'Westworld': Before They Were Stars

Ed Harris Ed Harris joinsWestworldas the Man in Black. Thandie Newton Thandie Newton joinsWestworldas Maeve Millay. Jeffrey Wright Jeffrey Wright signed on to playWestworld’s Bernard Lowe. Courtesy Everett Collection; John P. Johnson/HBO The actor’s other early roles include 2000s turns inRose Redand24. Rodrigo Santoro Rodrigo Santoro becomes Hector Escaton inWestworld. Shannon Woodward Shannon Woodward took on the role of Elsie Hughes inWestworld. Associated Film Distribution/Getty Images; John P. Johnson/HBO Ingrid Bolso Berdal After making her debut in the 2000s, Ingrid Bols Berdal plays Armistice inWestworld....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Nathan Brown

'Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later' coming to Netflix next year

NowWet Hotmasterminds David Wain and Michael Showalter are going to give you a much bigger look at the reunion. The franchise, of course, has already made the jump from movie-to-television series. (The movie was set on thelastday of that camp that summer. Credit: Netflix Showalter and Wain will serve as writers and executive producers, with Wain also directing. to appear inFirst Day of Camp. This decade-later reunion will exit the age gap somewhat....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Jennifer Kennedy

'When Breath Becomes Air' by Paul Kalanithi: EW review

Instead, he ended up with a very different kind of memoir. Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: I cant go on. Its this unsentimental approach that makesWhen Breath Becomes Airso originaland so devastating. Theres no redemption here. Kalanithi died before he finished the book, leaving his wife Lucy to write a beautiful but painful epilogue. Would it be practical to have a child? His struggle to live a normal life makes his experience all the more immediate for the reader....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Rhonda Hernandez

'Where Futures End' excerpt

Parker Peevyhouses wild debut novel,Where Futures End, is set to release Feb. 9, 2016. Heres the books official description: Dylan develops a sixth sense that allows him to glimpse another world. Epony goes High Concept and poses as an otherworldly being to recapture her boyfriends attention. Reef struggles to survive in a city turned virtual gameboard. And Quinn uncovers the alarming secret that links them all. Why do I see things no one else can see?...

May 1, 2025 · 13 min · 2707 words · Jane Medina

'White Girl': EW review

Somewhere between Catherine HardwickesThirteenand Harmony KorinesSpring Breakerslies the rebellious mood of Elizabeth WoodsWhite Girl, a Sundance firecracker that easily finds its place among the cinematic canon of great dramas cut from the good-girl-gone-bad cloth. With wide-eyed curiosity guiding her, Leah (Homelands Morgan Saylor) leaves behind a sheltered life in Oklahoma for a sketchy apartment in New York. A rising college freshman with little direction (she says she um, maybe wants to work in media) but a palpable hunger for stimulation, Leahs naivety is matched only by her lack of inhibition....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Russell Blevins

'Work' director Tim Erem details Rihanna and Drake's onscreen chemistry

“The original ‘Work’ video was something completely different,” director Tim Erem tells EW. They shot the clip inside a Los Angeles mall, which fans witnessedback in January. Erem has Rihanna and Drake to thank for making that pink room more than just a pink room. “Doing this with someone else would be the most boring video you’ve ever seen. But these two artists can carry a whole video in one setup....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 995 words · Hayden Owens

'X-Files': 7 revelations from Chris Carter

(Okay, so we phoned the guy in Los Angeles, why ruin it?) (Fox Stoney Mulder?). Plus the Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) is resurrected too. Credit: Ed Araquel/Fox Hes seemingly disfigured, and youll see just how evil he really is. RELATED VIDEO: Are Mulder and Scully married? Theres a big cliff-hanger The six episodes are semi-serialized, and will end leaving you wanting more. A conspiracy changes everything The truth is still out there and isnt what you think....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Scott Smith

'X-Men: Apocalypse': EW review

On screen, however, it turns out to be about a franchise taking a giant step backwards. After the rejuvenated one-two punch of 2011sFirst Classand 2014sDays of Future Past, there was reason to expect better. Ah, the Reagan era. Credit: Alan Markfield The familiar faces are all back too. (Yes, nothing less than the end of the world! And yet, it feels like theres bupkis at stake.) Part of the problem, I think, is how uninteresting Apocalypse is as a foe....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Amanda Sanchez

'X-Men: Apocalypse': See EW's Exclusive Photos and Covers

En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) Scott Summers/Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Peter/Quicksilver (Evan Peters), Raven/Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), and Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Alex Summers/Havok (Lucas Till) Ororo Munroe/Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Angel (Ben Hardy), En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac), and Betsy Braddock/Psylocke (Olivia Munn) Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) 6 For even more behind-the-scenes withX-Men: Apocalypse,pick up the new issue ofEntertainment Weekly,on stands Friday, or buy the cover featuring Archangel, Psylocke, and Magnetohere now....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Mark Davis

'Yoga Hosers': EW review

At some point in the last few years, Kevin Smith entered a curious phase in his career. HisClerkscharacters were relatable, products of the slacker generation. Their pop-culture-laced banter was how movie geeks told themselves they talked. Credit: Darren Michaels And they talk funny. It cannot be stressed enough just how silly the Colleens and the Canucks around them speak. was built on top of a secret stronghold for the Canadian National Socialist party....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Angel Munoz

'You're Next' stars reunite for horror-thriller 'Applecart' — exclusive images

Barbara Crampton and A.J. Bowen to star in new movie about family’s murderous encounter Barbara Crampton and A.J. The film is executive-produced by Don Coscarelli, the director ofPhantasmandJohn Dies at the End. Cramptons other credits include the much-lovedRe-Animatorand last years haunted house film,We Are Still Here. it’s possible for you to see exclusive images fromApplecartabove and below.

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 57 words · Christopher Kim

'Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist' by Sunil Yapa: EW review

They wanted to tear down the borders, to make a leap into a kind of love that would be like living inside a new human skin. This is how John Henryone of seven narrators in this novel about the 1999 World Trade Organization protestsdescribes his fellow demonstrators. Whether your eyes tear up or roll upon reading that sentence will determine whether you love or hate Yapas debut, which is told by cops, activists, and a Sri Lankan delegate who were there in Seattle when peaceful dissent gave way to violence....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Rachel Gates

'Your Song Changed My Life' by Bob Boilen: EW review

In his debutpart memoir, part criticism, and part music historythe NPR music sage, whos behind all those addictive Tiny Desk Concerts, takes readers on a wide-ranging journey. Diehard Boilen fans will love personal tidbits about his discovering the Beatles as a kid, performing in D.C.s underground music scene in the 80s, and meeting a young Ira Glass, but the real prizes here are his interviews with musicians, from Led Zeppelins Jimmy Page to rising electronic whiz James Blake, about what sparkedtheirlove of music....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Amber White