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The "Star Trek" universe is vast and complicated. Most of the "Star Trek" shows to date take place on Federation vessels or stations staffed by career officers on specific assignments. The franchise largely revolves around managerial professionalism and workplace propriety. There is respect for the chain of command, and orders are given and followed as a matter of course. Starfleet is a military organization, but with its militant strictness devoted to exploration and diplomacy rather than combat and conquest. Ships are assigned to distant areas of space where they are tasked with examining a curious pulsar or, say, to a disease-ridden world in need of medicine. The bureaucracy works in "Star Trek," and individuals go where they are needed.

As such, when a minor character appears on "Star Trek," Trekkies assume that they merely arrived on the U.S.S.

In the second season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Trekkies were introduced to a memorable minor character named Ensign Sonya Gomez, played by actress Lycia Naff. Ensign Gomez first appeared in "Q Who", the first episode to feature the Borg. She conversed briefly with Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) about how excited she was to be serving on the U.S.S. Enterprise-d before accidentally spilling her drink on Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart). Ensign Gomez appeared again in the following episode, "Samaritan Snare", the episode to first feature the Pakled. In a fun development, Lycia Naff would return to play Gomez in an episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" called "First First Contact" wherein she had risen to the rank of captain. 

For a hot minute behind the scenes, Ensign Gomez was floated as a potential love interest for Geordi, and Naff was even told about a potential story...

Star Trek: Lower Decks celebrates the Tng era with beloved characters and fun interactions like Riker on the USS Titan. The show brings back legacy elements like Voyager, Cetacean Ops, and Holodeck episodes with nostalgic flair. Lower Decks enhances the Trek universe by reviving characters from DS9, showcasing new storyline updates with humor.

Every episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks is packed full of callbacks and references that have brought back many beloved elements of the Star Trek franchise. Inspired by the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Lower Decks", Mike McMahan's animated comedy is a love letter to the Tng era. Following the adventures of the USS Cerritos and focusing on the starship's lower decks characters like Ensign Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), it provided a fresh perspective on the wider Star Trek universe.

With Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 set to be the show's finale,...

When "Star Trek" first aired in the late 1960s, it wasn't an overwhelmingly popular hit. When the show was canceled in 1969, it was put into eternal syndication, and it wouldn't be until the mid-1970s that Trekkies would begin to appear in earnest. "Star Trek" conventions started to pop up in hotel ballrooms across the nation, and "Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry would occasionally appear at said conventions to discuss his creation with his many fans.

It was during these conversations, really, that Roddenberry began to mentally highlight the messages he put into "Star Trek." Fans, he saw, were responding to Trek's depiction of a world without war and money, a world where diplomacy and exploration took precedence over conquest and acquisition. Many loved the show's diversity.

When it came time to create "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in 1986, it appeared Roddenberry was eager to shift Trek's themes into overdrive. "Next...

Ensign Sonya Gomez (Lycia Naff) is probably best known to Trekkies as the character who spilled a cup of hot chocolate on Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) in the second season "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Q Who." In the episode's cold open, Ensign Gomez ordered a cup of her preferred beverage from a food replicator, and was careful to say "please." Lieutenant La Forge (LeVar Burton) pointed out that one needn't say "please" and "thank you" to computers. Gomez then, possessed of nervous chatter, began to tell Laforge about how excited she was to be on the Enterprise. As she exited to put her drink down, she bumped into the captain coming the other way, spilling chocolate all over them both.

Ensign Gomez only appeared on "Next Generation" one other time, in "Samaritan Snare," but was given less to do. Regardless, she stood out. Most Trekkies remember Gomez well...

Ensign Sonya Gomez, played by Lycia Naff, appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation before returning years later in Star Trek: Lower Decks. Sonya Gomez is a competent and enthusiastic Starfleet officer who helps reactivate shields and rescue Geordi La Forge in her Tng appearances. In Star Trek: Lower Decks, Gomez is now Captain of the USS Archimedes, using her engineering knowledge to overcome challenges and remaining calm in a crisis.

Lycia Naff appears as Ensign Sonya Gomez in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation before her return to the franchise years later in Star Trek: Lower Decks. Introduced in Tng season 2, episode 16, "Q Who," Ensign Gomez served on the USS Enterprise-d in Engineering under the direct command of Lt. Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton). She specializes in antimatter and Geordi requested her for the Enterprise after reading her graduating thesis. "Q Who" not only...

