What's in a Page: YA novelist Courtney Summers discovers why her books are so grim

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing? I think I was five. I got a red notebook and promptly wrote MARK PAUL GOSSELAAR WILL YOU MARRY ME in it. Credit: Megan Gunter; St. Martin’s Griffin What is the last book that made you cry? Migrationsby Charlotte McConaghy brought (more than) a few tears to my eyes. Which book is at the top of your current To-Read list?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Jennifer Riggs

What's in a Page:Chlorine Sky's Mahogany L. Browne can write quite literally anywhere

Mahogany L. Browne’s debut novel-in-verse is going to be big. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:What is the first thing you remember writing? MAHOGANY L. BROWNE:I remember writing a story in fourth grade. Credit: Crown Books for Young Readers (2) I don’t remember what it was about, only that we were tasked with bookmaking as well. I remember the cardboard hardcover was pink with a stick-figure white girl in a blue dress on the front....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Jennifer Mason

What's in a Page:Searching for Sylvie Leeauthor Jean Kwok's writing career started with a doodle

But her writing career was never a given. We’ll let Kwok explain it in her own words. To celebrate the release ofSylvie Lee’spaperback version, she answered EW’s burning book questions. Credit: William Morrow Paperbacks; Josh Finnell ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing? JEAN KWOK:Im not one of those authors who started writing poems and stories when they were little. In fact, I was the exact opposite....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 614 words · Eric Hoffman

What's in a Page:Thomas Grattan'sThe Recent Eaststarted in a subway car

It’s a lofty project for a debut writer, but Grattan pulls it off seamlessly. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing? THOMAS GRATTAN:When I was young, I was obsessed with horses. Credit: David Horne, FSG The first thing I remember writing is one of several horse-related stories I was really into creating back then. It might have been about a horse giving birth on Christmas Eve....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Matthew Jones DVM

What's leaving Netflix in March:Inception,Sex and the City: The Movie, and more

The SATC girls are packing up their stilettos and saying goodbye to the streaming service. As we get ready to say goodbye to winter climes (we hope!! ), the time has also come to bid adieu to a stack of titles onNetflix. Melissa Moseley SMPSP/Warner Bros.; Craig Blankenhorn/Warner Bros.; JOJO WHILDEN/Weinstein Company Heading into March, the streaming service is cleaning house of some classic and casual flicks alike. Joining them isMolly’s Game,The Perks of Being a WallflowerandSilver Linings Playbook....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Lisa Alvarez

What's missing fromB Positiveand other multi-camera comedies this season: A studio audience

The pandemic is forcing sitcoms to break from a tradition that started 69 years ago with I Love Lucy. “I’ve never understood it. It’s been happening as long as I can remember.” “That’s the heartbreaker of the whole thing,” lamented Lorre. “There’s not going to be any studio audiences for some time, I’m afraid.” Blame the pandemic for that. “Everything is aimed at maintaining a safe environment,” Lorre added. “There is no fallback position....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Timothy Sanchez

What's up with Jessie and Slater on the newSaved by the Bell? 'There are flickers'

So, will they or won’t they? “But Jessie is married. So she and Slater have this friendship but they still have this contentious relationship. Credit: Peacock Will they or won’t they?” “How can there not be?! We can’t be disappointing the fans!” Peacock Berkley Lauren says when asked if there still could be something between them. When we shot the original, we really were like 15 years old when we first started....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Anthony Dawson

WhatDune's out-of-this-world costumes reveal about its characters

Costume designers Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan walk us through the sci-fi film’s best looks. From planet to planet Form follows function inDune. Every character’s clothing is directly tied into their environment. Warner Bros. Pictures That ostentatious armor doesn’t look super breathable. “It makes for that diametric dichotomy between these two worlds when they arrive. “It’s very Maid Marian. Gurney Halleck (Josh Brolin), Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac), and Thufir Hawat (Stephen McKinley Henderson) await the Emperor’s herald in ‘Dune’....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Christina Frey

Whatever happened to Short Round? Ke Huy Quan returns to the big screen

So why did he quit acting? And what lured him back in front of the camera after 35 years away? “I started doing the math in my head,” says Kwan. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.Everett Collection “I was, like, he would be the right age. What isthatguy up to?” It was a fair question. The Goonies.Everett Collection “So he moved on.” and this is decades without an agent....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 550 words · Destiny Bennett

Whatever Happened to the Men of Tomorrow?

Evil Supermen are everywhere. Is this trend a brazen act of countercultural deconstruction or does it just reflect a punishing lack of imagination? I just loveTyler HoechlinonSuperman & Lois. Credit: Illustration by Laurie Greasley for EW He wears black, just likeHenry Cavill’s resurrected Kal-El inZack Snyder’s Justice League. These fallen gods have company. Amazon Prime Video’sThe Boysfeatures Antony Starr as Homelander, an uber-American sociopath. He shares a streaming service with Omni-Man (voiced byJ....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 663 words · Nathaniel Kim

WhatMulanmoving to Disney+ means for Hollywood blockbusters

Voices of doom for movie theaters appeared to gain some substantial ammunition in the past week. It’s the first major tentpole film to pivot to what’s essentially a VOD release. Some viewMulan’s move as a sign that even would-be blockbusters are no longer bound to the theatrical experience. ‘Mulan’.Disney After all, Disneyrepeatedly postponed the filmin vain hopes that a theatrical run might be possible sometime in 2020. Now, the studio has apparently surrendered....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · Karen Wells

WhatTurning Redmeans to me as an AAPI parent

Maybe real revolution happens in everyday suburbia. She enthusiastically accepts: “For Mr. Lee’s cooking? Uh,yeah!” ‘Turning Red’.Disney/Pixar So, cheese pizza and cinnamon twists it was. Flash forward 30 years, and I’m watchingTurning Redwith my preschool-age daughter. And not one of them needs a prince for their happy endings. “For a lot of women and girls, this is still not talked about that much. That talk is still a few years off for my daughter and me....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · John Zamora

Wheel of Timerecap: The Amyrlin Seat has a secret

Wheel of Times reluctant heroes reunite amidst Aes Sedai infighting. Read EWs recap of the sixth episode, “The Flame of Tar Valon.” The White Tower is no longer safe. Alvaro Morte (Logain), Kate Fleetwood (Liandrin Guirale), Rosamund Pike (Moiraine Damodred), Priyanka Bose (Alanna Mosvani).Jan Thijs/Amazon Studios He’s right, like it or not. “We need to present a united front.” But the idea of a united front is a hollow one....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Collin Chen