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‘Minions’ set box office on fire with $108.5 million debut
Families went bananas for Minions this weekend at the movie theater. ” Minions: The Rise of Gru ” brought in an estimated $108.5 million in ticket sales from 4,391 screens in North America, Universal Pictures said Sunday. By the end of the Monday’s July Fourth holiday, it will likely have...
Actress Lindsay Lohan celebrates birthday as married woman
NEW YORK — Actress Lindsay Lohan is celebrating her 36th birthday on Saturday as a married woman. The “Freaky Friday” star said she was the “luckiest woman in the world” in an Instagram post Friday that pictured her with financier Bader Shammas, who had been her fiance. “I am stunned...
TV Talk: ‘Stranger Things’ ends its bloated season; Chris Pratt stars in bleak thriller ‘Terminal List’Video
Just when you think Netflix’s “Stranger Things 4” couldn’t get more bloated, writers/directors the Duffer Brothers make the last two episodes of the season even longer. Episodes eight and nine, now streaming, clock in at 85 and 140 minutes, respectively. That’s a lot of “Stranger Things” — too much, as...
Cristela Alonzo is ready for a comeback. Is Hollywood ready for her?Video
LOS ANGELES — Cristela Alonzo is settling into a booth at members-only Soho House in West Hollywood, well-heeled professionals and the creative class carrying on their midmorning affairs around her, when she explains the reason for her brief delay: She was trying to find street parking. For a first-generation Mexican...
‘Stranger Things’ releases 2nd half of Season 4; Netflix temporarily crashes
Fans of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” have about four hours of new content to enjoy this holiday weekend — if they don’t overwhelm the streaming service. The much-anticipated second installment of the fourth season of the hit show came out at midnight Friday. Netflix users reported that the streaming service crashed...
TV Talk: Joe Manganiello on Pittsburgh pizza, Primanti’s-level fame and ‘Moonhaven’
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. When Joe Manganiello was in Pittsburgh earlier this year to throw out the first pitch at the Pirates’ home opener, it was the realization of a dream long delayed. “The Pirates have asked me a...
TV Talk: New faces to appear on Pittsburgh newscasts in July
Prepare to see several unfamiliar faces on local newscasts in the next month as stations restock their on-air ranks. Kristen Powers The most notable on-air addition is the arrival this week of WTAE’s new weekday anchor, who will sit alongside Mike Clark during the 11 p.m. newscast. With or without...
Maury Povich is done with TV and he couldn’t be happier about it
LOS ANGELES — Inside a studio in Stamford, Connecticut, a man and a woman were at each other’s throats. Tashima and her live-in boyfriend, Darnell, were battling after he accused her of infidelity during their three-year relationship, including sleeping with the mailman. Darnell’s claim that he was not really the...
Movie review: Colorful little henchmen reason enough to catch ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’
You can’t help but be charmed by the current of weirdness that washes through the computer-animated “Despicable Me” franchise. Take, for instance, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” — the second prequel to the main movie series and the sequel to 2015’s “Minions” — which debuts this week in theaters. It...
Elmo gets covid-19 shot in CDC’s vaccine push for kids, prompting Ted Cruz criticism
Elmo got his covid-19 vaccine. Sesame Street’s iconic, perpetually 3-year-old Muppet got his covid-19 shot in a public service announcement released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. The video comes just days after the vaccinations became available for children 5 years and younger. The U.S. Food...
TV Q&A: Why are ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ switching time slots?
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: I have seen some other markets do this and I never thought that WPXI-TV would do so: Is there a particular reason why “Jeopardy!” and...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Bob Pompeani’s 40th anniversary at KDKA, ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ ‘Obi Wan’ finale
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 KDKA-TV sports anchor Bob Pompeani celebrating 40 years at the station with a “Pompeaniversary” special (7:30 p.m. July 9). The pair discuss the finale...
