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Moviemaking club encourages student collaboration at O’Hara Elementary
It’s lights, camera, action for a group of O’Hara Elementary moviemaking students celebrating the release of their latest student-led short film. The O’Hara Elementary Movie Making Club recently completed a whimsical, Olympic-themed short movie that includes chocolate milk-loving alien cats. At the creative helm of the after-school club is fifth...
TV Q&A: Did a WTAE anchor announce his departure?
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 thought that I read that Andrew Stockey left WTAE after 30 years on the air. When I turned on my TV today, there was...
Pitt Greensburg chorale will perform free concert in MurrysvilleVideo
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Chorale and Blair Chorale will take part in a free performance in Murrysville. The groups will perform the Duruflé Requiem, composed by Maurice Duruflé, at 5:30 p.m. March 23 at Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church in Murrysville. There is no cost to attend. The church is...
Semisonic rejects White House use of song ‘Closing Time’ for deportations
“Closing Time” by Semisonic is just one of those songs that — should it come on at a bar — mostly everyone knows the lyrics. But some — like the White House — don’t seem to know the point of the song. The 90s group has come out and criticized...
TV Talk: KDKA-TV GM retires, CBS names replacement
KDKA-TV general manager Chris Cotugno will retire next month and Tuesday, CBS appointed Western Pennsylvania native Julie Eisenman to take Cotugno’s place at the helm of KDKA and WPKD-TV (aka KDKA+). Eisenman, a 1997 graduate of what is now PennWest Clarion, comes to Pittsburgh’s CBS-owned station April 7 from WNEP,...
Not gonna lie: Pop singer JoJo on new music, memoir and more ahead of Pittsburgh show
As pop singer JoJo revels in a new era at only age 34, she is truly enjoying her Too Much To Say tour, which hits Pittsburgh early next month. “I’ve loved it. I’ve really loved it,” she said last week in a Zoom call. “It’s wonderful to be celebrating 20...
Report: Belgian actor Émilie Dequenne dies at 43 of rare cancer
Émilie Dequenne, the Belgian actor who won a top Cannes Film Festival prize for her breakout role in “Rosetta,” has died, a news report says. She was 43. Her family and agent told the news agency Agence France-Presse that Dequenne died Sunday of a rare cancer in a hospital outside...
Pittsburgh local band spotlight: Mégane
The indie rock band Mégane — “drawing inspiration from ’70s pop melodies, ’80s post-punk soundscapes and ’90s aesthetics,” according to guitarist Justin Crookston — will release their debut EP “St. Clair” on March 21. The band, which started in Greensburg, will play a show to celebrate the EP release the...
‘Novocaine’ leads numbingly slow weekend at domestic box office
Five new movies opened wide in North American theaters this weekend including a starry spy picture from Steven Soderbergh, an A24 thriller, a Looney Tunes movie and a high concept action-comedy with “The Boys” star Jack Quaid. But the myriad options did not result in box office gold. When final...
‘Annie’ offers a little cheese and a lot of sunshine at the Benedum Center
About a century ago, a comic strip called “Little Orphan Annie” began its decades-long run in newspapers. It was followed by radio programs, movies, and eventually a massively successful Broadway musical that has (thus far) spawned a trio of film adaptations of its own. All of this to say that...
‘Ted Lasso’ is coming back for 4th season, Apple TV+ confirms
Jason Sudeikis’ mustache is making a comeback. “Ted Lasso,” the dramedy about a fiercely optimistic American soccer coach in London, is set to return for a fourth season, Apple TV+ announced Friday. The streamer did not say when the new episodes would become available or where they are in the...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 14-16
If turning out for the St. Patrick’s Day parade isn’t your thing, there are lots of other events happening around the city this weekend — and even some non-green-beer-related holidays to celebrate. Check out some ideas here. Shamrock and Roll Time for weekend two of Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s new festival,...
Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes wins longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska
NOME, Alaska — Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday. Holmes was first to the finish line in the Gold Rush town of Nome, on the Bering Sea coast. The race began March 3 in Fairbanks after a lack of...
John Lennon gets honored on U.K. coin collection in what would have been his 85th year
LONDON — John Lennon is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection to mark the year the Beatles great and peace advocate would have turned 85, the Royal Mint said Friday. The coin, which will go on sale on Monday, features a portrait of Lennon that is based...
John Feinstein, Washington Post columnist who wrote ‘A Season on the Brink’ and other books, dies
WASHINGTON — John Feinstein, one of the country’s foremost sports writers and the author of numerous bestselling books, including the groundbreaking “A Season on the Brink” about college basketball coach Bob Knight, died unexpectedly Thursday. Feinstein was 69. He died of natural causes at his brother’s home in McLean, Virginia,...
Metal star Poppy on taking risks, Grammy interview and ‘Improbably Poppy’ ahead of Pittsburgh showVideo
As Poppy’s star continues to rise in the world of heavy metal, the genre-blurring singer isn’t abandoning her past as a subversive performance artist. Far from it, actually. After gaining cult status with Andy Warhol-esque YouTube videos like “Poppy Eats Cotton Candy” in 2014, the 30-year-old has released a half...
Amazon Prime to stream Trump’s ‘The Apprentice’ reality show
“The Apprentice,” the long-running reality TV show that boosted Donald Trump’s profile, will begin streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video, the company announced Monday. The show’s first seven seasons will be available on Amazon’s streaming platform, with the first season premiering Monday and subsequent seasons arriving every week until late April....
TV Talk: Emmys honor ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ alum Hedda Sharapan
The National Academy of Television Arts Sciences will honor “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” associate producer Hedda Sharapan, inducting the Pittsburgher into the Gold Circle at the third annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, streaming at 5 p.m. Saturday at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and via the Emmys app (available for Roku, iPhone, Android, Apple...
Billy Joel postpones tour due to medical condition, but 1st date back is in Pittsburgh
LOS ANGELES — The Piano Man will take a break from touring to focus on something other than his music: his health. Grammy winner Billy Joel announced Tuesday that he will postpone his latest tour for four months because of a “medical condition.” A statement via the “Piano Man” and...
Interview: Folk rockers Palmyra opening Restless tour in PittsburghVideo
It’s looking like a significant couple of weeks for the folk rock trio Palmyra as it gears up to head out on its first headline tour. The jam-packed days for the queer band from Virginia start Wednesday with five shows at the South by Southwest musical festival. Their Restless tour...
TV Q&A: Who’s the Channel 11 morning co-anchor?
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 saw a morning promo for Channel 11 news and Liz Kilmer is not in it. How come? — Robyn, via email Rob: It’s unclear...
A painting stolen from an Italian museum is found in England, but its new owner wants to keep it
LONDON — A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found — and is now at the center of a custody battle between a widow in England and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and Child” by Antonio Solario was taken in 1973 from the civic museum in...
TV Talk: ‘White Lotus’ trio steals show’s 3rd season
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. About halfway through the third season of HBO’s “The White Lotus” (9 p.m. Sunday) and the race to steal the most scenes in the show is on among Parker Posey’s Victoria Ratliff and her specific...
Security video shows fiancee of glam metal singer jumped off cruise ship
Security video reportedly shows that Kimberly Burch, the fiancee of Faster Pussycat singer Taime Downe, jumped overboard from a Royal Caribbean ship cruise ship, Nassau police cleared Downe of any wrongdoing, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas ship is registered in the Bahamas, so...
Pittsburgh local band spotlight: Chip & the Charge Ups
Pittsburgh hard rockers Chip & the Charge Ups will be back for the third iteration of Beasts of the ‘Burgh, a showcase spotlighting four local bands. “Most local and national concerts feature one great headlining band and one or more bands of lesser caliber as openers,” Chip Dominick said. “In...
