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News+Notes Beyonc performing at this years Grammys
THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS
EXAMINING THE on Feb. 12 represented another

career peak for Adele, who took
GRAMMYS RACE ISSUE home three of the nights four major

awardsSong, Record, and Album of the
No artist of color has scored an Album of the Yearfor 25 and its smash hit Hello.
During her acceptance speech for Album,
Year Grammy since 2008. With Adeles triumph she dedicated her win to Beyonc, and min-
over Beyonc, EW explores an issue utes after the telecast, the 28-year-old Brit-
thats long dogged the ceremony. By Eric Renner Brown ish pop star told reporters, My album of
the year is Lemonade. What the f--- does she
have to do to win Album of the Year?
Beyonc, who was nominated in an
impressive nine categories, won in only
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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.
(PREVIOUS PAGE) KEVIN MA ZUR /GET T Y IMAGES; (THIS PAGE) ADELE: KEVORK DJANSE ZIAN/GET T Y IMAGES; BADU: JERRIT T CL ARK /FILMMAGIC; MONAE: DAVID LIVINGSTON/GET T Y IMAGES; WATSON: J. COUNTESS/WIREIMAGE
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
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
Its about time, Bachelor Nation.

On Feb. 13, ABC announced
the franchises first black Bache-
lorette. Rachel Lindsay, the
Dallas attorney who landed
the First Impression Rose during
Nick Vialls season of The
Bachelor, will get a second shot
at love when the next season
of The Bachelorette premieres on
A TALE OF TWO BATMANS

May 22. Im happy to represent
myself as a black woman in
front of America, and to have
America rally behind me on my
journey to find love, Lindsay told
EWs sister publication People.
After 33 combined seasons,
ABC has earned criticism for Warner Bros. has dueling Dark Knights: one human, one plastic. And as The LEGO Batman Movie
scores with critics, the future of Ben Afflecks crusader grows murky. B Y J A M E S H I B B E R D
its lack of diversity in both
suitors (theres also never been
a black Bachelor) and contes-
tants, and Lindsay admits she Im Batman. possibility of Afflecks so-serious
was surprised to be asked. No. Im Batman! version being creatively outshined
It had never been done before, Well, which is it? Is Batman by a comic doppelgnger voiced
so I really wasnt expecting it, Ben Afflecks brooding rage mon- by Will Arnett may be the least of
she said. And now that Lindsay ster who was somewhat dubiously the live-action heros problems.
has made history, shes not praised by critics as being the be best In the past few weeks, insider
looking to reinvent things when part off the otherwise grim Batma an reports have somewhat conflict-
it comes to finding love. Hon- v Superman: Dawn off Justicean e nd ingly declared the following:
estly, its not going to be that is expected to anchorr Justice
J s Affleck is not going to direct The
different from any other season L
League b and
in November s in
d star i a Batman as originally announced
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of The Bachelorette, she said. d l

stand-alone, , The
h Batman? Or iss h he and Matt Reeves (Dawn of the
Just because the color of my f
the self-mocking LEGO version n Planet of the Apes) will take over;
skin is different, it doesnt mean who just stacked up $92.6 million n the script Affleck wrote with Geoff
my journey for love has to be ff for
at the global box office f Warne er Johns needs to be entirely rewrit-
any different. Im still just a
Bros. dduring The h LEGO Batman n ten; the script has been rewritten
Ben
woman trying to find the one. Afflecck in Movies opening weekend? Neve er by Chris Terrio (Argo), and Affleck
Something we know for cer- Batmman v f
before f
has a major studio franch ise and the studio are very happy
tain: Host Chris Harrison will Sup
uper- ff
had two distinctly different ons
versio with it; and finally, that Affleck
man:
claim its the most dramatic Dawwn off off the ssame character in films
f s att wants to quit the movie altogether.
season ever. Jusstice
i the same time. In this case,, the An insider denies that last bit
SPOILER ALERT
ALL ABOUT LEGO Will These

