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CBS News
08-08-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Fairs, craft beers, and Steel City Con
The weekend is here, and if you need plans, we've got you covered, and we'll help you plan a fun one! Annual Butler Farm Show Let's head north to Butler for the Butler Farm Show at the Butler Farm Showgrounds. There you'll be able to see animal shows, jump on carnival rides, taste fair food, listen to music, and so much more. The fair runs through Saturday, and admission is $10. Gates open at 8:30 a.m. on Friday morning. Check out the details on their website right here. Greene County Fair But, wait! There is more fair fun to be had! Head down to Greene County for their annual fair in Waynesburg. It also runs through Saturday at the Greene County Fairgrounds. There will be a petting zoo, magic shows, food, games, and more. Tonight, there will also be the always entertaining demolition derby. Admission is again $10, and gates open at 2 p.m. Get more at this link. Washington County Agricultural Fair If you're not totally "faired-out" by now, there's also the 27th annual Washington County Agricultural Fair. The eight days of summer fun are the oldest agricultural fair in the state. There will be fun for the whole family: live music, rides, food, games, and grandstand favorites such as the demolition derby. It opens at 9 a.m. on Saturday. A full rundown of events can be found at this link. Steel City Con Let's head over to the Monroeville Convention Center for Steel City Con. There will be hundreds of vendors, an artist alley, question and answer sessions, and a slew of celebrity meet and greets. Those celebrities include professional boxers Mike Tyson, professional wrestler Kane, Jon Bernthal from The Walking Dead, and Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin from Full House. Doors open on Friday morning at 10 a.m. and tickets can be purchased at the door. More information and events can be found on their website. Barrel and Flow Fest One of the most popular craft beer festivals in the country returns to Pittsburgh this weekend. In its fifth year, the Barrel and Flow Fest takes place on Saturday at the Stacks at Three Crossings in the Strip District. There you'll be able to enjoy exclusive craft brew collections, a uniquely curated collection of vendors, live music and entertainment, and networking opportunities. It goes from 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at this link. Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Family Day Series Free family fun returns to Schenley Park on Sunday, and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Family Day series takes flight with the whimsical theme "Flights of Fancy." In partnership with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the event brings books and imagination to life with storytelling, live bird encounters, free rides on the PNC Carousel, crafts, costumed characters, and more, all in the heart of Oakland. It goes from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday. You can see more on their website, as well as other events.
Fox News
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'American Pie' actress walked away from Hollywood fame for new life in South Africa
"American Pie" star Shannon Elizabeth ditched living in Hollywood for a move to South Africa to support a cause close to her heart. Elizabeth spoke at the Steel City Con in Pittsburgh last Saturday, revealing she had moved to the country eight years ago to concentrate on her conservation charity, The Shannon Elizabeth Foundation, per People Magazine. "We're building a sanctuary," she told the audience. "We have a blind black rhino we've been taking care of, and we're going to bring in more rhinos as soon as we can do an expansion." The 51-year-old said that after her breakout role in "American Pie," she "started my charity, which was called Animal Avengers at the time. And it's been going since then, it's just morphed over the years into conservation and wildlife from dogs and cats." "I started looking at dog and cat rescues in LA because dogs were what I knew," she told the "Life Outside Poker" podcast in July 2024, per E! News. "I realized I want to make my own organization and, over time, I just wanted to help out more animals on a bigger scale. I went on a journey of figuring out what that was and realized there was this hectic poaching crisis going on in other parts of the world." Elizabeth founded her organization, originally called Animal Avengers, in 2001, expanding its scope from dogs and cats to wild animals in Africa, according to the foundation's website. "In order to be hands on with her projects and to expand their scope and influence, Shannon moved to Africa in 2016 and now lives in Cape Town," the website states. The Texas-born star has also continued her acting career, appearing in films like "Scary Movie," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," and more recently, the comedy "Plan B," and holiday film "A Home for the Holidays." She is also in pre-production on a documentary titled "Munu-A Rhino Love Story," about titular Munu, a male black rhino in need of special care, not only because of his status as a critically endangered species, but because he is also blind and cannot forage on his own. "It was really fun," Elizabeth said of acting. "I love acting and I love creating. So, it was a fun ride. I'm just really grateful that I had that opportunity and could create some things that people seem to like."
