Maureen Johnson shares excerpt fromTruly Devious

If you tap on links we provide, we may receive compensation. It features crimes past and present. Fate came for Dottie Epstein a year before, in the form of a call to the principals office. Credit: Heather Weston It was not her first time there. Dolores Epstein wasnt sent for any of the normal reasonsfighting, cheating, failing, absence. Dolores, the principal would say. Katherine Tegen Books You cant go around acting like youre smarter than everyone else....

May 1, 2025 · 16 min · 3398 words · Martin Scott

Maxine Waters fires back at Bill O'Reilly: 'I'm a strong black woman and I cannot be intimidated'

Let me just say this: Im a strong black woman and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined. And so we know about that checkered past, Waters said. And so Im not going to be put down. Im not going to go anywhere. Im going to stay on the issues. On Tuesday morning, OReilly appeared onFox & Friendsand proceeded to mock Waters hair. I was looking at the James Brown wig....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Edgar Branch

May Concert Calendar: The 15 top shows to see this month

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. As summer draws nearer, some of the season’s buzziest tours are kicking off a few weeks early. They’ll up the ante this spring and summer, joining forces for a co-headlining tour. Credit: Mat Hayward/Getty Images; Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage; Steve Jennings/WireImage Tickets:Visit Hall & Oates or Tears for Fears’sitesfor more information andbuy hereorhere. Tickets:Visit Zac Brown Band’ssitefor more information andbuy hereorhere. Tickets:Visit Feist’ssitefor more information andbuy hereorhere....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Patricia Griffith

Mayweather vs. McGregor: All the Stars Who Watched

Mayweather vs. McGregor: All the stars who watched The stars came out to see Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Ahead, a look at who attended the match (pictured here: Jamie Foxx, Don Cheadle, Chance The Rapper and William H. Macy). Olivia Munn Bruce Willis Chance The Rapper Chadwick Boseman Jamie Foxx Don Cheadle Jamie Foxx and Olivia Munn Jeremy Piven William H. Macy Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne Cedric the Entertainer Vanessa Hudgens Sarah Shahi Aisha Tyler Ari Graynor Nick Cannon Paula Malcomson Gabriel Iglesias Clark Duke Jeremy Allen White Michael Angarano AJ McLean and Nick Carter Cardi B Jasmine Sanders and Terrence J Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart of The Chainsmokers Bryan Steffy/Getty Images...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Connor Lopez

Me Myself & Ifeels like the montage at the end of a heartfelt drama

Ever think about what you were like when you were younger? Or where you might be in 25 years? Ever wonder if in that future, you might look like John Larroquette? Credit: Neil Jacobs/CBS Lets take those eras one at a time. Maybe we didnt need to hit on this quirk more than three times in one half-hour episode? One bright spot comes in the form ofanotherclassic TV legend, Jaleel White (thats right, Urkel!...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Michael Cruz

Mean Girls sequel: Daniel Franzese tweets about a new movie

A sequel would be totally fetch Mean Girlscant help it that its so popular. And hed like to do so now, kindly. I cant even get a pedicure without seeing this! Credit: Paramount; Courtesy Everett Collection Franzese tweeted along with the picture. LOL can we do this already?! It about time Damian got his [shirt] back. Franzese tagged his on-screen frenemy, Lindsay Lohan, in the tweet as well. The idea has been thrown around several times....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Stacey Hood

Mean Girlsmusical first look: Tina Fey introduces the Plastics

They’re teen royalty. Raise your hand if youve ever felt personally victimized by the decade-long wait forMean Girlsto come to Broadway. It was probably my husband, Jeff, who said, You know what? Mary Ellen Matthews This could work as a musical. And I trusted him to know that, having that background. (Richmond studied musical theatre at Kent State; Fey, drama at the University of Virginia.) Kate Rockwell so quickly found the zone of the sweetness thats at the core of Karen....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Jeffrey Simpson

Meat Loaf's 'Braver Than We Are': EW Review

They cheer the bloat of the production and the corn in the arrangements. Theyll likely be equally thrilled by the vintage origin date of the material. Several, in fact, were submitted for the originalBatback in 1977, but didnt make the cut. Credit: Martin Hausler The millions who snapped up that rococo classic will find even its near-misses fascinating. Theyll be particularly thrilled by cameos from two major past Meat puppets: Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Julie Mcclain

Meat Loaf's Braver Than We Are Interview: Why he embraces musical method acting for new album

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Ive been listening to your record a bunch this past week. I woke up at 3:15 the other morning and listened to it seven times in a row. Ill give you a perfect example. Credit: Stefan M. Prager/Redferns via Getty Images Why are you treating me this way? I get very intense. I get to the show five hours early. If were on at 8 p.m., Im there at 3 in the afternoon....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Mandy Cooper

Meet 'perverted'Preachervillain Herr Starr

But the one-eyed German has only been glimpsed so far on the AMC adaptation. Governments take their call and tremble at their summons. Theyre sort of like the ambassadors, or criminal attorneys, for heaven and hell here on earth. Michele K. Short/AMC/Sony Pictures Television They just basically in a lot of ways trigger the planet. Herr Starr is sort of the enforcer for this organization. The character, played byThe Crowns Pip Torrens, also loves a nipple ring, it seems....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Lauren Jones

Meet 5 songwriters changing pop from behind-the-scenes

(She alsoperformed with them onSaturday Night Live.) What’s next:She just put out her unexpectedly soulful debut single, “Hurt by You.” “Some days opening up is easy, some days it’s not,” she says. Credit: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images (2); Don Arnold/WireImage; Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images; Steve Jennings/WireImage “Life has been a never-ending game of catch up since collaborating with The Chainsmokers,” she says. “I’m constantly humbled by all of the opportunities this industry has and keeps providing....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Joshua George

Meet a new version of Holmes and Watson in YA novelThe Last of August

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. The game is afoot, but the shoes are now on different feet in Brittany CavallarosThe Last of August. Only this time the duo are spending their winter break in England when mystery strikes. Credit: Harper Collins Charlotte and Jaime are dealing with that in really different ways. In a lot of incarnations of Holmes, he doesnt often get anything wrong....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 200 words · Johnny Frye

Meet Allie X, empress of a music universe ruled by drag queens and avant-garde pop

It’s more about finding your own truth in this mad world that we live in." CollXtion II,her debut album,is now available oniTunesandSpotify. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You’re a hugeRuPaul’s Drag Racefan, right? I heard you actually voiced a character on a challenge once?ALLIE X:I did! I did the voice of Princess Di, with Katya lip-syncing [duringAll Stars 2]. You also had Violet Chachki ofDrag Racefame in the video for “All the Rage.”...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Melissa Haley