The Bachelorrecap: Worst in Show

And even with all that, youll probably find yourself thinking,Eh. But here we are anyway, three weeks into Aries journey and still only vaguely interested. And with that, Id like to introduce you all to the Gorgeous Ladies ofThe Bachelor, or GLOB. Credit: Paul Hebert/ABC And to make matters worse, Arie doesnt even know that its called a wrestling match. And let me tell you something about these gorgeous ladies of wrestling: They do NOT believe in laughter....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 585 words · Amanda Williams

The Bachelorseason 23 premiere recap: Playing the V card

Welcome back, rose lovers, and letThe Bachelor: Doing it Like a Virginbegin! After a long, pointless live intro, its finally time to meet the ladies. Cassie, 23:Shes a blonde surfer girl/grad student from Huntington Beach, California. Credit: Rick Rowell/ABC (Kidding,he loves it, hell probably love her.) Hannah B., 23:Our first pageant queen! She calls herself the conductor of the Hot Mess Express, and she just dropped her crown! ABC Did TeamBachelorgrow this one in a lab or something?...

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 984 words · Charles Franklin

The Bachelorseason 23: Meet Colton's potential wives

The Bachelorseason 23 cast Welcome, rose lovers! Along with her dog daughter Lucy, Catherine is hoping to spin her way into Colton’s heart. Amongst her many hobbies, Nina enjoys kayaking and hiking. Craig Sjodin/ABC She’s also watchedThe Bachelorwith her mom and grandma for years. She also he enjoys hiking, reading and spending time with friends over good food and wine. She still dances in her spare time, and hopes to teach Colton a few moves....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 676 words · Charles Richardson

The Bachelorseason finale recap: 'A gentleman never kisses and tells'

Is it me, or does Cassie not look that surprised to see Colton at her door? I wanted to have another conversation with you, says Colton. They head outside to the Second-Chance Bench, where the (former?) ABC Bachelor makes his case. I ended things with Tayshia and Hannah, says Colton.NowCassie looks surprised. Im nottellingyou that I love you I want toshowyou, he says. ABC And she LOVES it, I guess?...

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1225 words · Nicole Olson

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: 14 things you might have missed

Several key questions are left unanswered. Some are, as promised in the headline, fact-based Things You Might Have Missed. Some are more in the realm of evidence-based speculation (Things That Probably Mean Something). Credit: Netflix (3) And a few are rather far-out fan theories (Here’s What Some Think That Meant). And so, in roughly chronological order (Spoilers): 1. The reason he reacts so negatively is, perhaps, superstition. Had to lock him in the vault there....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Randy Ware

The Band's Visitis a sweet, haunting stopover in the desert

Tony Shalhoub and Katrina Lenk star in the musical about Egyptians stranded in a tiny Israeli town. The Arabic language doesnt have an equivalent to the English letter p in its alphabet. This is a musical about people, not countries. Credit: Matthew Murphy There are no elaborately choreographed dance sequences or dramatic betrayals or plot twists. Once, not long ago, a group of musicians came to Israel from Egypt. You probably didnt hear about it....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words · David Mann

The Banner Saga 3completes a beautiful, tragic tapestry: EW review

All the while, that group is harried by a vengeful varl berserk and a world-eating serpent. The Stoic team seems to have written the story ofThe Banner Sagawith this philosophy in mind. Its a moment that begins as a joke but ends as a demonstration of compassion and understanding. Credit: Stoic Studio/Versus Evil Another was murdered by a former friend in a meaningless dispute. Both of their stories were lost to me from then on....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Kathleen Moore

The beach from Leonardo DiCaprio'sThe Beachto close temporarily

Overworked and tired, all the beauty of the beach is gone. We need a timeout for the beach. Its because ofThe Beach. Credit: 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images Tourists want feel like theyre in Boyles 2000 film, based on the book byAnnihilationandEx Machinafilmmaker Alex Garland. DiCaprio played Richard, a man trekking through Thailand who stumbles across a map to a mysterious tropical paradise. The number of people who visit Maya Bay has become unsustainable for the ecosystem....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Kelli Love

The Beguiledcostume designer on the film's ghostly garments

We talked about the general color palette. So you crafted the costumes to compliment character and theme as well?Absolutely, yes! I also think about how something is perceived by the modern eye. Focus Features (2) Its historically accurate; it doesnt take a ton of liberties. The only liberties we took were when the characters wore pastel-colored clothes. The most challenging thing was fading the fabrics. Focus Features We did a lot of enzyme washing and stonewashing....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Megan Russell

The best (and worst) movies of 2018

Hollywoods most over-the-top star finally found the perfect vehicle: the gonzo revenge fever dreamMandy. 9.Green Book Green Bookliterally couldnt be more black-and-white. And yet…I fell for it. Jim Judkis/Focus Features; Universal Pictures; Atsushi Nishijima/Fox Searchlight; Paramount Pictures; Matt Kennedy/Marvel Studios; Alfonso Cuarón/Netflix Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Alis note-perfect performances ground the more sentimental moments with real heft. The wordcrowd-pleasersomehow became a four-letter pejorative.Green Bookis a crowd-pleaser, to be sure. But in the best possible sense....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Russell Rosales

The best (and worst) TV shows of 2018

Butthe showsrich journalistic texture grants a star turn to every member of the giant cast. While the sex-power-money subject matter is endlessly provocative,The Deuces real kickcomes from its magnificent sprawl. It’s a whole vanished NYC brought to life with cinematic-universe precision. Patrick Harbron/CBS; Jeff Daly/FX; Guy D’Alema/FX; JoJo Whilden/FX; Nick Briggs/BBC AMERICA; Jordin Althaus/HBO A remarkably sensitive abortion subplot raised the Very Special Episode format to a shattering art form....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 756 words · Pamela Chavez

The best and worst Disney animated films

Is that powerful stuff or what? And, of course, this was the movie to give the world ‘‘Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.’’ Abby West BEST:Bambi(1942) How many kids first learned about death because ofBambi? Disney And the reason for that is two words: Phil Collins. Actually, that’s being a bit harsh. His songsarelackluster, but so is the animation. © Disney If there?s aCitizen Kaneof animated filmmaking, this is it. The chain-smoking, road-raging, bipolar-haired fur lover is pretty terrifying, and her puppy heist produces real dread....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Craig Adams

The best and worst fictional politicians

How else are you supposed to get anywhere? More to the point: Dont get the intern pregnant. Because oh my gosh, why on earth would you do that? Cross Creek/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Andrew Shepherd,The American President Politics is dirty its deals and tricks and tradeoffs and compromises. Love is messy its give and take and sacrifice and, uh, also compromises. Maybe you really can have it all! David Rose/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Alexander Johnson