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Rupert Everett is opening up about his relationship with Madonna.

The 65-year-old My Best Friend’s Wedding star reflected on his time in Hollywood, including working on the 2000 film The Next Best Thing with the 65-year-old pop icon, in an interview on How to Fail With Elizabeth Day.

“Friendships and failure in Hollywood are very difficult things to keep going,” he began.

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He added that the film “was definitely a strain” on their friendship.

When asked if they’d ever reconnect, he said: “Well, possibly. I don’t know.”

“I think it’s very difficult for her to be in films because everyone has such a preconception. And I don’t know how she could ever be good enough to make people say, ‘Oh, God, that’s really good.’ I think it was great having her in the film,” he went on.

In The Next Best Thing,...

While 2000’s The Next Best Thing was a critical flop, another more personal tragedy happened behind the scenes.

Rupert Everett recently reflected on starring in the John Schlesinger-helmed romantic comedy and how it put a “strain” on his friendship with co-star Madonna, which is why he now looks “the other way” when the film is on TV.

“It was not a failure as such really at the box office because of video sales in those days – Madonna sold a lot of videos – but the film itself didn’t work, even though for a long time, it was the only film that dealt with this issue that was actually then happening and being born,” Everett said on the How to Fail podcast.

Written by Tom Ropelewski, The Next Best Thing starred Madonna as Abbie and Everett as her gay best friend Robert, with whom she has a baby after a drunken night of intimacy.

Rupert Everett has revealed he asked Ridley Scott for a role in the upcoming Gladiator II, but to no avail.

The British actor has written a new book called The American No, which he describes as the process of being courted by Hollywood, with producers waxing lyrical about a script and how they “can’t wait to work with you” but with no result.

Everett told The Times of London he appeared in Ridley Scott’s 2023 epic Napoleon as the Duke of Wellington, and went on to phone him about a role in Scott’s big-budget sequel to his 2000 blockbuster Gladiator.

Everett said: “I rang him up and said, ‘Please, Ridley, can I be in Gladiator?” and he said, ‘Ok, I’ll see what I can do.’ And then nothing happened.” He continued: “He’s doing another film and I’m hoping to get into that.”

The actor has starred...

The cast of Abbott Elementary has been working hard at Willard R. Abbott Elementary, but no one more than second-grade teacher Janine Teagues.

The main cast has remained mostly the same since the comedy's inception.

Quinta Brunson stepped in a different light as we saw her work in her new role as a temporary fellowship in the school district.

This gave Season 3 a little twist, following her trying to adjust to bureaucracy and her co-workers' happenings.

The cast brings mightier humor to our TV screens each new season.

Meet Abbott Elementary Season 4 cast and characters:

Quinta Brunson (Janine Teagues)

Janine Teagues is the main character of Abbott Elementary and a second-grade teacher. She always remains optimistic despite the school's underfunding and lack of essentials.

In season 3, she was offered a temporary fellowship at the school district.

Her mission is to help the lives of her students, and her cheeriness can...

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Some Madonna songs have an important message. The Queen of Pop revealed that she didn’t like the song at first. She decided it had a meaningful story at its center.

One of Madonna‘s songs is about a father-daughter relationship. Madonna herself expected the track to get misinterpreted. Despite this, a famous activist praised the song.

1 of Madonna’s songs was ‘a celebration of life’ that was designed to ruffle feathers

During a 1986 interview with The New York Times, Madonna discussed her attitude as an artist. “I like challenge and controversy — I like to tick people off,” she said.

The Queen of Pop then mentioned one of the most controversial songs of her career. “‘Papa Don’t Preach’ is a message song that everyone is going to take the wrong way,” Madonna said. “Immediately, they’re going to say I am advising every young girl to go out and get pregnant.

Apparently, Madonna has a vendetta against Scorpios, at least according to Ryan Murphy.

Years ago, the Glee creator said he was contacted by Lakeshore Entertainment founder Tom Rosenberg, asking him to interview the Queen of Pop about her life for the 2000 film The Next Best Thing.

Madonna starred in the romance drama opposite Rupert Everett.

