'New face,' who dis? Jay Leno shows off his post-injury mug — and sense of humor — onKelly Clarkson

Jay Lenois back and cracking jokes aftera horrifying accident a few months agoleft his entire face on fire. What happened, I was working on a car and I got a face full of gasoline. And it caught fire." Jay Leno jokes about his ‘new face’ on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’.Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal “It felt exactly like my face was on fire,” Lenotold PEOPLE a month later. “Maybe like the most intense sunburn you’ve ever had, that’d be fair to say....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Shawn Hernandez

'No wasted motion': An oral history of Jimmy Eat World's 'The Middle'

But it was going to take more than a decent campus rep to move forward. Then came “The Middle.” 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart. Jimmy Eat World, performing live in 2002 on ‘The Tonight Show’.Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Even more improbable, the song was written in one sitting. In your head, it makes it less valuable," Adkins tells EW. “At first, I didn’t have much of a high opinion of it....

May 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1377 words · Phillip Pineda

'OG Nepo Baby' Jamie Lee Curtis says the label is designed to 'denigrate and hurt'

The daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis is weighing in on the “nepo baby” conversation. As a self-described “OG Nepo Baby,“Jamie Lee Curtishas some thoughts on the current conversation. Now, the 64-year-old Curtis is weighing in. Jamie Lee Curtis.Rich Fury/Getty Images “I have come to learn that is simply not true. I am not alone. There are many of us. Jamie Lee Curtis in 1991, with her parents Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Kevin Warner

'One Tree Hill' cast breaks down how the season 5 time jump brought new life to the show

Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush) was a CEO in New York and no longer visited Tree Hill. “I thought it was brilliant,” Lenz says. It’s just not a thing that happens. Hilarie Burton, Bethany Joy Lenz, and Sophia Bush on ‘One Tree Hill’.Everett Collection It felt cool," Bush says. We were all living that in real life." Haley and Nathan were in a really rough spot. Lee Norris, Antwon Tanner , Sophia Bush, Chad Michael Murray, Hilarie Burton, James Lafferty, Bethany Joy Lenz in ‘One Tree Hill’ season 5....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Adam Wolf

'Outlander': Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies get candid about season 1 rape scene

The actors reflect on the most-talked about moment from the Starz drama SPOILER ALERT! SAM HEUGHAN:We approached it a lot like a play. But then, obviously, on the day, you just have to kind of go for it. Credit: Ed Miller/Starz TOBIAS MENZIES:It was about trying to get the tone right. I was keen for it to be as psychological as possible. I just didn’t want it to feel sensational....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Susan Peterson

'Panic Attack': Can a reality show help you conquer your phobia?

Image Credit: Indeed/Stockbyte/Getty ImagesWhat are your greatest fears? Well, never ride in a glass elevator filled with snakes. But also, rejoice! The god of reality TV has sent us salvation from our phobias. The therapists are Nik and Eva Speakman, who areidentically blonde and buff. They look like married supervillains who won’t stop picking on Captain America. The couple star in a U.K. series calledA Life Coach Less Ordinary. British people, can we get a value judgment here?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Walter Dixon

'Reign' post-mortem: Showrunner defends most controversial scene yet

More than 1,000 viewers signeda petitionhoping to stop the writers before they could film the scene. And as payback, he decided to attack Mary while another guard held her down. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Where did the idea for Mary’s rape originate? Credit: http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2014/12/04/Reign1_100x100.jpg But it really felt like it should be something that should haunt his rule as well. And that’s Mary. Could anything be more painful than to have to do something like that hours after you’ve been assaulted?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · James Cohen

'Revenge' boss breaks down series finale: 'I think it felt really right'

Warning: This story contains spoilers from the series finale ofRevenge. Read at your own risk! Emily Thorne’s quest forRevengecame to an end in the aptly titled “Two Graves.” Credit: ABC And yes, two graves were filledbut not in the way viewers expected. But was this ending always the plan for Amanda Clarke? And what did that reveal about the identity of Victoria’s real father actually mean? SUNIL NAYAR:No, certainly not....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 592 words · John Fletcher

'Riverdale' recap: Sabrina helps Cheryl with a life-changing spell

Kiernan Shipka’s Sabrina Spellman has finally arrived in Riverdale. Cheryl Blossom, we hardly knew you. This week’sRiverdaleis all about the Blossom women … who are actually all the same woman? Madelaine Petsch and Kiernan Shipka on ‘Riverale’.Kailey Schwerman/The CW We’ll get to that. But first, let’s break this down one Blossom at a time. This one is between Abigail Blossom and Thomasina Topaz, a teacher Abigail hires to help teach her girls....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 510 words · Debra Wright

'Saturday Night Live' recap: Blake Lively plus the oddest, best-acted sketch of the season?

As host, Blake Lively was firmly in the plucky-not-awful tradition. The nights onlyGossip Girlreference that I caught came in a sketch calledGossip Girl Staten Island. The Digital Short, with Rihanna singing in a kiddie classroom with (teacher?) The other performance, Hard, with Young Jeezy, felt as leaden as chainmail. Abby Elliott also did a good Brittany Murphy imitation during this segment. It wasnt too amusing then, either. But now the evenings final sketch, often the graveyard for dozy dullness....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Sara Donovan

'Saving Face' director Alice Wu looks back on her 2004 queer romantic comedy

“The five years is because I knew jack s—. I had no idea what I was doing. It’s not like I was submitting my script. Michelle Krusiec and Lynn Chen in ‘Saving Face’.Sony Pictures Classics/Everett I had no one to submit to. I was just learning what it took. She tells EW “no one was paying” for the jot down of films she wanted to make. ‘Saving Face’ director Alice Wu....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Sandra Curtis

'Seinfeld': 9 fun facts you never knew about the sitcom

Read about those and more little-known facts about the show below. The inspiration for “The Lip Reader” came from an episode ofHoward Stern. An episode about guns never aired. NBC Lawrence Tierney was originally supposed to have an ongoing role on the show. “We’re in really scary territory.” Louis-Dreyfus put it a bit more bluntly. “I’ll tell you something about Lawrence Tierney,” she said. “He was a total nutjob.” 7.Elaine’sNew Yorkercartoon actually made it intoTheNew Yorker....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Sandra Bowman

'Snooki & JWoww': What's In Store?

Once inside the kiddie emporium, JWoww spent a good part of the afternoon riding around on this bicycle. 3 Initially, JWoww was worried about what Snooki’s pregnancy would mean for their show. ‘‘This was supposed to be, like, our last hurrah,’’ the 27-year-old said. MARK PETERSON FOR EW ‘‘I was nervous in the beginning, but you’ll see how it plays out. Not only is she my best friend, but she’s like my little sister....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Stephen Davis