Star Trek: Lower Decks connects directly to Star Trek: The Next Generation, revisiting beloved characters and moments from the iconic show. Legacy characters like Wesley Crusher, Sonya Gomez, and Nick Locarno make appearances in Lower Decks, voiced by the original Tng actors. Lower Decks takes the opportunity to add depth to tragic Tng characters like Sito Jaxa, expanding their stories and exploring their impact on the main characters in Lower Decks.

Since Star Trek: Lower Decks begins only one year after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis in the Trek timeline, it makes sense that several characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation would make an appearance. Following the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the USS Enterprise-d, Tng has become one of the most beloved science fiction television shows of all time. It's always fun to follow up on characters from Tng, from those...

When "Star Trek: Discovery" debuted on CBS All Access (later Paramount+) in 2017, no one could have guessed that the floodgates were about to open. "Discovery," which is struggling to get on its feet even to this day, was popular enough to spawn multiple additional "Star Trek" shows and spin-offs, leading to a 2023 landscape peppered with at least half a dozen different "Trek" series on the docket. With these new projects, the honchos over at "Star Trek," led by executive producer Alex Kurtzman, seem to be listening to the fans. In 2022, Paramount+ launched the very good "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," a throwback show set immediately before the original "Star Trek" series that features characters and actors who appeared on "Discovery." When Trekkies noticed how cool Pike (Anson Mount), Spock (Ethan Peck), and several others were, Paramount+ responded by kowtowing to demands and, miraculously, making a good show. 

After "Strange New Worlds,...

Star Trek: Picard season 3 introduces the daughters of Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), and each daughter represents the two roles he had aboard the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Showrunner Terry Matalas has said that Picard season 3 is all about giving the Tng crew a fitting send-off which hands over to Star Trek's next generation. Geordi's daughters Ensign Sidney La Forge (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut) and Ensign Alandra La Forge (Mica Burton) will be key to that handover.

Geordi's daughters were introduced in Tng's finale, where a retired Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) asked about his former engineer's children. Although that interaction took place in an aborted alternate future, Picard season 3 has now confirmed the names of Sidney and Alandra in the prime Star Trek universe. It remains to be seen if their mother is, as hinted in Tng, the scientist Dr. Leah Brahms (Susan Gibney.

As a highly referential series, Star Trek: Lower Decks has beamed many live-action characters into the world of animation. Seasons one and two saw Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis as cartoon versions of Will Riker and Deanna Troi, now aboard the USS Titan. Lycia Naff, who played Ensign Gomez on a handful of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes returned in animated form as Captain Gomez of the USS Archimedes. Even Star Trek: Voyager‘s Robert Duncan McNeill showed up as a Tom Paris commemorative plate.

But for season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks stars Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid will be boldly going where no character has gone before: from animation to live action. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Quaid confirmed that he and Newsome will be in costume as Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimler, respectively. While Quaid is aware of speculation on the internet about the episodes,...

1966: Mia Farrow left Peyton Place.

1979: Calvin had a big day on Edge of Night.

1985: Ryan's Hope's D.J. celebrated her 16th birthday.

2006: Sami and Austin's wedding began."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1966: On Dark Shadows, Bill Malloy (Frank Schofield) set up a meeting with Roger Collins (Louis Edmonds), Burke (Mitchell Ryan) and Sam Evans (David Ford) to settle the manslaughter case once and for all.

1966: Mia Farrow aired for the final time as Allison Mackenzie in Peyton Place.

1974: Christopher Allport...

1966: Mia Farrow left Peyton Place.

1979: Calvin had a big day on Edge of Night.

1985: Ryan's Hope's D.J. celebrated her 16th birthday.

2006: Sami and Austin's wedding began."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1966: On Dark Shadows, Bill Malloy (Frank Schofield) set up a meeting with Roger Collins (Louis Edmonds), Burke (Mitchell Ryan) and Sam Evans (David Ford) to settle the manslaughter case once and for all.

1966: Mia Farrow aired for the final time as Allison Mackenzie in Peyton Place.

1974: Christopher Allport aired for the last time as Tim McGowan in Another World.

