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DESUS
& MERO
Longtime friends
Desus Nice and
the Kid Mero offer
a fresh, improvised
take on the late-
night format with
riffs on the news
that are not just
funnytheyre lit.
(MondaysThursdays,
11 p.m., Viceland)
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STAG E
SUNSET
BOULEVARD
Glenn Close
reprises the role that
won her a Tony in
4 1995bringing
pathos, passion, and
many, many turbans
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to Andrew Lloyd
Webbers lush
3
musical adaptation
of the seminal Holly-
wood melodrama.
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MUSIC
THE
BREAKER,
Little Big Town
The country
quartet may be on
their seventh LP,
but theyre hardly
resting on their lau-
5 rels: The Breaker is
their catchiest, most
energetic groove
yet. Cue this up and
hit the roadits the
perfect soundtrack
for a long drive.
5
M OV I E S
I DONT FEEL
AT HOME IN
THIS WORLD
ANYMORE.
Part black comedy,
part vigilante crime
thriller, this indie
stars Melanie
Lynskey as a woman
hell-bent on tracking
down whoever bur-
glarized her home
with the help of
her kooky neighbor
(Elijah Wood).
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THE BEFORE
TV
THE MINDY
MUSIC
DIRTY
B O O KS
DEAD LETTERS,
MUSIC
LIFE WILL
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One of cinemas The latter half of Dirty Projectors Dolan-Leach Jens Lekman
greatest love affairs gets the Hulu comedys On the inventive art- Ava, the star of this The Swedish artists
a gorgeous Criterion box deliciously dramatic rock groups first album atmospheric debut, isnt unique brand of indie pop
set, including Richard fifth season kicks off in five years, mastermind convinced her calculat- mixes upbeat instrumen-
Linklaters swoonworthy with a surreal Groundhog Dave Longstrethwho ing twin sister, Zelda, tals with candid lyrics. His
Before Sunrise and its Day-inspired episode collaborated with Kanye is really deadespecially latest full-length draws
sequels, plus behind-the- that spotlights Mindy West and Solange in the after she starts getting on influences ranging
scenes footage and Lahiris highly troubled, intervening timemelds enigmatic emails from from personal loss to
in-depth discussions with highly amusing journey his charmingly peculiar Zeldas account, propel- Mariah Careys All I Want
stars Julie Delpy and to romantic bliss. melodies with devastating ling her on a complicated for Christmas Is You.
Ethan Hawke. (R) (Tuesdays, Hulu) lyrics about heartbreak. hunt for the truth. Lekmans best work yet.
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two: Best Music Video and Best Urban
Contemporary Album. But the 35-year-
olds Album of the Year lossthe third of
her careerreignited a long-standing
debate: Why dont the Grammys recognize
more artists of color? Since 2013, white art-
ists (Mumford & Sons, Daft Punk, Beck,
Taylor Swift) have beaten out black artists
(Beyonc, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean)
widely believed to be more deserving of
Album of the Year. The last nonwhite artist
to receive that prize was Herbie Hancock, in
2008, for his album of Joni Mitchell covers.
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Given this track record, executive producer
Ken Ehrlich had considered the possibility
of an Adele sweep, which is partially why
the Best Urban Contemporary Album cate-
gory was aired. We have no idea who the
winners are. [But] frankly yes, I wanted to
have something that maybe Beyonc had a
better chance of winning. We put so few cat-
egories on air anymore, so they need to be Adele, whose Album of the Year Grammy broke in two, said during her televised acceptance speech,
Im very humbled, and Im very grateful and gracious, but the artist of my life is Beyonc.
carefully scrutinized.
One senior-level record-company execu-
tive does think the Grammys have a race Smith agrees: [Lemonade] held up a mirror buzziest moments. And while Latin music is
problem. [The Recording Academy] is not to America. It was a real movement. Its sad recognized with its own Grammys eventin
in touch with culture, and music is culture, America rejected it in that way. addition to having awards categories at the
the exec tells EW. I was surprised, because Compounding the issue of race and the traditional ceremonythat genre is largely
[Lemonade] was so culturally relevant. I cant Grammys even further: Artists of color are ignored during the telecast.
name any album that was more impactful for always called upon to perform. Beyoncs If [artists of color are] not going to be
women, for black women, for music lovers. high-concept medley of Love Drought and given the respect from this organization, then
Pop culture expert and SiriusXM host Bevy Sandcastles was, in fact, among this years why even show up and entertain? Smith
ESSENCES
GLAM GRAMMY
WARM-UP
Essence, a sister publication to
EW, kicked off Grammy weekend
with its eighth annual Black
Women in Music gala on Feb. 9 in
L.A., celebrating Grammy winner
Erykah Badu and the 20th anniver-
sary of her album Baduizm. Badu
joins the ranks of previous honor-
ees Mary J. Blige, Kelly Rowland,
and Janelle Mone, and none
other than Solange Knowles pre-
sented her award. The empower-
ing evening showcased strength,
sisterhood, and, of course, striking
style. R u t h K i n a n e Erykah Badu Janelle Mone This Is Us star Susan Kelechi Watson
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says. If theres no Beyonc performance,
that would drive down ratings. (Ocean, who
declined to submit his album Blonde for con-
sideration, skipped the show, as did nominees
Drake and Kanye West.) Its aected us over
the years that artists who really enjoy doing
the show have lost faith in what the awards
structure is, says Ehrlich.
Adeles sweep of ve out of ve awards
does make some sense: 25 is one of two
diamond-certied albums this decade. (The
other? Adeles Grammy-winning sophomore
album, 21.) And her latest LP is the sort of
traditional-sounding pop album that
resonates with older Grammy voters. Peo-
ple are making a mountain out of a mole-
hill, one voting member tells EW. [25]
was the biggest success in our industry the
last couple years, and thats why it was
acknowledgednot because Adele is white
and Beyonc is black. (The Grammys web-
4 THINGS YOU DIDNT SEE AT THE GRAMMYS
Cameras cant catch everything! From preshow pronouncements to backstage
site says the awards honor technical pro- bonding, EW was your eyes and ears inside the Staples Center. B Y N O L A N F E E N E Y
ciency and overall excellence...without
regard to album sales or chart position.)
Gary Clark Jr., who presented Beyonc with up or taking down entire room joined
( Clockwise
ARTISTS WERE the other side. The in to belt out
the Urban Contemporary award, also says he from top )
ENCOURAGED TO Weeknds elaborate Diamonds Sweet James
wasnt shocked by the Album of the Year GET POLITICAL setup was in place Caroline. It was Cordens
results: Did it surprise me? No. before the show one of the loudest Carpool
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Before the ceremony Karaoke;
Still, critics say the Recording Academy, even started and (and most harmoni- Katy
began, longtime
was still being ous) moments of Perry; Daft
which doesnt release the demographic Grammys executive Punk and
taken apart during the evening.
producer Ken the
makeup of its 14,000 voters, can take steps Ehrlich took to the
Keith Urban and
Weeknd
to diversify its membership, which many Carrie Underwoods
stage to dispatch
performance. CELEBS GOT
speculate to be largely older and white. the usual bits of
Likewise, Beyoncs STARSTRUCK BY
housekeepinggive
Thats especially important considering the short acceptance
flowery floor wreath ADELE TOO!
Oscars have pledged to diversify their own for Sandcastles
speeches, keep the Judging by audience
was ready to go
voter base while adding restrictions to their program moving cheers, nobody
before Lukas
but he also seemed to mind
existing member pool. They should do a encouraged anyone
Graham and Kelsea
Ballerini dueted, when Adele stopped
better job of encouraging people [to vote] coming to the stage Fastlove mid-
and the chandeliers
from the urban and hip-hop eldsdoing a to make a state- performance to
from Alicia Keys
ment: Say restart the George
better outreach to younger members [of something impor-
and Maren Morris
set were assembled Michael tribute. But
the music community], says the voter. tant tonight. Were perhaps nobody
during Katy Perrys
Perhaps Im being naive, but I just dont expecting it. Artists was more supportive
song.
including J. Lo and than Faith Hill, who
think theres a conspiracy. The voters are Beyonc took him stood up from her
music lovers, not prejudiced people. Still, up on it. seat and pumped
EVERYONE HOPPED
if the Recording Academy doesnt make her fist in solidarity.
ON THE CARPOOL
efforts to address the issue, it may find Later, Lady Gaga
KARAOKE
THE STAGE WAS popped into Adeles
more artists boycotting the ceremony. In a ONE BIG PUZZLE Host James Cor- dressing room,
pair of since-deleted tweets, Beyoncs sis- dens sing-along where she was fan-
For much of the girling and congrat-
ter, Solange Knowles, oered another path didnt just ensnare
night the stage was ulating her, a source
Neil Diamond, John
for artists of color: Create your own com- split into two perfor- told People and EW.
Legend, and Blue
munities, build your own institutions. mance spaces: Sweetest devotion
Ivy Carter. The
As an artist sang on indeed.
A d d i t i o n a l r e p o r t i n g b y Ke v i n O D o n n e l l one side, crew
and Lynette Rice were either building
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The
Bachelorette
Gets Woke
Rachel Lindsay will be
handing out the roses (and
making history) when the
reality series returns in May.
BY SAMANTHA HIGHFILL
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SPOILER ALERT
Civil War look embarrassingly easy, when I saw [him in] the Tim Burton
while Warner Bros. struggles to Batman, I thought Harvey Dent would
prevent its directors on upcoming have this great arc from good guy to I have not closed the
titles like The Flash and Aquaman bad guy. And then the third movie loop on my Survivor expe-
from bolting for the door. If Affleck came around and there was no arc rience, says the now
5 four-time fan favorite
and Tommy Lee Jones was Two-Face.
ditches the cowl, his exit could be
known for her cunning
seen as another rebukeand per- Is Batman going to be in LEGO 2? social and strategic
haps a rather costly one. Hopefully, Theres definitely a part for Batman in game. I need to make a
the studio will somehow convince LEGO 2. There are going to be Cirie full circle, and the only
Affleck that everything is awesome. repercussions. Fields way to do that is to win.
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BREAKING
BILLIONS
BOYS CLUB
Nonbinary actor Asia Kate Dillon is about to give the alpha
males of the Showtime series (returning Feb. 19,
10 p.m.) a run for their money. B Y J A M E S H I B B E R D
JulieBowen
(who is nonbinary
workShowtimes gender identifying) after
Billions probably a minor part on Orange
wouldnt jump to mind. Is the New Black. I feel
Yet the high-nance very proud to represent
drama starring Damian something on television
MY CAUSE took over about five these big bags of Lewis and Paul Giamatti that hasnt been repre-
Baby2Baby, a Los
years ago and turned gifts that are just for will do just that with sented before, says
it into, in the best way, them, and the kids new character Taylor
Angeles-based non- Dillon. I know it would
an absolute jugger- eyes are popping out (Asia Kate Dillon). An
profit that supplies
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naut.... To me, it of their heads. have meant a lot to me,
children from low- intern at Axe Capital,
was just a no-brainer. as a younger person
income households Taylor is a disruptive
There are so many HOW YOU CAN HELP especially.
with necessities like stock-picking savant
wonderful opportuni- Expect Taylor and
diapers and clothing. Baby2Baby, which who will make viewers
ties to give back, but
In 2016, Baby2Baby also counts Jessica wonder how the shows Axelrod (Lewis) to form
this was so concrete.
distributed 11.8 million Alba, Drew Barrymore, an unlikely partnership
I plan on being with main power players will
items to children and Kate Hudson as the billionaire looks to
them for yearsthats react to them. (Them
across the country. among its ambassa-
the kind of commit- and they are Taylors exploit Taylors talents
ment I like to make dors, needs volun- (which include playing a
W H Y I G O T I N VO LV E D teers, donations
and Dillonspreferred
to any organization. pronouns.) mean game of poker).
of goods and funds,
Ive been working with Producers didnt spe- Notes Dillon, Ulti-
and hosts for charity
Baby2Baby since it was MY TIME WITH
cically seek a nonbinary mately Taylor, regardless
THE KIDS drives (check out
just a tiny grassroots
baby2baby.org for individual for the role of being nonbinary, does
thing with a couple of Kelly and Norah more details). Its and auditioned actors t into that world.
moms pulling stuff out started this Baby2Baby a scary time for many
of their garages and [holiday] party, and its people in America,
saying, Gosh, we have grown each year. You lets face it, says
so much, and so many adopt a family ahead Bowen. I think that
people have so little, of time and shop for if we all dig a little
says the Modern Family them.... You always get
deeper and we all
actress and Baby2Baby to meet the families, Damian
give back a little more, Lewis and
board member. Then and you give them were going to be okay. Asia Kate
[Norah Weinstein and Dillon on
Kelly Sawyer Patricof] C. Molly Smith Billions
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BABY BOOM
J AY Z A N D of) performed at the Grammys. baby pin from the series logo.
BEYONC
The idea, which came from star
and tattoo veteran Jean-Luc
Bilodeau, was met with universal
FUTURE PROSPECTS excitement. When it became a
reality, it just felt right, says
2 Will one twin be an international human
rights lawyer and the other a dashing Melissa Peterman, who plays
movie star? With genes like these, we Bonnie Wheeler. Were really
bet theyll both do both, acting by day tight, so I wanted a little piece of
and tackling the refugee crisis by night, them, and now Ill always have it.
GEORGE AND AMAL like any good superbabies. Talk about making your mark!
