Fans of Fox’s Lucifer were devastated when the network cancelled the cult series after three seasons. Based on the Vertigo comics seris, Lucifer followed the adventures of its titular devil (Tom Ellis), the charming, charismatic and devilishly handsome Lord of Hell, who partners with LAPD detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German) to take down criminals.

Fans quickly took to social media to try and save the show, especially after a season three finale that left the series with a massive cliffhanger. Luckily, all the prayers and/or virgin sacrifices worked, as Netflix announced that they would be picking up the series. The resurrected show released their first teaser trailer for the new season, with a clip showing German and new cast member Inbar Lavi (Prison Break), who will be playing Eve.

well now we know @tomellis17 has really settled in here at @netflix 👀 #lucifer pic.twitter.com/ppkTJOSiEg

— Lucifer (@LuciferNetflix) April 5, 2019

Tom Ellis strolls in towards the end, rocking a Netflix bathrobe and mug, before assuring fans that the show won’t get any racier in its Netflix move. He then walks off set, but not before dropping his robe. Netflix hasn’t released a date for the new season, but this cheeky teaser promises that the gang will be up to all their old tricks.

(via io9, image: 20th Century Fox)

• Turns out Idris Elba won’t be playing Deadshot in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad after all. Any guesses on who he’ll be? (via Variety)
• Netflix is making a movie mash-up that combines The Wizard of Oz with Alice in Wonderland. Bet those gals have a lot in common. (via Collider)
• Darth Blender made a pretty cool animated trailer for Avengers: Endgame. (via CBR)
• Here’s a list of all the video game references in Shazam!, if you’re into that sort of thing. (via Kotaku)
• Dave Bautista is going to fight some zombies in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead. (via /Film)
• Congrats to this very proud pup!

My step dad has been trying to get their wiener dog to be pet of the month for two years. April 2019, it finally happened. He sent me this and said “my proudest moment as a dad” pic.twitter.com/rONOTKdosN

— Savannah Falkenburg (@snfalkenburg) April 3, 2019

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The second season of Killing Eve debuts on April 7th and promises more shockers.

Eve’s portrayer, the Emmy-winning, Sag Award-winning, Golden Globe-winning, seemingly everything-winning actress recently discussed the dynamic between Eve and Villanelle methodically with the press but it’s BGN’s guess that the roles are so much fun to play — like cat and mouse. Below is a summary of the actress’ opinions on her character, her own career and of course that nasty/crazy Villanelle.

On The Sexual Chemistry of Eve and Villanelle

“It just broadens and broadens and broadens. It’s been sparked off by an obsession or a dynamic in a relationship with Villanelle and it goes deeper and darker.”

On Eve’s Cliff-Hanger Stabbing of Villanelle

“You know, they’ve crossed the line. Because they’ve crossed a line and there’s kind of no going back, and I think we have a lot of energy at the beginning of the series, and that pushes both of them into a different place of vulnerability.”

On Humor In the Middle of the Gore

“… the humor is the open door. It’s how people think that—if you’re fooling people into like going, ‘I’m gonna just relax and have a good time.’ Absolutely. And then hopefully all these other things, these undercurrents, will slip in as well. I think humor with comedy is just the door that is easier for people to pass through.”

On Villanelle’s Love of Nice Things, Particularly Clothes

“… And they are constantly expressing character. You know, with the first two episodes you see Villanelle in a completely different, vulnerable setting, and her clothes are completely different. And then so when she—we’ll see—moves out of a vulnerable setting, how much her clothes mean to her.”

On The Predictability of C-List Male Characters Getting the Knife

“Yes, yes. I feel like immediately from the pilot, that’s not the world that we were in. You know, and if anything it’s exciting because that first, not so much Kasia’s death but Bill’s death, is the one that is like, ‘oh no, this is the world that you’re in is unpredictable.’”

On Really Being On Location for the Show in Rome

“The one part of the show that I think that we all delight in — from the writing to the acting, is that our show has an international feel and flavor to it, and it’s exciting to not only shoot and work on and be on those locations, but it gives such a deep flavor.

It just gives a flavor and a depth to the show and originality to the show, because, that’s another way that I think the audience can lean in. Hopefully, every couple of episodes, you’re going to have a boom, a banner of another country and I love that about the show.

… And it just gives a depth where we don’t have to act. We don’t have to act it.