Actress Lycia Naff would like to forget her role as a three-breasted prostitute in the 1990 film Total Recall, but one woman has reinvented herself as the character from the sci-fi film. Confirming that people will do anything for their 15 minutes of fame is 21-year-old "Jasmine Tridevil," who reportedly augmented her breasts with, well, a third. The Florida resident apparently spent $20,000 on the plastic surgery. What kind of doctor would do such a thing? Apparently Tridevil met with 50 doctors before one would agree to perform the bizarre surgery (taking skin from her abdomen to graft the extra breast. And what compelled Tridevil to get the surgery? She stated it was an attempt to appear less attractive to men. “I don't want to date...

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Review James Hunt 27 Sep 2013 - 06:57

Heart replacements, awkward sandwiches and crafty aliens in James' latest look-back at Star Trek: The Next Generation...

This review contains spoilers.

2.16 Samaritan Snare

The Enterprise is en route to perform a survey of a pulsar cluster (Brave New Worlds!) just as it emerges that Captain Picard needs to get his dodgy ticker replaced. Unwilling to let Pulaski operate on him (understandable) and preferring not to divert the ship from its course, Picard and Wesley hop into a shuttle and head off to a nearby space station while the Enterprise continues on its way.

Before the Enterprise can reach the Pulsars, they encounter a ship which appears to have broken down. Onboard are the Pakleds – a group of aliens who Data posits may have underdeveloped language centres. Which means they seem to be about as smart as the average four year old. They want help...

Review James Hunt 13 Sep 2013 - 07:36

Q! The first Borg episode! Guinan doing Kung Fu! All this and more in James' latest Star Trek Tng season 2 look-back...

This review contains spoilers.

2.15 Q Who

Geordi welcomes aboard Ensign Sonya Gomez, a recent academy graduate who quickly shows that no-one's checking for people skills on Starfleet application by irritating Geordi then spilling her drink over Picard. Ah, it's all japes on board the Enterprise. That is, until Q shows up completely out of nowhere! He's transported Picard to a shuttlecraft far away from the ship so that he can get a solo audience, utilising a technicality.

In Ten Forward, Whoopi Goldberg has a strange feeling, so she calls the bridge. Even though Riker doesn't know Picard is off the ship, he's apparently been promoted to Captain Obvious as he reminds her she doesn't normally call the bridge. She simply asks if anything unusual is happening,...

Fans of the original "Total Recall" will be happy to know that one of their favorite characters is back in the Colin Farrell remake: the mutant Mary. Don't recall her name? Perhaps you'd recognize her more from her pronounced physical deformity, the extra mammary gland that made her known as the three-breasted woman (Google it if you need to jog your possibly altered memory banks). Lycia Naff, who played this iconic part, was happy to reminisce with Vulture about her "Total Recall" days, celebrity run-ins, and why Denise Richards once called her a c--t.

Fans of the original Total Recall will be happy to know that one of their favorite characters is back in the Colin Farrell remake: the mutant Mary. Don't recall her name? Perhaps you'd recognize her more from her pronounced physical deformity, the extra mammary gland that made her known as the three-breasted woman (Google it if you need to jog your possibly altered memory banks). Lycia Naff, who played this iconic part, was happy to reminisce with Vulture about her Total Recall days, celebrity run-ins, and why Denise Richards once called her a cunt.So what was it like becoming the triple-breasted woman? I have to correct you. I was the triple-breasted hooker from Mars! [Laughs.] They originally were going to give me four breasts, but the feedback was that I looked too bovine, like a cow ready to be milked, and that wasn't sexy. Did the cast and crew ever...

As is pretty inevitable with any remake, this week’s hot new release Total Recall is currently undergoing a million and a half comparisons to the 1990 original. Both movies, based on a Philip K. Dick story called “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,” concern a man named Douglas Quaid who is plagued by disturbing nightmares and visits a service called Rekall that promises to improve your life by implanting new memories into your brain. Both movies also star an incredibly good-looking cast that make us look forward to a future in which everyone’s bodies will be perfectly toned. Since we’ve yet to catch the new flick, we here at VH1 Celebrity are going to tackle this comparison a little differently: by superficially comparing stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone and Rachel Ticotin to Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel. Oh, and we haven’t forgotten baddies Ronny Cox and Bryan Cranston,...

Millions of 13-year-old boys' dreams are about to come true -- TMZ has learned, the 3-boob'd lady in the new "Total Recall" movie Will be showing Full Nipples ... despite the film's PG-13 rating.People have been speculating ever since news broke Sony was rebooting the classic R-rated 1990 flick, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger -- which features a 3-boob'd prostitute who proudly shows off three naked nipples.Now, a rep for Sony tells us, the new movie won't...

