J.R. pledges himself to fatherhood, but Kayla ultimately acts on her own instincts. Is it safe to go hunting while pregnant? A self-described Southern belle, Kayla was both girly and fearless, a pageant queen and a huntress. She seemed to have it all, so why should a having baby stop her? Since hes older than Kayla, its understandable hed be itching to move out of his parents house. This was the biggest source of tension for the otherwise strong couple....

Netflix catches up with two happy couples and other searching singles from the experimental dating series. Cast your mind back, if you’re able to, to the pre-pandemic days of 2020. Well, let’s not dwell on regrets. Lauren and Cameron on ‘Love Is Blind: After the Altar’.Netflix Or maybe let’s? Hey, we only have ourselves to blame for tuning into the last installment. Unsurprisingly, many failed in this quest for blind love, but a staggering two (!...

Can Ben’s game plan convince Julia to make room for romance? For tree farm owner and single father Granger Fields, Christmas is his busiest time of year. Which is why we are lighting a candle for Agdern’s beautiful Hanukkah romance. Illustration by EW Can Sarah change his mind about the holidays… and more? Agdern breathes new and long overdue life into the tradition of holiday romance. It’s dizzyingly romantic and bursting with their signature humor....

From prolific prize winners to hotshot debuts, the best and brightest books to devour this season. Sun’s out, fun’s out! For some, it’s strictly the season of SPF and Summer Fridays. Riverhead Books The result reads like a cracked fairy tale, both familiar and fantastically strange. Harper Penguin Press ‘The Latecomer,’ by Jean Hanff Korelitz.Celadon Books Little, Brown and Company ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win,’ by Tom Perrotta.Scribner Counterpoint Hanover Square Press...

‘Tis the season to read a romance novel that puts you in a festive mood. But can she overcome all her baggage to find the Christmas spirit and a happily-ever-after? Naima Simone always balances the most delicious angst with extremely satisfying heat and the utmost heart. HQN This Christmas present is no exception. A Cowboy Christmas Legendby Linda Broday A historical Western more your cup of cocoa? Shalvis can be relied on to keep you warm this Christmas with solely the steam from her pages....

Dolph Lundgren Look at babyDolph Lundgren! But she also made an appearance in a Bond movie. In 1987’sThe Living Daylights, she appeared as a background actor in the opera sequence. People you forgot were in James Bond movies.Everett Collection; Keith Hamshere/MGM; MGM He showed up briefly aboard the British Royal Navy’s HMS Devonshire frigate. But inCasino Royale, that’s exactly what happens to Richard Branson. One of them is supermodel and Victoria’s Secret angel Alessandra Ambrosio....

These fans include creators behind some of our other favorite pop culture titles, and a few are evenATLAalums. He saw it thanks to Colin Heck, who’s worked on bothThe SimpsonsandATLA’ssequel,The Legend of Korra. There are more subtle similarities between the two series, but the direct references should stick out for diehardAvatarviewers. marvel Robot Chicken If you thought you hatedM. Night Shyamalan’sAvataradaptation,you haven’t metRobot Chicken’sRoger Ebert character. Later, when Barry gets scarred around his left eye, he resembles Zuko....

You might remember her from the Netflix comedy Alexa & Katie. May didn’t actually audition for the role of Elsa Dutton. The young actress first met Sheridan by trying out forMayor of Kingstown, his other drama for Paramount+. Emerson Miller/Paramount+ She didn’t get the job, but Sheridan certainly didn’t forget her. “Two weeks later, he called and said, ‘I want you to be Elsa. We’re gonna watch this story unfold through her eyes and her perspective....

“I thought I was going to cross maybe at the river’s edge or something. I didn’t realize that it was going to be literally going across this river. [Taylor said], ‘That was real Western right there, girl.'” Faith Hill and Tim McGraw in ‘1883’.Emerson Miller/Paramount+ “That was tough, what she said. ‘See you in the valley.’ I can’t imagine not being with my child in their final moments of life.”...

Christmas-themed books to get cozy with It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We wish all Christmas snacks were this delicious. All I Want for Christmas Is Youby Miranda Liasson Talk about a holiday surprise! Amazon Digital Services LLC; Berkley; William Morrow (2); Pocket Books; Forever After a one-night stand with longtime crush Rafe Langdon, Kaitlyn Barnes discovers she’s pregnant. If you’re an Anglophile with royal family fever, this is the perfect Christmas gift....

The revolutionaryThe Matrixfranchiseis backand reloaded, with filmmakerLana Wachowskisome new spectacles, new characters, and new mysteries. The Matrix Resurrectionswill premiere in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously starting Dec. 22. This is one of the first times he’s made aware of a glitch in the Matrix. ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ trailer: black cat.Warner Bros. Pictures He’s able to better deal with adversaries because he sees them as streams of data. TheResurrectionstrailer has one real blink-and-you-miss-it instance of this within Neo’s dream sequence....

When we look back on the 2010s, these are the fashion moments we’ll remember. A star is born, indeed. Her intricate costumes, created in collaboration with Olivier Rousteing, invoked Nefertiti and HBCU Greek life. FilmMagic; Larry Busacca/Getty Images; BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images and fashion recyling (the impending death of our planet!) became ever more popular toward the end of the 2010s. FilmMagic Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic Chris Jackson/Getty Images Ethan Miller/Getty Images...

Oh, and a major TV seriesalready in development. After that indefinite delay, Meyer has re-emerged with the finished book, mirroring the events of the originalTwilightnovel. Illustration by EW Farrar, Straus and Giroux One World Razorbill Riverhead Books Bloomsbury Publishing Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Harper Penguin Simon & Schuster Knopf Farrar, Straus and Giroux Roaring Brook Press Grove Atlantic Penguin Random House