WhyThe Life Liststar Kyle Allen should be the next internet boyfriend

Allen steps into the spotlight as the dreamy romantic lead of Netflix’s new movie. Nicole Rivelli/Netflix 2025 is in need of a newly anointed internet boyfriend. And wouldn’t you know it, finding true love is one of the items on the list. Credit:Nicole Rivelli/Netflix This isn’t Allen’s first breakout. ), which he employed as a member of the Jets inSteven Spielberg’s2021 adaptation ofWest Side Story. It soon blossomed into a full-time career....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Sarah Bridges

WhyThe O.C.didn't give Marissa a funeral

“Welcome to The O.C. The Oral History” takes viewers inside all four seasons of the Fox drama. The day was May 18, 2006. Mischa Barton on ‘The O.C.'.Everett Collection Millions of viewers were gathered around their televisions to see howThe O.C.was going to wrap up its third season. Ryan would make it out alive. But Marissa would not. So why didn’t the show open on a funeral?...

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Eric Mckenzie

WhyThe Rings of Powerseason 2 premiere ends with an eagle

“The eagles are coming!” But is that a good thing this time? The eagles are coming! The great eagle appears in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ season 2.Courtesy of Prime Video The eagles are coming! That familiar cry fromThe HobbitandThe Lord of the Ringsusually means good news, i.e. that the giant birds are coming to help the heroes in their fight against evil. Against expectations, an eagle does appear!...

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Wendy Parker

WhyThe Viewisn't on this month, plus when new episodes return (in a new studio!)

Sadly,The Viewisn’t on this week or, most of this month, for that matter. Whether or not Behar willgo to Europe and call another Italian woman a bitchon this year’s summer vacation. New episodes ofThe Viewreturn toABCon Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. ET/PT. Alyssa Farah Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, and Sara Haines on ‘The View’.ABC/Jeff Lipsky

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 60 words · Jason Harris

WhyWalk the Linedirector James Mangold circled back to Johnny Cash forA Complete Unknown

“But not at all in a real way. It’s a very different story, but one that does overlap.” Cash was not originally a part ofA Complete Unknown(in theaters Christmas Day). Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash in ‘A Complete Unknown’.Searchlight Pictures “The Johnny Cash part wasn’t in [the book]Going Electric,” Holbrook explains. He didn’t know that when he madeWalk the Line." Dylan shared the letters with Mangold, who lifted some of the film’s dialogue directly from them....

April 30, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Heather May

WhyWarfaredirectors wanted to make the movie for one of the real people who lived it

Earlier this year, audiences saw filmmakerAlex Garland’s vision for a possible future of America. Next year, hes diving into the past to recreate a real war from recent history. As they reach the capital, the film climaxes with an action-packed assault on the White House. ‘Warfare’.Murray Close for A24 My role then was just to facilitate Ray telling this story that he already wanted to tell. Want more movie news?...

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Cindy White

Wicked, a Kiernan Shipka-led rom-com, andMaybe Happy Endingstarring Darren Criss top this week's Must List

You’ll receive all three each week the trifecta of entertainment news. Plug in and enjoy! with a bit of wacky and a whole lot of festivity.Ryan Coleman, News Writer Darren Criss (left), Ariana Grande (top left), Cynthia Erivo (top right), Nico Hiraga (center), and Kiernan Shipka (right).Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman; Universal Pictures; Max Cynthia Erivo (left) and Ariana Grande (right) in ‘Wicked’.Universal Pictures ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’.Kim Nunneley/Hallmark Media Nico Hiraga (left) and Kiernan Shipka (right) in ‘Sweethearts’....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 94 words · Bruce Scott

Wickedactor Marissa Bode fell backward in her wheelchair while filming 'Dancing Through Life'

“I was laughing a lot,” she admits. “Everyone else around me looked so concerned.” “When anyone falls, it’s the most terrifying thing,” Slater adds. Ethan Slater and Marissa Bode in ‘Wicked’.Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures “But there was also something disconcerting about how much [Marissa was] laughing as it happened. We were like, ‘That’s got to mean that it’s bad.'” “I am supposed to be scared in the scene itself,” she notes....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · John Farmer

Wickeddefies box office gravity to debut as No. 1 film worldwide

Gladiator IIclaimed the No. Paul Mescal,Pedro Pascal, andDenzel Washingtonheadline the follow-up toRussell Crowe’s Oscar-winning turn in 2000sGladiator. The two-decades-later sequel earned an additional $50.5 million internationally for cumulative earnings global earnings of $221 million. Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba and Ariana Grande’s Glinda arrive in the Emerald City in ‘Wicked’.Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures 4 on the box-office list, the literally namedBonhoeffer: Paster. seriously, its all right there in the title! Pastor, spy, assassin.)...

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Steven Boone

Wickedstar Cynthia Erivo says she wouldn't use the bathroom once she had put on her costume (exclusive)

“I’m not dealing with it,” she says. “There’s too many layers.” I’m not dealing with it. Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in ‘Wicked’.Universal Studios There’s too many layers. I’m not dealing with it. I’m not going to the bathroom. Universal Pictures It is what it is." Sometimes, she was in the costume as early as 7 a.m. for 12 or 14 hours. “Those days can be really…big,” Erivo said. “They can be really exhausting, because your body is being put through the strangest things....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Natalie Rich

Wickedstar Cynthia Erivo, SAG nomination analysis, and more in EW'sThe Awardistdigital magazine

Sarah Madden THE AWARDIST: How many times have you seenWickednow? The first time you saw the final cut, was that a different experience than watching those rough cuts? Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was a very different experience. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande at the L.A. premiere of ‘Wicked’.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic I erased myself from the movie. I was like, I don’t think I was in that. I don’t think I was there....

April 30, 2025 · 8 min · 1492 words · Sarah Weber

Wickedstar Jonathan Bailey had to plug himself into 'plumbing' because he was so hot during 'Dancing Through Life'

“That was not my catheter.” “I had plumbing underneath. “I thought you had pee in there,” Chu jokes. Jonathan Bailey in ‘Dancing Through Life’ number in ‘Wicked’.Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures “That was not my catheter, no,” Bailey replies with a laugh. Jokes aside, Chu recalls finding his star in a rough place in between takes. Want more movie news? Galinda (Ariana Grande) and her fans in ‘Wicked’.Universal Pictures An estimated 350 people (and 2,000 cans of hairspray!...

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Nicolas Kim

Wickedstar Jonathan Bailey reveals he has a nude photo of himself wearing only Fiyero's boots

The snapshot “sort of felt right” for the character, the “Bridgerton” actor said. So all I had was my Fiyero boots." He made the best of it. Jonathan Bailey.Kevin Mazur/Getty Both are based on author Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel of the same name. Early on, the characters are friends and both in love with Fiyero. The big-screen version ofWickedis separated into two parts, the first of which arrives in theaters Nov....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 76 words · Kimberly Cruz