Movies/TV category, Page 97
Emilio Delgado, Luis on ‘Sesame Street’ for 45 years, dies
Emilio Delgado, the actor and singer who for 45 years was a warm and familiar presence in children’s lives and a rare Latino face on American television as fix-it shop owner Luis on “Sesame Street,” died Thursday. His wife, Carol Delgado, told The Associated Press that Emilio Delgado died from...
‘Black Panther’ director mistaken for bank robber in Atlanta
ATLANTA — Movie director Ryan Coogler was briefly handcuffed by Atlanta police after a bank employee mistook him for a robber when he passed her a note while trying to withdraw a large amount of cash from his account. The “Black Panther” director, who is Black, walked into a Bank...
TV Talk: Shaler native worked on Pixar’s ‘Turning Red;’ ‘Adam Project’ premieres
For 1992 Shaler High School grad Christian Hoffman, it wasn’t an interest in drawing that led him to a career at Pixar, whose latest film, “Turning Red,” debuts on Disney+ Friday. It was a love of animation that intersected with studying computer science in college. “I had grown up seeing...
Sewickley’s Tull Family Theater plans 2 free, autism-friendly events
The Tull Family Theater in Sewickley will host two events for people with autism and other special needs next weekend, including a sensory-friendly movie screening and an open mic session. Both are free. A sensory-friendly version of the PG-rated animated movie “Sing 2” will be screened at 10 a.m. March...
TV Q&A: Who voices that new UPMC commercial?
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: There is a UPMC commercial that’s been airing during the Olympics with narration by someone that sounds like Sterling K. Brown. That seems … unlikely...
‘Jeopardy!’ run ends for Pittsburgh woman: ‘I got to live my dream’
After four consecutive wins on the “Jeopardy!” television game show, Pittsburgh resident Margaret Shelton was defeated on Monday, ending her nearly weeklong run. Shelton risked all of her $12,300 in Final Jeopardy! and was defeated by Maureen O’Neil of New Hampshire. Shelton amassed $79,700 in earnings over her four-game win...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘Winning Time,’ ‘Joe vs. Carole,’ ‘Remember WENN’ and an MIA sports segment on WPXI-TV
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 the newfound ability to see episodes of Pittsburgh-set “Remember WENN” after 24 years and WPXI-TV’s decision to curtail sports segments in its 6 p.m....
The truer story behind NBC’s true-crime miniseries about Missouri murderer Pam Hupp
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis area is no stranger to the long saga surrounding Pamela Hupp and the 2011 stabbing death of Elizabeth “Betsy” Faria and the 2016 shooting death of Louis Gumpenberger. Neither is the rest of the country — or at least it won’t be for long....
TV Talk: Pittsburgh-set ‘Remember WENN’ escapes AMC’s memory holeVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. A funny thing happened on the way to the streaming era: a TV program a network once tried to pretend never existed has become a useable asset again. “Remember WENN,” one of the earliest (and...
‘The Batman’ gives movie theaters a new hope with big launch
LOS ANGELES — Batman has his fair share of pressures, from saving Gotham to saving movie theaters. And while they’re both still decidedly works in progress, “The Batman,” starring Robert Pattinson, managed to give a little glimmer of hope to both by grossing $128.5 million in North America, according to...
‘Dark Shadows,’ ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor Mitchell Ryan dies
Mitchell Ryan, who played a villainous general in the first “Lethal Weapon” movie, a ruthless businessman on TV’s “Santa Barbara” and had character roles on the soap opera “Dark Shadows” and the 1990s sitcom “Dharma & Greg,” died Friday. He was 88. Ryan died of congestive heart failure at his...
‘Holy moly!’ Pittsburgh woman’s Jeopardy! win streak continues; tops $79,000
A Pittsburgh homemaker is a Jeopardy! winning machine, cruising to her fourth consecutive victory as a contestant on Friday’s show. Margaret Shelton, of the city’s East End, won for the fourth consecutive game on Friday. She earned another $21,500 to bring her total winnings to $79,700. Shelton had to stage...