BATMANS Five Survive?
ROGUES GALLERY
In its 17-year run, Survivor has brought back
All-Stars. And Favorites. And Heroes and
Villains and Second Chancers. The latest crop
of returning players reenlisted by the show
The LEGO Batman Movie pulled has been christened Game Changers, and
o what is probably one of the their Fijian adventure begins March 8
greatest movie mash-ups in on CBS. Here are five former favorites to keep
history. With so many questions an eye on as they battle both the elements
about the blocky blockbusters and one another for the million-dollar prize
baddies, we went to director and title of Sole Survivor. B Y D A LT O N R O S S
Chris McKaythe LEGO lm
franchises new master
builderfor the answers.
BY MARC SNETIKER Shes played twice.
Shes won twice. Sandra
knows shes a target but
1 says she just needs to
LEGO Batmans third act has
get past the first vote to
cameos from iconic villains like
work her magic. If they
King Kong, Voldemort, and
dont get rid of me at
Sauron. How did you pick them
Sandra the first Tribal Council,
and then get permission?
Diaz-Twine thats all she wrote.
C H R I S M C K A Y You need an army of
lawyers. I wanted characters from all
over the world, like Daleks; stuff with
a history, like the Wicked Witch. And I Im the most competi-
hoped people loved Gremlins as much tive human being on
as I do. Voldemort plays a bigger role, earth, says Malcolm.
2 Hes also bright, charis-
and we had to run stuff by J.K. Rowling.
But she gave us spell suggestions! matic, and strong in chal-
lenges. But will the guy
Did you consider having Ralph who says I dont bat for
Fiennes, who voices Alfred, also Malcolm singles, I bat for home
play Voldemort? Freberg runs strike out?
Yes, but unless youre going to do a
(He is really excited about the scene where Alfred and Voldemort
prospects of directors and where confront each other, I didnt want
something to feel like a missed The Goldilocks of the
this can go, the source insisted), Game Changers cast,
opportunity. Eddie Izzard was great
and in any case, the actor likely has Andrea played too
to bring in. And apparently hes 3
no choice but to suit up, because friends with J.K. Rowling? And he timid her first time, too
contracts are a thing. Plus, Affleck loves Voldemort?! aggressive her second.
and the studio arguably need each The People Now cohost
other: Afflecks last film was Live by Which villains didnt make the (people.com/pen) hopes
final cut? Andrea the third time will be
Night, the unloved gangster pic
I would have had LEGO Kathy Bates Boehlke just right.
that crashed at the holiday box
from Misery, and [Professor]
office and reportedly lost Warner
Moriarty, and at one point I pitched
Bros. $75 million, and the studio Daniel Day-Lewis character from
desperately needs a DC hit to rees- The Cagayan champ plans
Gangs of New York. to build his Spy Shack
tablish the brand after the soft underground this season
reception of three bombastic titles Now that the secret voice cast 4 to eavesdrop on others.
in a row (with Man of Steel and is out, who have you been dying
But his most audacious
to talk about?
Suicide Squad filling out the Trio of plan includes introducing
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE: WARNER BROS.; SURVIVOR:
Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face. The

Meh). Not helping matters: Marvel clones into the
first thing he said when he showed up Tony mix. (Yes, hes still
makes interlocking superhero on set was Oh, I finally get to play
smashes like Captain America: Vlachos crazy. And crazy good.)
the role I was hoping to! As a kid,
GAME CHANGERS: ROBERT VOETS/CBS (5)
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.
I L L U ST R AT I O N BY ZO H A R L A Z A R F E B R UA R Y 24 / M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 7 E W.C O M 19
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
If you were to from across the gender

guess which TV spectrum. It simply came
series would be down to talent. Says co-
one of the rst to intro- creator David Levien,
duce a gender-nonbinary When Asia came in,
STARS SHARE THEIR
PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT
characteri.e., someone they were perfect. The
GIVING BACK who doesnt identify role represents a big
within the traditional break for the 32-year-old
male-female frame-
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
BABY BOOM
IN UTERO POWER LIST

Some of Hollywoods heaviest hitters are currently with
child (or two), so it seems only fitting that we rank their heirs.
Baby Daddy Marks
100 Episodes
Literally! The stars of the Freeform series (return-
ing for season 6 on March 13) commemorated the
milestoneon their bodies. B Y D E R E K L A W R E N C E
These kids already have more clout than we doand they havent
even been born yet. B Y D E VA N C O G G A N

The cast and producers of
Baby Daddythe Freeform sitcom
about three men and a little
ladygathered Feb. 13 at Broken
Art Tattoo in L.A. to celebrate
FUTURE PROSPECTS filming their 100th episode
1 Who runs the world? Bey and Jays twins,
of course (with help from big sister Blue
with tears of joy, champagne,
and, naturally, tattoos! Yep, the
Ivy). Their moms pregnancy announce- close-knit group decided to
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ment set an Instagram record for the memorialize their moment in

most likes ever, and theyve already (sort indelible ink, specifically with the
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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
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
1 WERE IN THIS LOVE

