The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD adds challenge mode, other upgrades

WhenThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HDhits the Wii U, it will come with a few upgrades and updates aside from the titular high-definition visual bump to make Links journey more fun, and challenging, to play. Nintendo announced today thatTwilight Princesswill include Hero Mode, which is essentially a new, harder difficulty level for the game. If players choose to play the adventure in this mode, Link will take double the damage he normally does, while hearts will not drop to restore Links health and the games currency, among other changes....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 228 words · Cheryl Ochoa

The Life of Pablo: Kanye West's latest album hits No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart

1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. The rest came via various streaming options. TLOPis the seventh time the rapper earned this achievement, but it also marks the first No. Credit: Pierre Suu/Getty Images 1 album with the majority of its sales coming from streaming. None of its tracks were available for purchase individually, which makes these numbers even more impressive. West premieredTLOPlive at Madison Square Gardenbefore its Tidal debut a few days later....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · David Harmon

The Light Between Oceans reviews: What critics are saying

Stedmans heartwrenching 2012 novel. Could Cianfrances 132-minute runtime bear the emotional weight of Stedmans original 345 pages? According to the first critical reviews, it isnt likely. Credit: Dreamworks Life mirroring nature in all its wayward ferocity. The movie, sad to say, cant keep its head above water. A.A. Dowd(The A.V. Fassbender and Vikander both evoke that emotion exquisitely, but a glossy artificiality hangs over the entire process. Fassbender, nicely understated, delivers some of his finest screen work....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · David Thomas

The Lobster: Colin Farrell shares his (spoiler-free) thoughts on the film's ending

(A lobster is his unorthodox pick.) ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: First of all, congratulations onThe Lobster. Colin Farrell:Oh, thanks. Despina Spyrou Its such a beautiful, unique, absurd piece of filmmaking and theres nothing else like it out there. Im so happy that its got a chance to have a life in the States. It was two years ago that you shot the film, right? Despina Spyrou And put on all that weight....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 612 words · Jacob Gallegos

The Love That Split the World chapter 1, chapter 2 reveal

Its got all the ingredients of a riveting read, like time travel and a mythology twist. They flash again and hes gone but her life is changed forever. I feel her in my room before I even open my eyes. Thats how its always been. I open my eyes on darkness, push back the covers, and sit up. The crickets are thrumming outside my window, and the blue-green moonlight shines through the foliage across my carpet....

May 1, 2025 · 13 min · 2713 words · Deanna Powell

The Lumineers' Wesley Schultz details the group's heavy new album

The folk-rockers share the set’s first single, “Ophelia.” We simulated the way we did things back home we just ground away. Though only a few years into their thirties, theyve been writing and playing together for decades. (The two men grew up together in Ramsey, New Jersey. Its a heavier record, Schultz says. But it suits a personality like me. Im always on to the next. Ophelia, streaming below, had a particularly long gestation period....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Charles Russell

The Lust List: 13 Summer Entertainment Hunks

The Lust List Go sightseeing! Rami Malek, Mr. Robot Never has a basement-dwelling computer geek been such a bona fide hunk. Claudette Barius; Rico Torres; Jonathan Olley; Gemma LaMana; Niko Tavernise Kyle Chandler, Bloodline Coach Taylor as detective John Rayburn? Take us in for questioning! Britt, UnREAL How B.J. Gemma LaMana Britt’s well-suitedUnREALcharacter Darius Beck is still a bachelor is mind-boggling. Sam Heughan, Outlander Because who can pull off a kilt better than Sam Heughan?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Allison Villa

The magic behind ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60

Magic truly is coming to life when ABC airsThe Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60on Sunday night. (More on thathere.) How are you capturing that magic? Credit: Eric McCandless/ABC JESSE IGNJATOVIC:That was a jump off. It was really important to us to have that narrative weaving through the show. You have a wealth of material to showcase during the special. Eric McCandless/ABC How hard was that to narrow down what youre going to feature?...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 613 words · Tyler Kelly

The Magicians bosses explain that shocking cliffhanger finale

What’s in store for season 2? IfThe Magicianswasnt already renewed for season 2, fans might think almost everyone was dead. Well, thats what youd assume from a room full of people bleeding out on the floor. Credit: Jeff Weddell/Syfy Despite the fact that Quentin has broken the time loop 40th times a charm! and made it to Martin Chatwin,The Magiciansleft us with no happy endings. Here,The Magicians EPs Sera Gamble and John McNamara break down season 1s dark finale....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 537 words · Christopher Patel

The Magicians EW review: A communion with and subversion of all things Oz, Narnia, and Potter

Its curious that Syfy wouldsneak-peekThe Magiciansthe week thatStar Wars: The Force Awakensmaterializes in theaters. From a certain mind-tricky point of view, Id say the web link was trolling its own audience. Time to put on a gray suit and get rich, I guess. Credit: Lorenzo Agius/Syfy I joke, of course. (It was a Jar Jar costume. In comic-book parlance,The Magiciansfeels like a Vertigo comic deconstruction of the wonderland hero category of fantasy literature....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Omar Baldwin

The Magicians finale recap: Have You Brought Me Little Cakes

They all dont arrive together, of course. He gives them the blade so long as they agree to the one condition they promised. Someone needs to be more powerful, as powerful as a god. Credit: Jeff Weddell/Syfy So he gives Quentin a jar of his essence to consume and therefore assume the gods power. Yes, Plover is indeed not the Beast, who is actually Martin Chatwin. He drinks from it, robbing himself of his humanity while becoming all the more powerful....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Nicole Gonzalez

The Magicians on Syfy: How the Lev Grossman series went from page to screen

There are very dark scenes in this book. So when Syfy acquired the series, the writers braced themselves for script notes … that never came. One particularly delicate subject: The sexual violence in the novels. Credit: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Syfy Were going there with the series. He was asked about that books political firmament. And he said simply: To portray something is not to condone it. If youre playing Macbeth, youre not encouraging others to go out and kill for power....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Paige Taylor

The Magicians postmortem: Stella Maeve on whether Julia regrets nearly killing Quentin

Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Mondays episode ofThe Magicians. Read at your own risk. She cant catch a break. Credit: Carole Segal/Syfy And this episode ofThe Magiciansis no different. Before that, I didnt know. And then we were filming this, and I was like: Wow.OK, Im in. Below, Maeve talks about how far Julia has come and how far she has to go. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Its only episode four....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 418 words · Julie Yates