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Review: John Wick gets even more stylish in 4th episodeVideo
A trip to Paris should be on everyone’s bucket list, even John Wick. The Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre — what better way to refresh your soul, even as you kick everyone else’s bucket? The un-retired assassin does indeed dive into the City of Lights in the...
Q&A: Chuck D talks rap’s rise through ‘Fight the Power’ docVideo
LOS ANGELES — Hip-hop became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of American history, and now Public Enemy’s Chuck D has committed himself to explore the artform’s origins. Chuck D rounded up several rap greats — including Ice-T, Run DMC and MC Lyte — who offered their firsthand accounts ahead...
Gwyneth Paltrow expected to testify in ski collision trial
PARK CITY, Utah — Gwyneth Paltrow is expected to testify Friday in a trial over a 2016 ski collision at a Utah ski resort, where a man claims that the movie star’s recklessness on the slope caused broken ribs, brain damage and lasting physical injuries. Paltrow and Terry Sanderson, the...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 24-26
We’ve made it to the first spring weekend of the year. Enjoy it with options from “Honky Tonk” sounds to a film festival gathering. Humanities Festival Pittsburgh Humanities Festival, a co-production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and The Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University, is Friday through Sunday. The headliners...
Themes of romance, revenge drive Pittsburgh Opera’s ‘Il Trovatore’
Audience members at the Pittsburgh Opera production of “Il Trovatore” might be reminded of a popular medieval fantasy television series. “In many ways, the setting and staging of ‘Il Trovatore’ feels like it could be from scenes of ‘Game of Thrones,’ minus the White Walkers and dragons,” said Christian Cox,...
Saliva guitarist dies day after band played outside Pittsburgh
Wayne Swinny, the guitarist for the rock band Saliva, died Wednesday, a day after the group played at Jergel’s Rhythm Grille in Warrendale. Swinny, the last remaining original member of the band, died Wednesday of a spontaneous brain hemorrhage after being hospitalized Tuesday, according to a post on the band’s...
Greensburg Civic Theatre’s ‘Pinkalicious’ has laughs, lessons for all ages
“Pinkalicious” is about a girl who ignores her parents’ warnings and turns pink after eating too many cupcakes. Obviously, there’s a lesson in there for children — but adults also can learn a thing or two from the story. Greensburg Civic Theatre’s Greasepaint Players will present a musical based on...
Comedian Steve Hofstetter opening entertainment venue in Ross
Nationally known comedian and former Los Angeles resident Steve Hofstetter now calls Pittsburgh home — and he’s embarking on his second purchase of a local church. Hofstetter was the host and executive producer of season one of “Laughs” on FOX and appeared on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”...
‘The Young and the Restless’ celebrates 50 years of drama
NEW YORK — It all started on a late morning on a highway. A camera panned to the cab of a large semi-trailer truck. The driver wore a plaid shirt and a day’s growth of beard. Next to him was a mysterious hitchhiker in expensive clothes that were ripped and...
Dick Van Dyke injured in Malibu car accident amid Los Angeles downpour
LOS ANGELES — Dick Van Dyke sustained “minor injuries” in a Malibu car accident last week amid an ongoing downpour in Los Angeles County, police confirmed Wednesday to CNN. The 97-year-old actor crashed his silver Lexus into a gate last Wednesday morning, a law enforcement spokesperson told CNN. According to...
‘9 to 5 the Musical’ set to open on North Hills High School stage
On the surface, a story about three downtrodden women working hard to make an honest living in a male chauvinist-run environment might not appear to be much in the way of breezy entertainment. Though set in the 1970s, many of the issues raised about the challenges faced by working women...
Sly Stone book to be released through new Questlove imprint
NEW YORK — Questlove has his own book imprint and is launching it with a memoir by one of the world’s most influential and enigmatic musicians, Sly Stone, leader of Sly and the Family Stone. “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),” named for the Sly and the Family Stone...
