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TV Talk: ‘Holocaust,’ hazing and rebuilding Notre Dame highlight PBS fall showsVideo

While some streaming services have tried to make inroads in the documentary realm, the genre also remains a mainstay on PBS stations, including Pittsburgh’s WQED-TV. Here are some fall programming highlights: ARTS “Great Performances: Black Lucy and the Bard” (9 p.m. Sept. 16): Exploration of William Shakespeare and his muses....
‘Barbarian’ is top film amid late-summer box office doldrums

LOS ANGELES — The horror film “Barbarian” won the weekend by bringing in $10 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, as the late-summer doldrums at the box office continued. Director Zach Cregger’s debut from Disney’s 20th Century Studios premiered at San Diego Comic-Con in July and opened Friday on 2,340...
Marsha Hunt, ’40s star and blacklist victim, dies at 104

TORONTO — Marsha Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s who worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist, has died. She was 104. Hunt, who appeared...
Kirk Cameron’s anti-abortion film ‘Lifemark’ rides wave of Christian moviesVideo

When the Kendrick brothers met with their usual Hollywood movie studio contacts to distribute their latest picture, “Lifemark,” which came out Friday, the Christian filmmakers received a response they weren’t used to hearing: No thanks. The three brothers based in Albany, Georgia, are known for making religious-themed pictures that perform...
Weird Al gives himself the Weird Al treatment in new biopicVideo

TORONTO — When a young, bespectacled Al Yankovic picked up an accordion, few — especially Al, himself — would have predicted the long-running show-business career that would follow. But can you imagine if they did? That every step of Yankovic’s way — the first Hawaiian shirt, the epiphany of riffing...
TV Talk: Broadcast TV goes with tried and true genres, titles for new fall seasonVideo

As broadcast television shrinks in importance to media conglomerates — see: reports of NBC dumping its 10 p.m. hour of programming, possibly next fall —ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW all play it safe with familiar titles/genres and fewer new fall series overall. Here’s what’s new on the commercial...
Playing Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’ was life-changing for Ana de ArmasVideo

VENICE, Italy — Andrew Dominik had been trying to make a movie about Marilyn Monroe for over a decade. The film wouldn’t be a biopic, but an experiential portrait delving into the psyche of Marilyn Monroe and Norma Jeane. It kept falling apart, but the New Zealand native couldn’t let...
Bernard Shaw, CNN’s 1st chief anchor, dies at 82

NEW YORK — Bernard Shaw, CNN’s chief anchor for two decades and a pioneering Black broadcast journalist best remembered for calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 as missiles flew around him in Baghdad, has died. He was 82. He died of pneumonia on Wednesday at a...
TV Talk: Heather Abraham leaves KDKA-TV morning anchor desk

After almost 12 years, KDKA-TV morning anchor Heather Abraham will leave the morning anchor desk. Abraham, who will continue to host KDKA’s “Pittsburgh Today Live,” said KDKA reporter Lindsay Ward, who joined the station in April 2019, will succeed her as morning anchor. The change, effective Sept. 9, will see...
U.S. Rep: Sitcom with Danny DeVito as voice of Satan is ‘evil’

NEW ORLEANS — An animated horror comedy featuring Danny DeVito as the voice of Satan is “clearly evil,” says a Republican congressman from Louisiana whose Facebook post denouncing “Little Demon” had reached millions of people by Tuesday morning. U.S. Rep Mike Johnson objected to the sitcom aired by FX Networks....
Aubrey Burchell’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ journey ends in semifinal round

It didn’t take long for Aubrey Burchell to learn her fate Wednesday night on “America’s Got Talent.” Burchell was in the first group of three called forward, when 11 semifinal round contestants learned which of them would advance to the finals. The 21-year-old singer was paired with Kristen Cruz, a...
TV Talk: Pitt student talks ‘Growing Up’ on Disney+; ‘Good Fight’ begins final seasonVideo

While other high schoolers played sports or planned the yearbook, current University of Pittsburgh junior Isabel Lam and her best friend Clare Della Valle started a club devoted to menstrual equity. The friends, who grew up in Clarks Summit, Pa., northwest of Scranton, founded a local chapter of national organization...
CNN hires ex-NYPD official, intelligence expert John Miller

NEW YORK — John Miller, who has held major jobs in both justice agencies and journalism, is joining CNN as chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, the network said. Miller has worked at both ABC News and CBS News during his career. He also worked at the FBI and most...
Movie review: ‘Barbarian’ a horror triumph replete with satisfying twists and turnsVideo

Back in 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez tapped an up-and-coming genre filmmaker, Edgar Wright, to make a parody trailer for a fake movie to play between their “Grindhouse” double feature. Wright came up with “Don’t,” in which a gravelly voice intones, “If you are thinking of going into this...
North Huntingdon’s Aubrey Burchell goes sophisticated, soulful on ‘America’s Got Talent’Video

The North Huntingdon Target might be hanging out a “Help Wanted” sign soon. That’s the verdict from “America’s Got Talent” judge Heidi Klum after Aubrey Burchell performed in Tuesday’s semifinal round. The North Huntingdon-based singer covered “Loved by You,” a soulful ballad by singer-songwriter Kirby, whose music has been sung...
TV Q&A: Why no ‘chief’ title for KDKA-TV’s Ray Petelin?

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: Why does KDKA-TV not use the “chief” honorific for meteorologist Ray Petelin? He handles weather duties in the traditional chief meteorologist slot and of all...

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