“I flew to New York and in the elevator ride up to meet Madonna for the very first time with Tom, he turned to me and said, ‘I forgot to ask you, when is your birthday?’” Murphy told Glee co-stars Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale on a new episode of their And That’s What You Really Missed podcast.

“I said, ‘What?’ And he said ‘When is your birthday?’ and I said ‘I’m November 9th.’ And he goes, ‘Are you a Scorpio?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ And he goes, ‘You can’t tell that to her,...

A series by Christopher James investigating the 'Gay Best Friend' trope

Both Madonna and Rupert Everett made some key mistakes in "The Next Best Thing."Gay men love their one named divas, and with good reason. Madonna is in the upper echelon of gay icons. Her outspoken nature, incredible discography, ever-evolving persona and culture-defining fashion have given her a remarkably enduring legacy that should be lauded. Still, every gay icon has a few flops in their closet. 

The Next Best Thing has been virtually wiped from the world. Unavailable from all streaming platforms (including transactional video on demand services), in order to gaze upon this Sodom and Gomorrah of filmmaking I had to order a used DVD from an Amazon seller. The Next Best Thing both did and did not disappoint. It's an epically misguided trainwreck not just in scope (the film takes place over a 7 year period) but in...

When life gives you lemons, er, quarantine, it’s best to at least try and make lemonade. That’s what Madonna and Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody are currently up to, as the pop star revealed via Instagram on Saturday. The pair appear to be working on a musically centered screenplay, according to the black-and-white video posted on Madge’s account. “When you’re stuck in a house with multiple injuries, what do you do?” she wrote. “Write a screenplay with Diablo Cody about…” and then a bunch of emojis alluding to the script being film- and music-related. Watch the video below.

The screenplay may even be about Madonna herself, as she is seen in the video describing her inimitable and iconic Jean-Paul Gaultier “Blonde Ambition” satin cone-bra look from her 1990 tour. “The garters were over the suit bottoms, right?” Cody asks. “Yeah,” Madonna says. “Straight pin-striped pants sit beneath the...

Food Bank For New York City, the city’s leading hunger-relief organization working to end food poverty throughout the five boroughs, will host its annual Can Do Awards Dinner on Tuesday, April 16th, at Cipriani Wall Street.

This year’s event will honor Chef José Andrés; David Burtka & Neil Patrick Harris; Hildy Simmons; and Stop & Shop for their commitment to hunger relief in New York City. The evening is instrumental in raising funds and awareness to provide support for the 1.5 million New Yorkers who rely on the charity’s vital programs and services.

Sponsored by Bank of America and chaired by Lee Brian Schrager and Jodisue Rosen & Scott R. Feldman, the evening event will feature a live performance and auction.

“Our honorees this year exemplify what it means to create lasting, positive change in our city and the world. Each has created a powerful legacy that any New Yorker or NYC brand could replicate.

Chicago – Neil Patrick Harris, just at the age of 44, is already a multi-generation entertainer. He began as a teenager on TV’s “Doogie Howser, M.D., generated laughs on “How I Met Your Mother,” and for awhile was a go-to awards show host. Now he’s an author, as he debuts his Middle Grade Series “The Magic Misfits!”

Photographer Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com got Exclusive Photos of Harris at his book launch at Bobak’s Signature Events in Woodridge, Ill., sponsored by Anderson’s Bookshop.

Neil Patrick Harris for His Book ‘The Magic Misfits!’

Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com

Harris was born and raised in New Mexico. After high school, he was discovered at a drama camp by playwright Mark Medoff, who cast the young actor in his first film when he adapted “Clara’s Heart” (1988). One year later he began a four season run...

Taika Waititi should be used to all the praise by now. "Not enough. I want to hear more," the director joked during a sit-down with Et to discuss his new -- and yes, highly praised -- movie, Thor: Ragnarok. "Let's keep it going, because it won't last. And then I'll just be seeking for some more compliments...It's like a drug for me, compliments."

The native New Zealander is responsible for critically adored films like Hunt for the Wilderpeople and What We Do in the Shadows -- as well as the Oscar-nominated short film, Two Cars, One Night -- and, as he's done on each of his projects thus far, he cast himself in a role in Ragnarok. "I'll always crowbar myself in there somehow," Waititi, a drama student at university who began his career as an actor, said. "I stopped acting, because I was like, I'm not doing the roles I wanna do. And now I can choose...

