Movies/TV category, Page 106
Baldwin was told gun was ‘cold’ before movie set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. — As a film crew and actors in Western garb prepared to rehearse a scene inside a wooden, chapel-like building on a desert movie ranch outside Santa Fe, assistant director Dave Halls stepped outside and grabbed a prop gun off a cart. He walked back in and...
Mike Holden cleared by doctors to return to WPXI-TV
WPXI-TV reporter Mike Holden, who’s been out on medical leave since early September, says doctors have cleared him to return to work at Channel 11 next week. In September, Holden posted to social media that he was suffering from a potential case of popliteal artery entrapment syndrome that didn’t allow...
Buffalo Bill’s House among unique spooky season spots in Western Pa.
Her visit happened over the summer, but Jeanette Milo still can’t say enough about why people should stay in October at the house made famous in the film “The Silence of the Lambs.” “I’m already planning to come back and stay again next summer,” said Milo, who won a contest...
ABC bans live weapons from ‘The Rookie’ after Alec Baldwin accident
LOS ANGELES — ABC’s popular procedural “The Rookie” has banned the firing of real guns on the show after a fatal accident Thursday on a movie set in New Mexico. Shaken up by the events, Alexi Hawley, the showrunner on the cop drama starring Nathan Fillion as a Los Angeles...
Warrant: Baldwin didn’t know weapon contained live round
SANTA FE, N.M. — Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon by an assistant director who indicated it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show. The assistant director did not know the prop gun was loaded with live...
Peter Scolari of ‘Newhart,’ ‘Bosom Buddies,’ dies at 66
LOS ANGELES — Peter Scolari, a versatile character actor whose television roles included a yuppie producer on “Newhart” and a closeted dad on “Girls” and who was on Broadway with longtime friend Tom Hanks in “Lucky Guy,” has died. He was 66. Scolari died Friday morning in New York after...
Experts weigh in on ‘Rust’ tragedy: How can a prop gun be deadly?
Mt. Lebanon native and actor Joe Manganiello’s reaction probably mirrored that of many inside and outside the entertainment industry when hearing the news that actor Alec Baldwin “discharged” a prop gun Thursday on the set of his Western “Rust” in New Mexico. It killed the film’s director of photography, Halyna...
Sheriff: Alec Baldwin fired prop gun on movie set, killing woman
SANTA FE, N.M. — Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of a Western and killed the cinematographer, officials said. The director of the movie was wounded, and authorities are investigating what happened. Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer on “Rust,” and director Joel Souza were shot Thursday in the...
Sewickley’s Tull Family Theater part of Film Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Film Festival
In the film “My Fiona,” Jane finds herself overwhelmed by the loss by suicide of her best friend, Fiona. The movie is one of 32 films that are part of Film Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Film Festival Nov. 10-17 being shown at various theaters across the city. According to Film Pittsburgh,...
‘Eternals’ has the MCU’s first deaf superhero. Her deafness is one of her superpowersVideo
LOS ANGELES — Lauren Ridloff is eager for audiences to meet her groundbreaking “Eternals” character, Makkari. In the comics, Makkari is known primarily for her superhuman speed, which allows her to spin cyclones, run on water and defy gravity. In Marvel Studios’ forthcoming adaptation, Makkari is also deaf — a...
TV Talk: ‘4400’ is the latest in TV’s remake/reboot trendVideo
Now more than ever, Hollywood loves “IP,” also known as “intellectual property” that can range from TV and streaming series based on a book to the frequent practice of rebooting familiar TV and movie titles. The latest example: “4400,” premiering at 9 p.m. Monday on The CW and based on...
Fox News’ Cavuto tests positive for covid-19, urges vaccines
LOS ANGELES — Fox News Channel anchor Neil Cavuto tested positive for covid-19, which he said was surprising but made him grateful that he was vaccinated. Cavuto, who learned of the test results after Monday’s episode of “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” wasn’t on the air Tuesday. “While I’m somewhat...
Review: ‘The French Dispatch’ is a film of 4 quirky stories
There’s a line that Bill Murray’s Harold Ross-like character Arthur Howitzer Jr, the editor of The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, says a few times in Wes Anderson’s new movie that I can’t stop thinking about. “Just try to make it sound like you wrote it that...