The future of Gotham? 10 actors we could see as Batman
Robert Pattinson is the current occupant of Wayne Manor, and with the way things are going for “The Batman,” it looks like he may stay there for awhile. But no one stays Batman forever, so it’s never too early to start fantasy booking who will be the next actor to...
Why dubbing has become more crucial to Netflix’s business
LOS ANGELES — No one said dubbing a Korean zombie series would be easy. Inside a Netflix recording studio off Sunset Boulevard, director Kyung Sok Kim, associate producer Anastasia Barbato and engineer Yoav Litman scanned a big screen as they replayed a scene from an episode of “All of Us...
TV Talk: HBO’s winning ‘Winning Time’ is a sports show about businessVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. More a business-of-sports show than a sports show, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” (9 p.m. Sunday on HBO and HBO Max) giddily explores the personalities involved in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 1980s...
TV Talk: Pittsburgh natives Billy Porter, Andy Warhol get streaming biographiesVideo
It’s a banner week for Pittsburgh natives in the arts with new streaming biographies of artist Andy Warhol and actor/singer/director Billy Porter on tap. Warhol is featured in Netflix’s six-hour “The Andy Warhol Diaries” documentary series, streaming next Wednesday, and Porter is profiled in a season-two episode of Apple TV+’s...
‘Slap Shot’ organist finds new career with expansion Kraken
SEATTLE — It started with an unsolicited email that landed in the inbox of the game presentation executives for the Seattle Kraken. The name Rod Masters didn’t immediately resonate with Jonny Greco and Lamont Buford, who are in charge of overseeing entertainment and game production for the expansion franchise, though...
Pittsburgh woman now a 3-day ‘Jeopardy!’ winner
A woman from Pittsburgh’s East End is on a roll as a contestant on the popular game show “Jeopardy!” Margaret Shelton won for the third consecutive game on Thursday, amassing $17,200, to raise her three-day total winnings to $58,200. On Thursday’s show, Shelton saved the best for last by wagering...
Biden’s State of the Union speech draws 38 million viewers
LOS ANGELES — An estimated 38.2 million TV viewers watched President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, according to Nielsen ratings. That surpassed the audience of 37.2 million for Donald Trump’s last such address in 2020, but fell short of the 45.6 million who tuned in for Trump’s first...
TV Q&A: Why no sports report on WPXI’s 6 p.m. newscast anymore?
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: Has Channel 11 officially dropped its sportscast from the 6 p.m. newscast? It’s been absent post-Olympics. Previously, there were times when their sports anchor had...
Ranking the Batmen: Who’s the best (and worst) on-screen Batman?
This week sees the release of “The Batman,” the latest big screen take on the Dark Knight, the top dog when it comes to our cinematic superheroes. Sure, others have come along and out-grossed the Caped Crusader at the box office, but it was the original “Batman” movie in 1989...
Sony bets big on Crunchyroll as global anime audience grows
LOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures Entertainment is consolidating its anime businesses under the Crunchyroll banner to better compete in the growing streaming market for Japanese animation. The company is adding hundreds of hours of programming and dozens of titles, including “Cowboy Bebop,” to the Crunchyroll streaming service that were previously...
TV Talk: WPGH to add evening newscast produced by WPXI
Pittsburgh viewers will soon have another half-hour weekday evening newscast option: WPXI-TV will begin producing a 6:30 p.m. newscast for WPGH-TV beginning March 14. WPXI’s David Johnson and Liz Kilmer will anchor the additional half-hour news broadcast that displaces a second run of the syndicated, Jay Leno-hosted game show “You...
Pittsburgh woman takes 1st place on ‘Jeopardy!’
Pittsburgh resident Margaret Shelton took first place after competing on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” Tuesday night. Shelton won $16,600 from the game that pitted her against Christine Whelchel, of Tennessee, and Stefan Stenroos, of California, according to the “Jeopardy!” website. Shelton joins a few other Pittsburghers to compete on...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ series, Michael Keaton on ‘SAG Awards,’ ‘Law & Order’ revival, Jon Delano’s attic
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 what Pittsburgh native Michael Keaton had to say when accepting his SAG Award for “Dopesick” Sunday night and how it relates to his family...
