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Comedian Jim Jefferies performing at Heinz Hall
Australian-born stand-up comedian Jim Jefferies had a pretty solid pitch for why you should come to his show in Pittsburgh on Saturday. “It just so happens that I’m gonna be recording a special in a couple of months’ time. The best time to see a tour is just before the...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Jan. 10-12
It’s understandable if you feel the post-holiday lull hit extra hard this week, especially after frigid temperatures and pesky snow. But this is the best time to get out and see what the city has to offer. Here are a few events to check out this weekend in Pittsburgh. Phipps...
TV Talk: Dick Wolf gets serialized with ‘On Call’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. For executive producer Dick Wolf’s first scripted streaming series, “On Call” co-creators Tim Walsh (“Chicago P.D.,” “Hightown”) and Elliot Wolf (Dick Wolf’s son who was an executive producer on the unscripted series “Law & Order:...
WWE’s ‘Monday Night RAW’ Netflix debut averages 2.6M households in U.S., 4.9M globally
LOS ANGELES — The first episode of World Wrestling Entertainment’s “Monday Night RAW” on Netflix averaged 4.9 million viewers globally and 2.6 million households in the U.S., according to VideoAmp. Monday’s three-hour show from the Intuit Dome outside of Los Angeles kicked off WWE’s 10-year partnership with Netflix. The agreement,...
Pittsburgh Public Theater artistic director Marya Sea Kaminski leaving at end of season
Pittsburgh Public Theater artistic director Marya Sea Kaminski will be departing her role with the company effective July 2025. Kaminski has been with Pittsburgh Public Theater since the departure of Ted Pappas in 2018, and she will remain in her role until the end of the company’s 50th anniversary season...
Participate or keep it quiet? Recent sing-alongs tap into larger discussion on moviegoing etiquette
WASHINGTON — As movie theaters worked to entice Americans back into seats after covid-19 lockdowns and labor strikes, the industry marketed blockbuster films like “Wicked” and the dueling releases of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” as no less than cultural events. But when certain movies become “events” unto themselves, sometimes different behavior...
TV Talk: Is ‘The Pitt’ — with all its local references — worth watching?
The first two episodes of streaming-only series “The Pitt” are available on Max (new episodes drop in subsequent weeks on Thursdays through April 10), and ultimately this Pittsburgh-set hospital drama proves to be fast-paced with well-developed doctors, med students and sometimes patient characters. It’s a grab-you-by-the-throat drama with each episode...
Mario R. Rossero named new director of The Andy Warhol Museum
A Western Pennsylvania native has been tapped as the new director of The Andy Warhol Museum. The Warhol announced Wednesday that Mario R. Rossero will step into his new role on March 31. Previous director Patrick Moore left the museum at the end of May last year. Rossero comes from...
TV Talk: WPXI names new weekday evening anchor
As expected, WPXI announced morning anchor Gordon Loesch will succeed longtime Channel 11 anchor David Johnson, who retired last month. Loesch will anchor alongside Lisa Sylvester during the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. WPXI newscasts beginning Jan. 20. He’ll also co-anchor at 6:30 p.m. with Liz Kilmer and at 10...
‘Funny Girl’ is a classic that still dazzles at the Benedum Center
There are worse ways to start off a new year than revisiting old friends, especially when those old friends are funnier, fresher and better than ever. So it makes a lot of sense to enjoy “Funny Girl” while the national tour is in town, thanks to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s...
TV Q&A: WPXI’s Cara Sapida shares her hair journey after cancer battle
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 watching Channel 11, and Cara Sapida is doing her excellent reporting as usual. I know she wore a wig while she was going through...
Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
LOS ANGELES — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died. He was 86. Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group’s most enduring...
Tom Holland and Zendaya confirm engagement rumors
After bringing the romance of Peter Parker and Mary Jane to the big screen, “Spider-Man” co-stars Tom Holland and Zendaya are engaged after three years of dating. TMZ first reported the couple’s engagement on Monday. The media outlet stated that a source shared that Holland proposed to the “Euphoria” and...
