If you tap on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Im really excited, he tells EW on a phone call before heading into rehearsals. Were working on video content and some other elements. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Body Like A Back Road is your first new song sinceMontevallo. How excited are you to play it live? SAM HUNT: Really excited. Its one of those songs that have all of the ingredients that make for a good live experience....

Or that another womanElizabeth Maggieactuallyinvented Monopoly? The collection features 25 profiles of women and their contributions to science and humankind. Overwhelmingly were still missing role models in STEM fields. Thats especially true when we look back in history and in textbooks, Maggs tells EW. So it seemed like this book needed to exist more right now. You could be smart in different kinds of ways. I thought that fit in pretty well....

Sam Mendes is looking to pull the strings on a newPinocchiomovie. The studio, of course, previously tackledPinocchioas an animated movie in 1940. Live-action remakes have become a cornerstone of Disneys film strategy of late, beginning with 2010sAlice in Wonderland. Credit: TIZIANA FABI/Getty Images; Disney Disneytapped screenwriter Peter Hedges(About a Boy,Dan in Real Life) for thePinocchioproject in 2015. Mendes most recent film was the James Bond installmentSpectre, and hes currently directing the West End playThe Ferryman....

Grammy Award-winning singer Sam Moore will perform during Donald Trumps inauguration ceremonies, he announced Tuesday. The former member of the duo Sam and Dave will perform at the Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration on Thursday, Jan. 19. Credit: Jason Koerner/Getty Images As an American, I am honored to perform for President-elect Donald Trump, Moore said in a statement. I honestly believe that if we can accomplish this, the best is yet to come....

The actor, screenwriter, and playwright has died at the age of 73 Sam Shepard: A life in photos Sam Shepard, the celebrated playwright and Oscar-nominated actor,has died at the age of 73. A family spokesperson confirmed that Shepard died at his home in Kentucky on Thursday, July, 27, from complications of ALS. Shepards career spanned both stage and screen, earning him a Pulitzer Prize for his playBuried Childand roles in films such asBlack Hawk DownandThe Right Stuff....

Saturday Night Livewas one of the scariest nights of my entire life. I tried to beg my managers and my team to not doSNLbecause I thought it was way too early. But I was so, so wrong. It was incredible and its broken me in America. That night, people were recognizing me a bit more. It was hours after, actually. It was really surreal. Meeting Beyonce was incredible. She said my voice is like butter, which was very lovely, and I said, Thank you....

Politics can make for strange alliances. In the wake of Donald Trumps victory, its not just liberals who are up in arms. So, in the name of good-faith coalition building, Samantha Bee interviewed Beck on Mondays episode ofFull Frontal. Credit: TBS My audience hates your guts, Beck said. My audience wants to kill me for normalizing a lunatic like yourself, Bee said. I think that our future is going to require a broad coalition of non-partisan decency, Bee said....

She is fing amazing at her job and she deserves credit. Oh my god you guys, its so unfair, Bee joked. Although she did get the cover ofPy-Grabber Enabler Monthly, so I guess thats something. Have you learned nothing from Kellyanne? Smile, take the question, dont answer it, complain about Hillary Clinton. Its not a difficult formula. Which raises the important question: Why the hell is he president instead of her?...

Chile, Norway, Croatia, and other countries all have female leaders. The short answer: yes. I have seen misogyny come down, but it did not disappear, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet told Bee. Credit: TBS Thats Coco, and Im not the president of Croatia, Austin said. Honestly, Im tired of having to defend her pro-Eurozone debt reduction policies. I dont have an opinion. Bee also spoke with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright....

The late-night host also tells us what book’s been on her nightstand lately. How do you unwind when its your job to get wound up? For Samantha Bee, the answer is easy:The Handmaids Tale! I feel like Im watching a lot of television products that are intensely upsetting, Bee tells EW. I dont know, is that unwinding? [Laughs] Were so glad that people are coming on this journey with us....

Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it, you know what I mean. President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period. Credit: TBS How amazing, the State Health Director who verified copies of Obamas birth certificate died in plane crash today. In 2014,Trump calledon hackers to find Obamas college records. Attention all hackers: You are hacking everything else so hey hack Obamas college records (destroyed?...

Sean Spicer isout, Anthony Scaramucci isin and Samantha Bee is deeply skeptical. Her show evensells merchandise promoting press freedom. Theyve put out a narrative that the media are the enemy of the people. Credit: TBS; Jason Alden/Bloomberg/Getty Images [fakelaughter] Mirthless laughter!MILLER:Ill buy some scam hedge funds! So they have to stand up there saying nothing. Thats why they dont have cameras [in the press briefings]. So theyre in an impossible position....

Jimmy FallonsDonald Trump interviewlast week provoked a lot ofonline criticism, but his late-night rivals stayed mum. Maybe because thats the message they get from entertainment giants like NBC, Bee said. Bee slammed both Fallons coddling treatment of Trump onThe Tonight Showand NBC letting the candidate hostSaturday Night Livelast year. Credit: TBS I notice there were no cutaway shots toThe Roots. Theyre not gonna be deported. Theyre not gonna live under a president who thinks of them as a collection of sex toys....