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No man left behind? Well, technically no man was left behind when the pandemic shut down production on the Budapest set ofHalo. “Luckily she had an amazing dog-sitter, but she was there for seven months. Paramount + She [got] about 10 pounds heavier.” Schreiber, meanwhile, had no choice but to maintain his physique during quarantine. Schreiber calls it “a herculean task,” and not just because of bulking up. Nothing about it is easy, and I wouldn’t want it to be....

The gorgeous and gripping adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel is dangerously close to a masterpiece. “The whole Koreans versus Japanese situation why can’t people just get over that?” muses Solomon’s American boss, Tom (Jimmi Simpson, delivering peak financial-bro). But for the characters inPachinko, history is something that must be honored escape is both impossible and ill-advised. Still, she and directorsKogonadaandJustin Chonnever rush the characters, or their moments of elation and grief....

Warning: This post contains spoilers for season 1, episode 7 ofPachinko. Lee Minhodoes not consider hisPachinkocharacter a villain. “His father was everything to him,” Lee says. Lee Minho as Hansu in ‘Pachinko’.Robert Falconer/Media Res/Blue Marble Pictures/Apple TV+ With the region blanketed in ash, a tsunami engulfs the island not too long after. (“We used something like potato starch,” Lee notes of the makeshift ash. “Obviously it wasn’t toxic, but my throat was itchy afterwards....

“Everybody wants to go back home,” Youn tells EW. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What drew you to the role of Sunja? YUH-JUNGYOUN:When I read the script, the age is 74, Sunja’s age. Youn Yuh-Jung as older Sunja ‘Pachinko’.Media Res/Blue Marble Pictures/Apple TV+ So that is the role suitable for my age. That’s why.[Laughs.] You were born two years after Japanese rule ended in Korea. Jung Eun-chae and Minha Kim in ‘Pachinko’.Juhan Noh/Media Res/Blue Marble Pictures/Apple TV+...

While I was preparing for this role, my grandmother helped me a lot." “I could hear some of their stories through my mom and dad indirectly or secondhand.” The past, history, is often awash with hurt. Minha Kim and Lee Minho in ‘Pachinko’.Media Res/Blue Marble Pictures/Apple TV+ For Minha and Lee, filming the heavy scenes admittedly took a toll. It was a time when people just lost all hope and dreams," Lee says....

Kristan Higgins knows just how to pull at readers' heartstrings. But I would probably sayMandyby Julie Edwards, who is also known asJulie Andrews. It’s so great that Mary Poppins wrote a book. Declan Keenan; Penguin A book I read in secret as a teenager Shannaby Kathleen Woodiwiss. I was about 12 years old. In a rare moment, she yelled at me. HarperCollins She said, “You are not old enough to read that....

The Irish “pied piper” helped bring folk music to the forefront of the world. Paddy Moloney, the founder of the popular Irish folk band the Chieftains, has died at 83. No cause of death was given. Paddy Moloney in 2012.Steve Thorne/Redferns via Getty Images His death was announced by theIrish Traditional Music Archive. Moloney founded the Chieftains in 1962 alongside Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy, playing the uilleann pipes and bodhran....

Gabe Erales was announced as the winner ofTop Chef:Portlandon Thursday night. After he returned from filmingTop Chef, he cut her hours, blaming performance, the outlet reported. Erales has not replied to EW’s request for comment. Padma Lakshmi, Gabe Erales.David Moir/Bravo; Stephanie Diani/Bravo This should be investigated & the web link should consider its best action." A rep for Bravo declined to comment to EW.

This marks the second year in a row the gathering won’t take place. “Those who have purchased festival tickets and passes will receive a refund. For most, the refund will be returned to their original method of payment.” The 2020 Palm Springs International Film Festival.Vivien Killilea/Getty Images The festival was originally slated to run Jan. 7-17. The festival will announce juried award winners from the official selection on Jan. 15.

“To keep talking about it is such a joy,” she says. That’s just so immensely gratifying." It’s got to almost feel like your own time loop.CRISTIN MILIOTI:I know, I love it. Christopher Willard/Hulu I’m also like, “Wow, that’s amazing.” To keep talking about it is such a joy. You’re really owning that space of just outside L.A,, in the middle of nowhere. Hulu [Laughs] I know! That actually sounds quite scary....

As evidenced by the below,Cristin Miliotireally can’t escape harrowing situations in the desert. “That, in and of itself, was a fantastic premise for a show. But what really drew me in was Alissa’s voice. HBO Max She set up such a fun and unique world to adapt and expand from. “I would say that Sarah has a lot more agency than Hazel. And I think that’s something that goes throughout the season....

Actor and Oscar-winning documentarian Fisher Stevens tells EW about making this little movie with a big emotional punch. This month, EW is offering exclusive looks at more than two dozen of 2021’s most anticipated movies. Check out more of our previewhere. Credit: apple tv+ Eddie Palmer is ready for a new start. His drug addict mom, who just skipped out of town on her latest bender. And they’re like, well there’s somebody attached....

Pam & Tommyhas a great story to tell, and it almost does. She’s aPlayboysex symbol andBaywatchstar with a new movie and a new marriage. They are ’90s gods approaching a hell millennium. Sebastian Stan and Lily James as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in ‘Pam & Tommy’.Erin Simkin/Hulu “There are so many angles to it!” one character actually says. “Technology, celebrity, privacy!” Bad dialogue, good point. And Stan is…okay, I guess?...