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LeVar Burton, Joe Buck among new ‘Jeopardy!’ guest hosts
The final group of “Jeopardy!” guest hosts for the show’s current season were announced Tuesday. Their episodes will air in the summer and the group of new guest hosts for the NBC game show include: -LeVar Burton, actor and former host of “Reading Rainbow” -Joe Buck, Fox sportscaster -Robin Roberts,...
After death, DMX scores highest-charting Billboard position with ‘Ruff Ryders Anthem’ resurgence
A little over a week after his death at age 50, DMX has scored his highest position on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart. After several of late rapper’s albums reappeared on the Billboard 200 chart after news of his passing broke on April 9, three of his songs have now...
TV Talk: ‘A League of Their Own’ series will film in Pittsburgh
A streaming series based on the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own,” about the first female professional baseball league, will film in Western Pennsylvania. Stars attached to the series include Abbi Jacobson (“Broad City”), D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”) and Chante Adams (“Bad Hair”). Pittsburgh Film Office director Dawn...
Things to do in Western Pa.: April 21, 2021
Carnegie Science Center is celebrating Earth Week with both on-site and virtual programming, with topics including the crisis of ocean plastics. On a lighter note, there’s a pop-up drive-in movie coming to Pittsburgh Zoo and a slate of Oscar-nominated films at Pittsburgh-area Cinemark theaters. Other events cater to aspiring actors,...
Michael Keaton to reprise Batman role in new film
Michael Keaton famously once said, “I’m Batman.” Well, he’ll be Batman again in a new movie that has already begun shooting. The Wrap reports ICM Partners, Keaton’s talent agency, has confirmed the Pittsburgh native will don the black suit in “The Flash,” which launched its production Monday in London with...
TV Q&A: Who’s the new meteorologist on WTAE-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: Cam Tran left WTAE-TV weekend morning weather reporting a couple weeks ago for a station in Florida. Will she be replaced or will Regina Miller,...
iHeartMedia, WDVE moving from Green Tree to South Fayette
South Fayette will become the new regional home for iHeartMedia and a popular rock station. The company, which includes WDVE, announced it is moving its Pittsburgh area headquarters from 200 Fleet Street in Green Tree to Beacon I, an 80,000-square-foot office building in the township. “We’re really excited about them...
Jim Steinman, hitmaker for Meat Loaf and Celine Dion, dies
NEW YORK — Jim Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer who wrote Meat Loaf’s best-selling “Bat Out Of Hell” debut album as well as hits for Celine Dion, Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler, has died, his brother said. He was 73. Bill Steinman told The Associated Press that his brother died Monday...
Here’s what’s happening at Historic Hanna’s Town
Historic Hanna’s Town opens to the public May 1, offering guided tours, a new walking path and a look into recently reconstructed and renovated log buildings. The Westmoreland Historical Society, which maintains the Revolutionary War-era site with Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation, also announced dates for its annual antiques and...
Nominations announced for Gene Kelly Awards
Nominees have been announced for the 30th Annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, with winners to be revealed during a virtual awards ceremony streaming at 7:30 p.m. May 29. Students from 31 Allegheny County high schools are participating in this year’s event, sponsored by Pittsburgh...
The Manor movie theater to reopen in Squirrel Hill
Just in time for the Academy Awards on Sunday, movies will be back on the big screens at The Manor movie theater in Squirrel Hill. The return is Friday, two days before the 93rd Academy Awards recognizing the best in motion pictures. The first show time will be announced later...
‘Downton Abbey’ cast returns for sequel opening in December
The original principal cast of “Downton Abbey” are returning for a second film that will arrive in theaters Dec. 22 this year, Focus Features announced Monday. “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes has written the sequel’s screenplay, and Simon Curtis (“My Week With Marilyn”) is directing. Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery and...
TV Talk: PBS’s ‘Philly D.A.’ docu-series follows progressive Pa. prosecutor
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Even before the 2020 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, attempts at criminal justice reform were beginning to take root, including in Philadelphia with the 2017 election of civil rights attorney Larry Krasner as...
