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Chris Licht appointed as new CNN chief to replace Zucker
NEW YORK — Chris Licht, most recently Stephen Colbert’s top producer at CBS, was appointed Monday as the new head of CNN, where he’s expected to take over in May. Licht’s expected appointment to replace Jeff Zucker as chief of CNN was widely reported over the weekend. Before moving into...
TV Talk: KDKA-TV adds to weather staff; Pokemon ads filmed in PittsburghVideo
The stakes are raised in Pittsburgh’s local TV battle for meteorological marketing supremacy: KDKA-TV hired Falicia Woody, most recently of WKBN-TV in Youngstown, Ohio, to join Channel 2’s weather team. Assuming none of the four current KDKA weather staffers – Kristine Emery, Mary Ours, Ray Petelin and Ron Smiley –...
Robert Pattinson helps a new Batman emerge from the darknessVideo
Robert Pattinson isn’t morally opposed to superhero films. But he wasn’t exactly seeking them out before “The Batman” came along, either. The 35-year-old who seemed to emerge as a fully formed superstar in mega franchises like “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” has for the past decade or so found himself chasing...
Emotional Michael Keaton dedicates SAG award win to nephew, sisterVideo
On Sunday, actor and Pittsburgh native Michael Keaton won a Screen Actors Guild award for his role in “Dopesick.” His acceptance speech for winning the best male actor in a television movie or limited series started out just as you’d expect from the 70-year-old star of movies like “Nightshift” and...
‘CODA’ takes top honors at SAG Awards, Will Smith wins
In an upset, the deaf family drama “CODA” took top honors at an unpredictable and history-making 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards that also saw wins for the leads of “Squid Game,” the cast of “Ted Lasso” and Will Smith. The ceremony, held Sunday at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California,...
Tom Holland and ‘Uncharted’ stay No. 1 at box officeVideo
NEW YORK — For the eighth time in the last two and a half months, a movie starring Tom Holland is No. 1 at the box office. The Sony Pictures videogame adaptation “Uncharted,” starring Holland and Mark Wahlberg, led ticket sales for its second weekend of release with $23.3 million,...
‘Saturday Night Live’ opens with tribute song to UkraineVideo
NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” normally kicks off each show with some humor, but the comedy sketch series opened with a tribute performance to Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion. The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York performed a “Prayer for Ukraine” during the opening of “SNL” on Saturday....
TV Talk: ‘Plate It, Pittsburgh’ brings ‘Chopped’-style culinary competition to Very Local
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. The Pittsburgh channel of Hearst’s Very Local streaming service, available via Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Android TV and Roku devices, lives up to its name with its latest original, local production titled “Plate It, Pittsburgh.”...
45 years after its release, Hanson brother looks back on the making of ‘Slap Shot’Video
Dave Hanson never thought about being a movie star. He spent more than a decade playing professional hockey, mostly in small minor-league towns, living a hardscrabble life and chasing his dream of playing in the NHL. But after landing a role in the action/comedy sports film “Slap Shot,” essentially portraying...
Troy Aikman expected to leave Fox for ESPN ‘Monday Night’ booth
NFL free agency doesn’t begin for a few more weeks, however business is about to pick up when it comes to shuffling among the network broadcast teams with perhaps the biggest surprise of them all. Troy Aikman is expected to become the lead analyst on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” after...
Review: ‘The Desperate Hour’ is a film lost in the woodsVideo
To say Naomi Watts is the only star in “The Desperate Hour” is a little misleading. She’s pretty much the only person in the film, that’s true. But you could make the case that she has a co-star in her iPhone. Watts spends most of “The Desperate Hour” furiously typing,...
TV Talk: WarnerMedia CEO, Murrysville native Jason Kilar talks streaming wars
Looking back, Jason Kilar can see how his Murrysville upbringing led to his job today as CEO of WarnerMedia, the parent company of Warner Bros., HBO and streaming service HBO Max. His father, the late Lance Kilar, was an engineer for Westinghouse in Monroeville, a “technology geek” who ensured their...
TV Q&A: Will someone let KDKA-TV’s Jon Delano out of his attic?
