http://www.post-gazette.com/ Articles from all entertainment categories en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 02:40:21 -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/10252/1085908-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Last year at this time we had two shows booked into the Civic Arena for the fall: Taylor Swift and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. What a difference a new arena makes. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085909-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Will Taylor Swift run away with the biggest-selling album of the year again? Do geezer-rockers Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Carlos Santana and Robert Plant still have it? Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085933-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml It's hard to believe, but we are entering Manfred Honeck's third year as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. But even as he increases the number of his concert weeks this season, to 10 out of the 21, he intriguingly will take a more background role in the autumn, letting a parade of top soloists do the impressing. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085950-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Trying to recover from a sudden breakup, Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl) believes she'll never fall in love again. But she meets the man of her dreams (Ashton Kutcher) on the French Riviera and marries him, without knowing he's an international superspy. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085952-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Lady and The Towel I wanted to write to say thank you for the wonderful write-up on Lady Gaga's show Sunday evening. My friend and I were fortunate enough to have front-row seats on the floor to the right of the catwalk, and I was able to throw her the Terrible Towel during "Telephone." I never thought she would give us that great of a reaction! Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085954-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The CW's new "Nikita" feels like a cross between Fox's canceled "Dollhouse" and USA Network's "La Femme Nikita," which aired from 1997-2001 and was based on a French film and American remake of the same name. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085960-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Get ready to buckle your swash and tackle the fungus among us at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre ("The Three Musketeers") and Pittsburgh Dance Council (Pilobolus). But there are other big plans afoot during the 2010-11 dance season. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085997-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Starting today, have a "Triple Espresso" at the CLO Cabaret Theater to kick off the fall theater season, then wander over to McKees Rocks and help the Pittsburgh New Works Festival celebrate its 10th anniversary. And rain or shine, Playhouse Rep will present "The Umbrella Man," opening Friday. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1086033-437.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml A list of recommended things to do this weekend. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1086090-53.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml In Kaz Rahman's new film of Muslims at prayer, the camera follows five women through the day as each pauses for prescribed prayer. From one who ritually washes in a paradisiacal garden pool, to one shopping in a crowded city to another bundled against ice and snow, each takes time for God. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1086098-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Like the three beats of waltz time, this week the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has added two conductors to complement music director Manfred Honeck. On the heels of extending the contract of Leonard Slatkin on Tuesday, the orchestra will announce today it will increase the role of Gianandrea Noseda. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085716-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml In the horse race that is "America's Got Talent," consider Pittsburgh's Jackie Evancho, at 10, a front-running filly. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:06:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085700-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml WASHINGTON -- Idris Elba, looking as cool and virile as the fictional Baltimore drug lord whom he so memorably played on the acclaimed HBO series "The Wire," winces at the mention of the s-word. "Sexy?" he repeats, shifting in his chair and wrinkling his brow. "I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're so sexy,' I just don't get that. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085702-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Dance review: It isn't often that two of America's top performing arts organizations meet. The Cleveland Orchestra, skillfully conducted by Tito Munez, played host to Chicago's Joffrey Ballet, which rarely performs to live music, over Labor Day weekend at the Blossom Music Center near Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085703-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml 2.4 million tickets were sold last year for the live transmissions Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085720-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "Abduction" is looking for one more round of paid extras for the thriller starring Taylor Lautner being shot in Pittsburgh. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085721-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml John Lennon's killer was denied parole in New York, nearly 30 years after gunning down the ex-Beatle outside the musician's New York City apartment building. The Associated Press reported that the parole board decided not to release Mark David Chapman, 55, after interviewing him Tuesday by teleconference at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085726-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml WASHINGTON -- Oprah Winfrey said her initial reaction to being told she was a 2010 Kennedy Center honoree could be summed up in two words: "Wowie gazowie." Merle Haggard? He compared being named an honoree to a "nice kick in the stomach." The center announced on Tuesday that Paul McCartney, the composer and lyricist Jerry Herman and the dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones, along with Ms. