several locations in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties is set to premiere Wednesday at the Three Rivers Film Festival. “Unsinkable,” directed by Cody Hartman and produced by PMI Films, follows a U.S. Senate inquiry and investigation into the cause of the Titanic sinking April 15, 1912....
Hempfield teacher with viral TikTok video appears on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’
A Hempfield Area teacher’s viral creativity has catapulted her to a moment in the TV spotlight. Taylor Crossland, an elementary school teacher at Fort Allen Elementary, wanted to throw a special incentive event for her students to reward them for staying on-task through the end of September. With donated Starbucks...
Broadcast, audio companies will be eligible for Pulitzer Prizes, for work on digital sites
NEW YORK — The Pulitzer Prizes, considered the premier award for print journalists, are opening eligibility to broadcast and audio companies that also offer digital news sites. But the work these companies can submit for prize consideration must primarily be written journalism, the Columbia University-based Pulitzer Prize Board said on...
Pittsburgh Pop: Talking Mr. McFeely’s costume at the Smithsonian, ‘Stranger Things’ prequel, new KDKA reporterVideo
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 that the costume worn by Pittsburgh actor David Newell when he played Mr. McFeely on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” is now on display at the...
Weekend box office results are muted without ‘Dune: Part Two’
The North American box office had one of its slowest weekends of the year, due in large part to “Dune: Part Two’s” absence from the lineup. Moviegoers had many other options to choose from. The video game adaptation “Five Nights at Freddy’s” repeated its first-place ranking, followed by “Taylor Swift:...
Matthew Perry Foundation launches to help ‘others struggling’ with addiction
A new foundation named for late actor Matthew Perry has been launched to help people battling drug addiction. The creation of the Matthew Perry Foundation was announced Friday, nearly a week after the “Friends” star’s sudden death. “The Matthew Perry Foundation is the realization of Matthew’s enduring commitment to helping...
TV Talk: Taylor Sheridan’s latest Western tells the story of U.S. Marshal Bass ReevesVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. ^ The latest — and the last for a while, because of the writers’ and actors’ strikes delaying production — new Taylor Sheridan series isn’t a show he’s written. Instead, Chad Feehan (“Ray Donovan,” “Rectify”)...
TV Talk: Vibrant lead performance, meaty script elevate filmed-in-Pittsburgh biopic ‘Rustin’Video
It seems likely the Oscars will have at least one other biopic best picture nominee alongside “Oppenheimer:” Netflix’s filmed-in-Pittsburgh “Rustin” easily earns a spot among the superior films of 2023. Streaming Nov. 17 on Netflix and playing at Waterworks Cinema Friday, Colman Domingo (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) delivers a studied,...
Movie Review: A serene debut from Raven Jackson in ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’Video
Nature provides much of the soundtrack to “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt,” a poised and occasionally transcendent debut from writer-director Raven Jackson. The sounds of crickets and birds, flowing water and the wind in the long summer grass are only sporadically punctured by a song at a party, or...
TV Q&A: Why has KDKA’s Heather Abraham been off so much lately?
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: What is up with KDKA-TV’s Heather Abraham missing work so often? I’ve never seen someone on a highly rated TV show disappear so often. Is...
David Fincher ‘not responsible’ for incels co-opting ‘Fight Club’: ‘We didn’t make it for them’
Director David Fincher didn’t make “Fight Club” for incels, but that hasn’t stopped them from co-opting the 1999 psychological thriller. The acclaimed director spoke with the Guardian for a profile published Friday, and the sexually frustrated radical right’s affinity for “Fight Club” came up. “I’m not responsible for how people...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry’s death; new grant for Pittsburgh Film Office, WQED-TV screws up again
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 $200,000 grant that Citizens Bank gave to the Pittsburgh Film Office on Friday that will be allocated to Create Pa. as it trains...
Book Review: Henry Winkler grapples with the Fonz and dyslexia in his entertaining new memoir
Henry Winkler’s memoir begins on a Tuesday morning in October 1973, at his first audition for “Happy Days.” He was almost 28 — quite a bit old for a high schooler — and struggling with something he didn’t know had a name. “Being Henry: The Fonz… and Beyond,” released Tuesday...
Video game adaptation ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ notches $130 million global debut
It hardly mattered that “Five Nights at Freddy’s” was released simultaneously in theaters and on streaming this weekend. Fans flocked to movie theaters across the country to see the scary video game adaptation on the big screen, which made $78 million to top the North American box office, according to...
Justin Trudeau, friends, actors and fans mourn Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry was mourned on social media by friends, co-stars and some very famous fans, including his childhood classmate, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his “Friends” mom Morgan Fairchild and even Adele. Perry, who played Chandler Bing on NBC’s “Friends” for 10 seasons, was found dead at his Los Angeles...
Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, dead at 54
LOS ANGELES — “Friends” star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television’s most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54. The actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times...
Richard Moll, who found fame as bailiff on original sitcom ‘Night Court,’ dies at 80
NEW YORK — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was 80. Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif., according to Jeff Sanderson, a publicist at Chasen &...
TV Talk: Western Pa. native, CMU grad bring engrossing ‘Fellow Travelers’ to Showtime, Paramount+Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Equal parts political thriller and steamy, doomed romance, “Fellow Travelers” proves to be an addictive yarn that, despite its period setting, feels vital and relevant in 2023 America. Now streaming on Paramount + and making...
TV Talk: Striking Pittsburgh laborers loom over season 2 of HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age’Video
In season two of “The Gilded Age” (9 p.m. Sunday on HBO and Max), all roads lead to Pittsburgh. From writer Julian Fellowes, “The Gilded Age” (aka the American “Downton Abbey”) continues to unfurl the soapy stories of gloriously costumed upstairs/downstairs families and staff in Manhattan circa 1883. “The Gilded...
