Movies/TV category, Page 163

LOS ANGELES — “Inside Edition” anchor Deborah Norville will undergo surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid nodule from her neck. The 60-year-old host says in a video a viewer reached out a long time ago and told her she had seen a lump on her neck. Norville says she had...

LOS ANGELES — “Black Panther,” the cultural phenomenon from Marvel Studios, swept the NAACP Image Awards by taking home six trophies, including best picture, director and ensemble. Director Ryan Coogler and much of the cast of the 2018 blockbuster took the stage late Saturday at the Dolby Theatre to accept...

LOS ANGELES — Disney’s “Dumbo” isn’t exactly taking flight at the North American box office the way its other live-action remakes of animated classics have. The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday that the Tim Burton-directed film has earned an estimated $45 million domestically from 4,259 locations against a $170 million...

NEW YORK — Fox News host Jeanine Pirro is back on the air after a two-week absence following her comments questioning a Muslim congresswoman’s loyalties. “Justice with Judge Jeanine” returned Saturday. The former judge and prosecutor thanked her viewers but didn’t directly discuss her apparent suspension. Pirro asked on-air March...

LOS ANGELES — Beyonce was named entertainer of the year at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color. After Beyonce accepted the award Saturday night, the superstar paid homage to the people who were nominated in the same category as her. She...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Netflix’s cancellation of “One Day at a Time” has led to an outcry on social media by the show’s viewers. And fans of CW’s “Jane the Virgin” are preparing to say goodbye to a show entering its fifth and final season. The departure of the two Latino-themed...

Everyone wants to know who’s going to rule Westeros when the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” ends later this spring. Data visualization company Visme has taken it even further, employing a detailed methodology to try and calculate individual...

WQED HISTORY TIMELINE 1954 WQED became the nation’s first community-supported television station with its first broadcast on April 1. “The Children’s Corner” with host Josie Carey and producer, puppeteer and composer Fred Rogers was one of the first regularly scheduled shows on WQED. 1955 WQED broadcast the first televised school...

NEW YORK — Julia Louis-Dreyfus still had tears to shed as she said her official farewell to “Veep.” The only problem is she forgot to bring tissues. Shooting wrapped for the series in December, but those tearful goodbyes were not enough as she and the cast of the HBO comedy...

BEIJING (AP) — A huge fan of rock legends Queen, Peng Yanzi rushed to see “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the biopic about the band’s late lead singer, Freddie Mercury, while he was traveling in Britain last October. It was a touching film that made him cry hard, Peng says. He loved it...

WQED’s history is a storied one. Its expansion to radio, digital and community programming has always held education as its foundation. An early holder of an educational broadcast license, WQED began with a flicker of life on VHF Channel 13 at 8 p.m. on April 1, 1954, in Pittsburgh. It...

CHICAGO — Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. The “Empire” star still says he was assaulted by two men late at night in downtown Chicago. But with little explanation, authorities on Tuesday abruptly...

There’s brushing up on your “Game of Thrones” knowledge as the smash HBO show’s final season approaches… and then there’s hiring yourself a $52-per-hour tutor in a fictional language. Bark.com announced this week it will offer tutors in “High Valyrian,” the fictional language spoken by “Game of Thrones” heroine Daenaerys...

The show must go on, and go on it did for “American Idol” contestant Nate Walker. Following his performance during Sunday night’s episode, the West Mifflin native said he lost his voice and ended up with a pounding headache and stomach pain. He was rushed to the hospital, but he...

There’s always drama on “American Idol,” and Sunday night’s Hollywood Week episode was no different. Unfortunately, the drama came from the sudden illness of Nate Walker, with the West Mifflin singer heading off to the hospital. Walker started feeling sick after a soulful rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Believe in...

A showcase of short films directed by women is planned for 6:30 p.m. March 27 in the Parkway Theater, 644 Broadway Ave., McKees Rocks. The program of narrative, documentary and animated works is hosted by Women in Film and Media Pittsburgh. Most of the films will be from women from...

LOS ANGELES — Unless you hang around to read the credits at the end of a television show, the addition of Mark Hamill to the cast of the History Channel’s “Knightfall” would seem like a rare move for the actor, who will forever be known as Luke Skywalker. But Hamill’s...

NEW YORK — Jordan Peele has done it again. Two years after the filmmaker’s “Get Out” became a box-office sensation, his frightening follow-up, “Us,” debuted with $70.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The opening, well above forecasts, had few parallels. It was the largest debut for...

NEW YORK — David Letterman says he stuck around on network television about 10 years too long. He made that admission during an appearance Thursday on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show. Letterman quit in 2015 after 33 years as a late-night host on CBS and NBC, and is beginning his second...