Act, Dean, act. That phrase was repeated several times in my notes for tonight’s episode. Honestly, it’s the best description of Under the Dome‘s season finale, which was carried, for the most part, by Dean Norris’ performance. As has been said in these recaps multiple times this season, Norris really commits to whatever he’s given and acts the hell out of it. But alas, one strong performance does not a good episode make.
The world of How to Train Your Dragon is coming to Universal Orlando Resort's new theme park Epic Universe — and Kenan Thompson is along for the ride. Universal unveiled new concept art Thursday for its planned Isle of Berk land heading to the resort's fourth overall park that's set to open in 2025. Included in it is a drawing of the Saturday Night Live star, who can be seen in the bottom-left corner of an artist's rendering previewing the area's dragon-inspired theming adapted from the popular animated film series.
The Universal Orlando Resort is assessing its representation of Dr. Seuss books at one of its most popular destinations. After Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced Tuesday that it would cease publication of several of the beloved author's popular works for portrayals of "people in ways that are hurtful and wrong," a representative for the entertainment center has confirmed the Florida property's Islands of Adventure park is examining character depictions represented inside the Seuss Landing themed section.
Ohhhh, so that’s what a Blast-Ended Skrewt looks like. It’s one of the lower-priority questions in the Harry Potter canon, right down there with C-list concerns like Can you bake with floo powder? and Are there other invisibility fashion options besides cloaks? — and yet the aesthetic concept of the Blast-Ended Skrewt has always eluded Potter fans, until now. The new Universal Studios Orlando ride Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, which opens at the Florida theme park this summer, will feature the crab-like creatures—seen properly for the first time after being left out of the films—among the bevy of beasts guests will encounter as they hop into Hagrid’s sidecar and journey through the Forbidden Forest.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Challenge: USA season 2 finale. Survivor alums aren't just surviving on The Challenge: USA ... they're absolutely thriving. The first season of CBS' spinoff of MTV's long-running reality competition franchise ended withtwo Survivor alums, Danny McCray and Sarah Lacina, taking home the cash prize, and season 2 was no different as Desi Williams and Chris Underwood emerged victorious after a brutal two-day final. So how did Survivor players continue reigning supreme in this franchise?
Over his 30-year career, Usher has released a new album about every two to four years, but his latest, Coming Home, arrives almost eight years after his last solo effort, 2016's Hard II Love (he released the collaborative A with producer Zaytoven in 2018). During that time, Usher got divorced, had two kids, and launched a massively successful Las Vegas residency — on the heels of a world-stopping pandemic, no less.
I’m sure they must have mentioned a single character’s name sometime in Valor, the new CW show about a group of elite military helicopter pilots. But I watched the pilot twice, and then the first part of it again, and all I can come up with is Pretty Square Jawed Girl (Christina Ochoa), Nice Boyfriend (Charlie Barnett), and Sexy Cowboy Commander Man She’s Not Supposed To Sleep With (Matt Barr). I’m sure you can predict where that all ends up.
You may not know Ted Templeman's name, but you have definitely heard his handiwork. From hard rock to yacht rock, on songs as disparate as "Hot For Teacher" and "What a Fool Believes," the Southern California native has been a monster hitmaker since the early '70s. A revered sonic architect as a producer and a trusted set of ears as a label executive at Warner Bros. Records, Templeman has worked with everyone from Van Halen to Van Morrison.
Van Morrison has announced his 36th studio album, Keep Me Singing. The record is due out Sept. 30 along with the project’s first single, “Too Late.” Keep Me Singing serves as Morrison’s first original material since 2012’s Born to Sing: No Plan B. The collection will feature 12 new songs plus a cover of 1963 blues standard “Share Your Love With Me.” He last released Duets: Re-working the Catalogue, a collection of his previous hits re-recorded as duets with the likes of Mavis Staples, Michael Bublé, and Joss Stone in 2015.
Zzzzzzzz — oh, sorry. I temporarily dozed off during this episode of Vanderpump Rules. I’d rather have watched Insta videos of Lala, Sandoval, and James at Coachella this weekend. Things were super snoozy…until the last three minutes (more on that in a bit). We’re back at SUR and Jax is in the throes of his middle-finger breakdown bonanza. He storms off and strikes the payphone, which still looks like it would reaaaaally hurt.