LeVar Burton callsWhen They See Usas essential asRoots

Ava DuVernays searing Netflix limited seriesWhen They See Ushas garnered top praise from aRootslegend. I had to keep breathing, he wrote. Episode #1 nearly broke my heart, however Ill keep watching. Credit: Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix This is essential viewing for EVERY American! As essential to your understanding of America as was, ROOTS! Brava, @ava. Their sentences were eventually vacated in 2002. Goodness, that line got me, DuVernay said in response to Burton....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Richard Walters

Liam Gallagher tries to top brother Noel by adding potato peeler to band

Is mayonnaise an instrument? Perhaps not, but both Noel and Liam Gallagher have gotten pretty creative in recent performances. In response, brother Liam included a potato peeler in his band during a performance on Tuesday night. Credit: Samir Hussein/Getty Images One fan captured some footage of the peeler in action. He even tweeted a picture of Liam and captioned it Pouting Potato LG x in June 2016. The two havent been on good terms for quite a while....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Ashley Owens

Liam Neeson admits to racist murder fantasy, sparks fan outrage

Liam Neesonmade a stunning and disturbing admission during a press junket promoting his upcoming revenge thrillerCold Pursuit. She handled the situation of the rape in the most extraordinary way, Neeson said. But my immediate reaction was…I asked, did she know who it was? Credit: Everett Collection What color were they? She said it was a black person. So that I could, another pause, kill him. And Ive never admitted that, and Im saying it to a journalist … A representative for Neeson did not immediately reply to EWs request for additional comment....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Shaun Dennis

Liam Neeson'sCold Pursuitflops at box office amid controversy

Liam Neeson’s latest has received a rather icy reception at the box office. The actor’s revenge thrillerCold Pursuitearned only $10.8 million in theaters for its opening weekend. Cold Pursuitis a big step down fromTaken 3,which opened to $39 million in 2015. Doane Gregory/Summit Entertainment What’s unclear is what impact Neeson’s current controversy might have had on the film’s success. The admission has resulted in the actor being accused of being racist,which he denies....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Mark Mendez

Liana Finck creates a gorgeous new kind of memoir withPassing for Human

The woman tries defending herself against a creepy comment, only for him to follow and physically threaten her. People really relate to those, Finck tells EW. Dissecting these kinds of everyday, under-discussed interactions in cartoon form has turned Fincks Instagram into a cult sensation. Credit: Penguin Random House And she brings that same brand of confessional feminist intimacy to her newgraphic memoir,Passing for Human. Having an outlet to express the minutiae of her inner fears helps Finck work through them....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Kevin Hancock

Liane Moriarty hates saying goodbye to her (furious, charming, indelible) characters, too

Even before arriving, she fell under its spell. She stayed for five days. She gave up coffee. Credit: Adrian Price I stopped at the first cafe on the way back and had a coffee, she admits. One could easily imagine the experience fitting into a Moriarty novel. Is there a bit of autobiography there for Moriarty? Viking When the book comes out… everyone will think its you, the author recounts....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Joe Bridges

Liberty speaks afterANTMexit: Alleged 'Pro-Trump' model 'didn't vote' Republican

It was a quick moment, and little context was given, but the sentiment stuck. More so because Netuschil alleges the show didn’t air her quote in its entirety. “Just to clarify…. I didn’t vote for Donald Trump. I never stood by [his anti-LGBTQIA+ policies],” she continues. “My family has both liberals and conservatives. People make assumptions too quickly,” she says. They just assumed everything. If you’re curious, don’t assume. Let’s talk and discuss it....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Ashley Lee

Life in Piecespreview: Did Colleen survive that wedding day fall from a balcony?

Then the bride fell off a balcony…to her death? I can safely say she is not dead, EP Justin Adler tells EW. (She welcomed ababy girl in September.) Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS Them being stuck living together again is going to bring up a lot of mother-daughter issues, says Adler. And those parental woes arent contained to the older generation of Shorts. Watch out for a teenage Sam (Holly Barrett) wreaking havoc....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Patricia Jackson

Life on Mars isn't any easier in colorful new sci-fi comicThe Weatherman

As the title suggests,The Weatherman’s protagonist is the premier weatherman for Mars. He loves to inject his presentations with off-kilter humor and wacky improvisation. The other main player inThe Weathermanis Agent Amanda Cross, the intelligence operative building the case against Nathan. Credit: Image Comics Amanda believes that Nathan is responsible for Earth’s atrocity and wants to see him brought to justice. to flow from and with the story of Nathan and Amanda’s relationship....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Sarah Daniel

Lifetime's original movie about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry was written in two weeks

That same day, Lifetime greenlit an original movie based on their love story. We started writing in December and we finished writing in January. Filming began at the end of that same month. Credit: Lifetime It was very fast, Coli added. To help us get into the character and understand who she is in real life. The process was equally quick for actors Parisa Fitz-Henly and Murray Fraser, who play Meghan and Harry....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Wendy Jackson

Like Fatherdirector Lauren Miller Rogen on joining Netflix's roster of 'kickass movies'

Forget Netflix and chill this August is the time to Netflix and cruise. You should direct it. And then Anders was like, Well, do you want to direct it? Cara Howe/Netflix; Inset: Jesse Grant/Getty Images And I was like, Yeah. Yeah, I do. So before you decided to direct it, you were sending it out only to women?Yeah. It was really important to me. Luckily they all said no, and gave me the opportunity to do it....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Gary Medina

Lil Jon on staying relevant in pop culture and making a Christmas song with the Kool-Aid Man

To see the Kool-Aid man in person, it was like, Wow, this is really happening. Fast track, we got 2 million hits off of that in a week. It just shows you my relevance to pop culture, he explains. Credit: Dominik Bindl/Getty Images I have a brand and a personality and a face that everyone knows. And much of that is thanks to his memorable and often-parodied catchphrase, Yeah! Thats never going away; that will be around forever, he says....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Curtis Parsons

Lin-Manuel Miranda brought his son to seeHamiltonand his review is adorable

Fortunately for his dad, Sebastian had a mostly positive reaction Lin-Manuel Miranda decided over the weekend that his almost-3-year-old son, Sebastian, was ready to sit through the first act ofHamilton. Sebastian sat on two booster seats,per Miranda He is very little and, overall, liked what he saw. His opinion on what worked best seemed to fall in line with that of the general public: The scary parts [in Yorktown] … but also the kissing and fighting and singing....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Kathryn Day