Marco Polo series premiere recap: 'Marco Polo' series premiere recap

Marco Polo charms his way into servitude as Kublai Khan clenches his fist around Chinese rebels. Enter the Polos, whose journey across a still-smoldering battlefield is interrupted by Kublais soldiers. The Polos arent treated as prisoners, thoughmore like escaped pets. Credit: Phil Bray/Netflix Does the army have a different agenda than its commander-in-chief? But he sees an opportunity when Kublai asks about the wastelands they passed through. Marco is to be a privileged guest, or a pet, or a slave....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Lori Lawson

Marco Poloseason 2 recaps and study guide

Netflixdropped all 10 episodes of the second season ofMarco Poloon July 1. There are two recaps per page, so feel free to dig in and read along while you watch. It isn’t long before the day of celebrations is spoiled though. Credit: Phil Bray/Netflix There’s a confrontation on the horizon this season, and it’s taking place within filial boundaries. As for Marco Polo, his first storyline of the season is lacking....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 895 words · Deborah Bailey

Marcus Johns: Vine star talks movie idols from EW Fest

It was the time I went to the Oscars, he recalled after hisDigital Influencers panelatEW Fest. I was like, look at these actual movie stars Ive been watching my whole life. But I was validated. Like, whoa, look where social media can bring you. One of the biggest things he wishes he knew starting out is to tell audiences exactly who he was. And be respected as both. Theres always time to grow and change, and Im learning that from them....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Joanna Davis

Maren Morris previews Hero, Keith Urban tour

On June 2nd, shell join Keith Urban for a massive, five-month nationwide tour. As Morris puts it, the gamble paid off. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What key in of music did you listen to growing up? Credit: Burak Cingi/Redferns MAREN MORRIS:I grew up listening to everything. Im all over the map. My parents were products of the 60s and 70s so I grew up listening to their catalog. Then, as a family we got into classic country music when I was about nine or 10....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Katrina French

Margaret Atwood writing Angel Catbird superhero novel

Margaret Atwood is bringing her talent to graphic novels, Dark Horse Comics announced today. The book will be released in the fall of 2016. According to Atwood, Angel Catbird is a superhero, and, yes, a very unusual one. Credit: Vince Talotta/Toronto Star via Getty Images I have concocted a superhero who is part cat, part bird. The all-ages book is being published with the conservation charity Keep Cats Safe and Save Bird Lives....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Jesus Kramer

Margaret Cho recalls kissing Anna Nicole Smith in Party Legends clip

You could pour a shot of Jagermeister into the mouth. It would go through the ice body and you could suck it out of her vagina, Cho recalls. Cho says Smith convinced her to do a shot by demonstrating how to properly use the sculpture. E! She took that as a license to kill. I grabbed her by the shoulders and I actually slammed her against the wall, and we started kissing....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Gary Wilson

Margaret Cho talks hosting the New Now Next Honors and (maybe) getting high with her mom

Margaret Cho plus drag queens are a match made in gay heaven. Celebrity guests including Nia Vardalos and Meghan Trainor will be on hand to help celebrate. Plus, probably most importantly, gag-worthy details about Season 8 ofRuPauls Drag Racewill be RuVealed. Credit: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images for Logo (Check back on EW.com for exclusive bios and photos of the new queens.) ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Whats the craziest thing you’re able to share about the show tonight?...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 558 words · George Lee

Marge Champion: The young woman who became Disney's Snow White

and I would pick up my skirt and curtsy. Disney wanted his Snow White to be different for his 1937 movie, the companys first major animated feature. There was a lot of trial and error, though. Credit: Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection I tell you, I nearly fainted, she says. It was very hot underneath there and not at all what I expected. It was very limited what I could do with that big hat....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Erik Lee

Margo Martindale describes her small role in Alexander Payne's next film

For fans of her work, the movie offers a chance to see a lot of Martindale onscreen. Alexander told me, Margo, I have a small part for you,' Martindale tells EW. He said, I wish it was a big part but its a small part. I said, Thats okay. And he said, Im telling you, its very, very, very small. How small is it? Martindale bursts out laughing. Five inches, she screams....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Sharon Carlson

Margo Martindale on her 10 best roles

“I had lots of things that I thought were going to be the thing,” she says. “Lorenzo’s Oilwas the first one. I got lovely reviews on it, but it wasn’t the big one.” Jonny Cournoyer; Prashant Gupta/FX; Patrick Harbron/FX He cast her as a small-town bartender who wisecracks withPaul Newmanin this effervescent comedy. “We didn’t connect big-time until we did reshoots and he’d seen the movie. Then he said, ‘Can I come sit in your dressing room?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Michael Clark

Margot Robbie cast as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya

Harding was one of the most vilified athletes in American sports history. She rose to prominence at 21 years old, winning the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and nabbing second in the World Championships. Credit: Brian Killian/WireImage; David Madison/Getty Images She was pegged as a favorite for the 1994 Winter Olympics. A month before the Games, fellow American skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at the U.S. Hardings ex-husband and one of her bodyguards hired someone to break Kerrigans legs ahead of the competition....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Tanya Hensley

Margot Robbie has American Psycho-like beauty routine

American Psychos twisted protagonist Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) has almost no admirable attributions. As Margot Robbie can attest,Batemans morning routineis worth imitating. The star of the upcomingSuicide Squadstarred in a parody of the scene forVogue, coinciding withher cover appearance. Credit: Vogue via YouTube Catfishdirectors Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost mimic the scene and beats from the 2000 film faithfully. Well, almost faithfully, even accounting for the swapping of theLes Miserablesposter for theHamiltonone....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Brianna Sandoval

Margot Robbie responds to Vanity Fair cover story

The New Yorkereven parodied it with amade-up profileof a “silver-screen sex goddess” named Jane Neighbor. Sample line: “Neighbor is twenty-eight or twenty-two, at once. She is a kind of gorgeous that can only be found in or very near rivers. Credit: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images She is blonde but also blond, depending on the spelling.” “I remember thinking, ‘That was a really odd interview. I don’t know how that’s going to come out,'” Robbie toldThe Project....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Anthony Haas