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: Why do we keep seeing Jon Delano of KDKA-TV in his attic? Everyone else is at the studio. – Ann, Cranberry Rob: Not everyone. It’s...
The Foo Fighters make a horror movieVideo
For anyone who found the band tensions that reverberate in “The Beatles: Get Back” too tame, the Foo Fighters have made a movie in which arguments over recording an album lead to a trail of dead bodies — and, no, this isn’t Yoko’s fault, either. “Studio 666,” a horror-comedy starring...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking Johnstown Flood special on History Channel, Super Bowl ratings, ‘Severance’
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 former WTAE-TV anchor Kelly Frey is up to now and a new Johnstown Flood episode of “I Was There” debuting tonight on History...
TV Talk: Original ‘Law & Order’ returns on NBCVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. After wrapping up its original, 20-year, 456-episode run, NBC’s “Law & Order” ended in cancellation in 2010 much to the displeasure of series creator Dick Wolf, who has long wanted to bring the show back....
Tom Holland’s latest adventure ‘Uncharted’ tops box office
Tom Holland might be without his Spider-Man suit in “Uncharted,” but his latest action-adventure is still doing good business at the North American box office. The video game adaptation starring Holland and Mark Wahlberg is on its way to earning $51 million over the long Presidents Day weekend, according to...
Actor Lindsey Pearlman found dead after going missing in L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Actor Lindsey Erin Pearlman, who had roles in “General Hospital,” “American Housewife” and other shows, was found dead days after she was reported missing in Los Angeles, authorities said. Investigators had sought the public’s help in finding Pearlman, 43, who was last seen around noon last Sunday,...
Oscar-nominated shorts upend expectations at Pittsburgh’s Harris Theater
The 2022 Oscar Shorts program opens Feb. 25 at the Harris Theater in Pittsburgh, with films showing through March 17. Separate screenings will feature the animated, documentary and live-action short films from around the world that have been nominated for Academy Awards, to be announced March 27. The Harris is...
Saying goodbye to ‘Arthur’: How it became TV’s longest-running animated series for children
The average aardvark lives for about 20 years. Arthur Read, the most famous of those mammals, has defied those odds and inspired several generations of young viewers in the process. On Monday, “Arthur,” the longest-running animated series for children in TV history, concludes its 25-season run. While the characters will...
TV Talk: History Channel revisits Johnstown Flood; chilly ‘Severance’ explores work-life balanceVideo
Mixing talking head historians with dramatic re-creations, George Stephanopoulos (“Good Morning America”) executive produces the new History Channel series “I Was There,” which kicks off Sunday at 10:30 p.m. and airs an episode on the Johnstown Flood Monday at 10:30 p.m. While this hybrid interview/dramatization style has become common on...
Stan Savran on lung cancer diagnosis: ‘I plan to do what I do’
If you tuned in to Stan Savran’s midday sports talk show on ESPN Pittsburgh radio Tuesday, you would have heard a discussion of Sidney Crosby’s greatest goals as he closed in on 500. Or you would have heard Savran discuss why he thinks NHL players should not be playing in...
TV Q&A: What’s Kelly Frey up to now?
Q: Has Kelly Frey talked about her career plans yet? I’ve not seen mention of it. I was thinking she was going to perhaps be working from home and/or maybe doing something with disabilities advocacy, considering her son is disabled. I’d love to hear your thoughts. — Becky via Facebook...
Allison Gollust, Jeff Zucker’s secret relationship at CNN, resigns after investigation
LOS ANGELES — Allison Gollust, the CNN executive whose relationship with Jeff Zucker led to his resignation as the cable network’s president, is leaving after an internal inquiry found violations of news standards, parent company WarnerMedia said. Gollust’s resignation Tuesday followed the conclusion of an investigation concerning ex-anchor Chris Cuomo...
Alec Baldwin sued by family of cinematographer killed on set
LOS ANGELES — The family of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” is suing Alec Baldwin and the movie’s producers for wrongful death, their attorneys said Tuesday. Lawyers for the family of Halyna Hutchins announced the lawsuit filed in New Mexico in the name...