TOGETHER 1981
Jarreau was already
respected in the jazz world
by the time he released
his fifth LP, Breakin Away,
in 1981, and it catapulted
him into the mainstream.
Together, the albums
lead single, reached No. 15
on the Billboard Hot 100,
and Away earned Jarreau
his first two Grammys.
2 ROOF GARDEN 1981

Also off Away, Garden is
one of the grooviest examples
of Jarreaus vocal styling.
He invites the listener to
come waltz with him and to
engage in a hot steppin
boogie! Good luck resisting.
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.
4 COLD DUCK 2004

After taking most of the 90s
The iconic jazzmanand voice of the Moonlighting theme songdied on Feb. 12. B Y M A D I S O N VA I N off from the studiothough
still touring relentlessly
Jarreau offered longtime fans
Revered jazz-pop legend while he worked as a vocational first artist to win Grammys in three a fabulous return to form when
and seven-time Grammy rehabilitation counselor for people genres: jazz, pop, and R&B. he dropped Accentuate the
with disabilities in San Franccisco.
s Positive, a collection of 1940s
winner Al Jarreau died fe
Jarreau is survived by his wife
jazz favorites. The album
at age 76 in Los Angeles on Feb. 12, his
At 35, he finally released h off 39 years, Susan Player, andd kicks off with this playful toe-
just two days after announcing first album, 1975s We Got By,y
y, their son, Ryan.. tapper, originally released
his retirement. He had been gaining wide acclaimand the he by Eddie Harris.
hospitalized two weeks prior for evocative nickname Acroba at
exhaustion; the cause of death of Scat, for his unique vocals and 5 GOD BLESS THE CHILD
was not immediately known. improvisational sounds. 2006
Jazz purists struggled withth Performing Givin It Up, Jarreaus late-
Born Alwin Lopez Jarreau on in 1983
March 12, 1940, in Milwaukee, the Jarreaus willingness to bend d other career collaboration with jazz
son of a minister father and a nques--
genres to his will, but his un guitarist George Benson,
tionable talent brought a wiide yielded many charmers, but
piano-teacher mother, Jarreau
none so velvety as this, which
spent his youth singing in the local array of collaborators, includdingg
also features Jill Scotts
choir, before graduating to street- Miles Davis, Jill Scott, and Davidd divine vocals. Grammy voters
corner doo-wop groups. Music Fosterand numerous hits ((see agreed: The song won Jarreau
was a side gig for many years sidebar). He also became the he his sixth Grammy.
Be the breakthrough.
Breakthroughs are the patients

participating in clinical trials, the
scientists and doctors working
together to advance the ght
against cancer, and the brave
survivors like Tonya who never
give up. Lets be the breakthrough.
To learn about appropriate
screenings and clinical trials
or to help someone with cancer,
go to su2c.org/breakthrough.
#cancerbreakthrough
Emma Watson photo-
graphed on Jan. 12,
2017, in Los Angeles
B e fo r e s h e ag r e e d to s ta r i n D i s n e y s l iv e - a c t i o n B eauty and the B east,
Emma Watson wanted her princess to get a serious rethink. Inside the making
o f a n e w g i r l - p ow e r i c o n w h o i s B E YO N D B E A U T I F U L .
BEYOND
BEAUTIFUL
THERE MUST BE MORE THAN THIS PROVINCIAL LIFE IN THE ORIGINAL

1991 Disney animated lm Beauty and the Beast, the winsome,
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bookish Belle strolls through her village singing this lyrica
(PREVIOUS SPRE AD) ST YLING: REBECCA CORBIN-MURR AY/ THE WALL GROUP; HAIR: MARKI SHKRELI/MARKI HAIRCARE;
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
( Left ) Belle (Watson) and the Beast

(Dan Stevens); ( below )
Watson with household staff
( 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
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of Emma, Condon says, she seemed
to be the person, both on screen and
qualities. As you developed your version of
Belle, what did you want to retain
o, who best reected the qualities that It is her from the animated version?
Belle embodied. Whats so beautiful about this story as a
She has been this way from the start. superpower: whole is this idea that Belle is able to see
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,
( Clockwise from left )
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
BEYOND
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
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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.
deserves a fair chance. some reason theres some kind of barrier

