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Review: Star-crossed lovers tackle history in ‘You People’Video
Ezra Cohen and Amira Mohammed don’t exactly meet cute. He jumps into the backseat of her red Mini Cooper, mistaking it for his Uber and she starts punching him, thinking he’s an intruder. “Help I’m being attacked!” she screams. He apologizes and offers to guide her out of the concrete...
Pittsburgh native and Penn State grad eliminated on season premiere of ‘The Bachelor’
Season 27 of “The Bachelor” debuted Monday on ABC. One of the 30 women that was going to date star Zach Shallcross was a Pittsburgh native and Penn State University graduate. But, Cara Ammon, 27, a corporate recruiter at J.P. Morgan in New York City, did not make it past...
Oscars: Why streaming’s big nominee is an obscure German WWI epic
LOS ANGELES — The streaming business had a weaker turnout in Tuesday morning’s Oscar nominations than it has in recent years, when the pandemic kept movie fans at home and technology companies were outspending traditional studios for the buzziest titles. But Netflix’s awards season got a major boost with a...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘Pradeeps,’ filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘American Rust’
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 Pittsburgh-set but Toronto-filmed “Pradeeps of Pittsburgh” and locally-filmed “American Rust” and “Justified: City Primeval.” Owen also talks about the end of the winter 2023...
Oscar nominations 2023: All the snubs and surprises
There are always a few big surprises and heartbreaks come the morning of Oscar nominations, as much as awards strategists try to mitigate those. But the batch of nominees for the 95th Academy Awards seemed to have more than its fair share of shockers, good and bad. Here are some...
‘Everything Everywhere’ tops Oscar nominations with 11Video
The multiverse-skipping sci-fi indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led nominations to the 95th Academy Awards as Hollywood heaped honors on big-screen spectacles like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” a year after a streaming service won best picture for the first time. Daniel Scheinert and...
TV Talk: ‘How I Met Your Father’ returns with more romantic complicationsVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Sometimes it’s easy to get a recurring guest star back. For “How I Met Your Father” (Hulu’s sequel series to the 2005-14 “How I Met Your Mother”), recurring guest star Josh Peck...
Sundance doc looks into Brett Kavanaugh investigation
PARK CITY, Utah — A new documentary looks into the sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and raises questions about the depth of the FBI investigation in 2018. “Justice,” from filmmaker Doug Liman, debuted Friday night at the Sundance Film Festival to a sold-out theater surrounded by...
Here’s what to expect from upcoming Oscar nominations
NEW YORK — There were, admittedly, some notable distractions at last year’s ceremony, so you might have missed it: The old Oscar rules have gone out the window. A film, streamed by Apple TV+, won Hollywood’s top award without a penny of box office. But this year — plot twist!...
Coroner says actor Leslie Jordan died of natural causes
LOS ANGELES — Leslie Jordan, the actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American Horror Story,” died from natural causes and not from a car accident last year, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office has concluded. The 67-year-old...
TV Talk: Fox tries to woo true crime fans with ‘Accused,’ including Billy Porter-directed episodeVideo
Ever since Fox announced the anthology series “Accused,” a one-hour drama that each week introduces a new story and new characters caught up in a criminal legal case, I’ve pondered why Fox wanted this series. While season-long anthology series have thrived in recent years – think: “American Horror Story,” “American...
TV Talk: Amazon Freevee orders ‘Pradeeps of Pittsburgh’ comedy series
“The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh” is coming to Amazon Freevee – but not to Pittsburgh. The eight-episode, half-hour comedy series will film in Toronto. The show, created by Vijal Patel (“Schooled,” “black-ish”) and inspired by his personal experience growing up in Pittsburgh, has been in development since at least May 2021....
LIV Golf announces TV partnership with The CW network
Saudi-funded LIV Golf has a television partner five weeks before the start of its second season, announcing Thursday it has an agreement with The CW to air tournaments on the weekend and stream the first rounds on The CW’s app. A U.S. television deal was seen as critical for the...
