Reignrecap: 'Pulling Strings'

Mary and Darnley’s wedding day is upon us! No one is excited about it. So if Mary really doesnt want to marry Darnley, why doesnt she call the whole thing off? Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW Well, she considers it for awhile. Catherines big plan, of course, is to shower them with money and jewels. Its a good thing she pumps the breaks on stopping the wedding. Not too long after, Mary finds out shes pregnant with Darnleys child....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 681 words · Alexis Beck

Reignrecap: 'The Shakedown'

The guy immediately makes good on his promise to drink and sleep his way through Scotland. Thats right, you guys, Scotland is all shook up. Things are bad for the people there, and Marys ability to lead is fully on display. Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW If shes unable to provide for her ailing country, her people will turn on her. Darnleys been banished to his familys estate so as not to cause trouble for Mary at court....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 599 words · Robert Bullock

Reignrecap: 'Uncharted Waters'

While Mary and Darnley’s relationship falls apart, the Queen of Scots reunites with someone from her past. All is right with the world, Royals! At the very end of Uncharted Waters, Mary and Catherine ARE IN THE SAME ROOM. Credit: The CW They are even hugging. Mary and Catherine, together again at last. Okay, so actually nothing is right with the world. Especially over in Scotland. You guys, things areroughfor the bride- and groom-to-be....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 548 words · Christopher Edwards

Reignseries finale recap: 'All It Cost Her...'

Long may she reign (in our hearts) Oh, Royals. A distraught Henri carries Nicole’s body into court and lays it at the feet of his brother. They both blame the other for the death of the woman they loved. Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW There is so much boy rage floating around that Henri and Charles (Spencer MacPherson) draw swords. As we know, Catherine is an expert manipulator, and the ploy works....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 647 words · Thomas Gordon

Reignshowrunner breaks down that ultimate death in series finale

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Mary and her great love Francis are reunited in Marys afterlife! Was it always the plan to bring Toby Regbo back for the end of the series? Mary faced so much strife, darkness, and betrayal once she returned to Scotland. Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW Those scenes were hard to write, and we all felt our lead characters pain. We wanted to feel her joy as well reflected even in her final moments....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Sarah Green

Reince Priebus says 'I am Team Trump' in first post-resignation interview

Reince Priebussat down with Wolf Blitzeron CNNsThe Situation Roomon Friday to explain the decision behind his exit. I think the president wanted to go a different direction, Priebus said. I support him in that. Credit: CNN The president has a right to change directions, the president has a right to hit the reset button. It was something that I think the White House needs. I think its healthy. And I support him in it....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Rachel Clark

Remembering Bill Paxton: A good guy in life, and a moral tangle on screen

These are the core qualities of Bill Paxton, both as a man and an actor. These are the starting points, and every man he played either held fast or strayed from that center. A true-life good guy. Anthony Breznican As delighted as he was to bellow Private Hudsons plaintive wail of Game over, man! to the crowd, Paxton was also characteristically humble. I thought, God, I must really besuckinghere,' the actor said....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Rhonda Thompson

Remembering George Michael: Friends and collaborators pay tribute

For more on his extraordinary life, pick upthis weeks issue, on stands Friday. Cindy Crawford The supermodel remembers her role in his Freedom! Everyone shot [scenes] separately so it wasnt like a big party atmosphere. Herb Ritts/Trunk Archive We each had our own personalities within the video. But I remember being bummed, like, Really? I have to be in the bathtub with a towel on my head? Everyone else gets to look so cool!...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Melinda Howard

Remembering Hugh Hefner through his sharpest, funniest quotes

Check out some of his best below. As big as my dreams were, they certainly didnt begin to match what came to pass. Who could have imagined a life like this before the fact? Esquire,2013 How could I possibly know [how many women he slept with]? Over a thousand, Im sure. There were chunks of my life when I was married, and when I was married I never cheated. But I made up for it when I wasnt married....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 282 words · Joseph Parks

Remembering Jim Henson: Brad Meltzer and Cheryl Henson in conversation

If you press links we provide, we may receive compensation. Check out their conversation below, and pick upI Am Jim Hensonwherever books are sold. But I do think that we influenced who Kermit was. Credit: Courtesy PR There were five children in our family. When they were developingSesame Street, we were the target age for the show. When my father madeThe Muppet Show, we were teenagers with lots of things going on all the time....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 741 words · Micheal Gonzalez

Remembering John Hurt's famousAliendemise

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. The actor often joked about how frequently he was killed off during his long career onscreen. For John Hurt, dying was a great living. Credit: 20th Century Fox Hurts character, Kane, an officer aboard the interstellar vesselNostromo, makes an early departure from the film. Its hard to shake ever. There was something Freudian about it, a psycho-sexual nightmare bathed in imagery of death that also mimicked birth....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Sharon Gutierrez

Remembering Mister Rogers, a true-life 'helper' when the world still needs one

The horror and heartbreak of the bombing in Manchester, England were unfolding. Threaded throughout these messages, I saw one meme being shared and reshared. The photo of him is accompanied by these words. Fotos International/Getty Images My mother would say to me, Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. Some wonder if he really said this. Often quotes online that seem too perfect to be true are exactly that....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 841 words · Antonio Lynch

Remembering Stan Lee: The origin story of the writer who gave humanity to superheroes

Farewell to the man who knew heartache makes a hero stronger. It was April 2002, and we were sitting in the Santa Monica offices of his new company POW! Entertainment except Lee wasnt really sitting. REED SAXON/AP/REX/Shutterstock Even at age 79 he was practically crawling up the walls himself. Remember, this was six years beforeIron Manand the launch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The films were not yet interconnected, not that there were many to string together....

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1143 words · Aaron Schneider