Walking DeadEP Greg Nicotero saysCreepshowTV series shoot is 'hardest thing' he's ever done

I was very ambitious and attackedCreepshowwith a lot of tenacity, says Nicotero. And at what specific point did Nicotero most regret that decision? It was the hardest thing Ive ever done in my life. Credit: Shudder But worth the effort, it seems. Theyre all my friends, says Nicotero. I felt it lends a very special authenticity to the project that is important to me. Shudder Creepshowwas such a big part of my childhood, he says....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Alec Barker

Wall-E

Theres a way to measure how well an animated film takes over your imagination. Do you forget, during the movie, that youre even watching animation? Do the textures and parameters, the fantasyland characters, become for lack of a better word real? Credit: ©Pixar/Disney He forges a world thats casually amazing in its tactile metallic grandeur. As a character, WALL-E is like R2-D2 gone Charlie Chaplin in the land ofThe Road Warrior....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Anthony Moore

Walmart instructs stores to remove ads for violent videogames after shootings

Cancel any events promoting combat style or third-person shooter games that may be scheduled in Electronics. Verify that no movies depicting violence are playing in Electronics. The memo also extends to hunting season videos. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images When asked if this move has anything to do with Trump, Walmart declined to comment. Another mass shooting followed in Dayton, Ohio on Aug. 4 that left nine people dead and 27 injured....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Keith Padilla

Walter Dix: Olympic Stud of the Day

But then the mens 200m came on. And whowasntseduced by the line of fast fellas? There was something about Dix that caught my eye from the beginning. Credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images My silver and bronze medals for yesterdays games go to the ladies. At 52, Im already jealous of these leggy glamazons, but playing in a torrential downpour? They pulled it off with out looking like runner-ups in a wet t-shirt contest....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Brooke Rich

Walton Goggins on becoming Baby Billy for Danny McBride andRighteous Gemstones

Walton Gogginswill do anything forDanny McBride even play a creepy, milk-drinking, 70-year-old pastor named Baby Billy Freeman. He was just worried whether hed be able to pull it off. It was amazing to watch him transform into this old man. Credit: Ryan Green/HBO I said, As a 70-year-old? And he said, Yeah, Im not joking. [Laughs] Im like, Oh, okay, alright, yeah, lets do it. Ryan Green/HBO I dont know how were going to do it, but lets do it....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · William Massey

Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps to star in Netflix sitcomThe Upshaws

Wanda SykesandMike Eppsare pairing up to bring a multicamera sitcom to Netflix. The streaming service announced Tuesday that it has ordered a series titledThe Upshaws, starring Sykes and Epps. Sykes and Epps are excutive-producing the series withInsecurewriter Regina Y. Hicks. Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; Netflix Hicks and Sykes will serve as co-showrunners on the series. Both Sykes and Epps have recent history with Netflix, both releasing comedy specials on the platform this year....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Michael Garza

Want's Lynn Steger Strong on writing her own privilege

And I felt a lot of shame about that. She is also drowning in debt from her Ivy League-sized student loans and an exorbitant post-birth hospital bill. The novels narrator displays a shining example of white privilege in every facet of her life. To some extent her story is about safety, explains the author. Shes never going to get fired shes an Ivy League-educated white lady. She is beat down, but shes safe, shes warm, shes fed, shes loved....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Sandra Taylor

WantandThe Party Upstairsshow the perils of a class-obsessed New York City: Review

Want, by Lynn Steger Strong Want is a constant state for the largely nameless narrator of Lynn Steger Strong’s spare, cool-toned second novel. There is the Brooklyn shoebox she and her woodworker husband can hardly afford; the literature Ph.D. curdled into a thankless series of adjunct teaching jobs; and most of all, maybe, the elusive figure of the best friend she fell out with nearly a decade before. Strong’s unadorned prose aptly captures a certain kind of queasy millennial unease, though its very plainness can also place a pane of glass between her voice and the reader; a diary of desire, once removed....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 215 words · Jessica Rodriguez

War and Peace first look: Paul Dano, Lily James, Gillian Anderson star in BBC's miniseries

The project which also stars Gillian Anderson and Jim Broadbent required plenty of preparation. Six hours is not enough, admits EP Faith Penhale. There were moments where you just had to take a deep breath and plan, plan, plan. Credit: BBC Says Dano: I would say that it was pretty epic. War and Peacewill air on Lifetime, A&E web connection, and History in January 2016. BBC BBC

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 67 words · Bryan Chambers

War Machine Hulkbuster armor arrives in newAvengers: EndgameLEGO sets

And so do we. On Monday morning, LEGO debuted five new sets inspired byAvengers: Endgame– Captain Marvel included. There’s a Rhodey (a.k.a. LEGO All sets are available April 1. Continue the assult in the air, on the wings, or on the ground with Hawkeye’s motorbike. Lookin' good, team. LEGO Where was that exhaust flame function in previous movies? LEGO LEGO LEGO LEGO LEGO LEGO LEGO LEGO LEGO

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 67 words · Ashley Martin

Warner Bros. breaks silence onJokercontroversy

Warner Bros. is breaking its silence on the controversy surroundingJoker. The group isnt asking the studio to halt the films release, however, or urging a boycott. The Aurora theater where the shooting took place is reportedly not screening the film. Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Both director Phillips and Phoenixhave defendedthe movie, IGN reported. And those that arent are capable of interpreting anything in the way that they may want to. People misinterpret lyrics from songs....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Lisa Scott

Warner Bros. fires back atJustice Leaguestar Ray Fisher

The studio says the Cyborg actor made a ‘false claim’ in his complaints, and Fisher has responded. UPDATE: In a rare move, Warner Bros. is publicly firing back at one of its actors. And in a new update to this story on Saturday, Fisher issued a response of his own. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics (Berg has stronglydenied this.) More recently, Fisher added new details to his complaints. “He then made a thinly veiled threat to my career....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Michael Simmons

Warner Bros. makesJust Mercyavailable for free as education on 'systemic racism'

We believe in the power of story, reads the Warner Bros. statement. Thank you to the artists, storytellers and advocates who helped make this film happen. Watch with your family, friends and allies. Jake Giles Netter/Warner Bros. For further information on Bryan Stevenson and his work at the Equal Justice Initiative just visit EJI.org. Being black is the greatest and sometimes the most difficult. Just being born, somebody hates me for that....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Justin Williams