Cheryl Eddy

Zoo Is Kind of Awesome (In an Awesomely Ridiculous Way)

This week on Zoo, a mysterious French intelligence agent zips between storylines, bringing most of the characters together to form a team that’ll investigate the worsening animal attacks. We also learn more about Jackson’s maybe not-so-crackpot father, and meet a rather feral death row inmate. Spoilers follow! Before we get any deeper, here’s what happened…

We Got the Scoop on What to Expect from DC’s Legends of Tomorrow!

Legends of Tomorrow is DC’s newest TV venture; it takes place in the same universe as Arrow and The Flash, and premieres in 2016 on the CW. Those are the facts; now, here’s the good stuff! At a press event, members of Legends’ cast and crew shared what to expect from the new show. Is…

Despite Daughters’ Accusations, Tests Prove B.B. King Was Not Poisoned

No crime here, except for the one that (thankfully) didn’t happen, and some unnecessary badmouthing. Blues musician B.B. King, who had Alzheimer’s disease, was found to have died of natural causes, refuting murder accusations made against King’s manager and personal assistant. As the BBC reports, two of the 89-year-old musical legend’s daughters (he had 15…

Does The Walking Dead Spinoff Hold Up? Here’s Our Spoiler-Free Review!

We’re totally excited about AMC’s companion show to The Walking Dead: new characters, a new setting, and a story that takes place “during Rick’s coma,” according to the AMC exec who introduced the Comic-Con screening of the Fear the Walking Dead. Here are our spoiler-free first impressions! The timing of the show is important, for…

Our Spoiler-Free First Impressions of Campy Slasher Comedy Scream Queens

Scream Queens’ Jamie Lee Curtis is perfection. On the gory new campus comedy from Glee’s Ryan Murphy, the horror legend plays a deliciously arch, newly-promoted Dean of Students who haaates sororities. We saw the first episode, and wondered: can the rest of the show keep up with Curtis? We’re cautiously optimistic. The show, described at…

Tomorrow Night’s Episode of Zoo Will Be a Total Game-Changer

We talked to Zoo executive producers Jeff Pinkner and Josh Appelbaum in the CBS pressroom at Comic-Con. And while they were coy about revealing any specifics, they did hint that episode three—which airs tomorrow—will offer insight into why OMG ANIMALS ARE ATTACKING. Here’s what they told us: At the end of the third episode, it’s…

True Detective Goes Into Full Action Movie Mode … And Totally Nails It

In “Down Will Come,” each member of the detail battles his or her own personal demons as Frank continues his ungraceful lurch back into criminal life. Everyone is angry and frustrated, and the screws are further tightened by the episode’s devastating last act—which brings zero catharsis. Spoilers follow! Having bonded, sorta, last week, Ani and…

The Most Terrifying Zombie Experiences We Saw At Comic-Con

Zombie lovers were welcomed with open arms (covered with open, rotting sores) at Comic-Con, where TV’s undeadliest shows pulled out all the stops for their fans with elaborate, interactive, in-your-face experiences. Here are the coolest zombie installations we sat at Comic-Con. The Walking Dead’s set-up featured a short, yet full terrifying stroll through a garage…

Joss Whedon Tells io9 Why He’ll Never Be Finished With Superheroes

We spoke to Joss Whedon just before the Comic-Con panel where he announced his “Victorian female Batman” comic, Twist. He told us more about on what’s in store for that project… and we picked his brain on superheroes, storytelling, and what he really thought of the Black Widow controversy. io9: Our first question was going…

The Lucifer Cast and Crew Explain Why Satan Is So Hot Right Now

After we saw the Lucifer pilot and realized it wasn’t just another procedural-with-supernatural-elements show—but rather a campy, hilarious, procedural-with-supernatural-elements show, with a killer soundtrack—we were eager to speak to the show’s creators and its charismatic star, Tom Ellis. Here are highlights of what we learned at Lucifer’s Comic-Con press event. Joe Henderson (White Collar), showrunner-executive…

The Harley Quinn Team on How to Make Sexy Comics That Aren’t Gross

We braved the Comic-Con crush around the awesome DC costume display to talk to the trio behind one of DC Comics’ most exciting series today: Harley Quinn. Artist-writer Amanda Conner; her husband, writer Jimmy Palmiotti; and artist Chad Hardin answered all of our burning questions. As we approached, the team—whose other titles include Power Girl…

Ignorance Proves Deadly as the Inevitable War Begins on Wayward Pines

With only three episodes to go, “The Friendliest Place on Earth” turns the screws ever-tighter. Kate reveals her true nature; Mrs. Fisher digs her claws deeper into Ben; Ethan and Theresa come to a new understanding; and Pilcher panics when he realizes his utopia is on the verge of collapse (again). Spoilers follow! After last…

Spooky Trailer for A&E’s Damien Series Teases “The Coming of the Beast”

We gave you the scoop on A&E’s Damien series; now, there’s a trailer for the show that gives a much better look at the show’s sense of continuity from the first Omen film (hey, there’s that infamous 666 birthmark!), as well as its lush visual style and the conflicts brewing within its main character. Also,…

The Limitless TV Show Gave Us a Jolt of Mind-Blowing Brilliance

Yesterday at Comic-Con, we got a chance to see the pilot episode of Limitless, which airs on CBS September 22. It was prefaced by a (pre-taped) intro by executive producer Bradley Cooper, who starred in the 2011 movie and will occasionally co-star here. And holy crap, is this one hell of a show! Our spoiler-free…

Hulk Meets Hulkbuster in Awesome LEGO Display

You saw the Tweet earlier, now see these big fellas in action! Sorta. This giant LEGO Avengers sculpture is attracting quite a lot of onlookers on the San Diego Comic-Con floor.

This Sweet, Two-Minute Short Brings a Disney Musical Fantasy to Life

Noam Murro—director of 300: Rise of An Empire—enters a decidedly more adorable fantasy realm with Night Shift, a Fantasia homage featuring a rubbery-limbed janitor/sorcerer (note the Mickey gloves!) taking care of business with the help of an animated, bucket-toting mop. Murro’s piece was featured as part of a larger showcase of shorts at the Cannes…

The Shocking 1982 Hollywood Attack That Raised Awareness About Stalking

In the early 1980s, actor Theresa Saldana’s star was on the rise. Her roles in Defiance and Raging Bull brought her fame—but also the attention of mentally unstable man who believed he was “the benevolent angel of death.” In 1982, his pursuit of her turned violent. Saldana’s deranged “fan” was a Scottish man named Arthur…

What’s Wife Killer Drew Peterson Been Up To in Prison? Nothing Good

Former Illinois cop Drew Peterson, convicted in 2012 of killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio, and suspected of killing his fourth, Stacy Cales Peterson (she’s been missing since 2007), is back in the news. He’s accused of trying to hire a hitman to take out the State’s Attorney who prosecuted the Savio case. As CNN…

The Bizarre Case of the Unfaithful Wife and Her “Attic Man”

Her name was Walburga Oesterreich, but she went by the much flirtier “Dolly.” In 1913, this “naughty vamp” was in her early 30s and hitched to textile manufacturer Fred Oesterreich when she met teenager Otto Sanhuber. A love triangle with a spectacularly bizarre twist soon formed. The twist? Well, wanting to keep her lover close,…

American tragedy: Glenn Ford, who spent 29 years on Death Row at Louisiana’s Angola prison for a murder he didn’t commit, died July 3. He was released last March, but his happiness at finally being free was short-lived, thanks to his cancer diagnosis; he was also denied restitution. Image: Glenn Ford leaves prison on March…