The Fosters EP on gun in schools storyline

WARNING: This story contains major spoilers from Mondays episode of The Fosters. Read at your own risk! Its also one he feels needs to be discussed more now than ever. Credit: Tony Rivetti/Freeform ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How do you feel about this gun storyline airing in the wake of the Orlando shooting? I think its so important. When you started planning for this episode, was there any pushback from the connection or others involved?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 357 words · Peter Pierce

The Fosters musical episode: Did we say goodbye to Brallie for good?

WARNING: This post contains spoilers from The Show, the penultimate episode of season 3 ofThe Fosters. And it took quite a bit of work. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When it came to doing a musical episode, where did you even get started? Credit: Nicole Wilder/Freeform ThenRomeo and Julietbecame part of that conversation. Their responses and reactions to what they were seeing became just as important as the musical moments. How much extra rehearsal and extra shooting time was needed to pull this thing off?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · Victoria Butler

The Fosters: Executive producer Peter Paige talks summer finale

SPOILER ALERT: Read on only if youve already watched Mondays Collateral Damage episode ofThe Fosters. So pretty much everyone is in some pretty dire straits as the summer season winds down onThe Fosters. And that still wasnt everything going on in the Adams-Foster clan. Credit: Gilles Mingasson/Freeform ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: That finale was a whole lotta drama, even forThe Fosters. What are you trying to do to us? Give us some hope whose negative stuff is going to turn around first?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Joseph Reed

The Founder: Nick Offerman shares his perfect burger recipe

(Plus, he spent seven seasons ofParks and Recreationplaying the carnivorous Ron Swanson.) So theyll say, Whats the best cut of steak? or something like that. Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images I say, I dont know! I love a rib eye, but I havent really tried them all. Even if Offermans not a Swanson-level specialist on red meat, hedoeshave a taste for burgers. Here, he shares his own tips for a burger thatll put a Quarter Pounder to shame....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Amanda Smith

The Get Down review

Baz Luhrmann, director ofMoulin Rouge!andThe Great Gatsby, is a polarizing entertainer. Some thrill to his manic pop romanticism and heady, dizzying storytelling. Others see sound and fury, signifying nothing but a headache. Credit: Netflix He brings his brand of much muchness to television withThe Get Down, and the timing couldnt be better. Ryan MurphysThe People v. O.J. Simpsonwas a smash success. Martin ScorsesesVinylwas a shocking failure.Mr. RobotandPreacher, both audaciously stylish, have dazzled with showstopping sequences, but taxed us with length....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 244 words · Michael Preston

The Get Down season 1, part 1 recaps and study guide

Theres one recap per page, so feel free to dig in and read along as you watch. Well be updating as we watch, so be sure to check back and refresh. Afterwards, his teacher tells him hell never amount to anything if he remains a coward. Credit: David Lee/Netflix That finally moves him to recite the poem, and its heartbreaking. Eventually, Zeke wins out and gets the record. Once Zeke makes it inside Les Inferno, he convinces DJ Malibu to play the song for Mylene....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 823 words · Daniel Houston

The Get Down season 2 discussed in new interview

I was there during the beginnings of Run-D.M.C. I was there for Prince and Michael Jackson. I think there is a hell of a story. Credit: Netflix And also quite honestly the era of crack which began you know around 85. And then what happens to Mylene [Herizen Guardiola], you know, once disco collapses? So I think there is another really good season in this. One pivotal person who may not be up for second installment ofDown?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Alexis Pineda

The Get Down: Baz Luhrmann Netflix series adds Nas as creative contributor

And he narrates it through rhyme, through rap. And this character, as it turns out, is played onstage in kinda sorta Madison Square Garden. And so Nas has been this other huge creative force in the production. Credit: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images And its been playing really, really successfully. Luhrmann described these rhymes as somewhere between pure rap, narration, and sort of Greek chorus comment. He added, We werent sure about it when we began, and we couldnt do without it now....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Shirley Cook

The Get Down: Watch the new teaser for Baz Luhrmann's Netflix drama

Netflix unveiled the latest teaser for the series, which premieres its first half of episodes on Aug. 12. But the biggest conflict is over the two music genres defining the time. The overview of this thing is that New York is in chaos, supervising producer Nelson George tells EW. Credit: Netflix Symbolically, disco and hip-hop are kind of at war with each other. While that may sound dark, George says its actually very much in step with Luhrmanns work....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Michael Camacho

The Get Down: Why the Netflix series took almost two years to shoot

Director Baz Luhrmann’s first foray into television had an epic production schedule – here’s why. But the director became the driving creative force behind the series. So, you know? Credit: Myles Aronowitz/Netflix He adds of the challenges, Its being pulled in a hundred directions and never feeling that its concluded. Theres always something starting while youre finishing something you know? Its simply the time. I mean I dont want to sound like the whiner, right?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Thomas Johnson

The Ghost Inside members injured in bus crash that killed 2

The tour bus carrying metal band The Ghost Inside was involved in an accident with a semi-truck on Thursday morning just outside of El Paso, Texas. The drivers of both vehicles, Gregory Hoke and Steven Cunningham, died in the head-on collision, and the remaining 10 passengers were seriously injured. Band members Andrew Tkaczyk, Jonathan Vigil, and Zach Johnson are in critical condition, as are crewmembers Danny Lupio and Charles Anthony Billings, according to local stationKFOX14....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · Jessica Klein

The Girl on the Train switch from London to New York explained

The book had not come out [when I was working on the screenplay], Wilson tells EW. This is an American film, and that was it. Keeping it in America seemed like a no-brainer. Credit: Barry Wetcher The train itself is totally unsexy, she says. Theres a lot of dreams there. Her shty apartment in Poughkeepsie. Although Gone Girl comparisons are inevitable, Rachel (Blunt) has little in common with Amy Dunne. She’s grappling not only with her addiction but also with a profound sense of isolation....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Nathan West

The Girl on the Train: Emily Blunt on working with women

(Taylors best-known film to this point is 2011sThe Help, which featured an all-star cast of actresses.) It wasthemost visual film Ive ever done, Blunt says. It felt like she and I did a dance the whole movie. Credit: RUVEN AFANADOR for EW It wasnt justThe Girl on the Trainthat reminded Blunt how much she enjoys working with women. I love working with women, she says. And I would agree. Its just been my experience that Ive gotten along with every woman that Ive worked with, she continues....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Michael Martin