tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30087760628797515492024-03-19T01:06:29.183-04:00Pittsburgh UndergroundGood ol' PU (Pittsburgh Underground) is comin' at'cha with the best buzz around on Pittsburgh art events, pop culture, food, movie, and video game reviews! Our featured PU artists bring you our FREE PU Pulp Posters and Dead Zed Zombie Webisodes! Dig us up on a daily basis for all the latest and greatest from the Underground!Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.comBlogger585125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-39131493315906712922018-10-29T10:01:00.001-04:002018-10-29T10:01:27.017-04:00Announcement: Tree of Life Synagogue Tragedy & How To Help<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The gang at <b><span style="color: red;">Pittsburgh Underground</span></b> wanted to express our profound sorrow and support for the eleven people, their families, and our Jewish community that was effected by the shooting over the weekend at The Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To say that we are all heartbroken would be an understatement. In Pittsburgh we are all privileged to be a part of a diverse community of neighbors, friends, and loved ones who come together in times both times of joy, but also in times of tragedy like this one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pittsburgh’s own Fred Rogers always said in times like these that we should ‘look for the helpers’. With that said, a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooting">GoFundMe page for Tree of Life Synagogue Victims</a> has been established by Shay Khatiri, an international student and a political refugee from Iran attending Arizona State University majoring on Political Science and U.S. History. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We can’t thank Shay enough for his thoughtfulness, generosity, and glowing example that no matter where you are from or what your religious or political beliefs we are all part of the same community.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, our amazing Pittsburgh Penguins will also be collecting donations during the game scheduled for Tuesday night. Those fans who can’t attend and would still like to donate can do so at <a href="https://e.givesmart.com/events/bAV/">treeoflife.givesmart.com</a> .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A huge thanks to everyone that rushed to the scene of this tragedy and continue to go about their appointed duties and power through the pain - from first responders, our local reporters, and of course our amazing Pittsburgh community that has come together stronger than ever during this sad time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our hearts and prayers are with our dear friends in Squirrel Hill. You are a part of us and the gang from <b><span style="color: red;">Pittsburgh Underground</span></b> and our entire community loves you now and always.</span><br />
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Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-52971104052906715642018-10-05T11:30:00.000-04:002018-10-05T11:34:23.318-04:00Movies That Have Everything: 50th Anniversary Celebration of Night of the Living Dead THIS SATURDAY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They’re coming to get you Barbara... At the Byham Theater (101 6th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 / 412 456 6666) this Saturday for the <a href="https://trustarts.org/production/61128/night-of-the-living-dead">50th Anniversary Celebration of George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Believe it or not, this Pittsburgh original was first shown at the Byham Theater, or the Fulton as it was known 50 years ago, bringing the zombie genre into the hearts and bones of horror fans! The fun begins on the red carpet starting at 7PM, the show starts at 8PM, and the film at 9:30 PM with tickets starting at $50.00 (you can get your tickets <a href="https://trustarts.org/production/61129/performance/61129/seat_selection">here</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being that this is the 50th anniversary of the one that started it all there will be a live presentation from cast and crew before the 4K state-of-the-art restoration created by the Museum of Modern Art from the original camera negative (and supervised by George himself) rises from it’s grave and onto the silver screen for all to enjoy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chairman of the Pittsburgh Film Office, Russ Streiner (also known as Barbara’s ill-fated brother Johnny in the film) will be there along with Barbara herself, Judith O’Dea along with other cast and crew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zombies have already been spotted in full makeup lumbering on Sixth Street this past Monday for ‘Romero Lives’ event to honor the father of American zombie films, George Romero, as his widow took center stage to speak for her late husband.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;"><i style="background-color: black;">“I walked down the street and saw it on the marquee and I got so emotional, but you know it’s important that we remember him but it’s also important that we go forward and that we have a future,”</i></span> said George Romero’s widow, Suzanne Desrocher Romero. <i><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">“We’ve got our foundation. We are working very hard to support genre, support filmmakers, and independent filmmakers.” </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Greetings all you ghouls and fools! After a bit of a break, we’re back for our favorite time of year <b><span style="color: orange;">HALLOWEEN!!!</span></b> To start off the month of monestrous mayhem the gang at <a href="https://www.scarehouse.com/">ScareHouse</a> will be opening a pop up bar for all Pittsburgher's looking for a place of refuge for the impending zombie plague!</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.scarehouse.com/about/zombie-den/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zombie Den: Bar of the Living Dead</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> opens today at 4PM in <a href="http://originaloysterhousepittsburgh.com/">The Original Oyster House</a> in Market Square and continues every Wednesday through Sunday from 7PM to Midnight till November 3rd!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paying homage to Pittsburgh’s 50th anniversary of <a href="http://www.nightofthelivingdead.net/">Night of the Living Dead</a> created and filmed by the father of all zombies, <a href="http://www.officialgeorgeromero.com/">George Romero</a>, in and around Pittsburgh with some scenes shot in the basement of the Original Oyster House. Patrons will enter a bunker-like environment resembling a ‘safe house’ during a typical Pittsburgh zombie outbreak staffed by a band of ‘survivors’ who will add ‘splashes of color and whimsey to the dread’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Joining ScareHouse on the project are the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, the Original Oyster House, and veteran food and beverage experts Michael McCoy and Brian Laing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more info on all the creepy fun check out the <a href="https://www.scarehouse.com/about/zombie-den/">Zombie Den Official Website</a> or follow on their <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zombiedenpgh/">Instagram </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ZombieDenPgh/">Facebook</a> pages. Also, don’t forget to check out <a href="https://www.scarehouse.com/">ScareHouse</a> as their season of screams is in full spooky swing!</span><br />
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Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-4217037557142128942018-07-05T11:30:00.000-04:002018-07-05T12:30:29.799-04:00Movies That Have Everything: Ant-Man and the Wasp STARTS FRIDAY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We’ve made it through another way-to-hot week and luckily we have an excuse to hide in a cool theater this weekend as <a href="https://marvel.com/antman">Ant-man and the Wasp</a> hit the big screen this Friday! Check out the trailer below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To say Ant-man and the Wasp are two of our favorite heroes in the MCU would be an understatement. They surprised everyone in 2015 with their first breakout hit and the fun continues in this followup as Scott Lang / Ant-man <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748620/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1">(Paul Rudd)</a> and Hope Van Dyne / Wasp <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1431940/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2">(Evangeline Lilly)</a> team up with original Ant-man Hank Pym <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000140/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t14">(Michael Douglas)</a> two years after the events of Captain America: Civil War. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Things aren’t going well for Scott Lang or his team as he’s now under house arrest after helping Captain America fight Iron Man and his band of misguided heroes during the events of Civil War. To make matters worse, Hank and Hope are both in hiding as they conduct further experiments into the quantum realm in an attempt to find Hope’s mom and original Wasp, Janet Van Dyne <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000201/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t12">(Michelle Pfeiffer)</a> who had gone missing after shrinking to subatomic levels in a team up with Hank Pym years prior to the events of both Ant-man movies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lots of old friends return as well as new ones including Scott’s old partner in crime Luis <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671567/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t3">(Michael Peña)</a>, Scott’s daughter Cassie <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5338858/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10">(Abby Ryder Fortson)</a>, his ex Maggie <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339460/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t6">(Judy Greer)</a>, and her policeman husband Paxton <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134072/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t5">(Bobby Cannavale)</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">New to the series is <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000401/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t13">Laurence Fishburne</a> who plays one of Hank’s old colleagues Dr. Bill Foster or as some would know him in the comics, Black Goliath aka Giant-Man along with new gender-bending take on villain the Ghost portrayed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4789912/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9">Hannah John-Kamen.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although in the Ghost in the comics (created by David Michelinie and Bob Layton for Iron Man #219 back in June of 1987) was always portrayed as a mysterious male figure, the movie's creative team didn’t feel that the character’s gender was relevant to his/her portrayal since no ‘identity’ is ever revealed in the books.</span><br />
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What is know about the Ghost is that the character created a battlesuit that would allow him to turn himself or any object he touches invisible or intangible (just not at the same time). Also known as an expert computer hacker, the Ghost is a formidable foe in the comics, but in this version is considered a ‘villain’ because her attempts at survival clash with those of our heroes. As to what those goals are is yet to be seen (and since we want to be a surprised as you we aren’t hunting down spoilers either). </div>
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So if you can’t take the heat fly to your local theater to cool down for a hot adventure as <a href="https://marvel.com/antman">Ant-Man and the Wasp</a> continues the fun this Friday!</div>