Nobody understands the meaning of dedication better than Parmalee fans do!

The country band visited People Now to discuss their new album, 27861, and their extremely loyal fanbase. The album, which was released July 21 is the band’s first record in three and a half years, but lead singer Matt Thomas says fans and critics alike have reacted very well to it.

“ a lot of positive reviews on it which makes us feel good,” says Thomas. “Our fans have been waiting three and a half years to get an album from us and now they finally have it, so now we...

The next best thing to the Hamptons is your local theater.

Some networks wait a lifetime for a moment like this.

ABC has tried for nearly 20 years to launch a hit music competition series. Now, it has finally acquired one: “American Idol,” which ended its run last year on Fox, will relaunch next spring on the network. Details are slim, including new judges and who will host. (“Idol” veteran Ryan Seacrest, now firmly a part of the ABC family as co-host of “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” was not mentioned in the press release.) But the network and producers FremantleMedia North America and Core Media Group made the announcement Tuesday morning.

ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey called “American Idol” a “pop-culture staple that left the air too soon,” while Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney/ABC, said the show “is an entertainment icon, and now it will air where it belongs, in ABC’s lineup of addictive fan...

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Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Jurassic World and more: it’s our rundown of the coolest Lego movie kits on the market...

There’s nothing quite like building an iconic film scene/location using colourful bricks and a little booklet of instructions. It brings the magic of the movies right into your front room, and it kills time very easily.

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Lego has been lovingly recreating the films we love in miniature form for years, spanning Star Wars, Harry Potter, Ghostbusters, Jurassic World and much much more. Here are 37 of our favourites...

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S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier

Let’s start with an absolute beauty: this Avengers-inspired S.H.I.E.L.

The next best thing to Bruce Wayne is… Van Wayne?

A new teaser for NBC’s upcoming DC Comics comedy Powerless introduces Batman’s cousin (played by Suburgatory/Firefly vet Alan Tudyk) as the leader of Wayne Security.

VideosPowerless Trailer: Meet the ‘Heroes’ of NBC’s New DC Comics Comedy

While Bruce Wayne fights to keep Gotham safe, Van’s company invents ways to protect everyday people from being injured during dangerous superhero battles — with mixed results.

“Our products are powerless,” the not-so-super Wayne declares to his employees. So much for that motto on the wall about changing the world.

The next best thing to a frozen-yogurt stand on every corner: a chance to sit down with the cast and creator of NBC’s heavenly freshman comedy The Good Place (Thursdays, 8:30/7:30c).

Stars Kristen Bell (Eleanor), William Jackson Harper (Chidi), Jameela Jamil (Tahani), D’Arcy Carden (Janet) and Manny Jacinto (Jason) and creator Michael Schur met with reporters on Friday during the Television Critics Association winter press tour. And they chatted about how the show ended up on network TV, the new romance that popped up in this week’s episode… and how Bell’s most famous TV...

The next best thing to Princess Kate actually being on Snapchat? Seeing her show up in a video alongside Serena Williams.

The tennis champ, who shot an impromptu Snapchat video with the royal when they met at Wimbledon in July, told People how the rare royal moment went down.

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“When I saw her, I wanted to take a picture with her,” says Williams, who is one of People’s 25 Women Changing the World. “But then I was like, ‘Should I do a picture or a Snapchat video?...

Face it, you're never going to get tickets to see Hamilton. The next best thing? It's Titus Andromedon (Tituss Burgess) from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt auditioning for Hamilton as "rapping Alexander Hamilton," the role Lin-Manuel Miranda plays in the Broadway smash hit. "Now, I've not actually been able to get tickets to Hamilton and no audition materials were made available to me, shady, but I think I get it," Titus says in the commercial spot that debuted during the 2016 Tony Awards. Really, you should just watch it for yourself to get the full experience of Titus doing Hamilton. Stick around until the end for what is sure to be your favorite moment. The musical won 11 Tonys at...

