A long way from Westeros, Natalie Dormer's new roles are just as delectably dark

Should I lie down on the couch? Dormer ultimately stayed in her chair, but its been an unusually productive session er, interview. It makes me feel like I need to go and talk to an analyst. Credit: Nick Wall/Universal I was searching for a protagonist I really wanted to play, she recalls. Theres such a rawness and a profound pain to her, says Dormer. And we all do that! We all grapple with that sometimes we find our identity in our pain and our hurt....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Daniel Brown

A look at the Grammy nominations' snubs, surprises, and lack of Taylor Swift

Musics biggest night is the Grammys. But musics biggest morning? That would be theGrammy nominations, of course, which were unveiled earlier Friday. This years crop included plenty of snubs, surprises, and standard Grammy fare. From Kendrick to Gaga to Brandi Carlile(!) It all goes down on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Ahead, EW senior editor Alex Suskind and features editor Sarah Rodman break down some of the newsworthy nominations....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Andrew Roberson

A look at theGame of Thronesreferences in new soundtrack albumFor The Throne

Just be warned, the soundtrack is dark and full of terrors (in places). House Tyrell it is! “Power Is Power” by SZA feat. Credit: Columbia Records If this isn’t the Night King’s pre-battle, hype song we don’t know what is. “Is there anyone you trust round here?” He’s totally eager to break loose of Cersei’s hold over him. Helen Sloan/HBO The best line though? “Playing with fire, but I’m no Targaryen....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Stacey Wiggins

A look back atHellboy 2, the greatest superhero fantasy movie of the 21st century

America suffered through a bitter presidential election on the road to a globewrecking financial crisis. In theaters, cinematic generations were rising and falling. This week: Hellboy learns a valuable lesson about how life begins when life ends. Credit: Everett Collection InHellboy II: The Golden Army,everything is a ruin. The prologue sinks into lost eras, American nostalgia fading toward global myth. Father tells him about the dawn of Man. Like all Creation sagas, its really an ending, innocence fading to blood and tears....

May 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1450 words · Steven Young

A look back atThe O.C.pilot, 15 years later

I guess you have to sayThe O.C.series premiere has aged. The bad dude wears puka shells, they all did back then. The good dudes bond over PS2, yes this was young male friendship. Credit: Warner Bros Rouge hair, rouge lips, outfit teasingly skintone-ish in the evening light. And the cruelest stylistic decision in the pilotveryof its moment. Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) begins in Chino, a graffiti cityscape shot handheld and blue-filtered....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 532 words · Krista Wagner

A look behind the scenes at Carrie Underwood'sCry Pretty Tour 360

On the heels of her fourth No. (Not to mention a first-class primer on some of the most successful women in country music history.) (The same night Underwood copped a Billboard award for Top Country Female Artist.) Credit: Jeff Johnson (It is unanimously decided that they will sing in unison on part of Twains Man! I Feel Like a Woman.) She is impatient, however, to see her stage. Jeff Johnson...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Margaret Cooper

A love letter to the late Penny Marshall, TV and film pioneer

Beloved actress and director Penny Marshalls career spanned screens big and small. she snapped at Fonzs pal Potsie (Anson Williams) in her nasal Noo Yawk drawl. Howd ya like your eyes closed for good, hah? Credit: ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images Whether making friends in jail (that shoplifting charge was trumped up, I tell ya! Maybe she got her strength from all those milk-and-Pepsis she drank (blech). Bigwas one of several body-switch comedies to hit theaters in the late 80s and early 90s....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Andrew Campbell

A Map of Days: Read an excerpt from the latestMiss Peregrine'snovel

The popularity of theMiss Peregrinesbook series cannot be overstated. Now authorRansom Riggsis back withA Map of Days, set to releaseOct. EW has an exclusive excerpt from the book, which you might read below. Credit: Penguin Random House I mouthed the word to her silently Hollow. Emma looked, for an instant, terrified and then she swallowed hard and reined it in. She put her lips to my ear. Can you control it?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Suzanne Howard

A master filmmaker ventures into the heart of Trump country inMonrovia, Indiana: EW review

For more than 50 years, Frederick Wiseman has been telling one story: the story of America. Wisemans films are encyclopedic and rarely short. But its unhurried pace matches the subject matter. Credit: Zipporah Films After all, these are folks who arent in a rush to get anywhere. We see these people largely aging, and overwhelmingly white talking with one another at Bible groups and barbershops. Their conversations are about nothing, and everything....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 83 words · Taylor Hensley

A Million Little Thingscreator breaks down season finale, Jon's big secret

Well, we didnt see that coming. After a season of questions revolving around Jons (Ron Livingston) suicide who is Barbara Morgan? ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: We finally know the answer to the Barbara Morgan mystery. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC She said it totally lined up. We knew that this was going to be the finale, so we could build it throughout. We wanted to tell that story as authentically as possible. In this finale, you dont ever hear the footage of that morning....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 421 words · Cheryl Klein

A Million Little Thingspremiere recap: Apparently everything happens for a reason

Lets get right into the pilot episode of this new fall show youll pretty quickly see what I mean. In a breast cancer examination room, Gary (James Roday) is having X-rays reviewed. Jon has jumped from his office window, plummeting to his death. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC Back in the present day, the guys cant believe that conversation happened just a week ago. Yes, it seems Jon had more than one cliche up his sleeve....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Rebecca Ramos

A Million Little Thingsrecap: Amends are made

We pick up this weeks episode ofA Million Little Thingswith a flashback to two years ago. (The houses on this show might be the best part.) Delilahs dad is there too. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC Is Delilah wrong for trying to move forward? Or should the family stick to old traditions to keep the memory of Jon alive? Luckily, Rome takes the hammer Ginas been using to knock down walls out of her hand....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Mitchell Turner

A Million Little Thingsrecap: Do the things that scare you most, okay?

We kick things off with a game night at Rome and Reginas place. Romes having difficulty getting his head around the fact that Delilah is pregnant. Plus, Rome cant drink because of his anti-depressants, but Gina doesnt know that either. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC So many lies, so little time. Anyway, Eddies all excited because hes landed himself a gig. Thats really all I have to say on that matter. Delilah grabs Eddie to talk to him and Gina grabs the bottle of wine....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 568 words · Courtney Diaz