The road goes ever on… and so does EW's coverage of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. After a very, very long wait, Amazon Prime Video's new fantasy epic is almost here, with the first two episodes of The Rings of Power debuting Sept. 2. Created by showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay, the new TV series is a deep dive into J.R.R. Tolkien's Second Age, a lesser-known period of Middle-earth history that stretches thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. Read More...
There’s stunning new footage from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that was just unveiled at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim on Saturday. First up, here’s a new poster, with Rey (Daisy Ridley) facing off against Kylo Ren (Adam Driver): The saga sizzle-reel is expected to be released online Monday and represents the first new footage of the J.J. Abrams film since the teaser trailer was released in April. Images include a duel between Rey and Kylo Ren amid a stormy sea (transposed into a space backdrop on the poster). Read More...
Joe Rogan has lost one of his most prominent supporters after Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson responded to the popular podcaster's repeated past use of the N-word. Rogan's been embroiled in a series of controversies since Neil Young spearheaded an exodus of artists from Spotify over Rogan's pattern of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. The streaming service responded by posting "long-standing platform rules" publicly for the first time and adding a content advisory to any podcast that includes a discussion about COVID-19. Read More...
