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Rascal Flatts is hitting the road with a farewell tour, and they’re coming to the Pittsburgh area. The trio of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney will bring their Farewell: Life is a Highway tour to S&T Bank Music Park, Burgettstown, on June 27. “When we started out...

Weekday mornings on CBS, Sheryl Underwood sits at a table with her fellow co-hosts on “The Talk,” but she’s far from forgetting her roots in stand-up comedy. Fans may remember Underwood’s early days on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam” and BET’s “Comic View,” honing raw routines on the urban comedy circuit....

Acting Up, an inclusive theater group for actors of all ability levels, will host auditions for two upcoming productions. • Auditions for “Once On This Island Jr.,” for actors ages 5 to 18, will be Jan. 22 from 7-9 p.m. at Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church, 4600 Old William Penn Highway, and...

Master shoemaker Brett Walker will conduct the winter quarters workshop series “Leatherworking 101 Document Case” at Fort Ligonier. The program from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 25 is a hands-on opportunity for students to learn basic leather-working, hand-sewing and simple decorative skills, according to the museum. Walker, a re-enactor and historian,...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Real-life stories ruled the Golden Globe TV honors, as Olivia Colman’s portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, Michelle Williams’ turn as Broadway star Gwen Verdon and the nuclear disaster drama “Chernobyl” won top honors. Real-world issues also found their way into Sunday’s ceremony. In accepting the best...

Television … now more than ever: To paraphrase the satirical film studio slogan of Robert Altman’s “The Player,” TV’s dominant mode these days is the avalanche, the deluge, the endless binge. But even amid the clutter of 500-some scripted and countless unscripted series, there’s plenty to be excited about, including...

NEW YORK — The box office in 2020 started off where last year left off: with “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” still on top. After a historic year, the Walt Disney Co. opened the new year approaching one milestone and surpassing another. With $33.7 million over its third weekend in...

PHILADELPHIA — Recently unveiled letters from T.S. Eliot to his muse Emily Hale show how much he loved his longtime friend, but a statement from beyond the grave by the poet himself dismisses his feelings and shows how Eliot tries to rewrite the narrative of their relationship, scholars say. Hale...

LOS ANGELES — The Discovery Channel says a television show featuring Bill O’Reilly is not an official program on their network after receiving backlash for the former Fox News host’s appearance on the show amid sexual harassment allegations against him. A Discovery Channel spokesman said the one-hour episode of “Pet...

The Golden Globes are famously unpredictable, but a few sure things seem to be in store for Sunday’s awards: Streaming services will play a starring role; five-time host Ricky Gervais will snicker at his own jokes; and Brad Pitt is all but assured of taking home an award. Plenty of...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — From Leonardo DiCaprio to Brad Pitt, some of Hollywood’s brightest stars came together to relax and sip wine in a room where everyone ended up walking away a winner at the American Film Institute Awards on Friday. The annual AFI invite-only luncheon honored 11 films and...

Three bestselling female authors who hail from the West Coast will discuss their writing and today’s publishing industry during a presentation Tuesday at Seton Hill University in Greensburg. “An Evening with Juliet Blackwell, Rachael Herron and Sophie Littlefield” is set for 7 p.m. in the Carol Reichgut Concert Hall at...

MIAMI — Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby was arrested on a battery charge Thursday night in Miami after arguing with a music promoter over payment for a performance, Miami police said in an arrest warrant. After police arrested the rapper, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, they found a warrant for his...

The Super Bowl is weeks away, but for “Jeopardy!” addicts the big game is here: All-time top money winners Brad Rutter, Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer are facing off for ultimate bragging rights. “The first person to win three matches will be crowned the greatest of all time,” said executive...

Hollywood kicked off the year’s compressed awards season with an emotional night in the desert. The Palm Springs International Film Festival’s annual opening gala is often treated by honorees as a businesslike, pro forma stop on the industry’s self-congratulation circuit. But Thursday found Laura Dern, Jennifer Lopez and Quentin Tarantino...

Welcome in the first weekend for 2020. Here are a few ideas for Pittsburgh outings. Illumination This is the last weekend to run through sparkling icicles, take a seat in an illuminated horse’s carriage or walk under a tunnel of lights. Lumaze Pittsburgh closes on Saturday. The indoor holiday festival...

SAN DIEGO — The owners and operators of a San Diego-based porn website must pay $12.7 million after a judge found them liable for fraud and breach of contract for lying to women about how their explicit videos would be distributed, according to a court ruling Thursday. The site, GirlsDoPorn,...

SALT LAKE CITY — The son of television producer Jenji Kohan, who created the series “Örange Is the New Black,” died in a New Year’s Eve ski accident in Utah, police said Thursday. Charles “Charlie” Noxon, 20, was pronounced dead after hitting a sign Tuesday on an intermediate-level trail at...

With “The Rise of Skywalker,” the latest “Star Wars” sequel, currently blasting the competition at the box office, science fiction films are enjoying as high a profile as ever since the original movie in the franchise debuted in 1977. Today, fans of the genre are encouraged to take a deeper...