Entertainment category, Page 207
TV Talk: Netflix’s ‘Maid’ impresses with authentic performancesVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Watching Netflix’s “Maid,” a fictionalized limited series inspired by author Stephanie Land’s 2019 memoir “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive,” it’s striking how the series can all at once be...
‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ sashays home with 10 Tony AwardsVideo
NEW YORK — “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie, won the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on a Sunday night when Broadway looked back to honor shows shuttered by covid-19, mourn its fallen and also look forward to welcoming audiences...
Gary Lewis glad he chose music over following in his famous father’s footstepsVideo
When it comes to mid-1960s pop culture, there was no bigger movie comedian than Jerry Lewis. And there was no bigger band than the Beatles. For Lewis’ oldest son, Gary, it meant there was a fork in the road. A natural performer, he was faced with a choice between following...
Loyalhanna Watershed group adds pop-up gala to online bidding for annual art auction
Patrons of this year’s Loyalhanna Watershed Association Art Auction will have a choice of bidding on 29 creative works, either remotely from Monday through Oct. 2 or in the company of other bidders during an Oct. 1 Pop-Up Gala. Last year, in response to pandemic restrictions, the nonprofit shifted the...
R. Kelly’s fate now in jury’s hands in sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK — R. Kelly’s fate is now in a jury’s hands after weeks of lurid testimony in his sexual misconduct trial. A jury of seven men and five women began deliberating racketeering and sex trafficking charges against the R&B superstar Friday. Prosecutors and defense attorneys finished their closing arguments...
Weather looks good for Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival mini-event
Weather conditions look favorable for the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival’s Mini-Fall Festival, set for 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. Saturday in the event’s usual location at the lower lake area of Twin Lakes Park, east of Greensburg. According to accuweather.com, the day should be “mostly sunny and nice” with a...
Former ABC News executive says Chris Cuomo harassed her
NEW YORK — A veteran TV news executive says CNN anchor Chris Cuomo sexually harassed her by squeezing her buttocks at a party in 2005. Shelley Ross said in an opinion piece in The New York Times on Friday that Chris Cuomo, who had formerly reported to her at ABC...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Sept. 24-26
Fall has arrived. It’s the final weekend of September. Here are some ways to spend it. Great Race returns The Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race is Sunday. The 44th annual running of the event will be held in person. The 10K begins at 9:30 a.m. in Frick...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: Sept. 24-26
Ach, du lieber! Don your lederhosen or dirndl and head to Oktoberfest, taking place 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Murrysville Volunteer Fire Company Pavilion, 3235 Sardis Road. The family-friendly event will feature German-style food and music, along with libations from local breweries and wineries. A costume contest for those lederhosen...
‘Rejuvenated’ Mt. Pleasant Glass & Ethnic Festival returns with surprise features
The pandemic year cancellation wasn’t necessarily all bad for the Mt. Pleasant Glass & Ethnic Festival. “Having a year off got us rejuvenated,” said co-director Jeff Landy. “Everybody’s been working hard, and we’re excited to be back.” The annual street festival, celebrating the area’s glass-making history and diverse ethnic heritage,...
2,000-year-old artifacts unveiled for ‘Pompeii: The Exhibition’ at Carnegie Science Center
Aphrodite has arrived in Pittsburgh. The 2,000-year-old life-sized marble statue of the Greek goddess was unveiled on Thursday at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Shore. She will be featured in “Pompeii: The Exhibition,” which opens Oct. 2 and runs through April 23. More than 180 artifacts are on...
Is everything fine? Westmoreland Museum program delves into reality
Someone asks, “How are you?” and you automatically say, “Fine.” But are you really? Six Pittsburgh-area women artists will get to the root of the question during “Everything Is Fine,” an outdoor performance art event set for 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in...
‘Circles’ will combine Black visual, performing arts
A group of Black artists will layer dance, visual arts and a live original score next month at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. “Circles” is the culmination of work by Staycee and Herman “Soy Sos” Pearl, co-artistic directors of the Staycee Pearl Dance Project, PearlArts and Soy Sos....