April has arrived and a new batch of movies are coming to Netflix like The Princess Bride and The Shawshank Redemption. It also means we’re losing a few titles, this month we’re losing Amistad, Hotel Rwanda, and 2 Fast 2 Furious just to name a few. On the TV side of things, season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt arrives, so if you enjoyed the first season, you should be good to binge the new season.

On the Amazon Prime front, check out below to see what you’ll be able to stream for free and what’s going to have a cost. Let’s watch!

All Title Dates are Subject to Change

Netflix U.S. Release Dates Only

Available 4/1

16 Blocks (2006)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Anthony Bourdain: Parks Unknown: Season 5

The Ascent of Woman: A 10,000 Year Story

Beat Bobby Flay: Season 1

Best in Show (2000)

Bob’s Burgers:...

Here's what's new or newish for home viewing over the past two weeks for DVDs, BluRays, or Streaming. Now you can...

• see if the Pinkett-Smiths had any reason to be upset about the lack of Oscar interest in Concussion (hint: no)

• stab your eyes out while watching Daddy's Home

• find out if The Hateful Eight is Tarantino's worst (hint: yes)

• discover the stuff they left out of Pt 1 in order to make another billion with Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt 2

• watch Juliet Stevenson be Mother Teresa in The Letters

• endure yet another Paranormal Activity movie because they will never stop making those

• use Point Break (2015) discs for coasters because who needs a remake when Point Break (1991) is still such a knockout?!

Reader's Choice Streaming

We kicked off the biweekly reader's choice series with Gattaca (1997) and Cruel Intentions (1999). Time for another on Wednesday April 6th only I'm forcing a move away from...

In April, fire up Netflix and prepare to binge-watch hit movies like "The Princess Bride" and "The Shawshank Redemption" as they're added (finally!) to Netflix streaming. Also new to streaming: Stanley Kubrick classics "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) and "A Clockwork Orange" (1971).

Also, say hello to Netflix Originals "The Ranch," starring Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, and Sam Elliott; Season 2 of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"; and Ricky Gervais's "Special Correspondents."

Here's the complete list of what's new on Netflix in April 2016. Of course, titles and release dates are always subject to change.

Available April 1, 2016

"16 Blocks" (2006)

"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)

"A Clockwork Orange" (1971)

"Anthony Bourdain": Parts Unknown": Season 5

"The Ascent of Woman": A 10,000 Year Story

"Beat Bobby Flay": Season 1

"Best in Show" (2000)

"Bob's Burgers": Season 5

"Boogie Nights" (1997)

"Breathe" (2014)

"Chaplin" (1992)

"Charlie and "The Chocolate Factory" (2005)

"Codegirl" (2015)

"Colegas" (2012)

"Cujo" (1983)

"Cutthroat Kitchen": Seasons 34

"Deep Impact" (1998)

"Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in Pyongyang...

Daniel Craig has made it clear he hates playing James Bond. Sean Connery refused to take part in a Bond retrospective. George Lazenby became a car salesman. The chances of a full-on 007 team-up are sadly slim.

The next best thing? Immortalise them all in waxwork, of course. Madame Tussauds London has unveiled all six Bonds from Connery to Craig for a limited six-week attraction. Click the photo above for a closer look.

Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig will then go on a tour of Tussauds attractions around the world on December 1.

Created in a partnership with Eon Productions, the waxworks feature the 007 agents in their classic dinner suits designed by Oscar-winner Lindy Hemming.

It took 20 artists four months to complete the project, costing a whopping £150,000 for each model.

The waxworks arrive in time for the latest Bond movie Spectre, which will...

Gramercy Pictures has released a special Sinister 2 video message for all of the dads in the world. Also in this round-up: new stills from The Vatican Tapes, a second clip from The Gallows, and release details on the Psycho Beach Party Blu-ray.

Sinister 2: The malevolent entity known as Bughuul haunts a mother and her twin sons in Sinister 2, arriving in theaters on August 21st.

"The sequel to the 2012 sleeper hit horror movie. In the aftermath of the shocking events in “Sinister,” a protective mother (Shannyn Sossamon of “Wayward Pines”) and her 9-year-old twin sons (real-life twins Robert and Dartanian Sloan) find themselves in a rural house marked for death as the evil spirit of Buhguul continues to spread with frightening intensity."

