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Buhl Planetarium to host screenings of virtual-reality Holocaust documentary
One of the lesser-known stories of the Holocaust is the Terezin concentration camp. All of the concentration camps were horrible, but this particular camp had its own brand of insidiousness. Terezin was established in 1941 in the Czech town of Terezin as a destination for European Jews from prominent families,...
‘Jeopardy!’ savors run of super champions after host stumbles
NEW YORK — As Mattea Roach, Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio can attest, it’s cool to be smart again. “Jeopardy!” is on an unusual run of super champs. In the past seven months, each of those contestants has landed in the television game show’s historical list of top five winning...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking newest ‘Star Trek,’ latest ‘Kenobi’ trailer, blunders in NHL coverage
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 blunders in NHL coverage on TNT and EPSN. Owen reviews Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” and Owen and Benz dissect the latest trailer...
‘Doctor Strange 2’ conjures up biggest opening of 2022
The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to ” Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.” The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the Walt Disney Co. said Sunday. Not only did it...
New ‘Doctor Who’ star is actor Ncuti Gatwa
LONDON — Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday, ending speculation over the iconic Time Lord’s next regeneration. “Sometimes talent walks through the door and it’s so bright and bold and brilliant, I just stand back in awe and thank my...
How Netflix’s stumbles are causing rivals to rethink the streaming business
The recent revelation that streaming behemoth Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in more than 10 years stunned Wall Street, spurring a massive sell-off of the company’s stock. Inflation, subscription price increases, more competition, password sharing and the war in Ukraine were factors in the surprise announcement in the...
‘Jeopardy!’ references collapsed Pittsburgh bridge during Thursday episode
Pittsburgh “Jeopardy!” fans likely knew the answer to at least one prompt on the popular game show Thursday night. One of the “Daily Double” questions referenced the city’s collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge, which carried Forbes Avenue over the north side of Frick Park. “You’ll have to wait to cross the...
Summer Movie Preview: Breakout stars to watch
Some are newcomers. Some are former child stars reintroducing themselves in adult roles. And one is a comedian making a leap to big screen. These are just a few of the actors poised to make a splash this summer at the movies: Austin Butler in ‘Elvis’ How familiar you are...
TV Talk: Former Shaler Area High School student’s screenplay the basis for ‘Escape the Field’ movieVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Often we hear stories of twentysomethings who catch a break and land starring roles in TV and film just a few years out of college. But many times, it takes longer to make Hollywood dreams...
‘Silence of the Lambs’ house in Fayette County offers special tours on Mother’s Day
Chocolates are nice for Mother’s Day. Flowers are a great choice as well. But maybe your mom has a bit of a dark streak. Maybe she wants to find out more about where a fictional homicidal maniac did his dirty work. If so, she’s in luck: the Perryopolis property which...
TV Talk: ‘Meltdown’ revisits Three Mile Island; ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ premieresVideo
The near-catastrophic 1979 accident at the nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., gets the Netflix docu-series treatment in the four-part “Meltdown: Three Mile Island,” now streaming. Unlike plenty of past Netflix shows in this genre (think “Tiger King”), “Meltdown” is relatively right-sized with only the fourth, 45-minute episode feeling somewhat...
TV Q&A: How is discovery+ doing as a streaming service?Video
Q: Given the shuttering of CNN+, I’m wondering if you have any info on the state of discovery+? When it started, I couldn’t imagine paying for those reality and DIY shows — even for Chip and Joanna Gaines — as there are so many other similar shows across basic cable....
Review: ‘Doctor Strange 2’ gets weirder, scarier, messierVideo
Once a superhero franchise goes multiverse, it’s hard to go back. No work of fiction ever needs permission to break the rules or push the boundaries of traditional storytelling, but the multiverse, at least as it’s been served up in recent Marvel movies, practically demands it. And for the moment...
Powerful French abortion drama ‘Happening’ lands in U.S.
It’s 1963 in France and Anne is an ambitious, 23-year-old college student who becomes pregnant. She doesn’t want to be. She’s not ready to be a mother. But abortion isn’t legal in the country and won’t be for another 12 years. In the new film ” Happening,” Anne must find...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Another ‘This is Us’ Pittsburgh connection, ‘We Own this City,’ ‘Anatomy of a Scandal’
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 Tuesday’s Miguel (Jon Huertas)-focused episode of “This Is Us” and a Roberto Clemente tie. Benz talks about the NFL draft televised coverage and revisits...
TV Talk: Pittsburgher impresses Ken Jennings with unusual talent on ‘Jeopardy!’Video
Julian Glander might not have won Friday night’s “Jeopardy!” episode — he placed second to Mattea Roach, who won her 19th game in a row — but Glander did impress host Ken Jennings. The 31-year-old Lawrenceville-based animator can sing the alphabet backward phonetically. “This is the first episode of ‘Jeopardy!’...
TV Talk: ‘Bosch’ story continues in ‘Bosch: Legacy’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Although Amazon Prime Video’s crime drama “Bosch” ended its seven-season run in June 2021, the story of Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) continues in the sequel series, “Bosch: Legacy,” premiering Friday on Amazon Freevee, formerly IMDb...
PBS’ ‘Ridley Road’ holds lessons to America from ’60s London
It took eight long years for Sarah Solemani to get a murky part of Britain’s post-World War II history from the pages of a book to our TV screens. She had been impressed by Jo Bloom’s 2014 novel “Ridley Road” about a Jewish-led underground anti-fascist resistance movement in London in...
‘Carpool Karaoke’ king James Corden to leave CBS late-night show
LOS ANGELES — James Corden will be bowing out of his late-night CBS TV show next year. Corden told of his decision during the taping of Thursday’s “The Late Late Show,” which he began hosting in 2015. In a statement, CBS President and CEO George Cheeks lauded Corden for taking...
TV Talk: Loving ‘I Love That for You,’ rejecting ‘The Offer’Video
The spigot of new content available via cable and streaming services continues to flow this week, but consumers may start to see such gushers subside in the future after Netflix announced last week its first subscriber loss in a decade, sending the company’s stock price tumbling and taking the value...
‘Top Gun 2’ and 50 more summer 2022 movies you need to know about
On the calendar summer is still a ways away, but at the movies summertime is ready to roll. Next weekend’s release of “Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” marks the kickoff of the summer box office season, the first true summer movie season in three years, after 2020 was...
TV Q&A: Does a successful comedy writer have any new shows in the works?
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: Does writer/producer Greg Garcia have any new shows in the works? I loved his shows “My Name is Earl,” “Raising Hope” and “The Guest Book.”...
TV Talk: Uniontown’s Hogans on ‘Family Feud’; Mt. Lebanon native Hollander fired from Showtime series
Bob Hogan of Uniontown and his family will appear on Wednesday’s episode of the syndicated daytime game show “Family Feud” (7 p.m., WPCW-TV). It all started in the fall of 2019 when Hogan and his brothers Greg and Brad were watching the show at their parents’ home. “We just had...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking Mason Rudolph’s brother in ‘Killer Rivalry,’ ‘Gaslit,’ ‘They Call Me Magic,’ David Hollander out at Showtime
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 Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph’s brother, Logan Rudolph, starring in Lifetime Movie Network’s “Killer Rivalry.” Benz talks about “Selling Sunset” and the similarities and differences...
Nicolas Cage explains what’s real in the surreal world of ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’
LOS ANGELES — In his more than 40 years of acting, Nicolas Cage has gone to plenty of strange and extreme places for the sake of his art. In the 1988 black comedy “Vampire’s Kiss,” he ate a live cockroach. To prepare for his role as a suicidal alcoholic in...
