Samantha Highfill

Los Angeles

Senior Editor at Entertainment Weekly

Professional binge-watcher @EW. My mom once told me I care too much about fictional characters. She's right.

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'Good American Family' creator on that perspective shift and deciding where to end the show

1 week ago | ew.com | Samantha Highfill

Warning: This article contains spoilers for all of Good American Family. Before Good American Family, creator Katie Robbins had never done true crime before. And she wasn't exactly looking to try it out. But then she started reading about Natalia Grace, a young girl with a rare form of dwarfism who was abandoned by her adopted parents after they believed her to secretly be an adult.
'You' showrunners reveal how those Cardi B tweets came to be

2 weeks ago | ew.com | Samantha Highfill

This article contains spoilers for the final season of You. Cardi B can't believe what happened to Joe Goldberg. In the final season of You, the rapper — a known fan of the series — played a small part in Joe Goldberg's (Penn Badgley) journey. First, in episode 7, after Joe's heartfelt interview went viral following the murder accusations, the show featured a Cardi B tweet that read: "When there are allegations but he's a 10 #JoeGoldberg."But that wasn't the only time Joe went viral.
“You ”showrunners reveal how those Cardi B tweets came to be

2 weeks ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Samantha Highfill

Samantha Highfill25 April 2025 at 10:00 am·2-min readThis article contains spoilers for the final season of You. Cardi B can't believe what happened to Joe Goldberg. In the final season of You, the rapper — a known fan of the series — played a small part in Joe Goldberg's (Penn Badgley) journey.
“You ”showrunners reveal how those Cardi B tweets came to be

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Samantha Highfill

This article contains spoilers for the final season of You. Cardi B can't believe what happened to Joe Goldberg. In the final season of You, the rapper — a known fan of the series — played a small part in Joe Goldberg's (Penn Badgley) journey. First, in episode 7, after Joe's heartfelt interview went viral following the murder accusations, the show featured a Cardi B tweet that read: "When there are allegations but he's a 10 #JoeGoldberg."But that wasn't the only time Joe went viral.
'You' showrunners on why it was 'really fitting' to shoot Joe's [SPOILER]

2 weeks ago | ew.com | Samantha Highfill

This article contains spoilers for the final season of You. Yes, Joe Goldberg survived. No, he didn't get through unscathed. In the You series finale, Joe (Penn Badgley) once again tried to kill his current love, this time a woman named Bronte (Madeline Brewer). But Bronte's a fighter, and she managed to survive. Not only that, but before the cops were able to get their hands on Joe and put him behind bars, she enacted a bit of revenge: She shot his dick off.
“You” showrunners on why it was 'really fitting' to shoot Joe's [SPOILER]

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Samantha Highfill

This article contains spoilers for the final season of You. Yes, Joe Goldberg survived. No, he didn't get through unscathed. In the You series finale, Joe (Penn Badgley) once again tried to kill his current love, this time a woman named Bronte (Madeline Brewer). But Bronte's a fighter, and she managed to survive. Not only that, but before the cops were able to get their hands on Joe and put him behind bars, she enacted a bit of revenge: She shot his dick off.
'You' bosses on deciding Joe's ending and 1 pitch that didn't make it

2 weeks ago | ew.com | Samantha Highfill

This article contains spoilers from the final season of You. Joe Goldberg was never going to be the problem — at least, not according to Joe Goldberg. In You's final season, the man who has killed just about every woman he has ever claimed to love finally met his end(ing). After five seasons of stalking, killing, and most importantly, lying to himself, Joe (Penn Badgley) fell for Bronte (Madeline Brewer), a secret old acquaintance of Beck's (Elizabeth Lail). She ultimately helped to take Joe down.
The entire Addams family joins the fun in first teaser for 'Wednesday' season 2

3 weeks ago | ew.com | Samantha Highfill

Wednesday Addams is preparing for a trip... and she's bringing all of her knives. Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for season 2 of Wednesday, and it features the pleasantly unpleasant teen returning to school after last year's dramatic events. Reminder: Season 1 of the Tim Burton-directed series about a teenage Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) followed her to Nevermore Academy, where she quickly found herself chasing a killer.
The Sinclairs have arrived in “We Were Liars ”first look (exclusive)

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Samantha Highfill

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The Sinclairs have arrived in 'We Were Liars' first look (exclusive)

3 weeks ago | ew.com | Samantha Highfill

For Cadence Sinclair, one summer changed everything. For the We Were Liars adaptation, change took a bit longer. In 2014, E. Lockhart's bestselling novel about the very wealthy Sinclair family — and whatever the heck happened on the night when the eldest granddaughter was left for dead — hit shelves, and its rights were quickly sold for a potential film adaptation. "It was always sort of the one that got away for me," Carina Adly MacKenzie, creator of Roswell, New Mexico, tells Entertainment Weekly.