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Bryan Adams returning to Pittsburgh with So Happy It Hurts tourVideo
Chart-topping Canadian singer/songwriter Bryan Adams is bringing his So Happy It Hurts to Pittsburgh next year. Adams, who ruled radio in the 1980s and 1990s with songs like “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You,” “Cuts Like a Knife,” “Heaven” and “All for Love” among others, will play PPG...
Drake adds 2nd night at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh next yearVideo
Drake’s It’s All a Blur — Big as the What? tour is coming to Pittsburgh next year, with a second show added Friday. The Grammy Award-winning singer/rapper will play Feb. 16 and 17 at PPG Paints Arena, with J. Cole opening the show. Drake, who’s known for songs like “Hotline...
Donnie Iris ‘doing great,’ set to return to Pittsburgh stage in 2024Video
Donnie Iris is returning to the stage for his first Pittsburgh concert in more than a year. The veteran Pittsburgh rock band Donnie Iris & the Cruisers will play UPMC Events Center on March 16. The Vindys will be a special guest with more bands to be announced. Iris celebrated...
Move over Thanksgiving, Christmas music is here
Face it: Once the last kid leaves your porch with Halloween candy, it’s Christmas season. Oh, you can try to cover yourself in all things Thanksgiving until after turkey day. But we all know the truth. And streaming music stations know it too. They’re already playing it. SiriusXM officially launched...
‘The Marvels’ melts down at the box office, marking a new low for the MCU
NEW YORK — Since 2008’s “Iron Man,” the Marvel machine has been one of the most unstoppable forces in box-office history. Now, though, that aura of invincibility is showing signs of wear and tear. The superhero factory hit a new low with the weekend launch of “The Marvels,” which opened...
Hollywood actors union board votes to approve the deal with studios that ended the strike
Board members from Hollywood’s actors union voted Friday to approve the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists’ executive director and chief negotiator, announced at an afternoon news conference that it was approved with 86%...
SZA leads 2024 Grammy nominations as women outpace men in leading categories
LOS ANGELES — Killing her ex? That’s a bad idea. Writing “Kill Bill” and releasing her critically acclaimed sophomore album “SOS” earlier this year? That was a great one. SZA is the lead contender for the 66th Grammy Awards, with nine nominations announced Friday. “Kill Bill,” her revenge anthem cloaked...
2024 Grammy nomination snubs and surprises: No K-pop, little country and regional Mexican music
LOS ANGELES — With new categories, SZA, and “Barbie” — there’s a lot to discuss regarding the 2024 Grammy Award nominations. Who didn’t make the cut? What were the best surprises of all? Let’s take a look. New blood? There’s a lot to love about the nominations for the 66th...
TV Talk: KDKA-TV hires weekend morning anchor; ABC cancels ‘The Rookie: Feds’
KDKA-TV has its new weekend morning anchor: Megan Shinn, currently an anchor at WRTV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, Ind., will take the position vacated by Briana Smith when Smith left for a reporter position in Philadelphia in May. Shinn will also report for morning KDKA/WPKD newscasts some weekdays. Shinn,...
’90s-era Pittsburgh ska outfit Skankin’ Homer to play rare reunion show on Saturday
Brian Seese returned to his native Pittsburgh in 1996 after two years in Las Vegas with a bug on his mind. “I wanted to start a ska band,” said Seese, now 48, a utility company worker and father of two who’s planning to move from Butler County to Bellevue. “I...
‘No excuses’: Frick director offers apology over Islamic art exhibition controversy
The head of The Frick Pittsburgh art museum apologized for “failing to communicate clearly and openly” about the initial indefinite postponement of an Islamic art exhibition over perception concerns in light of the Israel/Hamas war. In a statement Thursday evening on the museum’s website and social media channels, executive director...
Author Philip Pullman honored in Oxford, tells fans when to expect his long-awaited next book
OXFORD, England — Fans of Philip Pullman have been waiting almost five years for the final instalment in the author’s sextet of books about his intrepid heroine Lyra and her adventures in multiple worlds. They won’t have to wait too much longer. Pullman says he has written 500 pages of...
