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30 years after music icon Selena’s murder, Yolanda Saldívar is up for parole
Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the last three decades, Saldívar has served her life sentence in Texas. Now 64, Saldívar has a petition for parole under review, according to Texas Department of Criminal Justice online records. On Sunday,...
Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, AFI, Jawbreaker headlining this year’s Four Chord Music FestivalVideo
The Four Chord Music Festival is moving back to EQT Park — the baseball stadium for the Washington Wild Things — and this year’s lineup, fittingly, looks like a home run. Four Chord Music Fest 11 is set for Sept. 13-14, with Blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World headlining the first...
Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan on ‘The Sickness’ 25th anniversary, new song and more ahead of Pittsburgh concertVideo
In 2020, Disturbed had been set to do a 20th anniversary tour to celebrate their 2000 album “The Sickness” before that got shelved by the covid-19 pandemic. Now five years later, they’re marking their landmark album with a 25th anniversary tour instead. “We’re excited to get back out and play...
Pittsburgh Public Theater’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ is a long, mind-bending journey
More than six decades after premiering on Broadway, Edward Albee’s modern classic “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” remains a little bit vicious, a big surprise and a real conversation piece for first-time audience members. Pittsburgh Public Theater’s production, which runs through April 6, boasts excellent performances that bring Albee’s mind-bending...
TV Q&A: When will season 2 of ‘The Pitt’ premiere?
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 glad “The Pitt” got renewed for another season. Will it be next year until we see new episodes? — John, via Twitter Rob: “The...
Outside of Gene Hackman’s home, where the actor was found dead, is shown in body cam footage
ALBUQUERQE, N.M. — Authorities have released body camera footage from outside the home of Gene Hackman, where the actor and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in late February. The redacted footage shows deputies talking with the two workers who called authorities to report seeing someone lying on the floor...
Fust frontman Aaron Dowdy on ‘Spangled’ single, ‘Big Ugly’ album and songwriting ahead of Pittsburgh concertVideo
For Aaron Dowdy, the frontman for North Carolina’s Fust, choosing “Spangled” as the alt country band’s lead single seemed natural on a number of fronts. “’Spangled’ felt like a culmination of everything we had done so far, but also a bit of a leap. You hear the whole band in...
North Side author highlights Pittsburgh’s history of stadiums and arenas
Pittsburgh had the first indoor rink in North America with artificial ice. The Schenley Park Casino was located at the entrance to Schenley Park when it opened in 1895. Built at a cost of $400,000, it had 18-foot windows, 1,500 incandescent lights, two tiers of seating, luxury boxes, a café,...
French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledges boorish behavior but denies sexual assault
PARIS — French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he used crude and heated language around a woman who accuses him of sexual assault and grabbed her hips but denied assaulting her, as he testified for the first time at his landmark trial in Paris. She told the court that...
TV Talk: Streaming, TV respond to shifting political winds
At any moment, entertainment programming may reflect the culture or it may lead the culture. Sometimes it does both simultaneously to advance the industry’s ultimate goal: making money. The 1998 premiere of NBC’s “Will & Grace,” a show with two lead gay characters, broke new ground in the broadcast prime-time...
Rosie O’Donnell wrote apology letter to Irish PM after his Trump meeting
Comedian Rosie O’Donnell revealed she wrote an apology letter to Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin after her name came up during his meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House. O’Donnell, 63, moved to Ireland after Trump was reelected as president. The two have famously feuded for years. During...
Conan O’Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy Center
WASHINGTON — On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ended on a high note. O’Brien accepted the award for lifetime achievement in comedy...
Jonas Brothers, JoJo Siwa announce Pittsburgh showsVideo
A pair of acts that shot to fame as teenagers will be playing shows in the Pittsburgh area later this year. The Jonas Brothers will be celebrating their 20th anniversary with their Jonas20: Living the Dream tour, which hits PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Nov. 12. And JoJo Siwa...
