More than 70 years after John Steinbeck published ‘East of Eden,’ his story of family, morality, trauma, love, and the struggle between good and evil continues to resonate with audiences across generations.
Samantha L. Brown
Samantha L. Brown
Samantha L. Brown doesn't just cover entertainment — she's lived on every side of it. Outside of her role as a contributor and reporter for The Knockturnal, she's also a TV producer and council member for the Writers Guild of America. Samantha has spent her career chasing the story from every angle. She's a journalist bylined at E! News, NBC News, CBS News, and NPR, and a producer with credits on global documentaries, broadcast specials, and many scripted TV and film projects. Samantha brings the editorial instincts of a newsroom reporter and the eye of a working producer to give readers a well-rounded perspective on all things entertainment.
At the ‘Verity’ premiere outside Lincoln Center in New York City, the question hanging over the red carpet was the same one readers of the novel have argued about for years: what is true, and what is a lie?
‘Sunny Dancer,’ written and directed by George Jaques and starring Bella Ramsey, might be one of the most emotionally complex dramedies of the year.
Ryan Murphy has built a career on finding the humanity, and the horror, inside America’s most infamous stories.
NSYNC’s Lance Bass and Joey Fatone have swapped the stage for the bar to now host E!’s newest reality competition show, ‘Cocktail Wars.’
Best known for the baby bottles found in nurseries around the world, Philips Avent brings in Gina Rodriguez to help launch the Share the Care Connector, a new, free tool built to help mothers turn the people who love them into an actual, working village. Rodriguez tells us why this matters.
With ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; now heading into its second-to-last season, in a recent interview for ‘The Knockturnal,’ the cast and showrunners reflected on a run that’s largely been defined by confidence — in the writing, in each other, and in a willingness to try nearly anything.