M Y L I F E O N T H E ROA D
This turns up in pop culture, too. You there where [men] are like, I dont want BY G LO R I A ST E I N E M
hear some male fans complain about to relate to a girl. I think it is inherently Gloria emphasizes in all of her
work the need for solidarity
the new Star Wars movies having part of the problem, but I feel like, you and community; we are linked
women as leads, or that the female know, it is expanding. X not ranked.
Go to people.com/pen or download the PEN app to stream our interview with

30 E W.C O M F E B R UA R Y 24 / M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 7 Emma Watson, available now on the People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN)
How to get your
kid to read more-
by James Patterson
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BEHIND THE DESIGN
Shall
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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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M B AT H A - R AW THOMPSON MCDONALD
Plumette Mrs. Potts Madame De Garderobe
N THE CASTLE HALL SET OF

Beauty and the Beast, around
a dozen actors dressed in
18th-century garb are crazily
beating the air with shovels
and axes. These folks are
playing French villagers
who, led by Luke Evans villainous Gaston,
have invaded the home of the Beast to kill our
hairy heroonly to find themselves under
attack by his staff of enchanted household
items. While the actors have to imagine the
presence of their assailants (theyll be added
digitally later), fewer mental gymnastics are
required to believe that we are standing in an
actual castle hall. The space boasts columns, WO M E N O F B E AU T Y
candelabras, a harpsichord (the Stanley POST-CURSE
Casting director Lucy Bevan, BALLROOM
Tucci-voiced character Cadenza), and a mas- set decorator Katie Spencer,
costume designer Jacqueline A jigsaw of frozen-looking latex
sive two-story staircase. It splits in two at its Durran, makeup and hair pieces were laid on the floor.
midpoint and is guarded by two outsize designer Jenny Shircore, film Icicles crafted from hardened
editor Virginia Katz, and produc- resins were applied by a team
dragon sculptures that even Donald Trump tion designer Sarah Greenwood of people from the films
might describe as a bit much. Weve all just landscaping department. We
called them frosties, says
been a-gasp every time weve walked on set, Greenwood.
Evans says. It just looks incredible. I think
the fans are going to love it.
If they do, it will be in large part thanks
to production designer Sarah Greenwood
(Sherlock Holmes, Pride & Prejudice), who has
overseen the construction of the hall, the jaw-
dropping ballroom that occupies another
whole soundstage next door, and an entire
French village that has risen up out of the
English countryside a short golf-cart ride
away. The result is a fantasy world made
realand in more ways than one. Were very
much set in the 1740s, when the original fairy
tale was written, says Greenwood, referring
to French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot
de Villeneuves 1740 story La Belle et la Bte.
Sometimes fairy tale can be so big and
nebulous that you dont know what to latch
on to. This has a specic date.
Director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) insisted
early on that the films look be rooted in a
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
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PINOCCHIO
1940
When
You Wish
Upon
a Star
SUNG BY /
Cliff Edwards
WRITTEN BY /
Leigh Harline and

Ned Washington
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
*EDITORS NOTE: AS SUNG BY THE PERFORMERS IN THE FILMS

Y SONGS ALL TIME OF
Disney has created the childhood soundtrack for each generation.

b e l o v e d a n d e n d u r i n g c l a s s i c s .*
THE LITTLE MERMAID / 1989
Part of Your World

SUNG BY / Jodi Benson WRITTEN BY / Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
PINOCCHIO: WALT DISNEY/MARY EVANS/RONALD GR ANT/EVERET T COLLECTION; THE LIT TLE MERMAID: BUENA VISTA PICTURES/PHOTOFEST
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
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST / 1991
Beauty and the Beast

SUNG BY / Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansburys presence alone justifies
/
a top-five spot, but pairing her elegant
WRITTEN BY Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
vocals with beautifully simple lyrics about
friendships quiet transition into love
makes this a classic that feels, wellas
old as time. I S A B E L L A B I E D E N H A R N
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
A Whole Circle of Life Let It Go

New World
SUNG BY / SUNG BY / Idina Menzel
SUNG BY / Brad Kane and Lea Salonga Carmen Twillie and Lebo M.
WRITTEN BY /
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
SUNG BY /
Phil Harris and