Indie trio AJR bringing The Maybe Man tour to Pittsburgh next summerVideo
AJR, an indie pop trio comprised of brothers Adam, Jack and Ryan Met, are hitting the road for their first arena tour, which includes a stop in Pittsburgh. The multi-platinum group bring their The Maybe Man tour to PPG Paints Arena on June 25, 2024. Their fifth and latest album,...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 10-12
It’s the weekend with Veterans Day on Saturday. Here are some ways to spend it. Parade The annual Veterans Day parade is at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Downtown. It starts at the corner of 10th Street and Liberty Avenue and continues down Liberty Avenue. Fighter jets from Langley Air Force Base...
TV Talk: WTAE-TV’s Kasey Reigner announces exitVideo
WTAE-TV weekend morning meteorologist Kasey Reigner, who joined the station two years ago, posted to her social media accounts Thursday that she chose not to re-up with the station and will depart Channel 4 on Nov. 30. Reigner, who became the fifth member of the WTAE weather team when she...
Jury awards $1.2 million to Robert De Niro’s former assistant in gender discrimination lawsuit
NEW YORK — A jury said Robert De Niro’s company should pay more than $1.2 million to his former personal assistant after finding his production company engaged in gender discrimination and retaliation. While the jury found De Niro was not personally liable for the abuse, they said his production company,...
Movie Review: Iman Vellani is a scene-stealer in low-stakes ‘The Marvels’Video
The stakes feel immensely low in ” The Marvels,” and it’s not because this is a movie that spends a fair amount of time following cats or has an out-of-nowhere musical number. It’s possibly because somewhere along the way, Marvel movies just stopped feeling like events. And this galactic trifle...
TV Talk: Strike’s end means filming will return to Western Pa., including a Sammy Davis Jr. limited series
With the actors’ strike over, though yet to be officially ratified by the members of SAG-AFTRA (they will ratify it), everyone wants to know: When will things go back to normal? When will my favorite shows return? It’s going to be a little bit yet. Regarding local production, “Mayor of...
Review: The Hunger Games return in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ with the odds in its favorVideo
Two hours and 37 minutes is pretty long for a “ballad,” but you can’t call it “The Hunger Games: The Three-Cycle Opera of Songbirds and Snakes” now, can you? Concision was never much in favor in the four “Hunger Games” films, which reached a seeming finale with 2015’s “The Hunger...
Hollywood’s strikes are both now over as actors reach deal with studios, return to work with writers
LOS ANGELES — On Thursday, for the first time in more than six months, neither Hollywood’s actors nor its writers will be on strike. The long-awaited clearing in the industry’s stormiest season in decades comes as a deal was reached late Wednesday to end what was, at nearly four months,...
Hozier extends Unreal Unearth tour to include summer stop at Star LakeVideo
Irish singer-songwriter Hozier is extending his Unreal Unearth tour into 2024, with a stop planned for the Pittsburgh area. The indie folk darling, best known for his 2013 hit “Take Me to Church,” will play July 29 at the Pavilion at Star Lake on a tour named after his latest...
Lainey Wilson wins 5 CMA Awards including entertainer of the year, album of the year
Lainey Wilson took home five trophies including entertainer of the year Wednesday night at the Country Music Association Awards. The 31-year-old Louisiana singer was the undisputed star of the night at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, where she also was named female vocalist of the year, won album of the year for...
SAG-AFTRA committee approves deal with studios to end historic strike
LOS ANGELES — SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee has approved a a tentative deal with the major studios that would end a nearly four-month-long strike that has sidelined thousands of workers. The tentative contract — which still must be ratified by the union’s board and members — would boost minimum pay for...
Travis Kelce hints at joining Taylor Swift on Eras Tour this weekend
Travis Kelce isn’t shaking off rumors he’ll join Taylor Swift when she restarts her Eras Tour this week in South America. The two-time Super Bowl champ, 34, and big brother Jason teased the much-speculated-about romantic overture on the newest episode of their “New Heights” podcast. “Got anything you’re looking forward...
Pittsburgh native brings directorial debut, ‘Two Lives in Pittsburgh,’ to Three Rivers Film Festival
When Brian Silverman was growing up in Mt. Lebanon, his parents often took him along to the many cultural events they attended around Pittsburgh. That early exposure to the arts made an impression on Silverman, who’s now 55 and living in Los Angeles. He’s returned the favor to his hometown...
