Tuesday 30 April 2013

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Behind the Scenes (2014) - Marvel Movie HD

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Movie First Look (2014) - Marvel Movie HD

As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C.

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Official Int.'l Trailer #1 (2013) - Lily Collins Movie HD

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Official Int.'l Trailer #1 (2013) - Lily Collins Movie HD

When her mom is attacked and taken from their home in New York City by a demon, a seemingly ordinary teenage girl, Clary Fray, finds out truths about her past and bloodline on her quest to get her back, that changes her entire life

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Cybergeddon Official Trailer (2012) - Web Mini-Series

Cybergeddon Official Trailer #1 (2012) - Web Mini-Series

Chloe and Rabbit chase down the suspected programmer of the 3F8s virus, while it continues to spread like wildfire and permanently destroy all systems that cross it's path.

The DOD is probed millions of times everyday, more than $600 million are lost every year due to cyber-crime; we, the people of the United States, are vulnerable. And we face threats from every direction, whether it's a kid on a laptop in his parent's basement or a foreign nation with unlimited resources. Framed for a cyber-crime she didn't commit, FBI Special Agent Chloe Jocelyn is forced to go on the run in order to prove her innocence. With the world on her tail, Chloe discovers that Gustov Dobreff, a ruthless cybercriminal may be behind it all. Chloe seeks the help of Chase 'Rabbit' Rosen, a former black hat hacker, currently doing time in a federal penitentiary. While chasing down one of Gustov's hackers the duo is confronted by Frank Parker, Chloe's ex-boyfriend and a member of FBI cyber-crime unit. Faced with the evidence of Gustov's involvement, Frank quickly realizes that Chloe's innocence and joins them. With the world distracted by "weapons of mass disruption" it's up to our heroes to track down Gustov and stop cybergeddon before the world, as we know it, comes to an end.

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Despicable Me 2 Official Minion Moments - Soccer (2013) - Steve Carell Movie HD

Despicable Me 2 Official Minion Moments - Soccer (2013) - Steve Carell Movie HD

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's worldwide blockbuster, Despicable Me, delighted audiences around the globe in 2010, grossing more than $540 million and becoming the 10th-biggest animated motion picture in U.S. history. In Summer 2013, get ready for more minion madness in Despicable Me 2. Chris Meledandri and his acclaimed filmmaking team create an all-new comedy animated adventure featuring the return of Gru (Steve Carell), the girls, the unpredictably hilarious minions...and a host of new and outrageously funny characters.

Redirected Official Red Band Trailer #1 (2014) - Vinnie Jones Action Comedy HD

Redirected Official Red Band Trailer #1 (2014) - Vinnie Jones Action Comedy HD

Redirected is an outrageous The Hangover meets Snatch action-comedy-thriller with distinct Eastern European exotic flare. It tells the story of four friends - John, Ben, Tim and Michael - turned first-time robbers, who, through a series of misadventures, get stranded in an Eastern European country and have to find their way back home. To do so, they'll have to overcome smugglers, hit men, cheap beer, whores, dirty cops and fantasies, all while rediscovering each other as friends.

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Cinco De Mayo Official Teaser Trailer #1 (2013) Darren Bousman Horror Movie HD

Cinco De Mayo Official Teaser Trailer #1 (2013) Darren Bousman Horror Movie HD

Terror visits a group trying to cross the Mexico/Arizona border on the Mexican holiday.

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Cinco De Mayo La Batalla Official Trailer 1 (2013) Angélica Aragón War Movie HD

Cinco De Mayo La Batalla Official Trailer 1 (2013) Angélica Aragón Movie HD


Terror visits a group trying to cross the Mexico/Arizona border on the Mexican holiday.

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Man of Steel Photos (2013) Zack Snyder Movie HD

A child sent to Earth from a dying planet is adopted by a couple in rural Kansas. Posing as a journalist, he uses his extraordinary powers to protect his new home from an insidious evil.


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Mr. Go 3D Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Korean Baseball Gorilla Movie HD

Mr. Go 3D Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Korean Baseball Gorilla Movie HD

Wei Wei grew up in the circus with a bat-swinging gorilla named Ling Ling. After her grandfather dies in the Great Sichuan Earthquake, she has only Ling Ling to depend on. In order to pay her grandfather's debt, she has no choice but to accept sports agent Sung's proposal to bring Ling Ling to the Korean Baseball League. Despite serious doubts and ridicule from the league, Ling Ling, now dubbed 'MR. GO', becomes an instant hit, hitting one home run after another and propelling his floundering team to the playoffs. However, the rise to stardom is met with unexpected troubles and MR. GO must now face adversaries beyond his control.

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The Great Gatsby - TV Spot feat. Jay-Z's "100$ Bill"

"The Great Gatsby" directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In theaters May 10, 2013.

"The Great Gatsby" follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan) and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.

Pain & Gain Movie Spot

Pain & Gain stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Michael Bay, see it in theaters now!

John Krasinski to Mug for the Camera on 'Arrested Development'

John Krasinski
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Considering a good number of his cast mates from The Office found their way on to the first run of Arrested Development (including Ed Helms, Phyllis Smith, Craig Robinson, and Brian Baumgartner) it's only fair that John Krasinski, who spent years dealing with the craziness at Dunder Mifflin, should also get to experience the craziness of the Bluth Company. Now he's going to get that chance, and the timing could not be sweeter considering his nine-season run on NBC's The Office is about to come to a close for good when the series wraps on May 16.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Krasinski will join the continually impressive roster of guest stars on the upcoming fourth season of Arrested Development on Netflix. (Hollywood.com reached out to the actor's rep for confirmation, but they were not immediately available for comment on the casting news).
Krasinski will be among famous faces to appear on the new incarnation of AD, including Conan O'Brien, Kristen Wiig, John Slattery, Seth Rogen, Isla Fisher, and returning favorites like Andy Richter, Liza Minnelli, Ben Stiller, Carl Weathers, Scott Baio, and Ron Howard. Still no word on Steve Holt (Steve Holt!).
While there's no details about who Krasinski will play on the comedy (the show's creators are keeping everything awfully close to the vest... much like you would an illusion, Michael), if the guy can deal with Michael Scott for years, Michael Bluth will be a piece of cake. Well, unless he's on the Atkins Diet.

NBA Player Jason Collins Becomes First Openly Gay Active Male Athlete, Inspires Hope

Jason Collins
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With two words, Jason Collins stepped out of the closet and into the history books on Monday: "I'm gay." Collins writes in an article for Sports Illustrated, "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation." And we're so glad he did. 
Collins, 34, has played in the NBA for 12 years, most recently with the Washington Wizards, but on the cover of Sports Illustrated he is branded as simply "The Gay Athlete," a title Collins now wears with pride. As Collins explains in SI, however, this wasn't always the case.
"When I was younger I dated women. I even got engaged. I thought I had to live a certain way," Collins writes. "I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her. I kept telling myself the sky was red, but I always knew it was blue." 
Of his decision to come out, Collins says, "No one wants to live in fear. I've always been scared of saying the wrong thing. I don't sleep well. I never have. But each time I tell another person, I feel stronger and sleep a little more soundly."
While Collins' announcement has largely been met with a sense of excitement, support, and encouragement (with tweets of gratitude and support coming from the likes of Ellen DeGeneres and Kobe Bryant, among others), some have not been so accepting of Collins' news. ESPN analyst Chris Broussard most notably — and despicably— said live on a special edition ESPN's Outside the Lines, "If you’re openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, [but] adultery, fornication, premarital sex between heterosexuals … I believe that’s walking in open rebellion to God." 
Others, meanwhile, have raised eyebrows at the timing of Collins' announcement. Currently a free agent, Collins is looking to be signed again next year, and Nike has reportedly expressed interest in signing the first openly gay male athlete to a major endorsement deal. People are asking, Is Collins cashing in on his homosexuality? In an article titled "Be Happy for Jason Collins," Grantland writer Brian Phillips tackles this issue head on. "We have a tendency, or anyway I do, to skip past the important part of any given issue, which we usually grasp right away, and stake out positions on some knowing or contrarian periphery," Phillips writes. 
But Phillips urges readers and fans to resist falling back on their cynicism. "Some will surely taunt him; some will cheer him. Either way, he’ll be out there," he writes. "And simply by being out there, he’ll make it a little easier for another gay player to feel free to be himself, and a little easier for the world to accept him when he does." 
And that's the message Collins leaves us with as well. "Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start," he writes for SI. "The most you can do is stand up for what you believe in. I'm much happier since coming out to my friends and family. Being genuine and honest makes me happy."
Collins' honesty make us happy, too. Happy and hopeful for a culture in which a male athlete won't have to announce his sexual orientation on the cover of a national magazine. We're getting there.