Any three-breasted news is good news. The name on every excited adolescent's lips is Kaitlyn Leeb ('Wrong Turn 4'), the actress who has gained a horde of new fans after her Comic-Con appearance earlier this month in character as the famous three-breasted hooker from the upcoming 'Total Recall' reboot. The much oggled Leeb (below) has taken time out to chat with the Ottawa Citizen about her new role in the Len Wiseman directed remake set for release next month. The hush-hush role sees Leeb sport her third breast made famous and iconic in Paul Verhoeven's 1990 sci-fi adaption where actress Lycia Naff played the role. Colin Farrell ('Fright Night'), Jessica Biel ('The Tall Man'), Kate Beckinsale ('Underworld: Awakening'), Bryan Cranston ('Drive'), Bill Nighy ('Shaun of the Dead') and Ethan Hawke ('Daybreakers') all star. Head...

[caption id="attachment_57528" align="aligncenter" width="610" caption="Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall"]/caption] I watched Paul Verhoeven's 1990 sci-fi feature Total Recall last week, primarily in preparation for the upcoming remake and to reacquaint myself with the film after not having seen it for several years. To no real surprise it played just as expected, I never believed it was a great film, but it has some truly memorable sequences I'm not likely to ever forget. That said, I thought I'd feature those sequences here and ask if anything else from the film particularly stands out in your mind. As a sci-fi film I think Total Recall holds some kind of a place in history (though I'm still not sure exactly what to call that "place") and while it doesn't feel like Len Wiseman's upcoming remake (watch the trailer here) is trampling on hallowed ground, I think Verhoeven's original may pose as a potential roadblock for the new film in terms of receiving cross-generational acclaim.

What was a simple throwaway sight gag featuring actress Lycia Naff in prosthetics became one of the more memorable moments of Paul Verhoeven's utterly enjoyable 1990 sci-fi feature "Total Recall" - the triple-boobed mutant prostitute.

Now with the remake in production, many have been wondering what elements from the Verhoeven film will appear in this new adaptation of the Philip K. Dick story which we know is already foregoing some of the major elements seen in the 1990 Schwarzenegger movie.

The film's director Len Wiseman tells Collider (via Joblo) that the three-breasted woman will appear in the film and there will be different versions of her scene - one for the PG-13 theatrical cut and one for the unrated disc version.

Wiseman also says a massive hovercraft action scene will take up 15 days of the 85 day shooting schedule and will be arguably the biggest action setpiece of the film. The classic...

Cleaning up litter on your local highway. Running errands for your elderly shut-in neighbor. Volunteering at the downtown food bank. These are all causes worthy of your valuable time and energy. Unfortunately, they’ll have to wait until next week. Because right now, it is your all-consuming duty to get out the vote in the final round of EW.com’s Sexy Beast single-elimination bracket tournament! Yes, folks, a battle of the beautiful that began almost a month ago with 64 entrants — vampires and werewolves, mutants and machines, aliens and other creatures (even Ms. Pac-Man!) — has been whittled down to just...

“Stop using sex as a weapon,” the philosopher Pat Benatar once sang. But that mantra has no use here in EW.com’s Sexy Beast single-elimination bracket tournament, where today, we feature a steamy semifinal showdown between Twilight’s Edward Cullen and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Cameron. So stop what you’re doing and click through past the jump to vote for your favorite and to get a look at lists of the 16 seeded players (and the actors who portray ‘em) in all four of our beastly divisions. (A whopping 60 of our original 64 beasts have their names crossed out…...

If a picture really is worth a thousand words, I should probably just stop typing, right? Yes, folks, we are down to the final four contestants in EW.com’s Sexy Beast single-elimination bracket tournament, and today we throw X-Men’s Logan/Wolverine into the steel cage against The Vampire Diaries’ Damon Salvatore, and watch them compete for a coveted spot in the finals.

So stop what you’re doing and click through past the jump to vote for your favorite and to get a look at lists of the 16 seeded players (and the actors who portray ‘em) in all four of our beastly divisions.