Cecilia Vega leaves ABC News to join CBS and ’60 Minutes’
Cecilia Vega, a White House correspondent and weekend anchor for ABC News, is joining the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes.” CBS News announced Thursday that Vega will be a correspondent on the venerable franchise, the most watched news program on television. Openings for full-time roles on “60 Minutes” are rare...
Nominees for the 2023 British Academy Film AwardsVideo
LONDON — Nominees for the 2023 British Academy Film Awards, announced: Film — “All Quiet on the Western Front”; “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Elvis”; “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; “Tár”. British Film — “Aftersun”; “The Banshees of Inisherin”; “Brian and Charles”; “Empire of Light”; “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”;...
After 2 virtual years, Sundance returns to the mountains
Randall Park made a pact with himself some years ago that he wouldn’t attend the Sundance Film Festival if he didn’t have a project there. But the “Fresh Off the Boat” star never imagined that his first time would be as a director and not as an actor. His adaptation...
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ leads race for BAFTA awardsVideo
LONDON — Visceral German-language war drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” got a field-leading 14 nominations on Thursday for the British Academy Film Awards, with genre-bending comedies “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” each nominated in 10 categories. “All Quiet,” an unflinching adaptation of a...
TV Talk at TCA: ‘Kindred Spirits’ visits Western Pa.
You can tell the popularity of ghost-hunting TV series remains high because Travel Channel visited the same Western Pennsylvania property twice in two years. “Destination Fear” visited the Greene County Almshouse (AKA the Greene County Historical Society) for an August 2021 episode and now “Kindred Spirits” kicks off a new...
How ‘The Last of Us’ changed gaming, strained relationships and spawned an empire
Sony’s landmark 2013 game “The Last of Us” didn’t make it easy on players. But the difficulty curve was more emotional than technical, for the game delivered the zombie genre at its most heady, grief-stricken and intimate. How it started: Grim. Joel, a down-on-his-luck single dad, can’t catch a break....
TV Talk at TCA: ‘American Rust’ actor talks season 2; PBS CEO on WQED’s search for new leaderVideo
PASADENA, Calif. – Before co-starring in filmed-in-Pittsburgh “American Rust,” actor Rob Yang was a series regular on the first two seasons of HBO’s “Succession” and since “Rust,” he’s filmed a pivotal role in Paramount+’s upcoming Kiefer Sutherland thriller “Rabbit Hole” (March 26). Yang was at the Television Critics Association winter...
Review: Hacking, not shoe-leather, solves thriller ‘Missing’Video
June Allen’s mother has vanished during a romantic vacation with her boyfriend to Colombia when “Missing” starts gaining steam. The FBI are supposedly on it, with one special agent telling June: “The best thing you can do is wait by the phone.” Wait by the phone? You don’t know June...
TV Q&A: Will ‘Hometown High Q’ ever return to the studio?
Question: Will KDKA-TV’s “Hometown High Q” ever return to the studio? — Dave, via email Rob: My understanding is if “Hometown High Q,” currently hosted by Ray Petelin, returns to the studio, it won’t be until the 2023-24 TV season at the earliest — and maybe not even then. Some...
TV Talk at TCA: How ‘Justified: City Primeval’ ended up back in Western Pa.Video
PASADENA, Calif. – FX’s “Justified” (2010-15) filmed its pilot episode in Western Pennsylvania back in 2009 before production on the subsequent episodes shifted to Southern California. For the sequel series, “Justified: City Primeval,” premiering on FX this summer, the show is set in Detroit and primarily filmed in Chicago with...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘Mayor of Kingstown,’ Steelers local ratings, ‘The Last of Us’
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 filmed-in-Pittsburgh “Mayor of Kingstown” and star Jeremy Renner’s recovery and NFL local market ratings, including the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Owen discusses what it was...
Embattled actor Kevin Spacey in Italy to receive award
TURIN, Italy — Actor Kevin Spacey was in the northern Italian city of Turin on Monday to receive a lifetime achievement award, teach a master class and introduce a screening of the 1999 film “American Beauty.” The sold-out events were billed as Spacey’s first speaking engagements since #MeToo-era allegations derailed...
