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Warhol Museum set to move ahead with $45 million North Shore entertainment venue
Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission on Tuesday approved The Andy Warhol Museum’s new $45 million entertainment venue in the city’s North Shore. The 57,776-square-foot entertainment venue on Sandusky Street is slated to include a first-floor concert venue with standing room for up to 1,000 people. Plans presented to the commission also showed...
David Fincher ‘not responsible’ for incels co-opting ‘Fight Club’: ‘We didn’t make it for them’
Director David Fincher didn’t make “Fight Club” for incels, but that hasn’t stopped them from co-opting the 1999 psychological thriller. The acclaimed director spoke with the Guardian for a profile published Friday, and the sexually frustrated radical right’s affinity for “Fight Club” came up. “I’m not responsible for how people...
Visitors will be allowed in Florence chapel’s secret room to ponder if drawings are Michelangelo’s
FLORENCE, Italy — Just four at a time, visitors soon will be allowed access to a long-hidden space inside Florence’s Medici Chapel where delicate charcoal drawings sketched on the walls have been attributed by some experts to Michelangelo. The secret room — a tiny 33-by-10-feet space — was discovered in...
Country singer Jordana Bryant on missing Pennsylvania, turning 18 and Christmas musicVideo
It’s been more than a year since rising country singer Jordana Bryant officially made the move from outside Philadelphia to Nashville. It’s been a relatively smooth transition for the 18-year-old, but there are at least two things she misses about Pennsylvania. ”Yes, I definitely miss Wawa,” she said with a...
Matthew Perry mourned by ‘Friends’ cast mates: ‘We are all so utterly devastated’
The stars of “Friends” say they are mourning the “unfathomable” death of Matthew Perry. “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew,” Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer said in a joint statement to People on Monday. “We were more than just...
Creed’s reunion tour includes August show at Star LakeVideo
A reunited Creed, which climbed “Higher” in the charts during the late 1990s, is hitting the road for the first time in more than a decade. The band’s Summer of ’99 tour will visit the Pittsburgh area, with show Aug. 3, 2024, at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown....
Book Review: Henry Winkler grapples with the Fonz and dyslexia in his entertaining new memoir
Henry Winkler’s memoir begins on a Tuesday morning in October 1973, at his first audition for “Happy Days.” He was almost 28 — quite a bit old for a high schooler — and struggling with something he didn’t know had a name. “Being Henry: The Fonz… and Beyond,” released Tuesday...
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki writes about her years in government in ‘Say More’
NEW YORK — Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has a two-book deal with Scribner, starting with a book in which she will reflect on her years in government and offer advice on both public and private communication. Scribner announced Monday that Psaki’s “Say More: Lessons from Work, the...
New Kids on the Block bringing Magic Summer tour to Star LakeVideo
New Kids on the Block are diving back into the past for their Magic Summer tour, which includes a stop in the Pittsburgh area next year. The biggest boy band of the 1980s, New Kids on the Block are reimagining their 1990 blockbuster Magic Summer tour, with a show on...
The 1975, Ghost Hounds, Bret Michaels among November’s top concerts around Pittsburgh
A pair of concerts with local connections are among the biggest shows coming to the Pittsburgh area in November. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area this month: Top shows Nov. 5: The 1975, Dora Jar at PPG Paints Arena It might be a while...
Richard Moll, who found fame as a bailiff on the original sitcom ‘Night Court,’ dies at 80Video
NEW YORK — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was 80. Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, according to Jeff Sanderson, a publicist at Chasen &...
Video game adaptation ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ notches $130 million global debut
It hardly mattered that “Five Nights at Freddy’s” was released simultaneously in theaters and on streaming this weekend. Fans flocked to movie theaters across the country to see the scary video game adaptation on the big screen, which made $78 million to top the North American box office, according to...
