Movies/TV category, Page 164

As legend has it, Pittsburgh used car salesman John Mitchell was taking a road trip to New York City in the late ‘50s, when he got a flat tire on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. “He basically got out of his car and thought, ‘This might be a great place...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Hollywood producer Carl Reiner and the National Comedy Center say they’re working together to digitally preserve Reiner’s collection of scripts from the 1960s “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” The scripts are full of Reiner’s handwritten changes to the dialogue. Reiner, who turned 97 on Tuesday, says creating...

A new photo of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers has been released on what would have been Rogers’ 91st birthday. The photo from the upcoming movie “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” shows Hanks as Rogers wearing a red sweater and playfully tossing a shoe in the air on the...

Most excellent! Fans of Bill and Ted, the late ’80s, early ’90s duo that traveled through time in a phone booth, will be happy to hear that they’re back, in “Bill & Ted Face the Music.” Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter announced the bodacious news themselves. Having tackled time (in...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Young and the Restless” star Kristoff St. John died of heart disease, with excessive drinking at the time of his death a contributing factor, according to a coroner’s report released Tuesday. Investigators listed “hypertrophic heart disease” as the cause of the 52-year-old’s death on Feb....

Disney released the first full trailer for this summer’s “Toy Story 4.” The first extended look at the latest installment in the adventures of Woody, Buzz and crew made its debut on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” The fourth go-round follows the gang, which is now under the care of Bonnie,...

The U.S. television and film industry has become a bigger employer than commodities and energy, according to an analysis by the Motion Picture Association of America. The production and distribution of TV shows and movies directly employ more people in 34 states than the combined total from the mining, oil...

NEW YORK — Fox News says it has hired former Democratic National Committee chief Donna Brazile as a political commentator. Brazile had been let go from a similar role at CNN in 2016 after it was revealed that she had shared material about topics that would be addressed at a...

LOS ANGELES — “Captain Marvel” has continued to dominate the global box office in its second weekend in theaters, leaving newcomers in the dust. Walt Disney Studios estimated Sunday that the intergalactic superhero fell only 55 percent from its record-breaking opening. This weekend, “Captain Marvel” earned an additional $69.3 million...

Fox News pulled Saturday’s episode of conservative commentator Jeanine Pirro’s program after publicly admonishing her for on-air comments she made last week about a Muslim congresswoman’s hijab. “Justice With Judge Jeanine” — which airs Saturdays at 6 p.m. Pacific and is typically the most watched cable news program on the...

LOS ANGELES — Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will return to the air on two TV shows that had been put on hold for a sexual misconduct investigation. The National Geographic Channel said in a statement Friday that Tyson’s “StarTalk” will return to the air in April with the 13 episodes...

“Five Feet Apart,” in wide release on March 15, joins “The Fault in Our Stars” in the pantheon of Pittsburgh-related movies about ill-fated teen lovers. While the ‘Burgh stood in for Indianapolis in “Fault,” about the relationship between two young cancer patients, “Five Feet” has real Pittsburgh roots. The screenplay...

NEW YORK — The Tribeca Film Festival has added a “Say Anything…” reunion screening to its upcoming festival, as well as the premiere of a documentary on Phish lead singer and guitarist Trey Anastasio. Tribeca announced Thursday that writer-director Cameron Crowe and the cast of “Say Anything…” led by John...

NEW YORK — Whoopi Goldberg received a standing ovation from the audience and hugs from her castmates as she returned to “The View.” Goldberg surprised everyone as she appeared on the ABC program Thursday, less than a week after she said in a video that she nearly died of pneumonia....

BRYANT POND, Maine (AP) — Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he’s scuttling plans for a TV studio near his vacation home in rural Maine because of publicity. Carlson planned to buy an old town garage and transform it into a studio under a deal that called for him to...

There’s always that moment on roller coasters when the lap bar gets locked down and you slowly, agonizingly ride up to the first drop. You know the next few minutes are going to be harrowing — you just don’t know how bad. So here’s a warning about the new animated...

Various television and film adaptations of the tales of sleuth Nancy Drew — a character introduced in 1930 to young readers as a counterpart to the Hardy Boys — have been produced since 1938. Recent offerings have featured Pamela Sue Martin, Emma Roberts, Tracy Ryan and Maggie Lawson in the...

Fresh off the stellar success of “Captain Marvel,” the super hero factory Marvel dropped a brand new trailer for its next major release, “Avengers: Endgame.” For those who might forget, when we last left the Avengers, they had just lost the battle with Thanos and his Infinity Gauntlet. As a...

LOS ANGELES — Colleges and companies moved swiftly to distance themselves from employees swept up in a nationwide college admissions scheme, many of them coaches accused of taking bribes and others prominent parents accused of angling to get their children into top schools by portraying them as recruited athletes. That...

President Donald Trump is often the target of hosts on late-night shows. He’s often mocked or ridiculed, or both. On Wednesday the president longed for the days when Jay Leno sat in the comfy seat on the “Tonight” show on NBC. On Twitter he shared, “‘Jay Leno points out that...

Get ready for another live-action film based on a beloved Disney animated classic. “Aladdin” hits the big screen May 24. The Guy Ritchie-directed flick stars Will Smith as the wise-cracking Genie, Naomi Scott as Jasmine, Mena Massoud as Aladdin and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar. Can’t wait? Check out the newly...