Pittsburgh local band spotlight: Rattle BonesVideo
“Silver Bullets,” the debut album from Rattle Bones, is “chock full of isolation blues, riff-happy rave-ups, guitar noir, three-part harmonies, bittersweet melodies, and a bitchin’ backbeat,” according to singer/guitarist Gary Martin. Or, in other words: “This record could be the soundtrack to your Saturday night excess or to your Sunday...
TV Talk: Seth Rogen satirizes movie biz with bite in ‘The Studio’
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Shows set behind the scenes in Hollywood have a decidedly mixed track record. For every creatively successful effort (“30 Rock,” “Hacks,” “Episodes,” “Beggars Choosers”), there are a string of duds (“Studio 60 on the Sunset...
Westmoreland exhibit explores artist’s talent in capturing Pittsburgh’s steel heyday
Artist Aaron Gorson came to Pittsburgh as a portrait painter in the early 20th century. But a trip to the city’s Bluff neighborhood changed all that. “He looked up the Mon River and saw the spectacular show of the steel mills at night, with lights and flames flaring,” said Maxwell...
‘Snow White’ opens with a sleepy $43 million at box office
NEW YORK — The Walt Disney Co.’s live-action, controversy-bedeviled “Snow White” opened in theaters with a sleepy $43 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. With a budget above $250 million, “Snow White” had set out with higher ambitions, particularly since it returns Disney to its very origins....
Rufus Wainwright delivers intimate set at City Winery
Seasoned singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright delivered a short-but-sweet performance from his diverse catalog Saturday night at City Winery in the Strip District. Wainwright is modern-day folk-rock royalty, the son of American singer Loudon Wainwright III and French-Canadian folk singer Kate McGarrigle. Following in the footsteps of his parents, Rufus Wainwright has...
Poppy’s musical evolution continues in Pittsburgh concertVideo
The evolution of the musical artist known as Poppy continues, with Pittsburgh getting to see the latest iteration Saturday night. Poppy’s They’re All Around Us tour proved aptly named, as the lower floor at the Roxian Theatre in McKees Rocks felt tightly packed, with the rest of the venue crowded,...
TV Talk: No movement on WQED’s potential move; Kilmer to morning anchor on WPXI
At Thursday’s WQED board meeting, WQED president Jason Jedlinski addressed the “ongoing and changing situation in D.C.” regarding threats by the Trump administration to cut funding to PBS. Jedlinski noted the continuing resolution passed earlier this month provided level funding for fiscal year 2027 (the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is...
Pittsburgh’s Old Neon releases new single ‘Nobody’s Burden’ from upcoming ‘Resolution’ EPVideo
In the early days of Pittsburgh’s Old Neon, the pop punk group aimed to put out a song every month. “It was also something to push us too, to try and create more to try to figure out, what kind of band are we?” guitarist Mike McInnes said. “What is...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 21-23
Spring is officially here, but the weather is still fickle. So, while we’re waiting for March to go out like a lamb, here are some fun (and mostly indoor) events to pass the weekend around the Pittsburgh region. NatureFest On Saturday, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Oakland will...
Review: Spend a beautiful hour and a half with City Theatre’s ‘Birthday Candles’
“I wish for you so many beautiful hours.” At the beginning of City Theatre’s production of “Birthday Candles” — and on protagonist Ernestine Ashworth’s 17th birthday — this is the wish that her mother gives to her, as they bake a birthday cake together. For the next 90 minutes —...
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats bring genre-bending retro fun to Petersen Events Center
Who said a Wednesday night isn’t a good time for a great concert? Not Nathaniel Rateliff who, along with the skill of his backing band The Night Sweats, served up a brisk-but-powerful 90-minute set of 22 songs at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Rateliff is the pride of the Denver...
TV Talk: Great cast isn’t served by Netflix’s ‘Residence;’ local news race remains tightVideo
On paper, Netflix’s latest Shonda Rhimes executive-produced series “The Residence” sounds like a potential hoot. It’s a comedic murder mystery set in the White House with a stellar cast that includes Uzo Aduba (“Orange Is the New Black”), Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad”), Ken Marino (“Party Down”), Randall Park (“Fresh Off...