</span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-36406635105782617052018-06-25T11:30:00.000-04:002018-06-25T14:47:24.025-04:00Artsy Fartsy: Rob Rogers Continues to Cartoon - Here's Where You Can Find Him!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For all of you folks who are missing your daily dose of Pittsburgh political cartoonist <a href="http://robrogers.com/">Rob Rogers</a> - never fear! An agreement has been made between Rob Rogers’ syndication group and new alternative weekly, the <a href="https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/latest-news/city-paper-alums-launch-pittsburgh-current/">Pittsburgh Current</a> to begin running his cartoons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is great news for all of us who really rely on Rob’s amazing work to cheer us up in this day an age where comedy feels like it’s in short supply (unless count the hilarious state of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rob Rogers’ former employer, who’s diminishing subscription rates keep plummeting on a daily basis - now that’s comedy)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/latest-news/city-paper-alums-launch-pittsburgh-current/">Pittsburgh Current</a> is both a print and online publication started by former Editor Charlie Deitch and former Marketing Director Bethany Ruhe of the Pittsburgh City Paper, both who had their own similar experiences of drama by their former employers due to their critical coverage of conservative candidates. You can read more about that story in an <a href="https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/latest-news/city-paper-alums-launch-pittsburgh-current/">article by Pittsburgh Next.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rob Rogers can also be supported on his own <a href="https://www.patreon.com/robrogers">Patreon</a> page with a number of ways that not only help Rob Rogers in his cartooning endeavors, but also provide all kinds of goodies to those that pony up a few dollars in order to keep the laughs coming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So don’t forget to check out the <a href="https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/latest-news/city-paper-alums-launch-pittsburgh-current/">Pittsburgh Current,</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/robrogers">Rob Rogers’ at Patreon,</a> and as always at <a href="http://robrogers.com/">Rob Rogers.com</a> for more fun from Pittsburgh’s greatest political cartoonist Rob Rogers. </span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-82331850277111446722018-06-15T11:30:00.000-04:002018-06-25T14:50:54.036-04:00PU It Stinks: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fires Political Cartoonist Rob Rogers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The gang here at <b><span style="color: red;">Pittsburgh Underground</span></b> really do our best to try to stay out of the political arena for more reasons than we can count, but mainly because it’s just plain ugly. We’re a pop culture website first and foremost, however, on rare occasion even we can’t turn a blind eye to injustices done, especially in the city we love so dearly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was announced today that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has fired long time political cartoonist and friend of <b><span style="color: red;">good ol' PU</span></b>, <a href="http://robrogers.com/">Rob Rogers</a>. To say that we were completely floored by this news would be an understatement, especially due to the content of this man’s character - incredibly good natured, generous, brilliantly talented, and a consummate professional. To say that we were lucky enough to get to know Rob in various ‘cartooning’ social circles throughout the years has been a true joy which is why the news of this firing came as such a shock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We live in an age where media reports on ‘men’ being fired due to sexual misconduct, corruption, and other nefarious acts seem to be fairly (if not sadly) commonplace, making it a lot harder on the rest of us that are just trying to lead decent lives in the best way we can. That’s why news of this announcement didn’t make sense. Rob Roger’s is a stand up guy who sheds light on incredibly tough subjects in a light hearted and creative way that (provided you have a sense of humor) can be enjoyed no matter what side of the political spectrum you fall under. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So if Rob Rogers didn’t get fired for being a lout, and he wasn’t stealing work supplies in order to cartoon, and his work has stood the test of time for a whooping 25 years as a valued employee of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette then what happened? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a nutshell, the once ‘liberal’ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has been poisoned from the inside out with Trump supporting owners and editors that rejected 19 of his ideas and cartoons since March 2018 due to ‘political differences’. Check out this interview with Rob Rogers on CNN.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rob had stated that he was willing to cooperate with the publishers ‘to a degree’, but he wouldn’t draw cartoons he disagreed with. In essence, Rob Rogers was fired over his right to free speech which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt is no longer valued by the owners or editors at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: black;">"The move today by the leadership of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to fire Rob Rogers after he drew a series of cartoons critical of President Trump is disappointing, and sends the wrong message about press freedoms in a time when they are under siege.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is precisely the time when the constitutionally-protected free press – including critics like Rob Rogers – should be celebrated and supported, and not fired for doing their jobs. This decision, just one day after the President of the United States said the news media is 'Our Country's biggest enemy,' sets a low standard in the 232-year history of the newspaper.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've known Rob a long time. That has never stopped him from publishing cartoons that are critical of me, of my policy positions, or of my actions (or inactions) in office. He's even made fun of my weight. But he is one of the best in the world at his time-honored craft, and I know people of all political persuasions stand with me in support of him, even if the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette regrettably does not."</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The culprit behind this latest misstep from the PG is Keith Burris who became the paper’s editorial director in March. Oddly, neither Burris nor conservative owner John Block has commented on the firing of Rob Rogers. Oddly, in <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2018/04/15/div-class-libPageBodyLinebreak-A-primer-on-opinion-writing-br-div/stories/201804150030">an article</a> Burris posted in April 2018 on ‘A primer on opinion writing’ states that his ‘job’ as an opinion writer ‘should not pretend to play investigative reporters or sleuths. Their job is not to report the news, but to help readers make sense of the news and the world we live in. This is not a slight responsibility’. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If an ‘opinion writer’ is to help make sense of the news and the world we live in, then why can’t he explain why they would fire Rob Rogers, who’s talent for ‘helping make sense of the news and the world we live in’ was evident in his political cartoons that were a staple of the Post-Gazette for the last two and a half decades? Maybe there’s only room for one guy to ‘explain the world we live in’ at the Post-Gazette, and that man is Burris. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our ‘opinion’ here at <b><span style="color: red;">Pittsburgh Underground</span></b> is that the move to fire a well received and established visual artist looks a lot like jealousy for a guy in a position of power that can write his opinions without a care in the world, but when someone who can do the same thing in not only an amusing way, but also a visual one crosses his path he does the only thing he can - get rid of his perceived rival. The act of a very small man indeed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher, editor-in-cheif, John Block has had controversy surrounding him at the beginning of this year as well due to an editorial that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and it’s sister paper The Blade of Toledo Ohio were forced to run on Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the goal of the piece to provide cover for and support of Donald Trump’s bemoaning that Haiti and African countries were “shithole” places of origin for many immigrants to America. “Calling someone a racist is the new McCarthyism,” the editorial opined. “Calling the president a racist helps no one—it is simply another way (the Russia and instability cards having been played unsuccessfully) to attempt to delegitimize a legitimately elected president.” And, it asserted, “There are nations that are hellholes … It is not racist to say that this country cannot take only the worst people from the worst places.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Block, a strong Trump supporter, demanded that the piece run in both newspapers to the dread of the employees for both newspapers. <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelafuoco?lang=en">Michael A. Fuoco</a>, an enterprise reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh/CWA 38061 wrote an article about this debacle stating that <i><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">‘In the end, we decided to break precedent set during the 84 years of the Guild’s existence at the Post-Gazette and write a letter to the editor decrying an editorial. In the letter, signed by all 11 members of the local’s Executive Committee, we noted that Guild members were “collectively appalled and crestfallen by the repugnant editorial ‘Reason as Racism’”.</span></i> You can read the <a href="https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/pittsburgh-post-gazette-newsroom-racist-editorial.php">full article here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With controversies that keep mounting from the owners of the floundering Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the firing of Rob Rogers should be the final straw for anyone who values freedom of expression. When twelve people at the French satirical magazine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo">Charlie Hebdo</a> died in 2015 for depicting Muhammad in cartoons it published they didn’t stop them from continuing on because they understood the value of this freedom. You may not always agree with what’s being said, but without continuing on with this type of expression we can’t grow as people to work out our differences or at a bare minimum, find some common ground. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s a sad state of affairs when a 231 year old institution like the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette falls so hard due to the failings of the wrong people in positions of power. The firing of political cartoonist Rob Rogers was the final shot. As far as <b><span style="color: red;">Pittsburgh Underground</span></b> is concerned... this means war. Free speech is no longer valued at the PG as it’s conservative minded owners and editors are interested in only one thing - spreading their own political agenda. This is the type of thing we were all warned about in any political science class that we attended throughout our formative years as we were warned that suppressing the free press is not only how dictatorships get started, but It truly undermines our democracy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We hear about the ‘undermining of our democracy’ a lot lately and it’s usually from people screaming it at the top of their lungs from both sides of the aisle. Most of us can’t help but flip the channel or turn off the device entirely when it happens. The problem is what do you do when it’s in your own back yard? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It would be easy enough to say just don’t buy the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette or end your subscription if you value free speech. The thing is, most people still want to know what’s going on in the local news. With that said, <b><span style="color: red;">Pittsburgh Underground</span></b> felt it would be best to list some alternatives to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette where you can still get everything and more than what the PG can provide, especially now that freedom of speech and expression is no longer a part of their core values which incidentally...</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">Here's a list of better alternatives to the censorship minded Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/">KDKA TV</a> - On the airwaves of Pittsburgh since 1949, you can get the news in real-time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/">New Pittsburgh Courier</a> - this Pittsburgh original has been catering to the African American community since 1966. News, sports, entertainment, business, and lots more for everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/">Next Pittsburgh.com</a> - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a woman-owned business, is the must-read Pittsburgh publication about the people driving change in our city and the innovative and cool things happening here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://pittsburghcurrent.com/">Pittsburgh Current</a> - New alt-weekly publication in both print and web formats by City Paper alums. Features current Rob Rogers' political cartoons!