Movies/TV category, Page 78
Buffy Sainte-Marie shines despite sabotage in new documentary ‘Carry It On’Video
The coffeehouse musicians that were the dominant force in the U.S. during the folk-heavy 1950s and early ’60s have been experiencing a mini-renaissance lately. It started with excitement over Joni Mitchell’s return to the stage, then Bob Dylan’s new museum and book and now a documentary spotlighting one of the...
TV Q&A: Are there sponsored segments on ‘Pittsburgh Today Live’?
Q: How does KDKA-TV’s “Pittsburgh Today Live” decide where they do stories at? They seem to frequent a lot of the same places every few weeks/months, like Nemacolin or Uniontown’s Neubauer’s Market. “PTL’s” Celina Pompeani typically does these stories. Does she get to decide on the location, or are these...
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ leads Spirit Award noms
The multiverse-hopping adventure film ” Everything Everywhere All At Once ” had a leading eight nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards with nods for best feature, best director, best lead actor for Michelle Yeoh, supporting actors Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis and breakthrough for Stephanie Hsu. The...
Famed ‘Goonies’ house for sale in OregonVideo
PORTLAND, Ore. — Good news for fans of “The Goonies:” the old Victorian home featured in the film is on sale in Astoria, Oregon, and potential buyers are considering making it more accessible to the public. “We have a few interested parties right now,” said realtor Jordan Miller, the listing...
TV Talk: ‘Criminal Minds’ returns, sadistic as ever; Wednesday Addams is back on NetflixVideo
The dirty little secret of all the streaming services: Even though they pour all their energy into promoting their original series, it’s often the reruns of existing shows that keep subscribers watching. It’s why HBO Max reclaimed “Friends” and Peacock clawed back rights to “The Office.” (The week of Oct....
Review: ‘Devotion’ is a quiet tale of allyship amid heroicsVideo
There must be something about actor Glen Powell that casting directors associate with the heavens. He’s played astronaut John Glenn in “Hidden Figures,” voiced a NASA official in the animated film “Apollo 10 1⁄2” and has two roles this year as a hotshot Navy aviator. Here he is in “Devotion,”...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: ‘Christmas Story’ sequel, ‘Spirited,’ ‘Best in Snow,’ ‘Andor’
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 a quartet of Pittsburghers on Disney+’s “Best in Snow.” Owen reviews HBO Max sequel “A Christmas Story Christmas” and Apple TV+’s “Spirited.” Benz previews...
Disney taps ex-CEO Bob Iger to return
BURBANK, Calif. — The Walt Disney Company has tapped its former CEO Bob Iger to return to head the company for two years, firing his successor Bob Chapek in a move that stunned the entertainment industry. Chapek is leaving after the company posted lower than expected earnings in the last...
Review: The tender hunger of young love in ‘Bones and All’Video
Part horror film, part coming-of-age tale, part romance, the adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’ young adult novel “Bones and All” is a small marvel, unsettling and heartbreaking in equal measure. Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s first project filmed in the United States, the film avoids many of the traps that befall international...
How ‘The Menu’ got the horrors of high-end fine dining right
One of the world’s most anticipated restaurants will debut this week, but it’s even more ephemeral than a pop-up. In fact, the waterfront dining room and the meticulously prepared tasting menu have already dematerialized. To experience Hawthorne, you’ll have to visit a movie theater. The fictional restaurant at the center...
After 13 nominations, Diane Warren finally gets her Oscar
LOS ANGELES — Diane Warren was in the recording studio with Sofia Carson to work on her new song “Applause” when she got an unexpected phone call earlier this year. It was David Rubin, the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and he had some...
TV Talk: McCandless native Greg Nicotero directs ‘The Walking Dead’ series finaleVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Things were not looking great for the humans in the penultimate episode of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” They were surrounded after zombies breached the perimeter of the Commonwealth just as Daryl (Norman Reedus), Maggie (Lauren...