Fox News
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'Happy Days' stars first public reunion in over 50 years
"Happy Days" stars came together for the first time in decades. During a panel at Steel City Con in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Anson Williams and Don Most reunited in public for the first time in 50 years and walked onto the stage with loud cheers from the audience. "It feels like 50 minutes," Howard can be heard saying in an Instagram video posted on the event's official page. "It does. We're having so much fun hanging, and this is sort of our great excuse to come together, so thank you." The foursome starred on the popular family-friendly sitcom together from 1974 to 1984, except for Howard, who left the show in 1980 after its seventh season. The show followed the Cunningham family and their close friends in Milwakee, Wisconsin, throughout the 1950s and 60s. At the event, Winkler reflected on the 11 seasons he spent working on the show, crediting the show's creator, Garry Marshall, for being a "brilliant creator" and "great writer" who put together a "wonderful cast." "Some of them, unfortunately, are no longer on the Earth with us, but we played together, we stayed together, and we worked hard together," Winkler said about the relationships between the show's cast. "Nobody thought they were better than anybody else." Howard echoed Winkler's sentiment, explaining "that was a huge key" to the show's success, and that as time went on, "the show evolved as, really, an ensemble." "It was a life experience that's unlike anything else that I've ever known," he said. "And we had great chemistry. We had fun working together from the beginning, and it never failed us." Prior to the panel, Winkler spoke with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about how happy he was to reunite with his former cast mates publicly, noting that while "this is the first time that we will be together in a public setting" in the past 50 years, they have seen each other and "been together." He also reiterated how instrumental Marshall was in the success of the show, sharing he "would not let bad behavior into the set" and brought the cast together. "No matter who you were, no matter what, you were part of an ensemble. Everybody respected each other. Then, he created a softball team, and we played every Sunday. Then we traveled all over the country. Then we traveled all over the world." In a separate Instagram post shared on the events page, the four men can be seen posing for photos while holding a certificate. The caption explained the certificates signify the declaration by the President of Allegheny County Council that April 5 will now be known as Happy Days Day in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Winkler and Howard previously reunited on stage at the 2024 Emmy Awards, to honor the 50th anniversary of "Happy Days." The pair walked out onto the stage, which was recreated to look like the set of Arnold's Drive-In.
CNN
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘Happy Days' cast members reunited this weekend
Sunday, Monday, happy days. Fans of the beloved series 'Happy Days,' which aired from 1974 to 1984, got a treat this weekend when some of the cast members came together at Steel City Con outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Anson Williams and Don Most joined a panel discussion about the series. The convention shared video from the event on their social media. 'We are very happy to be here in Pittsburgh,' said Winkler who played Arthur 'The Fonz' Fonzarelli on the show. He later said that it had been 'the first time that we have appeared this way in 50 years.' Howard, who grew up on screen and went on to become a Oscar-winning director, starred as Richie Cunningham on the sitcom. 'It feels like it's been 50 minutes, because we're having so much fun hanging and this was sort of our great excuse to come together, so thank you,' he said at the event. 'And by the way, it's just been amazing.' The classic series was so popular that it spurned several spinoffs, including 'Laverne & Shirley' and 'Mork & Mindy.'
CNN
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘Happy Days' cast members reunited this weekend
Sunday, Monday, happy days. Fans of the beloved series 'Happy Days,' which aired from 1974 to 1984, got a treat this weekend when some of the cast members came together at Steel City Con outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Anson Williams and Don Most joined a panel discussion about the series. The convention shared video from the event on their social media. 'We are very happy to be here in Pittsburgh,' said Winkler who played Arthur 'The Fonz' Fonzarelli on the show. He later said that it had been 'the first time that we have appeared this way in 50 years.' Howard, who grew up on screen and went on to become a Oscar-winning director, starred as Richie Cunningham on the sitcom. 'It feels like it's been 50 minutes, because we're having so much fun hanging and this was sort of our great excuse to come together, so thank you,' he said at the event. 'And by the way, it's just been amazing.' The classic series was so popular that it spurned several spinoffs, including 'Laverne & Shirley' and 'Mork & Mindy.'