</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.publicsource.org/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Public Source / In-depth Stories for a Better Pittsburgh</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - Public service journalism for a Pittsburgh in need of substance over click-bait. Meaningful stories and inclusive journalism at it's best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To say that Friday will be an incredible day would be an understatement! It’s taken an exasperating 14 years to for fans of the original Incredibles to finally get a sequel and tomorrow it’s day is due. Check out the trailer for <a href="https://movies.disney.com/incredibles-2">Incredibles 2</a> below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The entire Parr family is back - Bob / aka Mr. Incredible <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005266/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1">(Craig T. Nelson)</a>, Helen / aka Elastigirl <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000456/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2">(Holly Hunter)</a>, their daughter Violet <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1102970/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t3">(Sarah Vowell)</a>, and sons Dash <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9133740/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4">(Huck Milner)</a> and Jack-Jack <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1747568/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t6">(Eli Fucile)</a>. Old friends return as well including Frozone <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8">(Samuel L. Jackson)</a>, Edna Mode (voice by director and creator <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083348/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1">Brad Bird</a>), Rick Dicker (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052186/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t15">Jonathan Banks</a> taking over for the late, great <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Luckey">Bud Luckey</a>), along with his 'Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul' co-star <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644022/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t7">Bob Odenkirk</a> as Winston Deavor, and even the last villain to show his face in the original - the Underminer (voiced by Cheers alum <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001652/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16">John Ratzenberger</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So the biggest question on most fan’s minds is what took so long (especially since the sequel picks up three months after Syndrome’s defeat in the first flick). For writer-director <a href="https://twitter.com/BradBirdA113?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Brad Bird</a>, it all came down to story.</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: black;">“The thing is, many sequels are cash grabs,” Bird told reporters during a recent press event to promote Incredibles 2. “There’s a saying in the business that I can’t stand, where they go, ‘if you don’t make another one, you’re leaving money on the table.’ It’s like, money on the table is not what makes me get up in the morning; making something that people are gonna enjoy a hundred years from now, that’s what gets me up. So if it were a cash grab, we would not have taken fourteen years – it makes no financial sense to wait this long – it’s purely [that] we had a story we wanted to tell.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original also debuted in 2004 before Disney, Pixar’s parent company, had purchase Marvel Comics who has since flooded the silver screen with a barrage of super hero movies which, as Bird stated, made it feel that it was much harder to tell an original story. </span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: black;">“On some level, it’s like going out to the football field and there’ve been way too many games on it, and there’s this dried dirt with a few sprigs of grass, and everything’s kind of clunky, and life doesn’t grow there anymore. So there’s that aspect, where you feel like, ‘oh, Jesus, it’s really been covered,’” Bird said. “It makes it very challenging on a story level. Because not only do you have every superhero under the sun and cross-promoting films and blah blah blah blah blah, but you also have a bunch of television shows … So it’s easy to freak out and go, well, why even try? Everybody’s got everything done to death. But I return to, what makes us unique? And it’s this idea of a family, and that superheroes have to hide their abilities [from the public, due to Superhero Relocation Program]. And those things are actually unique to us, and there’s plenty left to explore.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When it comes to the plot of this new tale, Bird teased that much like in the first film, Incredibles 2 will explore <i><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">"the roles of men and women; the importance of fathers participating; the importance of allowing women to also express themselves through work, and that they’re just as vital as men are. And there’s aspects of being controlled by screens. There’s feelings about the difficulties of parenthood, that parenting is a heroic act.”</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two of the primary story lines for the sequel happened as Bird was developing the first film. <i><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">“The two ideas that were in my head as the first movie was ending, like ‘oh, this would be interesting,’ was a role switch between Bob and Helen, and showing Jack-Jack’s powers, and exploring them, and making Jack-Jack a main character rather than a side character,” he explained. “Those were in from the beginning and never left the project. What changed is the villain plot. And that shifted endlessly. And it drove me insane. Because I always was faced with the release date, and if something didn’t work, I couldn’t sit there and try to bang on it. I had to throw it away immediately and go to another idea that solved some of the issues that the first idea didn’t have. So that half of the story was shifting always.”</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The gang from <b><span style="color: red;">good ol’ PU</span></b> will be hitting the theaters this weekend as <a href="https://movies.disney.com/incredibles-2">Incredibles 2</a> soars into your local theater tomorrow. As always, don’t forget to stay incredible!</span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-71843713335982373172018-05-24T14:59:00.001-04:002018-05-24T15:10:14.964-04:00Movies That Have Everything: Solo A Star Wars Story STARTS TOMORROW!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you would have told any Star Wars fan back in 1977 that 41 years later that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RealRonHoward/">Ron ‘Opie’ Howard</a> would be directing a movie about the adventures of a young Han Solo, his first introduction to his best pal Chewie, and how he swindled the Millennium Falcon from previous owner, Lando Calrissian, you would have been greeted with more disbelief than when you’re ‘friends’ spilled the beans about Vadar being the daddy of our favorite Jedi as revealed in The Empire Strikes back three years later. Well, fast forward to 2018 as <a href="https://www.starwars.com/films/solo">Solo: A Star Wars Story</a> premieres on the silver screen in all it’s glory. Check out the trailer below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Taking on the role of a younger, less cynical Han (he has a good feeling about this) is <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2403277/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">Alden Ehrenreich</a> as our favorite galactic scoundrel in his first adventure with his future first mate, the mighty Chewbacca (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6934058/?ref_=tt_cl_t2">Joonas Suotamo</a> taking over for the original (and very missed) Chewie, <a href="http://www.chewbacca.com/">Peter Mayhew.</a> Along the way, they’ll meet the notorious gambler, Lando Calrissian <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2255973/?ref_=tt_cl_t5">(Donald Glover)</a> along with all new characters Qir’ra <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3592338/?ref_=tt_cl_t4">(Emilia Clarke)</a>, L3-37 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3564817/?ref_=tt_cl_t7">(Phoebe Waller-Bridge)</a>, Val <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628601/?ref_=tt_cl_t6">(Thandie Newton)</a>, and Beckett <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000437/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">(Woody Harrelson)</a> - mentor to the fledgling smuggler. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Star Wars alum will also make cameos, but in different roles this time around including <a href="http://anthonydaniels.com/wp/">Anthony Daniels</a> playing Tak, but more famously known for his portrayal of our favorite protocol droid, C3PO. <a href="http://www.warwickdavis.co.uk/">Warwick Davis</a> is also back as Weazel, but appeared in everything from Star Wars Rebels, The Last Jedi, Rogue One, The Force Awakens, The Phantom Menace, and most notably as Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi. Also keep your eyes peeled for Ron Howard’s brother, character actor <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397212/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1">Clint Howard</a> to make an appearance as a new character named Ralakili.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The gang from <b><span style="color: red;">good ol’ PU</span></b> is very excited to see another Star Wars story play out, but centering around one of our favorite characters is only an added bonus (we miss you Han!). <a href="https://www.starwars.com/films/solo">Solo: A Star Wars Story</a> starts this Friday at your local theater.</span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-37205982103774481972018-05-04T16:20:00.000-04:002018-05-04T16:20:18.141-04:00Fundays At 420 : Star Wars Day is TODAY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's that time again gang! <b><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">May 4th</span></b> or as most of us nerds know it to be - <a href="http://www.starwars.com/may-the-4th">Star Wars Day!!!</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The tale for this event is as legendary as <a href="http://www.starwars.com/">Star Wars</a> itself when back on May 4th, 1979, the phrase was first used the day that Margaret Thatcher took office as UK prime minister. The Conservative party allegedly placed an ad in the London Evening News which read,"May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations."<br /><br /> To celebrate Star Wars day, <a href="http://forceforchange.starwars.com/">Star Wars: Force for Change</a> has recently announced <a href="https://www.starwars.com/news/the-mighty-chewbacca-challenges-you-to-roar-for-change">Roar For Change</a> - a global challenge in support of <a href="https://www.unicefusa.org/">UNICEF</a>. The initiative invites fans and families to share their own version of Chewbacca’s iconic roar. <br /><br /> For each public post, like, or share on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter that includes #RoarForChange between May 3 – 25, 2018, Star Wars: Force for Change U.S. will donate $1 to <a href="https://www.unicefusa.org/">UNICEF USA</a>, up to $1 million. Funds will be used to support UNICEF’s lifesaving work for children around the world. <br /><br /> Check out special Roar for Change videos from <a href="https://starwars.hasbro.com/en-us">Hasbro</a>, <a href="https://shop.funko.com/starwars.html">Funko</a> and from the set of <a href="https://www.starwars.com/solo">Solo: A Star Wars Story</a> (which opens May 25th) below!</span><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://forceforchange.starwars.com/">Star Wars: Force for Change</a> is a charitable initiative from <a href="http://disney.com/">Disney</a> and <a href="http://lucasfilm.com/">Lucasfilm</a> with the goal of is harnessing the strength of Star Wars and its global fandom to empower people to come together to make a positive impact on the world around them to inspire people to be “forces for change” in their everyday lives.</span></div>
