James McAvoy wages war against Heaven in firstHis Dark Materialsseason 3 trailer

The footage first debuted at a New York Comic Con panel Thursday night. We’ve seen both angels and daemons coming to the third and final season ofHis Dark Materials. Now, how about a trailer? James McAvoy makes a return as Lord Asriel for ‘His Dark Materials’ season 3.HBO “They are but one arm of the beast,” he later adds. “We cut off the head and the rest will crumble.” “It’s McAvoy as Asriel unleashed,“executive producer Jane Tranter previously told EW....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Michael Krause

James McAvoy wanted Professor X to look like a stoner inDays of Future Past

The actor wanted his version of Charles Xavier in his “purple haze” era. Getting long hair (sorry, bald Older Charles) and leaning into the high times of the ’70s. “I just sat there going outta my mind,” McAvoy joked about the experience. James McAvoy as Charles Xavier in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past.'.Alan Markfield/20th Century Studios “But, at the end of it, I looked like Professor X.” But McAvoy’s changes to the character stretched beyond a good paisley print....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Jeremy Flowers

James Patterson apologizes for saying white male writers are victims of racism

The prolific thriller author mused, “What’s that all about? Can you get a job? It’s even harder for older writers. James Patterson.Theo Wargo/Getty Images You don’t meet many 52-year-old white males.” “I just wanted to create a character who happened to be Black,” Patterson said. “I would not have tried to write a serious saga about a Black family. It’s different in a detective story because plot is so important.”...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Rachel Cherry

James Rado, star and co-creator of the seminal Broadway musicalHair,dies at 90

James Rado, one of the creators of the beloved and groundbreaking musicalHairhas died at the age of 90. The original Broadway cast recording of the album stayed atop the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks upon its release. Hair’s arrival to a rather traditional theater scene sparked controversy. James Rado.Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage Some speculate that because of this the show ismet with resistance even today. It’s a psychological truth that had been so blocked from human behavior....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Nicholas Watson

James Tupper scolded by judge in court amid estate battle with Anne Heche's son

“Why are you shaking your head? It’s very disrespectful.” I’m here to decide if he’s qualified, or disqualified." A judge denied actor James Tupper’s petition to be named his son’s guardian ad litem during a tense courthouse hearing in Los Angeles on Tuesday.Jesse Grant/Getty Images Bogdanoff did not take too kindly to Tupper’s mannerisms. “Why are you shaking your head? It’s very disrespectful,” he said to Tupper. Anne Heche and James Tupper....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · John Bryant

James Van Der Beek says his daughter discovered his cry-face meme and uses it on him

“I thought, ‘That’s aggressive.'” The infamous Dawson Leery crying meme has found a new (and apropos) audience. “So it started, my eldest sent me a meme of myself.” James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery in ‘Dawson’s Creek’.Columbia TriStar Television “I thought, ‘That’s aggressive.'” Van Der Beek said, “It’s been an interesting thing to navigate but I think. they only kind of get it.” Van Der Beek said of the meme....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Amanda Salazar

James Wan and Patrick Wilson fantasize about remaking 1986'sBig Trouble in Little China

Wan says the pair “love to geek out about John Carpenter.” James Wanhas repeatedly castPatrick Wilsonin his movies, and they have at least two more upcoming collaborations. But according to Wan, the pair have one particular dream project in mind. The 1986 action-comedy ‘Big Trouble in Little China’.Everett Collection However, he was quick to add, “But that’s never going to happen. I mean, it’s a sacrilege movie!” “That one really grabbed ahold of the audience....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 93 words · Gina Pineda

James Wolk imagines what he's doing in three alternate universes

This fall,James Wolkwill play a cop. Sorry, a nurse. Wait… a rock star? ‘Ordinary Joe’ star James Wolk imagines three very different paths for himself.Illustration by Alex Fine for EW “I’ve played two characters before, but I’d never played three. It’s a great challenge because you really have to just switch gears…. When you’re playing three characters, you have no idea what day it is.” The story felt very personal to me, even though it was different....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Tyler Davis

Jami Attenberg and Bernardine Evaristo on chronicling the grit behind their glamorous careers

The authors of I Came All This Way to Meet You and Manifesto discuss literary success and shame. JAMI ATTENBERG:I thought I would feel that exact same way. But I’m feeling a little vulnerable right now. Jami Attenberg and Bernardine Evaristo.Credit: Illustration by NADZEYA MAKEYEVA for EW Bernardine, you sound so much more confident than I do. It’s so exhilarating. EVARISTO:I was a very private person for most of my life, and I quite liked that....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Lori Brown

Jamie Campbell Bower breaks silence on top-secretStranger Thingsrole in season 4

He’s been right in front of our faces this whole time. Warning: This article contains spoilers forStranger Thingsseason 4. Jamie Campbell Bower wants to apologize to fans ofStranger Things. Jamie Campbell Bower as Henry Creel and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in ‘Stranger Things’ season 4.NETFLIX WhenNetflixannounced him among the cast of season 4, he was named inthe series regular role of Peter Ballard. Tired of the brutality he witnesses day after day, will Peter finally take a stand?...

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 932 words · Kimberly Smith

Jamie Campbell Bower comments on canceledGame of Thronesspin-off: 'Of course it's sad'

Thenthe project was canceledin 2019. “Everything happens for a reason,” Bower tells EW in an interview. “I don’t think anything happens by chance. Jamie Campbell Bower has a top-secret role in ‘Stranger Things’ season 4.Arturo Holmes/WireImage At the time of that spin-off not working out, of course it’s sad. Of course it is.” “This was always there,” he adds in reference to hisStranger Thingsrole. “This was coming. I just didn’t know....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Sara Smith

Jamie Clayton's Pinhead promises very painful 'delights' inHellraisertrailer

Jamie Clayton portrays Pinhead in David Bruckner’s franchise reboot. “And chaos ensues.” Some of that chaos will doubtless arrive courtesy of the Cenobite leader Pinhead. Jamie Clayton as Pinhead in 2022’s ‘Hellraiser’.Hulu “We knew we wanted Pinhead to be a woman. Jamie was just the right person for the role. Bruckner was a teenager when he first saw the original 1987Hellraiser. “It was a movie that really, really scared me....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Dominic Moore

Jamie Dornan on his secret 'silly' side and the never-published blog he wrote for Funny or Die

In Kenneth Branagh’sBelfast, Dornan contributes a powerful turn as a loving but sometimes absent and fiscally irresponsible husband. “I ended up quite far away from that path. And then I didThe Fallwhere I play a serial killer, which isn’t funny in the slightest.” Jamie Dornan.Rob Youngson / Focus Features would not be denied. Years later on theBarb and Starset, it finally found its expression. Not that Dornan’s wife was all that surprised....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Kelly Dougherty