Essence Festival: Ava DuVernay, Babyface, Janelle Monae among day one stars

They come in families. They come with friends. They come to be entertained. Credit: Getty Images By the movie studios and television networks that come courting with their latest wares. But mostly its a celebration. Everyone seems to be in a good mood. Kenny Babyface Edmonds is running through the crowd singing his 1992 classicEnd of the Road. Sweat is pouring down his face, shirt is unbuttoned, and everyone is giving him high-fives....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Joseph Hart

Essential, staggeringGet Me Roger Stonerocks Tribeca Film Festival

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. Stone, before anyone else, spotted Trump as a potential Commander-in-Chief in the 1980s. Rogers so unique in that he embraces infamy, co-director Pehme said after the films world premiere. Credit: Netflix I was barely involved, Stone shouted from the audience. From his seat in the audience, Stone gladly took the microphone to explain the Trump ethos. I speak to him from time to time, he said....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Morgan Klein DDS

Ethan Hawke on The Hobbit, W. Somerset Maugham, and Tolstoy

The book I loved as a child The Hobbit. Ive probably read it 10 to 15 times. My father gave it to me for Christmas when I was a kid. Credit: Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic You cannot do better thanThe Hobbit. Another book I read to my kids Randall JarrellsThe Animal Familyis a lesser-known all-time great. There isnt anybody in my family who doesnt loveThe Animal Family. My favorite book I read for school I can tell you it wasntThe Witch At Blackbird Pond....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Erin Howard

Ethan Hawke remembers the first time he was 'washed up': 'I was 14'

And I remember he spoke about the first time he came to the Gotham Awards. He said it was the yearGood Will Huntingcame out. I was here that year too. Credit: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images We just want somebody else.' As Hawke explained during his speech, that was actually the second time he faced a crossroads in Hollywood. The first time I was washed up, I was 14. This is absolutely true, Hawke said....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Yolanda Hall

Ethan Hawke was 'hypnotized' by Chet Baker's story

The actor explains why and how he transformed into the legendary jazz star in ‘Born to Be Blue.’ Hawke, 45, discusses the films surreal approach to Bakers life and reveals why actors love playing musicians. That was a real burning itch that didnt get satiated. I was hypnotized by it. The movie zooms in on a brief period of Chets life and also distorts some facts. I like the idea of trying to dive into the myth and just play around with it....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · John Cardenas

Eva Longoria: 'The Heat' almost had an offensive alternate title

Entertainment Weekly takes you inside our roundtable discussion with some of Hollywoods smartest, funniest, and bravest actresses. The Heatalmost had an offensive title until a female executive on the film spoke out. Thats what actress Eva Longoria revealed during a roundtable discussion for the Beyond Beautiful issue of Entertainment Weekly. Longoria recalled how the executive had told her the studio suggested calling the Sandra Bullock-Melissa McCarthy comedyThe B Team. And she goes, Why?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · David Anderson

Evan Peters: American Horror Story: Hotel debut in 'Chutes and Ladders'

According toco-creator Ryan Murphy, Peters did a lot of research when it came to crafting this menacing villain. I love what hes doing and hes very heavy this season, Murphytold EWof Peters character. The more we go on, the bigger he becomes. Credit: Suzanne Tenner/FX Hes having a ball. Murphy continued, Hes evil and hes twisted. He said some line about that he had everything handed to him. Excess became such a part of his life that he couldnt feel anything....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Joseph Jackson

Every Britney Spears song, ranked

You know, everyone’s been doing emails…and it’s e-mail my heart. “Kevin O’Donnell 155. Right Now (Taste the Victory) (2002) 154. Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; “It Should Be Easy” feat. will.i.am (2013) 153. Soda Pop (1999) 152. Girls and Boys (2003) 151148. Dear Diary (2000) Spears wrote it, enough said. “Tik Tik Boom” feat. (2013) It’s hard to go wrong with a lyric this onomatopoeic. Especially when it’s matched to a strident trap beat....

May 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1346 words · Kyle Cross

Everybody Wants Some cast are ballers at MLB celebrity game

!s Blu-ray release, EW caught up with the guys about playing fake baseball as a real team. These guys were pro-level ballers, Powell said of Hoechlin and Street, also an experienced ballplayer. And I think theyd say the same about us. Credit: Paramount Pictures What can you do theleastbad? There was a great camaraderie that came out of that kind of thing, Hoechlin said. When not carousing, the teammates ofEverybody Wants Some!...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Todd Miller

Everybody Wants Some poster is a funky look at Richard Linklater's latest

See Mondo’s exclusive take on new baseball comedy Richard LinklatersEverybody WantsSome, his spiritual descendent of the hang-out classic,Dazed and Confused, is about to make its big premiere at SXSW next week. At the same time in Austin, a new Mondo Gallery with new art dedicated to the directors work will be open to the public, and EW has your first look at the poster for the newest film. Everybody Wants Somefollows a 1980s freshman (Blake Jenner) as he heads off to school, enters the world of college baseball, and revels in the many perks of being a BMOC....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Becky Small

Everybody Wants Some!! review: Dazed and Confused follow-up lets the good times roll

What makes the scene particularly great andDazed and Confusedhas no shortage of great scenes is its obvious irony. Linklater made that film when he was 32. Fifty-five to be exact. Credit: Entertainment One UK via YouTube Set four years afterDazed and Confused,Everybody Wants Some! LikeDazed and Confused,Everybody Wants Some! Theyre like a low-payroll baseball team thats light on all-stars but strong on clubhouse chemistry. These are jocks, after all, and to them even the most insignificant contest carries the strong-as-B....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Sally Park

Everything Adele did in the last week

From television performances to tearing through record books, the British balladeer has been everywhere since releasing ‘25.’ Have you heard of Adele? From television to Twitter, it was impossible to avoid the British star over the past seven days. Lets take a look at Adeles huge week. Friday, Nov. 20 25releases, the world stops. Adeles grasp over the conversation was further realized when a video of the singerimpersonating an Adele impersonator went viral....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Steven Parker

Everything we know about Rihanna's imminent album 'Anti'

And one of 2014s. The sunny days have come and gone, butAntiremains shrouded in secrecy. Kanye West waited 31 months betweenMy Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyandYeezus. Credit: Christopher Polk/Getty Images Heres what we know about the record so far. We could expectAntiin November. But shes (probably) still working on the album. Almost every night, when youre asleep, Rihanna is in the studio, Miranda Julywrote inTearlier this week. She was headed there after our meeting … at that very moment the sound engineer was waiting for her....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Timothy Patterson