Bruce Reitherman
WRITTEN BY /
Terry Gilkyson
Who could have

worries or strife
while listening to
this bouncy tune?
Baloo teaches
Mowgli his no-fuss DUMBO / 1941
philosophy with
a song reveling
in the simple things,
a toe-tapping
defense of a happy-
Baby Mine THE LITTLE
MERMAID
go-lucky lifestyle SUNG BY / Betty Noyes
that still pleases
1989
half a century WRITTEN BY / Frank Churchill and Ned Washington
later (though well
pass on those
fancy-ants snacks). An emotional whopper. Disneys purest lullaby plays over
JESSICA a jailhouse reunion between Mrs. Jumbo and her son, with Under
DERSCHOWITZ their trunks touching through the bars: Baby mine/Dont
you cry. Good luck with that, parents. J O E M C G O V E R N the Sea
SUNG BY /
Samuel E. Wright
WRITTEN BY /
ALADDIN / 1992 Alan Menken and

Howard Ashman
Friend Like Me Sebastians calypso-tinged

cautionary tale to Ariel
boasts sunny rhythms and
SUNG BY / Robin Williams a school of lyrical gems
The Genies big-band-fueled introduction (Nobody beat us/fry us and
showcases Robin Williams fantastical eat us/in fricassee) and
WRITTEN BY / Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
performance. The late actor turned anima- builds to a showstopping
tion inside out, shredding every note with finish celebrating all things
a boundless joie de vivre thats indubitably about the life aquatic.
infectious. C H A N C E L L O R A G A R D JESSICA DERSCHOWITZ
MARY POPPINS / 1964
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
SUNG BY /
Julie Andrews and

Dick Van Dyke
WRITTEN BY /
Richard Sherman and

Robert Sherman
Mary Poppins is packed with

memorable melodies, but this ses-
quipedalian song is an unstoppable
delight. Julie Andrews and Dick
Van Dyke show off perfect pronun-
ciation in a duet thats so much
fun, theres really only one word to
describe it. D E V A N C O G G A N
THE LION KING
1994
Hakuna Matata
SUNG BY /
Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella

BEAUTY AND
THE BEAST WRITTEN BY /
Elton John and Tim Rice
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 /
Jerry Orbach and

Angela Lansbury
WRITTEN BY /
Alan Menken and S N O W W H I T E A N D T H E S E V E N D WA R F S / 1937

Howard Ashman
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
Bella Notte Whats This?

SUNG BY / Danny Elfman WRITTEN BY / Danny Elfman
SUNG BY / George Givot
WRITTEN BY / Peggyy Lee andd Sonnyy Burke

ke Danny Elfman plants Tim Burtons freak flag in the Disney canon with a rollicking Christmas
carol capturing the wonder of a skeletons trip to the North Pole. D E V A N C O G G A N
The puppy-love love song ng

that beats in the heart off
anyone whos ever shared ed
a long strand of spaghetttii
with their candlelit
paramour. Thats amore!!
C H R I S N A S H AWAT Y
P O C A H O N TA S / 1995
Colors of the Wind THE DEVIL

IS IN
THE D-FLAT
SUNG BY / Judy Kuhn WRITTEN BY / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
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
PRINCE ALI (REPRISE)

ALADDIN (1992)
Jafar exposing Prince Ali as
street urchin Aladdin by
using his own song against
him = bonus villain points.
CINDERELLA / 1950 TOY STORY / 1995 M OT H E R K N OWS B E ST

TANGLED (2010)
A Dream Is a Wish Youve Got If theres anything worse than
an overprotective mother, its
Your Heart Makes a Friend in Me someone who pretends to
beand sings about itfor
her own selfish ends.
SUNG BY / Ilene Woods SUNG BY / Randy Newman
/
JESSICA DERSCHOWITZ
WRITTEN BY WRITTEN BY / Randy Newman
Mack David and Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
Other songs might be more weighty, DISAGREE WITH US!

