Saturday, December 22, 2018
Today’s entertainment picks:
v Rockin’ Around the Town Square, 8 p.m.: An electrified holiday rock concert ($13) at Main Street Theater, 5 N. Main St., Columbiana.
v “A Tuna Christmas,” 7:30 p.m.: Take a trip to the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, for this offbeat holiday show ($15, $12 for senior citizens and students) in the Moyer Room at Youngstown Playhouse; 330-788-8739.
v Johnny Lee Dam, 6 p.m.: Standup comedy show ($20), with opener Jesse Pimpinella, in the Funny Farm Comedy Club space in the Knox Building, 110 W. Federal St., Youngstown
v Joy of Christmas light show, 6-9 p.m.: A drive-through show ($10 per carload) with dozens of displays in Firestone Park in Columbiana.
v Jordan DePaul, 8 p.m.: The singer-songwriter returns to his hometown for a show at Suzie’s Dogs and Drafts on North Phelps St., downtown.
“Premier Boxing Champions” (8 p.m., Fox): Two live fights will headline this special event: unbeaten Jermall Charlo (27-0-0, 21 KOs) and Matt Korobov (28-1-0, 14 KOs) will battle for the interim World Boxing Council middleweight title. In the co-main event, unbeaten Jermell Charlo “Iron Man” (31-0-0, 15 KOs) will take on Tony Harrison (27-2-0, 21 KOs) for the World Boxing Council world super welterweight title. Youngstown’s own Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini will be one of the analysts.
“Alec Baldwin” (10 p.m., ABC): Entertainer RuPaul and the prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, join Alec Baldwin for candid and engaging conversations.
LOCAL TOPICS ON TV
“Community Connection” (Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on 21 WFMJ-TV 21, and at 11 a.m. on WBCB-TV): After an eight-month hiatus due to illness, host Madonna Chism Pinkard returns for new episodes of “Community Connection.” Today, Pinkard will discuss aspects of holiday grief with Kim Calhoun, bereavement facilitator with Hospice of the Valley.
“A Conversation with Dee” (Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on WYTV-TV): Host Dee Crawford talks with organizers of the Harambee Coalition about their mission and upcoming events over Kwanzaa.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
‘Top Chef’ alum owes for shuttered eateries
BALTIMORE
Baltimore judges have ruled that a chef who appeared on TV’s “Top Chef” owes more than $3 million in rent on his now-shuttered restaurants.
The Baltimore Sun reports circuit court judges ruled in two separate cases that “Top Chef” alumnus Bryan Voltaggio and his business partner, Hilda Staples, owe millions in unpaid rent and outstanding payments for Inner Harbor restaurants Family Meal and Aggio.
According to court documents, Family Meal stopped paying rent in December 2015 and closed in August 2016. Aggio stopped paying rent in April 2016 and closed in March 2018.
The judgments against Staples were stayed after she filed for bankruptcy in October.
Widow of Dr. Seuss dies at age 97
NEW YORK
Audrey Geisel, the widow of children’s author Dr. Seuss, has died.
Random House Children’s Books announced that she died Wednesday at age 97. Additional information wasn’t immediately available.
Geisel helped oversee the literary estate of her late husband, whose real name was Theodor Geisel and who died in 1991. Two years later, she founded Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
Along with numerous publishing projects, she served as executive producer for some film adaptations of his work, most recently “The Grinch,” which came out last month.
She was a Chicago native who had two children from a previous marriage.