The Newsroom recap: 'Contempt'

Whatever tedium that plagued episodes as recently as last weeks has now faded into the ether. have prepared for us. Case in point, B.J. Credit: Melissa Moseley/HBO Interactives, podcasts, live streams, Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter. Well make our audience reporters in the field, through Instagram and Vine, Snapchat and blogs. Our users become the audience and our audience becomes the contributors. The crowning touch here? Pruit delivers this mission statement while checking his phone....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Jeffrey Hughes

The Newsroom recap: 'Main Justice'

Reminder: Neal gave Will the name of the source before he took off into the great unknown. Charlies reaction is priceless: Jesus Christ, you scared the shit out of him! and that his fame would keep him from being prosecuted. Credit: Karen Ballard/HBO (Yes, I really wrote that! Better late than never, Aaron Sorkin.) However, this second female player to enter the picture easily trumped Mollys value by farsteam-room setting or no....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Elizabeth Reilly

The next 'Lost' shouldn't be anything like 'Lost'

Key ingredients: Mystery. Toss in some quips, sex appeal, and a smattering of literary and philosophical hyperlinks, and DUDE! you got yourself anotherLost. Credit: Mario Perez/ABC anointing thatLostreceived, yet they will most likely will never produce the kind of weekly viewership numbers thatLostproduced. The pursuit to fill that Island-shaped hole in our hearts will continue in 2012. Shed rather see TV emulate more nuanced dramas likeThe Wire, Breaking Bad, andMad Men....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 260 words · Ian Paul

The NFL's Watt brothers on whyUltimate Tagis more sport than game show

“It is much more sport than it is a game show,” saysJ.J. “Its full-body work, you cant just be in shape. Derek recalls seeing tears, blood, and “blown chunks” during taping. “You will see some frightened faces, people running for their lives,” he continues. ), the gameplay was fast-paced, intense, and extremely physical. Referees stringently enforced the rules (no hopping over course walls, for instance) and carefully kept time. The Watts weren’t exaggerating: this is absolutely an athletic competition....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Brooke Hood

The Night Angel didn't believe Jenny McCarthy's prediction that she'd winThe Masked Singer

Warning: This story reveals the winner ofThe Masked Singerseason 3. We finally have a female winner! ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Early on,Jenny McCarthysaid you were going to win. Credit: Michael Becker/FOX Did it give you chills when you heard that? KANDI BURRUSS:Well, when she first said it, it made me feel really good. But at the same time I was like, “Is she saying that to everybody?” it’s possible for you to’t see the other performers, so I don’t know....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Michelle Campbell

The Nightingaledirector knows the film is 'a very tough experience.' That's the point.

Kent describes the responses toThe Nightingalethus far as sometimes controversial, sometimes difficult, sometimes hurtful. Thats been quite a painful process for me in the last few months. For Kent, it wasnt a case ofwantingto make this film. Credit: Matt Nettheim/IFC Films It was more a case ofneedingto make it. I just had a really strong feeling that if I didnt makeNightingalenow, I never would, she says. It was such a difficult film to make....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Joseph Williams

The Notorious R.B.G.: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg became an unlikely pop culture icon

How, exactly, did that happen? The internet, as it’s wont to do, ran with it. Movies ranging fromDeadpool 2toBooksmarttoThe Lego Movie 2gave her shout-outs. Credit: Getty Images But Ginsburg’s iconic status was truly galvanized byDonald Trump’s election in 2016. I think she has created a wonderful thing with Notorious R.B.G. The same year, the justicesaid she had “quite a large supply"of “Notorious R.B.G.” T-shirts, and that she gave them out as gifts....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Joshua Diaz

The Office recap: On Fire?

Its so nice to be back here with you on theOfficeTV Watch. Note: I wouldnt have been livid, just disappointed. No one was quite as shocked as Stanley, who collapsed on the floor. Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC Michael tried to revive him by screaming, Barack is President! You are black, Stanley! Thats what a hospital is for. and Now Dwight knows not to cut the face off a real person. These would be the highlights of the episode, in my opinion, for about the next half hour....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Deborah Hernandez

The Office recap: The Last Supper

Like Jim Halpert from the Stamford branch,The Officehas returned from its strike-induced five-month hiatus. Can you believe the last new episode aired back in mid-November? Jan showed Michaels personal diary to corporate, for Petes sake! You expect to get screwed by your company, but you never expect to get screwed by your girlfriend. You have a brutal trophy-throwing vasectomy fight in front of everyone. And theyre both winning. Did you see the title of the album?...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Kirk Underwood

The Office'sBrian Baumgartner says he pitched Kevin and Erin as a couple: 'The great love story'

First date: chili. Second date: another alcohol. Plenty of characters got together throughoutThe Office’snine seasons, but fans were deprived of the perfect coupleKevin and Erin. Credit: Mitchell Haaseth/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images; Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank “Do you know that I pitched Kevin and Erin getting together?” Baumgartner asked Kemper, who served as a guest on Tuesday’s podcast episode. “I think that would be a pretty reasonable relationship,” she responded....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Anthony Estes

The Officeboss Greg Daniels built his preferred afterlife with Amazon'sUpload

Daniels and stars Robbie Amell and Andy Allo talk to EW about their futuristic new series. Greg Danielsis a busy man these days. Daniels reunited withhisOfficestar Steve Carell for NetflixsSpace Force, which they co-created together. Robbie Amell and Andy Allo in ‘Upload’.Katie Yu/Amazon Studios Steve called me in 2018 and said, Hey, you want to do this show with me? Ive got two words: Space Force. And I was like, Yeah, cool!...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Jamie Lewis

The Officedirector Ken Kwapis on creating a non-toxic set: 'It's honestly not that hard'

Kwapis spoke with EW about writing his book. But, I think at the end of the day ingenuity will prevail. Likethat Sam Levinson flickwithJohn David WashingtonandZendaya? Credit: St. Martin’s Griffin I mean, look. I was recently thinking of the wonderful movieMisery,a Rob Reiner film. Throughout the book, you describe how you promote having a non-toxic set. You even describe how to sniff out bad faith executive meetings. There’s a lot to tackle with that question....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Arthur Jordan

The Officeepisode re-edited to cut out blackface scene

“I am sorry for the pain that caused,” executive producer Greg Daniels said in a statement. The Officehas become the latest TV series to reckon with its use of blackface. “The show employed satire to expose unacceptable behavior and deliver a message of inclusion. NBC Blackface is unacceptable and making the point so graphically is hurtful and wrong. I am sorry for the pain that caused.” Dwight calls off the performance before Nate makes it inside....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · William Aguirre