Luke Bryan wins top ACM Award, but female acts own the nightVideo
NEW YORK — Carrie Underwood brought the Academy of Country Music Awards to church. Maren Morris won two honors, including song of the year. Miranda Lambert performed three times and held onto her record as the most decorated winner in ACM history. And Mickey Guyton, the first Black woman to...
Pittsburgh-area music venues, theaters hamstrung by issues with Small Business Administration website
Local music venues are facing another shutdown. The Small Business Administration website where venues submit an application for money is not working. The glitch is holding up federal relief money for venues and causing frustration. The Save Our Stages Act was passed as part of a covid-19 relief bill in...
Don’s Diner to be featured in Showtime series filming in Pittsburgh
Don’s Diner, a fixture of Pittsburgh’s Woods Run neighborhood, is being featured in a new Showtime series called “Rust” set in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The series stars veteran actor Jeff Daniels. The 25-year-old eatery is not only known for its food but is a regular Hollywood fixture when it comes to...
Artist and preschool teacher open Squirrel Hill studio for children to paint
Tucked away on a Squirrel Hill back street, the top level of a two-story parking garage hums with activity — not that of cars, but of little hands, messing with paint. In the converted garage space, Laura Wagner and Kevin Wenner opened Raw Space Art in January with the motto...
Westmoreland Symphony season finale stars piano virtuoso Maxim LandoVideo
There’s a special energy on stage when piano virtuoso Maxim Lando sits in with the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra. “He’s a talented young musician and a great complement to our orchestra,” said WSO Executive Director Endy Reindl. “He’s a delight and a fun person to be around, just a ball of...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: April 16-18, 2021
Music and munchies Live music and food trucks are on tap this weekend at All Saints Brewing Co., 1602 Route 119, Greensburg. The acoustic duo Two Man Martian kicks the music off at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The Earth, Wheel and Fire mobile wood-fired pizza kitchen will have pies including its...
Gucci heirs worry over family depiction in Ridley Scott film
MILAN — The great-grandchildren of Guccio Gucci, who founded the luxury fashion house that bears his name a century ago in Florence, are appealing to filmmaker Ridley Scott to respect their family’s legacy in a new film that focuses on a sensational murder. “The House of Gucci,” starring Lady Gaga...
$7M in grants from Henry L. Hillman Foundation boost regional arts, cultural groups
The Henry L. Hillman Foundation announced $7 million in grants to regional arts and cultural organizations aimed at alleviating pandemic-related budget deficits and assisting with restarting or expanding performances and programs after a year of shutdowns and limited operations. The 57 grants range in size from $20,000 to $1 million....
‘Fame The Musical’ connects Hempfield students from opposite sides of the state
More than 200 miles separate Hempfield Area High School in Westmoreland County from Hempfield High School in Lancaster County. This year, however, the schools will be but a mouse click apart and students are sharing more than a name. Young thespians from both schools are rehearsing for performances of “Fame...
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez split, call off engagement
LOS ANGELES — J-Lo and A-Rod are no longer J-Rod — officially. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez told the “Today” show Thursday in a joint statement that they are calling off their two-year engagement. “We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so. We will...
TV Talk: Another Pa. accent showcased in HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’Video
Director Craig Zobel isn’t from Pennsylvania – he grew up in Atlanta – but for the past few years his work has taken him to both ends of the commonwealth, first for 2018’s shot-in-Pittsburgh “One Dollar” and more recently for filmed-around-Philly HBO limited series “Mare of Easttown” (9 p.m. Sunday,...
Former Rex Theater donates $80K in equipment to new Pittsburgh arts group
The former manager of the shuttered Rex Theater is turning his pandemic misfortune into a feel-good moment by reaching out to a fledgling arts organization in Pittsburgh. Ben Penigar, whose company, Grey Area Productions, ran the Rex Theater, has donated $80,000 worth of equipment to the Steel City Arts Foundation...
