http://www.post-gazette.com/ Articles from all entertainment categories en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:07:29 -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/12345/1282707-129.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Andrew McCarthy talks about his one-time real fear of people and how writing and travel have changed him. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12345/1282714-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml For the third time in three outings, a Pittsburgher is the unwitting star of Spike TV's "The Joe Schmo Show." Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12345/1282747-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Are you a sports kid? Or a kid who loves facts? Or one of those kids who is always asking "Why?" Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1279890-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Mel Brooks reflects on moments from his career in film and television in HBO's "Mel Brooks Strikes Back!" Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282560-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Beginning Thursday, TV stations and cable providers are required to keep the volume of commercials at a level consistent with programming. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282562-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet returns to Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Plus, Ellen Goodman lecture and more. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282566-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "Deal or No Deal" star Howie Mandel is back on NBC with a new game show, "Take It All." Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282567-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml His latest film, "25 Things I Like About Pittsburgh," delivers stories about people, places, history and human nature. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282640-37.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Judi Dench and Helen Mirren head the cast list for the Post-Gazette's early spring Critic's Choice theater tour to London, March 10-17. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282643-109.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Mitchell James Kaplan picked up the new edition of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' to re-read. He was struck with awe. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282644-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Take two local actors with a sense of humor, mix in the holidays and you've got the "12 Days of Pittsburgh N'at." Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282645-370.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "The Silent History" takes ebooks to a new interactive level, and the Robots for iPad app explores the world of robots. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282808-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Churchill coined the phrase. Anne Applebaum brings deeper understanding to the tragedy that its reality brought to those living behind it. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282809-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Ruth Rendell (as Barbara Vine) tells a tale of two eras, with especial elan. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282833-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml 'Defender of the Realm': The final volume of the late William Manchester's epic biography of Churchill is ably finished by Paul Reid. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282590-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml There's nothing like an unrequited suitor to get things rolling on "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette." Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282681-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Children's author Sharon Creech speaks Sunday at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall in Oakland. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282682-500.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Anne Stockton does a fine job in bringing Pittsburgher Stewart O'Nan's novel "The Speed Queen" to life in her one-woman show. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282320-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml 'Tis the season for awards, nominations and the countdown to the Oscars, with SAG and Golden Globes on back-to-back track for next week. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282321-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Grammys makes some solid choices but there are still some snubs and curiosities. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282322-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml She will sing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in a show that will have a Christmas feel to it. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282324-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "A Royal Affair" revisits a chapter of 18th-century European history when a romantic triangle triggers change but also tragedy. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282325-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml As a divorced former jock, Gerard Butler shoots but doesn't score with romantic comedy "Playing for Keeps" opening in movie theaters today. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282327-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The good, the bad and the (rarely) ugly of actor Gerard Butler, whose decade-long list of credits is all over the movie map. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282331-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Webhed: Confounding viewer expectations, networks now premiere shows year-round; PBS orders a second season of "Call the Midwife." Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282334-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml First Lady Michelle Obama is thrilled over her first Grammy nomination, a nod in the spoken word category for her book "American Grown." Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282338-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml This year's Nobel Prize in literature winner, Mo Yan, defended censorship as something as necessary as airport security checks. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282339-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "Holy Motors" is a mind-blowing explosion of imagination and virtuosic technique. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282342-28.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Gas drilling firms prepare for the onslaught of attention likely to come from Gus Van Sant's film "Promised Land." Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282483-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Grammy-winning artist known for breaking genre barriers will be accompanied by the PSO at Heinz Hall on Saturday. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500