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Emmy Awards are postponed due to the Hollywood actors and writers strike
The 75th Emmy Awards are the latest production to be postponed due to the Hollywood strikes and will not air as planned in September. A person familiar with the postponement plans but not authorized to speak publicly pending an official announcement confirmed the delay Friday. No information about a new...
Record-breaking ‘Barbie’ brings in over half a billion dollars in 1 week
“Barbie” mania has resulted in a global box office that has soared past the half billion dollar mark. Warner Bros. Pictures said the film, which had a “record-shattering opening weekend” on July 21, 2023, “has surpassed the half-billion dollar mark at the global box office, taking in a staggering worldwide...
TV Talk: ‘Dark Winds’ roars back on AMCVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Viewers may feel the impact of the concurrent writers and actors strikes in a few months, but this summer’s TV premieres continue apace, and the latest provides additional good news for crime drama fans. Already...
‘Jackass’ star Bam Margera to stand trial on assault charge in fight with brother, judge rules
WEST CHESTER, Pa. — “Jackass” star Bam Margera must stand trial on charges that he punched his brother during an altercation at their home near Philadelphia, a judge ruled Thursday while ordering him to get a drug and alcohol screening to remain free on bail. Margera, 43, has pleaded not...
TV Talk: Action comedy ‘Twisted Metal’ twists expectations for post-apocalyptic storytellingVideo
Post-apocalyptic stories can entertain and provoke thought – see HBO’s “The Last of Us” – but they also tend to be major downers. Along comes Peacock’s bonkers “Twisted Metal” to say, “Not always!” Like “The Last of Us,” “Twisted Metal” is based on a video game, this time a 1995...
TV Q&A: Will DISH and WPXI-TV’s parent company ever settle?
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’m a DISH Network customer. We haven’t had NBC’s WPXI-TV for more than seven months and I’m still paying the same amount. Is there something...
Venice Film Festival unveils A-list lineup with ‘Priscilla,’ ‘Ferrari,’ ‘Maestro’ amid strikes
Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein drama “Maestro,” Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley movie, Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” David Fincher’s “The Killer” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” will make their world debuts at the Venice International Film Festival this fall. Organizers announced the lineup Tuesday for the 80th edition of the festival, which — despite...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘Barbie,’ Shark Week, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
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 what the future might hold for AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh. Benz and Owen discuss the double hits of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” (and the failures of...
With ‘Barbie,’ Greta Gerwig breaks a box office record for female directors
“Barbie” didn’t just break the opening weekend record for 2023; It also shattered the first weekend record for a film directed by a woman. With $162 million in ticket sales from North American theaters, according to studio totals Monday, “Barbie” catapulted past both “Captain Marvel,” which was co-directed by Anna...
Jury deliberates in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial in London
LONDON — Jurors in the sexual assault trial of Kevin Spacey retired to begin deliberations Monday on allegations against the actor by four men that date back two decades. Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty to nine charges, including multiple counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a...
The results of ‘Barbenheimer’ weekend are in. Here’s who took the box office crown
“Barbenheimer ” didn’t just work — it spun box office gold. The social media-fueled fusion of Greta Gerwig’s ” Barbie ” and Christopher Nolan’s ” Oppenheimer ” brought moviegoers back to the theaters in record numbers this weekend, vastly outperforming projections and giving a glimmer of hope to the lagging...
Pleasant Hills woman’s passion for Barbie dolls inspired by her late mother
Dressed in bold red, bright green and shimmery pink ball gowns, Kim Bennear Fancsali’s Barbies are perched atop two shelves in the corner of the room. Some have sparkling tiaras, others are adorned with colorful capes and puffy faux fur. Fancy necklaces and earrings complete the look. They are from...
Vanna White to reportedly get paid $100K per episode of ‘Celebrity Wheel’ in partial contract agreement
Vanna White apparently will keep her job on “Wheel of Fortune” when Ryan Seacrest begins hosting next year — but with a caveat. The longtime letter-turner has reportedly agreed to be paid $100,000 an episode for “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.” While White is said to have requested half of the...
