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Steven Spielberg’s push against Netflix at Oscars hits nerve
LOS ANGELES — When Steven Spielberg speaks about the business of Hollywood, everyone generally listens and few dissent. But reports that he intends to support rule changes that could block Netflix from Oscars-eligibility have provoked a heated, and unwieldy, debate online this weekend. It has found the legendary filmmaker at...
Ryan Adams’ tour canceled after misconduct allegations
NEW YORK — Singer Ryan Adams’ upcoming tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland is canceled following reports of psychological abuse and sexual misconduct. The cancellation comes after The New York Times recently reported the misconduct allegations against Adams made by multiple women, including his ex-wife Mandy Moore. Seven women...
Neon Swing to play Mardi Gras show at NOLA on the Square
Neon Swing X-perience will let the good times roll from 7-10 p.m. March 5 with a Mardi Gras show at NOLA on the Square in downtown Pittsburgh. “Last year’s Mardi Gras show was quite an event, complete with vocalist/trumpeter Mike’s car being towed as the band looked on from the...
Ryan Reynolds remembers John Candy on 25th anniversary of his death
Actor and comedian John Candy died 25 years ago Monday. The passing of the legendary funnyman was lovingly remember by a short montage of some of his films put together by fellow Canadian Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds posted the video to social media on Sunday, with the caption: “It’s the 25th...
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art plans spring show on native artVideo
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art invites visitors to a spring exhibit and programming exploring Native American culture and the effects of colonialism. Anchoring the effort will be “Mingled Visions: The Photographs of Edward S. Curtis and Will Wilson,” on display March 30 through June 30. “Mingled Visions” compares two...
Alice Cooper, Halestorm announce tickets on sale Friday for July tour date
Tickets will go on sale Friday for rock musician Alice Cooper’s tour stop at KeyBank Pavilion near Burgettstown on July 19. He will be joined on the 19-city tour by co-headliners Halestorm. Fans of Alice Cooper, a Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer, should expect performances of new music on...
Keith Flint, singer of electronic band The Prodigy, dies
LONDON — Keith Flint, lead singer of dance-electronic band The Prodigy, has been found dead at his home near London. He was 49. Flint was the stage persona of the band, whose hits “Firestarter” and “Breathe” fused techno, breakbeat and acid house music. The band sold 30 million records, taking...
Spielberg’s push against Netflix at the Oscars hits a nerveVideo
LOS ANGELES — When Steven Spielberg speaks about the business of Hollywood, everyone generally listens and few dissent. But reports that he intends to support rule changes that could block Netflix from Oscars-eligibility have provoked a heated, and unwieldy, debate online this weekend. It has found the legendary filmmaker at...
Focus On The Arts showcases magic of photography, painting
Photographer Harry Shipman still appreciates the purity of using film. “I have a dark room in my house,” says Shipman, as he stood in front of his work for the Focus On The Arts exhibit at Pittsburgh Mills. “With digital you can see if you got the shot, but with...
Pittsburgh Festival Opera welcomes Christopher Powell as executive director
Christopher M. Powell was named executive director of the Pittsburgh Festival Opera effective March 12. Powell was the director of artistic initiatives for the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, N.Y., for the past four years. He will work alongside Artistic Director Jonathan Eaton into the opera’s 42nd season. The upcoming season...
Jason Aldean tour tickets go on sale Friday
Tickets will go on sale Friday for country musician Jason Aldean’s planned Pittsburgh tour date later this year. Aldean’s Ride All Night Tour will make a stop at KeyBank Pavilion near Burgettstown on Sept. 14. Traveling with him will be special guests Kane Brown, Carly Pearce and Dee Jay Silver....
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ stays No. 1, ‘Madea’ a strong 2nd
LOS ANGELES — “How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” topped the North American box office for a second week, but close on its tail was Tyler Perry’s final installment of the “Madea” franchise. Driven by a largely female audience, “A Madea Family Funeral” had a better-than-expected debut. The...