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085536-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml An outsider looking in on Pittsburgh's hip-hop music scene today would find it bursting at the seams, poised to blast through Pennsylvania's borders to engulf an industry thirsty for new talent. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085017-369.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Great new reads for teens abound, led by "Mockingjay," the final volume in "The Hunger Games" trilogy. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085018-369.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Book Review: Siobhan Vivian writes about intelligent girls, friendship and finding oneself. She also talks about messing up and deception, the kind that tears apart her characters' worlds. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085043-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml WASHINGTON -- Don't you love that remarkable moment when roSenQatlh and ghIlDenSten exit the stage and Khamlet is left alone to deliver the immortal words: "baQa', Qovpatlh, toy'wl"a' qal je jIH"? No? Well, it always kills on Kronos. That's the home planet of the Klingons, the hostile race that antagonizes the Federation heroes of "Star Trek." Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085072-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Music preview: Broken Social Scene is a little like the Wu-Tang Clan of indie rock -- you never know who is going to be on board. The Toronto-based collective can roll with a core of six members or bulk up to an ensemble as large as 11 or 12. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085075-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml There's a simple reason why poet Yusef Komunyakaa is coming to town Saturday: "I love jazz." The 63-year-old Louisiana native will find the music in abundance at the sixth annual Jazz Poetry Concert sponsored by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. Saxophonist Oliver Lake, who has appeared at five previous concerts here, will lead a 17-piece big band than includes five other sax players. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085076-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml LONDON -- Yoko Ono says John Lennon is still helping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist as she pays tribute to her late husband before what would have been his 70th birthday. Ms. Ono visited Mr. Lennon's childhood home and school in northern England's Liverpool on Friday. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085568-53.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will play host to its principal guest conductor for three more years. Symphony officials will announce today that American maestro Leonard Slatkin, 66, has extended his contract with the orchestra through the 2013-14 season. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085511-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Benedum Center will be the site for "A Bob Marley Celebration??? on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m., featuring members of the reggae legend's family. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 15:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085451-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Lady Gaga -- the most dazzling new pop star of the young century -- made her Pittsburgh debut last night with her raucous, eye-popping Monster Ball Tour, one that travels with nearly two dozen semis full of toys. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 11:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085459-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Outside the Consol Energy Center Sunday night, you stood out if you didn't stand out. In the crowd of people waiting to be admitted to the Lady Gaga concert, those wearing jeans and T-shirts were the strange ones. Sequins, spandex, cigarette sunglasses, lace, leather, tutus, wigs and bows, heels and bubbles, soda cans and fishnets -- that's what you wear to a Lady Gaga concert. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:43:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1084979-28.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Some people watch "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" for the fights. Some watch it for the fashion. And a growing number of New Jersey businesses watch it to see it to see if they received any airtime. They're the real businesses of North Jersey, the restaurants, doctor's offices and retail stores that are supporting cast members on Bravo's hit reality show. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1084984-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Book review: "The Widower's Tale," by Julia Glass. Pantheon, $26.95. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085023-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml By Mark Rotella. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085024-129.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Sometimes controversial, but always entertaining, talk show host Wendy Williams began her career in radio. It was there she famously got into a blunt conversation about drug use and finances with singer Whitney Houston in 2003. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085025-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "Come and meet those dancing feet," warbled the cast of "42nd Street." But dance fans have been doing that for decades, experiencing the high-bounding energy that drove Broadway musicals in production numbers, ballets and featured solos. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085026-51.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml ORLANDO, Fla. -- The movies already have a Hollywood and a Bollywood, but some local filmmakers see Central Florida staking its claim as "Holywood." A single faith-based movie filmed here last year has led to a handful of like-minded movies being shot from Ocoee to Mount Dora. "The Whisper Home," based on the biblical parable of the prodigal son, was filmed in Ocoee last winter. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085029-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Movie grosses were up, tickets were down, minds were blown and sniffles unavoidable as Andy packed for college and sent Woody, Buzz, Jessie and pals into a toy tizzy. The books close today on summer 2010, and it was a season when "Toy Story 3" leapfrogged to the No. 1 spot for the year, Sylvester Stallone muscled past "The A-Team," and the top 10 summer movies were rated G, PG or PG-13. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400