‘Jeopardy’ contestants make quick work of ‘Made in Pa.’ category
Some famous Pennsylvania-made products were featured last night, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, on the long-running game show “Jeopardy!” The three contestants even included a Pennsylvania woman - the returning champ Melissa Klapper of Merion Station in Montgomery County. Klapper won again last night and has a two-day total of $42,200....
Pioneer of gospel music rediscovered in Pittsburgh archivesVideo
PITTSBURGH — Scattered in crates, dirty and difficult to read, the gospel music of composer Charles Henry Pace sat packed away, unorganized — and unrealized — for more than 20 years. Frances Pace Barnes, the pioneering music publisher’s daughter who remembers how he could turn a hum into a song,...
Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowment
AUSTIN, Texas — Weeks after winning more Grammys, Willie Nelson is getting a new kind of honor: a university endowment in Texas. The 89-year-old country music icon, who in the 1980s helped launch the Farm Aid benefit concerts, is the namesake of the new Willie Nelson Endowment for Uplifting Rural...
Springsteen, Kaling, Louis-Dreyfus among 22 honored by Biden
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden welcomed a high-wattage collection of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians to the White House on Tuesday to present them with medals — and then stole the show himself with a quip about seeking reelection. Bruce Springsteen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling and Gladys Knight were among...
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer calls Utah ski collision story ‘utter B.S.’
PARK CITY, Utah — Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer called the story of a retired optometrist who is suing her over a 2016 ski collision “utter B.S.” on Tuesday during the trial’s opening day in Utah, where the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer appeared in court, and tried to shield herself from photographers’ view with...
Reborn Ringling Bros. circus to leap on tour — minus animals
NEW YORK — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with high-wire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on trampolines. Feld Entertainment, which owns the “Greatest Show on Earth,” revealed to The Associated Press what audiences...
Peter Gabriel tour coming to Pittsburgh this fallVideo
Peter Gabriel is back this year with a new studio album and tour, which will be making a stop on Saturday, Sept. 23 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. The English singer-songwriter and musician’s new album “i/o” is his first album of new material since 2002’s “Up.” The release of...
‘Winnie the Pooh’ film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas
HONG KONG — Public screenings of a slasher film that features Winnie the Pooh were scrapped abruptly in Hong Kong on Tuesday, sparking discussions over increasing censorship in the city. Film distributor VII Pillars Entertainment announced on Facebook that the release of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” on Thursday...
Penn-Trafford goes ‘Under the Sea’ with spring musical ‘Little Mermaid’
For seniors in the Penn-Trafford Drama Guild, this year’s musical is exciting but perhaps a little bittersweet, it being their last before graduating. But it’s not stopping any of the 16 seniors from working as hard as they can to make “The Little Mermaid” a show to remember. “It’s a...
‘John Wick’ stars honor late co-star Lance ReddickVideo
LOS ANGELES — Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne were among the “John Wick: Chapter 4” stars honoring Lance Reddick, their co-star who died unexpectedly last week, at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “We lost our brother, and in a really sort of very shocking way. I think we’re all still...
Anthony Fauci documentary on PBS covers a career of crisesVideo
NEW YORK — There’s a moment in the new PBS documentary about Dr. Anthony Fauci when a protestor holds up a handmade sign reading, “Dr. Fauci, You Are Killing Us.” It says something about Fauci that it’s not initially clear when that sign was waved in anger — in the...
‘Ted Lasso’ visits White House, promotes mental health careVideo
WASHINGTON — Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit Monday to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to “ask how they’re doing, and listen, sincerely,” Comedian Jason Sudeikis, who plays the title...
Adam Sandler gets Mark Twain prize surrounded by celeb pals
WASHINGTON — Adam Sandler placed his hand on the bronze bust of Mark Twain and speculated that it “one day might be the weapon used to bludgeon me in my sleep.” A host of comedic and entertainment royalty gathered at Washington’s Kennedy Center as Sandler was presented with the Mark...
