What is it with pop stars drowning their pianos?

We interrogate a soggy similarity between recent music videos from Harry Styles and Taylor Swift. Besides the practical conundrums (how many pianos were harmed in the making of these videos?! ), they leave a lot of water to tread through. Credit: Taylor Swift/YouTube; Harry Styles/YouTube Theres the inevitable fan speculation. (Its long been suggested1989sOut of the Woods and Style are also about the former boy bander.) I mean, sure, itspossible....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Justin Ferguson

What is love? Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal'sSNLhomage atSpider-Manpremiere

TheSpider-Man: Far From Homepress tour is just the gift that keeps on giving. But then reddit userWhatWouldJesusMtnDewput two and two together about why the style “looked familiar.” And then the Alamo Drafthouse tweeted a photo that confirmed our minds weren’t playing tricks on us. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Everette Collection Just look athow identical they are onThe Graham Norton Showto another Roxbury look! Fans are definitely taking notice. If this is a trend that’s taking off in Hollywood, we are not opposed....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Julia Kidd

What is your most exciting new show of the 2011-12 TV season?

The new shows for the broadcast networks have been announced, and there comes off as all kinds of nostalgia awaiting us this fall. Theres nostalgia for the bygone days of aviation (ABCsPan Am), nostalgia for the bygone days of classy erotica (NBCsThe Playboy Club), nostalgia for the bygone days of 70s-era jiggle TV (ABCsCharlies Angels), nostalgia for the bygone days of snarky British judges on singing competition shows (FoxsThe X Factor), and nostalgia for the bygone days of Sarah Michelle Gellar appearing every week on our televisions (The CWsThe Ringer)....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Morgan Brooks

What it's like to headline the world's coolest music festival

It takes more than popularity to play the top spot at Coachella. Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker on how the psych-rockers brought sci-fi spectacle to the desert. This story appeared inEntertainment Weeklys special double music issue, which you canbuy here. Credit: Pooneh Ghana Kevin Parker needs maracas. Snagging a headlining slot can mean a lucrative payday and a new fan base with disposable income. Tame Impala had played Coachella three times before, but 2019 was their first top-of-the-lineup offer....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Mark Morrison

What Kenan Thompson's new NBC comedy means for his future onSNL

But what does this mean for the actors future atSaturday Night Live? (Thompson joinedSNLin 2003.) One would assume some accommodations from his home online grid would be in order. Rosalind O’Connor/NBC Its the best job in the world,Thompson recently told Ellen DeGeneresofSNLon her talk show earlier this month. I cant see myself just walking away from it like that, even with how busy Ive been lately. Thompson now has three active NBC shows in the works, includingSNLandThe Kenan Show....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Amber Brown

What made Robert Forster great is on full display inEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Warning: This post contains spoilers forEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Mixed in there was a pivotal one-episode spot onBreaking Bad. Replies Ed, If I said yes, would you believe me? Netflix He could merely sigh and convey a complicated emotion,wrote Mankiewiczon Twitter. He could just stare and manage to leave you feeling this wave of emotion for his character. And all of that was on full display in Eds memorableEl Caminointeraction with Jesse....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Lawrence Rice

What midseason TV has you hot and bothered?

The 2011 midseason TV cometh. A new crop of shameless teenagers think they can sing. Paula Abdul will presumably live to dance. Credit: Justin Lubin/NBC Oh, there will beso much new TV in January. And bitter cold, and depression, andfat. But focus on the TV! (Check out our lists of start dates for the broadcast networks and the cable networks.) What midseason TV are you dying to see right now?My top five:...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Amanda Watson

What quarantine innovations can tell us about the future of comics

Two months later, things are starting to move again. EW interviewed multiple comics creators and publishers about their pandemic-era innovations. ThinkHigh Maintenanceif the weed guy was also maybe an extra-dimensional demon. Credit: Marcos Martín; Alex Diotto; David Rubín; QUARANTINE COMIX As the pandemic dawned and lockdown became a reality, Prince decided to tweak the format. “My natural strength as a writer, I believe, is in compression,” Prince tells EW. Shrinking down further from a regular issue to these four-page snippets has felt really natural....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Stephanie Hill

What series did you only discover on DVD? (For me, it's 'Weeds')

Im not going to make excuses. I could say that no one ever suggested I watch it, but that would be a lie. Where have I been? Credit: Cliff Lipson In my defense, it seems no matter how TV-savvy one is, something always falls through the cracks. And for me, that has always been premium cable shows. But I cant be the only one. What shows are you finally catching up with on DVD?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Christian Huerta

What Stan Lee brought to his most famous Marvel creations

Fantastic Four Before Marvel, there was DC. But in its prime, their creative collaboration worked like a charm. Silver Surfer Theres no ambivalence about who first created the high-flying Sentinel of the Spaceways. Marvel Eventually, though,Silver Surferwould become the focus of some of Lees most personal and introspective work. While Ditko provided the stunning costume-design and acrobatic fight scenes, Lee provided the characters personality. Over the years, Spider-Mans origin has beentold and retold many, many times....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 187 words · Maria Carroll

What Tanya Tucker got wrong aboutWhile I'm Livin', her first album of original material in 17 years

I didnt know if the songs were strong enough, she tells EW. She also felt the lyrics had things in there I wouldnt say. Even the person whod been hired to co-produce it, the celebrated singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, caused her concern. Credit: Danny Clinch (I didnt know who the hell she was.) It only increased her reticence that Carlile seemed pleased with some vocal takes she herself considered flawed. I thought, Im sure theyre going to be able to fix some of this stuff, Tucker says....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 657 words · Shawn Thomas

What the Constitution Means to Mestill vital and incisive at the Mark Taper Forum: Review

For centuries, womens pain has been deemed the only narrative worthy of storytelling. Just take a look at the Oscar nominations any year for the last 90 odd years. WithWhat the Constitution Means to Me,Heidi Schrecksubverts this tendency with trenchant humor and bruising optimism. Credit: Joan Marcus Instead, the pain and all it generates rage, hope, action is a civics lesson. The ultimate reminder that the personal is political. After all, this is Schrecks story would it land in the same way when told by another?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Bryan Warren

What the ending ofToy Story 4means for the franchise

IsToy Story 4really the end? Bonnies room will of course still have a leader. But what Bonnies toys wont have is Woody. Credit: Disney/Pixar orshouldbe made (of course not! Theres no more sheriffandspace rangerwere either following Woodys path now, or Buzzs and beyond. I dont think so, he said. If theres another idea for the future that works, who knows. But the way that weve been thinking aboutToy Story 4is that weve completed these characters arcs....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Misty Galvan