'Arrow' Season Finale First Look: Oliver's Secret Is Out!

Arrow
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We’ve been warning you for weeks that s**t’s about to get crazy on Arrow, and here's your proof! In these first look photos from the season 1 finale, "Sacrifice," we see Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) gloating alongside a chained-up Oliver (Stephen Amell), who's been de-hooded and de-shirted. What is going on?!
Thankfully, the muscle behind the vigilante, Amell, sat down with a small group of reporters to discuss the jam-packed, intense season finale of Arrow and to shine a little light on these spoilery photos. Turns out, Oliver’s secret won’t stay a secret much longer thanks to his arch enemy, Malcolm, a.k.a. The Dark Archer.
“I start the season finale chained up and left for dead,” Amell reveals. “I am chained up by Mr. Barrowman [aka Malcolm Merlyn]. Now, in the photos he is not wearing a mask and neither am I, although I don’t ever wear a mask. Everything is out in the open between us.”
You read that right: Malcolm and Oliver will learn the truth about each other, bow-and-arrow secrets and all. Needless to say, Ollie's got different attitude toward the elder Merlyn than he did in episode 16 when he encouraged his then-best friend Tommy (Colin Donnell) to give his father a chance.
"Oliver, we saw in Episode 16, actually encouraged Tommy to develop a relationship with his father. He doesn’t know anything about Malcolm Merlyn other than maybe he could be a better dad," Amell says. "He certainly doesn’t suspect anything to the effect of him being slightly evil, let alone the other archer."
Once Oliver learns Malcolm's other identity, some major drama will go down. "I think Oliver will support [Tommy working for Malcolm] because ultimately Oliver wants Tommy to be happy and he wants him to stand on his own," Amell adds. "Should he come to learn anything about Tommy’s father, he may feel differently."
That's an understatement, and not the only drama going down in the season finale. When "Sacrifice" shoots onto our TV screens on May 15, Oliver and Diggle (David Ramsey) race to stop the Dark Archer from unleashing his vengeance on The Glades. However, they run into a road block after Detective Lance (Paul Blackthorne) picks up Felicity for questioning. Tommy and Oliver’s already tumultuous relationship takes a turn for the worse after Oliver makes a confession about Laurel (Katie Cassidy). After hearing of the danger in The Glades, Thea (Willa Holland) races to find Roy (Colton Haynes), inadvertently putting herself directly in the line of fire of Malcolm’s devious plan. On the island, Oliver, Slade (Manu Bennett) and Shado (Celina Jade) are locked in a life-or-death struggle against Fyers as his missiles lock on a full Ferris Air jetliner.
Check out two more first look photos from "Sacrifice" below:
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Can Somebody Make 98 Degrees Stop Embarrassing Themselves with New Music Already? — LISTEN

98 Degrees
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Secondhand embarrassment is a first-hand killer, so please proceed with caution before checking out the new 98 Degrees single, released today via the kind (?) folks at Billboard. The new tune, the oh-so cleverly titled "Girls Night Out," chronicles the men's libidinous love for all of the ladies in the world. It's not even 1997 anymore — why are we still doing this to ourselves, America?
The nation's sixteenth-favorite boy band from the '90s has decided that if everyone else can cash in on that nostalgia cow, so can they. And they've got a new, tone-deaf (metaphorically speaking) tune to prove it. Only problem is: "Girls Night Out" is hardly an ode to partying and having fun, it's a creepy, pick-up artist ditty and has 'I'm a Dad Who ROCKS!' written all over it. Please, 98 Degrees: think of the children. Namely your own (who are all too young to yell "Da-AAAAAD!" at you all exasperated).
Seriously, though: somebody in the world thought this song was both a good business AND creative decision. Somebody went into a recording studio and said to a bunch of guys pushing 40 (many of whom have children and wives), "Hey dudes, I think this is a totally hot track that will put you back in the forefront of music!" And somehow, these suburban soccer dads of pop listened in and said "Heck yes! This is so in-touch with the youths of America in 2013. Hot beatz and killer lyrics — this is destined to be a number one track on the Billboard charts! It is not at all weird that we are family men lusting after all da ladiez in da cluuuuuuuurb. Oh, and the kids say 'cluuuuuurb' instead of club, right?"
Just check out some of these really choice, relevant, hip, trendy lyrics: "Look how she do that sexy dance / She got every single man up in here want to lose his mind / She got her girlfriends all around / Lookin' good and gettin' down, tonight." And that's before we even get to the chorus, which is a real lyrical walloper with prolific lines such as: "Girls night out / So many women / Lookin' good in the place right now / Makes my head spin round / 'Cuz each one is sexy / Help me, I want to love them all down tonight." Overt sexual objectification of ladies for financial gain past the age of 28 is really not a good life decision/career move, but it IS a surefire way to push your way out of that pesky "sex symbol" status to "creepy uncle" in mere nanoseconds.
I mean, anyone who starts their comeback tour in a place called Uncasville (I'm from Connecticut so I'm allowed to make fun of it) is clearly in touch with what the kidz like. Lord, this is just the worst.
What do you think of the new 98 Degrees tune? Are you embarrassed as we are? Do you know what it means to "love 'em all down" and if so, can you explain it to us? Let us know in the comments.

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Jake Gyllenhaal Narrates 'The Great Gatsby' Audio Book And We Can’t Stop Smiling

Jake Gyllenhaal
Be still our beating hearts. Have you ever wished upon a star that the honey sweet words of Jake Gyllenhaal could gently lull you to sleep at night? We most certainly have and now thanks to The Great Gatsby, our most swoon-worthy dream is coming true!
Gyllenhaal has graciously lent his silky smooth voice as the narrator on The Great Gastby audio book — available on Audible — just in time for the highly anticipated film to hit theaters. Book-lovers everywhere can now brush up on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic while imagining Gyllenhaal as the hunky high school English teacher that we never had, but always wanted.
Treat yourself to the links below to hear 20 minutes of Gyllenhaal’s perfectly narrated excepts from The Great Gatsby. Warning: These audio clips will result in excessive daydreaming and strong desires to dump your current boyfriend.
Don’t miss The Great Gatsby when it hits theaters Friday May 10.

Catherine Zeta-Jones Enters Treatment for Bipolar Disorder

Catherine Zeta Jones checks into treatment

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Oscar-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has allegedly checked into a treatment facility on Monday, April 29th to deal with her bipolar disorder, TMZ is reporting.
Zeta-Jones has been very open in the past about her battle with mental health issues. Following a similar stint at a Connecticut facility in 2011, Zeta-Jones went public with her story — though it hardly seemed voluntary. In 2012, Zeta-Jones confronted the issue head on during an interview with Good Morning America where she was markedly irritated by the line of questioning about her bipolar disorder. "You know what? I'm sick of talking about it because I never wanted to be the poster child for this," she asserted. "I never wanted this to come out publicly. It came out. I dealt with it in the best way I could and that was just saying that, 'Look, hey, I'm bipolar'. Everyone has things going on and we're doing the best we can. We can't jump from the rooftops shouting about, 'I have this, look at me, victim' - no. We all have issues in life and I'm really happy I have great friends, great support and that's all I can do."
But don't fret for Zeta-Jones just yet, as it is reported that her latest stint at the facility is for maintenance and is not the result of some sort of dramatic fall off the rails. Hollywood.com has reached out to a rep for Zeta-Jones, but had not heard back at the time of publication. We certainly wish Zeta-Jones much luck as she tends to her personal health needs.