The setting itself tells it, and there’s a lot of locations that we’re on that has such a wonderful scope to it. It fills the story, and it fills the character, and it fills the dynamic in sometimes very, very heightened ways.”

On A Set of Mostly Women

“There’s still work to be done in front and behind the camera.

I’m always encouraging that we’re still developing women and I know that’s a part of how we’re still definitely trying to go forward. It’s about setting the tone. You know, and the fact that you get a chance to set the tone. Having worked in television for a long time, to be able to be one of the people who can set the tone means a lot to me because I’ve seen how things run and there are some ways where I thought I would love it to be different.”

On Getting Into Character

“I definitely feel that when we shoot, let’s say six months, I don’t leave it. Of course, you go home, sleep, all that stuff. I feel like I’m constantly conjuring it and I do a lot of work because it’s very, very intense. I do a lot of work to try to let it go and pass through my body but I’m constantly connected to it.”

On Her Parents Fears for Her Acting Career

“I think every parent wants their child to be secure and I think if you are an immigrant (Oh’s parents immigrated to Canada from Korea) and your child is wanting to be an artist, unless you yourself are an artist, I think it’s very challenging to let your child go into a potentially unstable life.”

On Acting Roles Now

“I feel there’s a great fortune on being able to exercise choice. I don’t think you can start out being able to exercise choice but I absolutely do now.”

On Going Back to Grey’s’ Anatomy

Oh no, no, here we are on Killing Eve and (executive producer) here’s my partner in crime and that’s who I think about.

On Socially Conscious Choices

“My socially conscious choice is to at all times be present and exercise mindfulness.”

Killing Eve premieres this Sunday, April 7th on BBC America.

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Controversy sells—and oftentimes it pays—a lot. Stephen A. Smith, an ESPN sports journalist known for his provocative commentary, is a prime example. On Thursday, it was reported that Smith is on track to becoming the highest paid TV personality on the ESPN network. The 51-year-old syndicated talk show host has a current contract that is reportedly worth around $5 million per year until 2021. However, the co-star of ESPN’s wildly popular First Take could be offered a new deal worth anywhere from $8 million to $10 million per year.

According to The New York Post, ESPN is willing to double Smith’s salary in order to avoid losing him to a competitor. Smith, who has been with the network since 2005, is arguably one of the most recognizable faces at ESPN and in the sports media industry at large. However, in addition to his catchphrases, the TV personality is known for his outspoken opinions and polarizing remarks, which are often criticized as sexist and crude.

Here’s a look back at some of Stephen A. Smith’s most flagrant public statements.

To Domestic Abuse Victims: Don’t “Provoke” Violence

Back in 2014, ESPN suspended Smith after he insinuated that victims of domestic violence are actually to blame for the abuse they’re subjected to. During a conversation about NFL player Ray Rice’s notorious attack against his wife, who he knocked unconscious in an elevator, Smith advised women not to “provoke” their attacker.

“What I’ve tried to employ [with] the female members of my family—some of who you all met and talked to and what have you—is that … let’s make sure we don’t do anything to provoke wrong actions, because if I come—or somebody else comes, whether it’s law enforcement officials, your brother or the fellas that you know—if we come after somebody has put their hands on you, it doesn’t negate the fact that they already put their hands on you,” he said on First Take.

Smith later apologized for his remarks, calling his comments “the most egregious error of my career.” He added, “My words came across that it is somehow a woman’s fault. This was not my intent. It is not what I was trying to say.”

On Mayweather’s Domestic Battery History: “Men Ain’t Wrong Always”

@nekabaw32 Please. Let's no discount the women out there who want someone like Mayweather strictly for the cash. Men ain't wrong ALWAYS.

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 11, 2010

In 2010, Smith had trouble believing that boxing champ Floyd Mayweather, who has a documented history of domestic abuse arrests and citations, beat up his ex-wife, Josie Harris, who was hospitalized with a concussion. He also accused Harris of fabricating the story in order to extort money from the wealthy boxer. In an exchange on Twitter, Smith publicly defended Mayweather and stereotyped women who accused him of abuse as gold diggers.

To Ayesha Curry: Be A Good NBA Wife

Smith was accused of mansplaining appropriate behavior of an “NBA wife” to Ayesha Curry, who is married to Golden State Warriors player Steph Curry, when she accused the league of rigging a game against her husband. The incident occurred when Steph earned his first ejection in 2016 and Ayesha expressed her frustration on Twitter. “I’ve lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money,” she tweeted. “Or ratings in not sure which. I won’t be silent. Just saw it live sry.”

