http://www.post-gazette.com/ Articles from all entertainment categories en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:09:45 -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/12053/1211685-44-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml At Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland last month, author Isabel Wilkerson recounted, with evangelistic fervor, how the great migration of African-Americans from the South to the North changed the nation. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211837-327-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml You know spring is almost here when it's time to present the annual list of Western Pennsylvania high school musicals. If this list is missing performances, please send an e-mail to magazine@post-gazette.com and the production will be added online. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211680-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml By turning the camera lens on his own struggles, John Kaplan created a beacon for others dealing with cancer. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211678-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml As a child, Lorena Amos embraced books. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211671-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Artistic director Maria Caruso remembers when her company, Bodiography Contemporary Ballet, was just an idea. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211684-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has won a 2012 International Classical Music Award in the symphony category Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211673-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml What are ways that Pittsburgh or Pittsburghers have changed the world? Or what would you do to change the world? Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211681-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Poet Tyehimba Jess will present a free reading and book signing at 8 p.m. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211682-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml At last, Madonna has re-discovered Pittsburgh on the map. The Material Girl will make her first appearance here in 27 years on Nov. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211683-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Zach Smith loves his magazines. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211694-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The 2009 Grammys marked the beginning of a domestic violence drama that revealed a darker side to Chris Brown's relationship at the time Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211509-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Designing costumes for acrobats and jugglers, aerialists and contortionists comes with certain rules. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211648-100.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Madonna's World Tour 2012 has expanded to include a Nov. 6 date at the Consol Energy Center. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211655-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Rob Zombie will darken the door at Stage AE for the second straight year on May 16, this time with Megadeth and Lacuna Coil. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211524-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml All hail Will Ferrell, er, King Bacchus! Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211506-44-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml If you have a young reader who loves nonfiction, check out the 2012 winner of the Robert F. Medal, and the four 2012 Sibert Honor books. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211585-67-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Mark Shields and David Brooks go head-to-head every Friday in a televised sparring match. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211515-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml NEW YORK -- Aretha Franklin was thankful to be alive and was thinking about lost friends, among them Whitney Houston. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211510-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml While some people were not happy about Chris Brown's performances and win at the Grammy Awards, his ex Rihanna seems to be in a good Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12051/1211364-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Who would have thought that the land of canals and wooden shoes would connect so perfectly with the city known for its bridges and and steel? Yet, for a short time on Saturday night at the Byham Theater, they all came together in an explosion of pop culture. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12051/1211088-129.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Viewers of Fox News know Steve Doocy as one of the more affable hosts on "Fox & Friends," the cable news morning show. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12051/1211484-67-0.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml We asked for it on Facebook and you answered: Your favorite moments from "The Simpsons," leading up to episode No. 500 on Sunday Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12051/1211086-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Growing up in the segregated south of Little Rock, Ark., Chris Moore lacked career role models. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210831-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml A mix of triumph and tragedy helped make last Sunday's Grammy Awards the second-most-watched broadcast in Grammys history. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1208675-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Fans of uncomfortable comedy ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") and the Ricky Gervais brand of uncomfortable comedy in particular may be drawn to HBO's "Life's Too Short," but it's a little too familiar. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1208677-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml PASADENA, Calif. -- "American Experience" executive producer Mark Samels pondered the question: When does history begin? Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210765-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Alex Gilvarry's smart debut is a breezy, nervy novel about "fashion terrorist" Boyet "Boy" Hernandez, a Filipino immigrant who becomes a detainee at Guantanamo in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210766-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Gregg Jones opens "Honor in the Dust" with a prologue describing the harsh treatment of Philippine rebel Joveniano Ealdama at the hands of U.S. interrogators. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210767-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Among my collection of historical "artifacts," along with the Oct. 13, 1960, late edition of The Pittsburgh Press is a yellowed copy of the Washington Post from Aug. 9, 1974. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210777-437.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Carnegie Museums of Art and of Natural History, Oakland, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210829-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml MIAMI -- In "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," Nicolas Cage punches Satan. He punches Satan in THE FACE. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210832-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Before the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays Carnegie Hall in May 2014, it will make a New York appearance next Sunday at Avery Fisher Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1211203-109.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml In the old Polaroid photos, my father stands next to a large circular mold on the floor of the pattern shop of U.S. Steel in Johnstown. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500