Entertainment category, Page 392
Recording studio is a hidden gem in Armbrust schoolhouseVideo
Abbey Road, Muscle Shoals, Sunset Sound. Someday, maybe The Schoolhouse will join that list of famous recording studios. Right now, it’s a hidden gem in the tiny hamlet of Armbrust in Hempfield, a dream brought to life by audio engineer Daniel Blake, and a kind of refuge for the musicians...
Barbra Streisand apologizes for remarks on Michael Jackson accusers
NEW YORK — Barbra Streisand apologized Saturday for her remarks about Michael Jackson and two men who have accused him of sexual abuse, saying that she should have chosen her words more carefully and that she admires the accusers for “speaking their truth.” Streisand had received bitter criticism online after...
Barbra Streisand under fire for Michael Jackson remarks
NEW YORK — Barbra Streisand is coming under intense criticism on social media for telling a British newspaper that two men who say they were molested as children by Michael Jackson were “thrilled to be there” and that the alleged abuse “didn’t kill them.” In a wide-ranging interview with the...
Exhalations Dance Theatre to perform ‘Equinox’ at Kelly Strayhorn TheatreVideo
They are pharmacists, bankers, nurses, teachers, and digital strategists. They are also dancers and members of the Exhalations Dance Theatre, a nonprofit organization that was formed to create performing and choreography opportunities for non-professional dancers. The company will present “Equinox” at 8 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday at the...
Gabby Barrett is engaged to fellow ‘American Idol’ alum
Munhall’s favorite daughter, “American Idol” second runner-up Gabby Barrett is engaged. People reports the country singer and her boyfriend — now fiance — Cade Foehner, another former “American Idol” contestant, are tying the knot. Foehner has a nice RING to it... ?? pic.twitter.com/1sojkPzGUX— Gabby Barrett (@GabbyBarrett_) March 22, 2019 Surprise!...
The Westmoreland’s ‘Art as Fashion’ event to feature Met Gala organizer
What goes into staging the Met Gala, the annual fashion extravaganza benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City? Get the inside scoop at “Art as Fashion: A Behind-the-Scenes View of the Met Gala and The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Anna Wintour Costume Center” a...
Compose like Bach with Google’s first AI-powered Doodle
Bend it like Beckham, move like Jagger, now compose like Bach. To remember the birthday of German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, Google came up with its first AI-powered Doodle that allows users to compose a short melody that is then harmonized into Bach’s style. Lucky users who find a...
Review: Mötley Crüe biopic ‘The Dirt’ as sexist as the band in its heyday
“Girls, girls, girls.” Mötley Crüe sings about them, sleeps with them, vomits on them, punches them in the face and can expect oral sex from anyone in a skirt in Netflix’s astoundingly tone deaf biopic “The Dirt.” The film, which premieres Friday, is based on the group’s 2001 book, “The...
David Letterman: I stayed on network TV for too long
NEW YORK — David Letterman says he stuck around on network television about 10 years too long. He made that admission during an appearance Thursday on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show. Letterman quit in 2015 after 33 years as a late-night host on CBS and NBC, and is beginning his second...
Candy Crush vs. Mortal Kombat for Video Game Hall of Fame
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The World Video Game Hall of Fame fielded thousands of nominations for the Class of 2019 from more than 100 countries, hall officials said Thursday after narrowing the field to 12. “Will ‘Centipede’ devour the competition? Can ‘Mortal Kombat’ fight its way to victory? Will ‘Microsoft Windows...
Uniontown theater schedules auditions for two summer musicals
Auditions for two upcoming productions are planned April 7-8 at the State Theatre Center for the Arts, 37 E. Main St., Uniontown. Summer at the State’s 2019 season will feature “Mamma Mia” and another musical to be announced. Both productions will have ensemble casts of 30-35 actors, singers and dancers....
Phil Collins ‘Still Not Dead’ tour adds Pittsburgh stop
A limited run of Phil Collins Still Not Dead Yet, Live! dates have been confirmed for fall 2019. An Oct. 2 Pittsburgh show in PPG Paints Arena is among the 15 added stops on the tour. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. March 30 at livenation.com. Citi cardmembers can register...