CLOONEY
FUTURE PROSPECTS
3 With a Harvard-educated Oscar
winner for a mom and an accomplished
choreographer for a dad, this bambino
(their second) will likely be smarter and
have better moves than most adults
BENJAMIN MILLEPIED before even hitting preschool.
AND NATALIE PORTMAN
FUTURE PROSPECTS
4 The supermodel mama-to-be was
a badass heroine in Mad Max: Fury
Road. Dads the Transporter. We
predict a cool kid with a serious
need for speedand very expensive
ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY (toy) cars.
AND JASON STATHAM
FUTURE PROSPECTS
5 This babe is probably working on mate-
rial from the womb. Between the Brook-
( From top ) Derek
Theler; Tahj Mowry
lyn Nine-Nine star and the Key & Peele
funnyman, thats some serious comedy
DNA. We anxiously await the future
JORDAN PEELE Peretti-Peele childs stand-up special.
AND CHELSEA PERETTI
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THE
ESSENTIALS
From jazz standards
to pop hits, these are five
of the musicians
best for your playlist.
B Y M A D I S O N VA I N
3 MOONLIGHTING 1985
For five seasons in the late 80s,
Jarreau beamed into house-
holds nationwide with the
theme song to the mystery-
IN MEMORIAM 19402017 comedy starring Bruce Willis
and Cybill Shepherd. Jarreau
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co-wrote and performed
Al Jarreau
the slinky tune, and in 1987 it
even became a Top 40 hit.
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Be the breakthrough.
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bookish Belle strolls through her village singing this lyrica
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dreamers lament for escape and adventure. But in the new live-
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action version (out March 17), Emma Watson delivers the line in
a way thats more urgent and heartbreaking than before.
Theres darkness at the edge of this provincial life. Amid the
usual chorus of villagers and shopkeepers, you see a line of boys
being led to school, while a group of girls is left to do the laundry.
Learning is not womens work, and Belles neighbors no longer
regard her simply as a quirky bookworm. Her ideas and indepen-
dence are considered worse than unladylike. Theyre dangerous.
Subversive. Beastly, even. They see her as a threat, says director
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Bill Condon (Dreamgirls). Its that thing that remains under the
surface. But when theres a real threat that unies everybody,
they start to look for other people who make them uncomfort-
able. Thats a pretty common pattern. While the animated
Belle wasnt exactly passive, this time shes a more intrepid hero
from the start, trying to rescue others as well as herself. She isnt
just the daughter of an inventor, as in the 1991 movie, but an
engineer in her own right, who designs a washing machine that
frees the girls from their chores, allowing her time to teach
them how to read. The townsfolk respond
rst by marveling at her devicethen by
smashing it. She also has little patience
for the arrogant advances of the heartless
village heartthrob Gaston (The Girl on the
Trains Luke Evans), and when she ends
up in the clutches of the Beast (Downton
Abbeys Dan Stevens)a prince living out
an anguished curse as a huge, hairy end
in his castle full of living candelabras,
clocks, and tea setslets just say shes
not thrilled to be his guest.
Watson, now 26, won the role not
because of her dancing, singing, or horse-
back riding (all of which she says needed
work) but because the actress has much
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( From left ) Watson on
horseback; with
Gaston (Luke Evans)
in common with her most famous charac- surprise me at all that as she grew into
ter, Hermione Granger, the studious and young womanhood this intelligence man-
loyal mudblood wizard of the Harry Pot- ifested itself as activism.
ter movies, who battled bigotry and When Entertainment Weekly sat down
deed expectations. With actors who get with Watson a few weeks ago, she was
to choose their roles, you look at their just ve days from demonstrating at the
rsums and you start to see a kind of Womens March in Washington, D.C.,
autobiography emerge, Condon says. In
recent years Watson has launched the
Belle is able alongside her mother. We spoke about
bringing her childhood Disney hero to
online reading club Our Shared Shelf, and t o s e e d e e p e r, life, what struggles she sees today for
she has been a leader in feminist causes women and girls, and the movie that
like the United Nations HeForShe past Beasts made her decide not to quit acting.
campaign, dedicated to enlisting men in
the ght for equality. From what Id seen external
e m p a t h y .
Her high intelligence was in evidence past these extraneous, external, super-
early, when she was just a 10-year-old ficial qualities of Beast. She is able to
girl, says Alan Horn, chairman of Walt EMMA WATSON
see deeper, and thats one of her special
Disney Studios, who was president of powers. It is her superpower: empathy.
Warner Bros. Entertainment when she In your film, Belle is more than a book-
was cast in the Harry Potter lms. As she worm. She puts her knowledge to
grew11, 12, 13, 14it was clear she had practice, inventing a washing machine
an extraordinary mind and that she was so she can give a laundry girl more
going to do other big things. It doesnt time to read. The villagers destroy it.
BEYOND
BEAUTIFUL
They dont think women should read, and Its such a good question and its some- love builds out of that, which in many
it goes further than that. They are deeply thing I really grappled with at the ways is more meaningful than a lot of
suspicious of intelligence. Breaking the beginning: the Stockholm-syndrome love stories, where it was love at first
washing machine is not just them break- question. Thats where a prisoner will sight. They are having no illusions about
ing something Belle spent hours working take on the characteristics of and fall in who the other one is. They have seen the
on; its symbolic. Theyre trying to break love with the captor. Belle actively argues worst of one another, and they also bring
her spirit and push her into a more and disagrees with [Beast] constantly. out the best.
acceptable version of herself. She has none of the characteristics of Why is the Beast worthy of being saved
Did you face that growing up? Did you someone with Stockholm syndrome and redeemedbut Gaston is not?
have people telling you to stay a cer- because she keeps her independence; she Thats a good question. [Laughs] I think
tain way, focus on certain things? keeps that freedom of thought. I also she can see in Beast that theres someone
Oh my God, the amount of positive feed- think there is a very intentional switch that has been fundamentally good that
back I would get from looking pretty and where, in my mind, Belle decides to stay. has been damaged and that just needs
putting on a nice dress and smiling nicely Shes giving him hell. There is no sense of rehabilitating. He is just in need of love,
and doing all of that was enormous ver- I need to kill this guy with kindness. whereas Gaston is someone who has had
sus [the affirmation I would get for] Or that I deserve this bad treatment. nothing but love and admiration and easi-
studying for months and reading some- Or any sense that she deserves this. In ness and because hes never suered, he
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER: SUMMIT; HARRY POT TER AND THE DE ATHLY HALLOWS: PART I:
thing interesting and talking about it. fact, she gives as good as she gets. He doesnt have any empathy. Hes essen-
That would barely get a side glance. bangs on the door, she bangs back. tially a narcissist, and its very dicult to
Theres been some criticism of the Theres this deance that You think Im intervene in that. Hes about building
Beauty and the Beast story that Belle going to come and eat dinner with you himself up while pushing others down.
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is a woman in an abusive relationship. and Im your prisonerabsolutely not. With Beast, you can tell hes being unkind
She is held captive by the Beast and The other beautiful thing about the love because hes unkind to himself.
hes terrible to her at first. What do story is that they form a friendship rst. Its a defense mechanism
you say to that? There is this genuine sharing, and the Yeah, he doesnt see himself as very
worthy, and that kind of
reects how he interacts with
everyone and everything.
Whereas Gaston really thinks
hes worthy of everything.
Worthy of much more than he
is getting right now!
Youve been making movies
for 16 years now. After the
Harry Potter films, you werent
sure you wanted to continue
acting. You went to college,
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In The Perks of Being a and then had a choice to
Wallflower; with Ban
Ki-moon at the U.N.; in make. What made you decide
Harry Potter and the to return to acting?
Deathly HallowsPart 1
The Perks of Being a Wallower.
I went to college and I was gen-
uinely like, Well, Im going to go study
and then I will see what happens. Then
[Perks author and director] Steve
Chbosky sent me the script and it just
reignited this [passion]. I was like: I
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BEAUTIFUL
E M M A S
Must-Reads
In January 2016, Watson launched Our
Shared Shelf, an online book club dedicated
to feminist literature. She also has taken to
hiding free books in New York and London
subway stations for fans to find. Here, we
spotlight a few of her favorite picks, and what
she has said about them. BY DEVAN COGGAN
PERSEPOLIS
Music producer Matt Sullivan, director Bill Condon, and Watson on the set of Beauty and the Beast BY M A R J A N E SAT R A P I
Satrapis deceptively simple,
almost whimsical drawings
belie the seriousness and rich
have to tell this story. Oh my God, if I Ghostbusters were ruining their complexity of her storybut
its also very funny too.
dont do this, nothing else makes sense. childhoods. Why is it hard for them to
I must go to Pittsburgh! enjoy a female hero? MOM & ME & MOM
BY M AYA A N G E LO U
[Laughs] I must go to Pittsburgh! I must Its something that they are not used to,
This is perhaps the greatest
get funding for this movie. Perks and and they dont like that. Anything that window into what shaped
working with Steve made me feel that I deviates from the norm is difficult to Angelou as a writer and poet
and a fitting end to a lifetime
had something else to give and oer. accept. I think if youve been used to of amazing works.
Youve been active as a goodwill watching characters that look like, sound
ambassador for HeForShe, the United like, think like you and then you see H OW TO B E A WO M A N
BY C A I T L I N M O R A N
Nations effort to bring men into the someone [unexpected] up on the
I read it on a plane from Lon-
feminist movement. What do you screen, you go, Well, thats a girl, don to New York and I laughed
out loud and cried so much I
ON SET: L AURIE SPARHAM/DISNEY; WATSON: COURTESY OF EMMA WATSON
think is the primary blind spot that she doesnt look like me. I want it to
think the whole of my cabin,
guys have about feminism? look like me so that I can project myself airline staff included, thought
I think the word is difficult because it onto the character. I was losing my mind.
seems to inherently suggest a preferential But female fans dont seem to have
THE ARGONAUTS
treatment of the feminine over the mas- that problem. BY M AG G I E N E L S O N
culine because it has the feminine in the Women are great about that. We see who- It might require a bit of work
word. Thats really an oversight and a ever is on screen and we recognize the but The Argonauts rewards
us with an expansive way
misunderstanding. This isnt girls are human qualities in the man that we relate of considering identity, care-
better than boys. This is just: Everyone to and theres not such a gap. But for taking, and freedom.
1. Dont nag.
2. Give them
a funny book.
3. Dont nag.
f u n n y!
-Ver y
LITTLE ,
BROWN Available in hardcover, e-book and audio
BEHIND THE DESIGN
Shall
We Dance?
How the
Beauty and the
Beast design
team crafted
the Beasts
ballroom
into a thing
of beauty.
BY
CLARK COLLIS
@CLARKCOLLIS
GRAND
BALLROOM
Before the prince
becomes the Beast,
hes visited by
potential brides in the
ballroom. Its basi-
cally an international
debutante ball, says
director Bill Condon.
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GUGU EMMA AUDR A
M B AT H A - R AW THOMPSON MCDONALD
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precise time and place and that its sets
be physically built instead of computer-
generated. I was intent on making as much
H A L LWAY
S TA I R C A S E of the movie exist in reality, make it esh and
There are no blood, Condon says. Because we knew wed
right angles, says have CG objects and a CG Beast, [I wanted
Condon. Its
almost like the those] to be surrounded by a real world.
house is starting As research, Greenwood visited a number
to melt. There is a
real Gaud-esque of French castles, including the Loire Valleys
aspect to it. Chteau de Chambord, which inspired the
Beasts home in the original 1991 animated
movie. The castle in our film is based on
18th-century architecture, she says. But it
also had to be kind of Gothic. Its not an 18th-
century chteau per seits a hybrid. France
in the early 18th century was loco for rococo,
and that styles ornate curves inuenced both
the design of the castle and that of the house-
hold sta. You look at these objects from the
period and you could discern a face in a
candlestick, or in these incredible clocks, or
these ornately painted teapots, says Condon.
Another inspiration was filmmaker Jean
Cocteaus 1946 version of the story. Its such
a poetic movie, he adds. I really wanted that
sense of mystery and delicacy.
The director also wanted the castle to seem
like it too was aliveand keen to encourage
the love between Belle and the Beast. When
the magical aspects of the house decide they
want to help make this love aair work, the
ballroom comes to life, Condon says. I
dont want to give away too much. But you
need music to dance to, right? And so youll
see these beautiful cartouches [engraved
tablets] with carved musical instruments that
start to come to life and provide the back-
ground music for the dance.
Like Evans, Condon found that walking
onto the nished sets was a daily wonder.
Extraordinary! he says. This was on a
scale bigger than Id ever worked. As for
Greenwood, the production designer
doesnt quite seem to believe her luck. To
design a fairy-tale castle? she says. Are you
BALLROOM FLOOR telling me thats not the biggest treat in the
The design is based on the world? Bien sr que non! X
ornate ceiling of a Benedictine
Entertainment
monastery in Bavaria called
Weeklys
Braunau in Rohr Abbey. One
collectors
major new addition? In the edition The
middle of it, theres a mono- Ultimate Guide
gram, says Greenwood. Its a to Beauty and
WDas in Walt Disney. the Beast is on
sale March 3
wherever
magazines are
sold
PINOCCHIO
1940
When
You Wish
Upon
a Star
SUNG BY /
Cliff Edwards
WRITTEN BY /
Among an impossible
field of competitors
seriously, can anyone
rank these songs without
upsetting friends?the
opening tune of the
studios second animated
feature is a surprisingly
easy pick for the top spot.
