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Photograph by Helen Sloan/HBO HELEN SLOAN/HBO HELEN FOLLOW US ON: EW Radio SiriusXM Channel 105 @EntertainmentWeekly @EntertainmentWeekly @EW @EWSnaps NOVEMBER 9, 2018 EW.COM 1 THE WEEK’S BESBESTT TWEET OF THE WEEK Mindy Kaling @mindykaling Well, better go do my ritual whenever the @RedSox win the #WorldSeries. Fire up old Fever Pitch! Brb! —The Boston native, celebrating her hometown “You’re a catch. You’re an team’s championship with a viewing of the educated, diabetes-free Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore rom-com woman in Lanford. 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Or my other goodg friend need to pee.” RHAPSODY BOHEMIAN Matt Damon andhiss crippling —Claire (Robin Wright), lying about addiction to my friend WHO DOCTOR where she went, on House of Cards Ben Afleckk.” —Tahani (Jameela Jamil),name-dropping asalways, on The Goodo Place : BBC/BBC AMERICA; BBC/BBC : : ALEX BAILEY/FOX; THE GOOD PLACE GOOD THE “I pity your wife if CARDS OF HOUSE you think six minutes is forever.” : ANDREW —Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek), arguing : NETFLIX with his label over the length of Queen’s new song, in Bohemian Rhapsody 2 EW.COM NOVEMBER 9, 20188 THE TOP 10 THINGS WE LOVE THIS WEEK Edited By | MARC SNETIKER @MARCSNETIKER LUCAS HEDGES The rising star, 21, chats with EW’s Piya Sinha-Roy about the unforgettable mark left by Boy Erased How did you and Nicole Kidman work on capturing the real-life relationship between your character, Jared, and his mother, Nancy? My mother saves my life in this film. The love that me and Nicole share for each other, I really felt we had so much fun together. I felt really understood and cared for by her, and when we got together, the world softened around us. The only moments in which I’m settled [are] when I’m with my mom, when I’m with Nicole. BOY ERASED What does this movie show about the flawed practice of gay- Lucas Hedges stuns in this hugely afecting drama, based LAURITS SLOAN on Garrard Conley’s memoir, about a teenager forced conversion therapy? into gay-conversion therapy by his religious parents, played It reminds us that it’s with power by Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman. (Nov. 2) happening all over 4 EW.COM NOVEMBER 9, 2018 After you finish House of Cards on Nov. 2, vote in the midterm elections on Nov. 6! (Head to vote.org for info.) America, and it’s something that I, living in a little bubble in New York City, was completely unaware of. It gives you a very specific HOUSE OF CARDS look into the teach- ings of a place like this, in which there Netflix’s flagship series ends its six-season run with are teachers who really have no idea Claire (Robin Wright) in the Oval Ofice and Frank what they’re doing (Kevin something?) dead. Then it gets even wilder: and their only quali- Adding to the drama are a pair of afluent siblings fications are they’ve (Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear) who do their been through the damnedest to get control of the White House. FYI, program, which isn’t founded on any you do not want to pick a fight with Claire. (Nov. 2) principles that actu- ally make sense.… The system feeds back into itself and ALUMNI only proves to twist RELATIONS the kids and adults Remember up even more inside. these stars If we can articulate who got a that experience, boost from we can tell people their time on the House of what’s going on. Cards cam- paign trail L/GETTY IMAGES L/GETTY What are your thoughts on the conversation around gay charac- ters on film and TV and the sexuality of the actors who get to portray those characters? COREY STOLL You’re right to bring (Peter Russo) that up because it’s a complicated con- versation to have right now. What’s challenging about it is, the reason why LIX (2); BROSNAHAN: LEWIS JACOBS/NETFLIX; RIBS: IAIN BAGWEL I wanted to play this part was that I rec- MAHERSHALA ognized Garrard’s ALI story as being that (Remy Danton) of a true hero, of somebody who hon- estly climbs to the top of a mountain and slays the dragon House of Cards is unrivaled ferocious Shepherd clan, it in his own right. I at portraying the struggle boils down best to Claire’s can tell you that per- for D.C. power, and while battle with old prep-school RACHEL sonally when I see a this season finds Claire pal Annette Shepherd. In BROSNAHAN lot of LGBTQ stories, SCENE OF Underwood’s presidency episode 3, actresses Wright (Rachel Posner) there is a true hero- under attack from the and Lane lob deliciously THE SEASON ism that exists in passive-aggressive bombs them that I don’t see at each other during a in a lot of other fund-raiser powder-room places. So it seems break, then part ways : DAVID GIESBRECHT/NETFLIX (2); STOLL & ALI: MELINDA SUE GORDON/NETF to me these are with a curtsy-off right out the stories that we of a debutante ball. It’s a can learn the most riveting scene of cutting— RIBS from and be taught but always courteous— (BBQ ribs) HOUSE OF CARDS OF HOUSE the most from. one-upwomanship. 8 WORDS ON 127 HOURS’ 8TH ANNIVERSARY One film prop definitely NOT destined for museums. ELLIE GOULDING & DIPLO “CLOSE TO ME” Ethereal, earthy Ellie Goulding has returned, hooking up with megaproducer Diplo and Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee to lend her wispy vocals to this sleek and surprising electronic jam. Get familiar now—you’ll be hearing the inevitable dance remix on loop at your local gym any day now. FILMMAGIC; GOULDING: JUN SATO/WIREIMAGE; JUN GOULDING: FILMMAGIC; RAE SREMMURD: PARAS GRIFFIN/GETTY IMAGES; DIPLO: MICHAEL TRAN MICHAEL DIPLO: IMAGES; GRIFFIN/GETTY PARAS SREMMURD: RAE BODYGUARD about rs as a DESWILLIE/NETFLIX: ecting ightened ight dding. / GUARD THE HOLIDAY ACCESSORY MOVIES REALMS THRONE THE FOUR CRACKER AND Game of Thrones 1. THE NUT 2. MISTLETOE OUTBREAK alum Richard 3. SNOWGLOBE! HERE WE Madden takes EW’s GO AGAIN Ruth Kinane inside his new character’s 4. ELF ON THE SHELF: ORIGINS unsettled mind Did your neck get tired scanning the surround- ings in every scene? [Laughs] Yeah, lots of eye acting. It was quite nice to be a pas- senger again after it wrapped. I don’t need to be that paranoid. LEGACIES What was it about the character of David that The third series in the Vampire really drew you in? Diaries universe follows the supernatural students of the Sal- I loved the dichotomy. He’s constantly vatore School, a safe haven for wrestling himself. I young vampires, werewolves, and tried to take any politi- witches. The spellbinding teenage cal thought out of drama has way more romance, it and view it purely as a drama. I’m not a fun, and danger than your aver- Method actor, but if age high school show—not to you spend 12 hours mention the sweet nostalgia for “Don’t freak! a day in someone fans who still miss Mystic Falls.