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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Venice Film Festival: From ‘Joker 2’ to ‘Queer,’ here are 10 movies to get excited about 
VENICE, Italy — Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga and Brad Pitt. But while the allure of A-listers on those picturesque docks is a welcome return to form after last...
Why Punkie Johnson still has love for Lorne Michaels, even if ‘SNL’ was not her ‘zone’
Punkie Johnson’s relationship with “Saturday Night Live” is “still strong,” even if she won’t be among the cast members returning for its 50th season. “Mutually, we just understood that it was not my zone,” the stand-up comic said, shedding more light on her recent departure. Johnson, who joined the NBC...
TV Talk: Director Lee Daniels exorcises demons in Netflix’s filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘The Deliverance’ 
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Director Lee Daniels approached his filmed-and-set-in-Pittsburgh exorcism thriller “The Deliverance,” streaming Friday on Netflix, not simply as a horror film but also an exploration of a dysfunctional family damaged by intergenerational trauma. And his...
Legendary rock band battling Donald Trump, backing Kamala Harris
The Foo Fighters and Donald Trump’s campaign went into the weekend going rounds, and it doesn’t look like there will any love lost when the dust has settled. The conflict began when the former president used the band’s “My Hero” when he brought former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy...
Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?
Ahead of Taylor Swift’s July 14, 2023, concert in Denver, Aditi Desai, chief marketing officer at the Food Bank of the Rockies, got an unusual call. The billionaire pop star wanted to donate tens of thousands of meals to the nonprofit — a philanthropic effort she had repeated, much like...
Venus Williams talks about being part of Carnegie Museum of Art podcast
Venus Williams is the narrator behind the Carnegie Museum of Art’s “Widening the Lens” podcast, a six-part series that explores the relationship between people, photography and the environment. That relationship is contextualized, discussed and analyzed by scholars, artists from diverse backgrounds and Williams herself. Some of the artists also appear...
Pa.-born Sabrina Carpenter’s new album ‘Short n’ Sweet’ garners praise on social media
Friday marked the release of Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, “Short n’ Sweet,” which includes her famous single “Espresso” alongside 11 other tunes. Though Carpenter, 25, released her first album in 2015, “Eyes Wide Open,” she skyrocketed in popularity with the release of “Espresso” in April, which many in the music...
Singer Taylor Acorn talks about her ties to Pittsburgh, new album and ‘People Watching’ video 
Pop-punk singer Taylor Acorn is originally from Wellsboro in north-central Pennsylvania and is currently living in Nashville. But she feels like she’s going to wind up in Pittsburgh someday, since her partner of five years grew up in Johnstown and his family now lives in Cranberry. “So every Christmas, birthday,...
Movie Review: ‘The Crow’ reimagined is stylish and operatic, but cannot outfly 1994 original 
One of the first things you see in the reimagined “The Crow” is the sight of a fallen white horse in a muddy field, bleeding badly after becoming entangled in barbed wire. It’s a metaphor, of course, and a clunky one at that — a powerful image that doesn’t really...
Lionsgate pulls Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ trailer after controversy 
Lionsgate released a trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s ” Megalopolis,” earlier this week which gave viewers the first official look at the science fiction drama starring Adam Driver. The film — which was aimed to be poised as a work of art that would be long remembered, much like Coppola’s...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 23-25
There’s a great crop of events happening all over Pittsburgh this weekend. From pretty performances to delicious food to maybe something a little weird, it’s a great time to try something fun or a little out there. Here are some ideas. Pittsburgh Ballet Under the Stars Hartwood Acres Middle Road...
Gene the Werewolf to celebrate release of ‘best of’ vinyl record 
Pittsburgh rockers with a throwback sound have taken to a throwback way to listen to their best work so far. Gene the Werewolf is ready to launch its “best of” vinyl album Friday via concert at the South Park Amphitheater. Admission is free to the all-ages show, which is part...