Directed by Ciaran Foy (Citadel) from a screenplay co-penned by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill (the pair that scribed the original Sinister), Sinister 2 hits theaters on August 21st.

It’s going to take me a bit to get to comics this week, so please bear with me. We have a lot of outrage to get through first.

Recently, country singer Tim McGraw decided that, when he was in Hartford, Connecticut on his national tour, he would do a benefit concert for the charity Sandy Hook Promise. This organization was started after the shootings at the Sandy Hook elementary school and describes their mission thusly:

“1) Protect children from gun violence so no other parent experiences the loss of their child by engaging and empowering parents and communities with targeted prevention programs in the areas of mental wellness early-identification & intervention, social & emotional development and firearm safety & security.

“2) Help our community through this tragedy by providing resources and programs that foster connection, resiliency and overall wellness.”

Naturally, all hell broke lose.

By volunteering to do a benefit concert for an organization...

Madonna recently opened up about her newest blonde ambition: comedy. "I like the idea of me sitting on a chair with a table, maybe a drink or two, and just talking about my life," she said. "I'd say funny things and tell funny stories. It would be funny. Call it sit-down comedy." Some of Madonna's official attempts at comedy -- namely "Shanghai Surprise" and "The Next Best Thing" -- haven't been successful, but the superstar is easily one of the funniest interviewees still in the game today. She sits down for her first interview with Howard Stern this week, and if that doesn't produce the funniest celebrity banter of the year, we've been cheated.  To celebrate Madonna's new album "Rebel Heart" (out today) and her general hilarity, let's take a look back at her funniest moments.

The next best thing to watching Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch break tackle after tackle is catching a glimpse of his postgame interviews. Even though they usually last about 30 seconds, with quick, dry answers (“Yup,” “Thanks for asking, boss,” and “I’m here so I won’t get fined”), Beast Mode has become an anti-media hero around the league due to his consistent shunning of the press.

With the Super Bowl Xlix finally here, best believe all cameras are focused on Lynch and the reigning champs. Before kickoff, take notes from Lynch’s personal playbook.

[Photo Credit: Getty Images]...

The next best thing to watching Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch break tackle after tackle is catching a glimpse of his postgame interviews. Even though they usually last about 30 seconds, with quick, dry answers (“Yup,” “Thanks for asking, boss,” and “I’m here so I won’t get fined”), Beast Mode has become an anti-media hero around the league due to his consistent shunning of the press.

With the Super Bowl Xlix finally here, best believe all cameras are focused on Lynch and the reigning champs. Before kickoff, take notes from Lynch’s personal playbook.

[Photo Credit: Getty Images]...

I love binge-watching series on Netflix and Hulu, and sometimes I wish I could binge-watch The Walking Dead for the first time. The next best thing, though, is watching people who have never seen the series before watch it for the first time. I find a lot of joy watching the reactions of people seeing something for the first time that I've already seen for myself. If you do too, you're going to enjoy this video. 

A German couple set up a camera, and filmed themselves watching all 51 episodes of The Walking Dead, and then released the footage as a time-lapse video. The video switches to regular speed at big, life-changing moments in the series. They ended up getting through the whole series in 3 days.

Via: io9...

The next best thing to actually being there for it, I suppose... "On The Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-z," featuring the superstars in their first collaborative tour – and their first HBO concert event – will debut in September, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Taping September 12 and 13 at Stade de France in Paris on the only international leg of their current tour, the special will feature the superstars performing more than 40 songs. "This is a major musical event that belongs on HBO," noted Lombardo. "It’s going to be a night to remember." Although 17-time Grammy winner Beyoncé and...

The next best thing to watching a complete performance in a finished movie is the very uncompleted, often disheveled audition tape featuring said actor or actress attempting to become the character for the first time in order to land the gig. There's just something about watching old audition tapes that gets the mind buzzing and the nostalgia churning. We especially dig 'em when they feature different actors providing their interpretation of a character they never played. Check out this fun supercut featuring some of the more popular audition tapes floating around online. You've got everyone from Leonardo DiCaprio auditioning for The Outsiders to Tom Cruise's audition for Risky Business. In between you'll get to watch audition tapes tied to Game of Thrones...