Review: Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ conjures sinister American nightmaresVideo
Jordan Peele has tightened his grip in “Us,” a less satirical and more slaughterhouse horror parable than the writer-director’s astonishing debut, “Get Out,” that despite its deficiencies will leave all who enter its shadowy world convinced of Peele’s growing command as a singular conjurer of American nightmares. It’s a movie...
Entertainment planner: March 21-April 3
Thursday March 21 “Prairie Gothic: Films by Melika Bass,” Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh. 412-431-1810 or silvereye.org Friday March 22 20th Annual Pittsburgh Arts & Crafts Spring Fever Festival, Monroeville Convention Center. Through March 24. 724-863-4577 or familyfestivals.com Full Moon Hike, Keystone State Park, Derry Township. 724-668-2939 Kevin Kwan,...
Ligonier Valley student organizes free ‘March Madness’ concert
A Ligonier Valley High School senior is using her lifelong love of music as the basis for her senior project. Faith McDowell of Ligonier Township is organizing “March Madness,” a free concert beginning at 7 p.m. March 27 at the high school, 40 Springer Road, Ligonier Township. The program will...
Pittsburgh-filmed movie will tell story of The Gaslight Cafe
As legend has it, Pittsburgh used car salesman John Mitchell was taking a road trip to New York City in the late ‘50s, when he got a flat tire on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. “He basically got out of his car and thought, ‘This might be a great place...
PSO’s ‘Peer Gynt’ performances feature return of Julian Rachlin
Going with your gut isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be. If one of the composers next up at the symphony had followed his first reaction to a request for music, the world would have lost some great music and he would have been a lot poorer and less...
Chatham Baroque celebrates Bach’s 334th birthday
Every short list of the greatest composers in history will include Johann Sebastian Bach. The music of this German baroque composer can be a companion for life. The legendary cellist Pablo Casals liked to start his day with a half hour of Bach because it attuned his soul for the...
Unity egg hunt registration under way
Unity Township’s annual Easter egg hunt will take place, rain or shine, at 10 a.m. April 6 at the township municipal building on Beatty County Road. Children age 10 or younger are invited to bring their baskets and take part in the hunt. Refreshments and a visit with the Easter...
‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ scripts to be digitally preserved
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Hollywood producer Carl Reiner and the National Comedy Center say they’re working together to digitally preserve Reiner’s collection of scripts from the 1960s “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” The scripts are full of Reiner’s handwritten changes to the dialogue. Reiner, who turned 97 on Tuesday, says creating...
New photo of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers released on Rogers’ birthday
A new photo of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers has been released on what would have been Rogers’ 91st birthday. The photo from the upcoming movie “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” shows Hanks as Rogers wearing a red sweater and playfully tossing a shoe in the air on the...
Third Bill & Ted movie set for 2020
Most excellent! Fans of Bill and Ted, the late ’80s, early ’90s duo that traveled through time in a phone booth, will be happy to hear that they’re back, in “Bill & Ted Face the Music.” Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter announced the bodacious news themselves. Having tackled time (in...
Kennywood’s Steel Curtain coaster is on track for summerVideo
This new Steel Curtain is quite intimidating, and its name is fitting. Inspired by the Pittsburgh Steelers stifling defense of the 1970s, The Steel Curtain roller coaster at Kennywood in West Mifflin is massive and well on its way to throwing its riders for a loop. Media members toured around...
Bravo’s Andy Cohen honored by GLAAD for ‘accelerating LGBTQ acceptance’
Andy Cohen has just joined the growing roster of this year’s GLAAD Media Awards honorees. Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live!” host will receive the advocacy group’s Vito Russo Award during the New York edition of the 30th GLAAD Media Awards on May 4. The award, named for GLAAD’s founder, is...
Netflix debuts ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 trailerVideo
Nothing says 2019 like 1985. Netflix debuted the Season 3 trailer for its hit sci-fi series “Stranger Things 3” on Wednesday, and it’s jam-packed with plenty of action — in a starkly mid-’80s fashion. As we already know, the upcoming season — which will be available July 4 — is...
