The Top 12 DVDs in NEPA, 01/22/15

Each week, Joe Nardone’s Gallery of Sound provides NEPA Scene with the Top 12 best-selling DVDs in its Northeastern Pennsylvania stores from the previous week. Every album is followed by its rank from the week before. “D” indicates a debut this week.
2015 Academy Award nominations announced; ‘Birdman’ and ‘Budapest’ favorites

The 87th annual Academy Award nominations were announced by actor Chris Pine, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams this morning at a special two-part live news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” […]
Peculiar Culinary Company from Pittston will compete on CNBC’s ‘Restaurant Startup’

From a press release: CNBC has announced the 20 culinary entrepreneurs who will compete for an investment on the second season of “Restaurant Startup,” premiering Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 10 p.m., which includes Peculiar Culinary Company from Pittston. Produced by Shine America, the 10 one-hour episodes feature restaurateur and TV personality Joe Bastianich and chef […]
Pittston Chef Gene Philbin competes on holiday episode of ‘Guy’s Grocery Games’

Episode filmed in March airs tonight on Food Network
In all his years as a chef, Gene Philbin of Pittston has been around the grocery store time and again – but never quite like this. The chef/owner of Peculiar Culinary Company in Pittston – a team well-known for its pop-up dinners throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania – found himself speeding down the aisles of “Guy’s Grocery […]
VIDEO: ‘Terminator: Genisys’ trailer travels back to the past for the future of the franchise
He said he’d be back, and Arnold Schwarzenegger certainly is, reprising his iconic role as a Terminator robot in “Terminator: Genisys,” the fifth movie in the blockbuster sci-fi franchise. The first official trailer released today gives fans their first good look at the now 67-year-old back in action, as well as a younger Sarah Connor […]
VIDEO: The franchise rises again in first ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ teaser trailer
When the credits rolled on the last “Star Wars” film, we all knew it wouldn’t be long before the franchise rose again. Now, after many images have been teased and leaked, an official teaser trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has been released online and in theaters. Directed, written, and produced by J. J. […]
VIDEO: The park is open in new ‘Jurassic World’ trailer
It was supposed to be released on Thanksgiving, but we all know that you can’t keep those velociraptors locked up for very long – the official trailer for “Jurassic World” is here! Debuting online today, the first trailer for long-awaited fourth installment in the blockbuster “Jurassic Park” franchise shows that, even after three movies of […]
SHORT FILM PREMIERE: ‘A Fine Dining Experience’ by director Jamie Sutor
Scranton filmmaker Jamie Sutor of Parents’ Basement Productions and NEPA Scene are proud to present the exclusive online premiere of “A Fine Dining Experience,” an abstract short film centering around several patrons in an upscale restaurant. The film is a comedy that plays on the stereotypes portrayed in a typical fine dining atmosphere. Written and […]
The Top 12 DVDs in NEPA, 11/18/14

Each week, Joe Nardone’s Gallery of Sound provides NEPA Scene with the Top 12 best-selling DVDs in its Northeastern Pennsylvania stores from the previous week. Every album is followed by its rank from the week before. “D” indicates a debut this week.