Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Listen to the first 11 minutes of theHunger Gamesprequel

Hear Coriolanus Snow as you’ve never heard him before. Suddenly, their fates are intertwined. EW debuted the first excerptof the novel earlier this year, and pre-orders have been steadily huge of late. Credit: Scholastic )Film rights are already locked, too, which means you could start your dreamcasting. He gets into Snow’s skin. You think you know someone but there are a lot of surprises, he teases to EW. Walter McBride/Getty Images...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Charles Graham

Ballerssuperfan Elizabeth Warren recommends the perfect quarantine Rock movie

Ahead of theBallersseries finale in October,Warren talked exclusively to EWabout her love of Johnson’s HBO series. “One of my faves!” “Don’t laugh until you’ve seen it. Credit: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images I promise you this. The senator will be sad to learn thatEW’s rankings of Johnson’s movieshasTooth Fairysitting at a painful No. 32 (out of 35 films). “It’s always a great sign when you have five screenwriters,“says our ranking....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Bryan Snyder

Banksy artwork mysteriously self-destructs moments after $1.4 million sale at auction

A jaw-dropping prank orchestrated by the elusive graffiti artist Banksy has left the art world stunned. Known for his disruptive antics, the British-born activist, summed up the incident in a poston Instagram. “Going, going, gone…” he captioned an image showing the work splitting into pieces. Credit: Banksy/Instagram According toTheNew York Times, the unit was operated by a remote control. Since his emergence in the ’90s, Banksy has pulled off an array of largely controversial stunts....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Justin Anderson

Barack Obama gives nod toFleabagin 2019 list of favorite tv shows, movies, and books

Barack Obamais dropping his list of 2019 favorites including books, movies, and tv shows. AmazonsFleabag, in particular, has caught the attention of social media users for a hilarious reason. Fleabags official Twitter account sent a proud message after seeing Obamas endorsement of the shows sophomore outing. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Amazon We couldnt ask for higher praise than this, they wrote on Sunday. And those who arent quite sure, are having loads of fun trying to figure out what he knows....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Anna Brown

Barack Obama just revealed his summer reading list (and he's got impeccable taste)

Just because its already the middle of August (where did the time go?!) doesnt mean its too late to get started on your summer reading list. Thankfully, formerPresident Barack Obamais here to help. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images Youll be glad you read them. And while Im at it, here are a few more titles you might want to explore. You truly cant go wrong with any of the books listed on Obamas list....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 85 words · Steven Johnson

Barack Obama: Hope for hip-hop?

What doesBarack Obamas presidency mean for pop culture? That depends on whom you ask. RapperTalib Kweliwas one the first people I reached out to for comment. Still, the transcript of our interview was too interesting to let it go to waste. In the song, Jeezy says, [Obamas] my president whether he wins or not. So its not about him winning the election; its about the man that he is. That was his s....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Steve Lara

Barbara Crampton: My life in horror, fromRe-AnimatortoBeyond the Gates

I love all three of those." Of course, Crampton’s own filmography features tragedy, horribleness, and the fantastical aplenty. Below, the actress talks about some of her own horror highlights. Credit: Everett Collection She was offered the part, her mother read the script, and said “Oh, no. You’re not doing this.” Jeffrey Combs already had the part and I was brought in to read, and Bruce was there. Barbara Crampton I spent three hours at that audition....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 712 words · Terry Hancock

Barbara Kingsolver has presciently captured American life for decades

While relatively small-scale, the experience of writingTreeswas formative. “[Taylor] was from the place I knew,” Kingsolver says. “Suddenly I could write with a new kind of authenticity. Steven Hopp I learned that my place in the world had worth.” Codi soon leads the fight to save the town. “I recognized these two sides weren’t talking to each other,” Kingsolver says. Harper Perennial On the one case, the individual, the family, the personal choice....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Jennifer Allen

Barbra Streisand gifts George Floyd's daughter Gianna with Disney stock

George Floyd’s daughter Gianna now owns a piece of Disney thanks to a gift fromBarbra Streisand. Streisand also sent Gianna two of her studio albums,My Name Is BarbraandColor Me Barbra. Unfortunately, the brand no longer gives shareholders discounts to its theme parks. Taylor Hill/Getty Images; Gianna Floyd/Instagram The officer has been charged with murder and manslaughter. Streisand’s package is one of many gifts provided to Gianna on behalf of supporters....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Lori Bennett

Barbra Streisand lambasts Donald Trump with 'Send in the Clowns' parody at Madison Square Garden

Streisand changed the lyrics from Send in the Clowns to Who is this Clown? He says hes rich/Maybe hes poor/Till he reveals his returns, who can be sure? Who is this clown? Credit: Kevin Kane/Getty Images she revised the opening lines of the song to go. She recorded the original version of Send in the Clowns for 1985sThe Broadway Album. The legendary singer and actress has been outspoken against Trump for the last several years....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Patricia Curtis

Barriercomic creators on tackling immigration and aliens from a unique angle

As a medium, comic books have the potential to expand our imaginations with never-before-seen visuals and unthinkable concepts. But they can also get small and down-to-earth, boring into real-life issues and everyday struggles. Now Image Comics is publishing the comic in physical form, as a collectors edition rolling out this month. Credit: Image Comics Check it out below, along with scenes from the first two issues ofBarrier. What do you like about working together?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Olivia Thompson

Barryseason 2 review: Flawed and occasionally outstanding

That excitement was not always justified. Creators Bill Hader and Alec Berg couldn’t quite pin down the second season of their hitman-goes-to-Hollywood curio. It was a frame job. Credit: Isabella Vosmikova/HBO Then Fuches held a gun up to the acting coach’s head. Okay, I thought.If they’re both still alive at the end of the season, thenBarryhas lost me. A TV show obviously doesn’t have to kill main characters to be good....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Christine Ortiz

Barryseason 2 works through some growing pains: EW review

Barrywas 2018s most disturbing crime drama and 2018s funniest showbiz farce. Co-creatorBill Hadershined as the profoundly confounding title character, a soft-spoken sweetheart with a black-hole soul. I have smart friends who swearBarryshouldve ended there. Its a trendy notion now: the one-season wonder, the anthology, the limited event, or whatever. But I think the best attribute in television storytelling is longevity. Her death weighs on Barrys conscience. Season 2 struggles to tie together theBreaking Bad-ly underworld ultraviolence with the inside-Hollywood comedy....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 175 words · Zachary Dominguez