Beyond underscoring
the company logo since
the 1950s, there simply is
no song more essentially
Disney in meaning
and melody than When
You Wish Upon a Star.
In Cliff Edwards sweetly
melancholy vibrato,
Jiminy Cricket introduces
us to the very ethos of
these films. All of the
hope and optimism of
the Disney brand is stated
as plain fact: When
you wish upon a star,
your dreams come true.
K E V I N P. S U L L I V A N
When Disney recruited Broadway songwriters Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
(Little Shop of Horrors), the duo adapted a musical-theater staplethe I want songfor
Ariel, whose gorgeous yearning for a greater purpose changed the game not
just for teen mermaids but for Belle, Hercules, Elsa, and beyond. M A R C S N E T I K E R
THE JUNGLE BOOK
1967
The Bare
Necessities
ALADDIN / 1992 THE LION KING / 1994 FROZEN / 2013 THE JUNGLE BOOK: WALT DISNEY PICTURES/EVERET T COLLECTION; BE AUT Y AND THE BE AST: DISNEY
WRITTEN BY / Alan Menken and Tim Rice WRITTEN BY / Elton John and Tim Rice Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
A street rat romances a princess in this If youre going to start a film by Has there ever been a more relentless
Oscar-winning ballad that melodically uniting an entire kingdom in order to earworm? This triumphant power ballad
soars and dips like the magic carpet they recognize the miracle of existence, won an Oscar for Best Original Song and
ride. Its an irresistible duetconsider the soundtrack has to match the power a Grammy, and reached No. 5 on the charts.
it Disneys musical equivalent of a perfect of the moment. Spoiler: It does. Apparently the cold doesnt bother us any-
first date. S H I R L E Y L I SAMANTHA HIGHFILL way, either. S A R A V I L K O M E R S O N
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SUNG BY /
WRITTEN BY /
Terry Gilkyson
Samuel E. Wright
WRITTEN BY /
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
SUNG BY /
WRITTEN BY /
1994
Hakuna Matata
SUNG BY /
1991
Few phrases in Hollywood
rival the iconic philosophy and
downright exuberance of Timon
and Pumbaas carefree refrain,
Be Our Guest unforgettable for the rest of our
days. M A R C S N E T I K E R
SUNG BY /
WRITTEN BY /
Lumires Broadway-style
Whistle While You Work
suppertime spectacular
raised the bar for the SUNG BY / Adriana Caselotti WRITTEN BY / Larry Morey and Frank Churchill
delirious heights that an
animated musical number
could reach. Dont believe Peppy, chipper, and industrious: What else would you expect
us, ask the dishes. from Snow White as she and her furry friends clean up the Seven
MARC SNETIKER Dwarfs giant-size mess? C H R I S N A S H A W A T Y
THE LION KING: WALT DISNEY PICTURES/PHOTOFEST; L ADY AND THE TR AMP: EVERET T COLLECTION;
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: BUENA VISTA PICTURES/EVERET T COLLECTION
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS / 1993
L A DY A N D T H E T R A M P / 1955
Remember when John Smith tried mansplaining civilized to an indigenous girl who was like, Ranking the best
Boy, please. How about we teach you some colors first? R U T H K I N A N E Disney villain songs
P O O R U N FO RT U N AT E
S O U LS
THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)
The ultimate villain showstop-
per. Wed keep singing Ursulas
praises, but her song seems
to have left usspeechless.
GASTO N
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
No one can lead a rousing tune
about how great he isand
use antlers in all of his decorat-
1998 ingquite like this guy.
MULAN /
4
2
1
3
Ill Make a Man Out of You B E P R E PA R E D
THE LION KING (1994)
SUNG BY / Donny Osmond WRITTEN BY / Matthew Wilder and David Zippel Because when youre plotting
regicide, theres no better
way to do it than with hyenas
Sonically, this captivating, adrenaline-building anthem is a propulsive for backup singers.
soundtrack to Mulans painstaking military training. Lyrically? Its one
of Disneys most satisfying uses of irony. I S A B E L L A B I E D E N H A R N 4
/
JESSICA DERSCHOWITZ
WRITTEN BY WRITTEN BY / Randy Newman
Mack David and Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
POCAHONTAS C O LO RS O F T H E W I N D
ENCHANTED H A P PY WO R K I N G S O N G
ROBIN HOOD O O - D E - L A L LY
ALADDIN PRINCE ALI (REPRISE)
PETER PAN A P I R AT ES L I F E
MARY POPPINS LETS GO FLY A KITE
FAIRY GODMOTHER, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 101 DALMATIANS, BEAUT Y AND THE BEAST: DISNEY (6); LILO & STITCH, THE SWORD IN THE STONE: MARY EVANS/WALT DISNEY CORP/RONALD GR ANT/
EVERET T COLLECTION (2); A GOOFY MOVIE, THE LIT TLE MERMAID, L ADY AND THE TR AMP: EVERET T COLLECTION (3); PINOCCHIO, SNOW WHITE, THE ARISTOCATS, TANGLED, HERCULES: WALT DISNEY CO./
EVERET T COLLECTION (6); CINDERELL A: RKO R ADIO PICTURES/PHOTOFEST; HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR: FRED HAYES/DISNEY
ACKET GAME
a . m . ) o n S i r i u s X M Ra d i o C h a n n e l 1 0 5 A L M OST
O THERE THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
a n d t h e h e a te d d e b a te
R E F L ECT I O N MULAN
SO CLOSE ENCHANTED
YO U V E G OT A F R I E N D I N M E TOY STORY
LOV E I S A N O P E N D O O R FROZEN
T H ATS H OW YO U K N OW ENCHANTED
I V E G OT NO ST R I NG S PINOCCHIO
S E I Z E T H E DAY NEWSIES
L ET I T G O FROZEN
YO UL L B E I N M Y H E A RT TARZAN
BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI-BOO CINDERELLA
Z E RO TO H E RO HERCULES
MARY POPPINS, THE JUNGLE BOOK, ROBIN HOOD: EVERET T COLLECTION (3); SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS: WALT DISNEY PICTURES/EVERET T COLLECTION; SLEEPING BEAUT Y, DUMBO,
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, MOANA, BEAUT Y AND THE BEAST, NAL A AND SIMBA, FROZEN: WALT DISNEY (7); MUL AN, TIMON: BUENA VISTA PICTURES/EVERET T COLLECTION (2); ENCHANTED:
BARRY WETCHER/DISNEY; AL ADDIN, POCAHONTAS: BUENA VISTA PICTURES/PHOTOFEST (3); TOY STORY, TOY STORY 2: PIXAR/DISNEY (2)
LA LA LAND HAS RECEIVED
LOTS OF L A-L A-LOVE
THIS AWARDS SEA SON,
1 2 3 4 5
MARC PIASECKI/WIREIMAGE; MORTENSEN: STEVE GR ANITZ/ WIREIMAGE; GARFIELD: MICHAEL KOVAC/GET T Y IMAGES FOR PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL; FENCES: DAVID LEE/PAR AMOUNT
(ENTIRE PACK AGE) PRIZE FIGHTER LOGO BY MAT T LEHMAN; OSCAR STATUET TE: OSCAR STATUET TE AMPAS ; (THIS PAGE) WASHINGTON, AFFLECK: KEVIN WINTER /GET T Y IMAGES (2); GOSLING:
DENZEL WASHINGTON CASEY AFFLECK RYAN GOSLING VIGGO MORTENSEN ANDREW GARFIELD
Fe nces M ancheste r b y the Sea La La Land Captain Fantastic Hacksaw Ridge
AWARDS WON AWARDS WON AWARDS WON AWARDS WON AWARDS WON
Jovan Adepo C A S E Y A F F L E C K S P O I G N A N T R E S T R A I N T I N M A N C H E S T E R B Y T H E S E A W A S E A S I LY T H E P E R F O R M A N C E
and Denzel
Washington of the year. Unfortunately, his personal life caught up to him, and votersas shown by the Screen
Fences Actors Guildwere too conicted by his o-camera behavior to reward him with a prize. It looks like
the Academy will respond in kind, and the likely recipient of the golden statuette will be Denzel
Washington for his role in Fences, giving the two-time Oscar winner a hat trick.
PRE-OSCAR AWARDS Golden Globes | Screen Actors Guild | Directors Guild | Producers Guild
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EMMA STONE ISABELLE HUPPERT NATALIE PORTMAN RUTH NEGGA MERYL STREEP
La La Land Elle Jackie Lo ving Flore nce Foste r Je nkins
STONE, HUPPERT: DAVE J HOGAN/GET T Y IMAGES (2); PORTMAN, NEGGA: STEVE GR ANITZ/WIREIMAGE (2); STREEP: KEVIN WINTER /GET T Y IMAGES; L A L A L AND: DALE ROBINET TE/LIONSGATE
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Emma Stone I T S B E E N A F I N E Y E A R F O R W O M E N I N F I L M . F R O M R U T H N E G G A S Q U I E T R E S O LV E I N L O V I N G T O N ATA L I E
La La Land
Portmans searing anguish in Jackie, the Best Actress eld is packed with complex, nuanced characters. But
the real race is between Isabelle Huppert for her dark, morally murky role in Elle and Emma Stone for her
bittersweet, love-arming performance in La La Land. Stone has the momentum. Theres been a growing
appreciation from the Academy that what she made look easy demanded real talent and precision. Plus,
shes the only actress whose movie is nominated for Best Picture. And this year, that should matter.
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MAHERSHALA ALI DEV PATEL JEFF BRIDGES LUCAS HEDGES MICHAEL SHANNON
M oonlight Lion Hell or High Wate r M ancheste r b y the Sea Nocturnal Animals
AWARDS WON AWARDS WON AWARDS WON AWARDS WON AWARDS WON
ALI: JASON L AVERIS/FILMMAGIC; PATEL: VALERIE MACON/AFP/GET T Y IMAGES; BRIDGES: TODD WILLIAMSON/GET T Y IMAGES; HEDGES: BEN GABBE/GET T Y IMAGES; SHANNON: JEFF KR AVITZ/FILMMAGIC;
L U C A S H E D G E S F E LT F R E S H I N M A N C H E S T E R B Y T H E S E A . J E F F B R I D G E S P L AY E D A
Alex R. racist old cowboy with aplomb in Hell or High Water. Michael Shannon stole every
Hibbert
and scene he could in Nocturnal Animals, and Dev Patel was riveting in Lion. But the
Mahershala statue is going to Mahershala Ali. Not only did he infuse Moonlights Juan with
Ali
Moonlight warmth and humanity but his presence is felt long after hes left the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
VIOLA DAVIS MICHELLE WILLIAMS NAOMIE HARRIS NICOLE KIDMAN OCTAVIA SPENCER
Fe nces M ancheste r b y the Sea M oonlight Lion Hidde n Figures
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V I O L A . V I O L A . V I O L A . S H E M I G H T H AV E W O N I N T H E B E S T A C T R E S S C AT E G O R Y H A D
she gone for it, but running in this eld may ensure her the win. The three-time
nominee never makes a false move as the heart of Fences. Her biggest competition
comes from Michelle Williams equally heartbreaking performance in Manchester
Viola Davis
Fences by the Sea, whose brief moments on screen ache with long-lived loss.
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1 2 3 4 5
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Ryan Gosling O N E C O U L D A R G U E T H AT L A L A L A N D WA S C R O W N E D T H E B E S T P I C T U R E W I N N E R B A C K I N A U G U S T W H E N
and Emma
Stone Tom Hanks told a crowd at the Telluride Film Festival that the movie was brand-new and something
La La Land that you cant imagine. Since then, the $30 million musical has raked in more than $125 million and
has danced its way into almost every chamber of the Academys heart, scoring trophies from the Directors
Guild and the Producers Guild. It failed to score a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Ensemble,
but that probably wont stop its waltz to the podium.
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DAMIEN CHAZELLE BARRY JENKINS DENIS VILLENEUVE KENNETH LONERGAN MEL GIBSON
La La Land M oonlight Arrival M ancheste r b y the Sea Hacksaw Ridge
AWARDS WON AWARDS WON AWARDS WON AWARDS WON AWARDS WON
cut between soaring musical numbers and grounded emotional moments make
Damien Chazelles work on La La Land worthy of Best Director. Though theres
Damien strong work from each nominee, they are unlikely to top the 32-year-old wunder-
Chazelle
La La Land kind. The only real threat is Barry Jenkins for his rich, restrained Moonlight.
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LOOKING TO DOMINATE YOUR OFFICE OSCAR POOL? HERES OUR RUNDOWN FOR THE
R E S T O F T H E N I G H T S C A T E G O R I E S . By Nicole Sperling @nicsperling
( Clockwise from below )
The Jungle Book;
Star Trek Beyond; O.J.:
Made in America;
Zootopia; The Salesman
THE JUNGLE BOOK, ZOOTOPIA: DISNEY (2); STAR TREK BEYOND: KIMBERLEY FRENCH/PAR AMOUNT; O.J. SIMPSON: MADE IN AMERICA: ESPN FILMS; THE SALESMAN: AMA ZON STUDIOS
O R I G I N A L S C R E E N P L AY PRODUCTION DESIGN ORIGINAL SCORE as a protest against President
Manchester by the Sea La La Land La La Land Trumps travel ban has shined
an intense spotlight on his
A D A P T E D S C R E E N P L AY COSTUME DESIGN ORIGINAL SONG
film, which will now likely win.
