Here’s a fun little extra from True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season, out May 21. Russell Edgington (played by the enormously talented Denis O’Hare), takes his turn in the Authority Confessional to address the mysterious vampire institution and his thirst for faerie blood.
Most importantly, check out the ol’ boy’s luxurious hair.
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So far we’ve only seen some vague, creepy teasers for FX’s new thriller The Bridge, debuting July 10. The series, based on the Danish/Swedish series of the same name, is about a dead body found on the bridge connecting El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico. The murder investigation forces American detective Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger) and Mexican detective Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir) to team up. Watch the haunting new trailer below. READ FULL STORY »
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So, who is the girl with the yellow umbrella?
Her name is Cristin Milioti, a 27-year-old New Jersey actress who’s shown up on Broadway, in films, and on television: The Broadway set will know Milioti as “Girl” in the musical version of Once, a role which earned her a Tony nomination last year; film buffs will recognize her from movies like 2012′s Mike Birbiglia comedy Sleepwalk with Me; and TV fans may remember her from The Sopranos, The Good Wife, Nurse Jackie, or — most notably — 30 Rock. (Milioti showed up in 2011 as a baby-voiced comedy writer whom Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) hired to spark a “femolution” at TGS.)
But how did Milioti get cast? How’d they keep her casting a secret? How did it feel to watch her shoot her first scene? EW exclusively talked to How I Met Your Mother co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas about bringing the actress into the fold.
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Yep, folks, we finally met the mother: Tonight’s How I Met Your Mother revealed actress Cristin Milioti as the show’s titular — and, until now, extremely elusive — character.
The unveiling took place in the final few seconds of the season 8 finale, as Milioti’s yet-unnamed character simply walked up to a Long Island Rail Road ticket booth to purchase one ticket to the fictional Farhampton, presumably to go play in the band at the impending nuptials between Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin (Cobie Smulders). The show didn’t exactly spell out the reveal (casual fans could have missed it), but there was one key to knowing the doe-eyed girl was the mother: the bright yellow umbrella she was holding. That’s the linchpin accessory the show’s narrator and father Ted (Josh Radnor) previously set up as the woman’s signature — and identifying — item.
EW was on set for the filming of the game-changing scene, and scored an exclusive interview with co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. The pair revealed, among many other things, that we likely would have met the mother in May 2013 no matter what: The original plan was for the show to end after just eight seasons (meaning it would have been over…now), with the mother briefly introduced in the series finale. Only after HIMYM was extended to nine seasons did Bays and Thomas make the decision to reveal the mother before the final season — in tonight’s episode. (Though it seems Ted won’t be coming face-to-face with her until much later next season.)
While the scene answered the biggest burning question — who was the woman at the center of the saga that Ted has been reliving for his kids (and viewers) since the show first launched in 2005? — it left us with many, many more: Why do this now? Why didn’t they cast a big, big star? Why wasn’t the mother actually Robin? How was the long-awaited casting kept secret from the show’s incredibly rabid followers? Read on as Bays and Thomas break down the Mother of all reveals.
To help CSI wrap up its 13th season finale on Wednesday, Eric Roberts is on the scene to play a preacher in Miss Kitty’s church (you remember the ol girl from last year’s finale, don’t you?).
In this exclusive scene from the CBS drama, Nick and Greg question Roberts’ rather shady character. Notice how the camera rarely shows his full face.
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HBO’s Liberace biopic arrives draped — as its subject was — in showmanship and song. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Behind the Candelabra stars Michael Douglas as the famously flamboyant Vegas performer alongside Matt Damon as his much-younger lover/lookalike. In this exclusive audio clip of “The Liberace Boogie” from the film’s first scene, take a listen to Douglas-as-Liberace. Does Douglas’ voice match Liberace’s as well as the rest of him?
The soundtrack includes both Liberace’s recordings and original pieces and is available digitally on May 21; the film premieres on HBO on May 26. READ FULL STORY »
It’s been a busy day in Ravenswood.
First up in today’s news downpour: The Pretty Little Liars spin-off has found its Miranda in Beauty and the Beast recurring player Nicole Gale Anderson, who plays the younger sister of Kristin Kreuk’s Catherine on that show. Miranda is described in a casting breakdown as a “fiercely independent foster kid” who “uses her wits to cover her emotional scars.” Anderson, who also appeared on ABC Family’s Make It or Break It, is set to be a regular on the buzzy project, which will also star Tyler Blackburn.
Arrow’s season finale has been touted by producers as a mini-movie, and the exclusive extended trailer below will show you why.
In addition to the action we saw in the promo that aired last night after the penultimate episode, this longer tease shows not only a game-changing confession from Moira but also a dark path ahead for Tommy. Our guess is that his new aggression has something to do with the events from last night’s episode, aka Laurel and Oliver’s hot hookup.
Check out all the action:
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In Friday’s season finale of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, the infamously irate celebrity chef may have met his match. Watch below as Scottsdale, Ariz., bakeshop owner Amy puts the fear of God into a baby-faced employee and spits out snarling platitudes like, “The customer is not always right!” READ FULL STORY »
It’s time to shine a light on the darkest timeline once again (or… once and for all?). In Community‘s season finale (or… series finale?), which airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on NBC, the study group faces down their evil alter egos. Plus, Jeff (or… Joel McHale?) is thinking about graduating now that he has earned enough credits. Press play for your first look at “Introduction to Finality,” which offers up a paintball nod, the return of a villain, and more (or… much more?). READ FULL STORY »
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BBC America’s Copper doesn’t return until summer, but the wait for your first taste of the show’s sophomore season is over.
First, EW has an exclusive peek at the second season’s key art, featuring new cast member Donal Logue (Terriers), who joins this season as the Sixth Ward boss and Civil War general Brendan Donovan (above.)
EW also has the season’s first trailer, which features a quick first glimpse of Alfre Woodward. As previously reported, the actress has a five-episode arc on the show, which returns with 13 new episodes on June 23.
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This season’s NCIS: LA finale is “without a doubt the darkest season-finale we’ve ever done on the show,” according to executive producer Shane Brennan. And the proof is in the promo.
EW has your exclusive first look at the episode, which finds the team going to new lengths to recover the stolen nuclear weapons they’ve been tracking. The result? An episode that will make for some juicy team drama and could leave at least one life in jeopardy. “It’s big in many, many ways,” Brennan previews.
In the video below, we get a taste of exactly what Brennan means. READ FULL STORY »
A series finale is like a laboratory-conceived psychotic porcupine monster: It has a very long tail, and it will make you cry. Nearly five months after Fringe said goodbye by sending Walter Bishop (John Noble) into the far future to save Peter (Joshua Jackson), Olivia (Anna Torv) and the rest of humanity (thanks!) by changing history, the cult classic squirrels back into our field of vision one more time to drop its last DVD and take a bow. READ FULL STORY »
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