“What if I’m in the bottom two [against her] and you win the lip-synch?” “I’m sending your ass home, bitch, because sending Latrice home? That’s too much!” Credit: VH1 But Valentina doubles down, calling Latrice “the dearly beloved” of the season. In the confessional, a stunned Trinity muses on the situation. “What did you just say? Sothisis how Villaintina' is going to play the game?” “Oh no, sweetie. You fd with the wrong bitch....

Bridesmaidshad the bones of a most conventional rom-com: The plot moves from engagement to wedding. Girl gets the guy. Cheesy dance number closes things out. coffin as it grossed nearly $300 million worldwide and scored two Oscar nominations. THE CASTING WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY (Rita):I knew Kristen and Annie from the Groundlings. They told me they wrote a movie and the first table read was 2007. Not too many people were there....

Who can you trust when you cant trust the people closest to you? When the film begins, Nisha is a fully assimilated Norwegian teenager living a normal life in Oslo. She spends time with friends playing basketball, partying, and even has a redheaded Norwegian boyfriend. While her parents continue to be fully committed to their traditional Pakistani culture, Nisha goes through the motions. Her father Haq (Adil Hussain), the owner of a convenience store, is loving....

Seriously, who is Awkwafina? asks, er, Awkwafina. Like, who the hell is that? Credit: Sarah Dunn/Warner Bros. Shell never be a Billboard artist, and I always knew that, she says of her persona. Shes weird, and her audience will always be specific. Which is why, at this moment in time, shes struggling to define herself. Sanja Bucko/Warner Bros. So yeah, its been a lot. Its literally a night on LSD, she jokes....

Good luck with that, I thought. Even so, I knew what Ru was up against. LGBTQ life back in those benighted days bore scant resemblance to what it does now. Credit: Tommy Boy This was decades before gay marriage. Or the “It Gets Better” campaign. Or trans rights of any kind. Porter Gifford/Liaison/Getty Images.Porter Gifford/Liaison/Getty Images Hardly any gay characters appeared on TV or in movies. A more progressive movie likeBrokeback Mountainwas still 21 years away....

Head to*NSYNCs websitefor more information and see our original story below. EARLIER:Its gonna be… amazing, if we had to guess! We always appreciate the love and excitement from our fans, the band tweeted. Credit: WireImage When there is real news from *NSYNC you will hear it from all of us. The last time they appeared together was in 2013 at Kirkpatricks wedding to wife Karly. They also reunited at the 2013 MTV VMA Awards, when Timberlake received the Video Vanguard award....

Picard is back! This is Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of the Enterprise inStar Trek: The Next Generation. And he’s back! George Rose/Getty Images Stewart will return in the Trek universe as his legendary character ina brand new series for CBS All Access. What makes him so iconic? What makes him stand out from the other commanders to grace the small screen? Paramount Alter-ego Picards are the most entertaining Picards....

If you lovedGodless… ## The Virginianby Owen Wister This is it, the ur-western. “It’s sort of theCatch 22of westerns for me,” he said. “There’s a lot of detail about horses. Ursula Coyote/Netflix There’s a lot of vocabulary in and around horses, breaking them and riding them. The description of horses was fantastic.” “That all informed Frank Griffin for me. It takes you away from the standard way of thinking about western dialogue....

The Jane Austen novel also focuses on family, specifically honing in on the happenings in the Bennet family. The Maria Semple novel is in the process of becoming amajor motion picturestarring Cate Blanchett. Elizabeth Strout,Amy and Isabelle Friction between mother and daughter runs amuck inAmy and Isabelle. HarperCollins; Little, Brown and Company; Back Bay Books; Penguin; Vintage The Elizabeth Strout novel depicts plenty of love and loathing between mother and teenage daughter....

Darkly Dreaming Dexterby Jeff Lindsay You may have heard of this one before. Is it admiration or something else?Order it here. Partnering with his American counterpart, they set out to find the perfect victim.Order it here. Patrick Harbron/Netflix Pocket Books Mulholland Books St. Martin’s Paperbacks Random House St. Martin’s Griffin Grand Central Publishing Bantam Berkley Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Touchstone

Sphereby Michael Crichton Who better to start with than the director of the originWestworld? Yeats, which traces a spiritual journey and explores the concept of immortality. His futuristic vision imagines robots finding God in a world where religion is banned. John P. Johnson/HBO Partly told in epistolary format,Speakmay recallCloud Atlasin its combination of scope and beauty. Lonesome Doveby Larry McMurtry Most of the titles on this list conceive of A.I.-heavy futures....

2018 brings some stellar debuts by women writers. Here are 10 of our favorites. Tomi Adeyemi,Children of Blood and Bone Chances are you’ve heard of this one already. Elena Seibert; Laura Etheredge; Sarah Lee; Liz Linder Buy the bookhere, andread our interviewwith Adeyemi. Buy the bookhere, andread our thoughtson why the book is the talk of the literary town. The result is singular. Paul Stuart; Random House Buy the bookhere, andread our interviewwith Smith....

Below, we rounded up our biggest omissions. For another thing, they are happily married, a rarity in the superhero community. This isntCivil War, we dont need superheroes at each others throats all the time. Credit: DC Comics TL;DR: Do it for the lolz. Boosters a fun-loving time traveler from the future, and Beetles an inventive whiz. (Moreover, its hard not to want more of the Question after watchingJustice League Unlimited)....