Robert Clary, last of the ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ stars, dies at 96
LOS ANGELES — Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II who played a feisty prisoner of war in the improbable 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 96. Clary died during the night Wednesday of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills,...
Tom Hanks’ curated playlist to hit Pittsburgh’s WYEP radio on Thanksgiving
Get ready for “Hanks Giving” Pittsburgh. Thanksgiving Day on Pittsburgh’s radio station 91.3-FM WYEP will be extra special as Academy Award-winning movie star Tom Hanks curates a full day of music. From 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 24, WYEP will be playing songs chosen by Hanks exclusively for...
TV Talk: Pittsburghers compete on Best in Snow;’ ‘Christmas Story’ sequel debuts on HBO MaxVideo
Four friends who met working at the Pittsburgh Glass Center formed a team competing on Disney+’s snow-carving special “Best in Snow,” streaming Nov. 18. It’s unlike other crafts competitions – Netflix’s “Blown Away,” “Drink Masters” – because while those series rely on competitors’ experience and skill, “Best in Snow” pairs...
‘Ghost Hunters’ investigate historic Pa. location
Pennsylvania is a very old place, thus making it a hotbed for paranormal activity. It’s no surprise, then, that the Travel Channel’s “Ghost Hunters” would want to investigate one of its many historic (and allegedly haunted) buildings. The Morning Call reports how the recently reunited original cast — Jason Hawes,...
‘The Lion King’ hits a key milestone in its circle of life
NEW YORK — In the summer of 1997, audiences in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre saw something no one had ever seen before: leaping antelopes, fluttering birds and elephants lumbering through the orchestra seats. “The audience started screaming so early. When the animals came down the aisle everybody shot up,”...
TV Q&A: Which Penguins games will air on WTAE-TV?
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: In a TV spot, WTAE general manager Mr. Wolfertz said Channel 4 will carry four Penguins games this year, but he didn’t say which ones...
TV Talk: Ryan Houston will leave WPXI-TV; more ‘Cartoon Academy’ on WQED-TV
Ryan Houston, who joined WPXI-TV as weekend evening and night anchor in December 2019, will depart the station Nov. 28. He’s returning home to his native Pine Bluff, Ark., to help care for an ailing family member. “My stepfather has colon cancer and my mother told me she needs some...
Food Network star Molly Yeh is right at home on the rangeVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Molly Yeh has a lot on her plate. With a popular television show, a new baby, a new cookbook, a new line of cookware and a new restaurant in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, she is in constant motion. Along with her brand of plucky warmth, hearty work ethic...
Pakistan reverses course, bans ‘Joyland’ from cinemasVideo
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has reversed a previous decision to show its Oscar entry, “Joyland,” and has banned it from movie theaters, a government official said Monday. The movie, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards and...
John Aniston, star of ‘Days of Our Lives,’ dead at 89
NEW YORK — John Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89. The actor’s daughter posted a tribute to him Monday morning on Instagram, announcing that he had died Friday, Veteran’s Day. John Aniston served...
Warner Bros. quashed an unauthorized Joker movie. Inside the director’s fight to save itVideo
On the eve of the premiere of “The People’s Joker,” a parody origin story envisioning the Batman villain as a transgender woman trying to break into comedy, Vera Drew thought she was in the clear. The filmmaker, who jokingly calls herself “the transgender Forrest Gump of alternative comedy” after working...
TV Talk: ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’ marks worthy screen adaptation
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Produced by FX for Hulu, “Fleishman Is in Trouble” proves frustrating but ultimately rewarding. Frustrating because it teases a mystery and then goes off on character tangents for multiple episodes, but ultimately rewarding because when...
‘Black Panther’ sequel scores 2nd biggest debut of 2022
The box office roared back to life with the long-awaited release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The Marvel sequel earned $180 million in ticket sales from more than 4,396 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to estimates from The Walt Disney Co. on Sunday, making it the second biggest...