TV Talk: ‘Lioness’ fills the ‘SEAL Team’ void on Paramount+Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. As it looks like we’re in for a long haul with the writers’ and actors’ strikes, fans of Paramount+ series “SEAL Team” will be waiting a while to see that show’s seventh season — writing...
Think pink: Barbie-mania takes over Western Pennsylvania
Sorry, Taylor Swift, you’re old news. This week, it’s all about Barbie. The long-awaited, first live-action movie about the world’s best-selling fashion doll arrives in theaters this weekend with Margot Robbie in the title role and Ryan Gosling as her perpetual boyfriend, Ken. “Barbie” finds the pair kicked out of...
Fans of martial arts legend Bruce Lee fondly remember his life philosophy 50 years after his death
HONG KONG — Fans of late martial arts legend Bruce Lee, who broke negative stereotypes around Asian men in films, gathered in Hong Kong this week to commemorate their idol’s death half a century ago, remembering his legacy and his life philosophy on persistence. Lee, who was born in San...
TV Talk: ‘Shark Week’ goes inside ‘Belly of the Beast’ to get close-up views of sharksVideo
“Shark Week 2023” kicks off this weekend on Discovery Channel and streaming service Max with “Belly of the Beast: Feeding Frenzy” (8 p.m. Sunday), which is a prototypical “Shark Week” entry. Part science, part derring-do for the purposes of entertainment, cameras follow marine biologist and “Shark Week’ mainstay Austin Gallagher...
Movie Review: A bomb and its fallout in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” is a kinetic thing of dark, imposing beauty that quakes with the disquieting tremors of a forever rupture in the course of human history. “Oppenheimer,” a feverish three-hour immersion in the life of Manhattan Project mastermind J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), is poised between the shock and...
Movie review: She’s Perfect Barbie. He’s Scene-Stealing Ken. Their life in plastic looks fantasticVideo
For someone who’s 11.5 inches tall and weighs under 8 ounces, poor Barbie’s had to carry an awfully heavy load over the years on that slender, plastic back of hers. Welcomed as a trailblazer in 1959 — An adult doll! With actual breasts! — she was nonetheless branded an anti-feminist...
‘Am I crossing picket lines if I see a movie?’ and other Hollywood strike fan questions answered
You watch movies. You watch TV. And now you’re wondering how the dual Hollywood strikes — a pitched battle with actors and writers on one side, and studios and streaming services on the other — will affect you. We have answers. Do the strikes mean “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” aren’t coming...
‘Oppenheimer’ stirs up conflicted history for Los Alamos and New Mexico downwinders
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — The movie about a man who changed the course of the world’s history by shepherding the development of the first atomic bomb is expected to be a blockbuster, dramatic and full of suspense. On the sidelines will be a community downwind from the testing site in...
Pittsburgh’s Daniel Moore loses 3rd ‘Jeopardy!’ appearance by $1Video
Just one dollar. Just one! That’s how much Pittsburgh’s Daniel Moore lost by in his third appearance on the game show “Jeopardy!” on Tuesday night. Moore faced some tougher competition from Canadian Cheslea Watt and, especially, Los Angeles lawyer David Bederman. Going into Final Jeopardy, Moore was in second place...
TV Q&A: Whither AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh?
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: What is the future of AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh? Back in February, the predictions were dire. Since then, there’s been nothing in the news about their...
Pittsburgh’s Daniel Moore snags 2nd ‘Jeopardy!’ win
Daniel Moore’s second “Jeopardy!” victory wasn’t as stellar as his first, but he lives to fight another day. The Pittsburgh contestant ended Monday night’s episode with another $14,800, defeating fellow contestants retired elementary teacher Jerry Powers of New Jersey and librarian Leann Craumer of Maryland. Unlike Friday, Moore correctly answered...
TV Talk: Filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘Rustin’ lands release date
“Rustin,” the bio-pic from former President Barack Obama’s and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, will debut on Netflix on Nov. 17. Directed by George C. Wolfe, who previously helmed 2020’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” in Western Pennsylvania, “Rustin” stars Colman Domingo, who was a cast member in “Ma Rainey’s Black...