Moonlight Mary Zophres, La La Land City of Stars from La La Land
The Academys decision This film should turn Because two La La Land A N I M AT E D F E AT U R E
to include Moonlight in the the two-time nominee into songs are vying for this award, Zootopia
adapted category all but a winner. could they split the vote? That
A N I M AT E D S H O RT
ensures a win here for the would mean good news for
beloved picture. MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING Lin-Manuel Mirandas Moana Piper
Star Trek Beyond tune, but its a long shot.
FILM EDITING D O C U M E N TA RY
Tom Cross, VISUAL EFFECTS FOREIGN LANGUAGE F E AT U R E
La La Land The Jungle Book The Salesman O.J.: Made in America
The film made close to Director Asghar Farhadis deci- Its doubtful that the docs
C I N E M ATO G R A P H Y
$1 billion worldwide and sion to not attend the Oscars five-part seven-plus-hour
Linus Sandgren, structure will hamper its
has been heraldedded as a
La La Land chances. But if it does,
technical achievvement.
Arrivals Bradford Young One little Oscarr is the
h least
l t expect 13TH to swoop in.
deserves this prize, but the the Academy ca an d do.
La La Land sweep will likely D O C U M E N TA RY
continue to this category too. SOUND EDITING SHORT
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La La Land For the production value, Moonlight The nature of Moonlights La La Land Its just so incredibly
the overall performances, the look storytelling was truly extraordinary. innovative. [Director Damien
of it, its my Best Picture. I grew up The subject matter was out of the Chazelle] used contemporary film-
on Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, box and as daring as any this cycle. making to freshen the musical genre.
and this made me feel terrifically To know that [director] Barry Jenkins And its box office success suggests
nostalgic watching it. Im a big fan made it on such a small budget is out its also speaking to a younger
of movie musicals, and this had of control. Its something that feels generation. The music is incredible,
a lovely twist on it. enduring. It screams achievement. and the direction is fantastic.
Barry Jenkins Moonlight is the Barry Jenkins What he did Damien Chazellle e Hes
least predictable of the films, and impressed me in a way I found sur- the future of cin
nema.
I think Barry managed to get prising and really worthy. Denis He had a $30 m million
extraordinary performances out Villeneuve did an incredible job, but movie, and it looks
of these young people. I think he had a lot more [resources] at his enormous. Imagi gine
Damien Chazelle is going to win, but disposal. Barry made a masterpiece what hell do wiith
h
I loved the direction of Moonlight. out of a bare-bones cupboard. $100 million.
Denzel Washington Casey Affleck Manchester by the Ryan Gosling Denzel is always
Its a tour de force per- Sea is an incredibly complicated amazing. Casey was lovely and
formance. Hes been a piece of material, and everything searing. But Ryans performance
movie star for such that is going on in that character is is the underappreciated one.
a long time, but in happening behind the eyes. It was Hes so incredibly good while being
Fences hes back to one of the most restrained perfor- understated. I wish I got a little
just acting. Its mances Ive seen in a long time. more inside Caseys character. With
powerful. To maintain that and not dive into Ryan, I knew what made him tick.
melodrama was mind-blowing.
Natalie Portman Ruth Negga was Isabelle Huppert One of the most Emma Stone Ruth Negga was a
extraordinary, and I liked Emma audacious performances Ive seen close second with her beautiful per-
Stone a lot, but Im going to go with in years. She was daring to live every formance in Loving, but the nuance
Natalie. She captured Jackie and unexpected emotion throughout in Emmas performance did it for
showed me a different side. There is the story. me. Shes so good at both the subtle
an availability to her, and that piece and the big moments. To have that
was so poignantly played. range, its the whole enchilada.
Dev Patel The arc of that role is Mahershala Ali In a very confined Mahershala Ali Moonlight was my
huge, and I loved him in it. Ive period of time, he second-favorite movie of the year,
watched him grow as an actor, and conveyed a very and his performance was the rock.
I think with this role hes stepped profound cultural Jeff Bridges is wonderful. Dev Patel
into being a real movie star. He experience. I gath- did a nice job, but Mahershalas
really carries the story line. I loved ered extraordinary lovely multifaceted portrait provides
him in Lion. insight from him the anchor for that film. Its just
and found it beautiful work.
quite beautiful.
Viola Davis Viola was the most Viola Davis She demands to not Michelle Williams She knocked
vulnerable shes ever been. She only be noticed but to be respected me out. She was like a different
stepped into an aspect of herself and understood. I think its Nicole human. She just transformed. Her
that we havent seen before. Kidmans best thing in years and emotion really allowed Casey to
There was a softness to her perfor- years, but Violas performance walk the narrow line of his perfor-
mance that Ive been waiting for is otherworldly. Its a bar-raising mance. She helps illustrate whats
her to get to on screen. performance. going on beneath the surface.
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Barry Jenkins; Casey
Affleck; Emma Stone;
Michelle Williams
From Oscar bait to horror This filmmaker has cov- This execs 25-year
to animated films, there ered stories on a scale career has included
is little this acclaimed that ranges from the multiple campaigns for
producer cant do. global to the intimate. Oscar nominees.
THE CONSENSUS
La La Land It delivered something La La Land The artistry and storytell- Moonlight Its exquisitely made,
I never expected to love as much as ing is so much more sophisticated beautifully acted, and something
I did. The movie was so much more than it appears on the surface. Its you rarely get to see. Its a gem
fun compared with the other films. great filmmaking. People disregard complicated, human, tender. Its also
I loved the soundtrack. I bought the that because its a feel-good movie. a miracle it got made and so gratify-
O F O U R PA N E L VO T E D F O R
whole thing. But the storytelling is masterful. ing that it has found an audience.
LA LA LAND
Damien Chazelle Knowing the Damien Chazelle As much as its a Kenneth Lonergan Manchester
budget and what he had to go feel-good film, the end is a tour de by the Sea is devastating, though so
through to get it made, it was a huge force. To reimagine what a musical is, well crafted. Kenneth is talented
accomplishment. So well directed, is incredible. Ive seen it four times, both as a screenwriter and a direc-
and he stuck to his guns on the and each time Im more taken by tor. Hes the real deal, and Id love
O F O U R PA N E L VO T E D F O R
ending. Any other studio would have the craft of the movie. to see him acknowledged.
DAMIEN CHAZELLE
made him end it differently.
Ryan Gosling The choice is between Viggo Mortensen Viggo Mortensen Im at a loss
Denzel, Casey, and Ryan. The ick His speech to his son here. I really wanted to vote for
factor with Casey, plus Manchester about how to treat Casey given the size of the role and
being such a downer, pushes me women at the end his understated performance. But I
over the edge with Ryan. The of the film was so awe-- cant help this nagging feeling that VIGGO MORTENSEN
chemistry between him and Emma some. Whats great to vote for him is to condone and A N D R YA N G O S L I N G
was perfect. is he was able to reward bad behavior. To me, its not E AC H WO N 3 3 % O F T H E
capture both sides of okay. Ill vote for Viggo. PA N E L VO T E
the righteous fanatic.
Emma Stone She is just so charming Emma Stone You can connect to Isabelle Huppert She is incredible
in the movie. I cant picture anyone her as an ordinary girl, yet during in this filmand in all of the films
else doing that role. You love her in that audition scene that she Ive seen her inand is 100 percent
all the little momentsthe pool party, performs in one take, you see her deserving. The others are all fine
for examplethat you come out becoming a great actress before performances, but Isabelles is the
O F O U R PA N E L VO T E D F O R
thinking about how great she was. your eyes. It was tremendous. standout.
EMMA STONE
Mahershala Ali He was such a strik- Mahershala Ali He was wonderful. Mahershala Ali What a nuanced
ing figure, and I had never seen him He captured both tenderness and and wonderful performance! What
before. Lucas Hedges did a great menace at the same time. he does here is so subtle and hard
job, but I just didnt love that movie. to do, especially when you have
Mahershala gave such a smooth so much charisma and such a
performance. To me, he came out striking presence. I could watch O F O U R PA N E L VO T E D F O R
of nowhere. I was blown away. him in everything. MAHERSHALA ALI
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E L E N A G I L B E RTS C RY I N G. STA N D I N G
in the Mystic Falls cemetery where shes
said many goodbyesand even a few
hellosElenas surrounded by everyone
she loves. Well, almost everyone. One per-
son is missing. Did we forget to mention
that this is a funeral? ( From left ) Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder); Bonnie (Kat Graham) and Caroline (Candice King)
Its a sunny January day in Atlanta as the
Vampire Diaries cast films its last group
scene in the woods. In between takes, theres The Vampire Diaries took what fans loved seamlessly turns into romance when one of
laughter and excited whispers about whos about the genresuspense, shocking the shows main couples share a passionate
in town for the upcoming wrap party, but twists, forbidden romanceand, to borrow kiss. Watching the kiss unfold, Plec gets
when showrunner Julie Plec, the director of from the show, heightened everything. Out within an inch of the monitor. I want to see
the shows nal hour, calls Action, an emo- of loss, it built an epic love story between that tear, she announces, prolonging the
tional fog sets in. This is a goodbyeand its one girl and two brothers, the likes of which scene until she gets the perfect blend of
a big one. We wanted to go big, emotionally, launched some of televisions most pas- romance and tragedy that has become the
with the action, and with the spectacular of sionate shippers. Eight years later, many shows signature over the years. The
it, says Plec, who co-wrote the episode with fans remain rmly Team Delena or Team moment that tear falls, she calls Cut.
co-creator Kevin Williamson. We were Stelena, or have dedicated themselves to
absolutely feeling epic. another ship entirely. But the one thing
When The Vampire Diaries premiered on everyone can agree on: The show cant end
The CW in 2009, it found itself smack in the without Elena Gilbert. JULIE PLECS CRYING. SITTING IN THE
middle of the vampire craze. With the suc- And it wont. Dobrev, who left the show middle of the town square, Plec watches as
cess of both Twilight and True Blood, this was when her contract expired at the end of sea- two longtime characters walk o the screen
network televisions chance to see if fans still son 6, has returned to give a proper farewell for the nal time. That was so good, she
thirsted for blood, and when the Vampire to the uninchingly seless Petrova doppel- says through her tears as she makes a note
Diaries pilot attracted the largest audience of gnger. (The nale airs March 10.) The nos- of the take. That ones a keeper.
any series premiere in CW history at that talgia is insane, Dobrev says of being back For Plec, her emotional roller coaster
time, all signs pointed to yes. I remember on set. I keep getting triggered by moments: started three years ago when the show hit
being in Vancouver with Ian [Somerhalder], a piece of wardrobe, a persons voice, a crew its 100th episode and she realized that,
Zach Roerig, who plays Matt, says of lming members laugh. Its like a trip down memory unlike the vampires shed created, it wasnt
the pilot. In the hair and makeup trailer, lane, and I have so many beautiful memories immortal. I would cry just thinking about
Ians like, Hey, kid, get ready for the ride of of the six years that I spent here. Im really what that would feel like, she says. So the
your life. Somerhalder adds: Twilight was glad that I got to be a part of it. minute we started talking about this as
very much the zeitgeist of pop culture. There Back at the cemetery, the emotional fog the last year, everything made me emo-
was just that sense that the market desired is replaced by a literal one. This is Mystic tional, because closure is so powerful both
this genre. This material was going to work. Falls, after all. And in an instant, heartbreak in life and in ction. Each goodbye is real.
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tear and sent it to Plec and Williamson as
proof, of both his ability to cry o screen and
the power of the ending theyd created.
However, its not the ending they origi-
nally came up with during the second
season. The big nale episode that we had
always planned did not happen because the
show was successful and lasted eight years,
Williamson says. For example, the original
ending involved ghosts, which no longer
exist now that the Other Side has been
destroyed. Plec adds: While it was not a
journey with a straight lineit took many,
many forms along the waythe heart and
the sentiment, dating back six years ago
when he and I rst thought we knew how
the series would end to the way its ending,
is pretty spot-on.
Sitting on set, Plec starts singing guess
whos back from Eminems Without Me
with one of the biggest returning cast mem-
bers. Nostalgia might be a bitch, but on this
And those goodbyes are starting now. The two of us are never going to be playing set its also cause for celebration, and the
With less than two weeks left shooting the these characters ever again, and these were nale is lled with it. I feel like Ive watched
nale, Plec just announced the rst series really important characters in television other shows where the series nale leaves
wrap on Michael Trevino, whose Tyler is for eight years. you unsatised, but we really do come to a
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one of many returning faces in the nale. He Theyve been important characters both conclusion with all the characters and their
and Plec exchange I love yous and one last on television and in the personal lives of lives, Dobrev says. Julie and Kevin wrote a
hug before she returns to her directors chair, everyone involved. All the cast members, really beautiful episode, with a lot of call-
and he heads to wardrobe to quite literally when asked about their time on the series, backs to the pilot.
step out of Tylers shoes for the last time. share a similar sentiment: They grew up Those callbacks come in many forms:
Its this very interesting melancholy, here. It changed them, or in some cases, characters, lines, and even locations, all of
Paul Wesley says of the feeling on set. I did healed them. We all started this show, which factor into what Plec calls our love-
Stefans final scene with Elena. It was almost all of us, in the midst of some sort of letter goodbye to the series. After ve acts of
strangely emotional for me. Wesley pauses life turmoil, whatever it may have been, a wild, epic season nale, Plec says the nal
as if coming to terms with what hes about to says Roerig. And somehow through these 15 minutes is where they really bid adieu. It
say in this very instant. Youre saying good- eight years weve patched ourselves up and could almost stand on its own as a little movie
bye to this time and this moment. are now ready to face the world again. with all the stu were tying to accomplish,
His castmate Candice King (Caroline) Plec says. Were so proud of it. It really did
says, [This show] changed my life. Its hard give closure, for better or for worse.
