Riverdalereturns for a darker, twistier, sexier season 2: Go inside this week's cover

To purchase the cover featuring EWs Cover Battle winners,Riverdale,click here. With its mixture of sex, drugs, murder and wig rooms (Yesa room full of toupees! Jugheads crown!). Eric Ray Davidson for EW For every nostalgic thing, hes got something so contemporary and adult and scary. Adds Aguirre-Sacasa, I think its kind of caught between the dark and the light ofArchie. Riverdalestarted out much, much lighter. Outlander: Ruven Afanador for EW; Riverdale: Eric Ray Davidson for EW; This is Us: Art Streiber for EW; Will & Grace: Robert Trachtenberg for EW; Supernatural and Star Trek Discovery: Matthias Clamer for EW...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Micheal Gibson

Riverdaleseason 2 first look: Archie tries to save his father

To purchase the cover featuring EWs Cover Battle winners,Riverdale,click here. Riverdales season 1 finale featured the tragic shooting of Archies father Fred (Luke Perry) at Pops Diner. We dont know everything that happened in that diner in the finale, he teases. Dean Buscher/The CW Its really a psychological exploration of Archie after that as well. The red-headed hero becomes focused on revenge much like some other comic book heroes. But first it goes dark....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Sherry Morgan

Riverdaleseason 2 will feature new troublemakers, including Veronica's ex

Shes just trying to get to them and be like, Let me be part of this family. I want to be a Lodge. I want to help. This Nick St. Clair guy, the ex-boyfriend that comes into town, he does some really bad things. And it involves Veronica and Cheryl. And because of that, it brings all of the girls together to kind of fight it. Its kind of in the same light as episode 3 in season one....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Brittany Johnson

Riverdaleseason finale: Is [spoiler] really dead?

Plus: Watch a deleted scene from the finale! WARNING: This post contains major spoilers about the season finale ofRiverdale! Thats really all I can say. Credit: Katie Yu/The CW Hiram Lodge is coming in season 2 and being played by Mark Consuelos. How will his move to Riverdale affect season 2?Thats one of our bigger casting additions. Hiram has created a lot of chaos in Riverdale for someone who wasnt even in Riverdale....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Tracy Blair

Riverdalestar compares 'Bughead' relationship toRomeo & Juliet

To purchase the cover featuring EWs Cover Battle winners,Riverdale,click here. Buckle up, Bugheads. But Jughead goes on a pretty dark journey and thats the tension in Betty and Jugheads relationship. Eric Ray Davidson for EW Reinhart says that distance (and Riverdales inherent darkness) begins to chip away at the duos bond. Its like Romeo and Juliet, says the actress. You have to choose a side. But there has to be trouble in paradise....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Donald Taylor

Riverdaleteaser showcases newTrue Detective-like mystery

The new 30-second teaser forRiverdaleleft us so loopy its almost like we were on Jingle Jangle. Some of the highlights of the teaser: Riverdalereturns Oct. 10 on the CW. The CW The CW The CW

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 35 words · Amy Morales

Riz Ahmed and James Corden talk trash in 'Drop the Mic' rap battle

Ahmed likened Corden to Jabba the Hutt’s dad in this ‘Late Late Show’ rap battle. I speak the truth, youre a liar. Hes like Sean Spicer mixed with a singing Uber driver, theNight OfandRogue Oneactor rapped about Corden. Credit: Terence Patrick/CBS After Corden took it too far, Ahmed spit back by likening Corden to Jabba the Hutts dad. Yeah, I did doStar Wars. I bet that made you mad. Too bad they werent trying to cast Jabba the Hutts dad....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Rachel Williams

Riz Ahmed pens inspiring Instagram message: 'Keep your inner child alive'

Ahmed begins his accompanying message by recalling hisDec. His powerful piece focused on discrimination he faced both in roles and in places like the airport. I had no road map or template to follow in trying to prove those messages wrong. Credit: Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images I started believing them, he continued on Instagram. Only a year ago, for various reasons, I wasnt sure I could carry on doing this....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Jordan Davis

Riz Ahmed teases his role as the new boy onGirls

If you press links we provide, we may receive compensation. (It helps that he catches her eye.) And tapping into that peaceful state wasn’t easy, especially as a non-surfer. Credit: Mark Schafer/HBO I don’t have as much patience as Paul-Louis. I need a little more Paul-Louis in me." Instead, it helped to inject a little bit ofhimselfinto Paul-Louis. “It’s always been important to me to try out different versions of myself,” he says....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Alan Bright Jr.

Rob Delaney on 'Catastrophe,' and why his characters won't be on Twitter

What happens when you take the ultimate Twitter comedian and put him on TV? You dontyou put him on Amazon. Thats where Rob Delaneys raucous new sitcomCatastrophewill stream starting on June 19. Credit: Amazon Studios But because Im not a monster, I come over to help her deal with it. From there, the pair take on challenges poignant and funny. As soon as we start trying [to make it work], terrible things start happening to us....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Kristen Richardson

Rob Lowe debuts as KFC's new Colonel Sanders

Rob Lowe is about to get finger-lickin good. Lowe premieres in their new ad promoting the release of the Zinger spicy chicken sandwich in America. Credit: KFC KFC KFC

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 29 words · Deanna Walker

Rob Lowe recalls Bigfoot encounter: 'I thought I was going to be killed'

The Lowe Filespremieres its first of nine episodes Wednesday, Aug. 2 on A&E. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Did the idea to do this show always involve your sons? At one point I said, I bet someone will buy this and put it on the air. Rob Lowe and sons Matthew and John Owen. We talked about it for years until I had a general meeting with A&E. Is the show going to be as delightfully out-there as those scenarios sound?...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Andrew Leach

Rob Marshall says anyone working onMary Poppins Returnshad to have the first film in their blood

You have to love the first film so much. So it was this fine balance. But you have to love it. Credit: Jay Maidment/Disney As much as I did. He told the crowd thatEmily Bluntwas his first and only choice for Mary herself. So you have to see those glimpses of that. Thats a layered performance, a very sophisticated performance. She also had to be warm and funny and still have that facade....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 258 words · Evan Goodman