In response, Smith chastised Ayesha and suggested that she use LeBron James’ wife as a model for good behavior. “You are the wife of Steph Curry,” he said on his show. “What you do is a reflection on him. What you do is a reflection on the organization he works for. You have to be mindful of that. You can’t get caught up in your own individual emotions and having this zest to speak out to the point where it compromises your husband.”

Smith then compared her to Gloria James, saying, “She’s wonderful inside and out. She sits there, she doesn’t bring any attention to herself. She never tweets and goes out there and calls out the league and stuff like that. And nobody—NOBODY—is more scrutinized than her husband. But yet she thinks about how she represents him and she doesn’t do that.”

On Kobe Bryant: “N-gga, Please”

In 2012, Smith was heard using the N-word on First Take while discussing the upcoming NBA season and then-Lakers star Kobe Bryant’s foot injury. The word slipped out during an exchange with NBA star Dahntay Jones, who was appearing on the show as a guest.

“You think Kobe Bryant is going to miss it because his foot is sprained? Ni—a, please,” Smith declared.

Following the incident, Smith denied use of the racial slur, arguing that his words were “misconstrued” because “he’s a New Yorker” who talks fast.

TO KAEPERNICK: ‘STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME’

At the 2017 Black Enterprise Black Men XCEL Summit, Smith blasted Colin Kaepernick for refusing to vote in the 2016 presidential election. Although Smith supports his #TakeAKnee protest movement, he said that Kaepernick’s decision not to participate in the pivotal election was ignorant.

“My only issue with Colin Kaepernick is when he announced to the world that he’s not one to vote. If you are black and you don’t believe that it’s important to vote, just do me a favor and stay the hell away from me….don’t talk to me, don’t look at me, I’m not interested in hearing that level of ignorance,” said the sports analyst. “Because it is ignorant. Because outside of money, the No. 1 instrument of change in our nation is the power to vote. And if you don’t exercise it, you’ve disrespected yourself, you’ve disrespected our ancestors, and you’ve disrespected our history and I have no respect for you.”

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Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw is done hiring men. In a recent profile on Think Progress, the women’s basketball coach talked about the declining number of female coaches in college athletics and the harassment and discrimination those women who are hired have to face.

For some background, the article’s author, Lindsay Gibbs writes, “Before Title IX, the federal law that bans sex discrimination in education, men’s and women’s athletics programs were more or less separate. Women’s sports were, for the most part, run by women. After Title IX was introduced, most athletic departments merged, and male athletic directors took over. The women were kept around as secretaries.”

For the last seven years, McGraw has had only female coaches on her staff, and when asked if she plans to hire a male coach in the future (as she had for decades before), her answer was simply “No.”

At a press conference Thursday, McGraw was asked about those comments, and asked “how seriously [does she] take being that voice,” presumably meaning a voice calling for gender parity in college sports. She did not hold back in her response. She came with fire and she came with facts.

“Did you know that the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in 1967 and it still hasn’t passed?” she said. “We need 38 states to agree that discrimination on the basis of sex is unconstitutional. We’ve had a record number of women running for office and winning and still, we have 23% of the House and 25% of the Senate.”

“I’m getting tired of the novelty of the first female governor of this state, the first female African-American mayor of this city,” she continued. “When is it going to become the norm instead of the exception?” Women in leadership positions are, too often, still an anomaly in most industries. Girls can get inspired by seeing the first person that looks like them move into a leadership role, but ubiquity in those roles is even more inspiring.

“We don’t have enough female role models,” says McGraw. “We don’t have enough visible women leaders. We don’t have enough women in power.”

She goes on to say,

All these millions of girls that play sports across the country, they could come out every day–and we’re teaching them great things about life skills but wouldn’t it be great if we could teach them to watch how women lead.

Right now less than 5% of women are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. So yes, when you look at men’s basketball and 99% of the jobs go to men, why shouldn’t 100 or 99% of the jobs in women’s basketball go to women? Maybe it’s because we only have 10% women athletic directors in Division I. People hire people who look like them and that’s the problem.

Muffet McGraw: A voice for women.

A voice for women in sports. #WFinalFour | @ndwbb pic.twitter.com/sxsQE3Mt4i

— NCAA WBB (@ncaawbb) April 4, 2019

(via NCAA WBB on Twitter, image: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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