Some authors celebrate when their books become bestsellers, but Steve Martin is "proud" to see his novel on a different list. In a cheerful social media post, the Only Murders in the Building star mocked the decision of one Florida school district to ban over 300 books, including his 2000 novella, Shopgirl. "So proud to have my book Shopgirl banned in Collier County, Florida," Martin wrote on Instagram. "Now people who want to read it will have to buy a copy!
Jackass star Steve-O is reflecting on the success of the 2022 movie Jackass Forever and if it was truly worth it. The stuntman, who has been known to perform death-defying hijinks across the popular film and television franchise, recently told NME that he considered the fourth film installment "kind of a bummer." "It's not fun to watch Knoxville get hit in the head anymore," he explained, referring to a scene in which Johnny Knoxville was charged by a bull and subsequently suffered brain damage.
Exactly 149 years after Abraham Lincoln made a speech that he believed “the world will little note, nor long remember,” Steven Spielberg was keynote speaker at an event that annually proves him wrong. Just days after Spielberg’s historical drama Lincoln opened in theaters nationally, the Oscar-winning filmmaker paid tribute Monday to the 16th president’s Gettysburg Address at a windswept ceremony commemorating both that iconic speech and the 1863 transformation of a bloody battlefield into the Soldiers’ National Cemetery.
Fox is dusting off West Side Story, the 1961 musical that won 10 Academy Awards, based on hints that Steven Spielberg is interested in developing the property for a big-screen remake. Deadline initially reported the news, which focuses equally on the role DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snyder might play if she jumps studios, and sources familiar with the project confirm to EW that wheels are in motion to make West Side Story available for the legendary director as a possible “passion project.
In the new horror-thriller Happy Birthday, Matt Bush and Riley Litman star as L.A.-dwelling film biz types who take a trip to Mexico and wind up in a boatload of trouble after teaming up with a pair of dubious characters played by Erik Palladino and Matthew Willig. Written and directed by Casey Tebo, the film also stars Britne Oldford and Vanessa Lengies. But in several scenes, the show is effectively stolen by Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.
The brutal, bloodied images of Glenn's final appearance on The Walking Dead still haunt fans of the beloved AMC zombie series, and the spirit of the character lingered on in actor Steven Yeun's heart, mind, and career long after he departed the show, too. "When I was leaving The Walking Dead, I had just gotten married, I was about to have my first child, and we just bought a house, and we did it all within the context of one year.
Stevie Wonder had a run of classic albums in the ’70s — 1972’s Talking Book, 1973’s Innervisions and 1974’s Fulfillingness’ First Finale — but 40 years ago Wednesday, he released his crown jewel, 1976’s Songs in the Key of Life. That life-changing double LP would go on to become the Sgt. Pepper of R&B, a Grammy-winning work that other soul brothers and sisters are still chasing to this day. In honor of its anniversary, EW is celebrating that album by ranking all 21 songs.
Maya Hawke is totally game for her Stranger Things character Robin Buckley dying in the fifth and final season of the Netflix hit. The actress and singer-songwriter is proposing a big "hero's moment" death, not unlike the heartbreaking and gallant demises of Bob (Sean Astin), Billy (Dacre Montgomery), and, of course, Eddie (Joseph Quinn). (No, the latter is not a spoiler. It's been four months!) "It's the last season, so people are probably going to die,"
Sturgill Simpson first broke out in 2014 with Metamodern Sounds in Country Music. A heady mix of rockabilly and psychedelia — garnished with “Marijuana, LSD, psilocybin, DMT,” as he sang on the standout song “Turtles All the Way Down” — the collection ruminated on the origins of the universe, the meaning of life, and how to best endure the gloom of the here and now. Genre traditionalists heralded him as the Savior of Country Music, a new keeper of the Merle Haggard-Waylon Jennings flame.
Fifty Shades of fashion Universal Pictures With the grand finale of the Fifty Shades franchise, we've finally reached the climax—of Anastasia Grey's (née Steele) flawless wardrobe, that is. Shot back-to-back with Fifty Shades Darker in the first half of 2016, the fashion of Fifty Shades Freed is two years old—which doesn't mean Ana's look is dated, as costume designer Shay Cunliffe looked backward for classic styles and forward for fresh trends in which to dress Mrs.