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The next best thing to actually being there for it, I suppose... "On The Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-z," featuring the superstars in their first collaborative tour – and their first HBO concert event – will debut in September, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Taping September 12 and 13 at Stade de France in Paris on the only international leg of their current tour, the special will feature the superstars performing more than 40 songs. "This is a major musical event that belongs on HBO," noted Lombardo. "It’s going to be a night to remember." Although 17-time Grammy winner Beyoncé and...

The next best thing to actually being there for it, I suppose... "On The Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-z," featuring the superstars in their first collaborative tour – and their first HBO concert event – will debut in September, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Taping September 12 and 13 at Stade de France in Paris on the only international leg of their current tour, the special will feature the superstars performing more than 40 songs. "This is a major musical event that belongs on HBO," noted Lombardo. "It’s going to be a night to remember." Although 17-time Grammy winner Beyoncé and...

It's a shock to go back and watch "Midnight Cowboy" 45 years after its debut (on May 25, 1969) and see how raw and otherworldly it looks. After all, the X-rated Best Picture Oscar-winner has been so thoroughly assimilated into American pop culture that even kiddie entertainments like the Muppets have copied from it.

The tale of the unlikely friendship between naïve Texas gigolo Joe Buck (Jon Voight) and frail Bronx con man Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), "Midnight Cowboy" was initially considered so risqué that it's the only X-rated movie ever to win the Academy's top prize (though after it won, the ratings board reconsidered and gave the film an R). Still, the film featured two lead performances and a few individual scenes that were so iconic that homages (and parodies) have popped up virtually everywhere. (Most often imitated is the scene where Ratso, limping across a busy Manhattan street, is nearly...

The next best thing to being at the red carpet European premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug? A live stream where you can watch the stars arrive! Just watch the video below to see all the Hobbit-ing as it happens on the Berlin red carpet. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is in UK cinemas from Wednesday 13 December 2013.

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Motorbike chases are awesome. They are the quintessential action piece. They represent speed, power, and individuality. When we see a motorcycle, we see the rider as a cool, lone hero or heroine. We have to think only of certain pop culture icons and their motorcycles to get the picture – we can all remember the image of The Bride and her yellow Kawasaki in Kill Bill, Keira Knightley atop the sleek Ducati in the Chanel advert and Jack Nicholson riding his chopper in Easy Rider. These examples are memorable yet don’t even feature a chase. The motorcycle alone is a symbolic machine we can all admire. So if we add a chase to the equation, we’re given a fast, cool and symbolic piece of cinema – a two wheeled slice of awesome pie.

Chase scenes in films often stand out as they provide audiences with a breath-taking spectacle. The most common type of chase,...

Are you still wallowing in a post-Breaking Bad puddle of despair and Netflix re-runs? Is trying to recover from the reality that we won't ever see any more of Walt, Jesse, Skyler and Hank proving tougher than giving up blue meth addiction?

Trust us, we know how you feel, but we might be able to help. The only true cure for a TV addiction is finding a new one, and a crack squad of TV fanatics at Digital Spy have already started hunting down shows to fill a Heisenberg-shaped hole.

Here are our five best tips for recovering from the Breaking Bad blues.

1. 'Peaky Blinders' on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer - Alex Fletcher, Deputy Editor

Terrible name. Incredible show. Peaky Blinders is the most ambitious drama on British television at the moment and, in this writer's opinion, the best. Based around Tommy Shelby, played by the...

American Horror Story: Coven fans rejoice! The next best thing to actually seeing the premiere is actually seeing actual footage from the show, and FX has provided us with our hearts’ desire, bless ‘em, in this new TV spot. As an added bonus for us, showrunner Ryan Murphy himself has posted the Ahsc title sequence for our perusal. Yay!

TV Spot: American Horror Story: Coven – Mythology

Hey it’s the minotaur! And wow Kathy Bates is creepy! And wow Angela Bassett is creepy in an entirely different way!

Clip: American Horror Story: Coven – Opening Title Sequence

Isn’t it great to get that wonderful, totally uncomfortable feeling again?

Now, so that we can be educated, creeped-out viewers, we have a featurette all about voodoo in New Orleans:

Featurette: American Horror Story: Coven – Inside the Coven: Voodoo in New Orleans

Okay, I feel fully prepared. Come on, October 9, haven’t we waited long enough for you?...

