X-Men seriesLegion'redefines the genre,' says Marvel

Marvel doesnt ever start out from a place of, This is a person whos defined by their powers. In particular, the X-Men franchise is one of those franchises… where you might really bend the issues. There were the quiet issues, there were the issues where they just played baseball. Credit: Chris Large/FX It wasnt a save the universe kind of world, and Legion as a character is not particularly well-known....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Karen Price

X-Men: Dark Phoenixheats up EW's First Look Issue

This Phoenix has risen… again. Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) even lands on the cover ofTimemagazine. But his growing ego puts the team at risk. Twentieth Century Fox “This is probably the most emotional X-Men we’ve done and the most pathos-driven,” McAvoy says. “There’s a lot of sacrifice and a lot of suffering.” “What happens when the person you love the most falls into darkness?” Ellen Pagerecently accusedLast Standdirector Brett Ratner of homophobic and abusive behavior on the set of that film....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Benjamin Sloan

YA author Martin Wilson takes a page from true crime genre for second novel

Enter Martin Wilson and his sophomore novelWe Now Return to Regular Life. Here, 14-year-old Sam has just returned home after being abducted three years prior. A boy [Shawn Hornbeck] was abducted, I think he was gone about five years. Credit: Dial Books And then when they got to the apartment, they found the boy whod been gone for five years. He had a bike, he had a girlfriend. So I just found the story very, like, crazy and compelling and fascinating....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Jennifer Hoover

YA Books of 2016

If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. Activists, writers, scientists, cons, or rebels. Read on for EW’s best YA novels of the year. Its quite literally, a different kind ofplay. Its a rare achievement as the duology reaches its incredibly satisfying conclusion.Nivea Serrao OrderCrooked Kingdomhere. Its an extraordinary story, from an extraordinary man.Nivea Serrao OrderMarchhere.

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 58 words · Alexis Bauer

You Can't Do That on Television: Here's what theyreallycouldn't do

It was anarchistic, recalls writer-director Geoffrey Darby, who developed the show with creator Roger Price. It was basically a live-action cartoon. Despite the duos unconventional ethos, the 10-season series did abide by three particular rules. Credit: Nickelodeon In fact, the opposite was often the case, according to Darby. Usually the adults won, if you actually [kept track]. It was important that these kids who were on a television show had their comeuppance, he recalls....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Kevin Norton

You Won't Believe What the OriginalBattle of the Network StarsLooked Like

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May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Robert Cross

You're the Worst season 3 finale: Stephen Falk recaps episode 13

My name is Stephen Falk and I am the creator ofYoure The Worst. All (most) families are made from sex! The finale opens at a bar where Jimmy and Gretchen are day-drinking (before lunch [! Credit: Byron Cohen/FX; Greg Doherty/Getty Images (inset) ], according to the time we put on the phone in this scene). Jimmy has by now finished his book and reads it to Gretchen. Though now they are on foot....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 187 words · Miranda Morales

You're the Worst season 3: Aya Cash recaps episode 2

Hi there, Im Aya Cash from FXXsYoure the Worsthere to do EWs job for them. Sometimes recaps can be negative. Clearly this one will not be. Credit: Byron Cohen/FX There seems to be an arc to every season. Episode 2 is a little more subdued than the premiere of season 3. Not sure thats the right visual either. Anyway, moving on. We block shoot, which means that we shoot multiple episodes at a time....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Elizabeth Wright

You're the Worst season 3: Aya Cash recaps episode 6

This week, Aya Cash brings us into the sixth episode of season 3, The Last Sunday Funday. Hey folks, Aya hereagain. Here is the behind-the-scenes of life as a TV re-capper. Credit: Byron Cohen/FX FYI, Im not getting paid. Also, I really hope someone proof-reads this because I have not. Like Vernon at birth,Sunday Funday has died. The title of this episode is The Last Sunday Funday. When Sunday Funday is on a Forever 21 T-shirt, its time to move on....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · Jeffrey Oconnor

You're the Worst season 3: Creator Stephen Falk recaps episode 4

My name is Stephen Falk and I am the creator ofYoure The Worst. Last nights episode, Men Get Strong, was written by Alison Bennett and directed by me. I started my career as a TV recapper, so this feels weird. Credit: Byron Cohen/FX Then again, the best things do. Perfect excuse not to talk! Jimmy is creatively blocked, so he agrees to Gretchens plan. They attend a funeral, but get horny instead and bang it out in an empty crypt....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Kyle Conrad

You're the Worst season 3: Eva Anderson recaps episode 12

The gang is reeling from S-Stains catastrophic wedding. Shes equally furious at him for saying he cant see having kids with her. Also, Lindsays there, fully nude. Credit: Byron Cohen/FX Downstairs, Dorothy shows up with Mexican pastries and a whole lot of excuses. Lindsays not having it. My body, my choice. Jimmy realizes that his novel is, at its core, all about his feelings about their relationship. When we started writing this season, Stephen Falk had a vision of an episode-long fight....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Kevin Rodriguez

You're the Worst season 3: Franklin Hardy and Shane Kosakowski recap episode 11

Oners have a long history from Orson WellesTouch of Evil, to HitchcocksRope, and InarritusBirdman. But never before has it been done… with cocaine-snorting cater waiters. To Gretchens dismay, that includes her. Credit: Byron Cohen/FX Later at the party, we meet a coke-snorting waiter. Jimmy shows up looking like the Red Baron because he has thrown out most of his clothes. Gretchen demands to see the pros/cons list he is making about her, but Jimmy refuses....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Lori Robertson

You're the Worst season 3: Writer-producer Eva Anderson recaps episode 3

My name is Eva Anderson. I wrote last nights episode ofYoure the Worst: Bad News: Dudes Dead. The kind folks at EW asked me to recap it, so here we go! Credit: Byron Cohen/FX So, Gretchen still hasnt told Jimmy that his dad died. Thats Gretchens dream vacation! Lindsay warns Gretchen against telling Jimmy, lest she stop being the fun sex hole. Most of us have replaced these facts with stuff fromNew Yorkerarticles, but theyre still safe in his head....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Jennifer Ramirez