TV Talk: Lesley Ann Warren on Blake Edwards, making ‘Clue’; August Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’ slated 
PBS’s latest “American Masters” film, “Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames” (9 p.m. Aug. 27, WQED-TV), proves entertaining and easily watchable regardless of a viewer’s familiarity with Edwards’ films. Directed, produced and co-written by Danny Gold (“Killing Me Softly with His Songs”), Edwards’ widow, Julie Andrews, leads viewers...
Dweezil Zappa carries on musical tradition of father Frank
Listen to a lot of what passes for popular music these days, the repetitive mouth noises droning along to minimalist synthesized sounds. When you’re ready for a change, check out Dweezil Zappa’s band. Accompanying him are genuine, living, breathing musicians: a lead vocalist who excels while alternating between his guitar...
Chappell Roan’s meteoric rise leaves Pittsburgh fans in awe
“Pink Pony Club” fans have been around since the pandemic in Pittsburgh, but the release of “Good Luck, Babe!” in April started an international Femininomenon — and singer Chappell Roan became a household name. Roan, a 26-year-old singer from Missouri, released her first EP titled “School Nights” in 2017, followed...
TV Q&A: Which reporters/anchors are pregnant at WPXI?
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 everyone at WPXI-TV pregnant? — Rodney, via email Rob: Not sure about everyone — assume that would come as a surprise to the station’s...
Childish Gambino electrifies PPG Paints Arena on final tour
Donald Glover is the definition of multitalented. He is a renowned writer, actor and director who has written for NBC’s “30 Rock,” starred in “Community” and wrote and starred in the FX series “Atlanta,” among many other projects. When he works under his stage name — Childish Gambino — it’s...
Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck after 2 years of marriage
LOS ANGELES — After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the...
Michael Keaton returns to big screen with ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel
Pittsburgh native Michael Keaton is set to reprise his role as Beetlejuice in the sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which will be released Sept. 6. Warner Bros. Pictures released the official trailer for the new movie in July. Keaton, 72, is also known for his portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Tim Burton’s...
Penn Township native to perform in Pittsburgh Ballet’s free Hartwood Acres show
Caitlyn Mendicino has been dancing since she was 4 years old. The Penn Township native took lessons from the Ballet Westmoreland Academy in Murrysville. This weekend, she will take the Hartwood Acres stage as the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre kicks off its 55th season with a free performance Sunday that will...
Melissa Etheridge embraces hope ahead of headlining Women Who Rock benefit in Pittsburgh 
When Melissa Etheridge started making a name for herself in the music business in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she came in with a wave of other women, citing Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow and Indigo Girls. “We all kind of showed up around the same four-,...
Penn State student killed during hazing incident will be focus of A&E series’ next episode
A series on A&E will feature an episode dedicated to a hazing at Penn State which left one student dead. Episode three of “Houses Of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life” will focus on the story of Tim Piazza, a 19-year-old freshman at Penn State who was pledging at the...
Pittsburgh Playwrights’ ‘Radio Golf’ is a triumph from start to finish
August Wilson is a titan of modern theater and his legacy stands especially tall here in Pittsburgh, his hometown and the setting for most of his 10-play Century Cycle. “Radio Golf” represents both the final decade of that century — it’s set in 1997 — and Wilson’s final play. The...
Bruce Springsteen leans into ‘Darkness’ during 2nd night in Pittsburgh
Going to see Bruce Springsteen is something that at least one member of my family has been doing for a literal half-century now. My father was going to see him in the early 1970s, before Max Weinberg took his well-known place behind the drums and more than a decade before...
Front Porch Theatricals’ ‘Bandstand’ is a swinging tribute to America’s veterans
Along with piping-hot swing music and dazzling choreography, the musical “Bandstand” offers an unflinching glimpse into the lives of United States military veterans coming home after World War II. Thanks to an incredible, multitalented cast and seamless direction, local company Front Porch Theatricals has crafted a production of which they...


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