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Richard Chamberlain, TV actor who starred in ‘Dr. Kildare,’ dies at 90
LOS ANGELES — Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series “Dr. Kildare” who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died. He was 90. Chamberlain died Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii of complications following a stroke, according to his publicist, Harlan Boll....
From Elvis to Taylor Swift: How concert ticket prices became a luxury expense
It cost $1.50 in advance to see Elvis Presley in 1956; $5.90 to see the Beatles in 1964; $17 to see Nirvana in 1993 (and Kurt Cobain was shocked that artists would charge $50 at the time). Even adjusted for inflation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI...
Mumford & Sons heading to Pittsburgh this fallVideo
The folksy British group Mumford & Sons on Friday released a new album and announced a tour, which includes a stop in Pittsburgh. The group known for banjo-infused songs like “I Will Wait” and “Hopeless Wanderer” will hit PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 19, with Michael Kiwanuka opening. Mumford &...
The Sex Pistols announce 1st North American tour in 2 decades
NEW YORK — It wasn’t the night punk broke, but it was close. Nearly 50 years ago, the Sex Pistols — then made up of vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock — performed at the 100 Club Punk Special in London, a 140-capacity...
So long, Park City. Sundance Film Festival to relocate to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027
After a yearlong search, the Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, keeping Sundance in the mountains but moving it out of Park City, the Utah ski town that had for decades provided the premier independent film gathering its picturesque snowy backdrop. Organizers said...
Spiritbox, Kelsea Ballerini, Bob Dylan among top April concerts in Pittsburgh
April’s concert schedule for Pittsburgh is filling up, with a rising metal band, a multimedia country star and one of the top songwriters of all time, not to mention a host of sold-out shows. Here’s a look at the top shows coming to the region in April: Top shows April...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 28-30
It’s an artsy, tasty, dance-y, rocking weekend in Pittsburgh and with so many unmissable events, there’s no way you’ll run out of things to do. Get dressed up, grab some friends and enjoy! ‘Madama Butterfly’ Pittsburgh Opera will mount this groundbreaking new production of a Puccini classic this weekend (and...
TV Talk: Classic sitcom rhythms, more profanity in ‘Mid-Century Modern;’ ‘Watson’ renewedVideo
A mix of “The Golden Girls,” “Hot in Cleveland” and “Will & Grace,” Hulu’s 10-episode multi-cam sitcom “Mid-Century Modern,” about three gay male friends living in Palm Springs, Calif., embraces old-fashioned sitcom rhythms while adding profanity and sexual innuendos that cannot be quoted in a family newspaper. Whether there’s an...
The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole
HOUSTON — The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state’s parole board announced Thursday. Yolanda Saldívar is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L....
Country singer Justin Fabus, a Dormont native, heading to London for a pair of shows
As of early April, Justin Fabus will be able to consider himself an international country artist. The Dormont native, currently based in Atlanta, will be making his first trip out of the country to play a pair of shows April 4 and 5 at the Lil’ Nashville Country Bar in...
Salman Rushdie’s 1st book of fiction since his stabbing will be published in November
NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie has a collection of novellas and short stories coming out this fall, his first published fiction since being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized in 2022. Random House announced Thursday that Rushdie’s “The Eleventh Hour,” billed by the publisher as “five interlinked stories and novellas that explore...
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ cast includes Hemsworth’s Thor, Mackie’s Cap, Fantastic Four and original X-Men
LOS ANGELES — Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki are all back in the Avengers ensemble, where they’ll be joined by several of cinema’s original X-Men. The five veterans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are in the cast...
Greensburg’s SummerSounds announces 2025 lineup, aims to manage growing crowds
SummerSounds, a free outdoor concert series at Greensburg’s St. Clair Park, will feature several tribute bands and Sudanese pop-funk rock fusion in its lineup this year. The concert series amassed a combined attendance of 28,500 people and drew more than $1 million in economic impact to Greensburg last season, co-founder...
TV Talk: More antiheroes in ‘MobLand,’ but is a hero renaissance on the way?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Helen Mirren trades a heroic husband played by Harrison Ford in “1923” for an antihero patriarch played by Pierce Brosnan in Paramount+’s “MobLand” (March 30), director Guy Ritchie’s story of a London organized crime family...
Will Smith gets a street named in the Philadelphia neighborhood where he was born and raised
PHILADELPHIA — In West Philadelphia where he was born and raised, now there’s a street called Will Smith Way. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and city leaders honored the Oscar and Grammy winner on Wednesday, renaming a street next to Smith’s old high school. “Philly, I love you. I am yours....
30 years after music icon Selena’s murder, Yolanda Saldívar is up for parole
Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the last three decades, Saldívar has served her life sentence in Texas. Now 64, Saldívar has a petition for parole under review, according to Texas Department of Criminal Justice online records. On Sunday,...
Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, AFI, Jawbreaker headlining this year’s Four Chord Music FestivalVideo
The Four Chord Music Festival is moving back to EQT Park — the baseball stadium for the Washington Wild Things — and this year’s lineup, fittingly, looks like a home run. Four Chord Music Fest 11 is set for Sept. 13-14, with Blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World headlining the first...
Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan on ‘The Sickness’ 25th anniversary, new song and more ahead of Pittsburgh concertVideo
In 2020, Disturbed had been set to do a 20th anniversary tour to celebrate their 2000 album “The Sickness” before that got shelved by the covid-19 pandemic. Now five years later, they’re marking their landmark album with a 25th anniversary tour instead. “We’re excited to get back out and play...
Pittsburgh Public Theater’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ is a long, mind-bending journey
More than six decades after premiering on Broadway, Edward Albee’s modern classic “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” remains a little bit vicious, a big surprise and a real conversation piece for first-time audience members. Pittsburgh Public Theater’s production, which runs through April 6, boasts excellent performances that bring Albee’s mind-bending...
TV Q&A: When will season 2 of ‘The Pitt’ premiere?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: I’m glad “The Pitt” got renewed for another season. Will it be next year until we see new episodes? — John, via Twitter Rob: “The...
Outside of Gene Hackman’s home, where the actor was found dead, is shown in body cam footage
ALBUQUERQE, N.M. — Authorities have released body camera footage from outside the home of Gene Hackman, where the actor and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in late February. The redacted footage shows deputies talking with the two workers who called authorities to report seeing someone lying on the floor...
Fust frontman Aaron Dowdy on ‘Spangled’ single, ‘Big Ugly’ album and songwriting ahead of Pittsburgh concertVideo
For Aaron Dowdy, the frontman for North Carolina’s Fust, choosing “Spangled” as the alt country band’s lead single seemed natural on a number of fronts. “’Spangled’ felt like a culmination of everything we had done so far, but also a bit of a leap. You hear the whole band in...
North Side author highlights Pittsburgh’s history of stadiums and arenas
Pittsburgh had the first indoor rink in North America with artificial ice. The Schenley Park Casino was located at the entrance to Schenley Park when it opened in 1895. Built at a cost of $400,000, it had 18-foot windows, 1,500 incandescent lights, two tiers of seating, luxury boxes, a café,...
French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledges boorish behavior but denies sexual assault
PARIS — French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he used crude and heated language around a woman who accuses him of sexual assault and grabbed her hips but denied assaulting her, as he testified for the first time at his landmark trial in Paris. She told the court that...
TV Talk: Streaming, TV respond to shifting political winds
At any moment, entertainment programming may reflect the culture or it may lead the culture. Sometimes it does both simultaneously to advance the industry’s ultimate goal: making money. The 1998 premiere of NBC’s “Will & Grace,” a show with two lead gay characters, broke new ground in the broadcast prime-time...
