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Graduate thanks Nicki Minaj for tuition, med school next
LAFAYETTE, La. — A University of Louisiana at Lafayette student who just graduated is thanking rap artist Nicki Minaj for paying his tuition. Three years ago, someone on Twitter reached out to Minaj with a request for the musician to help pay for college. Minaj agreed — on the condition...
TV Talk: IUP grad explores toxic masculinity in ‘Nate’ on NetflixVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. No one who watches the recently-released Netflix comedy special “Nate: A One Man Show” will confuse it with any other comedy special. The avant-garde, one-hour special is rated TV-MA for good reason and stars Natalie...
TV Talk: Holiday gift ideas for TV fans
Seeking a gift for the TV fan in your life? Here’s what to get if they’re always raving about: DVD box sets: Thousands of TV series are available on streaming services but DVD box sets give fans tangible evidence of their devotion to a program. New complete series sets include...
Ellen DeGeneres: Positive test for coronavirus but ‘feeling fine’
LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres says she has tested positive for covid-19 but is “feeling fine right now.” Production on her daytime talk show has been paused until January, producer Telepictures said in a statement that followed DeGeneres’ Thursday announcement. In an Instagram post, DeGeneres said anyone who was in...
Saint Vincent College Summer Theatre cancels 2021 season over covid concerns
Saint Vincent College Summer Theatre has canceled its upcoming season, citing circumstances surrounding the covid-19 pandemic. “After careful deliberation and after exploring additional performance ideas, including virtual, we found it best to suspend our 2021 season,” said Greggory Brandt, producing artistic director. “Overall, in terms of risks and expenses, we...
Taylor Swift surprises fans with ‘Evermore,’ a new album due tonight
Taylor Swift fans are getting a double reason to celebrate this year — the singer-songwriter is about to release her second album in 2020. “To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs,” Swift wrote in social media posts Thursday morning. “I’ve never done this before. In the past...
TV Talk: Filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘I’m Your Woman’ shows crime story from another angle; joyous ‘The Prom’ premieresVideo
Filmed-in-Pittsburgh movie “I’m Your Woman,” streaming Friday on Amazon’s Prime Video, tracks a seldom seen aspect of a cinematic crime story. Instead of focusing on the mobsters, the film follows the criminal’s wife, Jean (Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), and the impact of her husband’s criminal activity as she...
Saint Vincent concert series streams special sacred music performanceVideo
Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica is the setting for a special virtual installment of the Saint Vincent College Concert Series, with a quartet of musicians performing sacred classics. “An Intimate Evening in the Sacred Space of the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica” is available for viewing on the college’s YouTube channel. The...
Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s new exhibitions director has her own Pittsburgh history
Sarah Crawford is experiencing something of a homecoming in taking a post as director of exhibitions at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh’s Oakland section. The Flint, Mich., native studied at the former Art Institute of Pittsburgh from 2001-04, earning a degree in graphic design. One of the...
TV Q&A: Why isn’t ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ on TV this year?
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: Looking at the Trib’s holiday television schedule and noticed no listing of the 1947 Christmas classic “Miracle on 34th Street”!!! How come? — John, Leechburg...
Pittsburgh’s Billy Porter to join New Year’s Eve show from Times Square
Last New Year’s Eve, Billy Porter was working in New Orleans. This year he’ll still be working — but in New York City. The “Pose” star and Pittsburgh native will join Ryan Seacrest and Lucy Hale on ABC in Times Square on Dec. 31 for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’...
SiriusXM, Howard Stern sign 5-year contract extension
Howard Stern has reached a five-year deal with SiriusXM to continue making his show for the satellite radio company through the end of 2025. Terms were not disclosed. Forbes magazine has reported that Stern was already making $90 million a year. “Now that I can work from home, I simply...
Little Lake Theatre patrons star in company’s holiday video
Because a live holiday show wasn’t feasible this year, Little Lake Theatre Company invited patrons to share the season in another very personal way. Organizers of the Canonsburg theater solicited holiday stories and photos that became part of “A Very Little Lake Holiday,” a video that will be available for...
Santa Claus to ride through Greensburg on a fire truck this weekend
Coronavirus kept Santa and Mrs. Claus from making their traditional appearance in the Greensburg Holiday Parade this year, but they’ll make up for it this weekend by touring the city in a fire truck. “With everything going on, we really wanted to bring some Christmas cheer to residents in the...
Christopher Nolan calls Warner’s streaming plan ‘a mess’Video
Christopher Nolan, one of Warner Bros.’ most important filmmakers, has come out strongly against the company’s decision to debut its films on HBO Max and in theaters in 2021. The “Tenet” filmmaker told The Associated Press Monday that it’s not a good business decision and criticized how the company handled...
Theatre Factory’s Christmas play offers in-person, livestream options
Viewers will have two options for enjoying The Theatre Factory’s production of “Christmas Gifts.” The old-fashioned radio-style play will be livestreamed for three evenings, with the opening night stream also available to an in-person audience at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont. Streaming time is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, when...
The Dylan catalog, a 60-year rock ‘n’ roll odyssey, is soldVideo
NEW YORK — Bob Dylan has sold publishing rights to his catalog of more than 600 songs, one of the greatest treasures in popular music, to the Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum. The catalog includes such modern standards as “Blowin’ In The Wind,” “Tangled Up in Blue,”...
The best streaming holiday music stations this season
You can’t have the holidays without the music. And these days, streaming seems to be the way to get in the festive spirit. But with so many services out there, how’s an eager ear to choose? And which one has the best holiday channels and playlists? Let’s take a look....
A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text
Against the backdrop of a pandemic’s blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday will stage an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job. Audience members may be drawn to the production by the...
David L. Lander, Squiggy of ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 73
LOS ANGELES — Actor David L. Lander — the unforgettable Squiggy on ABC’s “Laverne & Shirley” — has died, his family confirmed to the Los Angeles Times. Lander passed away Friday evening at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after having battled multiple sclerosis for 37 years. His wife, Kathy Fields...
Pittsburgh fiber artist, friends from Vermont, California make rugs, wall hangings to benefit food banks
Fiber artists make rugs from wool. They intertwine the fabric to create decorative wall hangings or functional floor coverings for the home. Three women from across the country are fashioning them — not only for a house’s décor — but to help put food on someone’s table. RFL or “Rugs...
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh MuseumLab wins international design awardVideo
MuseumLab, the newest expansion of Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, was named Civic and Cultural Interior of the Year in the international Dezeen Awards 2020. Presented by the architecture and design website Dezeen, the award was revealed during an online presentation in November. The Dezeen Awards, now in its third year,...
Just released 1970 Bob Dylan album features his sessions with George HarrisonVideo
It was supposed to be the start of the recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s “New Morning” album featuring George Harrison, fresh from the Beatles breakup. On May 1, 1970, Dylan was joined by drummer Russ Kunkel, bassist Charlie Daniels (yes, the later-famous Southern rock fiddler) and guitarist Harrison. The session...
TV Talk: ‘Your Honor’ debuts with excruciating drama
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. There’s a reason Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” became a worldwide buzz magnet: Not only is “Gambit” well-made, well-acted and impeccably produced, it also tells a story that moves consistently in a positive direction. That trajectory...
In seismic shift, Warner Bros. to stream all 2021 filmsVideo
NEW YORK — In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new “Matrix” movie, “Godzilla vs. Kong” and the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation “In the Heights” — will stream on...