NBA Player Jason Collins on Coming Out as Gay: 'I Am the Happiest I Have Ever Been in My Whole Life'

Jason Collins Good Morning America

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It feels appropriate that only a few short weeks after the release of 42, with discussions of the historic exploits of Major League Baseball player Jackie Robinson in full swing, that we face the destruction of a new barrier in professional sports.
On Monday, Washington Wizards center Jason Collins became the first active professional athlete to come out as gay, offering the announcement through Sports Illustrated. On Tuesday morning, Collins followed up his declaration with an interview on Good Morning America. The 34-year-old NBA player told George Stephanopoulos that before accepting himself as homosexual, he "tried everything in the book, as far as trying to convince [himself], to lead ‘the life that you should.'" Ultimately, however, Collins undertook the realization that he needed to be honest with himself and the people in his life.
Collins came very close to getting married to a woman before coming out. "Calling off the wedding was obviously a tough decision, but it was the right one," he said. "I knew I wasn’t getting married to the right reasons." Following the interview, Stephanopoulos informed viewers that Collins has every intention of getting married and having children someday.
Despite hurdles like these, the support of his family allowed Collins an easier entry into honest living. The athlete's aunt Teri L. Jackson — a Superior Court Judge — was the first family member to whom he came out. "I have a special relationship with my aunt. I love my parents and my brother, and everyone else in my family. But there is just something about the way that I get along and relate [to her]." Collins affirmed that Jackson knew he was gay before he even told her. "She had her suspicions about me. She was extremely supportive. She’s a judge in San Francisco, so I guess she’s good at reading people."
But the rest of his family, his twin brother Jarron (Collins interjected proudly that he is "eight years older" than Jarron) included, had fewer intuitions about Collins' sexual orientation. "I am really good at playing it straight," Collins joked. "Maybe [Jarron] needs to hang out with my aunt a little more, get a discerning eye like she has." Nonetheless, Collins' slightly younger brother has been "incredibly supportive." The athlete said with a laugh, "I’ve always had that big brother role. Eight minutes is an eternity," adding with a bit more sincerity, "I’ve always had that role on the team, of being the quote unquote enforcer. So I was also protective of my little brother, who happens to be close to seven feet. Now he’s sort of taken on that role of protecting me."
Collins described coming out to the realization about the differences between he and his brother around the age of 12, when he was first introduced to rap and hip hop music. "All kids around that age, around puberty, you start noticing things. There was a difference, obviously, between us." But at this point in his life, he hardly feels like the admission will alienate him, especially from his fellow Wizards. "From my teammates, I’m expecting support. That’s what I would do for my teammates. A team is like a family — the NBA is like a brotherhood. We all support each other on and off the court."
Summing up, Collins offered some dutiful words: "I hope that every player makes a decision that leads to their own happiness. Whatever happiness that is in life." Before closing the conversation, Collins offered a spirited statement that will hopefully inspire others struggling with the decision to come out to embrace honesty: "I know that I, right now, am the happiest I’ve ever been in my whole life."

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sutton Foster Announce the 2013 Tony Awards Nominations

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sutton Foster

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sutton Foster took the stage together. No, they haven't teamed up for a Broadway show, a new television series, or a Modern Family/Bunheads crossover (which would be awesome). But the theater-loving stars came together Tuesday to announce the nominations for the 2013 Tony Awards. (They are the hosts for this year's show, after all, so it only made sense that these two would have the honors of making the big announcement.)
Check out which plays and actors are nominated for Tony Awards for their work on the stage this year.
2013 Tony Awards Nominations:
Best Musical:
Bring It On: The Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda
 The Musical
A Christmas Story, The Musical 

Best Book of a Musical:
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Revival of a Play:
Golden Boy
Orphans 
The Trip to Bountiful
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 
Best Revival of a Musical: 
Annie
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Pippin
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: 
Laurie Metcalf, The Other Place
Amy Morton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Holland Taylor, Ann
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful 

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Hands on a Hardbody
Music: Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green
Lyrics: Amanda Green
Kinky Boots
Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
Matilda The Musical
Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: 
Stephanie J. Block, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Carolee Carmello, Scandalous
Valisia LeKae, Motown The Musical
Patina Miller, Pippin
Laura Osnes, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
 Bertie Carvel, Matilda The Musical
Santino Fontana, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Rob McClure, Chaplin
Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Stark Sands, Kinky Boots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Carrie Coon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Shalita Grant, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Judith Ivey, The Heiress
Judith Light, The Assembled Parties
Condola Rashad, The Trip to Bountiful
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Danny Burstein, Golden Boy
Richard Kind, The Big Knife
Billy Magnussen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tony Shalhoub, Golden Boy
Courtney B. Vance, Lucky Guy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Annaleigh Ashford, Kinky Boots
Victoria Clark, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Andrea Martin, Pippin
Keala Settle, Hands on a Hardbody
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Charl Brown, Motown The Musical
Keith Carradine, Hands on a Hardbody
Will Chase, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Gabriel Ebert, Matilda The Musical
Terrence Mann, Pippin
Best Costume Design of a Play:
Soutra Gilmour, Cyrano de Bergerac
Ann Roth, The Nance
Albert Wolsky, The Heiress
Catherine Zuber, Golden Boy
Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Gregg Barnes, Kinky Boots
Rob Howell, Matilda The Musical
Dominique Lemieux, Pippin
William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Best Direction of a Play:
Pam MacKinnon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nicholas Martin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Bartlett Sher, Golden Boy
George C. Wolfe, Lucky Guy
Best Direction of a Musical:
Scott Ellis, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
Diane Paulus, Pippin
Matthew Warchus, Matilda The Musical
Best Choreography:
Andy Blankenbuehler, Bring It On: The Musical
Peter Darling, Matilda The Musical
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
Chet Walker, Pippin
Best Orchestrations:
Chris Nightingale, Matilda The Musical
Stephen Oremus, Kinky Boots
Ethan Popp & Bryan Crook, Motown The Musical
Danny Troob, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Best Scenic Design of a Play:
John Lee Beatty, The Nance
Santo Loquasto, The Assembled Parties
David Rockwell, Lucky Guy
Michael Yeargan, Golden Boy
Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Rob Howell, Matilda The Musical
Anna Louizos, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Scott Pask, Pippin
David Rockwell, Kinky Boots
Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Lucky Guy
Donald Holder, Golden Boy
Jennifer Tipton, The Testament of Mary
Japhy Weideman, The Nance
Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Kenneth Posner, Kinky Boots
Kenneth Posner, Pippin
Kenneth Posner, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda The Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play:
John Gromada, The Trip to Bountiful
Mel Mercier, The Testament of Mary
Leon Rothenberg, The Nance
Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg, Golden Boy
Best Sound Design of a Musical:
Jonathan Deans & Garth Helm, Pippin
Peter Hylenski, Motown The Musical
John Shivers, Kinky Boots
Nevin Steinberg, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:Bernard Gersten
Paul Libin
Ming Cho Lee
Regional Theatre Award:
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA
Isabelle Stevenson Award:
Larry Kramer
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre:
Career Trainsition For Dancers
William Craver
Peter Lawrence
The Lost Colony
The four actresses who created the title role of Matilda The Musical on Broadway: Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon, and Milly Shapiro  


'How I Met Your Mother': When Did 'The Karate Kid' Become Irrelevant? — Season 8, Episode 22

How I Met Your Mother

CBS
When exactly did we reach an era in which it was necessary to summarize the plot of The Karate Kid? I don’t remember aging beyond the statute of limitations on the 1984 classic’s relevance, but this week’s How I Met Your Mother seems to affirm: we live in a post-wax on era.
Oh, you’ll probably want some context: this week, we are handed the inevitable Bachelor Party Episode, the efforts of Barney to experience one last hurrah before succumbing to marital bliss. In a moreover interesting and enjoyable twist on the trope, the entire gang bands together to give Barney the worst night imaginable — the trick unbeknownst to the suited antihero and the audience alike, until at least halfway through the episode — as a contrast to the insuperably hedonistic means in which he lives his life ordinarily.
As such, Ted and Marshall organize a shoddy hotel room just outside of the Atlantic City limits, a birthday clown as entertainment, Barney's ex-fiancée Quinn as a stripper, and (worst of all) the wrong Karate Kid. See, Barney has this odd vantage point of the '84 underdog story, viewing Aryan bully Johnny Lawrence, played by William Zabka, as the true hero over Ralph Macchio's undermining villain. Knowing of Barney's devotion to this bizarre perspective, his friends rustled up Macchio to make an appearance, hoping to further Barney's descent into maddening frustration. Oh, and this is all supposed to be funny. They're trying to screw with him, because they think it's funny... I think. The mentality is nebulous at best.
Anyway, in the introduction of this element of the episode, Future Ted takes it upon himself to explain to his teenage children circa 2030 what The Karate Kid is. And while in context such an explanation does seem to make sense, understanding the summary as a piece of material infused not only for the in-universe characters but for the audience as well is kind of unnerving. The show doesn't always bother to infuse pop culture synopses into its voice over, so when it does, there is a suggestion of some meta involvement and education of the audience. Future Ted's Karate Kid summary was for the How I Met Your Mother viewers' benefit.
So when, exactly, did people stop knowing what The Karate Kid was?
When did the relevancy of the '84 film expire? When were we forced to abandon the assumption that everyone knew how Daniel Larusso an Mr. Miagi were? When did this happen, and why did we let it happen?
That's the primary takeaway from this episode of How I Met Your Mother, which eventually led Barney to the realization (after a series of catastrophes, leading to Marshall being "sold" to Chinese mobsters and Robin calling off the wedding) that his friends were messing with him... happily accepting the prank as legendary. The only other thought to spring from the episode comes along with the show's acute understanding of what its audience expects to happen on it. By now, HIMYM knows that people are surmising that Barney and Robin will break up before, or at, the wedding; as such, they're playing with our theories with turns like these. We might still see the two call things off, as many call-forward scenes have suggested, and the show seems to be having fun with that anticipation until then.
But seriously. You guys all know what The Karate Kid is, right? It's still relevant, right? Right?! I'm not that old, right?!?!?

