Margaret Atwood: There's nothing inThe Handmaid's Tale'that didn't happen, somewhere'

Id say in general: be informed, be aware. Who knew that this would ever have to be defended? Dead bodies on the floor will result. Credit: Vince Talotta/Toronto Star via Getty Images Then there is the whole issue of sexual violence being used as control it is such an old motif. Atwoods answer: I cannot tell you how strange this feels. Support your leaders who are standing against unconstitutional laws; keep informed, as best as possible....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Brad Galloway

Margaret Cho hasn't spoken to Tilda Swinton since whitewashing email controversy

“She got really mad […] but I think it’s funny,” Cho tells EW. I don’t know why white people get so upset. Swinton had contacted Cho in May 2016 to discuss theDoctor Strangecasting backlash. Credit: Paul Morigi/WireImage; Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images “Presumably on Ancient grounds. (Swinton ultimately released the full chain of emails to the public.) “Apologize for what? I don’t have anything to apologize for. She was just asking me questions....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Ryan Moore

Margaret Cho on Tilda Swinton conversation: Emails stand on their own

Asian actors should play Asian roles, Cho said in a statement to EW on Friday evening. I am grateful that the debate has now entered the national discussion and remain a huge fan of Tildas. Cho added, It was so weird … Credit: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images; Angela Weiss/Getty Images I was like, B, I cant tell them …. I dont have a yellow phone under a cake dome. The conversation made Cho feel like a house Asian, she said....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 627 words · Jonathan Sims

Margaret Cho responds to Arizona GOP photo faux pas

(See a screenshot below.) This was obviously a mistake, and we apologize. Cho addressed the mistake Wednesday morning in a statement to EW. Credit: Everett Collection I didnt bother to research and paid the price of a dodgeball to the face. They got some bad information and ran with it. They deserve a dodgeball to the face. Arizona Republican Party This post has been updated.

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 65 words · Jason Coleman

Margaret Cho slams Arizona Republicans after photo fail

I didnt bother to research and paid the price of a dodgeball to the face. They got some bad information and ran with it. They deserve a dodgeball to the face. Credit: Everett Collection This was obviously a mistake, and we apologize. After the photo was captured by Vice News, it soon went viral, withAll-American Girlcostar B.D. Arizona Republican Party

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 60 words · Matthew Oliver

Margaret Cho teases 'vile' Trump-centric tour: 'He's gambling with the world'

His inability to properly beat his mug. So first up, he needs a beauty blender. The Fresh Off the Bloat tour runs now through Dec. 12. Credit: Margaret Cho/Twitter Tickets and a list of show dates are available nowhere. The show is fun. I dont understand the unbelievable results of this election. Its a lot about misogyny and people being unable to accept that a woman could be president. Im going to talk a lot about my mom and how she dealt with AIDS....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Jose Love

Margaret Stohl talksRoyce Rollsand writing reality TV

If you choose links we provide, we may receive compensation. But her latest novel sees theBeautiful Creaturesco-author step into a different arena that of reality television. And that only means one thing: Bentley Royce must save her show… to save her family. Vania Stovanova But the Royces arent the only ones making their (sort of) TV debut. We [also] live with it all the time. I live near the Brentwood Country Mart where the paparazzi cluster outside....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 721 words · Heather Richardson

Margaret Whitton dead: Major League actress dies at 67

She was 67 years old. Born Nov. 30, 1949, in Philadelphia, Whitton began her acting career on stage. She made her off-Broadway debut in 1973 withBaby Goya, which also starred Olympia Dukakis (Steel Magnolias). She hit Broadway proper in 1982 with Nell Dunns Olivier Award-winning comedySteaming. Whitton found a broader audience with her turn as the villainous Rachel Phelps in the 1989 baseball comedyMajor League. She fails in the original movie and again in the 1994 sequel, in which she seeks revenge....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · James Johnson

Margot Robbie, Domhnall Gleeson Meet Winnie the Pooh In NewGoodbye Christopher RobinImages

‘After World War I, everyone felt robbed of their innocence,’ the actress says. ‘[Pooh] gave a little bit of that back.’ Goodbye Christopher Robin Domhnall Gleeson and Margot Robbie are headed to the Hundred Acre Wood. David Appleby/Fox Searchlight Pictures “I’d never considered why Winnie the Pooh was so popular,” Robbie tells EW. After World War I, everyone felt robbed of their innocence. It gave a little bit of that back....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Ralph Ward

Margot Robbie, Zac Efron,Drag Racestar Trixie Mattel join 2019 Tribeca Film Festival lineup

The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 24 through May 5. Pass and package information is available on the festivalswebsite. Read on for the festivals feature lineup. Credit: Ursula Coyote; Brian Douglas; Nick Zeig-Owens NARRATIVE COMPETITION Blow the Man Down, directed and written by Danielle Krudy, Bridget Savage Cole. Produced by Drew Houpt, Alex Scharfman, Tim Headington, Lia Buman. (USA) World Premiere. With Morgan Saylor, Sophie Lowe, Margo Martindale, June Squibb, Annette OToole, Marceline Hugot....

May 1, 2025 · 17 min · 3436 words · Richard Hicks

Maria Menounos leaving E! following brain tumor diagnosis

I am so grateful for the past three years at E!. It was such a special, good-hearted group and one Ill always consider family. I will truly miss everyone and looking forward to this next chapter in my life. We are grateful for Marias many contributions to E! over the past three years. Speaking to PEOPLE,Menounos revealedshe was diagnosed with a meningioma brain tumor earlier this year. After surgery in June, 99....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Shawn Fry

Maria Semple's Today Will Be Different: EW review

Eleanor Flood, a former New York art-world wunderkind turned half-desperate Seattle housewife, is tired of grinding it out. And so she wakes up resolved to love her supportive surgeon husband and possibly gay son a little more; to learn a poem and walk the dog and keep a lunch date with a friend she hates. But she is still herself, of course, and like the loopy antiheroine of Semples beloved last novel,Whered You Go, Bernadette, that self is exactly as messy and eccentric and unfiltered as the Eleanor of yesterday....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Nathaniel Walter

Mariah Carey called out byThe Housecostar for set behavior: 'It did not go well'

for her alleged behavior on the set of the Will Ferrell-Amy Poehler comedyThe House. We did some reshoots with a pop star named Mariah Carey. It did not go well, Huebel said before asking if he was allowed to swear on the broadcast. After being told he was, Huebel continued: Fing what is going on with her? Carey, per Huebel, was cast to play herself in a cameo. Not in real life....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Holly Butler