Showrunner Julie Plec with Matt Davis, who plays Alaric to summarize at this point what it means Walking away from the funeral scene,
because it kind of means everything. Dobrev wipes away Elenas tears. At this
point, youd think Elena would be used to
goodbyes. But this ones dierent: There will
be no more witchy high jinks, no more Other
SOON WELL ALL BE CRYING. SITTING ON Side. Bonnie Bennetts no longer in the busi-
a plane, Wesley read the nale script for the ness of bringing people back from the dead.
first time, and the actor, who admittedly This goodbye, much like the shows final
doesnt get sentimental when it comes to the hour, is goodbye foreverwhich, for a vam-
show, teared up. He then took a photo of said pire, is forever-forever. X
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Kevin Richardson,
Nick Carter,
Howie Dorough,
AJ McLean,
and Brian Littrell
photographed for
EW in 1998
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BACK ,
WITH THE
BACKSTREET
BOYS
LAUNCHING A
RESIDENCY
IN LAS VEGAS,
THE POP
HEARTTHROBS
SHARE
UNCENSORED
TALES
FROM THEIR
LARGER-THAN-
LIFE 24-
YEAR RIDE.
BY NOLANFEENEY
@NolanFeeney
PHOTOGRAPH BY
ANDREW SOUTHAM
AL L
YOU CA
HEAR
the Backstreet Boys before you see them. At an unassuming dance studio in
Los Angeles in mid-February, the groups catalog blasts from an open door, and
inside, its five members are reacquainting themselves with the moves theyve
been breaking out on stage for nearly a quarter century. Whether you turned
up your nose at them during their heyday or plastered their posters all over the
walls of your childhood (or adult) bedroom, you know these songs. The Back-
street Boys are the best-selling boy band in history, and their hitsfrom Quit
Playing Games (With My Heart) to Everybody (Backstreets Back)are as
iconic as their sales figures are impressive: Thats 130 million records sold
HOW I E It was Johnnys idea to go to Ger-
worldwide and nine top 10 albums. From their unglamorous origins in Orlando,
many. He knew a promoter over there. We
the group helped create the modern pop-music machine, defined the TRL
stumbled into a world that accepted us
eraand left millions around the world wondering what the heck I Want It That
because [Europe] was already used to
Way was all about, anyway. (Spoiler alert: Theyre still not sure.) As they pre-
groups like us.
pared to launch their new Las Vegas residency, Backstreet Boys: Larger Than
A J Thats how we nally got accepted here:
Life, which kicks off at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casinos AXIS theater on
through Europe. France passes [the music]
March 1, the band sat down with EW to share their story in their own words.
over the pond to Montreal and Quebec, and
In 1992, the entrepreneur Lou Pearlman KEV I N We played anywhere we could. it oods down into the United States.
placed an ad in the Orlando Sentinel looking Johnny got us these school tours. One day KEV I N Cities like Bualo and Detroit would
to form an all-male vocal group in the vein of we might be at a middle school out in the hear the radio stations across the border. Peo-
New Kids on the Block. After a few member woods of Pennsylvania, the next day we ple were calling to request our songs, but the
changes and lineup replacements, he found might be at a high school in inner-city New DJs were like, We dont know who they are!
his crew in AJ McLean, Nick Carter, Howie Jersey. It gave us a lot of experience in N I CK Then the Spice Girls dropped Wan-
Dorough, Kevin Richardson, and Brian terms of how to win a crowd over. nabe [in the U.S. in 97] and that really
Littrell, who came together for the first time helped us. That and Hansons MMMBop
on April 20, 1993. In 1994, the Backstreet Boys signed with Jive broke open the door for pop music to ood
N I CK Lou had a blimp business at the time, Records, who sent the group to Stockholm, into America.
and we were rehearsing in a blimp hangar. We Sweden, to record with Denniz PoP and his
would be there ve days a week. There was no little-known protg Max Martin, who would In the summer of 1997, Quit Playing Games
air conditioner. It was insane, the amount of go on to write and produce hits for Britney (With My Heart) became the groups break-
work we put into it. We were doing vocal Spears, Taylor Swift, and other superstars. out single in the U.S. Their self-titled U.S.
lessons, dance lessons, recording sessions. The groups early recordings were hugely debut also became a top five album the fol-
A J Lou brings in Johnny Wright, who had popular in Europe, but Stateside success lowing year. But problems with Pearlman
road-managed New Kids on the Block. He was elusive. had already surfaced.
knew what it was like to be with guys like N I CK At the time, Denniz had a lot of suc- KEV I N When you play a 20-day tour in
us. But at the time there was a lot of back- cess with Ace of Base and Robyn. It was a Germany and come home and you aint got
lash from New Kids. movement that [Jive founder] Clive Calder no money, thats a red ag.
BR I AN Radio was all grunge and rap. We caught on to early. We thought it was dope. BR I AN I remember doing two sold-out
would go to New York and sing a cappella KEV I N We dropped a single, Weve Got It European tours. I get home, and Ive got
for record executives, but none of them Goin On, and it peaked at No. 69 [on the $88,000 in my bank account. That was
were really into it. Billboard Hot 100]. more than Id ever seen in my life, but on
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( Clockwise from far left )
Performing in 1994;
backstage with the Spice
Girls at the Radio 1 Road-
show in 96; goofing
around in 95; on tour in
Hanover, Germany, in 97
AJ
management commission, and he was get for me what I want for everybody else! demo] didnt grab me.
being recouped all of his expenses. They came around. A J The label was like, This doesnt really
BR I AN I asked Lou to make it right. But make much sense, maybe we can go back
he never did. I got an attorney through my The following year, the other members and restructure the lyrics.
A XEL SEIDEMANN/AP IMAGES
parents and ended up ling a lawsuit. joined the suit, which was later settled for an N I CK They brought in Mutt Lange, a leg-
KEV I N Lou was pitting us against each undisclosed amount. After cutting ties with endary producer who did all this stu with
other: I own the name. I own the copy- Pearlmanwho also managed *NSYNC and Shania Twain, to doctor the song.
right. Your next album wont come out [if passed away in 2016 while serving a prison KEV I N And it made sense, but it didnt
the lawsuit continues]. sentence for a 2008 Ponzi-scheme convic- sound as good!
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QU I CK AND
D I RTY
WITH THE BACKSTREET BOYS
From their weirdest hotel aliases to their most memorable fan encounters,
the Boys answer EWs burning questions
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likely to follow in their footsteps: like, I saw your fight last night,
AJ Brians kid just did Broadway. you did a great job! I was like, started blowing up my phone. The hotel-
BRIAN Hes at an audition right now! Uh, thanks! room door was bolted with a little chain,
and he burst right through that. We sat in
Kevins room with our management and
decided to cancel the tour. They sent me o
N I CK At that point we had enough power. to do more. I was 19 years old. I just wanted to rehab, and the next day these guys went
SCHE AR /GET T Y IMAGES; LIT TRELL: TASOS K ATOPODIS/GET T Y IMAGES
We had the meeting with [Jive president] to go back home and play basketball to TRL and made the announcement. To
Barry Weiss. We were like, We want to go with my friends. So Brian and I formed this day, I still cant watch that video. Im sure
back to the original. an alliance. my daughter at some point will Google it.
KEV I N When Millennium took off, we KEV I N Wed say, Guys, we have this
went from being recognized occasionally amazing opportunity to perform with The groups next album, 2005s Never Gone,
to not being able to go anywhere. Aretha Franklin! And theyd be like, Nah, introduced a mature rock-inspired sound.
A J Ill never forget the day that it came out. were not doing it. Yet the band struggled to adapt to a dramati-
We did TRL and shut down Times Square. N I CK Maybe that was the rebellious teen- cally changed music industry.
KEV I N At the same time, some of us age side of me, but at the same time, we A J The album didnt come out until 2005,
started to retreat inward. We didnt spend were tired. and thats what started the Oh, you guys are
as much time together. BR I AN The managers would say, If you back together? They thought we broke up!
N I CK There was a lot of friction inside dont say yes to this, Im going to get The rst half of that [period] was legitimate
the group. The guys would always want *NSYNC to do it. time o. Then Nick does his solo thing.
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( From far left )
Performing with New Kids
on the Block at the 2010
American Music Awards;
Max Martin presenting
the group with a star on
the Hollywood Walk of
Fame in 2013
but Im out.
HOW I E Youre rightour wives are our
The group would release two albums without second marriage. And like all marriages,
Richardson: 2007s Unbreakable, which con- you have to work at it.
READY FOR THEIR CLOSE-UP
The quintet were EW cover stars tinued the sound of Never Gone, and 2009s A J At the end of the day, were still hav-
twice, in 1998 (left) and 1999 This Is Us, which marked a return to their ing fun. X
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T.R. Knight
photographed
on Feb. 2,
2017, in New
York City
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years after his highly publicized exit from Greys Anatomy, T.R. ended up having affairs, hurting
Knight is returning to Shondaland, but dont expect George people, and doing the wrong
thing. With Tommy, theres a level
OMalley to rise from the dead. of selfishness that George does
In the wake of a 2006 on-set incidentin which Knights not have at all.
costar Isaiah Washington used a gay slur to describe him during
Had you watched The Catch
a heated argument with Patrick Dempseythe actor was pushed before landing the role?
to come out publicly, and experienced a breakdown of communi- I saw all of The Catch because
cation with berproducer Shonda Rhimes. The actor subsequently Elvy was on it. And because its
part of TGIT, I was also caught up
asked to be let out of his multimillion-dollar contract and was on Scandal and How to Get Away
thrown, quite literally, under a bus: George died heroically saving With Murder.
a woman in season 5, left unrecognizable to his fellow doctors des-
So, have you stayed up-to-date
perately trying to save him until he scribbled 007 on the hand of on Greys since you left?
Meredith (Ellen Pompeo). Marking one of Rhimes most emotional Ive checked in a couple of times. I
need to catch up fully, but so many
deaths to date, Knight became the rst major Greys cast member
years have gone by and Id have to
to be killed othough he certainly was not the last. start exactly where I left off. I need
Since then Knight has spread his wings both professionally and a huge bout of bronchitis or some-
thing that lasts three weeksnot
personallythe 43-year-old dabbled in lm and more TV and
that I wish that on myselfin order
returned to his Broadway roots. He also wed his partner, writer to do that. But its on my list.
Patrick Leahy, in 2013. Next month, the actor formerly beloved as
The hospital is not even called
an aable intern morphs into Tommy, the self-serving brother of Seattle Grace anymore.
Mireille Enos Alice Vaughan, in season 2 of ABCs The Catch I know. I dont know the backstory
(premiering March 9, 10 p.m.). The recurring role marks a of that.
reunion for Knight and Catch showrunner Allan Heinberg, a The backstory is that
former Greys writer, as well as EP Shonda Rhimes. We spoke Shonda Rhimes killed off a
with Knight about coming home. bunch of people.
It always happens. [Laughs] And learned so much from [Greys] as
even in Scandal, the lead takes a person, and also just as an actor.
a chair to somebodys face, bashes It informs everything, but in a way
their skull in, and youre still root- that Im really grateful for.
How did your return to Shonda- table read [in August 2016]. That ing for the character? Its like,
land come about? was actually the first time I had What?! Amazing is what that is. So much has been made of the
Elvy Yost [The Catchs Sophie] seen her for many years. Both she circumstances around your Greys
and I are friends; wed done two and [EP] Betsy Beers were there, Did your experiences on Greys departure, but can we talk about
Georges? Was that really even
(PHOTO SHOOT) ST YLING: DOUGL AS WRIGHT; GROOMING: NATHAN ROSENKR ANZ USING ALTERNA HAIR CARE;
plays together in New York before and it was incredibly emotional, color what it was like to work else-
she got The Catch. So when I surprisingly emotionalin a great where? Were you more guarded you under all that makeup?
was in Los Angeles [in January wayto see and hug them. Since stepping onto new sets? Yes, they took a life cast. It was
2016], she was like, Lets get then, Shonda and I have had a No, no, no, the opposite. I had so a seven-hour process, and I had
together with Allan. I hadnt seen meal together, so its been fantas- many wonderful experiencesand never done prosthetics before.
Allan for years. The Catch hadnt tic. It leaves me with a very
been picked up for a second grateful and thankful heart to be
season yet, but he mentioned that invited back.
LIFE
if it was, hed like me to come on
as Mireilles brother. Thats how How was your Catch character,
Tommy, first described to you?
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it first happened.
state], and I was like, s---, will there Broadway shows [A Life in the is to deserve him and to be
be a wig? But it was Shondas Theatre and Its Only a Play], two betterunlike some of the people
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idea to put me in an Army uniform, Off Broadway shows [Pocatello I playto work on myself so I
and I just thought it was such a and Romeo & Juliet]. Every project can save the crazy for the role! X
42 (2013) ITS ONLY A PLAY (2015) 11.22.63 (2016) WHEN WE RISE (2017)
There are some jobs that just Knight had to strip down to his We got to shoot on Dealey Knight admired costar Guy Pearce
make you wake up in the morning skivvies for this star-studded Plaza, which was a very eerie in the upcoming ABC docudrama
and you cant believe youre a Broadway comedy. Some and emotional experience, (see pages 87, 90). Hes a strong
part of it, he recalls of portraying people get hired to take off their he recalls of filming Hulus time- character and such a good guy.
real-life Dodgers publicity chief clothes and its not for laughs travel miniseries about the It was great to act with him.
Harold Parrott in the Jackie I dont know what thats like, JFK assassination.
Robinson biopic. Knight says. Youre not going
to hire me to come out of the
shower like Eric Dane.
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TENNESSEE TITANS
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beau for her shy daughter, Laura, with the reluctant help
way before, with [Edward Albees] ence at his productions that I
of Lauras brother, Tom, who is remembering these The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, thought, Well, I want to be in a
events from a vantage point in the future. In this pro- Scott Rudin produced the play, room with him and absorb what he
duction, newcomer Madison Ferris brings a heightened and he was incredibly supportive knows. Ive grown to love the role.
and remained so about me
degree of physical impairment to Laura, and Tom is coming back to Broadway. A year Tell us about your two costars.
assayed by Joe Mantello, an artist equally adept as an ago Scott asked me to lunch F I E L D Theyre both just divine.
actor (The Normal Heart, the original Broadway produc- and he said, Okay, so how about Finn is so talented and energetic.
Glass Menagerie? And I went, Then theres the flat-out gift
tion of Angels in America) and director (a little musical Whaaat? He had always known that is Madison. Never has Laura
called Wicked, plus many more). Finn Whitrock from that for me, that was the one that been the heart of the play as
American Horror Story completes the four-person cast as got away. We couldnt transfer much as this. Do you agree?
the [2004] production from D.C. M A N T E L L O I agree. And its a very
Jim OConnor, the gentleman caller whom Tom to New York because it was being different take. Theres very little
invites home in the hope that he will fall for his sister. done [the next year on Broadway self-pity. Sam has endowed
So how are the rehearsals going? I dont know! con- with Lange], and then another Laura with a sense of agency that
one was done, and I had just I dont think weve seen before.
fesses Field, 70. Its so much, and so hard. I dont know crossed it off. So I said [to Scott
whos going to go crazy first, Amanda or me. Fortu- when he asked me again], Youre Madison is a wheelchair user in
nately, Mantello, 54, is also on hand to talk about the joking. And he said, No. And real life. How does that play into
how about with Sam Gold? I went, her character?
production (opening March 9)and help reassure his Whaaat? I could barely talk. F I E L D It plays into her character.
costar. I think theyre going swell, he says. I really do! I walked back to my apartment just [Laughs] Its much more true,
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ITS ALL
RELATIVE
A FEW OF THE NOTABLE DUOS THAT HAVE
TAKEN ON AMANDA AND TOM
KATHARINE
HEPBURN AND
SAM WATERSTON
1973
The lm icon and
the Law & Order
stalwart both
earned Emmy
nominations for
this TV version
(neither won).
JESSICA TANDY
AND BRUCE
DAVISON
1983
Three-time Tony
winner Tandy, the
original Blanche in
A Streetcar Named
Field and
Mantello on Desire, steered her
stage at Amanda to Broadway
the Belasco at the age of 74.
Theatre in
The Glass
Menagerie
JOANNE WOOD-
WARD AND
because before Laura was simply often I see Glass Menageries JOHN MALKOVICH
1987
a character who had a club foot, that are dreamy. This is a very
WATERSTON AND HEPBURN: ABC PHOTO ARCHIVES/GET T Y IMAGES; TANDY AND DAVISON, WOODWARD AND MALKOVICH: PHOTOFEST (2);
to help you, except each other. F I E L D Always in your life? Raiders of the Lost
M A N T E L L O Yeah. Arks Karen Allen.
Sally, what is the most challeng- F I E L D Well, I was doing Tennessee
ing aspect of playing Amanda? Williams in high school. [Laughs]
FIELD There is a mindset you So, in 1962. I was always attracted JESSICA LANGE
have to get into so that you have to his language. I was doing AND CHRISTAN
the reins of this animal and its his one-act plays, and I did a scene SLATER
not dragging you around behind from A Streetcar Named Desire. 2005
the wagon. Brilliant Mr. Gold has Two future Feud
not made it any easier! [Laughs] Which scene? starsLange and
F I E L D The rape scene! I mean, my Sarah Paulsontrod
In what sense? Godwe were in high school! the Broadway boards
F I E L D Just in his vision, the way he [Laughs] It was like Heidi the little with Slater (and
is telling the story, really being goat girl taking a stab at it. But Josh Lucas as the
nonlinear. Its a constant loop of it didnt matter! I was queen of the Gentleman Caller).
Toms memories that dovetail drama department, and I told
into each other. them what I was going to do, and
thats what I was going to do. CHERRY JONES
Has he altered the play, or M A N T E L L O You still are queen of AND ZACHARY
chopped it up? the drama department, here at QUINTO
F I E L D No, hes not chopped up a the Belasco Theatre. 2013
single thing. As a matter of fact, After leading a
this is probably the most accurate Do you know what youre doing Broadway produc-
production of what Tennessee after the end of the run? tion with Star Treks
originally wrote. FIELD Im going to lay down. Quinto, Jones is
M A N T E L L O It really plays out as a now reprising her
memory play, and memory Are you still sleeping on the floor? role in London
is different from dreamy. Quite FIELD No, I have a real bed now! X (through April 29).
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TI
O
N
DAVID
OYELOWO
WANTS TO START
A REVOLUTION.
IN AN INDUSTRY
STILL DOMINATED
BY WHITE MEN,
THE STAR OF SELMA
AND A UNITED
KINGDOM HAS MADE
IT HIS MISSION
TO WORK WITH
FEMALE AND MINO-
RITY DIRECTORS.
BUT IS IT GOOD FOR
HIS CAREER?
BY N I C O L E S P E R L I N G
@NICSPERLING
Rosamund Pike
and Oyelowo in
A United Kingdom
A
Oyelowo has starred in four lms by female
directors. None has grossed more than
$9 million. Hollywood stars love to talk
about championing diversity. Oyelowo is
one of the few whos taking action. But is it
holding him back? He doesnt see it that
way. After Selma, what was on offer was
Come and be a villain in our superhero
movie. Come and be on the periphery of
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something big and loud and noisy, he says.
2014 Best Picture nominee Selma. Stardom But no. Im proud to say Ive never seen
beckoned. It was time to cash in. anything Ive turned down and said, Thats
But rather than sign up for a big studio way better than I thought it would be.
blockbuster that would make his African The stakes, to Oyelowo, are higher than
surname (pronounced O-yellow-o) a house- that. There are some people who ask, What
hold one, Oyelowo chose a slew of starring has he made since Selma? says Selma direc-
roles in microbudgeted films directed by tor Ava DuVernay, who rst met Oyelowo on
womenone of the smallest minority her second feature, 2012s Middle of Nowhere.
groups in Hollywood. Of 2016s 250 highest- But hes bold in his moves, and whether or
grossing lms, only 7 percent were directed not Hollywood will reward him, history will
by females, and most of Oyelowos directors reward him. He wont take a role that he
belong to an even tinier subset: women of doesnt believe paints a bolder picture of
color. That was not by accident. Who gets black masculinity, and hes empowering
to tell the story is very important to me, women by supporting their lms, by being
says Oyelowo, 40. This medium is so pow- their star. Its unparalleled.
erful, and [right now] I have just enough
collateral to create what I deem meaningful.
I have to do it while I can. The audience
With Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe
deserves to see images of people of color
that are commensurate with the reality of
AFTER 13 YEARS OF TOILING IN THE life here on planet Earth.
background of mainstream movies and That mindset fueled his decision to play
stealing scenes in everything from Lee chess coach Robert Katende in Mira Nairs
Daniels The Butler to Steven Spielbergs Queen of Katwe last year and to strive for six
Lincoln, David Oyelowo nally reached the years to get his new movie, A United King-
promised land. The British actor of Nige- dom, which he also produced, into theaters.
rian descent was heralded for his perfor- It is directed by Amma Asante (Belle) and is
mance as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the based on the true story of Seretse Khama
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I spy, with my little eye,
something beginning with S.
Who knows what youll see in the backup camera1 of your new 2017 Corolla, but thats
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( From left ) Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay on the set of Selma; as the Gettysburg Address-quoting Union soldier in Lincoln
Pop quiz: How many solo leading-man says, of how few women get to tell stories, Hes about to try moving in that direc-
roles has Forest Whitaker had since winning and how much we are being robbed of a tion. Hell next star in the Clovereld-universe
the Best Actor Oscar for The Last King of certain perspective [because of that]. His movie God Particle, and he recently nished
Scotland 10 years ago? Answer: one (The motives, Nair says, are not some act of char- shooting an untitled comedy with Charlize
Butler). How many times has Jamie Foxx ity. The beauty and power of David as an Theron and Thandie Newton. Still, hes
been nominated since winning for Ray in actor and as a person, she says, is that he conicted. Its tough for me, he says. I
2005? Zero. And of the 100 highest-grossing has such ferocity, and the sharp intelligence love the Bourne franchise. I thought Captain
films worldwide of all time, how many of to do some forward thinking about what he America: Civil War was extraordinary. Im
them centered on a solo leading male (or wants for the world, for himself, and, most just hell-bent on people of color getting a
female) of color? Not one. particularly, for his children. fair shake in those movies. Thats my thing.
Those are hard facts if youre a black Oyelowo and his actress wife, Jessica Maybe one day it will become everyones. X
SELMA: ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA; LINCOLN: DAVID JAMES; OYELOWO WITH FAMILY: JOHN PHILLIPS/GET T Y IMAGES FOR BFI
actor, and Oyelowowho grew up in Lon- (also in A United Kingdom), have been mar-
don and Lagos, Nigeria, and landed his rst ried for 18 years, and they have four children.
role out of drama school on the British The family is never apart for more than
Oyelowo, his wife Jessica,
TV series Brothers and Sisters at age 22 two weeks at a time, and when Oyelowo wo aand
d th i ffour children
their hild
aat the
h Q Queen of Katwe p pre-
took notice. Black actors dont receive [the has to be far from home, he wants to makke m d n
miere in London
same] opportunities, he says. Are you sure the work hes doing is worthy of th he
going to get to do Captain Fantastic? Are you separation. Everything is connected to
going to get La La Land? Are you going to his family being together, says produccerr
get to do Fantastic Beasts? I can either be the Rick McCallum, who began developin ng
guy who helps Eddie Redmayne get to his A United Kingdom with Oyelowo in 20110.
destination or I can cobble the money A starring role in a major studio franchise
together to do a $15 million movie so I can would give Oyelowo more box oce clou ut,
keep this thing going. and therefore the power to make mo re
His career choices, meanwhile, are chang- lms that broaden our view of the world ld,
ing the types of movies that get made. but it could come at a personal price h he
Oyelowo was integral in bringing DuVernay may not be willing to pay. I would love to
to Selma, and he watched her transform see him as the next Bond, or in the next
the script, adding female characters and Marvel or Star Wars movie, McCallu um
expanding Kings relationship with his wife, says. But it will be a challenge for him m:
Coretta, from a single scene into a complex Can I make something good out off a
marriage. I was gaining a revelation, he movie like that?
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a very timely twist. B Y K E V I N P. S U L L I VA N
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Verbinskis latest self-indulgent mess follow-
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DeHaan plays an ambitious nancial whiz is bringing literary master-
kid whos sent to a mysterious sanatorium works to the screen, lazy high 4 | PRETENDERS 2018
A decade-spanning
high in the Swiss Alps to fetch his firms school sophomores may not even need drama about two friends
mentally unstable CEO and bring him back to open a book to ace their reading lists falling for the same girl,
from screenwriter Josh
to New York on the eve of a big merger. But by 2019. Dubious, his fourth Great Ameri- Boone (The Fault in Our
as soon as he arrives, he notices that theres can Novel adaptation in less than Stars).
something off about the place and its four years (after squeezing a Cormac 5 | FUTURE WORLD TBA
wealthy patients. No one seems to want to McCarthy feature between two William An otherworldly, post-
apocalyptic adventure,
leave, including the man hes there to Faulkners), oers a faithfully earnest ren- starring Milla Jovovich,
retrieve. Then theres the hospitals sunny- dering of John Steinbecks classic Great Lucy Liu, and Snoop
Dogg.
yet-sinister head physician (Jason Isaacs, Depression tale. Perhaps too faithful: Its
channeling Udo Kier), a weirdo teenage girl almost unsettling to watch Francothe 6 | THE LONG HOME TBA
A 1940s drama about a
(Mia Goth) who sings and tra-la-las like she mercurial movie star who placed guest- young Tennessee con-
was up all night watching Rosemarys Baby, ing on General Hospital and hosting the struction worker, based
on William Gays novel.
and a host of strange medieval treatments Oscars on the same inscrutable arc of
that include curative waters, sensory- performance artplay it so straight, as a 7 | ZEROVILLE TBA
The tale of a bald,
deprivation tanks, and eelslots and lots of fiery agitator rousing California fruit tattooed cinephile
eels. The only good thing to be said about pickers to strike against poor wages and who moves to
Hollywood in 1969.
this bonkers psychological chiller is that it working conditions. As a director, at
has a cool, Corman-does-Poe gothic look. least, he has the advantage of maxing out
No question about it, Verbinski has a great his iPhone contacts list, stacking the sup-
eye. Hes just lost all of his other senses. C porting cast with the likes of Ed Harris,
Vincent DOnofrio, Robert Duvall, Sam
Shepard, Selena Gomez, Nat Wol, and
Josh Hutcherson. (Blink fast and youll 8 | TENN TBA
miss Zach Bra.) For all its noble inten- A biopic about a young
Tennessee Williams
tions, though, the movie struggles to growing up in 1930s
transcend broad outlines: Its characters St. Louis.
are strictly symbols, timeworn arche- 9 | ZOLA TBA
types of good and evil as threadbare and The adaptation of a viral
tweet story about a
familiar as the artfully faded calicos and strippers eventful trip
Dane
DeHaan denim on their backs. B to Florida.