Oprah Winfrey opens 2025 with an encore — ‘A New Earth’ is her book club pick for 2nd time
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey is beginning 2025 with an old favorite. She has selected Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life Purpose” for her book club, marking the first time she has chosen a publication twice. Winfrey, who launched her club in 1996, also picked “A New...
August Wilson gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame
August Wilson is receiving a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Constanza Romero Wilson, Wilson’s widow, will be accepting the award, according to the Hollywood Walk of Fame website. The playwright and Hill District native died from liver cancer in 2005, and the recognition continues to celebrate the Pulitzer Prize...
TV Talk: Joe Manganiello previews ‘unbelievable’ season of ‘Deal or No Deal Island’Video
For his second season as host of NBC’s “Deal or No Deal Island” (8 tonight, WPXI), Mt. Lebanon native Joe Manganiello said the reality competition delivers in a way that’s can’t-miss TV. “You’re going to see something you’ve never seen before,” he said in a phone interview Christmas Eve afternoon....
Golden Globes ratings hold steady with 10 million viewers
NEW YORK — An average of 10.1 million viewers tuned into the 82nd Golden Globes across CBS and Paramount+, Dick Clark Productions said Monday, roughly matching the audience for last year’s broadcast. CBS reported ratings figures from VideoAmp rather than the industry standard audience measurement service, Nielsen. Paramount Global, which...
Lopez, Affleck seek judge’s approval of divorce settlement
LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have settled their divorce and are asking a judge to finalize their breakup. Lopez filed documents Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court that show the former couple settled their divorce through mediation in September, about a month after she filed for divorce....
Man charged in Tupac Shakur killing files motion to dismiss the case
LAS VEGAS — An ex-gang leader is seeking to have all the charges against him dismissed in the 1990s killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur. Attorney Carl Arnold filed the motion Monday in the District Court of Nevada to dismiss charges against Duane Davis in the 1996 shooting of...
Here’s a look at the highlights of Pittsburgh theater in 2025
For theater lovers in Pittsburgh, 2025 is a year full of the promise of great shows. From national tours to community theater, well-worn favorites to world premieres, 2025’s stage calendar is quickly filling with highly anticipated productions. Here’s a look at shows for which you should get tickets as soon...
Lawsuit alleges Fox Sports ex-host harassed hairstylist and offered her $1.5M for sex
LOS ANGELES — A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports alleges in a lawsuit that former host Skip Bayless made repeated, unwanted advances toward her — including an offer of $1.5 million to have sex with him. Attorneys for Noushin Faraji, who was a hair stylist at...
TV Talk: ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ top winners at Golden Globes
Comedian Nikki Glaser, a stand-up comic best known as a mainstay on Comedy Central celebrity roasts, kicked off the 82nd annual Golden Globes telecast Sunday night in fine form, poking gentle but pointed fun at Hollywood celebrities and entertainment culture as movies “Emilia Perez” and “The Brutalist” and series “Shōgun,”...
Golden Globes Fashion: Ariana Grande eschews Glinda pink for pale yellow (brick road) silkVideo
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Fasten your seatbelts, fashion fans! With some of Hollywood’s most fashion-forward stars up for awards this year, it’s going to be an eventful season. And the Golden Globes gets it all started, with stars (and their stylists) marking their territory at one of Hollywood’s splashiest events....
TV Talk: Go on set to see how Pittsburgh-set ER drama ‘The Pitt’ gets made
BURBANK, Calif. — John Wells, a 1979 Carnegie Mellon University grad, watches on a monitor as he directs the last day of filming on the first episode of Pittsburgh-set Max medical drama “The Pitt.” It’s mid-July 2024 and production is just nine days into the 15-episode first season of a...
UPMC doctor shares her experiences with ‘The Pitt’ writers
Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was one of several doctors recruited by “The Pitt” writers/producers to offer perspective on what it’s like to be an ER physician in Pittsburgh and to share her experiences. During a two-hour...