In a scene that encompasses the Disney spirit, but this catchy ditty about a boy and the WE INSIST!
the poverty-stricken beauty is joined by toy that loves him packs a lot of
her animal friends for a song about the power heart into a simple ragtime melody.
of keep on believing. J O E M C G O V E R N NOELENE CLARK We want to know
your picks for the greatest
Disney songs of all time.
Go to ew.com/disney
to vote in our bracket game
and select your favorites.
But first, turn the
page to see the full list.
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MULAN ILL MAKE A MAN OUT OF YO U
LILO & STITCH H AWA I I A N RO L L E R C OAST E R R I D E

FROZEN D O YO U WA NT TO BUILD A SNOW MAN?
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
MOANA HOW FA R ILL GO

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS HEIGH-HO
THE LITTLE MERMAID UNDER THE SEA

THE SWORD IN THE STONE M A D M A DA M M I M
ROBIN HOOD O O - D E - L A L LY
ALADDIN PRINCE ALI (REPRISE)
MARY POPPINS A SPO O NFUL O F SUGA R

DUMBO BA BY M I N E
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 N OW O R N E V E R

ALADDIN A W H O L E N E W WO R L D
THE SWORD IN THE STONE HIGITUS FIGITUS W I N

MOANA W E K N OW T H E WAY
THE LITTLE MERMAID P O O R U N FO RT U N AT E S O U LS

OLIVER AND COMPANY W H Y S H O U L D I WO R RY?
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS S O M E DAY M Y P R I N C E W I L L C O M E

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST B E O U R G U E ST
THE JUNGLE BOOK I WA NNA BE LIKE YO U

HERCULES I WO NT SAY (IM IN LOVE)
101 DALMATIANS CRUELLA DE VIL

THE LION KING H A KU N A M ATATA
PETER PAN A P I R AT ES L I F E
MARY POPPINS LETS GO FLY A KITE
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS W H ATS T H I S?

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST B E AU T Y A N D T H E B E AST
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
Best Disney Song Ever?

each week at EW.COM/DISNEY C I RC L E O F L I F E THE LION KING
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
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS MARY POPPINS
T H ATS H OW YO U K N OW ENCHANTED
KISS THE GIRL THE LITTLE MERMAID
W H I ST L E W H I L E YO U WO R K SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES CINDERELLA
B E P R E PA R E D THE LION KING
I V E G OT NO ST R I NG S PINOCCHIO
I JUST CA NT WAIT TO BE KING THE LION KING
S E I Z E T H E DAY NEWSIES
T H E BA R E N EC E S S I T I E S THE JUNGLE BOOK
L ET I T G O FROZEN
SO THIS IS LOVE CINDERELLA
N E R W H AT A D O G/ H ES A T R A M P LADY AND THE TRAMP
ONCE UPON A DREAM SLEEPING BEAUTY
YO UL L B E I N M Y H E A RT TARZAN
FRIEND LIKE ME ALADDIN
I SEE THE LIGHT TANGLED
GASTO N BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
B E L L A N OT T E LADY AND THE TRAMP
CA N YO U FE E L THE LOV E TO NI G HT THE LION KING
ONE JUMP AHEAD ALADDIN
FO L LOW I N G T H E L E A D E R PETER PAN
E V RY B O DY WA N TS TO B E A CAT THE ARISTOCATS
BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI-BOO CINDERELLA
Z E RO TO H E RO HERCULES
PA RT O F YO U R WO R L D THE LITTLE MERMAID
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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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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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Hibbert
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Ali
Moonlight warmth and humanity but his presence is felt long after hes left the screen.
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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
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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.
LEAST LIKELY TO WIN
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1 2 3 4 5
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
H I S V I SUA L STO RY T E L L I N G P ROW E S S, AU T H E N T I C P E R FO R M A N C E S, A N D A B I L I T Y TO
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.
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
Hacksaw Ridge Joes Violin
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O N T H E C O N D I T I O N O F A N O N Y M I T Y, S I X A C A D E M Y M E M B E R S R E V E A L E D T O E W H O W T H E Y
P L A N T O V O T E . H E R E T H E Y E X P L A I N T H E I R R E A S O N I N G . By Nicole Sperling @nicsperling
THE ACTRESS THE DIRECTOR THE SCREENWRITER
A 30-year veteran per-

Popcorn features are A writer specializing
former whose long career
this filmmakers bread in compelling historical
spans television and
and butter. dramas.
film, drama and comedy.
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.