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in this world anymore.
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make up her entire life, which is full of
Starring Anna Rose Hopkins, Robert Jumper, Karina Macias 2 Directed by Tim Sutton
professional unpleasantness, supermarket
B+ JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2
rudeness, and dog poop on her lawn. The
Starring Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Common 2 Directed by Chad Stahelski
nal straw arrives when Ruth is burgled and
loses her computer, her prized silverware, B+ T H E L E G O B AT M A N M OV I E
and some antidepressants. With the police Starring Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Zach Galifianakis
doing little to solve the crime, Lynskeys As a follow-up to 2014s surprise hit about a shiny, happy
character teams up with Elijah Woods odd- Everything Is Awesome!!! plastic-brick universe where
nothing trumps the power of friendship and teamwork,
ball, heavy-metal-loving neighbor to track The LEGO Batman Movie avoids the trap of being just
down her possessions. The quest will lead another cynical, watered-down retread.
ous folks, including a villainous trio played Starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport 2 Directed by Amma Asante
same template to recongure the buddy-cop Starring Johnny Galecki, Vincent DOnofrio, Matilda Lutz
filmat one point, Ruth even flashes a
Rings embodies a common problem of attempted
toy police badgewith more deliberately franchise revivals: indecision about its intentions. The film
comedic, but similarly enjoyable, results. B+ tries going in a few too many directions at once, and
some wires get crossed. Story lines that seem important
(Netix, Feb. 24) at first end up going nowhere.
his new anthology series devoted to notorious rivalries, Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, a neo-gothic
tackles these themes and tendencies head-on, and asks us thriller about aged, washed-up showbiz
to do the same. Chronicling the enmity between movie sisters. Blanche, an invalid, would be played
legends Joan Crawford and Bette Davis that blew up by Crawford, while Baby Jane, her demented,
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LOGLINES
The Good Fight
Another Crown EWs sister publication People and
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Carringtons 2.0 Elizabeth Gillies will star on The CWs
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reboot of Dynasty from the creators of Gossip Girl.
Stanley Tucci as
from asset to albatross overnight. Boseman also employs
bled production of the 1962 hit What Ever
JACK WARNER Alicias former partner, Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo).
Happened to Baby Jane? and crescendos with
What broke them up? Mystery.
an Oscar season that saw Crawford try to
The storytelling lacks some of the scope and walk-and-
sabotage Davis Best Actress nod. Murphy and
talk drive of The Good Wife, but everything elsewriting,
his writers milk the unhappy history for juicy
acting, visionis smart and strong. What captures your
melodrama, but theres enough empathy
imagination is the resonant premise of women trying to
and reserve in the filmmaking to mitigate Catherine Zeta-Jones as pick themselves, and each other, up again after gutting
exploitation. The writingthrough tart, thin, OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
falls. The premiere opens with a shot of Diane looking
explainy turnsframes the story in the con-
demoralized as she watches Donald Trumps inaugura-
text of an institutionally sexist Hollywood
tion; it closes with her bucking up Maias spirits with the
that breeds Darwinian conict, warps women
line Its not over yet. Im with her. Youll want to be too.
into grotesques, and denies them power.
Make the investment: The Good Fight is premium legal-
Davis and Crawford werent full of hate,
Sarah Paulson as drama pop for our She Persists moment. B+
but full of pain. The subtext of almost every GERALDINE PAGE
moment is Davis haunting line from the lm:
All this time, we could have been friends?
In its hurry to get to Baby Jane, Feud takes
our familiarity with the stars and the value of
the camp horror classic for granted. Still, the
great cast is hilarious and humanizing, and Kathy Bates as
JOAN BLONDELL
the two stars grip and hold you. Lange illu-
minates the vulnerabilities and hustles of a
love-starved woman terrified of showing
weakness. Sarandon nails Davis stare and
edge, her blazing intelligence and innate
loneliness. I could watch them feud forever, Kiernan Shipka as
even as their tragedy exhorts us not to. B DAVIS DAUGHTER B.D. Christine Baranski
TV
Pete Holmes with Lauren Lapkus, who plays his wife
Girls [Apatow is an EP], but Ive
also never watched any moment
of Girls and thought it wasnt
directed as well as it could have
been. But because Crashing stars
a lot of comedians, its a world
where I feel like I know I helped
get the best out of all of these
people. We do a lot of improvisa-
tion, which requires a different
kind of directingyoure writing a
scene on its feet as it happens.
Thats fun for me.
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Dustin
Lance
I THOUGHT, THATS AN Black on
set in San
INTERESTING IDEA Franciscos
Castro
A RELIGIOUS GUY district
GETS KICKED OUT OF
THE SHALLOW
END OF COMEDY INTO
THE DEEP END.
PETE HOLMES
all day and dont think twice about prime time. The 42-year-old I was allowed to watch, unat- ship to LGBT issues. My
doing drugs or having casual sex. screenwriter, catapulted tended, as a child in a conser- mom was paralyzed from the
to fame for scripting 2008s vative Mormon military home, age of 7, and the first anger
So it sounds like people should Oscar-winning Harvey Milk and now theyre optioning I felt at watching someone be
view Crashing as an uplifting biopic Milk, is extending his LGBT books? I was really curi- treated unfairly was when
love letter to comedy rather than LGBT advocacy to TV with ous why, because on Milk, just I realized how people were
a sad show about divorce.
ABCs impactful miniseries a few years before, I had to looking at her, says Black.
A P A T O W Pete loves comedy so When We Rise. The four-part charge every dime of develop- I turned that anger into pur-
much that its infectious. This docudrama charts the entan- ment on a credit card because pose. I think I dedicate my
show is about someone trying to gled lives of real-life activists nobody was interested. life to moving the needle
be very positive and hold on to in the gay, womens, and black But ABC was enthusiasti- towards the better treatment
their morality while traveling in the civil rights movements in cally on board with his of people who are different.
weird, dark world of comedians. 1970s San Francisco. ideas, perhaps an indication I called the show When
H O L M E S Its very interesting to I would give anything in that Hollywood may finally be We Rise because that was my
find hope and something really the world for the series to be catching up. Black doesnt main concernwe had
beautiful in that world. Judd and less necessary and relevant, decry being labeled one of lost sight of the importance
I both enjoy stories about finding Black says on a call from Lon- the industrys go-to gay rights of that middle word: we.
unlikely grace and redemption, don, where he currently lives
and unexpected support with his fianc, British Olympic
and love, and thats what I found. diver Tom Daley. I know what
it feels like this year. Leaders
saying lives are less worthy of
protection. I hope this show
can be a road map for young
people, to know that they have
forefathers and foremothers
who faced backlash like this
before and pushed back and
won. In no way is this series a
history lesson. Its a torch.
Rise is not Blacks first foray
into TVhe wrote for HBOs
Big Lovebut it marks his
Judd
Apatow, debut as a series creator, a
Pete role demanding reconciliation
Holmes, between ones dreams and
and network notes. After a tough
comedian
Dov studio process on Milk, he
Davidoff was understandably skeptical
Michael Kenneth Williams, Austin P..
McKenzie, and Mary-Louise Parkerr
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Played Jip, Miss Havishams (Tuppence Middleton) confirms the scene was
done with a stuffed toy.
loyal pooch who suered a devastating doggie She had no context
death, on a BBC One drama that brought together for what was going on
characters from Charles Dickens novels. other than the fact that
shed earn sausage
According to Turner, PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS:
at the end of her take.
Tori was delighted to THE DOG THROWER (2014)
revisit Dash again. Starred in this obeat Sky Arts comedy special about
Maybe because her an expat in London (Matthew Perry) who harm-
pre-film pampering
lessly tosses his pup into the air to amuse the locals. No, Tori was never
bathing, grooming,
and blow-drying actually heaved in the
took about three hours air. We made sure
every day. Matthew was holding
SKILLS Expert at playing dead, barking on command, her up at arms length
hitting her marks. and not throwing
her, Turner says. He
Willing and able to learn new commands.
was lovely with her.
(Who says you cant teach an old dog new tricks?) He said, I dont want
to frighten her.
PETS
AWA R D S Fido award for Best in World,
The Young Victoria (2009)
SET
ON Fido award for Best Historical Hound,
The Young Victoria (2009)
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5-MINUTE
Oral History
Portlandias
about Yes, this is a really good Pasternack was like, Is there some
conceptual observation, but what way you could end this? Just give
is this weird dynamic between it a button? And I was like, Okay,
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emotionally stirring docudrama that speaks to our current
upheaval. From Oscar-winning scribe Dustin Lance Black (see
page 87), this four-part event canvasses 40 years of struggle
through several intertwined lives, including: Cleve Jones (Austin
P. McKenzie and Guy Pearce), creator of the AIDS Memorial Season Premiere
Quilt; Roma Guy (Emily Skeggs and Mary-Louise Parker), San The Detour
Francisco womens rights leader; and Navy vet Ken Jones (Jona- 1011PM TBS
than Majors and Michael K. Williams, the most compelling The dysfunctional Parker family is
heading to the big city. Season 2 of TBS
tag-team performance). Blacks chronicle leans into the com- uproariously twisted family comedy,
plexities of intersectionality and coalition politics, forming a created by husband-and-wife duo Jason
Jones and Samantha Bee, finds Nate
nuanced portrait of fraught community-building, and portrays (Jones), Robin (Natalie Zea), and their clan
the evolution of gay identity with frank intimacy and wisdom. relocating to New York City. Sure, the story
feels a bit unmoored without season 1s road-
The dialogue skews civics-lesson-y, but the sensational perfor- trip-from-hell premise, but the shows
mances and tender direction make When We Rise an essential willingness to do anything for a laugh
from clueless son Jared (Liam Carroll)
epic about love and loss, perseverance and change. A Jeff Jensen almost inciting a race war to a disgusting/
hilarious home-birth sceneremains
Go to ew.com/what-to-watch for our daily picks of What to Watch as charming as ever. B+ Chancellor Agard
The word quirky was invented just so critics could A bored housewife
describe stuff like Patriot, an offbeat spy caper that has a passionate
abstracts American identity crisis into nutty absurdity. affair with an
Michael Dorman is breakout great as a melancholy agent irresistibly hot con-
who expresses angst through confessional folk music, tractor whos
making his dad-boss (Terry OQuinn) nervous. He uses a been renovating The 89th Oscars
job with a pipe company to disrupt an Iranian election her home while
a comedy of errors that mystifies with deliberately paced her husband is 8:30PMEND ABC
nonlinear storytelling and delights with droll style and
away. Basically, The Oscars may be for movies,
surprising warmth. Patriots quirkfest requires patience,
the porn version but theyll likely make for some
but rewards your allegiance over time. B+ Jeff Jensen
of Fixer Upper. stellar television this year. For
one, theres the host: Jimmy
The Graham Kimmel knocked it out of the
Norton Show park (er, auditorium) at the
2016 Emmys. And, of course,
11PMMIDNIGHT
therell be a red carpet full of
BBC AMERICA A+ outfits. But this year, Im
betting the speechesusually
The British host is the boring part!will be the
joined by Jamie Dor- highlight. After all, if Meryl
nan of Fifty Shades Streep could get under Donald
Darker, plus Keanu Trumps skin so easily at the
Reeves and Whoopi Golden Globes, imagine what
Goldberg, both of kind of damage she and her
whom are definitely colleagues will unleash at the
not in that movie. freakin Oscars.
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You saw the movie.
Now bring the MON FEB 27 TUESDAY FEB 28
Series Debut
Taken
1011PM NBC
If this adaptation of
the movie franchise
isnt good, Liam
Neeson will track
down every single
person responsible
to get his revenge.
Series Debut
DOUBLE TROUBLE
National Treasure
STREAMING HULU Portlandia
No, its not based on 1010:30PM IFC
the Nicolas Cage
What will Fred Armisen
movie that you love
and Carrie Brownstein put
to make fun of. Its
a bird on this week? (See
a U.K.-imported
page 89.) Probably some-
drama starring Rob-
thing so cool, you dont
bie Coltrane (Hagrid
even know about it yet.
from Harry Potter!)
as a beloved come-
dian who falls from
grace after being
accused of a history
of sexual abuse.
Series Debut
Chicago Justice
NBCs Chicago
THE FIRST ALBUM I BOUGHT
WITH MY OWN MONEY
ADAMS: R ACHAEL WRIGHT; PRINCE: MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES/GET T Y IMAGES; GALL AGHER: JEFF KR AVITZ/FILMMAGIC
wasnt much money to be had in
the North Carolina town that Im
from, so I would look at so many
cassettes before I would decide.