TV Q&A: Where is Rylan’s Tavern on filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘American Rust’ located?
Q: Do you know where the bar under the bridge in “American Rust” is? It looks familiar. — Rob via email Rob: The underside of the bridge may look familiar (it’s in Rankin) but the exterior of the bar may not: Per showrunner Dan Futterman, it’s part-flats, erected for filming...
Disney delays ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ ‘Black Panther 2’ releases
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. is pushing back the release dates of many of its upcoming titles, including the untitled Indiana Jones movie and the Black Panther sequel “Wakanda Forever.” The company said Monday that the fifth Indiana Jones, a James Mangold-directed and Steven Spielberg-produced installment which sees...
Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ has died
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — Betty Lynn, the film and television actor who was best known for her role as Barney Fife’s sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died. She was 95. Lynn died peacefully Saturday after a brief illness, The Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North...
‘The Batman’ trailer unveils Robert Pattinson in dark, violent turnVideo
LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros. has unveiled its trailer for “The Batman,” which features Robert Pattinson’s first bone-crunching turn as a DC Comics superhero. The trailer unveiled Saturday at the DC Fandome event shows Pattinson’s Dark Knight methodically taking down bad guys despite being outnumbered and his Batsuit absorbing multiple...
‘Halloween Kills’ carves out $50.4 million at box office
“Halloween Kills” may be available to watch at home, but the latest installment in the Michael Myers saga is making a killing at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. The David Gordon Green-directed horror scared up $50.4 million from 3,705 locations, according to studio estimates...
TV Talk: ‘Doc Martin’ star Martin Clunes returns in a 2nd season of ‘Manhunt’
With production of the final season of public television hit “Doc Martin” delayed to 2022, series star Martin Clunes revisits the lead role in his other British franchise, “Manhunt.” Streaming Monday on Acorn.tv, the four-episode second season, “Manhunt: The Night Stalker,” chronicles a real-life investigation of a burglar and serial...
TV Talk: Pittsburgh native Tom Savini’s documentary goes wide; ‘Succession’ returns
Although it’s been available on streaming service Shudder since late 2019, the documentary “Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini” becomes more widely available Tuesday for rent or purchase via digital streaming on-demand (iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, XBox) and cable on-demand (Comcast, DirecTV, DISH Network). A Blu-ray release will...
TV Q&A: Which Pittsburgh TV newscasters have worked for 3 stations?
Q: Now that Susan Koeppen anchors WPXI-TV’s 4 p.m. broadcast, it completes her local news station hat trick (working for all three local news broadcasts.) Wondering if there are others, but the only other person I came up with is Alby Oxenreiter, who did stints on WTAE-TV and WPGH-TV before...
Matt Amodio’s new chapter in history-making ‘Jeopardy!′ runVideo
NEW YORK — This story contains a spoiler about Monday’s “Jeopardy!” episode. All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” did just that on the show Monday, leaving the Yale doctoral student with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money....
TV Talk: ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,’ other ‘Peanuts’ specials back on PBS this yearVideo
Fans of Charlie Brown and “Peanuts,” rejoice: The three most popular “Peanuts” TV specials will be available on PBS and PBS Kids as well as at their new home on Apple TV+. Last year the “Great Pumpkin” didn’t air on broadcast TV but after an uproar, Apple shared the Thanksgiving...
Kim Kardashian West pokes fun at famous family as SNL hostVideo
NEW YORK — Kim Kardashian West, sporting a hot pink catsuit, skewered everyone from her mom’s boyfriend to her famous sex tape and estranged husband Kanye during her first turn hosting “Saturday Night Live.” “I know, I’m surprised to see me here, too,” she began her opening monologue Saturday after...
TV Talk: Christian Bale, director Scott Cooper return to Pittsburgh for Netflix movie that’s seeking extras
Actor Christian Bale will make his third movie in Pittsburgh (after “Dark Knight Rises” and “Out of the Furnace”) and director Scott Cooper returns for his second (after directing “Out of the Furnace” in Western Pennsylvania) with Netflix’s “The Pale Blue Eye.” Pittsburgh Film Office director Dawn Keezer confirmed production...