Barry Jenkins; Casey
Affleck; Emma Stone;
Michelle Williams
THE PRODUCER THE DOCUMENTARIAN THE MARKETING EXEC
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
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
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
Viola Davis Shehe V

Viola Davis Every performance Naomie Harris The way Naomies
was great. Youu ffelt iin every movie she is in deserves character deteriorates in front
so much for that
hat aan Oscar. This year, its her turn. of your eyes, it is just devastating.
character. I did
dntt And then the moment when she and
even see her aact- her son come back together and
OF OUR PANEL VOTED FOR
ing but actuallly find a way to reconcileit was quiet,
V I O L A D AV I S
being that perrson.. incredibly moving, extraordinary.
MOONLIGHT: DAVID BORNFRIEND/A 24 (2); AFFLECK: CL AIRE FOLGER /ROADSIDE AT TR ACTIONS; STONE: DALE
ROBINET TE/LIONSGATE; WILLIAMS: AMA ZON STUDIOS AND ROADSIDE AT TR ACTIONS; CHA ZELLE: JOHN
PHILLIPS/GET T Y IMAGES; FENCES: DAVID LEE/PAR AMOUNT (2); MORTENSEN: ERIK SIMKINS/ BLEECKER STREET
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.
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
Kevin Richardson,
Nick Carter,
Howie Dorough,
AJ McLean,
and Brian Littrell
photographed for
EW in 1998
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
( 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
tionthe group focused on recording their

second U.S. album, 1999s Millennium. The
lead single, I Want It That Way, became a
No. 1 hit in 25 different countries and helped
Millennium sell more than 12 million copies
in the U.S. alone. But with great success
the other hand, why wasnt it three or four BR I AN The guys were all meeting in a came great personal turmoil.
times that? Then I started doing the math. room in Sweden. When I showed up, they HOW I E I didnt think I Want It That Way
KEV I N Lou was taking one-sixth of were like, Why are you breaking us up? I was that big of a song. Because our earlier
everything, he was taking a 25 percent said, Im not breaking us up, Im trying to stu had such strong R&B inuences, [the
WITH SPICE GIRLS: ALPHA PRESS; IN GERMANY:
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!
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
*NSYNC song you wish you Nonmusical hobby you

had recorded: all share:
AJ (God Must Have Spent) BRIAN Kevin and I like construction.
A Little More Time on You. That KEVIN We love to bond over
songs dope. design and HGTV.
NICK Tearin Up My Heart. We
actually turned it down because we Weirdest hotel alias:
NICK I was Max E. Pad.
didnt have time to record it or
HOWIE On our last tour I ran out
something. We should have taken it.
of time to pick names, so our
Last thing you fought about: tour manager picked out Billie
[The guys simultaneously burst Jean King for me.
into laughter.]
KEVIN Just trying to get steps
Most memorable fan interaction:
NICK Our website was hacked
together for choreography.
AJ We always go to Google. Wait,
when we arrived in Chile. They put
Im going to prove it, its on You- the Chilean flag on it and it said,
Tube! It was right foot first! Welcome to Chile, Backstreet
Boys! I dont know how they did it.
Girl group youd most like to
join forces with: Who takes the longest to get ready? KEV I N We toured Millennium for a little bit,
AJ Kevin. not as much as we could; then we went right
IN UNISON The Spice Girls.
HOWIE He always takes a shower.
NICK We keep telling the girls we back and did another album [2000s Black &
KEVIN Ive got to steam out before
want to tour with them.
every show! Blue]. Emotionally and spiritually we werent
What you miss most about into it, which led to AJ going to rehab.
the 90s: Something that happened in
Vegas that wont stay in Vegas: A J At 22, I fell in love with Jack Daniels. One
HOWIE There was no paparazzi.
NICK Not having a cell phone.
AJ I was once mistaken for a day, we were in Boston and were supposed
featherweight Mexican boxer at to throw the pitch out at a baseball game. I
Member whose kids are most a blackjack table. The guy was
was like, Im not going to do it. Kevin
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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
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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.
( 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
dance-pop roots. In 2010, they announced a