Vampires vs. werewolves! Aliens vs. machines! This is how the delectable dueling plays out in EW.com’s Sexy Beast single-elimination bracket game. Yes, folks, today brings the second half of the quarterfinals, where a pair of Twilight hunks will duke it out, and a bad girl from V will face off against a Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles seductress. So click through past the jump to vote for your favorites, and to get a look at lists of the 16 seeded players (and the actors who portray ‘em) in all four of our beastly divisions. (Eliminated beasts have their names crossed out…...

Jon & Kate: Plus 8. Octomom. Eight Is Enough. Eight-Legged Freaks. Jennifer Eight. These are deeply unsexy pop-culture phenomena involving the number eight. But on the flip side, we present to you the quarterfinals of EW.com’s Sexy Beast single-elimination bracket game. We’re confident in saying that never before has the world seen an octet this undeniably attractive. Yes, folks, we’ve got three vampires and two mutants, plus an alien, a werewolf, and a machine left to battle it out for the ultimate title. And your votes will determine the winner.

Today, we’re going to the polls for...

They’re too sexy for this Earth/ Too sexy to wear shirts/ So sexy it hurts/They’re not human, if you know what we mean/ As they do their little turn on the catwalk…

Okay, okay, we’ll stop with the Right Said Fred homage! As long as you promise to participate in EW.com’s Sexy Beast single-elimination bracket tournament. Yes folks, our roster of 64 players has been cut in half, then cut in half again, and the second portion of our Sweet Sixteen battles includes players from The Vampire Diaries, Buffy/Angel, The Fifth Element, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles,...

According to the philosopher Miley Cyrus, “It’s always gonna be an uphill battle/ Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose.” But Miley Cyrus is a mere human, and therefore does not speak the same language as the combatants in EW.com’s Sexy Beast single-elimination bracket tournament. Yes folks, our roster of 64 players has been cut in half, then cut in half again, and the first of our Sweet Sixteen battles include players from True Blood, V, Doctor Who, X-Men, Beowulf, Twilight, and Underworld. And for the first time in Sexy Beast history, we’ve got lady beasts facing gentlemen beasts!

Release the Kraken! Wait, on second thought, don’t: He’s not sexy enough! That’s right, only the hottest of the hot are invited to participate in EW.com’s Sexy Beast single-elimination tournament, and temperatures continue to rise as we approach our Sweet 16 round. Today’s final set of Top 32 showdowns includes characters from Angel, Lost, Star Trek: Voyager, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Twilight, and Underworld, and it’ll be especially tough for fans of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, who’ll have to choose between two fetching franchise players. So click through past the jump to vote for...

As EW.com’s Sexy Beast bracket game gets closer to its Sweet 16 round, the eliminations are getting more shocking, and your votes are becoming more important than ever. Just ask the combatants in our “Aliens, Machines, and Their Ilk” division, where the first and fourth seeds (BSG’s Number Six and Star Trek’s Spock) lost their second-round battles to scrappy, sexy underdogs (V’s Anna and Doctor Who’s Tenth Doctor). Today’s duels will be especially hard on fans of The Vampire Diaries and Interview With the Vampire (as characters from those franchises face off against their...

EW.com’s Sexy Beasts showdown: Some call it beastspolitation, but we think it’s just good old-fashioned summer fun. Yes, folks, today we continue onward with Day Two of the second round of our single-elimination tournament, featuring characters from True Blood, Buffy, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Beowulf, Species, Underworld, and From Dusk Till Dawn. Only 16 players will advance to Round 3, so click here to see the entire 64-player bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view) and after the jump, vote for your favorites in four scintillating showdowns, plus get a look at lists of the...

Things are starting to get ugly in EW.com’s Sexy Beasts summer showdown! Yes, folks, as we enter round 2 of our single-elimination tournament, we’re pitting characters from True Blood, X-Men, and Twilight against their own franchise teammates, and just so our alien buddies don’t feel left out, we’ve matched up a Battlestar Galactica babe against a hot little number from V. From this round of 32, only 16 will advance to Round 3. So click here to see the entire 64-player bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view) and after the jump, vote for your favorites in four bodacious battles,...

S to the E to the X to the Y. B to the E to the A to the S to the T. Yes indeed, folks, we’ve just spelled out the title that 64 captivating creatures are coveting as part of EW.com’s Sexy Beasts single-elimination tournament. Today’s showdowns — the final set of first-round fights — include characters from Angel, Beauty and the Beast, Star Trek: Voyager, Mars Attacks!, X-Men, Twilight, and Wolfman. For the uninitiated, a team of EW.com editors selected 64 contenders, with your votes determining which 32 will advance to Round 2. So click here to see the...

