http://www.post-gazette.com/ Articles from all entertainment categories en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:09:56 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209212-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Carnegie Mellon University station WRCT-FM (88.3) will air its Massive Music Weekend -- a 60-hour marathon of nonstop music -- starting at noon today. Each half hour of the weekend is devoted to one band or artist. The showcased music comes from all genres and eras, and from all points across the music spectrum. Massive Music Weekend runs from noon today to 12:01 a.m. Monday. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209213-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Editor's note: "Shame" was not previewed for critics in Pittsburgh. Eye contact is how it begins -- a shared glance on the subway, maybe followed by a smile but always cranked up from a glance to a penetrating stare. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209214-120-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml A Pakistani woman named Zakia, weary of a husband who was an abusive drug addict and alcoholic, went to court to divorce him. "So you want to divorce me? I'll make a spectacle out of you for the world to see," he said, right before he threw battery acid in her face. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209215-121.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Post-Gazette reviews movies from a family perspective: Rated: PG-13. Suitable for: Mature tweens and older. What you should know: Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum play young marrieds in Chicago. When their car is slammed from behind, the wife is ejected through the front windshield. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209216-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Mac Miller is up for two honors at the 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards, one of which will pit him against hip-hop legends Jay-Z & Kanye West. The Pittsburgh party rapper, who topped the Billboard charts last fall, is up for Woodie of the Year against the likes of the Black Keys and Foster the People, and the Performing Woodie, against Kanye/Jay, Skrillex and others. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209217-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml From Renaissance cameos to cinematic ones, the art of the miniature is a many-splendored thing. Shorts in film -- as in underwear -- are expected to contain something animated or organically active. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209218-67-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "Comic Book Men" (10 p.m. Sunday, AMC), set inside film director Kevin Smith's New Jersey comics and collectibles store, struggles to find a raison d'etre in its premiere episode. Unlike so many of the dirty job shows on TV ("Deadliest Catch," "Bering Sea Gold," etc.), this docu-series does not feature guys at work in a dangerous setting. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209219-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Tune your strings, warm up your chops and turn on your camera: The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is taking video submissions for a competition on YouTube. While its predecessor is clearly the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, which assembled an entire orchestra through uploaded auditions, the PSO Concerto Competition will put one winner on stage with a major world orchestra. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209220-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "You crushed my windpipe," the raspy-voiced CIA operative reminds his prisoner. "You locked me in the trunk," he counters, as if one excuses the other in "Safe House." Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209221-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml You know how Jar-Jar Binks' eyes pop up out of his head? That was from watching too many 3-D movies back on planet Naboo. So, be forewarned. George Lucas has done a stereoscopic retrofit of his 1999 prequel, "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace," and it's being released in theaters today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209222-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Must have been a false memory planted by previews or TV commercials. I mistakenly thought "The Vow" was a romantic comedy, but it is, in fact, a romantic drama. It shuns silliness and grand, Garry Marshall-style gestures for quieter moments between Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum. She plays Paige, a sculptor, and he's Leo, owner of a small recording studio in Chicago. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209223-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Michael Caine must be a jolly good sport. Some time during the making of "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," a director had to say to him, "Sir Michael Caine, this is the part when you clamber atop a bee the size of a small plane, hold on tight and pretend to fly over the island." Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208992-388-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1209179-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Tune your strings, warm up your chops and turn on your camera: The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is taking video submissions for a competition on YouTube. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208910-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Is it true that Adele's appeal crosses all boundaries? We thought we'd ask some Pittsburgh musicians of different stripes. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208911-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml 1981 Golden-voiced newcomer Christopher Cross became the only artist to sweep the general field, winning Record of the Year ("Sailing"), Album of the Year ("Christopher Cross"), Song of the Year ("Sailing") and Best New Artist. Those were the first and last Grammys he ever won. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208909-388-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Here in the highly opinionated 21st century, we find ourselves in a divisive mood about so many things -- the economy, taxes, health care, the Super Bowl halftime show. But it seems there are a few things we can agree upon: Blue skies are nice, ice cream is good, puppies are cute, and Adele can sing her behind off. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208861-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "Sing Your Song" doubles as a 105-minute argument for Harry Belafonte to receive Oscar's Jean Hersholt Award for his humanitarian work. It's a celebratory look at an entertainer who was the first artist to sell more than 1 million albums but who also became a partner in the struggle for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208888-55-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml For most moms, few moments are more cherished than snuggling up with their child to read a favorite children's book before bedtime. But local moms Beth Arnstein and Kelly Ehasz are doing more than just making priceless memories -- each decided to write her own children's book and enter a contest to get her work published. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208858-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "Elder Hostages," a trilogy of one-acts tells the stories of people coping with the indignities of aging, takes the stage for its first full production after an acclaimed reading in 2010. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208856-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml In recent years, several music acts who originated in the Pittsburgh area have burst onto the national scene, including Christina Aguilera, Wiz Kalifa, Mac Miller and Girl Talk. Far from a new trend, the Steel City's influence on the recording industry can be traced back to the heyday of jazz music in the 1930s-50s. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208859-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml It's hard to convey a "creepy vibe" on film and that is what the cast and crew of "The Innkeepers" experienced -- twice, in some cases. When director Ti West was shooting "The House of the Devil" in spring 2008, he and others stayed at the Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington, Conn. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208860-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml A quality documentary about the life of Bruce Lee has been both inevitable and a long time coming. Four decades after his death, it has fallen to director Pete McCormack to assemble a portrait of the martial arts icon that is both hagiographic and historically accurate. Fortunately, large slices of Bruce Lee's life took place while cameras were rolling. Mr. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208940-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Good Morning, Bear Cub Bear Cub, the jangly roots-rock band that relocated from Pittsburgh to Nashville, will release its third album, "Good Morning, Every Morning," at the Rex Theater on March 16 with Gene the Werewolf. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208941-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Everyone's complaining about how Pittsburgh has a dearth of young people. So, we've got overachievers moving into Google or the medical complexes, but what about the average slacker who would attend an indie rock show on a weekday? Here's a solution: The Philadelphia metro area has probably six times the number of hip 20-somethings that Allegheny County does. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208942-325-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml ALL WEEKEND 'Hattie' on the Horizon New Horizon Theater's "Hi Hat Hattie" stars Shaunyce Omar in a musical biography of Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Academy Award. The "Gone With the Wind" supporting actress was celebrated by Hollywood for her portrayal of the O'Haras' house servant Mammy, but attacked by the NAACP and others for perpetuating stereotypes. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208948-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Blind Pilot created a buzz in 2008 when it launched a tour of the West Coast on bicycle, lugging the equipment around on custom trailers. That was when Blind Pilot was a duo. Now, the Portland, Ore., band, a little bigger and farther from home, is rolling across the country in an old school bus. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208949-388-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Van Halen diehards had to be pinching themselves -- with their fingers firmly crossed -- in anticipation of this one. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208955-120-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml If you wondered -- or worried -- that actress Kristen Stewart lost weight to look so deathly thin in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1," you can rest easy. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208977-388-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's 2012-13 season will balance war horses and dark horses. It will feature renowned works of the standard repertoire, such as Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, "Choral," Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," and Brahms' Symphony No. 3; concertos by Rachmaninoff, Grieg, Mozart and Tchaikovsky; and tone poems by Mussorgsky and others. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208978-388-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml 2012-13 BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS CONCERTS Sept. 21-23: Manfred Honeck, conductor; Thomas Hampson, baritone. Strauss' Orchestral Songs and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World." Oct. 5-7: Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Olga Kern, piano. Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances," Suite No. 3, Schumann's Symphony No. 3 and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3. Oct. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208688-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml This engaging work of self-declared "investigative parenting" will strike like a stiletto heel into the quivering gelatin of middle-class parental anxiety. Pamela Druckerman, an American journalist and mother of three in Paris, sends word that, once again, Americans are messing up their kids and another culture is superior. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208700-500.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The final scene of "Ruthless! The Musical" is so brazenly depraved, you probably should know about it in advance, but that would be like giving away the big reveal of "The Sixth Sense." So, for those of you who would be easily offended by a wicked child gone wild, consider yourself warned. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208701-437.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Whether or not you have children, chances are you once were one. And if you were fortunate, books -- from your parents, the school library, a maiden aunt at Christmas -- were a part of your childhood. If so, there should be something for you in the all-ages exhibition "Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration." Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208690-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml This devil will be given his due, thanks to "Antiques Roadshow." When the venerable PBS appraisal show airs the three hours shot in Pittsburgh beginning Monday, one of the locals who made the cut was Robert, a retired schoolteacher from the Mon Valley. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208683-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Walter Dean Myers, author of more than 100 books for young adults and children, is the first African-American writer to serve as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and the third person to hold the position, which the Library of Congress created in 2008. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208686-348-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Well, it's safe to say that Piers Morgan won't be first in line for tickets to Madonna's just-announced world tour. The pontificating Brit continued his public assault on America's long-reigning Material Girl while chatting with E!'s own Chelsea Handler last night, blasting Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show as a "gruesome" performance, E! News reports. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208535-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml What was not to love about Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's succulent dance foray among the hallmark composers known as the three B's -- Bach, Beethoven and Brahms? Called "Uncommon," it wasn't a full-length theatrical production, but in many respects was a more massive undertaking. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208534-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml ABC's "The River" turns out to be a more interesting show than its pilot suggests. That's not to say the premiere, airing tonight at 9 on WTAE, is disappointing -- it's a scary enough introduction -- but future episodes expand the show's universe, better develop the characters and reveal that while the show is called "The River," not every story has to take place on a boat. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208540-500.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Nothing seems as fascinating to a middle-aged American male as the guy himself. Examples abound, so I'll leave Charlie Sheen alone, but for an evening's immersion in this area of self-absorption, try "Mid-Strut" at The REP, Point Park University's professional company. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208532-500.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml For anyone who has ever squeezed into the sausage skin of a leotard, hobbled funk-less through a hip-hop combination or been chastised for poor posture in a ballet class, comedian Jen Childs has a soft spot for you. These are just a few of the scenarios she cites in her one-woman show "Why I'm Scared of Dance," which continues Thursday through Sunday at City Theatre, South Side. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208514-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Jack Gantos kept his hopes for winning a Newbery Medal -- given annually by the American Library Association to the best-written children's book -- in "lockdown mode" over the past few months. Mr. Gantos, 60, had come close to winning the gold Newbery Medal in 2001 for "Joey Pigza Loses Control." Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208533-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Patrons at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont can meet the men behind the Internet sensations "Pittsburgh Dad" and "The Mercury Men" tonight. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208539-348-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Defeat is a bitter pill to swallow -- especially at the Super Bowl. Perhaps it was made a bit easier for Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady, whose wife Gisele Bndchen was on hand to comfort him in Indianapolis on Sunday night, after losing 21-17 to Eli Manning and the New York Giants in a suspenseful fourth quarter, People reports. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500