Ray Donovanfinale recap: Donovans vs. Sullivans

The Donovans reckon with the past, and forge towards an uncertain future. Warning: This post contains details about suicide and rape discussed in the finale ofRay Donovanseason 7. Would Ray kill Mickey? Credit: Karolina Wojtasik/SHOWTIME Would Mickey kill Ray? Would Daryll end up six feet under after getting in way too deep with his father? It all seemed possible, and the finale begins with Ray buryingsomebodyout in the middle of the woods....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Keith Gonzalez

Ray Donovanpremiere recap: The old and the new

He takes some money from a jacket, and Ray wakes up. If you run, theyll go after Bunch, he says. He says theyre leaving for the FBI right this minute. Credit: Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME Arthur wants to know how Ray felt about personally dropping his father off for incarceration. Not the first time, jokes Ray, but Arthur wants him to really think about it. Flash forward to 4 months later, and that past is being pulled out of the water....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Richard Byrd

Ray Donovanrecap: Mickey's ride into the sunset

Mickey is alive, and another head has been found. Thats what the Donovan family is dealing with at the moment. Ray has a plan. Credit: Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME With Mickey alive but technically dead, it should be a breeze to pin the three murders on him. But things, of course, are never that easy. In fact, Detective Perry is more suspicious than ever. After all this evidence pops up, she pays Daryll a visit....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Anthony Calderon

Ray Donovanrecap: Ray and Mickey put aside their differences to save Bridget

Ray Donovanhas been in some bad situations, and come up against some bad men. Now, having been abandoned by both sides, hes on his own. Isolated and alone is exactly where Ray is at the beginning of tonights episode, Baby. Credit: Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME Hes managed to escape from NYPD officers Bianchi and Radulovic, but hes on the run. That means Baby focuses on Ray and the tight spot he finds himself in....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Angel Rogers

Ray Donovanrecap: Ray makes his move against Mayor Ferrati

Both literally and figuratively,Abbys memoryis still haunting Ray. Thats brought him to a psychiatric hospital, which is where he starts tonights episode, Dream On. Again, Abby is present. Credit: JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIME As Ray sleeps off his adventurous night, he sees her as he falls into the East River. When he wakes up, theres a doctor by his side (played by the great Alan Alda). Ray does try, describing how he gets overwhelmed, like I cant breathe…like Im drowning....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 253 words · Dennis Thompson

Ray Donovanrecap: The past is back to haunt the Donovans

So far this season ofRay Donovanis dealing with a lot of things popping up from the past. It hasnt all been interesting, but at least theres some thematic coherence here. This weeks episode begins not with the past, but with a present moment of intense grief. Credit: Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME Bunchy apologizes, but theres no acceptance here. Hes going to have to live with what he did and find other ways to atone for it....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Dustin Moore

Ray Donovanrecap: The push and pull of redemption

Ray is being pulled in a lot of different directions. All that the Donovan name brings is destruction. An Irish Lullaby might be the best episode of the season. Credit: Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME What I mean is that both men are trying to start over. But thats about where the similarities end. Rays growth comes in the form of maybe trying to connect with someone romantically again. At the end of theprevious episode, Ray forced himself to stay with Molly....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Ana Jensen

Raymond Allen,Good TimesandSanford and Sonactor, dies at 91

“His warmth, kind heart, and cleaver sayings will be missed. His laughter will ring in heaven. Rest In Heavenly Peace Raymond Allen. Credit: NBC The last of 12 siblings.” She added, “What a day this is been. I am so surrounded by love from friends and family. They are now both being held by the wings of angels.” Allen made his acting debut in the 1946 filmFight That Ghostwhere he portrayed the role of Fast Delivery Bill....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Hayley Perez

Razzie Awards:Holmes & Watsonnamed worst movie of the year

The Razzie Awards has announced their 39th annual list of the worst movies and performances of the year. The anti-Oscars named the disastrous Sherlock Holmes comedyHolmes & Watsonthe worst film of 2018. Holmes & Watsonbeat out fellow worst picture nomineesGottie,The Happytime Murders,Robin HoodandWinchesterfor the dishonor. Credit: Giles Keyte/Sony Pictures Really, this wasHolmes & Watsons year to shine. Clearly, the Razzies arent too strict in the category interpretations. The quasi-romantic sequelFifty Shades Freedtook home the award for Worst Screenplay....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 78 words · Laura Sullivan

Re-Animatordirector Stuart Gordon dies at 72

The filmmaker’s other credits included From Beyond and Space Truckers. Several notable film directors have brought the “weird” tales of horror novelist H.P. Gordon also developed the story which became the 1989 hit movieHoney, I Shrunk the Kids. Credit: Michael Kovac/WireImage “[The audience] gets totally covered in blood,“Gordon told EW in 2012. “A lot of them wear white because its sort of a badge of honor. People show up in white tuxedos and lab coats, all decked out....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Michael Berger

Read a creepy first excerpt from George A. Romero's posthumousThe Living Deadnovel

George A. Romeros unfinished novelThe Living Deadwill see the light of day. Now EW has your first look at the final result. The Living Deadreads, certainly, like a story by the man behindNight of the Living Dead. Credit: Pool CATARINA/VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Itshuge,Kraus told EW last year, of the significance of the novel. Below, EW can debut the official cover forThe Living Dead, as well as a first excerpt....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Susan Thompson

Read a scene from the Luke Perry tribute episode ofRiverdale

Even the actors who didnt have lines in the episode came to be a part of that. We were all crying. Its almost like a mini-movie. Credit: Robert Falconer/The CW Veronicas kind of prepared, Mendes says of how her character reacts. Additional reporting by Maureen Lenker. The CW

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 48 words · Martin Mann

Read an excerpt from Leigh Bardugo's short story collection,The Lives of Saints

But the village was unremarkable, with nothing worth stealing, and attracted attention from neither thief nor marauder. Lizabeta lived on the western outskirts of the village, far from the shadow of Gorubun. Each day she walked out to the meadows beyond her familys home to tend to their hives. Credit: Christina Guerra; Hachette Children’s Group She wore no gloves or bonnet. The bees let her take their honey without a single sting....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 742 words · Andrea Singh