‘SNL’ parodies the Cohen hearings, with help from Ben Stiller and Bill HaderVideo
Actors Bill Hader and Ben Stiller made guest appearances on “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend, parodying Michael Cohen’s seven-hour testimony on Capitol Hill, which consumed the attention of Washington and the media. The cast started the show with a re-enactment of Cohen’s opening statement Wednesday to the House Oversight...
Ian McKellen has apologized for remarks about Spacey, Singer
LONDON — Actor Ian McKellen has apologized for remarks in which he appeared to suggest that allegations of sexual abuse that have been leveled against Kevin Spacey and Bryan Singer resulted from the entertainers’ unease with their own sexuality. McKellen tweeted Saturday that comments made during the live #QueerAF podcast...
Cast-iron vs. nonstick skillets: How to choose the right pan
Cast iron is often called the original nonstick pan. And it makes sense. Well-seasoned cast-iron skillets have a naturally formed coating that is created when fats are heated to a certain point that causes them to reorganize into something resembling a plastic coating and bond to the metal. For centuries,...
Jordyn Woods: ‘I’m not a homewrecker’ in Kardashian brouhah
NEW YORK (AP) — Declaring “I’m not a homewrecker,” Jordyn Woods sat down Friday on Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch show to clear up wild social media speculation over exactly what happened between her and Cleveland Cavalier Tristan Thompson: One kiss on the lips, she said, that took her by...
Lincoln Park Performing Arts student competes on ‘American Ninja Warrior Junior’
A Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School freshman will compete on “American Ninja Warrior Junior,” a Universal Kids Network television show, at 7 p.m. March 2. Dance major Abby Richert, 14, of Bethel Park, will take part in the next-generation competition, which puts young contestants through a timed course of...
John Mayer launches foundation focused on veterans
NEW YORK (AP) — John Mayer is launching a foundation focused on improving the health of veterans through scientific research. The Grammy-winning singer on Friday announced The Heart and Armor Foundation, which plans to focus on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and meeting the emerging needs of women veterans. Though...
New Kids on the Block pay tribute to history of boy bandsVideo
Get ready to make some noise and share some laughs as the New Kids on the Block go back to school in the new video for “Boys in the Band.” The tongue-in-cheek vid highlights the band’s newest track, taking a new generation on a journey through the history of boy...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 1-3
There are plenty of ways to spend your time this weekend as we welcome the month of March. The Wiz Pittsburgh and Taylor Allderdice’s own Wiz Khalifa will perform Saturday at Stage AE on the North Side. The megastar rapper, known for his single “Black and Yellow,” has YouTube’s second-highest...
Rotten Tomatoes shuts down trolls targeting female-led blockbusters
A blockbuster is set to open with a lead who is not male and not white. People are excited about the film, but trolls hijack the conversation, sometimes targeting the movie’s stars. What should have been a good time instead becomes an internet maelstrom in which a movie and its...
Ex-Vegas headliner faints at 20-year sentence in porn case
LAS VEGAS — A former Las Vegas illusion show headliner from Germany appeared to faint Thursday while being sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined more than $500,000 in a federal child pornography case. Jan Rouven Fuechtener, 40, stiffened and fell backward over his chair after Chief U.S. District...
Altoona native Jimmy Mowery joins Team Adam on ‘The Voice’
If you like to feel a connection to the singer you root for on “The Voice,” here’s one with western Pennsylvania roots. Altoona native Jimmy Mowery went through blind auditions on the Feb. 25 return of the NBC singing competition and ultimately ended up choosing Adam Levine as his coach....
Brie Larson meets young girl dressed as Captain Marvel at U.K. premiere
Brie Larson took to the red carpet for the U.K. premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” Wednesday night in London and shared a moment with a young girl dressed as the super-heroine. Larson spoke with 8-year-old Illie, who attended the premiere at The Curzon Mayfair with nonprofit organization The Female...
Former Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conductor André Previn dies at age 89
André Previn, one-time music director and principal conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, has died in Manhattan at age 89. His manager, Linda Petrikova, confirmed Previn’s death to the Associated Press. Beyond his conducting talents, Previn also brought to the symphony his “virtuosity at the piano and a musical sensibility...
