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Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival back for 1-day fall event
Fans of the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival will be able to get a taste of what they’ve missed during two years of pandemic-driven cancellations during a one-day event set for Oct. 2. The Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Mini-Fall Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in...
Hempfield Park concert features Italian songs of ‘amore’ and more
The land of “amore” is the inspiration for a July 20 concert in Hempfield Park. Alabaster Performing Arts will present Mary McCormack and Jessie Glover singing tunes made popular by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and others during an Italian American Concert at 7 p.m. in the park’s open-air Smail Amphitheatre....
Actor Drake Bell gets probation on child endangerment charge
Actor Drake Bell has been sentenced to two years’ probation on charges relating to a girl who met him online and attended one of his concerts in Ohio when she was 15. Jared “Drake” Bell, 35, was also sentenced to 200 hours of community service, all of it served in...
Cedric the Entertainer to host live Emmy Awards ceremony
Cedric the Entertainer will host the Emmy Awards in September as the ceremony returns to a live telecast after last year’s pandemic-forced virtual event. There will be a limited audience of nominees and guests at the Microsoft Theatre for the Sept. 19 show, CBS and the TV academy said Monday....
Westmoreland Symphony ready for live audiences at The Palace Theatre
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra will return to The Palace Theatre in October, to perform once again in front of live audiences. Artistic Director Daniel Meyer announced the 2021-2022 season during the symphony’s July 9 “Summer Sparklers” concert in Greensburg’s St. Clair Park. “If you’re wondering if your seat is still...
Backstreet Boys back in Las Vegas for a Christmas residency
NEW YORK — Everybody, Backstreet’s back — in Vegas. The pioneering boy band is returning to the Las Vegas Strip with “A Very Backstreet Christmas Party,” a series of 12 holiday shows at the Planet Hollywood resort this November and December. The band will be playing the Zappos Theater at...
TV Talk: WPXI reporter Amy Hudak marries WTAE’s Jim Madalinsky
Pittsburgh TV stations are rivals in coverage and ratings but for two reporters at different local stations, it’s just a matter of doing similar work for different outlets. And given their respective beats, they don’t compete with one another on stories, which should make married life a bit easier. WPXI-TV...
Unopened Super Mario 64 game from 1996 sells for $1.56M
DALLAS — An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 has sold at auction for $1.56 million. Heritage Auctions in Dallas said that the 1996 game sold Sunday, breaking its previous record price for the sale of a single video game. A spokesman did not immediately respond to an inquiry...
‘Black Widow’ soars to pandemic box office record
Even with an option to watch “Black Widow” at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years. The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday the superhero pic generated an estimated $80 million in ticket sales in...
Curtain call: Sadecky’s Puppets in Tarentum closing after nearly 4 decades of entertainingVideo
Mr. Mean Dude said he will just lounge about now that he’s no longer needed. The witch-turned-Scrooge-like character at one time starred for Sadecky’s Puppets. Owners Michael and Jay Sadecky have decided to retire and close the Tarentum-based business after 39 years. They’ve entertained at schools, churches, festivals, shopping malls,...
Unopened Legend of Zelda game from 1987 sells for $870,000
DALLAS — An unopened copy of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda that was made in 1987 has sold at auction for $870,000. Heritage Auctions in Dallas said the video game sold Friday. The auction house said it was a rare version that was created during a limited production run that...
For McKeesport filmmaker, ’80s-style horror movie has happy endingVideo
It’s not often a horror movie helps someone get their head on straight, but it happened for Mark Cantu. The McKeesport-based indie filmmaker was considering giving up on his chosen career path when he was inspired to begin writing what would become “Massacre Academy,” set for a world premiere July...
TV Talk: Netflix releases trailer for Jason Momoa’s filmed-in-Pittsburgh thriller ‘Sweet Girl’Video
The Pittsburgh skyline gets a starring role in the trailer for Netflix’s filmed-in-Western Pennsylvania Jason Momoa thriller “Sweet Girl,” available on the streaming service Aug. 20, the same day filmed-in-Pittsburgh limited comedy series “The Chair” debuts on Netflix. Locations spotted in the movie’s trailer include PPG Place, PNC Park, McConnell’s...