During the summer months, maintaining clear skin can be difficult. With heat and dirt, breakouts are almost inevitable! We spoke with New York-based dermatologist, Dr. Whitney Bowe, about avoiding breakouts to achieve clean and flawless looking skin, just like Jessica Alba! Keep reading for the valuable tips!

It’s totally not fair how perfect Jessica Alba‘s skin always looks! Avoiding breakouts in this summer heat is not easy but we spoke to dermatologist, Dr. Bowe about the steps we can take to help prevent blemishes during these months. Read below for her expert advice on the Do’s and Dont’s of summer skin care.

Jessica Alba’s Clear Skin — Expert Dermatologist Tips To Avoiding Breakouts

We are so thankful to Dr. Bowe for explaining how we can avoid breaking out in the summer heat! She recommends:

Keep pores from getting clogged by cleansing with a product that contains salicylic acid,...

Chris was crushed after a judge revoked his probation on July 15, but he blew off some steam afterwards by partying with his friends. A source tells HollywoodLife.com Exclusively that Karruche would approve of Chris letting loose.

After a Los Angeles judge revoked Chris Brown‘s probation on July 15 following an alleged hit-and-run accident in May, Breezy was so distraught that he couldn’t even eat. But instead of moping around, Chris, 24, went out and partied with his friends, and a source tells HollywoodLife.com Exclusively that Karrueche Tran would have wanted it that way.

Chris Brown: Why Karrueche Tran Wanted Him To Party After Probation Revoked

After a tough day in court, Chris’ crew dragged him out of his house to a party to help him take his mind of his troubles, a source tells HollywoodLife.com Exclusively.

“He looked bad, and no one wants to see their people looking like that,...

Against all better judgment, the Fast and Furious series has become the de facto action film franchise of a generation. It’s come this far because of the willingness of the actors and directors to let it remain malleable, often tinkering with the fundamental notions of what each film should be much in the same way Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner and Vin Diesel’s Dom Torreto are constantly tinkering with their endless array of cars. After the ridiculously fun jolt of energy that was 2011’s heist extravaganza Fast Five, the gang is back again for another go-round with Fast and Furious 6 (or as the title card rightfully calls it, Furious 6).

After their big score in Rio from Fast Five, each member has gone their separate ways with the loot. Some, like Tyrese’s Roman, have flaunted their cash while others like O’Conner have tried to change their...

You may not have heard Overmountain Men’s name, but you’re probably already familiar with the music of a few of the band’s members. Bob Crawford, the bass player for The Avett Brothers, is on vocals and bass with Charlotte singer-songwriter David Childers on guitar and vocals as well. Rounding out the foursome are percussionist Robert Childers and guitar, banjo, and mandolin player Randy Saxon. Those aren’t the only four musicians playing on The Next Best Thing, which is out today via Ramseur Records. Overmountain Men is truly a collaboration of some of the most innovative musicians of the Carolinas, featuring...

Tonight, ABC airs the two-hour Bachelorette special on Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum’s wedding, officiated by Chris Harrison. EW didn’t get them a present, but we did get Bachelorette fans one: Jennifer Weiner, author of The Next Best Thing and renowned Bachelor/Bachelorette commentator, is live-blogging it here. Join her below at 9 p.m. Et.

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Can you believe it's the season finale? These past few weeks have been one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had as a writer what with y’all and your comments. I look forward to reading them so much and I am fully expecting you to join me in Freaking Out about this episode. Also, I'll be recapping American Horror Story: Asylum starting tomorrow, so if the name Clea DuVall means anything to you, you'll come along for the ride. And now for the episode with all the feelings.

It’s another fine Canadian morning and something strange is afoot at Witham Castle: Gladys has an interaction with her parents in which neither of them tells her to shut up and look pretty. Seemingly overnight the elder Withams have accepted their daughter's impetuous nature, and Lady Witham even suggests they "muster a show of support.

