This week I visited Kelly’s Bar in East Liberty, Ava Lounge in East Liberty and Tim’s Bar in the Hill District. My first stop was at Tim’s Bar in the Hill District where everybody knows your name. Everyone came out to get their party on for the weekend. Cynthia and Tiffany chilling at Tim’s Bar in the Hill District.
by Nekesa Mumbi Moody AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez says she doesn't look forward to getting gifts at Christmas — she looks forward to giving them. READY TO PLAY SANTA-- In this Oct. 2 photo, Jennifer Lopez arrives for the presentation of Chanel's ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection in Paris. Lopez has launched her “J. Lo's Christmas Gift” drive, asking fans to donate to her three favorite charities (the Boys & Girls Club, the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and the American Red Cross). (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) "I love going and shopping for Christmas presents for everybody and making gifts for people and seeing their faces light up and surprising them; that's where I get my joy," the entertainer said last week.
by Nicole Evatt Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood has responded to the rampage at a Connecticut elementary school by pulling back on its offerings, and one star says the entertainment industry should take some responsibility for such violence. FOXX SPEAKS OUT ON VIOLENCE--This undated publicity image released by The Weinstein Company shows, Christoph Waltz as Schultz, left, and Jamie Foxx as Django in the film, "Django Unchained," directed by Quentin Tarantino. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Andrew Cooper, SMPSP) Jamie Foxx, one of the industry's biggest stars, said Saturday as he promoted Quentin Tarantino's upcoming ultra-violent spaghetti Western-style film about slavery, "Django Unchained," that actors can't ignore the fact that movie violence can influence people.
This Christmas, you’ll find lots of surprises beneath your tree. Some of them, of course, will arrive from Santa. Others will come in the mail from Grandma or a favorite aunt who lives far away. Then there are the beribboned packages that somehow manage to sneak under the tree, courtesy of someone special.
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre marks its first decade with a season of plays highlighting the genesis and mission of this groundbreaking theater company. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company is committed to developing and showcasing the works of local playwrights; to nurture a racially and culturally diverse community of playwrights, directors, staff, actors and technical specialists to hone their craft and to network creative opportunities who, together, promote audiences that reflect the rich variety of our Pittsburgh community.
(NNPA—Dear Gwendolyn: I have gone with my boyfriend for 22 years. For the past 10 years, he has introduced me to a lifestyle of which I was not accustomed. This is the current situation: We have not lived together, but we did stay the weekends at his apartment or either at my apartment. I am getting ready to move back home and care for my elderly mother. According to my boyfriend, he insists he will not spend his weekends alone, and says he never intends to visit me at the home of my mother.
by Mesfin FekaduAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alicia Keys recently chopped off most of her hair, and the singer is looking to go even shorter. The R&B superstar debuted her bob hairdo this summer. In a recent interview, Keys said she wants to go "even shorter." NEW LOOK--In this Nov. 26, 2012 photo, musician and actress Alicia Keys poses for a portrait in promotion of her fifth album "Girl on Fire," in New York. Keys cut her hair this summer and is now sporting a bob. And she says she “actually wants to go even shorter” in an interview last week. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Flight," ''Django Unchained," ''Beasts of the Southern Wild," ''Red Tails" and "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds" are up for the outstanding motion picture trophy at the NAACP Image Awards. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced the nominations Tuesday for the awards that honor diversity in the arts. The 44th annual ceremony is scheduled to air Feb. 1 on NBC. NOMINATED--Jamie Foxx as Django and Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candle star in the film, "Django Unchained," directed by Quentin Tarantino. "Flight," "Django Unchained," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Red Tails" and "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds" are up for the outstanding motion picture trophy at the 44th annual NAACP Image Awards. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Andrew Cooper, SMPSP)
by Muneeza NaqviAssociated Press Writer Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. He was 92. “GODFATHER OF WORLD MUSIC”-- In this 1967 photo, Ravi Shankar plays his sitar in Los Angeles. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, died Dec. 11. He was 92. (AP Photo, File)
Cyrus “Glitch” Spencer pop-locked his way into the hearts of the American public and the judges on “So You Think You Can Dance,” earning the place as runner up in season 9 of the show. “I am happy that I was named the runner-up. I think that the audience saw an underdog trying. I love dance and I appreciate other forms of it and each week on the show I looked at each form of dance as a challenge,” Spencer, 22, said. “Nigel (Lythgoe) said that I am one of his favorite people. I don’t know what he saw in me but I’m glad he saw something.” CYRUS SPENCER