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Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-68300262433060393322018-04-27T11:30:00.000-04:002018-04-27T19:49:05.091-04:00Movies That Have Everything: Marvel Studios Avengers Infinity War STARTS TODAY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy Friday everyone! Can you believe that it only took 18 movies and 7 televisions shows to get to this point? The day has finally arrived that’s all been leading up to the premier of <a href="http://marvel.com/avengers">Marvel Studios Avengers: Infinity War</a> that starts this weekend at a theater near you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marvel has successfully created an intricate connected universe that all started ten years ago when the first Iron Man movie successfully launched back in 2008. The real innovation came when the head of Avi Arad, head of Marvel’s film division, realized that the licensing deals that were made with Colombia, New Line Cinema, 20th Century Fox, and others were making very little profit and wanted to change that along with maintaining artistic control of their projects and distribution. <a href="https://marvel.com/movies">Marvel Studios</a> was then formed which was the first major independent movie studio to be formed since Dreamworks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With the help of Kevin Feige (Marvel’s studio head) a committee of experts was formed that were familiar with Marvel Comics lore including Marvel Studios co-president Louis D'Esposito, Marvel Comics' president of publishing Dan Buckley, Marvel's chief creative officer Joe Quesada, writer Brian Michael Bendis, and Marvel Entertainment president Alan Fine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rest is as they say is history - and an incredibly successful one at that with the <a href="https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/">Walt Disney Company</a> acquiring Marvel in 2009. This has only expanded the reach of Marvel Comics beyond that of comics, movies, and television into the ‘real world’ as the characters now appear at Disney theme parks all over the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So what’s all the hoopla over Avengers Infinity War? First, it’s based on the 1992 six issue comic sequel to the 1991 comic, The Infinity Gauntlet written by Jim Starling. The Infinity War, also written by Starling was pencilled by Ron Lim, Ian Laughlin, Al Milgrom, Jack Morelli and Christie Scheele and is continued in the 1993 story This Infinity Crusade. As with all comic book adaptations, this one won’t be a direct translation as one part of the directing / brother team up, Joe Russo explained in a recent interview:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">“We’re inspired by the books, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not the Marvel comic book universe. They’re different. As a comic book fan, I think it’s fun to take elements from the books that I identify with. But if I want a literal interpretation, I’ll just read the book. I think that Marvel jumped off with this cinematic experiment that they started 10 years ago with a narrative that diverts from that. So we wanted to fulfill storylines that we’ve set up in Captain America: Winter Soldier and Civil War that we want to carry forward into Avengers: Infinity War and the next one; but not necessarily do a literal interpretation of Jim Starlins’ book. But there are great ideas in that book, and we owe a lot of the movie and what’s behind the movie to Jim.” </span></i>Check out the trailer below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Directed by Joe Russo and his brother Anthony, this adaptation is a massive cinematic event, bringing all the characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe together in an unprecedented way never seen before on screen. Our villain Thanos (portrayed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000982/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t26">Josh Brolin</a>) is finally here in all his glory (his first appearance in a mid-credit scene in the first Avengers movie) in order to collect the elusive Infinity Stones (or gems as they are called in the comics) that bedazzle his Infinity Gauntlet. Here’s a complete list of what they do:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, with Thanos on the prowl for all six gems in order to become a god it will take the entire Marvel hero roster to defeat him from The Avengers both past and present to The Guardians of the Galaxy and everyone in between (we’re sure to even see co-creator <a href="http://therealstanlee.com/">Stan Lee</a> make his usual cameo appearance somewhere in the film). </span><br />
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<br />Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-8695320588956712842018-04-26T11:30:00.000-04:002018-04-26T11:30:26.058-04:00Artsy Fartsy: Art All Night 2018 THIS WEEKEND!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 21st installment of <a href="http://artallnight.org/">Art All Night Pittsburgh</a> will be held from 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28th to 2p.m. Sunday, April 29th at </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Highline, 198 S 4th Street, Pittsburgh PA</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The annual event provides a free, live, non-juried, uncensored 22-hour art show to a Pittsburgh audience. Both Art All Night admission and artist participation are free and open to the public.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 21st annual Art All Night features original artwork, activities for children and adults, an art auction, and live entertainment. Throughout the night, guests can participate in collaborative art activities and enjoy performances by local bands and performers. On-site artists will collaborate to create works of art, and a live art auction held at noon on Sunday, April 29th will give guests a chance to bid on the artwork. Art All Night merchandise is also available for purchase. All proceeds directly support future Art All Nights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Children’s activities will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 28th, and again from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sunday. The children’s area will be adjacent to a youth-friendly section of art. The rest of the show is uncensored. Children and families are invited to create CD scratch mandalas, “Warhol hands”, egg carton flowers, painting with balloons, silk screening and button-making. Other activities include a string art nail board and a fun cardboard village.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To participate in the show, artists must drop off their work between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 28th at The Highline, 198 S 4th Street, Pittsburgh PA . All artwork must arrive before 2 p.m. and be ready to hang or otherwise be displayed. Teachers wishing to register their students’ work as a group should contact <a href="mailto:nan.dowiak@gmail.com">nan.dowiak@gmail.com</a> to make arrangements. Artists submitting work are required to show a photo ID during registration and pickup. Art pickup is 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 29th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">Art All Night Online</span></b><br />Connect with Art All Night via social media. Join the event on Facebook at<br /><a href="http://facebook.com/artallnight">facebook.com/artallnight</a> and follow us using <span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">#artallnightpgh</span> on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/?hl=en">Instagram</a> for event updates, behind-the- scenes pictures and more. Find inspiration, photos, and other information for this year’s Art All Night Pittsburgh by searching the hashtag #artallnightpgh.<br /><br />Use #artallnightpgh to be a part of the conversation with the Art All Night volunteer team and other Art All Night participants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Greetings gang! Not only is it Friday, but it’s also one of our favorite counterculture holidays - <b><span style="color: lime;">International 420 Day!</span></b> April 20th (4/20) is a big day for those who celebrate all things cannabis from medicinal to recreational purposes and those who support the cause will be out in full forces today to promote and bring awareness of all the positive things this little herb provides. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two years ago, Governor Tom Wolfe signed Senate Bill 3, making Pennsylvania the 24th state to legalize medical cannabis. In February of 2018, Pennsylvania began it’s first legal sales of medical marijuana for those with one of 17 qualifying conditions, including AIDS, autism, cancer, epilepsy, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain and Crohn’s disease. This includes nearly 3,000 patients have obtained medical marijuana cards, and more than 17,000 have registered to participate with the aid of some 700 doctors who have been qualified or are getting qualified to treat patients.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So far, the 2016 state law restricts the drug to pills, oils, vapor or liquid marijuana, but not in smokable form or what are considered edibles. However, earlier this month, the state medical marijuana board recommended that Pennsylvania allow the sale of marijuana in dry leaf form, in theory to allow users to vaporize and inhale it, and expand the kinds of medical conditions it can be used to treat, including cancer remission therapy, opioid-addiction therapy and to treat neurodegenerative diseases and spastic movement disorders. It also recommended that certified patients be able to bypass the law’s requirement that patients first try other painkillers or therapies before they use it to treat severe pain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In an update to this news, Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine announced Monday she will approve the recommendations of the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board that includes allowing the sale of medical marijuana in dry leaf or flower form which should be available this summer. It has also been confirmed that list of conditions has expanded from 17 to 21 now including neurodegenerative disease, spastic disorders, and patients with a terminal illness whose life expectancy is one year or less.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Selling dry leaf marijuana will have two other important benefits for patients, by allowing patients or caregivers to process it at home in small batches to better control dosage and it will substantially lower prices in Pennsylvania, which are currently $60 to $144 per gram for processed oil. Buyers currently pay $200 to $250 (sometimes more) per ounce for dry leaf marijuana on the underground market, or under $10 per gram.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program has been so successful that in March dispensaries had reported shortages in which many patients have reported that they haven’t been able to get the quantity or variety that they are looking for. In the Pittsburgh region, there are two dispensaries that have opened <a href="https://www.solevowellness.com/">(Solevo Wellness</a> in Squirrel Hill and <a href="http://www.cydispensary.com/">CY+ Dispensary</a> in Butler, PA), however, only one grower supplies to them due to a new state law that says dispensaries can not get supplies from out of state and in-state grower-processors like <a href="https://www.purepenn.com/">PurePenn</a> in McKeesport have only been growing since December. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With the demand high (no pun intended), talks also continue for the legalization of recreational cannabis in Pennsylvania. Auditor General Eugene Depasquale has stated that Pennsylvania cannot afford to lose out on economic and social benefits from marijuana legalization as public support grows and more states allow possession of small amounts for personal use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">‒ Pour $200 million into Pennsylvania’s state tax revenue at a time when budgets are strained and there is little appetite for additional taxes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">‒ Reduce an estimated 20,000 marijuana possession arrests annually in Pennsylvania estimated to have cost at least $47 million in tax dollars in 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">‒ Help prevent some people from getting addicted to prescription painkillers and entering the potentially deadly spiral of opioid addiction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">‒ Create thousands of good-paying jobs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">‒ Reduce the loss of income and other social, personal and emotional impacts on those arrested for simply possessing a small amount of marijuana.