E. Oliver Whitney is a senior editor at ScreenCrush. When not talking Game of Thrones theories or waiting for the next Terrence Malick film, Oliver is probably having an SVU marathon. Oliver was formerly an entertainment editor at Huff Post and has written for Variety, New York magazine, Indiewire, Moviefone, and Backstage.
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New ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel Photo Teases the Most Epic Duel In Wizard History
We may finally get to see the most epic duel in wizarding history, between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, in ‘Fantastic Beasts 2.’
The Merc With the Mouth Gets Artistic in New ‘Deadpool 2’ Teaser
The Merc With the Mouth gets artistic in the first ‘Deadpool 2’ teaser, revealing a first-look at brand-new characters.
See New ‘The Last Jedi’ Footage in Behind the Scenes Video, Plus a New Character Reveal
We’re less than two months out from the next Star Wars film and you can practically taste the anticipation. But just in case you need more reasons to get totally hyped for The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm has revealed a new still and dropped a new behind the scenes video that takes us right to the top-secret Star Wars set...
Good Luck Trying To Identify Christian Bale and Amy Adams in These Dick and Lynne Cheney Photos
We kid you not, Christian Bale and Amy Adams are legit unrecognizable as Dick and Lynne Cheney in these new set photos.
Hollywood Reacts to Deadly Las Vegas Shooting, Sending Prayers and Calling For Stricter Gun Control Laws
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Stephan King, Kerry Washington and more react to the deadly Las Vegas shooting, sending prayers and calling for stricter gun control laws.
MoviePass Admits the Company Wasn’t Prepared for the Crazy Spike in Subscriptions
MoviePass has been around for some time now, but last month the bulk ticketing subscription service got major attention for slashing their prices. So much attention, in fact, that it crashed their website. In a new interview, the company’s CEO admits they had no idea there would be such a spike in demand...
All the ‘Game of Thrones’ Easter Eggs and References You Missed in ‘Stormborn’
Sunday night’s Game of Thrones began placing all the pieces in place for the total political chaos and carnage that’s to come. In “Stormborn” – spoiler alert – Daenerys said Jon Snow’s name for the first time, which was all sorts of exciting, two Sand Snakes met a nasty end, Arya had multiple reunions, Missandei discovered the wonders of oral sex, and Sam began to cure Jorah.
2017 Emmys Nominations: 5 Major Snubs and 5 Amazing Surprises
The nominations are in for the 2017 Emmy Awards and there’s just as much to celebrate as there is to be disappointed about. The 2016-2017 TV season was a huge year for the small screen, reaching the peak-iest of peak TV. It was full of more new series than you could keep track of, diverse casts, and many groundbreaking episodes in both the comedy and drama departments. A brief scan of the major categories may leave you feeling a little bummed over the nominations, with many of the usual suspecting making the cut yet again – can the Emmys even exist without Modern Family or Julia Louis-Dreyfus nods at this point? And critical and fan favorites like The Leftovers, Girls, and Legion were nowhere to be seen in the top categories.
A ‘Harry Potter’ Prequel Handwritten By J.K. Rowling Has Been Stolen
J.K. Rowling is a pretty gracious woman. Beyond giving us the Wizarding World, regularly answering Harry Potter fan questions on Twitter, and annually apologizing for character deaths, she also gives back a little. In 2008, the author wrote an idea for a Potter prequel and auctioned it off to raise funds for a literacy charity. Now someone has stolen that rare prequel, because the world is full of ungrateful muggles.
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Will Score Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’ Remake
Few films rank higher on the most anticipated list than Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming Suspiria remake. The Italian filmmaker seduced film lovers with his lavish I Am Love, gave us a radiant, dancing Ralph Fiennes in last year’s A Bigger Splash, and made us, uh, feel a certain type of way in his extravagant and sensual Sundance breakout, Call Me By Your Name. Now he’s working on the remake to the Italian horror cult favorite, and the project just tapped Radiohead’s Thom Yorke to compose the score.