‘Elvis,’ ‘Top Gun’ tie for box-office crown with $30.5M eachVideo
NEW YORK — Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic “Elvis” shook up theaters with an estimated $30.5 million in weekend ticket sales, but — in a box-office rarity — “Elvis” tied “Top Gun: Maverick,” which also reported $30.5 million, for No. 1 in theaters. Final figures Monday, once Sunday’s grosses are...
TV Talk: ‘Only Murders in the Building’ even better in season twoVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. There was an outpouring of love for Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” from critics and viewers that I chalk up to an appreciation of stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez more than...
Joe Manganiello hit the Rex Theater instead of high school prom. Here’s why.Video
Mt. Lebanon’s Joe Manganiello joined Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday night to relive high school horrors and preview his new show, “Moonhaven” which airs on AMC+ next year. A Carnegie Mellon University grad, Manganiello is most commonly known for his roles in “Magic Mike” and “True Blood.” During the interview with...
TV Talk: Filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘Sprung’ springs up on Amazon Freevee in August
“Sprung,” the Amazon Freevee comedy series from writer Greg Garcia (“My Name is Earl,” “Raising Hope”) that filmed in Western Pennsylvania in summer and fall 2021, will premiere on the streaming service Aug. 19. “Sprung” follows a group of formerly incarcerated people who band together to use their criminal experience...
‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ turns a low-stakes fight into an emotional series finale
Contains spoilers for the first season of “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” I have to give it up to the folks at Disney+ who put together the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” show. Once we got a good look at where it would be situated within the “Star Wars” universe — a decade after the events...
TV Talk: Winning ‘Loot’ stars ‘SNL’ vet Maya Rudolph, who has a Pittsburgh connectionVideo
“Loot” is a hoot. If Apple TV+ was a linear network, feel-good comedy “Loot” would be the ideal “Ted Lasso” companion series. Though not quite as earnest as “Ted,” “Loot” is similarly unafraid of delivering humor with a side of warm pathos. But be advised: The premiere episode, streaming June...
TV Q&A: Where can you catch up on ‘This Is Us’?
Q: Do you know if “This Is Us” is looking to go into syndication? I’ve Googled it and found nothing and was a little surprised. I would have thought they would have sold it to someone. — Jim via email Rob: The bottom dropped out of the syndication market in...
Colbert says his staffers guilty of ‘first-degree puppetry’
NEW YORK — Stephen Colbert pronounced his staff members who were arrested at a congressional office building last week as guilty of “first-degree puppetry,” and lashed out at those comparing the incident to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. That includes Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson, who in a...
TV Talk: Stephanie Allison hired at WPXI; WQED to debut Esther Bush documentary; ‘Ghosts’ pop-up in Altoona
Ever since the departure of Danielle Dozier a year ago, Channel 11 has been down to three staff meteorologists even as KDKA-TV and WTAE-TV staffed up to five. Freelancer Stephanie Allison did fill-in work on Channel 11 and the station advertised the fourth forecaster position late last year. Now, Allison...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Joe Arena’s leaving; CMU student in ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’; ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’; NHL ratings
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 Joe Arena’s pending departure from WPXI-TV and Carnegie Mellon University freshman Lola Tung, who landed her first-ever on-camera role in Amazon Prime Video’s “The...
‘Lightyear’ stays earthbound, ‘Jurassic World’ holds No. 1
“Lightyear” did not go to infinity (or beyond) in its first weekend in theaters: Pixar’s first major theatrical release since March 2020 blasted off with $51 million in its debut weekend in North America, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Not only did it open lower than expected, but it...
Political commentator and columnist Mark Shields dies at 85
CHEVY CHASE, Md. — Columnist and political commentator Mark Shields, who shared his insight into American politics and wit on “PBS NewsHour” for decades, died Saturday. He was 85. Shields died at his Chevy Chase, Maryland, home, from kidney failure, “PBS NewsHour” spokesman Nick Massella said. Shields was a regular...
7 arrested in House office building linked to Stephen Colbert’s show
WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police said Friday that officers arrested seven unauthorized people in a congressional office building Thursday night and charged them with unlawful entry. The people identified themselves as being affiliated with CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press....