Late Night Last Night: Rebel Wilson Dry Humped Jimmy Fallon

Rebel Wilson Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Lloyd Bishop/NBC
Jimmy Fallon just loves to play games, so of course his guest on Monday night, unabashed MTV Movie Awards host Rebel Wilson, was game for first one he threw her way. Fallon decided it would be grand fun to do an improv dance game, so he had Wilson draw the name of a fake dance out of a hat. Whatever name she drew, she had to get up and create a special routine for the dance name.
First up, Wilson drew the "Mick Jagger Chicken" and she turned that one into an electric and erotic Egyptian dance. The girl, too, has moves like Jagger. Fallon then had his turn and pulled the "I Feel Like Someone's Behind Me." His moves consisted of a few slides and snapping of his fingers. Actually, those are sort of moves like Jagger, too. The last dance the two did together was called "The I'm Holding Too Much Eye Contact While Thrusting" and Wilson ended up dry humping and grinding up on the Late Night host during this bit. No kidding. See for yourself:
 

'Oblivion' Star Olga Kurylenko Finds Her Twilight and Harry Potter in 'Vampire Academy'


Olga Kurylenko
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The premise for Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy book series reads like the ultimate young adult fiction Mad Libs. In the book, a vampire named Rose Hathaway is forced to return to her magical boarding school. There, her friendships are put to the test thanks to a blossoming romance and the rise of a great evil. YAF 101.
As routine as Vampire Academy may seem, Mead's novels have an ardent following. The casting of up-and-comer Zoey Deutch (Beautiful Creatures) in the upcoming film adaptation by Mark Waters (Mean Girls) left the passionate fanbase in a tizzy, and the next big name to join the project will surely stir up controversy as only these types of movies can do. Oblivion star Olga Kurylenko will star alongside Deutch as Headmistress Ellen Kirova, the Dumbledore to Vampire Academy's Harry Potter. In the books, Rose describes her as being "a vulture." Kurylenko can certainly go there, personality wise.
Is Vampire Academy headed on track to actually become the next Twilight or Harry Potter, or is the series destined to the fate of romance-infused franchise hopefuls like Beautiful Creatures? Kurylenko has blockbuster credits to her name, but she's not a dramatic standout in the vein of the Potter ensemble. This could be a role that continues her climb to stardom… if the role fits.
Come, members of Fanpire Academy. Weigh in on Kurylenko and tell us why Vampire Academy is the series that's going to break the mold as Hollywood continues to translate popular books to the big screen.

'Revolution' Recap: Miles' and Monroe's Hometown Reunion — Season 1, Episode 15

Revolution
Brownie Harris/NBC
Say what you will about Revolution — that its characters are thinly sketched, that any world-building consistently takes the least interesting turn, that for a world without power (and therefore metal refineries) there are still a shocking number of bullets 15 years later — but one thing you can't say, at least not in this post-Danny era, is that it's moving slowly. Far from it! In five 2013 episodes we've moved farther than in the previous ten combined, adding new characters and histories in the process. It would be a stretch to call them good, necessarily, but a willingness to KEEP MOVING is always refreshing. Compare Revolution to, say The Walking Dead, which functions at snail speed.
So to have an episode open with flashbacks to a battle we didn't even see is actually, in its own way, kind of cool. Miles, Charlie, Nora, and Jim have offered their talents to the Georgia Federation, and Miles has quickly found himself once more in a high-ranking leadership position. Who are they fighting? Why, Monroe's militia. Upset over this recent loss -- and the ongoing bad blood with his former brother-in-arms — Monroe orders Miles be killed one way or another. And the way he's going to do it? Lure the guy to their mutual hometown, and threaten the life of some babe they both loved. Might this be the episode we finally get to see Monroe and Miles' high school reunion?!? Here's hoping!
Flashbacks, as always with this show, fill in the bare minimum: Miles and Monroe grew up together in this same unidentified small town, both in love with the same girl-next-door, Emma. She was with Miles, but she, like, got with Monroe -- at least once, and definitely behind Miles' back. Love triangles! Flashforward 20+ years later and the blood is just as bad, maybe more so, when Miles and Monroe both show up to town.
Here's the flip of that "at least this show moves fast!" argument — in the span of 42 minutes we're introduced to this woman, an emotional key to Monroe, only to have her torn from us (and earth) forever. That's not good for business, Kripke! Sort of amazing that Monroe's buddy Jim has stayed around as long as he has (3 episodes) considering that track record.
And that's to say nothing of the inherent confusion I feel over Monroe's homecoming. He was attempting, ostensibly, to lure Miles to him. Which worked. But why burn down the bulk of your town? Why kill former friends and neighbors, aside from "image maintenance"? Half the military operations on this show make absolutely zero sense, more there to fuel skirmishes than suggest anyone knows what he or she is doing.
Eventually, the rebel/Atlanta cavalry having descended, Monroe takes Emma hostage. "I don't want to die!" she says, which makes a lot of sense. She throws a wildcard into the mix: Monroe had given her a son, a son he never knew about. He's caught totally off-guard. And I am, too — even with restrictive parents, how could this have not come up in the fifteen+ years since they got together? Like I said earlier about these flashbacks, more questions than answers.
A Georgian officer assigned to watch over Miles decides to take a shot on Monroe, which wounds him…and killis Emma, OOPS. Miles in turn shoots the officer guy down. Another firefight, because you can't have too many of those! Monroe gets away. Scarred, shaken, but alive. Aware now that he has a son. Miles, in turn, is probably more convinced than ever that he needs to kill his former BFF. But who knows. Character motivations are as finicky as those power pendants.
While all that stuff went down, Rachel and Aaron got sidetracked as they started through the Plains nation. The cause? Aaron's wife, Priscilla, who he keeps seeing around the marketplace they've found. You remember her, right? Pretty, loving, Aaron ditched her out of fear that he couldn't provide for her? Yes, THAT one. He tracks her to a bar, where he awkwardly calls her name. Almost in a daze, she turns. "Oh……Aaron. Hi." (And I think to myself maybe this will not be the finest reunion in the world!) "Ummm…what are you doing here?" Then the kicker: she introduces her husband, Steve. Calls Aaron her…old friend. Oh God. A "take care of yourself" and then -- Rachel all but drags him our of the bar. As stupid as Aaron's story has been now for the, well, duration of the show? This might actually be the most emotionally wrenching plot turn we've seen all season.
…that is, until it's revealed that Aaron's wife was being held at gunpoint by her "husband." What a cop-out! That could have been an authentic storyline to explore, totally not needing the lame "this is what's really going on!" melodrama we just got. Oh well. Finally Aaron gets the chance to be the hero when he confronts this "Steve" character and learns he's delivering her to the Monroe Militia. And he's going to wuss out again, but…NO. A courage overtakes him unlike any he's know before. He punches, hard. Then gets punched, hard. Then his wife saves him. All in all a pretty solid showing for Aaron!
One final conversation with Priscilla reveals the real real truth: she is in fact married, and has an 11-year-old daughter who is decidedly not Aaron's. And she needs to get to Texas. Bye, Aaron! Let this be a lesson to you as you continue to navigate this brutal pseudo-apocalyptic landscape! So Aaron gets some resolution (however painful), Monroe opens the door to a new mission (find his son), and everyone else continues on with their thumbs up their butts, not totally sure what to do next but confident it will involve at least swords and probably AK-47s. See you next week!

