Read an exclusive excerpt from Flea's upcoming book,Acid for the Children

What compelled the Australian-born musician/actor to write it? Its easy to tell funny stories about the ridiculous, crazy things you did as a kid. I just thought that would be a great spiritual exercise. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Excerpt fromAcid for the Children, by Flea There once was a small blonde Australian boy. He loved his dog. Life picked him up and shook him all around. Grand Central Publishing Stumbling and bumbling, blindfolded and searching, he fell in love with the truly beautiful things....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Laurie Jones

Read an exclusive excerpt of Alyssa Cole'sA Duke by Defaultjust in time for the royal wedding

Its royal wedding season, but author Alyssa Cole is busy wrangling her own reluctant royals. Many havepointed out the parallelsbetween the two stories. She also shared an exclusive excerpt with EW. Credit: Avon Scroll past the interview to read the first chapter fromA Duke by Default. Portia is kind of a hot mess. She has been running from fear of her own inadequacies. He definitely does not want an annoying, rich American woman bothering him....

May 1, 2025 · 10 min · 1996 words · Austin Lopez

Read an exclusive excerpt of Sting's introduction toHellblazeranniversary comic

On Tuesday, DC Universe announced the casting for its upcomingSwamp Thingshow. John Constantine has been a star ever since. John Constantine, Hellblazer: 30th Anniversary Celebrationgoes on sale Nov. 13. Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; DC Fratricide is perhaps the oldest crime on the statute. My own success as a musician began towards the close of the ’70s. I wore the trench coat a lot in those days. DC I nod flirtatiously with only a thinly veiled mockery, but he keeps on staring, unfazed....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words · Holly Nichols

Read how Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher connect to EW's latest True Crime feature

(Read the full story here.) And believe it or not, these two events were connected. And Debbie said to me, Call me Mom, and whizzed me off to Carries birthday party. Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic It was so bizarre. I didnt even know what death was and suddenly I was at a birthday party. McDonalds ex-husband Harry Karl (a featured player in the True Crime story) married Reynolds in 1960. I think thats what Harry Karl was looking for....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Aaron Davis

Read Michael Mann's pulse-pounding intro for the true-crime bookHunting LeRoux

He looks out the window. We lift off from Monrovia, Liberia. He hasnt uttered a word about the irony. Credit: VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images; William Morrow The Libyan informant has just arrested him. The targets were a setup. On that Gulfstream, the man opposite Dennis Gogel, the hired killer, is Taj. William Morrow Taj is a superstar undercover DEA agent, working with the agencys elite and secretive 960 Group. Taj and the groups boss, Lou Milione, staged themselves as targets....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · Jeffrey Snyder

Read the deadly prologue to performing arts school-set whodunnitJinxed

The book is about a young girl who goes to a posh performing arts high school, says Hutson. Everything is going swimmingly until one of the star students is found dead. It becomes a whodunnit and awhydunnit. Credit: Vesuvian Books Hutson was partly inspired to write the book by his own school experience. I went to a performing arts school for two years when I was a kid. I have a lot of it mapped out, says the author....

May 1, 2025 · 8 min · 1653 words · Maria Brown

Read the demented, R-rated excerpt from Andrew Smith'sRabbit & Robot

But Cager and Billy are not entirely alone. We havent even gotten to the two girls who have also stowed away on the spaceship Tennessee. Then theres the mechanical giraffe Maurice. Credit: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ; Sonya Sones With a French accent. And hes a Neil Young fan. Thats when the book gets sad, Smith says. Near the very end, when Maurice sings to them. Smith said this bizarre tale was inspired by bizarre reality....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 1037 words · Gerald Johnson

Read the full transcript of Oprah Winfrey's powerful Golden Globes speech

She opened the envelope and said five words that literally made history: The winner is Sidney Poitier. Up to the stage came the most elegant man I had ever seen. I remember his tie was white, and of course, his skin was black. And Id never seen a black man being celebrated like that. Dennis Swanson, who took a chance on me forA.M. Gayle whos been the definition of what a friend is, and Stedman whos been my rock....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 243 words · Teresa Fischer

Read the opening ofNeed to Know, the red-hot thriller Charlize Theron is adapting

And when it was acquired, interest from the film world came quick and fierce. Its now in development at Universal Pictures, and Charlize Theron isattachedto both produce and star. The book is shaping up to be one of the years biggest new thrillers. Credit: Jessica Scharpf Safe to say, its as suspenseful and intriguing as the hype made it seem. Read on below for an exclusive first look atNeed to Know....

May 1, 2025 · 10 min · 2115 words · Douglas Carroll

Ready Player One's Lena Waithe on retro culture and playing a digital giant who is 'Mr. T meets Rambo'

Lena Waithe is the secret weapon ofReady Player One. You cannot contain Aech. Aech is too big to hide. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures (2) To Waithe, theres something meaningful about her character, beyond the movies thrills and effects. She had to have that swagger, that confidence. Thats a privilege that maybe she doesnt have in the real world. Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Theyre out there setting up a big crash stunt....

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1082 words · Michael Long

Ready Player One: Inside Aech's intergalactic garage

Good for helping Aech lift and weld heavy objects in this digital realm. RoboCop “You have 20 seconds to comply.” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California from 1986sFerris Buellers Day Off. Warner Bros. Pictures Fewer than 100 were made. Camerons dad had one. Cowboy Bebop This red ship is the Swordfish II from the 199899 TV showCowboy Bebop. Warner Bros. Pictures; Everett Collection In the OASIS, it’s possible for you to shrink your vehicle to toy size for easy carrying....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Scott White

Ready Player One: See new images from Steven Spielberg's sci-fi adventure

She’s a lionhearted revolutionary who knows that control of the OASIS is about more than fun and games. In the real world, Halliday is played byBridge of SpiesOscar winner Mark Rylance (seated left). Simon Pegg costars as his old friend and partner Ogden “Og” Morrow. Warner Bros. Pictures (2) Captain of the resistance Spielberg on the set of the digital resistance’s warehouse headquarters. Behind him appears to beBlack Pantherstar Letitia Wright in a small role as a fellow rebel....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Tyler Patterson

Ready Player Onedecoded: A shot-by-shot analysis of Steven Spielberg's new trailer

DecodingReady Player One Let’s press play. Its time to deconstruct the new trailer for Steven SpielbergsReady Player One. What strikes me is how much the character looks like a young, babyfaced Spielberg. Warner Bros. Pictures (4) Trailers welded together in Jenga-like structures. Remember Madballs from the 80s? One of the snarling characters is rendered in graffiti in the lower right. Warner Bros. Pictures This is the first of many throwbacks....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 560 words · Carol Perkins