Paris police release rapper Lil Baby, hand him drug fine
PARIS — Paris police released rapper Lil Baby from custody on Friday after fining him for having cannabis in his car, according to the city prosecutor’s office. He was stopped along with NBA star James Harden, who was frisked but not detained. Lil Baby’s arrest on Thursday along one of...
Comedian Angelina Spicer brings ‘Postpartum Revolution Road Trip’ tour to Tull Family Theater
Comedian Angelina Spicer will be stopping in Sewickley as part of her multi-city tour, the “Postpartum Revolution Road Trip.” Her show, sponsored by Allegheny Health Network, will highlight her journey through postpartum depression and her time hospitalized because of the diagnosis — an experience she has turned into a punchline...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 9-11
We’ve reached the weekend. Here are a few ways to spend it. Pittsburgh CLO Pittsburgh CLO’s “Wizard of Oz’” will be performed at 8:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Heinz Field on the North Side. The stage will be in the end zone. There will...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: July 9-11
Salute to summer Celebrate summer with Westmoreland Symphony’s annual “Summer Sparklers” outdoor concert at 7 p.m. today in St. Clair Park in downtown Greensburg. Artistic Director Daniel Meyer will lead the symphony in a program of patriotic and popular favorites, including “American Salute,” “Sing-Along America,” “Beach Boys Medley,” “A Tribute...
TV Talk: PBS’s ‘Odd Squad,’ from Fred Rogers Productions, evolves again in new episodes
Pittsburgh-based Fred Rogers Productions’ “Odd Squad,” the rare live-action, educational program for children, returns with the second half of its third season in a week of four new episodes beginning Monday (5 p.m. WQED-TV). The PBS Kids show continues to follow a quartet of child agents who investigate oddities that...
Review: ‘Loki’ takes several new forms as season finale nearsVideo
Editor’s note: “Loki” spoilers through Season 1, Episode 5. We all knew Marvel’s Phase 4 was going to get weird. But can you imagine if they’d gone with their original plan and made “Loki” the first original Marvel series on Disney+? Even with the reshuffled series, we still got plenty...
‘Sporting Fashion’ shows its evolution of style at The Frick PittsburghVideo
Imagine riding a horse side-saddle or trying to rock climb wearing a skirt. Or getting your feet caught in the fabric of a dress while trying to ice, roller or in-line skate. How about wearing a tight corset and several layers of garments while attempting to hit a tennis ball?...
TV Talk: ‘Gossip Girl’ returns, ‘The White Lotus’ opens for business
With summer in full swing, TV networks and streaming services are premiering series after series with hopes for a buzzworthy smash. ‘Gossip Girl’ This latest reboot gets off to a stronger-than-expected start before it begins to deflate. Directed by Karena Evans (“Snowfall”) from a teleplay by showrunner Josh Safran, the...
Robert Downey Sr., filmmaker and actor and father of Robert Downey Jr., dead at 85
NEW YORK — Robert Downey Sr., iconic filmmaker of breakthrough anti-establishment classic films such as “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace,” died early Wednesday morning in his sleep at his home in New York City, his wife told the Daily News. Downey, who turned 85 last month and had been battling...
TV Q&A: Why can’t Pittsburgh TV stations keep young anchors?
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 you suppose Pittsburgh’s TV stations simply can’t keep the young upstarts? WTAE-TV’s Chris Lovingood is the latest in a growing list of fine...
Westmoreland Museum show chronicles Hempfield artist’s immigration journey
With “Creation out of Chaos,” artist Sheila Cuellar-Shaffer hopes to cultivate conversations around immigration, particularly as it affects women, individually and collectively. Works in her exhibition, showing through July 18 at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, include memories of Cuellar-Shaffer’s personal immigration journey to the United States...
TV Talk: Unity girl makes ‘America’s Got Talent’ history, advances to live showsVideo
Victory Brinker, a 9-year-old opera singer from Unity Township, made “America’s Got Talent” history Tuesday night, becoming the first “AGT” competitor to earn a “Golden Buzzer” from all four judges, advancing her to this season’s live shows later this summer. In the episode that aired on Tuesday but taped in...