Done with delays, Academy movie museum rolls out red carpet
The projectors are rolling. The ruby slippers are on. Many an Oscar sits glistening. The shark has been hanging, and waiting, for nearly a year. Nine years after it was announced, four years after its first projected open date, and five months since its last planned launch date, the U.S....
Greensburg Art Center show delves deep into ‘Third Dimension’Video
Greensburg Art Center is traveling into “The Third Dimension” for an exhibition of the same name, opening with a free reception from 6-8 p.m. Saturday in the gallery at 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. It’s the first time in recent memory that the center has mounted a show of all...
Jeannette gallery’s ‘Bat Country’ show explores scary, goofy, creepy themes
Even though “Bat Country Revisited” is the name of the new exhibition at You Are Here in Jeannette, the art space won’t look entirely like a Halloween store. Some of the artwork will include bats and other fantastical, Halloween-adjacent creatures, but some of it will use the bat theme metaphorically,...
Rihanna takes time with album while unveiling lingerie line
Rihanna might be extremely consumed with rolling out her popular lingerie line, but finishing her forthcoming album is still a priority. The multi-Grammy winner is just taking her time to “experiment.” She suggests her new music will sound much different than her previous projects. “You’re not going to expect what...
TV Talk: PBS Kids’ ‘Alma’s Way’ brings ‘Sesame Street’ actress back to her start in PittsburghVideo
For former “Sesame Street” actress and writer Sonia Manzano, creating a new PBS Kids show, the animated “Alma’s Way” (8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays beginning Oct. 4, WQED-TV), brings her full circle to where her career began. While a student at Carnegie Mellon University in the late 1960s, Manzano...
TV Q&A: Why are there fewer meteorologists at WPXI-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: Is WPXI-TV under some kind of budget crunch? They have only three full-time meteorologists when the other two Pittsburgh stations have four. — Joey via...
‘Sex and the City’ actor Willie Garson dies at 57
LOS ANGELES — Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, Carrie Bradshaw’s friend on TV’s “Sex and the City” and its movie sequels, has died, his son announced Tuesday. He was 57. “I love you so much papa. Rest In Peace and I’m so glad you got to share all your...
Portugal. The Man, Brittany Howard to play opening celebration at Public Lands in CranberryVideo
A pair of Grammy-winning musical acts are performing this weekend … at an outdoors store in Cranberry. Alternative rockers Portugal. The Man and Alabama Shakes vocalist/guitarist Brittany Howard are scheduled to play a free show at 3 p.m. Saturday at the grand opening celebration for Public Lands, a new outdoors-based...
Country star Clay Walker’s Oct. 7 Greensburg concert moves to April 29Video
UPDATE: On Oct. 6, the Westmoreland Cultural Trust shared this statement from Clay Walker’s team: “Please be advised, Clay Walker at The Palace Theatre, originally scheduled for October 7th, 2021, has now been rescheduled to April 29th, 2022. Please hang on to your tickets; all tickets purchased for the original...
Sarah Dash who sang on ‘Lady Marmalade’ with Labelle, dies
NEW YORK — Singer Sarah Dash, who co-founded the all-female group Labelle — best known for the raucous 1974 hit “Lady Marmalade” — has died. She was 76. Patti Labelle and Nona Hendryx completed the trio. They announced Dash’s death Monday on social media. No cause of death was disclosed....
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ filmmakers refine a hit Broadway musical
NEW YORK — Millions of people will get a chance to get to know the shy, teenager Evan Hansen this month, but Ben Platt is waving farewell. The actor and singer is intimately intertwined with Evan, originating the role in 2015 and eventually leading the stage musical “Dear Evan Hansen”...
Western Pa. bands Sourmash, Andy Davis bring home Josie Music Award wins
A handful of musicians from Western Pennsylvania rocked the seventh annual Josie Music Awards this past weekend, bringing home wins in two categories from the nation’s largest independent music awards ceremony. Mt. Pleasant country singer Andy Davis won for Modern Male Country, and Alle-Kiski Valley’s Sourmash won Entertainer of the...
