Gabourey Sidibe talks about her directorial debut and being a phone sex operator

Catch the full episode of EW: The Showhereand on PeopleTV. Go toPEOPLE.com/PeopleTV, or download the free app on your smart TV, mobile, and web devices. Sidibe tells EW she initially turned down the offer from Refinery 29 to direct. I actually said no because I didnt believe I was smart enough to do it. I didnt believe my opinions were valuable enough to share, she says. Perry brought her the Nina Simone song Four Women, which inspired the short....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Jamie Navarro

Gabourey Sidibe, Mike Colter, Michael K. Williams on bringing Martin Luther King Jr.'s words to life

All agree that the experience changed them, whether in ways big or small. Im not sure why it hadnt been done before. They gave me several different passages to look at. Steven Ferdman/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images; Leon Bennett/Getty Images; Theo Wargo/Getty Images I went with the ones that I gravitated towards more, but all of them were treasures. Some of the speeches were edited before, and this was an uncut version....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 572 words · James Brock

Gabriel Iglesias dedicates Netflix comedyMr. Iglesiasto high school teacher, says series will get personal

It was important to me that the show be funny but also have substance. We didnt want this to be a wacky show, but for it to also have feelings. When assembling his team of costars, Iglesias wanted to find the perfect combination of talent and professionalism. At the end of the day, they make me look better. The cast is full of really talented actors that have been on so many great shows....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 264 words · Michael Allen

Gabrielle Union tears down preconceptions around sexual abuse victims in powerful Twitter thread

Sexual violence & harassment can happen to anyone at any time anywhere, she began. Ppl remain silent 4 many different very personal reasons. Judgment, victim shaming/blaming, loss of job/$, fear of violence, retaliation. Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Addressing that view, Union recounted a painful experience to get to discredit it. I got raped at work at a Payless shoe store, she tweeted. TheBeing Mary Janeactress wrote the piece in response to the rape allegations against Nate Parker that had resurfaced....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Christine Fernandez

Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba'sBad Boysspin-off ordered to series

Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba are officially bad girls for life. Both actresses also serve as executive producers. The will they or wont they is over its happening people!!!! Credit: Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images; Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Union wrote on Instagram today. LAs Finest has been officially picked up by Charter Communications… marking their first major series order for Spectrum. Cannot wait for you to watch @jessicaalba and I kick ass and take names!...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Mary Scott

Gal Gadot accepts Critics' Choice Awards honor with inspiring speech

Viola Davis received the award in 2017, its inaugural year. Shes full of heart, strength, compassion, and forgiveness. She sees wrong that must be made right. Credit: JB Lacroix/ WireImage She takes action when everyone around her is idle. There were eight other films in [the] top 100 which were directed by females, she added. So although this is progress, but theres still a long way to go. Gadot also expressed support for the current movement of people speaking out against harassment in Hollywood and beyond....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Robert Harris

Gal Gadot makes out with Kate McKinnon inSNLWonder Womansketch

Thats the premise ofSNLs designatedWonder Womansketch featuring host Gal Gadot. It looks like we found a whole island of us. Gadots Wonder Womancant understand why anyone would look at her army as particularly gay. I love all my sisters, she explains, deep in thought. Megan and Drey agree albeit with a certain added implication. The women may braid each others hair and share various tender moments, but its all curiously platonic....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Richard Barnes

Gal Gadot shares her year's most heartwarming moment

Hollywood wondered: Could a female-driven superhero film really become a hit? Could Gadot carry a summer tentpole movie in her first leading role? I was worried at the beginning because it was my first experience shooting a movie that was all me. It was a Thursday evening and I knew they were lifting the embargo for the reviews at 9 p.m. It was my first time going through such a thing....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Danielle Guzman MD

Game of Thrones,Wonder Womanwere the most tweeted entertainment of 2017

This was in response to the rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that sawa gathering of white supremacists and neo-Nazis. It was also the second most globally retweeted tweet of the year. Ariana Grande came in second place with her response to another serious situation. Credit: Macall B. Polay/HBO; Clay Enos/Warner Bros. She tweeted, broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i dont have words, in response tothe attack at her concert in Manchester, England....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Jaime Harris

Game of Thrones: 14 never-before-released final season photos

See new behind-the-scenes season 8 photos from EW’s post-finale ‘GoT’ issue Whazzup from Winterfell! The Starks strike a pose on the set. Winter and rubble Jon Snow prepares to enter. Helen Sloan/HBO The table read The cast reacts to a surprising moment during the season 8 table read. The last Targaryens Jon and Dany snuggle. Chaos is a ladder “This show is my life,” Emilia Clarke says. Helen Sloan/HBO “Any doors that are open now, this show opened them....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Kellie Park

Game of Thrones: 16 behind-the-scenes photos you haven't seen before

Dragon Ball See Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) watches the “Spoils of War” battle. A Queen’s Focus Clarke concentrates before stepping on camera in season 4. Cold Snow Kit Harington (Jon Snow) battles the elements “Beyond The Wall.” Macall B. Polay/HBO A Happy Highness Lena Headey gives an un-Cersei-like smile between takes. Baby Doom Richard Brake (The Night King) accepts a sacrifice in season 4. Meet the Boltons Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton and Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton in season 5....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Adam Flores

Game of Thrones: 20 new final season character photos released on Twitter

Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) HBOunveiled on Twitterkey art images forGame of Thronesseason 8 that include first looks at new costumes and the return of one absent character. Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) Greyworm (Jacob Anderson) The Hound (Rory McCann) Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) Jon Snow (Kit Harington) Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel) The Night King (Vladimir Furdik) Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbaek) Melisandre (Carice van Houten) Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) Samwell Tarley (John Bradley) Varys (Conleth Hill) If you tweet @Twitter with #ForTheThrone you could receive a Moment showcasing all 20-character key art images and a reveal of the new character emojis....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Christy Meyers

Game of Thrones: A new oral history of the Red Wedding

It’s the strongest physical reaction I’ve ever had to reading anything. You spend so much time with these characters before then. I read [the books] by season-by-season. I also made the fatal flaw of Googling. So that kind of reinforced what people were hintingsaying that something terrible was going to happen and giggling. It’s something that anyone who’s read the books will talk about it. So people take great delight in knowing....

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1277 words · Philip Wong