The Royals season 2 premiere: It Is Not, nor It Cannot Come to Good

Helena comes up with a crazy scheme to seize the throne, and Jasper confesses his true motive. Our favorite (fictional) royal family is back! In comparison, Cyrus took about two weeks to get over his brothers death. Credit: E! Also putting in some serious work? The people find them sympathetic, Helena shares during a tete-a-tete with Cyrus. His response is deliciously snarky: Emphasis on pathetic. (Weve missed you, Cyrus!) Ah, the things a king will do in the name of saving face....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 611 words · Edwin Mckay

The Royals season 2: Alexandra Park talks love affairs and spoilers

(On TV, that is.) With the return ofThe Royalsto E! ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Which five words would you use to describe the upcoming season? Credit: James Dimmock/E! ALEXANDRA PARK:Fast-paced. Whos better BFF material: Prince Harry or Pippa? Eleanor really wants to have some friends, since she doesnt have any. So she could scope Pippa out as a girl bud. Why are Americans are so obsessed with the British royal family? Theyre the ultimate celebrity: fabulous, spectacular, and untouchable....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Tyler Taylor

The Royals season 3 premiere date announced

Are you ready for the return of some royally good drama and super-sexy shirtless scenes? Say it aint so! But what about Eleanor? Credit: Jim Marks/E! Whats her place in all of this? Speaking of Eleanor, another photo released by E! shows Eleanor and Jasper side by side. Jim Marks/E! Does this mean theyre back on? Or are they on a break? The Royalsseason 3 premieres Dec. 4 at 10 p....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Kelly Hodges

The Royalsrecap: 'Our (Late) Dear Brother's Death'

He’s back and we’re not just talking about Robert. Robert is finally back onThe Royalsand just about everyone is thrilled about it. Once the shock of Roberts arrival dissipates slightly, the four living Henstridges meet to devise a strategy. E! MostLeast Surprising TwistRemember #KingLiam? Liam isnt even thinking about this; hes too concerned about how to handle his relationship with Kathryn. That is, until Cyrus reminds him, Tomorrow, youll be invisible....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Sandra Bass

The Royalsrecap: 'The Spirit That I Have Seen'

The first time Simon appeared was during a scene when Cyrus was getting dressed. I guess the idea of sleeping with a mere maid doesnt do it for him anymore? Mandy is fielding texts from Jasper but lies to Eleanor when asked about who shes typing missives to. Credit: E! Ex-boyfriend, lies Mandy. Jealous of the new girlfriend. We kind of had a thing, Eleanor tells her. It was messed up; he was messed up....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 531 words · James Gross

The Saddest 'Harry Potter' Deaths Ever

10 and 9. So, regardless of circumstances, it was going to be sad watching them bite the dust. They deserved a better send-off. Murray Close/ Warner Bros.; Courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures; Murray Close/ Warner Bros. Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody Another death that we are informed of, instead of shown. We didn’t ever spend that much time with the real Moody in the end. Cuethe John Williams themeand salute fictions most iconic owl....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Corey Brock

The secret history of a-ha's iconic video 'Take on Me'

“Take on Me” wasn’t a smash out of the gate. And it felt like years. Every week it would go up a spot, up three spots…. It would pick up, then slow down. [It] was a whole process." The music video took months to make. “It was a dream to work with talent like that,” Waaktaar-Savoy says of Barron. “Normally, videos took a week of shooting in a hangar. But for this, we did a whole day that was only to make the comic magazine....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Carolyn Ramirez

The Shallows: EW review

No one really expected it to beJaws or even especially good in the traditional sense of the word. But it does seem to pack the all-too-rare promise of being a perfectly stupid guilty pleasure. Which is precisely what it turns out to be. Credit: Vince Valitutti Lively doesnt break new ground as an actress (even for her). The dialogue is pretty laughable. And its disappointingly light on gratuitously crunchy Great White gore....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · Brittany Fox

The Shannara Chronicles premiere recap: Chosen

Can an elf princess, a cranky Druid, and a naive farm boy stop a demon army? Welcome to the Four Lands! On the whole, this episode gets the job done. Credit: MTV Whats the Ellcrys, you ask? You dont have one of those in your backyard? (They also greet her with their bare chests, in case youve forgotten that youre watching MTV.) Im definitely sensing a lot of sweaty elf-boy hate....

May 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1363 words · Elizabeth Mckay

The Shannara Chronicles recap: Breakline

Wil comes to next to the dead Reaper, the Elfstones burned into his hand. Gross, but hey, at least theyll be harder to steal that way. The youngster accuses Wil of being one of the elf-hunters who cut off his left ear. Credit: MTV Naturally, this makes Wil fear for Amberle, as well he should. Still, when Amberle drops her fathers sword, she doesnt dare go back for it. It is, to say the least, a surprising set piece....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 963 words · Emma Barber

The Shannara Chronicles recap: Changeling

Wil falls for a half-baked Rover seduction. Also, two of them get naked. First up is Amberle, who enters the Ellcrys to see if shes worthy of the world-saving quest. Credit: MTV Pollen to the face from an Ellcrys flower (rude!) sends her to a blasted, body-strewn wasteland. Lorin appears, accusing her of never loving him but having feelings for someone else. Then Wil appears, wearing all black. Even his huge stone arts-and-crafts-fair necklace is dark....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 960 words · Willie Mcintyre

The Shannara Chronicles recap: Fury

After a promising premiere,The Shannara Chroniclescontinues to be a fleet-footed feast for the eyes. Let’s get to it. While traveling, Allanon lets it slip that the other Chosen were murdered. Credit: MTV Naturally, Amberle’s horrified, leading her and Wil to doing some pretty-elf bonding. “I caused this,” she says. Before anybody can pull a Robin-Williams-in-Good Will Hunting,though, Allanon collapses. He insists the duo leave him in a Druid cave and continue to Arborlon....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 792 words · Diana Mccarthy

The Shannara Chronicles recap: Pykon

onTheShannaraChronicles.But are those characters all dead, mostly dead, or slightly alive? Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, gnome! Ander and Diana are stuck wandering the green hills and blaming themselves for everything thats gone wrong. Credit: MTV The Ander I love disappeared, lost in booze and anger and doubt. I wake every morning hoping hell return, she says. Okay, first, on behalf of Arion, the prince shes currently dating: Ouch....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 818 words · Barbara Cooper