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Other states are already taking advantage of the opportunity for massive job creation and significant savings from reduced arrests and criminal prosecutions for possession of small amounts of marijuana,″ DePasquale said. “The longer we wait, the more we will miss out on new business development, good-paying jobs for Pennsylvanians and tax revenues to support services for residents.″</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To put this into perspective, last year, Colorado, one of the first states to legalize cannabis for recreational use, made $1.4 billion in recreational cannabis sales last year totaling in $70 million in taxes as opposed to $42 million in alcohol taxes. Dispensaries regularly sell more than $100 million worth of cannabis products every month and Colorado earned more than $230 million in licensing fees and tax revenue combined in 2016. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now with Pennsylvania law makers championing the use of medical cannabis, increasing the list of conditions it can be used for, and considering the benefits of legalizing use for recreation purposes, the region is steadily catching up to states like Colorado and Washington who have reaped the benefits of this amazing little plant. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With that said, the gang at <b><span style="color: red;">good ol’ PU</span></b> wants to wish everyone a happy 420 day and provide a few resources below for those who would like to connect to a doctor near them to approve medical treatment using cannabis, apply for their own medical marijuana card, and find dispensaries near them in order to purchase legal product. These resources will also be found in our <a href="http://www.puzine.com/p/beyond-pu.html">Beyond PU / Pittsburgh Medical Marijuana Info & Dispensaries</a> section.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don’t forget, at 4:20 pm today, smoke em if you got them as Pennsylvania has a lot to celebrate on 420 day this year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.pa.gov/guides/pennsylvania-medical-marijuana-program/">Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program Website</a></b> - The official PA gov website to help guide you in finding licensed practitioners, obtaining a medical marijuana card, and finding dispensaries near you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.marijuanadoctors.com/medical-marijuana/pa/"><b>Marijuana Doctors / Pennsylvania</b></a> - A free resource for a more in-depth explanation of cannabis laws, medical qualifications, and answers to questions concerning marijuana in Pennsylvania and other states who have made cannabis legal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://weedmaps.com/dispensaries/in/united-states/pennsylvania/pittsburgh"><b>Weedmaps</b></a> - The 'Google Maps' for cannabis dispensaries. Just enter where you live and it will show you the closest places to purchase legal cannabis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cydispensary.com/"><b>CY+Dispensary</b></a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (201 Pillow Street / Butler, PA 16001 / (724) 276-0069)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.solevowellness.com/"><b>Solevo Wellness</b></a> (5600 Forward Avenue / Pittsburgh, PA 15217 / 412-422-0420)</span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-19423081151035137622018-03-23T11:30:00.000-04:002018-03-23T11:30:22.171-04:00Announcement: Mister Rogers 50th Anniversary Celebrated in a Stamp and MORE!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood indeed with this week commemorating what would have been the 90th birthday of <a href="https://www.fredrogers.org/">Mister Fred Rogers!</a> To honor Pittsburgh’s best and brightest hero, the U.S. Postal Service is issuing forever stamps TODAY showcasing the gentle TV host in his trademark cardigan with King Friday at his side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not only are we honoring Mister Rogers, but also his long loved children’s show <a href="https://www.wqed.org/mr-rogers-50">Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood</a> which celebrated it’s 50th anniversary on PBS this year. His legacy of kindness, love, and acceptance touched all his ‘television friends’ and especially those in the Pittsburgh region who were lucky enough to meet him in person. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a sentiment echoed by David Newell, who popped in to make "speedy deliveries" as cheerful postman Mr. McFeely throughout the series' 31-season run. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This is the year of Fred," Newell says. "The program has really resonated — it's very rewarding. People in their 50s now are the first generation that watched the Neighborhood, and it goes all the way down to teens. It's four generations (of fans)." Check out Mr. Newell in this interview below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pittsburgh's own <a href="https://www.wqed.org/mr-rogers-50">WQED</a> aired the first episode of Mister Rogers Neighborhood on February 19, 1968. A young Fred Rogers entered the living rooms of children to teach them about caring, kindness and the value of being true to yourself - a message he would continue to deliver over nearly 900 episodes and 33 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mister Rogers is being honored in many ways this year, including the <a href="http://www.flypittsburgh.com/">Pittsburgh International Airport</a> where today travelers can view the Trolley and Daniel Striped Tiger from the Land of Make Believe along with his trademark </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">red cardigan sweater and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sneakers in a display that can be viewed in the Airside Terminal Center Core. Visitors can also share memories of Mister Rogers on a large chalkboard, have refreshments, and pick up free buttons and red shoelaces from employees wearing red cardigans. Also, travelers who want to pick up some of those forever stamps can do so at the post office in Concourse D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fans of the show can also visit the set of Mister Rogers Neighborhood by heading to the <a href="http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/exhibits/mister-rogers-neighborhood">Heinz History Center</a> in the Strip District. Mr. Rogers living room, King Friday’s Castle and the Great Oak Tree are just some of the familiar set pieces you can check out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also on the horizon is the new documentary being released in theaters on June 8th called <a href="http://focusfeatures.com/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/">Won’t You Be My Neighbor</a> that features a retrospective on the life, lessons, and legacy of the iconic children’s performer. The documentary will feature interviews with those involved in the creation of the children’s television series, including producer Margy Whitmer, who quips, “You take all of the elements that make good television, and do the exact opposite — you have ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’….yet, it worked.” Others interviewed in the trailer include Elizabeth Seamans, who played Mrs. McFeely, and Francois Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons. Check out the trailer below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If that isn’t enough, it was also recently announced that Tom Hanks will be portraying Fred Rogers in a new movie entitled <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3224458/">You Are My Friend</a> directed by Marielle Heller with the story largely focused on a reporter who is at a critical point in his life - becoming a new father, having issues with his own father and meeting Mr. Rogers to write a piece about him, thinking it’s going to be a bit of a puff piece, but it ends up changing his entire life. The story is still in the development stage, but great news for fans who can’t get enough of Mr. Rogers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now that warmer weather is finally on the way, the gang from<b><span style="color: red;"> good ol’ PU</span></b> encourages all of you to check out one of our favorite spots in the city, the <a href="http://tributetochildren.org/">Mister Rogers ‘Tribute to Children’ Monument</a> located on the North Shore overlooking the Allegheny River at the former Bridge pier near Heinz Field. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 7,000-pound memorial, opened in 2009, showcases an 11-foot bronze statue of Mister Rogers sitting down and tying his sneakers, as he did at the beginning of each episode of his show that was created by the late sculptor Robert Berks whom Fred Rogers was an admirer of. The monument also features sound clips of Mister Rogers timeless wisdom allowing his words of kindness, encouragement, and understanding to live on. Trust us - if you’re ever feeling down, one trip to this Pittsburgh landmark will bring a smile to your soul to make you instantly feel better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more on Mister Rogers, check out the <a href="https://www.fredrogers.org/">Fred Rogers Company Website</a> for news, merchandise, and wonderful memories of our favorite neighbor. </span><br />
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Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-31291876351427220372018-03-07T11:30:00.000-05:002018-03-07T15:58:45.153-05:00Tits For Telly: Marvel's Jessica Jones Season 2 STARTS TOMORROW!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Greetings gang! Can you believe it’s been two years since <a href="http://marvel.com/tv/show/228/marvels_jessica_jones">Jessica Jones</a> debuted on Netflix? Fans of the show need not wait any longer as Jessica Jones Season 2 starts premieres tomorrow on <a href="http://www.netflix.com/">Netflix,</a> coinciding with International Women’s Day. Check out the trailer below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269983/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1">Krysten Ritter</a> returns as Jessica Jones, she'll face some consequences after murdering her tormentor, Kilgrave <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855039/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t6">(David Tennant)</a> in season one. Now known as a ‘super powered killer’, a new case comes along that will make her reluctantly confront who she really is while digging deeper into her past to explore the reasons why.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If that isn’t cryptic enough, what’s even more surprising is that rumors are that Kilgrave will be back in some form this season (which Marvel has been keeping under wraps for some time now) as shown in a few leaked photos of Ritter and Tennant on the set of season 2.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Luckily, all of our questions will be answered tomorrow with the binge-worthy return of <a href="http://marvel.com/tv/show/228/marvels_jessica_jones">Jessica Jones</a> Season 2 on <a href="http://www.netflix.com/">Netflix!</a> Stay tuned!</span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-70625239052782507482018-02-16T11:30:00.000-05:002018-02-16T11:30:08.853-05:00Movies That Have Everything: Marvels Black Panther Starts TODAY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Greetings loyal viewers and happy 2018. After a long hiatus we’re back and just in time as the superhero movie season starts ridiculously early this year with <a href="http://marvel.com/blackpanther#/">Marvel’s Black Panther</a> leaping into theaters TODAY! Check out the trailer below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you haven’t noticed, there has been a lot of hype for this movie for a lot of good reasons. Although mainstream media keeps toting it as ‘the first black superhero movie’ they would be wrong (somewhere Wesley Snipes is sitting in his armchair asking, “doesn’t anyone remember me in Marvel’s Blade, Blade 2, or Blade 3?). Semantics aside, Black Panther, is a seminal movie for pop culture as it does spotlight a predominantly African American cast along with director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3363032/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1">Ryan Coogler</a> who also shares writing duties with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1963288/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr2">Joe Robert Cole</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Based on the comic created by legends <a href="http://therealstanlee.com/">Stan Lee</a> and <a href="http://kirbymuseum.org/">Jack Kirby</a> who introduced Black Panther and the fictional kingdom of Wakanda to mainstream audiences in Fantastic Four #52 back in 1966. He also starred in what was considered to be one of Marvel’s first graphic novels appearing in the Jungle Action series back in 1972. He got his own book in 1977 and has in guest starred in numerous Marvel titles over the years including joining the Avengers as one of their rotating members. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new movie stars <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569276/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1">Chadwick Boseman</a> as King T’Challa who takes on the Black Panther mantel that has been handed down from father to son for generations. After the events that take place in Captain America: Civil War, King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda (home to the world’s biggest supply of ‘vibranium’, the metal used to make Captain America’s shield) to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakandan special forces, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The women of Wakanda take a central role in this movie as they did in the comics as King T’Challa’s protectors known as the Dora Milaje. The all female special forces unit serve as his bodyguards that includes leader Okoye (the Walking Dead’s <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1775091/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4">Danai Gurira</a>) heading up the team, his former partner Nakia <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2143282/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t3">(Lupita Nyong’o)</a>, his 16 year old sister Shuri <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4004793/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t7">(Lititia Wright)</a> who is not only a princess, but also head of technology for Wakanda. Rounding out the cast is T-Challa’s mother, Queen Ramonda <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000291/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10">(Angela Bassett)</a>, Zuri <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001845/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t11">(Forest Whitaker)</a>, M’Baku <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6328300/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8">(Winston Duke)</a>, W”Kabi <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2257207/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t6">(Daniel Kaluuya)</a>, Everett K. Ross <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293509/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t5">(Martin Freeman)</a>, and Ulysses Klaue (played by the always awesome <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t12">Andy Serkis</a>) returns as our villain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another Friday is upon us, as is another entry into one of our favorite franchises as <a href="http://www.starwars.com/the-last-jedi/">Star Wars: The Last Jedi </a>soars into theaters tomorrow - Check out the trailer below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As episode eight begins, so does the journey of Rey <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5397459/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1">(Daisy Ridley)</a> as the story picks up from where <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a> left off - on a mysterious island confronting Luke Skywalker <a href="http://www.markhamill.com/">(Mark Hamill)</a> as she steps into the mysterious world of the Jedi. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also returning to the continuing saga are heroes Poe Dameron <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1209966/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10">(Oscar Isaac)</a> and Finn <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3915784/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t15">(John Boyega)</a> along with their villainous counterparts Supreme Leader Snoke <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9">(Andy Serkis)</a>, Captain Phasma <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3729225/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t11">(Gwendoline Christie)</a>, Gerneral Hux <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727304/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t5">(Domhnall Gleeson)</a>, and Han Solo’s murderous son Kylo Ren <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3485845/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t3">(Adam Driver)</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Old favorites return as well from Chewy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewookieeroars/">(Peter Mayhew)</a>, C3PO <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000355/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t21">(Anthony Daniels)</a>, R2-D2 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835544/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t24">(Jimmy Vee)</a>, Admiral Ackbar <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741714/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t25">(Tim Rose)</a>, and Princess Leia played by the late <a href="http://carriefisher.com/">Carrie Fisher</a> in her last appearance on screen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To be honest, the gang here at <b><span style="color: red;">good ol’ PU</span></b> has kept ourselves excited, surprised, and charmed by avoiding all spoilers and media hype with every new story that has added to the series dating as far back as the original in 1977 and this latest entry is no exception. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With that, the gang at <b><span style="color: red;">Pittsburgh Underground</span></b> goes on holiday hiatus, wishing all of our readers well for the the final month of 2017 as we approach a new year. As always, thank you for tuning in - May the force be with you... always!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tonight is the eve of the Feast of Saint Nicholas which can only mean one thing - all you naughty boys and girls better run and hide as the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Krampus-in-Pittsburgh-412187542320096/">4th Annual Pittsburgh Krampusnacht </a>claws it’s way into Market Square starting at 6pm tonight!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Europe has celebrated Santa's evil doppleganger for centuries with the hairy, horned, half-goat <a href="http://www.puzine.com/2010/12/pu-pulp-posters-crud-issue-one-very.html">demon</a> has been punishing bad little girls and boys every St. Nick's Eve. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Organized by Pittsburgh’s own </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Professor-Emcee-Square-210942688964468/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Professor EmCee Square</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of the </span><a href="http://www.theitsaliveshow.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s Alive Show</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, this year will be no different as the Krampus will make his appearance at Market Square tonight for photos at 7PM with the band Sleigher performing at 7:30, marking the start of the Krampus pub crawl sponsored by </span><a href="https://www.straubbeer.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Straub Beer</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also, the holiday market is also in full swing for any of those last minute gifts along with an ongoing karaoke contest is being held with the winner taking home a $1000 prize.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more info on the event, check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Krampus-in-Pittsburgh-412187542320096/">Facebook event page.</a></span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-80885699524037881122017-11-17T11:30:00.000-05:002017-11-17T11:30:09.873-05:00Movies That Have Everything: Justice League STARTS TODAY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do we really need to explain the Justice League to you? It’s only been around in some form or another since 1960, created by Gardner Fox and first appearing in ‘The Brave and the Bold #28”, but debuting in their own title in 1962. You probably know them by other names as well - Justice League of America, The JLA, or even by it’s more popular kid friendly title ‘ The Super Friends’ (as it was titled during it’s Hanna Barbara animated roots between 1973 to 1986). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original roster of team members have changed over the years, but most of the core members remained at one point or another in their very long history: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Others have joined in throughout the years as the team changed from time to time - Green Arrow, The Atom, Shazam, Firestorm, Black Canary, Vixen, Fire and Ice, Green Lantern’s Guy Gardner and John Stewart, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold, Power Girl, Doctor Fate, Cyborg, Mr. Miracle, and even the Czarnian bounty hunter Lobo was a member. The list goes on and on as the never ending rotating team has always been a showcase of DC Comics characters over the years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s spawned four different animated series starting with The Super Friends in the 1970’s to the superior Bruce Timm designed Justice League and Justice League Limited in the early 2000’s, and then Justice League Action from 2016 to the present day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the first time we are getting an all out blockbuster cast to portray the heroes we’ve all come to love throughout the years. Directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811583/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1">Zack Snyder</a> and written by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006516/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr1">Chris Terrio</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923736/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr2">Joss Whedon</a> the cast includes <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2933757/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1">Gal Gadot</a> (Wonder Woman / Diana Prince), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000255/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t6">Ben Affleck</a> (Batman / Bruce Wayne), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597388/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t3">Jason Momoa</a> (Aquaman / Arthur Curry), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3009232/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t7">Ezra Miller</a> (The Flash / Barry Allen), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3570321/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t18">Ray Fisher</a> (Cyborg / Victor Stone), and back from the ‘grave’ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147147/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9">Henry Cavill</a> (Superman / Clark Kent). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also joining the cast are <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010736/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t5">Amy Adams</a> (Lois Lane), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000178/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10">Diane Lane</a> (Martha Kent), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799777/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t13">J.K. Simmons</a> (Commissioner Gordon), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000460/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t15">Jeremy Irons</a> (Alfred Pennyworth), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251986/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16">Jesse Eisenberg</a> (Lex Luthor), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720028/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8">Amber Herd</a> (Mera), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001567/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4">Connie Neilsen</a> (Queen Hippolyta), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000705/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2">Robin Wright </a>(Antiope), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4169922/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t11">Kiersey Clemons</a> (Iris West), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001082/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t12">Billy Crudup</a> (Henry Allen), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608012/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t23">Joe Morton</a> (Dr. Silas Stone), and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001354/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t14">Ciarán Hinds</a> (Steppenwolf). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plot reads as follows: Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes-Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash-it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.justiceleaguethemovie.com/">Justice League</a> starts today at your local theater and as Chops’s mom would say ‘enjoy your super friends movie’!</span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-87780944671360522932017-11-16T11:30:00.000-05:002017-11-16T15:48:12.796-05:00Tits For Telly: Marvel's The Punisher STARTS TOMORROW!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">More comic book mayhem starting this weekend as <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwia9cTY-sPXAhWs6IMKHczlC6sQFggoMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.netflix.com%2Ftitle%2F80117498&usg=AOvVaw3gTmALQtd0qCibzrhheUv9">Marvel’s The Punisher</a> hits <a href="http://www.netflix.com/">Netflix</a> TOMORROW!!! Check out the trailer below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Punisher, created by Gerry Conway, John Romita Jr. and Ross Andru, first hit <a href="http://marvel.com/">Marvel Comics</a> in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 back in 1974. Inarguably one of the most violent ‘anti-heroes’ in Marvel’s stable of characters, Frank Castle, a former U.S. marine, becomes the titular vigilante after his family is murdered by the mob. From there he holds nothing back employing everything from murder, extortion, kidnaping, coercion, and torture in his one man war against crime. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spun off from the Netflix MCU series <a href="http://www.puzine.com/2016/03/tits-for-telly-daredevil-season-2.html">Daredevil</a>, Frank Castle is portrayed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1256532/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2">Jon Bernthal</a> (Shane of Walking Dead fame) and is joined by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2832695/?ref_=tt_cl_t2">Deborah Ann Woll</a> who resumes her role as Karen Page, a character who played a pivotal role in Frank Castle’s storyline as it unfolded in Daredevil Season 3.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwia9cTY-sPXAhWs6IMKHczlC6sQFggoMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.netflix.com%2Ftitle%2F80117498&usg=AOvVaw3gTmALQtd0qCibzrhheUv9">The Punisher</a> paints the town red starting tomorrow for all your binging enjoyment on Netflix!</span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-49178825484000241222017-11-03T11:30:00.000-04:002017-11-16T15:48:38.919-05:00Movies That Have Everything: Thor: Ragnarok STARTS TODAY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy Friday everyone! Our old pal from Asgard is flying into theaters again this weekend in <a href="http://marvel.com/thor">Thor: Ragnarok</a> and by Odin’s hammer it looks to be a smashing good time! Check out the trailer below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this third movie of the series, The mighty Thor finds himself imprisoned in a gladiatorial contest against his old buddy the Hulk as he fights for survival and a race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169806/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1">Taika Waititi</a> (who is also playing Korg in the flick) all our old friends (and foes) are back including <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1165110/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1">Chris Hemsworth</a> in the title role, Loki <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089991/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2">(Tom Hiddleston)</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Heimdall </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252961/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4">(Idris Elba)</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Volstagg</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829032/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t15">(</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829032/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t15">Ray Stevenson</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829032/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t15">)</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fandral</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157048/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16">(</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157048/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16">Zachary Levi</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157048/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16">)</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hogun</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038355/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t14">(</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038355/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t14">Tadanobu Asano</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038355/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t14">)</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Odin</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000164/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9">(</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000164/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9">Anthony Hopins</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000164/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9">)</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bruce Banner aka the Hulk</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749263/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8">(</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749263/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8">Mark Ruffalo</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749263/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8">)</a>, and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dr. Strange</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212722/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10">(</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212722/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10">Benedict Cumberbatch</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212722/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10">)</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also joining the cast is West Homestead native <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t5">Jeff Goldblum</a> as Grandmaster, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1935086/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t6">Tessa Thompson</a> (Valkyrie), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881631/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t7">Karl Urban</a> (Skurge), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1344302/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t12">Rachel House</a> (Topaz), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000317/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t13">Clancy Brown</a> (voicing Surtur), and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000949/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t3">Cate Blanchett</a> as Hela, the goddess of death. Keep your eyes peeled at the beginning of the flick to for special appearances by </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1292661/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t19" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Luke Hemsworth</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000554/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t20" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam Neill</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, and </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1787506/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t21" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Charlotte Nicdao</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> portraying our favorite heroes 'on stage'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hela, created by the famous duo of <a href="http://therealstanlee.com/">Stan Lee</a> and <a href="http://kirbymuseum.org/">Jack Kirby</a> first appeared during the silver age of comics in <span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">Journey into Mystery #102</span> back in 1964. She’s based on the Norse goddess, Hel who was the child of Loki and the giantess Angrboða who, when she came of age, was appointed the Goddess of Death by Odin, giving her rulership over the dead in the realms of both Hel and Niflheim. She frequently battled Thor who often tried to expand her power into the realm of Valhalla, the realm of the honored dead. For the film version, Hela is the eldest daughter of Odin and sister to both Thor and Loki (although her motives for power reflect that of her comic book counterpart).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A lot of reviews are already pouring in stating that this is one of the most entertaining Marvel movies since Guardians of the Galaxy. <a href="http://marvel.com/thor">Thor: Ragnarok</a> bolts into theaters this weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Greetings all you ghouls and fools! The wait is finally over and just in time for the Halloween weekend as <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjS8amTgIzXAhXM7CYKHfmsCUUQFghcMAk&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.netflix.com%2Ftitle%2F80057281&usg=AOvVaw3pF_-NcG6DPtSPIGlet3-w">Stranger Things Season 2</a> starts TODAY for your binging pleasure on <a href="http://www.netflix.com/">Netflix!!!</a> Check out the trailer below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Created, written, and directed by the Duffer Brothers (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1819972/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1">Matt</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1819973/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr2">Ross</a>), we revisit our favorite time period - the 1980’s, as more otherworldly mayhem ensues in Hawkins, Indiana as the ‘Upside Down’ isn’t finished with our main heroes Mike Wheeler <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6016511/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">(Finn Wolfhard)</a>, Dustin Henderson <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7140802/?ref_=tt_cl_t5">(Gaten Matarazzo)</a>, Lucas Sinclair, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5160895/?ref_=tt_cl_t6">(Caleb McLaughlin)</a>, and Will Byers <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6907855/?ref_=tt_cl_t11">(Noah Schnapp)</a> who was missing in the aforementioned ‘Upside Down’ for most of the first season only to return at the end, but now with a mysterious connection to this bizarro universe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also returning is Will’s big brother Jonathan <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6390427/?ref_=tt_cl_t8">(Charlie Heaton)</a> his mother Joyce <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000213/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">(Winona Ryder)</a>, Jonathan’s crush Nancy Wheeler <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3034501/?ref_=tt_cl_t7">(Natalia Dyer)</a> and her boyfriend Steve Harrington (Joe Keery). Also returning is Police Chief Jim Hopper <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1092086/?ref_=tt_cl_t2">(David Harbour)</a> who was found dropping off Eggo waffles in the woods in the last episode of season 1 for our telekinetic heroine Eleven <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5611121/?ref_=tt_cl_t4">(Millie Bobby Brown)</a> who has been missing after the events of last year (don’t worry - she’s back too)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Joining is the cast is Goonie legend <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000276/?ref_=tt_cl_t15">Sean Astin</a> as a Bobby Newby, a former schoolmate of both Joyce and Hooper and rumored boyfriend of poor Joyce, who after last season, needs a little happy in her life. Chances are that this love triangle between her, Bobby, and Hooper will only complicate her world further as we find out what’s happened to Will this season. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001663/?ref_=tt_cl_t18">Paul Reiser</a> will also be joining the fun, playing Owens, a Department of Energy executive tasked with containing the events of last season. Danish actress <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7535433/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16">Linnea Berthelsen</a> will be playing Roman who's described as </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"an emotionally damaged, magnetic young woman who suffered a great loss as a child. Although she does not live in Hawkins, she is mysteriously connected to the supernatural events at the lab".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally, joining the kids is tomboy Max (portrayed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5584750/?ref_=tt_cl_t19">Sadie Sink</a>) and her big brother Billy (played by Power Rangers star <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4223882/?ref_=tt_cl_t17">Dacre Montgomery</a>) who’s been described as one of the ‘human villains’ of the show - steals girlfriends away from boyfriends, great at drinking games, and drives a black Camaro (a very 80’s villain indeed!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The one thing on most minds of most fans is ‘what about Barb”? Barb Holland (portrayed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7684864/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t38">Shannon Purser</a>), became quite the sensation after her character was killed off by one of the creepy crawlies of the Upside Down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Matt Duffer stated that although she won’t be back for season 2, <i><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">“Barb will not be forgotten. We’ll make sure there’s some justice for Barb. People get very frustrated, understandably, that the town doesn’t seem to be really dealing with Barb. That stuff is all happening. We’re just not spending any screen time on it. Season One actually takes place over the course of six or seven days – it’s a really short period of time,” he explained. “So part of what we want to do with hypothetical Season 2 is to explore the repercussions of everything that happened.”</span></i></span><br />
