http://www.post-gazette.com/ Articles from all entertainment categories en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:30:44 -0400 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/10076/1043417-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml We're only three months into 2010, but last night's show at the Mellon Arena may have been the hip-hop event of the year in Pittsburgh. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:29:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043263-114.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Although 54 million Americans ages 5 to 64 have disabilities, performers with disabilities are "virtually invisible" in entertainment media, contends I AM PWD (Inclusion in the Arts and Media of Performers with Disabilities), an advocacy campaign that's trying to change that. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043265-114.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Seventeen-year-old RJ Mitte was at the right place at the right time four years ago when he was cast as the son of high school chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-lab operator Walter White in the AMC drama "Breaking Bad," which begins its third season Sunday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043266-51.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Animal Planet, the Silver Spring, Md.-based cable network that says it's the destination for animal lovers, announced Monday it has purchased a new TV series in which it will introduce Mike Tyson, the heavyweight pugilist and avid pigeon fan, to the competitive world of pigeon racing. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043285-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "Two and a Half Men" is back to full capacity. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043286-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Review: Long before the stage arts illuminati discovered Pittsburgh's Squonk Opera, it was an oddball local band that integrated elements of jazz, classical and folk music, visually augmenting the sound with film projections, homemade props and unashamedly clunky movement elements. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043058-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml It might not be the first concert at the Consol Energy Arena, but it's the first announced for it. Lady Gaga will bring her Monster Ball Tour to the new arena on Sept. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043055-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Seven years. That's how long it has been since Jay-Z visited the 412. All right, to be accurate, it was the 724. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043045-369.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml On March 8, to celebrate International Women's Day, the Women and Girls Foundation hosted a program called Girl Gov. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043046-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Think "March Madness" is all about basketball? Think again. For the second consecutive year, School Library Journal is sponsoring a "Battle of the Kids' Books." Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043052-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Rielle Hunter said she and "Johnny" Edwards "love each other very much" and criticizes media portrayals of her as untrue in an interview in GQ magazine released Monday. Ms. Hunter gave birth to a girl fathered by Mr. Edwards. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043053-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml News Corp. will earn $350 million to $400 million from James Cameron's "Avatar" once the world's top-grossing film is also released on pay television and DVD, said two people with knowledge of its financial performance. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043056-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Post-Gazette will again assemble a list of dance recitals. Dance teachers should send the name of the school, date(s), location, contact person and phone number. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043059-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml With an MFA in theater from the University of Pittsburgh, Javon Johnson is no stranger to the local stage. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043065-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Rielle Hunter is said to be upset with several somewhat racy photographs of her that accompany the long interview in the new issue of GQ in which she details her affair with John Edwards, People.com reports. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043067-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml ABC News reporter and "Good Morning America" weekend host Kate Snow is jumping to NBC News. NBC announced Friday that Ms. Snow will begin work as a "Dateline NBC" correspondent later this spring. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043008-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Rock band Kings of Leon will close its 32-date summer tour with a concert at the First Niagara Pavilion in Burgettstown on Sept. 7. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042429-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml TV REVIEW: On paper, FX's "Justified" might seem a little ho-hum: Soft-spoken but deadly U.S. marshal with baggage -- most recently a "justified" shooting of a murderer in Miami -- returns to work in his eastern Kentucky hometown. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:21:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042463-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml If you're a bluegrass fan and an artist, working in any medium, the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Ky., wants to hear from you. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042464-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml His native Alabama is the locale for biologist E.O. Wilson's first novel, "Anthill" (Norton, $24.95), the story of a young man caught up in an ecological tug of war. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042465-129.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Author of the new tell-all book "The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down," Andrew Young was an aide and friend to the former senator and his family for a decade. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042466-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Among hard-core music fans, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame probably is about as popular as a skin rash. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042834-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml It's a wonderful irony to think that The Stooges' ticket to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ultimately was stamped via a certain Swedish disco band. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042858-28.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml LOS ANGELES -- Alice is still ruling the movie palace. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" easily remained the No. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042861-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Stage Review: A jumble of old furniture hangs over the O'Reilly Theater stage just as the past hangs over Arthur Miller's "The Price." Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042114-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Based on talent and various style points, Michael Buble would have been a contender for the Rat Pack. His behavior off the stage, however, could get him into big trouble with Sinatra's crew. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042107-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have gone to war together before: on the 1998 film "Saving Private Ryan" and on HBO's 2001 World War II miniseries "Band of Brothers." Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042110-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml HBO's "The Pacific" is based in part on these books: "Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific" ($16, Bantam Books) by Robert Leckie: Originally published in 1957, this re-issue Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:57:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1039712-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Review: Utterly unpleasant and unfunny, Fox's dispiriting "Sons of Tucson" (9:30 tonight, WPGH) may be the worst comedy series of a generally winning 2009-10 TV season. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042109-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Memory is a funny thing. In 2004, 13-year-old Keisha Castle-Hughes became the youngest best actress nominee in Oscar history for "Whale Rider." Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1039711-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml HBO's latest World War II epic, "The Pacific," arrives in the shadow of the network's much-admired 2001 WWII miniseries "Band of Brothers," and there will be inevitable comparisons. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042106-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml PASADENA, Calif. -- Viewers of HBO's "The Pacific" may or may not recognize actor Joe Mazzello, but odds are good they've seen him before: At age 9, he starred as the grandson of the founder of Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042113-437.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Some things to do this week. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042118-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml A list of the best-selling fiction and nonfiction books. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042120-74.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Many of you are reading this column in the old-fashioned newspaper in its crinkly and foldable format. Others are reading this on a hard-edged inflexible digital device via the Internet. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042121-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml It's been a good harvest for American short stories lately, as this trio demonstrates. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042122-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml In the introduction to his 1916 masterwork, "The Passing of the Great Race," Madison Grant counseled his contemporaries to repudiate their pledge to "acknowledge no distinction in race, creed, or Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042123-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The subtitle's a tease, a catchy one. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042301-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10073/1042336-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Thousands of people are packing movie theaters across the country to see the new "Alice in Wonderland" in 3-D, and dozens of them will likely leave with headaches. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500