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Karen Valby

Senior Writer, Entertainment Weekly and EW.com

Karen Valby is a Senior Writer for EW.

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Book Review Are You My Mother?
by Karen Valby | May 04, 2012

In her best-selling 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home , Alison Bechdel dug deep to understand her elusive father, a hard, closeted man who died —…

Inside Movies 'The Hunger Games' set to return to IMAX screens for one-week run
by Karen Valby | Apr 20, 2012 03:01 PM

IMAX and Lionsgate announced this morning that The Hunger Games, the smash adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopian best-seller starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, will...

TV Recap 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: Reunion: Part One Thousand
by Karen Valby | Apr 16, 2012 09:01 AM

NeNe is so over these 40-year-old bitches. Andy appeared to be as well.

Inside Movies How's this for a gift basket? Vibrators for everyone on the set of 'Hysteria'!
by Karen Valby | Apr 13, 2012 03:58 PM

Director Tanya Wexler says that her new movie Hysteria, which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy, is a deliciously easy sell at dinner parties. “It’s...

TV Recap 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' season finale recap: Happiness and Joy to the World
by Karen Valby | Apr 09, 2012 09:40 AM

Lots to celebrate! It's Kroy's birthday, Bedroom Kandi's release party, and the end of a long season.

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Photo Gallery 10 erotically charged books
by Karen Valby, Michael Sauter, Tina Jordan | Apr 02, 2012

Before ''Fifty Shades of Grey,'' steamy relationships captured imaginations in these titles

Book Review The Beginner's Goodbye
by Karen Valby | Mar 28, 2012

There's a temptation at the start of any Anne Tyler novel to be so lulled by her soothing voice and cozy descriptions of domestic life…

TV Recap 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: The Royal Dedication
by Karen Valby | Mar 26, 2012 09:20 AM

Sheree goes ring-shopping with her daughter's boyfriend while Kim finally confronts Cynthia about South Africa. Meanwhile, Ayden declared King of the World. 

News + Notes SXSW: 'Girls' gets some love
by Karen Valby | Mar 23, 2012

Lena Dunham previews her new series at SXSW

News + Notes SXSW: 5 other movies making waves
by Karen Valby, Adam B. Vary | Mar 23, 2012

Teenage graffiti artists, Seth MacFarlane's feature debut, and more talked-about films from SXSW