Has there ever been a wake so lit? To the Green Room! Let us discuss the deliciously outrageous drama surrounding the Carringtons, the family putting the nasty inDynasty. Credit: Bob Mahoney/The CW This is the stuff that soapy dreams are made of! The drama picks up almost immediately where thepremiere left off. And she blames Blake Carrington. Murder Accusations and Screaming Widows is an unconventional wedding theme, but hey, the Carringtons are unconventional people....

The Carringtons are back and as glamorous as ever! And to celebrate their return,Dynastyshowrunner Sallie Patrick will be blogging major episodes forEWthroughout the shows first season. This week, shes sharing some insights on Cristals first day as COO and so much more. Credit: Erika Doss/The CW; Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic Company Slut This weeks episode was directed by the marvelous Cherie Nowlan and was written by Chris Fife. For someone who can write catty lines so well, hes actually quite a nice guy....

The Carringtons are back and as glamorous as ever! And to celebrate their return,Dynastyshowrunner Sallie Patrick will be blogging major episodes forEWthroughout the shows first season. This week, shes sharing some insights on Guilt Is for Insecure People… Im being charged with murder. Credit: Bob Mahoney/The CW; Inset: Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic I cant go to an 80s dance party. That pretty much sums up this episode in a nutshell. That isnt to say things wont become more grim later on…but no spoilers!...

More broadly, the genre has felt appropriately ubiquitous in a tumultuous and unsettling political era. Gnomon, to be released Jan. 9, takes place in a post-Brexit Britain. In a characteristic passage from the book, Harkaways narrator explains how they operate. Credit: Knopf Harkaways style in this particular section is formal and resigned familiar for stories of similar configs. Yet its anything but indicative of what Harkaway does here. The book centers on Mielikki Neith, a by-the-book Inspector whos investigating ex-author Diana Hunters death in police custody....

is defending the pay gap that led to the departure of E! News host Catt Sadler. There is a lot of misinformation out there, Berwick said. Catt Sadler and Jason Kennedy had different roles and therefore different salaries. Catt was focused on daytime. Jason Kennedy is on primetime evening news, plus red carpet. Our employees salaries are based on their roles and their expertise regardless of gender. We wish Catt well, but I hope that sets the record straight on that....

Either the folks atE! Newsare throwing out some deep-cut references toThe Good Placeor they just earned themselves a spot in The Bad Place. As actress Jameela Jamil took the red carpet at this years Golden Globes on Sunday and theE! Matt Baron/BEI/REX/Shutterstock Newscameras caught sight of her, the producers did not get her name right for the broadcast. Newsbit, whether or not it was intentional. The Good Places Twitter made it official by tweeting in response, TAHANI FOUND DEAD....

Thanks to theFifty Shades of Greyphenomenon,E.L. But let me warn you now: Whatever you think this book is, you are absolutely wrong. To get the big question out of the way: There are no elements of BDSM in this book. Vintage Instead,The Misteris E.L. James' version of a straightforward romance. It lacks even the vicarious, silly fun of theFifty Shadesworld. (Think words like “muchly” and calling smartphones “clever phones.") (Who can afford two premium-cable subscriptions but not a beach day?...

Are you a member of the Television Academy? Rain down the Emmy nominations onAtlanta. Every episode of the FX series' second season has been an event. Credit: Curtis Baker/FX Star-creator Donald Glover should win Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for “Teddy Perkins.” The great Zazie Beetz took center stage in two Van-focused episodes. Lakeith Stanfield continues to be television’s ranking zen philosopher of one-liners. Regular episode director Hiro Murai shoots with a dreamy wonder that can trend hilarious or horrific within seconds....

I ask you, rose lovers and non-rose lovers alike,How is this possible??? Of course, Emmy voters don’t hand out nominations based solely on buzz. A show needs to be original, well-made, and most of all, entertaining. Credit: Paul Hebert via Getty Images Even Arie Luyendyk Jr.‘sdisaster of a finalewas made more palatable by the beautiful backdrop, Peru. If Emmy voters can give 10 wins (!) toThe Amazing Race CBS’s once-great global competition surelyThe Bachelors equally awe-inspiring location shoots deserve a nomination?...

The Netflix anthologys feature-length Emmy play this year represents a very different flavor of nostalgia. It will always be known, more simply, as the Star Trek episode. Callister initially seems to star Jesse Plemons as a symbol for prelapsarian nerdery. Credit: Jonathan Prime/Netflix You get the joke: Hes a grown-up fanboy who still wants to be Captain Kirk. But I hope Emmy voters dont overlook the real star of U.S.S....

An accurate statement, reconfirmed by me this week, thanks to HBO programming HBO2 with a weeklongSopranosmarathon. David Chases drama has aged like fine wine stolen from Pennsylvania motorcycle thieves. The late James Gandolfinis performance as Tony Soprano looks more than ever like a profound he-built-the-Pyramids feat of acting. Credit: Everett Collection; Craig Blankenhorn/HBO (RIP forever.) (Immediately consultTodd VanDerWerffs seminal AV Club recap exegesis, and buyThe Sopranos Sessionsfor all your friends!)...

is loaded with references to theBilly Lynn’s Long Halftime Walkstar. Ahead, some of the Alwyn Easter Eggs fans might have missed in “…Ready For It?” Swift wastes little time underlining that point for the “…Ready For It?” TAYLOR SWIFT/VEVO video, appearing alongside “89 91” graffiti in the clip’s early stages. Swift, of course, was born in 1989. Alwyn, yep, arrived in 1991. TAYLOR SWIFT/VEVO Consider this a cipher that unlocks what’s to come....

The tribute originally appeared inEntertainment Weeklylast January. Hats flew at half-mast on Jan. 25. They became a punchline-perfect duo, and their friendship evolved into the shows emotional center. Credit: Everett Collection After an audition with the producers, Asner was brought back to read opposite Moore. Americas sweetheartthat was my first impression. Automatically, her beauty took hold. I dont blame her for asking the question that way, because it was a meshuggeneh reading....