Class showrunner teases new Doctor Who monsters, releases trailer

If you had the chance to make up brand newDoctor Whomonsters, wouldnt you run with it? asked Ness Friday at New York Comic Con, where a new trailer, below, debuted. You might face an alien youll never learn the name, or motivation, of, he explained. An experience, Ness said, is a lot like being a teenager. Classis set in Coal Hill Academy in Shoreditch, London. If you put it in a scene, its all everyone is going to look at....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 80 words · Audrey Nguyen

Class: EW Review

this shows version of the Hellmouth. Class main attraction is its cast. The young actors are all very talented and have no trouble handling the shows heavier material. Simon Ridgway/BBC WatchingClassis somewhat jarring because of how much it differs from the mothership. And,Classdoesnt waste any time in establishing this fact. The shows self-seriousness reaches its heights in the April-centric two-parter that briefly turns the series into a silly slog. At one point April asks, Do you ever feel its so dark itll never be light again?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Jennifer Hebert

Classcreator invented 'whole new set of monsters' forDoctor Whospin-off

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. It has become a place that other creatures notice, says show creator Patrick Ness. Our four get thrown into having to defend the school. Read on for more from Ness. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you get involved inClass?PATRICK NESS:Really unexpectedly. The producers approached me about possibly writing forDoctor Who. They said, Weve got this other thought brewing, maybe a spin-off set in Coal Hill School....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · Sarah Wagner

Classfinale recap: 'The Lost'

One very long school year comes to a close Welcome,Class-mates! Having a couple of aliens in its ranks doesnt hurt, either. This week, everybody definitely does not live. Credit: Simon Ridgway/BBC America Roll Call And soClassgoes out with a bang. A planet collapsing in on itself. A certain familiar stone statue. And at least one impending, possibly matricidal alien baby, thanks to, well, a bang. When Ram tries to touch him, he turns to ash and is scattered on the wind, lost....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 837 words · Frances Allen

Classic dystopian novels' popularity surges in Trump's America

If you press links we provide, we may receive compensation. Get to know the iconic novels, from ‘1984’ to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Since Donald Trump’s election, classic dystopian novels have seen a major surge in popularity. Credit: Harper Perennia, Signet Classics Signet has ordered a 75,000-copy reprint and the publisher “anticipates putting through additional reprints quickly.” Below, EW breaks down the classic dystopian novels that have experienced newfound popularity in Trump’s America....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · William Vance

Classic West: 6 standout moments from The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, and more

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. Los Angeles got its own taste of a throwback weekend with The Classic West on July 15 and 16. They dont call it The Classic for nothing. Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Scoop Marketing Here are our six favorite moments from the weekend-long classic rock festival. The lack of his presence was still a fresh wound felt by band members and fans alike....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Denise Adams

Classics by Joan Didion, Susan Sontag get gorgeous new covers

Make it look the same, yet different. The next challenge was finding the right illustrator. I started mocking up different layouts using photographs, Yee explains. Credit: WILL RAGOZZINO/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images; Serge BENHAMOU/Gamma-Rapho/ Getty Images One of my throw in solutions was a box that happened to go across the authors mouth. It was a womans face and it looked like we were symbolically silencing her. It was then that I realized all of the authors were women....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Michelle Johnson

Classrecap: 'Brave-ish Heart'

Quill is predictable, April is anything but Welcome,Class-mates! Having a couple of aliens in its ranks doesnt hurt, either. This week, our characters get to the Underneath of it all. Credit: Simon Ridgway/BBC America Theyre too busy bickering amidst themselves until Tanya sticks up for her friends. Either way hed die. But being a stellar boyfriend, Matteusz makes his decision easier. (Honestly, Iwasimaging a weird, floral shadow villain for a moment....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 715 words · Sierra Whitehead MD

Classrecap: 'Detained'

It’s time to play Truth or Truth Welcome,Class-mates! Having a couple of aliens in its ranks doesnt hurt, either. This week, prisoner zero has escaped. Credit: Simon Ridgeway/BBC America Two-thirds, if you count Quill. But our alien-tested teens arent exactly hugging it out in the end. So, about the classroom and the nothingness. Just as she unlocks the door, a meteor shoots through a tear in spacetime and into the room....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 619 words · Wanda Meyer

Classrecap: 'Nightvisiting'

Having a couple of aliens in its ranks doesnt hurt, either. This week, Tanya sees a ghostwith some literal strings attached. So hes here to use that grief to harvest her soul (a.k.a. Credit: Simon Ridgway/BBC America This prompts him to rush out of his apartment and call his dad posthaste. When he doesnt get a response, he investigates the Lankin vines, only to discover they regenerate. Having shared a tender moment, the pair kiss....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 520 words · Nicholas Rivers

Classrecap: 'The Coach With the Dragon Tattoo'

Ram can’t get his leg or his grief to cooperate Welcome,Class-mates! Having a couple of aliens in its ranks doesnt hurt, either. This week, a tattoo wreaks havoc. Credit: Simon Ridgeway/BBC America And were late for Rams practice. Its been a week since the prom, and Rams leg still isnt cooperating. Theres no crying in football. It snatches the cleaning lady and skins her alive. This school officially has a dragon problem....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 724 words · Peter Vargas

Classrecap: 'The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did'

That new hairstyle is just the beginning Welcome,Class-mates! Having a couple of aliens in its ranks doesnt hurt, either. This week, its the longest hour of Quills life. Credit: Chris Lobina/BBC America Not that the math teacher minds. Its simply the cost of her freedom. Hes also one of the Governors alien prisoners. Quill isnt quite on board with being atomically fuzzed (a.k.a. Once there, Ames orders Quill to start sharing some of her memories to attract a real live Arn....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 933 words · Brenda Robinson

Claws: EW Review

It makes for a strong, hooking start. I immediately fell for these well-cast characters and their effortless, warm chemistry. Yet theres depth here, too. Credit: Wilson Web/TNT The closest we get to the sand is the discount seafood joint next door to Desnas shop. WE SELL BIG SHRIMPS. We watch her walk a lonely stretch of highway at night to a cheap roadside motel. But my enthusiasm forClawsbegan to subside halfway through the premiere as familiar tropes and premises take over....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · David Nguyen