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Tonight’s the night to grab your blanket, and head out to your nearest pumpkin patch! <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_Great_Pumpkin,_Charlie_Brown">It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown</a> airs tonight, October 19th at 8:00 PM TONIGHT on <a href="http://abc.go.com/movies-and-specials/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown">ABC</a> !!!<br />
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This timeless Halloween special also marks the first time that the world saw Snoopy dressed in full aviator attire in search of 'The Red Barron'. Snoopy first assumed the guise of the World War I Flying Ace in a Peanuts comic strip from October 1965, donning vintage aviator hat, scarf, and goggles to take on the Red Baron from atop his doghouse.</div>
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The concept came to Schulz after a discussion he had with his son, Monte, about the Red Baron. “They both had ideas about who influenced that,” Jill Schulz said of her older brother and father, referencing the fact that they both took credit for inventing flying Snoopy. It was a year later when the beagle’s alter ego made its television debut in “It’s the Great Pumpkin.”</div>
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“As we were developing the script, Mr. Schulz lamented almost as an aside, ‘Too bad we can’t have Snoopy fly,'” Mendelson recalled. “Melendez, pretending to be offended, said, ‘Hey, I’m an animator. I can do anything, including a dog flying a doghouse.’ We all laughed and that’s how Bill Melendez and [animator] Bill LittleJohn created that scene.”</div>
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This is one of the most beloved holiday specials for those of us who are crazy about Halloween and the Peanuts gang so don't forget to tune into ABC (WTAE Channel 4 in Pittsburgh) at 8:00 PM for It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.</div>
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Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-77053488079588941842017-10-13T11:30:00.000-04:002017-10-13T11:30:27.377-04:00Movies That Have Everything: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women STARTS TODAY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All things <a href="http://www.puzine.com/2017/06/movies-that-have-everything-wonder.html">Wonder Woman</a> continues with the opening of <a href="http://professorm.movie/">Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.</a> Check out the trailer below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This tale written and directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1286340?ref_=tt_ov_dr">Angela Robinson</a> stars <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1812656/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">Luke Evans</a> as Professor William Moulton Marston (taking the pen name of Charles Moulton), the psychologist, inventor, and creator of Wonder Woman and the two women that inspired the character - his wife Elizabeth <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356017/?ref_=tt_cl_t2">(Rebecca Hall)</a> and their 'extended' relationship with Olive Byrne <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2757333/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">(Bella Heathcote)</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a 1940’s interview conducted by Olive Byrne (under the pseudonym Olive Richard) that was published in Family Circle (titled ‘Don’t Laugh at the Comics), Marston spoke of “the great education potential” in comic books which caught the attention of comics publisher Max Gaines who hired him as an educational consultant for National Periodicals and All-American Publications which would eventually merge to become <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/">DC Comics. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was idea of Marston’s wife Elizabeth to create a female superhero who would not only conquer evil with her physical strength, but also with love. In a 1943 issue of ‘The American Scholar’, Marston, who was also the inventor of the </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">polygraph test that also inspired Wonder Woman's lasso of truth </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">wrote: </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: yellow;">"Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don't want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.”</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It wasn’t until 2017 when the majority of Marston’s personal papers arrived at the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study that helped form the backstory of the creation of Wonder Woman that included the tale of his unconventional personal life with both Elizabeth and Olive along with a connection to Margaret Sanger who was one of the most influential feminists of the 20th Century.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although William Marston died of cancer on May 2, 1947, both Elizabeth and Olive continued to live together until Olive's death in the late 1980's with Elizabeth passing in 1993 at age of 100. William Marston was inducted into the <a href="http://comicbookhalloffame.org/index.html">Comic Book Hall of Fame</a> in 2006.</span><br />
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Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-7815093581302004242017-10-06T11:30:00.000-04:002017-10-06T11:30:11.855-04:00Movies That Have Everything: Blade Runner 2049<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The gang here at <b><span style="color: red;">good ol’ PU</span></b> were preteens when we snuck into <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000631?ref_=tt_ov_dr">Ridley Scott’s</a> original <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/?ref_=nv_sr_2">Blade Runner</a> back in 1982 (our first R rated scifi extravaganza!) with a very young <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000148/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">Harrison Ford</a> in the title role of Blade Runner Rick Deckard as he hunted four murderous replicants who return to earth in search of their creator only to barely escape with his the replicant love of his life, Rachael <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000707/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">(Sean Young)</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fast forward to 2049 as the story focuses on new Blade Runner, Agent K <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331516/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">(Ryan Gosling)</a> who’s discovery of a long buried secret that puts him on a path in search of the infamous Rick Deckard <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000148/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">(Harrison Ford)</a> who’s been missing for 30 years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Blade Runner was and still is one of our favorite science fiction movies from one of the best eras in movie history as the 1980’s brought us the invention of the classic summer blockbuster. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Blade Runner was originally released just as Harrison Ford was celebrating his success in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, with Star Wars: Return of the Jedi being released only one year after his stint as the replicant hunter, Rick Deckard. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Although Blade Runner was never considered a huge hit in theaters when it was first released in theaters, the advent of videotape made it a success and the cult classic that it is today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So far, the word on the street is that Blade Runner 2049 might possibly be even better than the original (we’ll have to see that with our own eyes to believe it)! We can’t wait to finally have the answers that us original Blade Runner fans have wanted to know for years - most specifically, what happened to Rick and Rachael after their daring escape together into the unknown future. <a href="http://bladerunnermovie.com/">Blade Runner 2049</a> hits theaters and IMAX today!</span><br />
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Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008776062879751549.post-16137859453830401962017-10-04T11:30:00.000-04:002017-10-04T11:49:03.781-04:00Announcement: Pittsburgh Zombiefest 2017 is THIS SATURDAY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Greetings all you ghouls and fools! It’s finally October again and the children of the night are lurking from their graves as this year’s <a href="http://pittsburghzombiefest.com/">2017 Zombiefest</a> comes to <a href="http://www.mrsmalls.com/">Mr. Smalls Theatre</a> (400 Lincoln Ave. Millvale, PA 15209 / 412 821 4447) this Saturday, October 7th for <span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;"><b>The Zombie Ball and Concert for the Living Dead</b></span> hosted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Professor-Emcee-Square-210942688964468/">Professor EmCee Square</a> who will also be filming the triumphant return of the <a href="http://theitsaliveshow.com/">It's Alive Show!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For those of you who love music, this will definitely be your venue as the Professor will be performing tunes from his varied musical affiliations including that of <a href="http://www.theitsaliveshow.com/DEATHMOBILE.htm">Deathmobile,</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebotched/">The Botched,</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebloodyseamen/">The Bloody Seaman</a>. Also performing that night will be <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SUBMACHINE.Pittsburgh.Punk.Rock/">Submachine,</a> <a href="https://childrenofoctober.bandcamp.com/">Children of October,</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thefilthylowdown/">The Filthy Lowdown,</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/strangemonstersband/">Strange Monsters,</a> and our local favorite <a href="http://www.zomboworld.com/zomboworld/dj.htm">Robot DJ Zombo!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year, it’s 18 and over only and there’s a $20.00 cover at the door. For more info on the event, check out the <a href="http://pittsburghzombiefest.com/">Official Pittsburgh Zombiefest Website</a> or the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/165629637336393/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A5%2C%22page_id_source%22%3A30273572778%2C%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A30273572778%2C%5C%22tour_id%5C%22%3Anull%7D%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D">Pittsburgh Zombiefest Facebook</a> site for more details.</span>Pittsburgh Undergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624853098920431050noreply@blogger.com0