Justin Trudeau, friends, actors and fans mourn Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry was mourned on social media by friends, co-stars and some very famous fans, including his childhood classmate, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his “Friends” mom Morgan Fairchild and even Adele. Perry, who played Chandler Bing on NBC’s “Friends” for 10 seasons, was found dead at his Los Angeles...
Richard Moll, who found fame as bailiff on original sitcom ‘Night Court,’ dies at 80
NEW YORK — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was 80. Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif., according to Jeff Sanderson, a publicist at Chasen &...
Grace Potter on her love of Pittsburgh, ‘Mother Road’ album, ‘Lady Vagabond’ and driving fastVideo
Editor’s note: This story originally posted in October 2023, before Grace Potter’s show scheduled for Nov. 1 that was postponed due to illness. Grace Potter’s show in Pittsburgh next week is coming at the perfect time. A break in between tour dates allowed the bluesy rock singer to chill with...
Iron Maiden returning to Pittsburgh on Future Past tour in 2024Video
Iron Maiden is bringing its Future Past tour to Pittsburgh next year. The veteran British heavy metal band will hit Pittsburgh on Nov. 8, 2024, at PPG Paints Arena. Formed in 1975, Iron Maiden released its 17th studio album, “Senjutsu,” on Sept. 3, 2021. Some of the band’s biggest songs...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 27-29
It’s the final weekend of October. Here are some ways to spend it. Quantum For its 100th production, Quantum Theatre returns to Rodef Shalom Congregation on the Oakland/Shadyside border with “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” (The Chagall Musical). Opening night is at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. and 8...
Chris Stapleton bringing All-American Road Show to PittsburghVideo
Country singer/songwriter Chris Stapleton is continuing his All-American Road Show tour with a stop next year in the Pittsburgh area. The “Tennessee Whiskey” singer will play on July 12, 2024, at the Pavilion at Star Lake with special guests Marcus King and Nikki Lane. The eight-time Grammy winner has a...
The last new Beatles song, ‘Now And Then,’ will be released next week
NEW YORK — Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release next week of what is promised to be the last “new” Beatles song. The track, called “Now And Then,” will be available Nov. 2, as part...
TV Talk: Striking Pittsburgh laborers loom over season 2 of HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age’Video
In season two of “The Gilded Age” (9 p.m. Sunday on HBO and Max), all roads lead to Pittsburgh. From writer Julian Fellowes, “The Gilded Age” (aka the American “Downton Abbey”) continues to unfurl the soapy stories of gloriously costumed upstairs/downstairs families and staff in Manhattan circa 1883. “The Gilded...
Singer/actress Reneé Rapp puts on ethereal show for sold-out crowd in Pittsburgh
Wednesday night’s Snow Hard Feelings tour performance at Stage AE wasn’t Reneé Rapp’s first time in Pittsburgh. “It’s so good to be here,” Rapp said to the sellout crowd. “I used to come here all the time growing up.” She opened her show with “Talk Too Much,” followed by “Poison...
‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81
LOS ANGELES — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, said the actor had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died at his home in Los...
Greta Van Fleet’s Starcatcher tour visits Pittsburgh next yearVideo
Grammy Award-winning rockers Greta Van Fleet are coming back to Pittsburgh. The Michigan band extended its Starcatcher tour with new dates, including a show May 18, 2024, at PPG Paints Arena, with Geese serving as the opening act. Greta Van Fleet released its latest album, the chart-topping “Starcatcher,” in July....
TV Talk: Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher on ‘NFL Icons’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. An NFL Hall of Famer, former Steelers coach Bill Cowher is the subject of this week’s episode of “NFL Icons” (10 p.m. Oct. 28, MGM+). The hourlong episode explores Cowher’s youth in Crafton, his stint...
Exhibits and collectors editions mark 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
NEW YORK — On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, rare originals are being displayed and publishers are offering collectors editions of Shakespeare’s plays, including one that sells for $1,500. Scholars believe that between 200-300 copies still survive from the late 1623 release of “Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories...