What’s more exciting than beasts that go bump in the night? Not much. Which is why EW.com is diving headfirst into Day 7 of our Sexy Beasts single-elimination tournament. Today’s showdowns include characters from Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Watchmen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Underworld, and Harry Potter. To reiterate, out of the 64 contenders chosen by a team of EW editors, only 32 will advance to Round 2. So click here to see the entire bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view) and after the jump, vote...

As the philosopher Timbaland once instructed: “Get your sexy on.” And here at EW.com, that’s exactly what we’re doing on Day 6 of our Sexy Beasts single-elimination tournament. Today’s showdowns include characters from Moonlight, The Vampire Diaries, Grindhouse/Planet Terror, The Fifth Element, Beauty and the Beast, Beastly, Blade, and Interview With the Vampire. As you may know by now, out of the 64 contenders chosen by a team of EW editors, only 32 will advance to Round 2. So click here to see the entire bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view) and after the jump,...

When I say “sexy,” you say “beasts!” Sexy! Beasts! Sexy! Beasts!

Hell yeah, PopWatchers, we have arrived at Day 5 of our Sexy Beasts single-elimination tournament, and today’s showdowns include characters from The Vampire Diaries, Charmed, The Mummy Returns, Futurama, Avatar, True Blood, and Interview With the Vampire. By now, you probably know the drill, but just in case, I’ll repeat the deets: Of the 64 contenders chosen by a team of EW editors, only 32 will advance to Round 2. So click here to see the entire bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view) and after the jump,...

Roar! That sound you hear is lascivious creatures clashing in the night. Yes, folks, today we have characters from Species, Splice, Underworld, Angel, Queen of the Damned, True Blood, and Star Trek (big- and small-screen varieties) fighting for their survival in our Sexy Beasts showdown. Of the 64 contenders chosen by a team of EW editors, only 32 will advance to Round 2. So click here to see the entire bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view) and after the jump, vote for your favorites in four fearsome fights, plus get a look at lists of the 16 seeded players...

Another day, another brutal Sexy Beast showdown here at EW.com. Today, we’ve got characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, District 9, Beowulf, The Hunger, From Dusk Till Dawn, and a classic ’80s video game — all of whom will need your votes if they’re going to live to fight again in our single-elimination competition. Yes, math aficionados: That means only 32 of the 64 contenders chosen by a team of EW editors will advance to Round 2. So click here to see the entire bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view) and after the jump,...

Day two of EW.com’s Sexy Beasts summer showdown is upon us, and we’re pitting characters from X-Men, True Blood, and Twilight against their fellow franchise players. Cruel and bloody and with a total disregard for human decency? Yep, that’s how we like our beasts.

For those of you who missed Monday’s matchups — click here, because polls are open for 80 hours — let us explain the concept: EW.com’s editors put their heads together to pick the 64 ultimate Sexy Beasts, and now we’re asking you to crown the king or queen of the pack in an old-fashioned,...

Apologies to our human readers, but in today’s pop-culture landscape, there’s nothing sexier than being a beast. Vampires and werewolves, aliens and mutants, monsters and machines: These are the new objects of our lust. Built from DNA that’s infused with a little added danger, beasts are always ready to kick ass, take names, and raise our collective pulse rates in the process. EW.com’s editors put their heads together to pick the 64 ultimate Sexy Beasts, and now we’re asking you to crown the king or queen of the pack in an old-fashioned, single-elimination tournament. Every...

"Ghost Whisperer" has just got a behind-the-scene video for its episode 4.09. The video posted below shows the on-set shooting of a scene where Jennifer Love Hewitt and two other characters can be seen sitting around a dinner table where they eat Chinese meal.

In the upcoming episode of "Ghost Whisperer" entitled "Pieces of You", Melinda Gordon played by Love Hewitt tracks down a girl who has been missing for 12 years. In her search, Melinda will discover a long-held secret about the girl. Meanwhile, "Pieces of You", which will be aired on CBS network at 8/7c on December 5, will see Lycia Naff guest-starring as Butcher and Jesse Head as Clay Dennis.

"Ghost Whisperer" is a drama fantasy thriller revolving around a

a woman who has the ability to see and communicate with the dead.