Movies/TV category, Page 69
Tucker Carlson amplifies Jan. 6 lies with GOP-provided videoVideo
WASHINGTON — Handed some 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has launched an impassioned new effort to explain away the deadly Capitol attack, linking the Republican Party ever more closely to pro-Trump conspiracy theories about the 2021 riot. The conservative commentator aired a first installment...
Angela Bassett, Oscar nominee, is just doing her thing
LOS ANGELES — Angela Bassett has a presence that feels warm and inviting but also demands your respect. The actor moves like true Hollywood royalty, knowing her worth, dedicated to her craft and remaining confident yet humble throughout a decades-spanning, award-winning career. On a Tuesday in January, Bassett would wake...
DA stands by prosecutor in Alec Baldwin set-shooting case
SANTA FE, N.M. — A district attorney in Santa Fe fought back Monday against efforts to disqualify the special prosecutor pursuing manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. Baldwin’s legal team in February sought to disqualify special prosecutor...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking KDKA’s new afternoon talk show, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, ‘Mandalorian, ‘Survivor,’ ‘Succession’Video
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 KDKA-TV will launch a new afternoon talk show, “Talk Pittsburgh.” Think of it as a “Pittsburgh Today Live” spin-off. In the podcast, Owen...
Netflix making live-action ‘One Piece’ from popular manga
TOKYO — Hit Japanese manga “One Piece” is coming to Netflix as a live-action series — a development that’s both exciting and worrisome for fans who have seen mixed success in a growing list of Hollywood adaptations. Chronicling the coming-of-age adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate with a...
Hoda Kotb returns to ‘Today’ show after family health issue
NEW YORK — Hoda Kotb returned to NBC’s “Today” show Monday after spending a few weeks tending to her 3-year-old daughter, Hope. “My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a little more than a week,” Hoda said at the top of...
A box office K.O.: ‘Creed III’ debuts to $58.7 million
“Creed III ” punched above its weight at the domestic box office in its first weekend in theaters. The MGM release knocked “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” out of first place and far surpassed both industry expectations and the opening weekends of the first two movies in the franchise. Playing...
Tom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ actor, dies after brain aneurysm
LOS ANGELES — Actor Tom Sizemore, known for his work in films such as “Saving Private Ryan,” “True Romance” and “Black Hawk Down,” has died at 61 after a brain aneurysm. Sizemore died Friday at a hospital in Burbank, according to his manager, Charles Lago. The actor had been taken...
TV Talk: Mel Brooks’ ‘History of the World, Part II’ belatedly arrives on Hulu
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. PASADENA, Calif. — I remember getting into Mel Brooks movies in middle school in the mid-1980s and wanting to see the comedic director/writer/star make a sequel to his 1981 sketch comedy film “History of the...
TV Talk: Potential Hollywood strikes loom; ‘Perry Mason’ returns; KDKA-TV renovatesVideo
TV viewers, brace yourselves: There’s a perfect storm brewing that may disrupt TV and film production – and by extension, what turns up on living room TVs — as early as May 1. That’s the date the current contract between Hollywood producers and the Writers Guild of America expires. And...
Sewickley councilman featured in Super Bowl adVideo
Sewickley councilman Todd Hamar had the tough challenge of following Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show. The elected leader could be seen on the East Coast chatting with a rising star declared by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers sometime after her performance during the NFL championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and...
Movie review: ‘Palm Trees and Power Lines’ an unflinching examination of troubling relationshipVideo
An older man cajoles a young girl into his truck late one night. “Don’t murder me,” she scoffs, oblivious to the other, more insidious threats that he may represent. It’s a classic “stranger danger” setup presented by Jamie Dack in “Palm Trees and Power Lines,” her directorial debut, which she...
Pirates among 17 teams possibly on MLB’s local media broadcast lineup
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball added three executives to its new local media department as it prepares for a possible takeover of local broadcasts for 17 teams amid the financial deterioration of the Bally and AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks. Doug Johnson was hired as senior vice president and...
TV Q&A: Is a Pittsburgher writing for CBS’s ‘East New York’?
Question: In the Jan. 8 episode of “East New York,” Officer Bentley (Lavel Schley) and Officer Quinlan (Olivia Luccardi) are having lunch. Bentley asks if Quinlan has ever had a Primanti’s “hoagie.” She asks where’s that from and he says Pittsburgh. She asks why were you in Pittsburgh and he...
Review: Michael B. Jordan delivers a brawler in ‘Creed III’Video
It must be a daunting prospect to pick up a franchise on the third movie. Add in the pressure of following filmmakers like Ryan Coogler and Steven Caple Jr. in your directorial debut that you’re also starring in and it’s enough to make you wonder what on earth Michael B....
Tom Sizemore’s family ‘deciding end of life matters’
LOS ANGELES — More than a week after Tom Sizemore suffered a brain aneurysm, a representative says the actor’s family is “now deciding end of life matters.” “Today, doctors informed his family that there is no further hope and have recommended end of life decision,” Sizemore’s manager Charles Lago said...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: AT&T SportsNet in peril; KDKA’s newsroom renovation; ‘Mindhunter’ revival
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 last week’s news that AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh may be in peril. Following that report, Pirates owner Bob Nutting on Saturday said, “We are 100%...
Complete list of winners at the 29th annual SAG Awards
LOS ANGELES — List of winners at the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards, held Sunday in Los Angeles: FILM Ensemble: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Male actor in a leading role: Brendan Fraser, “The Whale.” Female actor in a leading role: Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Male actor...
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG AwardsVideo
The unlikely awards-season juggernaut “Everything Everywhere All at Once” marched on at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, and even gathered stream with awards not just for best ensemble, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan but also for Jamie Lee Curtis. The SAG Awards, often an Oscar preview, threw...
‘Cocaine Bear’ gets high with $23.1M, ‘Ant-Man’ sinks fast
NEW YORK — The gonzo R-rated horror comedy “Cocaine Bear” sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was quickly dwarfed in its second weekend. “Quantumania” was still No. 1 with an estimated $32.2 million in ticket sales...
The SAG Awards, streaming Sunday, should offer Oscar preview
Last year, the top winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards all corresponded exactly with the Academy Awards winners. Will Sunday’s SAGs offer the same preview? The 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will begin at 8 p.m. EST Sunday and be streamed live on Netflix’s YouTube page. After the...
Warner Bros. Discovery sues Paramount over ‘South Park’ deal
NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is suing Paramount Global, saying its competitor aired new episodes of the popular animated comedy series “South Park” after Warner paid for exclusive rights. Warner says it signed a contract in 2019 paying more than $500 million for the rights to existing and...
AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh in peril as Warner Bros. Discovery intends to exit regional sports
Warner Bros. Discovery, owner of AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, wants to exit the regional sports network business — and soon — in a move that could potentially leave the Pittsburgh Pirates and Penguins without a primary TV home. The Wall Street Journal first reported that WBD informed the professional sports teams...
‘Jesus Revolution’ tells the true story of Christian hippies and a California churchVideo
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Eight years ago, as writer-director Jon Erwin was researching an unrelated movie project, he stumbled across a 1971 issue of Time magazine, which featured a psychedelic purple picture of Jesus under the headline, “The Jesus Revolution.” Erwin, who with his brother Andrew Erwin, has a deal with...
Q&A: Austin Butler on what ‘Elvis’ taught him about fear
Austin Butler, you may have heard, has taken a bit of flack for sounding too much like Elvis now that he’s no longer, um, Elvis. The 31-year-old breakout star of Baz Luhrmann’s flamboyant biopic even had to be defended by fellow Oscar nominee Angela Bassett, who’s explained that she, too,...
