Entertained or ashamed: What is happening with violence on reality TV?

But while watchingThe Real Housewives of Atlanta? Thats what the story arc of the season had been leading to all along. Thats the ending we wanted and committed to the show to see. Credit: Bravo Because thats what makes good TV. So why should we have to watch it then? Nia got to stay on the show because of a cast vote. Top Chefalso has a zero-tolerance policy on violence....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Pamela Martinez

Entertainment Geekly: The end of 'Fringe' and 'American Horror Story: Asylum'

Meanwhile, the 13-episode saga that wasAmerican Horror Story: Asylumended with a decade-spanning bang. We dig deep into both endings. We compare theFringefinale toLostandBattlestar Galactica is ambiguity better than specificity? Credit: Byron Cohen/FX And we really dive intoAsylum. Comparisons to Stanley Kubrick and Alan Moore are openly insinuated, and feminism is discussed. Listen to the complete podcast below, orcheck us out in the iTunes store. Tweet arguments and counterarguments to us at@EWDocJensenand@DarrenFranich....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Jeffrey Thomas

Entertainment Weeklyturns 30: Laverne Cox, Sam Heughan, and more remember their first time in the magazine

They were at very different stages of their career. One was coming off becoming the first transgender actor ever nominated for an Emmy Award. Another was overseeing one of the greatest sitcom empires TV had ever seen. Alexei Hay for EW Still others were enjoying a “moment” after decades in the business. “Almost every Fourth of July I post that picture. It’s up on my wall in my home. EW...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 418 words · Leslie Wilson

ER: Here's the real reason Carter and Lucy never got together

But fans were immediately drawn to the duo andas the kids say these days’shipped the two of them romantically. However, Wyle was adamant that the show never act on Carter and Lucy’s unspoken chemistry. Is that definitive enough?" Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images I had a big problem with it. “He wouldn’t do it, he wouldn’t do it, he wouldn’t do it. “Not that Kellie is not a very attractive woman,” he says....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Lisa Arnold

Eric Church sings 'naked'

Hope youll indulge me for a bit. Im kind of missing the desert. Perhaps its SPF withdrawal. Credit: Whitney Pastorek Clearly, the guys doing something right. So pull up a chair, why dontcha? Imagine him with one very sunburned arm, and me relishing the brief shade from the tables umbrella. Both of us are wearing sunglasses throughout the conversation, which is rude, but we value our eyesight. And now I just turned 30....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 662 words · Meagan Graham

Eric McCormack remembers the one note he got on hisWill & Graceaudition

In 2020,Eric McCormackis a beloved, respected actor. (He’s Will Truman!) But in 1993, he was just a young Canadian actor about to experience his very first pilot season. Vivien Killilea/Getty Images “I had several auditions forFriends,” he continues. “I was trying to get that [next] big show.” And he knew it from the start. “It was exactly what I wanted,” McCormack says ofWill & Grace. McCormack still remembers his original audition for the show and role that would launch him to stardom....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · James Mack

Eric McCormack's guide for first-time viewers of 'Will & Grace'

Don’t worry though, it’s never too late to start watching! McCormack recommends the pilot of the original series as a solid place to begin. “You don’t have to see the pilot to understand what’s going on. But, it was a very good pilot. So I would say watch the pilot, understand, and forgive my hair,” he jokes. “I just had awful hair in the pilot.” McCormack suggests moving on to “Das Boob,” season 2, episode 3....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Christine Pena

Eric Nies: PopWatch 'Teen Idol' Q&A (Part 2 of 4)

While youre contemplating those New Years resolutions (Step away from the cheesecake! ), a handful of formerTiger Beatpin-ups are also hoping to start 2009 off on the right foot. We chatted about that pesky teen idol label,Real Worldrun-ins, and the virtues of a clean colon. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I watched the pilot last night. ERIC NIES:Uh oh. I really liked it, but what did you think when you first heard the concept?...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 811 words · Dr. Michael Guzman DDS

Erica Durance on the 'bizarre'Smallvillereunion in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'

Its a full-circle moment thats really nice. My first thought was like, Really? How are you going to manage this? Dean Buscher/The CW Her first day back onSmallvilles Kent Farm set with Welling was weird, but in a good way. It was bizarre [because] it felt like we hadnt missed a beat, Durance says. It was just easy. Everett Collection It was like coming back in and working with family....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Donna Richards DDS

Erica Durance to repriseSmallvillerole in Arrowverse's 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'

This winters Arrowverse crossover is turning into quite theSmallvillereunion. As of right now, its unclear whether or not Durance will pull double duty in Crisis. Its a bitTwilight Zone-y for me, Durancetold EW about stepping into the Superman mythos as Alura in 2018. Credit: LORENZO AGIUS /The CW; Dean Buscher/The CW Its a little odd, just like talking about Clarks name and this and that. And of course, its a completely different world and zone....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Randy Washington

Erin Morgenstern celebrates literary magic withThe Starless Sea

Erin Morgensternhas magic to make. “I got to writeThe Night Circusin a bubble,” she explains. “No one knew who I was and no one knew it was coming. I wanted to be able to recreate that bubble, which of course was easier said than done. I have a very long, messy writing process. I’m not an outliner. I don’t know how anyone writes a novel, and I’ve got two of them now....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Ryan Contreras

Esperanza Spalding: Who is the surprise Best New Artist?

Everybody and their mother-law started texting me and saying, Oh my God!' Spalding was both pleased and bemused by the attention. I mean, for jazz musicians, usually the recognition comes from your peers, she said. If someone that you really respect artistically likes your record, thats all the award you need. They dont remember how much really hard work it is to be a commercially successful entertainer. So even if Im not familiar with their music, I respect their hard work....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Daniel Shaw

Ethan Zohn on how 'I didn't feel I'd be alive long enough to playSurvivoragain'

‘They probably thought I was dead,’ says the two-time cancer survivor about his return. He wants to win…again. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Okay, Ethan. It’s been so long since you played and you were a completely different person then. And you’ve been through so much. So I went back and watchedSurvivor: Africa. I was 27 years old. So I went back and I almost didn’t recognize that kid. I was like, “You have no idea what’s about to happen in your life....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 945 words · Douglas Wood