newsThe Backstreet Boys kicked off their sold-out world tour last Friday, but fans without tickets can still get a hot backstage peek thanks to a new tell-all book by Samantha Stonebraker, an ex-girlfriend of Brian ”B-Rok” Littrell. ”What You Wanna Know: Backstreet Boys’ Secrets Only a Girlfriend Can Tell” (St. Martin’s) hits shelves Nov. 3. Here are some of the book’s juicier revelations. Why you should think twice about shaking their hands
Image Credit: Adam Rose/FoxAny straight lady or gay man in Glee‘s audience (i.e. the vast majority of Glee‘s audience) had to enjoy last night’s Rocky Horror Picture Show-themed episode, and not because they love “The Time Warp.” We were treated to not one, not even two, but three extensive shirtless-hunk scenes. And yes, I’m including Cory Monteith in that count, despite poor Finn’s insecurities about showing off his body. Finn, you looked darn good to me strutting down the hall in your underwear!
A group of government officials camp out in a fancy D.C. hotel suite, huddled around a recording device on the coffee table. They are listening intently to a conversation between Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) and Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) that's taking place in the restaurant below. As soon as they get what they need — an admission from Lewinsky that President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) helped get her a job in exchange for her silence about their affair — the men upstairs erupt.
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Fast X. Family is forever in the Fast & Furious franchise, so we shouldn't be surprised when dead family members keep coming back from the grave. First there was Letty's (Michelle Rodriguez) shocking resurrection in Fast & Furious 6. Han (Sung Kang) followed suit in F9. Now, at the end of Fast X, Gisele (Gal Gadot) returns right before the credits roll. Fast fans have long been calling for justice for Gisele after she seemingly fell to her death during the chase on the world's longest runway in Fast & Furious 6.
After teasing her gargantuan fan base with behind-the-scenes snaps and snippets, Ariana Grande dropped her "thank u, next" music video. With references from Mean Girls, Legally Blonde, Bring it On, and 13 Going on 30, the five-and-a-half minute video is a delightful romp through early-2000s cinematic iconography, and with its overtones of pink, sparkles, and retro fashion, it's as gorgeous for the eyes as it is for the ears. With so much fetch content to see, we created a comprehensive reference guide to the video for you.
Sally Rooney may have singlehandedly ushered in the return of the Event Novel — and inadvertently launched the concept of the Modern Millennial Writer — but she also introduced a new set of readers to the intricacies of her native Ireland (and gave her fellow countryfolk endless bragging rights). With her third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You (out Sept. 7), the 30-year-old author builds her Irish literary empire with a story set in Dublin and beyond.
How to put this simply? Bridgerton is a lot. The Regency-era romance — based on the novels by Julia Quinn and exec produced by Shonda Rhimes — is character-stuffed and almost overwhelmingly opulent, all candy-colored ballgowns and sprawling ancestral estates. The inundation of visual and narrative information foisted upon viewers in the premiere feels a bit like a corset being tightened around your brain: Several EW staffers, myself included, reported turning off the first episode part-way through.
The Dead are a bit like the Monica Lewinsky affair: You know where you stand and there’s little chance you’ll change your mind. Partisans will be grateful indeed for the archival CDs Dick’s Picks, previously available only by mail order. The best of these mostly multi-disc sets capture the band at their early ’70s experimental peak, but even the iffy later disco-prog outings have great moments (skip the croaky ’83 show).
Pennsbury High School outside Philadelphia takes its senior prom seriously. No, seriously. Hordes of people in the 73,000-strong local community come out to see the outlandish parade (fire trucks, stretch Hummers) carrying some 1,200 attendants to the school’s red carpet. The 2003 prom is the all-stops-out climax of Michael Bamberger’s deeply affecting Wonderland (Atlantic Monthly, $23). After winning the principal’s blessing, Bamberger visited Pennsbury High about three times a week during the 2002 — 03 school year, befriending students, teachers, and parents.
More than 20 years after her album This Is Me...Then, Jennifer Lopez has given the cinematic treatment to her new album, with the accompanying film This Is Me...Now: A Love Story. Plus, Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, and Celeste O'Connor star in the Marvel action movie Madame Web., and Kingsley Ben-Adir stars as the famed singer and musician in Bob Marley: One Love. It's a big week for CBS with the season premieres of its primetime lineup, including the NCIS and FBI franchises, S.