At first glance, the new film Gayby sounds like a remake of the Madonna film The Next Best Thing. Both films are about two best friends—a straight woman and a gay man—who have a baby together after giving up on finding serious relationships. But where The Next Best Thing delves into the melodrama that comes later in life as they raise the child together, Jonathan Lisecki's Gayby focuses on the comedic foibles that result from these two friends trying to procreate together “the old-fashioned way.”

Jenn and Matt have been best friends since college (they even had a Will & Grace-esque drunken dalliance). Now in her thirties, Jenn (Jenn Harris) is finding life unfulfilling. Her job teaching “hot yoga” seems to be going nowhere—just like her dating life. Likewise, Matt (Matthew Wilkas) is dealing with a devastating breakup. He can barely focus on starting up with dating again,...

You have one chance to figure out what “Gayby” is about. If you said “gay baby,” ding ding ding, you got it! Or maybe it should be “baby with a gay,” but at any rate, “Gayby” treads the familiar narrative path of the contentious relationship between the single woman and her biological clock. Much like Madonna and Rupert Everett in “The Next Best Thing,” college buds Jenn and Matt (Jennifer Harris and Matthew Wilkas, real-life college buds -- check out their snapshots in the title sequence) decide to make a go of this whole babymaking business (yes, the old-fashioned way). “Gayby” is a slight little comedy, definitely amusing enough while exploring well known territory. Director Jonathan Lisecki throws you into this world without a lot of intro to the characters, so it can take a moment to warm up to them, including the sassy effeminate bear Nelson (played by Lisecki...

Rupert Everett's new memoir has landed him in hot water. Again. But he thinks we just need to lighten up

Poor old Rupert Everett thought he'd taken every care to say nothing in his first memoir that could upset his friend Madonna. Then the book came out, she threw a strop and stopped talking to him. His new memoir is less scandalously gossipy, so further fallings-out had looked unlikely – but before its release this week, he was already in hot water again. Everett can't understand it. "What's happened to humour? We're becoming American. Everyone gets so angry over everything."

But I'm not sure how much he really cares, and to my mind you'd have to be even more humourless than Madonna to hold anything against him. After reading Vanished Years, I didn't just want to buy the book but kidnap its author and gallivant about town with him for ever.

There were definitely some funny moments, but probably because creator David Zuckerman dubbed it "maybe [the] funniest ep yet," I was considerably disappointed by "Avoidance."

Don't get me wrong, Kristen's entire performance was fantastic, and it was probably the best use of Dorian Brown yet. The only thing that topped Ryan's friend's ridiculously idiotic inside jokes was Kristen's reaction to each and every one of them.

Whether it was laughing at everything he said, even though she had no idea what the joke was, or attempting to add to the laugh with quips like "that poor duck," she was probably the highlight of the night.

The next best thing about "Avoidance" was the pair of big dance sequences. Yes, I realize there were more than two dancing scenes, but I'm talking about the big numbers.

The first montage, in which Ryan and Wilfred go through a number of crazy and iconic...

At the conclusion of the latest season of The Bachelorette, fans rejoiced when Emily Maynard picked Jef “One-f” Holm. But they wept over the fact that there would be no more live chats for bestselling author Jennifer Weiner to host on EW.com. Weep no more, because Jen is returning tonight to chat live with you during the Women’s Gymnastics All-Around Final starting at 9:00 p.m. Et.

Earlier today Jen tweeted, “What has fifty-six legs and 1.5 breasts? Why, the women’s Olympic gymnastic finals!” If you haven’t read her smash-hit novels Good in Bed and In Her Shoes...

He’s not a name that many young filmmakers reference these days, but British director John Schlesinger quietly managed a career spanning five decades, with a small fistful of classics to his name. A former actor, Schlesinger moved into documentaries in the late 1950s, graduating to features soon after, and worked fairly prolifically until 2000’s “The Next Best Thing” (admittedly a rather ignominious end to a great career), a film released only a few months before he passed away from a stroke. This week marks the ninth anniversary of his death, on July 25, 2003, and with the recent news that his “Sunday Bloody Sunday” is getting the Criterion treatment, it felt like a good time to push past the acclaimed Hollywood pictures that everyone knows -- “Midnight Cowboy,” “Marathon Man” -- and look at some of the director’s works that go less celebrated these days. A master visual storyteller, Schlesinger was able to.