'The Following' Season Finale Recap: Stab City, Population: Everyone

The Following
Barbara Nitke/FOX
I have a confession to make: I was worried that the season finale of The Following would be too good. That's weird, right? To be concerned that a show so egregiously and aggressively bad in the bulk of its fifteen-episode first season would suddenly change tack and provide a satisfying hour of television? But you set higher expectations for season finales. The Walking Dead, in its first two seasons anyway, offered practically no reason to watch outside of its bookends. Solid premiere, crappy episodes to follow, solid finale. A crap sandwich! To think that the The Following would…follow (last one 'til fall!) that model made sense. But then this little show of ours -- which is of course a pretty BIG show for FOX, and will be back next year -- assured me this would NOT be the case last night. Hell, I knew it as soon as that kid took off his Poe mask in front of the police station: The Following season finale would be just as craptastic as all the episodes preceding it. For the sake of these recaps? I don't even know what I would have done if it had been okay. Thank GOD things turned out the way they did.
Let's rewind a second and remember where we left off after our penultimate chapter:
- Parker had been captured by some Followers and buried alive ala Ryan Reynolds in the movie Buried or Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, Vol. 2, but without the benefit of being the main character of her story.
- After she shivved him with a fork, thus turning the Hannibal Lecter cannibal trope completely upside-down, Joe absconded with Claire on a boat. Where to? NO ONE KNEW.
- And just in case this comes up: Hardy's ex-girlfriend was still out there, still salivating at the prospect of writing Joe's "final chapter."
You guys good? You need to grab a bottle of Kettle One before we dive in? It's going to be a long, boring ride!
Everyone at the FBI is freaking out in the wake of Parker's disappearance, but freaking out in that weirdly nonchalant way we've come to expect from The Following version of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its satellite offices. "Hardy, it's Parker," says the female black analyst whose character exists only to pass the phone to Hardy. "She wants to talk to you." Does she? Does she want to talk to the main character of the show with whom she's been partnered for this whole friggin' serial killer investigation? Sorry, I've got to cool down -- we're like a quarter of the way in and, like bestselling author Joe Carroll, I'm already losing my mind. What Would Poe Do (WWPD)? So Hardy, polite, gets on the line and learns that a) Parker is in a box somewhere and b) NO, dammit, she doesn't know where that is. "The call is untraceable!" yells black analyst. In one of my favorite recurring drinking triggers of this first season, Hardy and Weston look at a map to see if they can sort of intuit where their partner might be. Could she be in…DC? Bora Bora? DAMMIT, THERE'S NO TIME.
Sweet Claire is dislocated herself, waking in a dark room that shouldn't surprise her because hey, everything in the set design is dark. Only it's not just an unfamiliar room; it's an unfamiliar place entirely. She steps outside to learn that she's at a LIGHTHOUSE, aka the title of Joe's first (less than successful) book. And all I can think is: narcissistic much? Claire might not even like lighthouses, Joe. Relationships are about embracing what your partner is into, even if it goes against your natural instinct to crazy-kill other human beings. And you wonder why she left you!
Hunting down Parker — who we learn has "3 to 5 hours of air," based on some back-of-the-envelope calculations — Hardy and Weston manage to capture a Follower sniper. Which is great, right, but gosh darn it, we've seen time and again this season how Hardy's "unique interrogation technique" will always get shot down by his tight ass superiors. Know what? NOT THIS TIME. "Do what you need to do," says Hardy's boss, not realizing the bureaucratic nightmare he's just unleashed for himself and his department. But Hardy and his loose cannon protege are already wheeling their man into a tool shed, just LETTING LOOSE with a barrage of well-placed stomach kicks. It's go time. "We're not gonna kill you," Hardy tells the guy. "But we're gonna get really close." Which, by Hardy's bizarre worldview, means literally blinding their hostage with his own thumb. You can tell this is meant to be symbolic, some mirror to the woman gouging her eyes out in the pilot. "Joe and Hardy are twins, sort of!" we should be commenting right now on an episode recap, maybe this one. But it's also played as a hyper-cool moment, the ultimate proof of Hardy's devil-may-care badassery. SCREW EYEBALLS.
With the information gleaned from their hostage, Hardy and Weston have what they need to rush to Parker's aid. Problem is, she…might not live to see them get there in time. Did someone say death scene over the phone? RING RING, DUDES, IT'S A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE EPISODE. "She's scared, Ryan," calm black analyst tells Hardy as she patches the two of them through. But not scared enough to offer some incredibly on-point advice and foreshadowing to our two heroes. To Weston: "you're a good man. Don't lose that." To Hardy: "This is not on you. I knew the deal." You helped practically nothing throughout the season, Parker, despite your background as a "cult expert." And now, dying, you make things even worse for everybody. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE HORRIFIC EMOTIONAL AMMUNITION YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN THESE TWO GUYS?!
She dies on the phone, just her mouth visible in the enveloping darkness. It's all very artful.
Hardy and Weston finally reach the burial site, where frantic digging does nothing to change Parker's status as a dead person. Their Follower hostage chuckles nearby. "Little too late. Bummer." And Hardy, in a moment that is no doubt meant to tell us that he is just as damaged as the infamous serial killer Joe Carroll, goes off the reservation and executes the guy at point-blank range. To be fair? Hardy has killed someone in almost every single episode this season. One more won't send him any more to Hell.
Coming down off his murder-high, Hardy notices an envelope tucked into Parker's coffin. Could it be…? Is it…? YES -- the manuscript to Joe's masterpiece, "The Curse," which we'd seen him diligently working on between sex tape-watching sessions. Hardy reads. And it's all very familiar. Maybe…too familiar. "How could he know exactly what was going to happen?" demands Hardy, shaken to realize the author-murderer he's spent his life tracking might actually be some sort of warlock. Weston, convinced they don't have to play by Joe's rules, utters perhaps the finest line of the series thus far: "WE CAN CHANGE THE STORY." (If right after this you screamed at your television "WE CAN CHANGE THE CHANNEL," then tweet me so we can become best friends.)
That's as good a cue as any to check back in with Joe and Claire, busy rehashing the plot of Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse (maybe?) and certainly the play "Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf." Why didn't Joe opt for a Virginia Woolf fixation? Dumb, Joe. Anyway -- blah blah blah "I loved you once" blah blah "You just leapt into the arms of the lithe and free Ryan Hardy" blah blah hostage stabbing blah I LITERALLY CANNOT SEE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. In a genuinely creepy moment, Joe murders some throwaway hostage in front of his ex-wife. She'd been crying about feeling responsible for all of his murders, like she had blood on her hands. "THAT is what it's like to actually kill someone" he tells her, making a simple point in the most grandstanding way possible. Showboat!
It isn't long before Hardy (having ditched Weston, the Mary "I can't let them hurt you" Jane Watson to his alcoholic Spider-Man) surrenders himself to the Followers and is dropped off at the lighthouse, tied up alongside Claire and that dead hostage we just mentioned. Great family reunion, or greatest family reunion? Blah blah more idle chit-chat until Joe finally makes his move to murder Claire in front of Hardy. THEN Hardy summons his courage and tells Joe exactly what he thinks of his goddamned book:
"You know what they say about teachers, right? Those that can't do…teach. I know all your trigger words. You're a hack. Second-rate. Mediocre. Pretentious." Joe manages to keep it together enough, at least until this part: "I'm bored with you. And I'm bored with Edgar Allan Poe." FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHHTTTTTTTT.
Bodies move around in space (I really do apologize but I can't see anything on this show) until somehow, someway, Hardy and Joe's tussle lands them in a boathouse full of gas tanks. A stray bullet, or match, who knows, ignites the tanks. FIRE. The punch-fight to end all punch-fights continues until finally, finally Hardy the scrapper throws Joe deep into the flames. There's one brief moment where you think, "might Hardy save him? Is there some weird love here, or at least a sense that Hardy can't go on without his arch-nemesis/favorite Goodreads author?" Then the boathouse blows up and, tropes of the genre be damned, I don't see how you get out of that one. RIP Joe. RIP you magnetic, erratic warrior-poet.
The next morning…
Joey calls. Yay! Hopefully he's with a referenced babysitter this go-around. Weston shows up (well after movie convention tells us he should have) all pouty that Hardy wouldn't let him in on the final play. Calm down, buddy! That's one less monologue about the creative process that you had to participate in! Joe, it would appear, is really, really dead. DNA and dental records corroborate. So what dangling threads remain?
We see Emma at some diner in Mobile, AL, wearing one of Keri Russell's Americans wigs. She'll be BACK, sure, but not right away. Parker's definitely dead, and therefore not a Follower like I predicted. Roderick is definitely dead. Hardy's friend in witness protection? No. The FBI agent who got stabbed in the eye? I mean, that's a tough spot to get out of. THINK, FOG, THINK. Wait. Wait, I — I got it. THERE SHE IS, HARDY, THERE'S YOUR CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND STABBING YOU NOT IN THE BACK BUT RIGHT IN THE STOMACH OH HOW DID WE MISS THAT ONE.
Claire emerges from the bathroom (they were going to have a nice quiet date night) only to be greeted with the same enthusiasm. And there it all ends -- hardy, bleeding out on the floor, while the love of his weird life falls down to join him, also bleeding out. Blood begets blood or something. "Nevermore." I don't know anymore. And that's it for season one of The Following. Was it good? No. Could we recommend the show to even someone we'd like to victimize, in a Follower-lite sort of way? No, no. Were these recaps worth your time and attention? I don't even know how to begin to think about how to answer the question. All we can say about this schizoid little show with the hard-on for literary deconstruction is that it happened. And of course: SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR!

