Karen Valby Karen Senior Writer Entertainment Weekly and EW.com Karen is a Senior Writer for EW Time Inc.
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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 The Silver Star
by Karen Valby | Jun 12, 2013

Best-selling memoirist Jeannette Walls begins her latest novel, The Silver Star , with a curious quote from Oscar…

Inside Movies A new 'Friday Night Lights' movie? Castmember says there's a 50/50 chance
by Karen Valby | Jun 10, 2013 12:50 PM

 Brian Grazer recently sent Panther fans' hearts racing when he announced that a Friday Night Lights movie was…

Inside TV 'Texas Forever!': 10 things we learned from the 'Friday Night Lights' reunion
by Karen Valby | Jun 08, 2013 01:54 PM

On Friday night in Austin, Tex., some of your favorite Friday Night Lights cast members gathered at sunset…

Inside TV 'Boy Meets World' at ATX Fest: 'None of these kids ever went on to knock off a liquor store!'
by Karen Valby | Jun 07, 2013 03:25 PM

The ATX Television Festival (Season 2!) kicked off in earnest Friday in Austin, TX with the first-ever official…

Book Review TransAtlantic
by Karen Valby | Jun 05, 2013

Colum McCann's TransAtlantic begins with a great whoosh and a roar. It's 1919 and two airmen look to…

Book Review Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence
by Karen Valby | May 22, 2013

The first 100 pages of Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence are fast, nasty, and promising. Set in a…

News and Notes Angelina Jolie bravely speaks out about surgery
by Karen Valby | May 17, 2013

Angelina Jolie, 37, in a stunningly frank and generous op-ed published in The New York Times on May…

Movie Article Movies: May 24, 2013
by Owen Gleiberman, Clark Collis, Chris Nashawaty, Karen Valby | May 17, 2013

Our quick takes on movies out this weekend

Book Review We Need New Names
by Karen Valby | May 15, 2013

Young Darling's world in Zimbabwe is a ravaged one, but her life there is rich despite the deprivation…

Inside Movies 'Atonement' director Joe Wright a contender for coveted 'Fifty Shades of Grey' gig -- Report
by Karen Valby | May 10, 2013 10:37 AM

British director Joe Wright has emerged as a favorite to direct the adaptation of E L  James' sex-soaked…

Movie Article Movies: May 17, 2013
by Owen Gleiberman, Chris Nashawaty, Karen Valby, Clark Collis | May 10, 2013

Some quick hits on movies to see this weekend

Inside TV ATX Television Festival: Vote for your favorite 'Friday Night Lights' episode to watch under the stars
by Karen Valby | May 07, 2013 09:50 AM

Meet me in Austin, y'all. Seriously now: It was announced this morning that the ATX Television Festival will…

Book Review The Woman Upstairs
by Karen Valby | Apr 24, 2013

From its opening lines, Claire Messud's new novel, The Woman Upstairs , grips like a choke hold. The…

Movie Article The East
by Karen Valby | Apr 12, 2013

Opens May 31

Movie Review The Bling Ring
by Karen Valby | Apr 12, 2013

Opens June 14

Movie Article The Heat
by Karen Valby | Apr 12, 2013

Opens June 28

Movie Article Q&A: Jennifer Aniston
by Karen Valby | Apr 12, 2013

Jennifer Aniston talks ''We're the Millers''

Movie Review We're the Millers
by Karen Valby | Apr 12, 2013

Opens August 9

Book Review Maya's Notebook
by Karen Valby | Apr 10, 2013

Nineteen-year-old Maya is sent by her fiercely devoted grandmother to live in an idyllic, insular island town off…

Movie Preview We're the Millers
by Karen Valby | Apr 03, 2013

Family road-trip movie! Well, not quite. Jason Sudeikis plays a small-fry dope dealer who gets in over his…