THE FIRST SONG I COVERED
THE MUSIC THAT REMINDS
ME OF MY FIRST LOVE
RYAN ADAMS
SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE It had something from the first
< 3 > Green Day, the one with the
numbers in it and a goth-looking
>
1 2
> >
The beloved indie-rock stalwart, 42, talks about pining for cool-kid cassettes
in the 80s, crushing Nickelback at karaoke, and digging deeper for his 16th studio
album, Prisoner (out now). B Y L E A H G R E E N B L AT T
94 E W.C O M F E B R UA R Y 24 / M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 7
BIG
NOTEWORTHY BREAKING
Apple Music, and other services. Thats So Metal Metal-
lica will tour its 2016 double LP across the U.S. starting in May.
MAGGIE ROGERS
ARMSTRONG: FRED DUVAL /FILMMAGIC; AR AYA: DENISE TRUSCELLO/WIREIMAGE; FAUR: HULTON ARCHIVE/GET T Y IMAGES; ROGERS: JACK JENRY BRIDGL AND
very opposite. But those kinds of Her new EP, out now, offers a
so far. Its the rawest, I think.
records, they just resonate with visionary take on electronic music.
So thats been really challenging
me for some reason. The Smiths and new, which is pretty wild.
because I can just get lost in that But I like that my last two records Ive never heard anything that
world, and Emperor because I can are the hardest onesit means sounds like that, Pharrell Wil-
get lost in that world, and theyre Im getting better at it. Im still try- liams said last February when
both very defined musically and ing to foreshadow and color Maggie Rogers first played him
thematically, in a very deep way. things with metaphor and allitera- her song Alaska, during a
tion, lead someone to romantic master class at NYU, where she
was a student. When his
conclusions. I still believe in that
stunned, GIF-able reaction to
THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME seduction, you know?
FEEL EVERYTHING Rogers richly textured electro-
pop was uploaded to YouTube
later that year, it became an
When Im listening to classical
THE SONG I WANT PLAYED internet sensationand helped
music live, like if Im at the Philhar- AT MY FUNERAL Rogers score a major-label deal.
monic in L.A., I definitely can
But making pop music
get overwhelmed by some amaz- The [19th-century French classical
ing moment. And I teared up composer <5 > Gabriel] Faurs MY NEW RECORD wasnt Rogers goal when she
started university. Growing up
when <4 > Slayer played Captor Requiem. Thats my favorite piece IS DEFINITELY in rural Maryland, Rogers says
of Sin at the Palladium; that of music of all time. I like the THE HARDEST her first passion was folk music,
was pretty huge. deeper pipe-organ-and-chorale-
and-string version more than the
ONE FOR ME until a semester abroad in
Europe sparked her interest in
modernthe strict interpretation. SO FAR. ITS THE dance music. [Seeing] people
MY BEST KARAOKE JAMS And not in a cathedral, maybe a RAWEST. BUT dancing to the same song for
Viking burial. I suspect [my death] I LIKE THAT.... nine minutes made me realize
how incredibly instinctual and
The first time I ever really did it would be a good amount of time
was about four or five days ago from now, so ideally it would be on IT MEANS IM primal rhythm is, she says.
in Tokyo, actually. I did a Hootie the moon; I think that would be GETTING So Rogers, 22, turned to the
natural world for a crash course
& the Blowfish song, a Nickelback pretty nice. But it will probably be BETTER AT IT. in rhythm, studying patterns
songwhichever ones they had, Los Angeles. Thats my home now. RYAN ADAMS
of water and frogs. Samples
of birds are even woven into her
EP, Now That the Light Is Fading,
which combines folk and elec-
3 4 5 tronic elements in ways that
blur the distinction between
> > > analog and digital. Says Rogers,
Synths and computers are no
longer the other. Were moving
into a world where they dont
have to define the genre youre
making. Nolan Feene y
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Music
CALL IT A COMEBACK
What to
FAT JOE & REMY MA Stream
GO ALL THE WAY UP
Prison, a bitter feud, and a changing industry havent stopped the
EWs guide
to this weeks
essential
new releases
Terror Squad rappers from collaborating on a new album. B Y N O L A N F E E N E Y
FAT JOE AND REMY MA: MIKE PONT/WIREIMAGE; WESTBROOK: TAYLOR HILL /FILMMAGIC; SWEET: ERIC JAMISON/INVISION/AP; SCHL APMAN: JASON DAVIS/WIREIMAGE; FAIRCHILD: JASON DAVIS/WIREIMAGE
crowd, she assumed Jay Z, who Based on a True Story, independently, Remy says.
DIRTY PROJECTORS
was backstage, had joined her. disappointed commercially. We didnt do that when we Dirty Projectors
Then she turned around and Remy, 36, eventually were signed to majors! Warped vocals, Afro-
realized she was alone. They reconciled with Joe, 46, while Now the two are setting inspired rhythms, and
were screaming like Tupac was she was in prison, and the two their sights beyond music. In deceptively catchy melo-
alive, says her mentor and were reignited creatively. addition to a new solo album, dies: Must be the latest
from these beloved indie
collaborator Fat Joe. To this After Remy released a mixtape Remy is working on a book and rockers. The deeply per-
day, Jay texts me, Does she in 2014, she and Joe scored a stars on VH1s Love & Hip Hop. sonal LP includes collabs
know that never happens?! He surprise hit with 2016s brassy Joe, who is developing two with Solange Knowles
and Dawn Richard.
was concerned with [whether] All the Way Up, which was TV shows, says he could see
she appreciated the moment. nominated for two Grammys Remy being a Will Smith
She certainly didfor lots this year. Their new album, by getting into acting and
of reasons. In 2004, as members Plata o Plomo, out now, marks producing. I want something THUNDERCAT
Drunk
of the rap group Terror Squad, Remys rst official studio I can pass on to my kids, Remy Kendrick Lamar, Wiz
Remy and Joe were at the top release in more than a decade. says. This is my empire that Khalifa, Pharrell Williams,
of their game with their No. 1 I dont want anyone to think I I started. Even when youre and (no joke) yacht rockers
smash Lean Back. But Remys take that for granted, she says. All the Way Up, she says, Michael McDonald and
Kenny Loggins assist the
career was soon interrupted All the Way Up is also theres always another level bass maestro on his fourth
by a six-year prison sentence something of a small miracle of up. Adds Joe, We lookin album, which perfects his
stemming from a 2007 nightclub for space suits right now. psychedelic fusion of jazz,
soul, and electronica.
incident in which Remy (real
ROCKABYE BABY!
Lullaby Renditions
of Beyonc
Queen Bey will soon have
two new bey-bies, making
the latest installment
of the long-running lullaby
series all the more timely.
Fat Joe and The set features plucky
Remy Ma xylophone renditions
of material from Destinys
Child to Lemonade.
Littl e
Bi g
TTown
Kurt Cobain,
Remembered
COBAIN: JULIAN BROAD/GET T Y IMAGES; TOVE LO: JON KOPALOFF/FILMMAGIC; GR ACE: D DIPASUPIL /GET T Y IMAGES; DIPLO: TAYLOR HILL /FILMMAGIC;
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Why did you give the talesespecially
RISE OF THE ROCKET GIRLS the dialoguea current-day spin?
NATHALIA HOLT
Dialogue can make stories feel dated.
If Hidden Figures has you itching to learn So I thought, Lets make them talk
more about the women who worked in as if they exist right now. If in 80 years
the space program, pick up Holts lively, some kid picks up Norse Mythology
immensely readable history. and goes, We really need a contem-
porary version of thisits so weird
9 and old-fashioned, that would be fine
by me. When youre retelling stories,
THE SYMPATHIZER
youre retelling them for your people.
VIET THANH NGUYEN
EW
The Hunger Games meets The Night Circus in this tale of two sisters
enmeshed in a deadly magical game.
BY Angie Thomas | PA G E S 450
A S I X F O U R By Hideo Yokoyama 2 POLICE PROCEDURAL
In this measured and elegant translation from Japanese, two kidnapping-for- GENRE YA
ransom casesone cold, one newcollide.
REVIEW BY Leah Greenblatt @Leahbats
B+ P A C H I N K O By Min Jin Lee 2 FAMILY SAGA
The epic story of one Korean family unspools over generations as the shame
of an unplanned pregnancy forces a young woman to flee the country.
W H E N I WA S 1 2 , M Y PA R E N T S
B+ A S E PAR ATI O N By Katie Kitamura 2 THRILLER had two talks with me, narrator
No one knows that our unnamed protagonist has separated Starr Carter recalls early on in
from her husbandso when he goes missing on a trip to
Greece, she is sent to a strange, wildfire-ravaged village to Angie Thomas smart, uninching, and
search for him. Narrating in an eerily calm, almost passive fiercely topical coming-of-age novel.
tone, she reflects on marriage, intimacy, and identity.
One was the usual birds and bees. The
second? What to do if she is pulled over
A CANNIBALISM By Bill Schutt 2 SCIENCE by a police officer: Keep your hands
Butterflies, toads, bears, and humans all eat each otherand as Schutt visible. Dont make any sudden moves.
explains, this grotesque phenomenon is more natural than we think.
Only speak when they speak to you.
B+ ILLUSION OF JUSTICE By Jerome F. Buting 2 NONFICTION By 16, Starr is used to that kind of dis-
NONFICTION
As Steven Averys co-counsel, Buting became a household name to fans of sonance; its something she confronts
Netflixs Making a Murderer. Here the attorney delves into both his experience
on that high-profile case and the larger failings of the U.S. justice system.
every day, toggling between the bleak
realities of black life in Garden Heights
B+ THIS CLOSE TO HAPPY By Daphne Merkin 2 MEMOIR
and the leafy privilege of Williamson, a
Through vivid descriptions and sparkling insights, Merkin shows what its like
to live with debilitating clinical depression.
private prep school located approximately
45 minutes and a thousand light-years
B ISABELLA OF CASTILE By Giles Tremlett 2 BIOGRAPHY
away. At home, shes the wry, tough-
If youre enjoying Victoria on PBS, youll like Tremletts juicy
history of Queen Isabella of Castile, who ascended the
talking girl who teases her brothers,
Spanish throne in 1474 at 23. obsesses over Air Jordans, and lls in shifts
at the convenience store her dad, once a
A HOMESICK FOR ANOTHER WORLD gangland legend, has turned into a neigh-
borhood anchor. At school, she speaks u-
SHORT STORIES
The author of the 2015 thriller Eileen returns with a deliciously unsettling
ent Hogwarts and claims a favorite Jonas
collection of dark short stories. brother, carefully editing herself for any
B D I F F I C U LT W O M E N stray trace of slang or back talk that might
By Roxane Gay 2 COLLECTION
give someone a reason to call her ghetto.
Take a break from reading our favorite Bad Feminists excellent
But when her childhood best friend is
tweets and revel in the complicatedand yes, quite difficult fatally shot during a routine trac stop,
women of these tales.
20% 20%
The Lying Her Fearful
Game Symmetry
by Audrey
Niffenegger
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Stage
EDITED BY ERIK FORREST JACKSON @MrErikJackson
Eleven Tony awards, more than $162 million in grosses, and international acclaim have put these American actors
firmly on the map. Now theyre starting their next revolutions, leading the charge on stage and screens big and smallwork!
BY ISABELLA BIEDENHARN, JESSICA DERSCHOWITZ, AND MARC SNETIKER
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BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Album. Will the Tony winner next earn that O for playing
CHRISTOPHER
JACKSON
ROLE IN HAMILTON George Washington
AMELIE: A NEW MUSICAL: JOAN MARCUS; BL ACK-ISH: ERIC MCCANDLESS/ABC; MIR ANDA; DAN MACMEDAN/WIREIMAGE
that set was like nothing else Ive ever me. Thats the real joy of this thing.
Soo, 26, was happy to move on to some-
thing sunnier: the lead in the new
Broadway musical based on the 2001 lm
Amlie. Beginning previews March 9 (and LIN-MANUEL
costarring Adam Chanler-Berat, above), MIRANDA
the show follows a shy but mischievous
ROLE IN HAMILTON Alexander Hamilton!
waitress who strives to improve others
NEXT UP Mary Poppins Returns
lives through small kindnesses. Its just
light, lovely, and joyful, Soo says. I
dont have to sob at the end of the Im out of Hamilton things to give you,
the shows 37-year-old creator joked to
showand I dont have to wear a corset!
EW after Decembers release of The Ham-
Even more appealing? The chance ilton Mixtapeand between playing a
to develop another musical from its dancing lamplighter in Disneys Mary Pop-
nascent stage. Says Soo, After two years pins Returns, adapting fantasy trilogy The
Kingkiller Chronicle for film and TV, and
running in a show, its nice to be back performing his nominated Moana song at
in the creative process again. the Oscars, hes too busy to be lying.
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11, if youre Mischa Barton.
Internationally renowned
human rights lawyer
Amal Clooney, actor husband
When you dress mee like kee expecting twins.
this! And when you posee me
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back to me no-o-ow.
Smart, beautiful
lawyer to star
in spin-off of
Smart, beautiful
Our 1995 selff is
VERY excited
is addictive TV show. lawyer to star in
about this photo. new season of
Lets make this easy: Adele, addictive TV show.
After five years you get custody of the monarchyy
gushing over Girls, lets on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
hear it for the Boys. and every other weekend.
It takes two to make an
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