Roland Emmerich Takes a Break From the Apocalypse for 'Lawrence of Arabia' Mini-Series

Lawrence of Arabia

Columbia Pictures
After a lifetime of alien invasions and Kaiju attacks and intergalactic teleportation devices and Woolly Mammoths and John Cusacks, Roland Emmerich has decided to take it easy for a while. Maybe settle down in a nice retirement community and pass the time with some character work. Maybe someplace like a war-laden, early 20th Century Middle East. Following his forthcoming action-adventure White House Down, Emmerich will be setting to work on a Lawrence of Arabia mini-series, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The project, to be developed by FremantleMedia International, will take the form of six separate hours, and will draw from the writings of British officer T.E. Lawrence.
The Independence Day director will produce the mini-series, working alongside film and television writer Clive Bradley. While a remake of the classic 1962 biographical drama Lawrence of Arabia would be a prospect doomed to fail, the mini-series format might allow for a more accepted new look at the colorful story. Based on Emmerich's past work, we can estimate that a hike in the wartime action will be present in this new vantage point, although the small screen delivery could indicate something a little more Patriot and a little less 10,000 B.C.. Just as long as there's some Ghost Chase in there, we're happy.

'The Guilt Trip' Deleted Scene: A GPS Almost Kills Barbra Streisand And Seth Rogen

The Guilt Trip
Paramount Pictures
Ebbing and flowing through the 95-minute journey that is The Guilt Trip is the complicated relationship between mother Joyce (Barbra Streisand) and son Andrew (Seth Rogen). Heading off on a road trip together to mend the many wounds that exist between them, the Brewsters inevitably find themselves at odds with one another... and their judgmental GPS system.
The below exclusive deleted scene from the Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses, The Proposal) movie pits the mother and son against one another in a heated, nearly fatal battle, with their car's mechanical voice spouting commands about merging all the while. The whole joke is about Streisand's career predating the GPS era, but shouldn't she at least know the basic tenets of driving on the highway? Those kooky mothers.
   

'Who Gets The Last Laugh?' Sneak Peek: Andy Dick is a Hair Stylist's Worst Nightmare

Who Gets The Last Laugh?
If you haven’t been watching TBS’s new hidden-camera show Who Gets The Last Laugh? then you have been missing out on some genuine giggles and jaw-dropping pranks. Luckily for you, we’ve got some brand new clips to get you all caught up on the hilarity.
From the creators of Punk’d, Who Gets The Last Laugh? pits famous comedians and actors against one another in a competition to see who can pull off the most outrageous practical jokes on unsuspecting people. Each week Donald Faison hosts as a live audience determines which comedy star had the most side-clutching prank and the winner is rewarded with a $10,000 donation to the charity of their choice.
In this week’s show, Andy Dick, Aries Spears, and Natasha Leggero face-off in a hair-dying, booty shaking, gas guzzling all-new episode. Take a look at these three preview clips below, and then take to the comments with who you think will have the last laugh in tonight’s show.
Andy Dick — A hair stylist’s worst nightmare:
Aries Spears — The world’s most confusing alarm system:
Natasha Leggero — Don’t you dare give her your credit card:

'Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi — Into the Void': Explore a Whole New Period of 'Star Wars' Lore — EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT

On May 7, Star Wars fans will be able to journey back further into the history of that Galaxy Far, Far Away than ever before. Tim Lebbon's Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi — Into the Void takes us to the earliest known period of galactic history: when the Jedi were called Je'daii and carried swords instead of lightsabers, long before the creation of the Galactic Republic.
In Lebbon's novel, the young Jedi Ranger Lanoree Brock, pictured below, was separated from her brother after he failed the Je'daii trials. The Force just didn't flow through him. Years later, though, she's tasked by the Je'daii Council to track down the leader of a fanatical cult who's trying to open a gateway to uncharted space via a method that could destroy an entire star system. The fanatical cult leader in question? Her brother, of course! Yeah, getting cast out of the Je'daii can mess with your psyche, I guess.
Star Wars, "Dawn of the Jedi"
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Click on the image to open a gallery showing the progression of the cover art by artist Torstein Nordstrand, with commentary from Random House art director Scott Biel. And below that, read our exclusive excerpt from the novel, available for order on Amazon in hardcover May 7.
Learn How The Into the Void Cover Art Was Created
Chapter Three
THE GOOD AND THE GREAT
Not every Journeyer will complete their Great Journey. Some will fall victim to Tython’s many dangerous landscapes or creatures. Some will lose themselves. Some may even lose their way in the Force and leave Tython far behind, scattering out to the system, lost in a much more fundamental way. But as Je’daii we must accept this, because this is not an existence of absolutes. Life is a challenge, and facing that challenge is what makes the good great. — Master Deela jan Morolla, 3,533 TYA
Even though she had been away from home for four years, Lanoree still kept to Tython time. She was used to it, it suited her natural sleep patterns, and she saw little point in adapting her ship to Standard Time. In her less-guarded moments she might also admit that it reminded her of home.
The computer calculated the optimum flight path from Tython to Kalimahr for the time of year and current planet alignments. And before committing to the route Lanoree also calculated it manually. The computer was never wrong in such matters— the navigational elements were programmed and designed by the Je’daii’s most experienced space travelers— but she was always pleased when her calculations came out the same. Rather than questioning the computer, she was testing herself.
Pushing her Peacemaker to its limits, it took a little over seven days to reach Kalimahr. She used this time to meditate, prepare herself for the coming mission, exercise, and review every aspect of the information downloaded to the Peacemaker’s computers. There wasn’t much. Whatever contacts had informed the Je’daii of Dal’s scheme had not been very thorough. Rumors, speculation, and a few hazy images. But even in those grainy images of covert meetings and mysterious exchanges, she recognized the face of her brother.
He looked older, of course. But she was surprised at how much older, as if he’d lived three lifetimes since she had last seen him, not nine years. He was taller, thinner, his child’s sadness translated into adult bitterness. His dusky skin had turned darker and more rugged. And there was something haunting about his blurred visage. Lanoree berated herself for letting her thoughts of his death cloud how she viewed him now. Yet the idea remained. Seeing those images of Dal felt like looking at a ghost.
“We’ll meet again,” she said to the screen, “and I’ll ask why you let me think you were dead all these years.”
For the first few days of the journey she left Dal’s image on the cockpit flatscreen, also feeding it through to a screen in the living quarters directly behind the cockpit. A reminder of who she sought and who she had lost. But seeing him there only confused her more, so by day five she left the screen blank.
Lanoree had visited Kalimahr twice over the past four years. The first time was to act as mediator in a troublesome deal between three landmass developers, all of them bickering over an island called Hang Layden in the planet’s vast Southern Ocean. Normally a Je’daii would not have been concerned with such matters, but the Je’daii Council had sent Lanoree because of the island’s suspected archaeological importance. Though the island appeared bare, it was believed that an ancient structure— possibly of Gree origin— existed a kilometer beneath the surface. Her presence had been resented, but she had taken an active role in the negotiations, ensuring that each of the three inter-ested parties had a portion of land to develop. More important, she had covertly protected the cave network that might lead deep down to that ruin from ancient history. The Force illusions she had left behind of rockfalls and impassable ravines would last for a hundred years.
Her second time on Kalimahr had been less peaceful. That time, her sword had been wetted with blood.
Even so, she did not pretend for a moment that she knew this place. A good Je’daii was always on guard and ready for surprises. Especially a Je’daii on a mission as important as hers.
As she entered the atmosphere and her computer contacted air traffic control, she saw two Kalimahr Defense ships shadowing her thirty kilometers away. They would be no threat. It was more likely that the pilots were excited at spotting a Peacemaker, and they’d go home that night to tell their families and friends that they’d seen a Je’daii arrive! They followed for the next hour, and just before peeling away they made contact. She replied with a gentle push of grace and humor, responding to them while revealing nothing.
If we met in a tavern, we might even be friends, she thought, smiling. It was a subtle Je’daii talent, but one that often served her well. They disappeared from her screen when she was more than a hundred kilometers from her destination.
She approached Rhol Yan above a startling azure sea. The Peacemaker shuddered as she passed across the waves. She was so low that spray from the sea misted the windows, but she enjoyed flying like this. Out in space there was no context — she could fly for days with the starscape changing hardly at all. Depth was infinite, and distances were so vast that her mind could barely grasp them. But down here she was close to something. Sometimes closeness mattered.
Rhol Yan had been built on an archipelago stretching out into the Southern Ocean. There were five large islands and countless smaller ones, all of them developed, and hundreds of bridges both large and small spanned the spaces between landmasses. Gleaming white spires reached stark fingers to the sky, and several classes of Cloud Chaser airships drifted between them like lazy birds flocking around ak trees back on Tython. Lower down, buildings and streets clung to the islands and sometimes protruded out over the ocean on slender stilts, and beautifully wrought bridges stood in isolation over the waterways. Ships dotted the ocean, and the inner waterways were busy with smaller watercraft. The white metal spires pulsed here and there with colored lights, illuminated even during daytime to identify an island, a building, or a street. It was an attractive city, and most of its money came from tourism. People traveled from all over Kalimahr to holiday on Rhol Yan. And with tourists came the vultures and parasites who preyed on them.
She was directed to a landing platform on a high tower on one of the outer islands. There were scores of gracefully wrought landing pads and bays around the tower, and exterior elevators whisked up and down its uneven sides. Even the city’s air and spaceport was beautiful.
As the Peacemaker settled, Lanoree prepared herself for what was to come. Her mission started here.
“Keep an eye on the ship,” she said to the droid. It grumbled and clicked. “Yes, I’ll have my comlink.” She felt the sliver of tech in her lapel just to make sure. Then she stood within the cabin and smoothed down her clothing, checking that her sword was strapped correctly to her thigh, ran fingers through her hair. She used her metal Je’daii star to fi x her cape around her neck. For now, there was no need to hide.
She was surprised to realize that she was nervous.
Somewhere at the end of this mission, her brother waited.
Like any visitor who had landed on one of the spacecraft platforms, Lanoree was directed through to a large room with lines of interview pods. One entire side was a window offering staggering views across Rhol Yan and the glimmering sea beyond, and the opposite wall was splayed with extravagant artwork that labeled it the Welcome Hall. But its real purpose was obvious. Kalimahr’s security services were efficient and discreet, and even a Je’daii was not simply waved through. She respected that. And by the time she was ushered from her interview pod, the three officers inside also respected her privacy. A subtle push, a gentle word. Perhaps in a few days’ time they might start to question their decision to let her in so lightly, although by then she would be long gone.
But by the time she had traveled on three elevators down through the tower to ground level, Lanoree began to suspect that she was being followed.
She paused in the vast lobby of the port tower, bought a drink from a vendor droid, and melted into the shadows beneath a wide, low tree. There were tables and chairs there, and a massively fat Zabrak woman was harvesting large insects from the tree’s lower canopy, flash-frying them, and selling them to eager customers. Lanoree decided she was not hungry.
As she drank, she watched the bank of elevators she had just left. Her sense of being followed was strong, but though she waited for a while, none of those exiting the elevators seemed to be looking for her. Strange. She was certain it was not one of the customs officers.
“Lady, you’re a fine one,” a voice said. A tall robed figure had approached, and she was annoyed with herself for not noticing.
“I’m drinking,” she said.
“So drink with me.”
“No, thanks.”
“Come on, Ranger. You’re young. I’m almost two hundred years old. Got experience. Got three bottles of chay wine in my rooms, almost as old as me, just waiting for a special occasion.”
She rested her hand on her sword’s haft. The Force was calm and settled, and the weapon was part of her. “Would losing your life constitute a special occasion?”
He stared at her from beneath his hood, amused, uncertain. Then he waved a hand and turned to leave. “Ach. Je’daii. So tightly wound.”
She finished her drink, then moved out across the lobby area. There were hundreds of people there, a varied mix of the many species who had spread out from Tython to colonize the system. Humans and Wookiees mingled with Twi’leks, with their prominent head- tails, and red- skinned Sith. Near- human Zabrak, with their vestigial horns, walked alongside Iktotchi, whose heavy horns gave them a fearsome appearance. Kalimahr had been the first planet settled after Tython and its moons, and it remained the most racially mixed and diverse. It was proud of its diversity, and it was a pride well earned. Even on Tython it was rare that so many species were seen in one place at any one time, and Lanoree paused for a moment in the center of the lobby to feel the ebb and flow of so many people in transit.
She paused also to try to spot any pursuer. Still nothing. She’d seen no one obviously stop when she had. And although some people looked at her as they passed by, she sensed that it was only out of interest when they recognized the Je’daii star. And on occasion, perhaps even distaste. She knew well enough that some Kalimahr thought themselves above the Je’daii.
I’m alone too often and for too long, she thought. Perhaps a subtle paranoia was a natural part of being among so many people once more.
Leaving the spire’s lobby, she passed a group of Dai Bendu monks chanting one of their strange, haunting ululations. A small group of travelers had settled around them, and some were swaying slowly in time with the song. Just outside the main doors, down a wide, long ramp that led to street level, a circle of feline Cathars was meditating upon an image of their god painted on the ground. The image was beautifully wrought, and their meditations had drawn several smoke snakes up from the ground to dance in a slow, hypnotic pattern. Lanoree had heard of the Cathars’ smoke snakes but never seen them.
