Up in Smoke: Cheech & Chong celebrate 40 years of the stoner comedy classic

We got tired or at leastIgot tired of touring Australia, he recalls to EW with a laugh. It went on for three years. Because we stopped going on the road, we ended up withUp in Smokeinstead. Credit: Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Australias loss would be the stoner comedy genres gain. The plot ofUp in Smoke and there is one! And therein lies your plot! Alison Buck/WireImage Well, one can only hope! I dont want to claim any responsibility thats not there....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Dr. Renee Stark

Update: Neil Patrick Harris clarifies his Britney Spears remarks, AP then clarifies its story

It seems that yesterday a writer took some quotes of mine and speculated an opinion about their intent. I write to you to set the record straight, the actor says. Britney did a great job on the show. In fact, we are all hoping that she returns rather soon to reprise her role as Abby. The appearance also garnered remarkably>strong reviewsfor the troubled pop star. I worry that if they startWill & Grace-ing us too much, that the show will suffer....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Cheryl Davis

Updated! The summer-movie body count

Every week, check our tally of how many big-screen characters have kicked the bucket in various violent ways The grand total of big-screen deaths this season, through May 26: 4,250 * Films included this week: X-MEN: THE LAST STANDHowd they die? A casualty breakdown:CAR PASSENGERS CRUSHED BY MAGNETO 26NECKS BROKEN 1BURNED BY PYRO 1EVISCERATED BY DARK PHOENIX 101STABBED BY WOLVERINE 2FALLING 1SHOT 30KILLED BY X-MEN IN EPIC MUTANT BATTLE 40IMPALED 1STRUCK BY LIGHTNING 1Total206...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Melinda Hall

Usher, H.E.R, more artists head toSonglandto find hits in season 2

NBC’s songwriting competition is back! Watch an exclusive preview. What makes a great song? NBC Something thats unforgettable.Songlandis the place to find those records, musician H.E.R. says in the first look video (above) for season 2 of the songwriting competition. Back for a second season, the producers are excited about the opportunity the competition series provides. Ive been writing for 20 years. This is actually my real life. We got to share what we do, our creative side, with the world, Dean shares....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Samantha Carpenter

Utopiacast present epic deleted scene, tease season 2 possibilities at New York Comic-Con panel

So Tallman offers her a prodigious supply of the pills she needs, if she will only give himUtopia. You see, unlike comics collectors who prize #1 issues, Tallman wants final issues. Tallman pursues her after she leaves, but promptly gets killed by Jessica Hyde (Lane). “She’s afterUtopiato save her life, she makes that very clear. Whenever I watch that scene, it hurts me,” Flynn said. “So dads got some explaining to do, number one....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Kathy Swanson

V.E. Schwab on the 'defiant joy' of her epic novelThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Imagine if you could live forever, but no one would ever remember you. Schwab’s sweeping, emotional new novelThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. “I didn’t feel mature enough,” Schwab tells EW. Credit: Jenna Maurice “I didn’t feel like my voice was strong enough. At some point along the way, I realized I was going to die without writing this book. I realized it was just going to be the thing that I talked about that I never actually wrote....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 695 words · Christopher Allen

Val Kilmer recalls partying, pranking Tom Cruise onTop Gunset in new memoir

“I didnt want the part. I didnt care about the film. The story didnt interest me,” the erstwhile Iceman writes. Credit: Everett Collection Wait until you see these jets. They take your breath away." “Tony Scotts British enthusiasm was the pick-me-up my ego craved,” Kilmer writes of the late filmmaker. “Ultimately, he overwhelmed my disdain for the project with pure unadulterated positivity. Every day he would exclaim, ‘This is incredible!...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Mark Wells

Valerie Bertinelli explains why she hasn't guest-starred on theOne Day at a Timereboot yet

Bertinelli played Barbara Cooper on the original series from 1975 to 1984. Valerie Bertinellihas been watching theOne Day at a Timereboot and she came really close to appearing on an episode! “We were almost able to work something out. Credit: Everett Collection I don’t just want to go in and do just one day. I haven’t acted in five years and I wanted to have the script for more than one day....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Shane Walter

Vampire Diariescreator talks keeping series finale secret, that majorOriginalsleak

Warning: This post contains spoilers from the series finales of bothThe Vampire DiariesandThe Originals. Its all commodity trading. If you want more followers, insider information is going to get attention. Credit: Annette Brown/The CW We had private investigators in our office looking for bugs, Plec says. We had to take internal action against our closed-caption vendors because somebody was leaking to the internet. We didnt do a single thing to protectStefans death, she says....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · David Rasmussen

Vampire Weekend perform new song, talk second album on 'Jimmy Fallon'

As a self-proclaimed, unashamedVampire Weekendfanboy (backlash be damned! But this was the songs big national debut. It was also quite low-key, sounding almost like a childrens lullaby, and severely lacking chorus-wise. Credit: Dana Edelson/NBC Actually, Im not even sure if there was a chorus besides the high-pitched oohs. And, remember, this is coming from someone who absolutely adored every inch of their self-titled debut. Regardless, Im still rabidly anticipating Vampire Weekends sophomore album....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 93 words · Chelsea Cooper

Vampire Weekend play charity gig, look for 'new sounds' with their second album

Whenthe anti-poverty ONE campaignasked them to play a charity show, though, the indie rockers agreed right away. Any organization thats spreading awareness of that kind of inequality is doing a good thing. As with their debut, VW keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij is producing the sessions. Credit: Vorrasi Were really trying hard to do everything that we want to do. Its definitely going to be a recognizably Vampire Weekend sound, but there are going to be new sounds....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Christine Allen

Vanderpump Rulesrecap: 'It's All Happening'

Lets take it from the top. First things first: Lisa Vanderpump is a boss. Shes testier, more timid, and overall just not herself. Credit: Bravo Stassi says shes noticed herself walking on eggshells when Patricks around, too. When Katie comes over to fix her table bench and talk, Stassi admits, I love him. But the same patterns are happening. The same things that I said cant happen this time around are happening....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Terry Thomas

Vanderpump Rulesrecap: 'Watch Your Back'

sure do put on a show of trying to steer her in another direction. Lets walk through whats happening in this weeks episode ofVanderpump Rules. First, theres James, whos enjoying an emotional reunion with his father, Andros. Credit: Bravo Apparently Andros divorce from James mom has had an impact on his happiness (and perhaps sobriety). Just as Scheana is going full throttle with Rob, shes also not holding back about Brittany....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Matthew Sparks