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Dormont resident Veda Laine completes her snack bar purchase with theater employee Emily Mazur at the Breakfast and a Movie. Laine lives close enough to walk to the event, and has signed the petitions to preserve the Hollywood Theater.

Drama surrounds change of ownership at Dormont’s Hollywood Theater

by J.M. ChannellPortfolio, South Hills Living magazine March 3, 2023March 3, 2023No Comments

(Originally published in South Hills Living magazine on March 7, 2018.) Amy Lynn Best and Mike Watt have a deep connection to the Hollywood Theater in Dormont. The couple first met at the theater while working as members of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” shadowcast in the early ’90s, and it was where they premiered …

Bethel Park native’s home videos have become YouTube sensation

by J.M. ChannellObserver-Reporter, Portfolio, South Hills Living magazine March 3, 2023March 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

Paul Petroskey – also known as “Weird Paul” – had been waiting for something like YouTube for decades.

Upper St. Clair alum’s showbiz career spans from ‘Last House’ to The Comedy Store

by J.M. ChannellPortfolio, South Hills Living magazine March 2, 2023March 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

When Marc Sheffler imitated Elvis Presley at his cousin’s birthday party at age 5, it would set the course for a career in show business.

After graduating from Upper St. Clair High School in 1967, Sheffler wouldn’t just find himself in the entertainment industry, but also in one of the most infamous exploitation horror films of all time, “The Last House on the Left.”