Movies/TV category, Page 56
TV Q&A: Why don’t HGTV designers include TVs in their home makeovers?
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: I wonder why most designers on HGTV shows refuse to put the homeowners’ TVs back after they redesign the home. They usually put a painting...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking Bill Cowher documentary, ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Only Murders,’ ‘Strange New Worlds’
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including a docu-series with an episode on former Steelers coach Bill Cowher. MGM+’s “NFL Icons” returns for its third season at 10 p.m. Oct. 21...
TV Talk: ‘Telemarketers’ pulls back the curtain on the phone calls everyone receives (and hates)
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. HBO documentaries come in all shapes and sizes, but “Telemarketers” (10 p.m. tonight) may be one of the most DIY homemade efforts yet. A shaggy, shambolic docu-series not without its charms, “Telemarketers” takes viewers behind...
Emmy Awards move to January, placing them firmly in Hollywood’s awards season
LOS ANGELES — The strike-delayed 75th Emmy Awards have a new date — one that places them squarely within Hollywood’s awards season, for a change. Fox announced Thursday that the Emmys will air Jan. 15 from the Peacock Theater at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. The show will air...
Kuwait and Lebanon move to ban ‘Barbie’ over gender and sexuality themes ahead of Mideast release
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — “Barbie” is set to open across the Middle East on Thursday, but moves by Kuwait and Lebanon to ban the film over its themes about gender and sexuality have raised questions over how widely it will be released. Kuwait announced its ban late Wednesday, saying...
TV Talk: Netflix debuts its own ‘Dopesick’ with oxy drama ‘Painkiller’ from writers of Mister Rogers movieVideo
Netflix largely abandoned its HBO-wannabe roots, forsaking highbrow, quality shows for more middle-of-the-road fare with broader appeal. But every now and then Netflix still attempts higher caliber programming, most recently with 2021’s “Maid,” the story of a young woman who flees an abusive relationship and tries to build a new...
Pittsburgh native Billy Porter selling house, feeling financial strain of SAG and WGA strikes
The ongoing writers and actors strikes in Hollywood are starting to take a financial toll on entertainers fighting for fairer wages, from the rank and file to stars like actor Billy Porter. “I have to sell my house,” Porter said during a recent interview with Evening Standard. “Yeah! Because we’re...
Hollywood strike matches the 100-day mark of the last writers’ strike in 2007-2008
NEW YORK — The Hollywood writers strike reached the 100-day mark on Wednesday, matching the length of the landmark 2007-2008 strike. The milestone comes as the U.S. film and television industries remain paralyzed by dual strikes by its actors and screenwriters. There’s no foreseeable end — a negotiating session last...
TV Q&A: Is Edgar Snyder of TV lawyer ad fame going to retire?
Q: I wonder if Edgar Snyder the lawyer is going to retire? I keep seeing his commercials, and it seems like he is introducing more people that work for him. — Krissy, via Facebook Rob: While Snyder is not in the courtroom on a regular basis, the firm says he...
Bell Township real estate agent, client to be featured on HGTV’s ‘House Hunters’
In nearly 10 years of selling real estate, Lori Weig-Tamasy received a request she had never heard before from a client. “She told me she applied to be on HGTV’s ‘House Hunters’ and that she thinks she got accepted,” said Weig-Tamasy of Bell Township, a real estate agent for Century...
Wayne Brady, host of ‘Let’s Make a Deal,’ comes out as pansexual
Wayne Brady is opening up about his sexuality, revealing that he’s “attracted across the board.” The “Let’s Make a Deal” host sat down with People for a vulnerable discussion about shame, sexuality and mental health that was published on Monday. “I am pansexual,” he told the outlet. “In doing my...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking Trolley from ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ on ‘Donkey Hodie’
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including the arrival of Trolley, a “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” character, on Fred Rogers’ Productions’ “Donkey Hodie.” In its second season premiering Aug. 14 (11 a.m....
‘Barbie’ joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors
Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. In just three weeks in theaters, “Barbie” sailed past $1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins, who helmed “Wonder Woman.” “Barbie,” which Gerwig directed and co-wrote, added $53 million...
Movie weapons supervisor waives right to preliminary hearing in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
SANTA FE, N.M. — The woman who was overseeing the use of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer agreed Friday to forgo a preliminary hearing that would have provided court testimony from dozens of people, including eyewitnesses to the shooting. Arizona-based armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed,...
Actor Mark Margolis, murderous drug kingpin on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ dies at 83
NEW YORK — Emmy-nominated actor Mark Margolis, who played murderous former drug kingpin Hector Salamanca in “Breaking Bad” and then in the prequel “Better Call Saul,” has died at age 83. The actor died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness, according to a statement...
TV Talk: Pittsburgh-raised creator, actor wrap up ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” creator Tim Federle, a 1998 graduate of Upper St. Clair High School, got the sense midway through writing the show’s fourth season that it would also likely be...
TV Talk: Music bolsters ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’Video
Musicals play a key role in the new season of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” and in a new episode of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” ‘Only Murders’ For its third outing, the podcast created by Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) investigates the...
Striking writers, studios will meet this week to discuss restarting negotiations
LOS ANGELES — Union leaders told striking Hollywood writers Tuesday night that they plan to meet with representatives for studios to discuss restarting negotiations after the first official communication between the two sides since the strike began three months ago. The Writers Guild of America sent an email to members...
TV Q&A: Are Lonni Rivera and Yolanda Hawkins the same WPXI reporter?
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: WPXI has a new reporter, Lonni Rivera. Am I crazy or is that WPXI’s former reporter Yolanda Hawkins from years ago? — Tyler, via email...
Fans can view Pee-wee Herman’s bike at Pittsburgh’s Bicycle Heaven museumVideo
With the July 30 death of actor Paul Reubens, also known as Pee-wee Herman, Craig Morrow is expecting an increase of visitors to Bicycle Heaven. The museum and bike shop in Pittsburgh’s North Side is home to one of the the prop bikes used in the 1985 film “Pee-wee’s Big...
Movie review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back, and maybe better than everVideo
There are some good gags and clever innovations in the animated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” but there is one brilliant idea: casting Ice Cube as the voice of the movie’s mutant insect supervillain Super Fly. It might have once been hard to foresee the value of having the...
SAG-AFTRA members rally in Pittsburgh as Hollywood strike drags on
Randy Kovitz is a middle-class actor. It’s a title he says he’s proud of, with a resume showing credits from film, television and commercials. His first role was in George Romero’s cult classic and genre-defining movie “Dawn of the Dead,” a cult classic, filmed at Monroeville Mall. He received $50...
Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, dead at 70Video
Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement. “Please accept my apology for not going...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘Lando,’ Emmys and the prospect of a localized ‘Lake Placid’
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including whether that alligator in the Kiski River might spawn a “Lake Placid” sequel. Benz and Owen discuss the latest on the dual actors’ and writers’...
‘Barbie’ bonanza continues at the box office, ‘Oppenheimer’ holds the No. 2 spot
NEW YORK — A week later, the “Barbenheimer” boom has not abated. Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” conspired to set box office records, the two films held unusually strongly in theaters. “Barbie” took in a massive $93 million in its second weekend, according to studio...