Such diverse beliefs being celebrated in such close proximity. Her immersion in the Force meant that she believed neither, but it was still pleasing to see such inclusivity.
The streets outside were bustling with people, trade stalls, performance artists, religious groups, speakers, security officers, and children and adults alike pointing and chattering in delight at their surroundings. She felt almost unnoticed, and she welcomed that. But she also knew that it was an ideal environment in which to be followed, and that feeling persisted. Though she cast her Force sense around, there were so many people that her thoughts were confused. She would have to remain alert.
Cloud Chasers floated above, and occasionally drop ships came down to pick up passengers. But Lanoree had studied maps on her ship and knew that the tavern she sought was close by. She chose to walk.
“Bet you’ve never seen one like me, eh? Eh?” Tre Sana grinned at her over his glass of wine. His yellow eyes and blazing red skin gave him a fearsome appearance, but she perceived a gentle intelligence behind the startling exterior.
“Your coloring is quite rare,” Lanoree said. “Rarer still for a Twi’lek, the extra lekku.”
“Rarer? Oh, yeah, rarer indeed.” He stroked the third head- tail that grew behind the usual two.
“Least you use the right terminology. You wouldn’t believe what some people call these things.”
“I probably would.”
“They call me freak.” He growled suddenly and leaned forward, baring teeth that seemed to have been fi led down to points. “A scary freak!”
“You don’t scare me,” she said.
“Hmm.” Tre’s lekku— those three long, curious tentacles growing from the back of his skull— twitched a little, one tip stroking over his left shoulder, the other two pointing like fingers tapping at the air.
“ ‘Yeah, well, this bitch is a Je’daii,’ ” Lanoree translated.
Tre’s eyes opened wide. “You know Twi’leki!”
“Of course. That surprises you?”
“Huh. Huh! Nothing about the Je’daii can surprise me.”
“Oh, don’t be so sure.” Lanoree took a drink and looked around Susco’s Tavern. With more than fifteen settled planets and moons and spread over sixteen billion kilometers, there were places like this all across the Tythan system. Places where people gathered to drink, eat, and talk, no matter what their color, species, creed, or breed. Where music played in the background— either a local tune, or perhaps something more exotic from another continent or another world. Where travelers found common ground, and those who chose not to travel could hear outlandish tales of faraway places. And it was in these taverns that tongues could be loosened, news spread, and secrets overheard.
Lanoree loved places like this, because often after a drink or two she could have been anywhere.
The drink she was sipping now had been recommended by Tre— a local wine, made from deep- sea grapes and fortified with swing dust from some of the air mines at Kalimahr’s north pole. It was incredibly strong, but she used a gentle Force flow to make sure the potent drink did not impede her senses. She might enjoy such taverns, but she had been attacked in places like these. And she had also killed in them.
“Master Dam-Powl vouches for you,” Lanoree said.
Tre Sana’s eyes glimmered with humor. “Oh, I doubt that.”
“Well, she says to watch you. And that I should kill you the first moment you display any hint of betrayal.” Lanoree looked around the tavern but probed for Tre’s reaction. Strange. She felt nothing. She turned back to him and said, “But Dam-Powl assures me you don’t have a traitorous bone in your body.”
Tre raised his brows and his lekku, resting now over his shoulders, performed a gentle, almost sensuous touch along their tips.
“Good,” Lanoree said, smiling. “Then let’s take a meal and at the same time share some information.”
“The sea beef is very good here,” Tre said. He raised a hand and caught the attention of the barman. A wave and a click of his fingers, and the barman nodded back, grinning.
Lanoree probed outward and touched the barman’s mind. She took a startled breath— she could never really prepare for experiencing another’s thoughts, as the first rush was always overwhelming— but she quickly filtered out the random, the violent, the sick and disgusting, and narrowed to what she sought. Tre so cool so calm so red sitting there with her that Je’daii and he’d be lucky, she’d eat him alive. She broke away and stared at Tre until he averted his yellow eyes. But she said nothing. She knew she was attractive, and if he was thinking of her that way, there was no real harm.
“I’ll be very open with you,” Lanoree said, “very honest. That’s a good way to begin, for both of us. There’s something about you I can’t read, but I don’t need the Force to understand people. You’re haughty and superior. Maybe that’s just you, but right now I think it’s because you think you have me at a disadvantage. Perhaps because Dam-Powl has told you most, if not all, of what I know and why I’m here.”
Tre blinked softly, his lekku touching in gentle acknowledgment.
“And so, you know whom I seek. You’ll know that he’s my brother. I have rumors and stories told in taverns, secondhand information from sources I can’t verify and don’t trust. And the sum of all the information I have gives me virtually nothing to go on. I don’t even know what planet he’s on right now.”
“You can’t— ” he waved his fingers, raised his arms up and down.
“— Force his location?”
Lanoree glared at Tre. His childish display did not warrant a response.
“Master Dam-Powl sent me to you and said you might be able to help. I hope so. Because I don’t know how much more of this piss I can take.” Lanoree emptied her glass in one swallow.
“And now I’ll be very open with you, too,” Tre said, suddenly serious. “Along with talk of your brother, I hear rumors of Gree technology.”
Lanoree inclined her head, raised an eyebrow.
“I don’t mean the hypergate. Anyone with half a mind knows of the theories about the Old City being of Gree origin.” Tre leaned in closer, glancing around. “I mean what drives the hypergate.”
“I don’t understand,” she said, but already she was thinking of what the Masters had told her back on Tython. Dark matter . . .
“I mean there are whispers of design plans. Tech details.” Tre shrugged. “Blueprints. And all Gree.”
Lanoree leaned back in shock. Gree? Really? So little was known about that ancient people. There were theories that the Gree had once inhabited the Old City on Tython, but theorists were split as to whether the Gree had built it themselves. Though the Gree were long gone from the galaxy, it was suggested by some that the Old City was even more ancient. Lanoree had met a man on Tython— not a Je’daii but someone allied to them in outlook— who had spent his life researching the Gree and their legacy, and even what he knew could be relayed in little more than an hour of talk. And now this mysterious Twi’lek who, if what Dam-Powl had told her was true, undertook criminal activities, was claiming that Dal had found something the Gree had left behind.
“Blueprints?” she asked.
“Only what I’ve heard. More wine?”
Lanoree bristled. He was toying with her. Playing a Je’daii Ranger as he would a weak- minded petty criminal looking to muscle in on some nefarious deal. She leaned back in her chair and feigned tiredness, but behind her drooping eyelids she felt the Force flow, stirring her senses, boosting them, and she probed outward once again to touch Tre’s mind.
But he was closed to her.
Tre’s eyes went wide, and for a moment he looked unaccountably sad, shoulders dropping and lekku slumping down exhausted. He looks like a battered pet, Lanoree thought. She wasn’t sure where the image came from, but she had grown to trust her first impressions. The Force resided in her subconscious, too, and sometimes it spoke.
He would not meet her gaze, staring instead into his half- empty glass.
She sensed around the fringes of his mind but could not get in, and it was something she was not used to. Some species were very hard to read— the Cathars’ minds worked in a very different way, thinking in symbols and abstracts rather than words and images— but usually she could at least touch another’s mind, whether human or alien.
Tre’s had a wall. It seemed to encircle his consciousness, and her efforts rebounded from it, almost hinting that there was no mind at all. Yet she knew that was not the case. Tre was very much his own person, intelligent and alert, harboring desires and aims, and she could see that he knew himself well. Very well.
“Tre, what’s been done to you?” she asked, because she sensed that he wanted to talk. The feeling was nothing to do with the Force; it was merely the empathy of one sentient being for another.
“Just another slave spy used by the Je’daii.”
“You’re altered,” she said, realizing the startling truth. “Genetic?”
“Deep and permanent.”
“No Je’daii would do that,” she said.
“Ha!” Tre spat. A few people nearby glanced around at his outburst, and he stared them down, red and ferocious when he wanted to be. They went back to their drinks.
“But it’s . . .” Lanoree said, but she did not finish her sentence. Forbidden, she was going to say. But she had that ongoing alchemy experiment on her ship, and she knew that some Je’daii would frown on that. What was considered forbidden to some was exploration to others.
* * *
“I’m Dam-Powl’s toy,” Tre Sana said, quieter now. “There are promises made to me.” He sat up straighter, proud. “And they’ll be kept! Money. A new identity. An estate on a Ska Goran city ship.” He nodded firmly but his lekku writhed, displaying uncertainty and vulnerability.
Lanoree wasn’t sure what to make of him, and the fact that he was closed to her gentle probings unsettled her. But she could also not help admiring Dam-Powl’s work. Whatever subtle genetic adaptations she had performed, whatever strange alchemies kept Tre’s mind purely his own but made him very obviously hers, were perhaps immoral, yet startlingly brilliant.
“And you’ll get all that,” Lanoree said. “Master Dam-Powl is a Je’daii of her word.”
Their food arrived. Tre started eating immediately, chewing and swallowing with barely a pause. He seemed ravenous.
“The Gree,” Lanoree asked. “The blueprints. I need to know more.”
“And now you’re here, we can know more,” Tre said, spitting half chewed meat across the table. Some of it landed on Lanoree’s plate.
“When?”
“I need to find someone,” he said. “Someone who’s not easy to find. But . . . on my own. A Ranger will attract attention. You know the saying, ‘When a Ranger comes calling, trouble quickly follows.’ Well, so, they hear of you with me and they’ll melt away. Maybe for a long time. So leave it to me, meet me here at dusk. I’ll know where they are by then.”
“Who is this person?”
“A rich Kalimahr. A dealer in swing dust and other air spices. And a Stargazer.”
“That word again,” Lanoree said.
Tre wiped his mouth and took a drink. “Not one that many know. Don’t use it too freely.” He nodded down at Lanoree’s plate. “You going to eat that?”
“No. Help yourself.”
Tre pulled her plate across to him and started eating. It was as if every bite was his first.
“So, here, at dusk,” Lanoree said.
“Hmmm.” He nodded without looking up from the food. He exuded indifference, yet he had called himself a slave. A conflicted character, complex, troubled. Exactly who she would not want guiding her during her investigations.
“Fine,” she said. As she stood to leave, she saw faces turning away from her, and she walked to the doorway in a bubble of silence broken only by awed whispers of Ranger! and Je’daii! and darker mutterings of trouble. She hoped the old saying Tre had reminded her of could be put to rest on Kalimahr.
But hope alters nothing.
And soon after leaving Susco’s Tavern Lanoree knew that she was being followed again.
"From the Book, STAR WARS: DAWN OF THE JEDI: INTO THE VOID by Tim Lebbon. Copyright © 2013 by Tim Lebbon. Reprinted by arrangement with Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved."