Yes, those are two different songs. The first is a hard-rocking single from Aerosmith’s 1993 album Get a Grip; the second is a bit of pop fluff by Britney Spears, best known as the theme from the 1999 teen movie Drive Me Crazy. Mashed together and stripped down, they form a low-key super song that sounds just lovely when performed acoustically by Jacob Artist and Melissa Benoist — a.k.a. Jake Puckerman and Marley Rose, two of McKinley High’s newest students.
No one expected Godzilla Minus One to stomp on everyone's soul. Not to be confused with Legendary Pictures' kaiju rock 'em, sock 'em Monsterverse series, Toho's Oscar-winning — gosh, it always feels good to say that — creature feature starring everyone's city-destroying giant lizard tells a riveting, post-World War II tale about redemption, grief, PTSD, and found family. In the 1945-set Godzilla Minus One, the titular reptilian monster is responsible for two horrific incidents in kamikaze pilot Kōichi Shikishima's (Ryunosuke Kamiki) life.
With her latest novel Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn — former EW TV critic and author of previous books Sharp Objects and Dark Places — has written the book of the summer. Yesterday, Amazon named Gone Girl the best novel of 2012 so far, and last month, EW predicted it would be the novel that would make her a star. Flynn talked to me about the thought process behind her disturbing psychological thriller.
A huge amount of thought went into fall’s most lavishly costumed new show. Below Fox’s Gotham designer, Lisa Padovani, reveals the inspirations behind the clothing for Gotham City’s most notorious villains (and hero): Selina Kyle: “She is probably the most modern; we did a steampunk variation on her. Her goggles on top her head are like her ears. She’s always sneaking around so she’s all in black. It’s a cat burglar feeling.
Between the trailers, the stills, and your vague recollections of 9th grade English class, you may feel like you've already seen Baz Luhrmann's take on The Great Gatsby. Even so, this awards bait adaptation turned summer blockbuster certainly looks appealing — especially in these pensive new character posters, which combine fabulous '20s style with the shiniest eyes this side of The Host. Can English rose Carey Mulligan credibly embody American Jazz Age icon Daisy Buchanan?
Today’s a pretty big day for video games. Sixteen years after its original release, the classic LucasArts adventure game Grim Fandango is finally available for purchase after having effectively disappeared from shelves. Before today’s release of Grim Fandango Remastered, Grim has never been rereleased in the United States after its initial run. The only way to play what was widely considered to be the last great adventure game was to either pirate it illegally, or buy one of those original copies secondhand.
When Ferrari finally crosses the finish line and hits U.S. theaters this Christmas after years of development, it will mark director Michael Mann’s first film since 2015's Chris Hemsworth-led Blackhat. But the acclaimed filmmaker behind Heat (1995) and Miami Vice (2006) hasn’t exactly been idle during this time. As he is quick to remind EW at the top of our interview, Mann directed the pilot of the Max series Tokyo Vice and co-wrote the bestselling novel Heat 2, which he’s already working on turning into a screenplay.
April Fools’ Day is officially here. For some of us, that means skeptically studying every news story and trying to figure out which ones are fake. For Happy Endings fans, it brings the hope of finding out what—or if—anything is going on with their beloved show. Back in early February, the Twitter account run by the writers of Happy Endings—ABC’s fun-loving, pun-loving, high-energy, low-rated, gone-too-soon ensemble comedy—mysteriously posted a link to a countdown clock with the slogan “It’s almost a new day.
Hawaii Five-0 did the impossible in its seventh season premiere by uniting the old Steve McGarrett with the new. The CBS drama brought original McGarrett actor Jack Lord to life through the magic of CGI. Lord, who died in 1998, portrayed the Five-O hero for 12 seasons on the namesake series, which ran from 1968–1980 on CBS. In the season 7 premiere, Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) gets trusted advice from Lord—the character was called Jack Lord in the script—a retired cop who offers words of wisdom about what it means to wear the badge.
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Heartbreak High season 2. Heartbreak High threw a lot at Amerie (Ayesha Madon) in season 2. The beloved Australian comedy returned with Amerie wanting to make up for her social pariah status and not being there for Harper (Asher Yasbincek) in season 1. But Amerie's quest to become a better person is met with a few road blocks, including a creepy stalker, relationship problems with Malakai (Thomas Weatherall), and an unplanned pregnancy.