joint tour with New Kids on the Block.
KEV I N Howie and I would see each other
while they were doing their next two records.
He said, Were thinking about doing a joint
tour with New Kids, do you think you might
be interested? I was like, I dont know if
thats the right timing. But when I saw the
press for it, I was like, Man, am I missing
out? I called up the guys and said, When-
ever youre ready, I want to come back.
BR I AN Timewise, it happened to be our
20th anniversary [approaching], and we
N I CK At the time I was having serious fam- BR I AN They probably thought we were were like, Thats perfect!
ily issues. All the money was tearing my Nickelback.
family apart. I was using. I was drinking. I KEV I N It was a top 20 single [on the Hot Richardson permanently rejoined the group
remember being on the road doing some 100]and fans were calling in to TRL in 2012. The reunited fivesome released
solo touring and feeling empty. I told my requesting our next two singles. The head their next album, In a World Like This, the fol-
manager, I want to come back to the of our music marketing [department] told lowing year. Not long after, discussions of a
group. Thats when it started back up again. us, MTV said theyre not going to play it. Las Vegas residency began.
KEV I N When we finally started making MTV dictates to the audience what is hip A J Celine [Dion] was obviously the start
the record, none of us knew how we were and cool. That was disheartening. for pop music [residencies], but Britney
going to t back into pop. HOW I E We werent able to do things on the really paved the way for our generation.
N I CK The label didnt know what to do level we used to. Kevin took it the hardest. Weve had to downsize the production over
with us. But we ended up really lucky with a KEV I N We were on tour when Johnny the years, but when youre doing Vegas,
song called Incomplete that didnt even was like, We need to start talking about youve got to go balls to the wall. I would
sound like us. People liked the song for what the next record. I was like, Whoa, hold compare this show to a Millennium-type
it was, not for the people who were singing. up! I dont know if Im ready. Between show. People are going to lose their minds.
Black & Blue and Never Gone, I got to do the KEV I N Its also nice for our lifestyle. Were
musical Chicago on Broadway and in the all fathers now. When youre in and out of
West End in London. I wanted to explore hotels every other day, that takes a toll on
the actor side of myself. At the same time, you. And were not 22 years old anymore.
my wife and I wanted to start a family. The HOW I E When people ask how weve stayed
guys were like, Well, were going to do a together this long, I always say that it seri-
record. So I said, I give you my blessing, ously feels like a second marriage.
A J Its our rst marriage!
MICHAEL TR AN/FILMMAGIC (2)
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
T.R. Knight
photographed
on Feb. 2,
2017, in New
York City
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
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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.
Was there a part of you

Hes that person in your family
who you love, but the moment AFTER
that was nervous given your exit
from Greys?
No. That was eight years ago,
they step into your life they turn it
upside down. Im playing some-
one who easily justifies all of their
GREYS
so excitement would be the word. actions. He lives by the rule Its Knight has kept
I loved Allan, and am just com- easier to ask for forgiveness than busy since
pletely enamored by Mireille permission. leaving Seattle THE GOOD WIFE (2013)
as an actor, so I was really excited
to get to play with her. Is there any George OMalley My little weird face, theres
not much that says Greek about
in him?
that, he says of playing Jordan
Whats your relationship with To me theyre on opposite ends Karahalios, a polarizing political
Shonda Rhimes like now? Did you of the spectrum. I loved playing operative.
need closure? George so much, but he just tried
I dont think it was closure. Whats so hard to be good and do the
the opposite of closure, open- right thing, and he constantly
sure? [Laughs] We had emailed, failed miserably. He really wanted
of course, and I saw her at the first to be a moral person, but he
gives you something different,
and theres that challenge you
cant re-create on a soundstage,
and vice versa. Every little experi-
ence hopefully challenges you
thats why were doing this instead
of banking, right? I also just
shot When We Rise (see sidebar),
which is going to air soon. To
have a small part in telling an epic
story of gay rights, womens
rights, and civil rights all coming
togetherI cant wait to see it.
When you yourself came out in

People in 2006, you said, I hope
the fact that Im gay isnt the most
interesting part of me. In a lot of
ways you were pushed to go pub-
lic about your sexuality, but your
turn of phrase was very inspiring.
Looking back, would you have
done anything differently?
As far as doing things differently,
my mind doesnt go there. I had
a choice. I guess I couldve done
the glass-closet thing, but I knew
people who were living like that,
and it wasnt an option for me.
I just didnt want to live that way.
( Clockwise from left )
Even though it was a little dra-
Knight; with Mireille
Enos on The Catch; matic for a couple of years, every
Knights tearjerker of a event led to something else. My
I just nerded out big-time. I loved beautiful way to send him off. To death scene on Greys departure from Greys led me
that reveal. I loved that he was have the last image of him be to go back to New York, which led
so unrecognizable because of the who he wanted to be was a testa- me to meeting my husband. He
accident. This is the genius of ment to Shonda. really is the best thing thats
Shonda: When we finished the ever happened to me. So I wouldnt
show, I shaved my head. But then Since Greys, youve returned want to do anything differently
they called to shoot the elevator to the stage. because everything has built
scene [in which Katherine Heigls Theater was what I was raised up to this point in my life. Im
Izzie was in a near-death dream on. It was great. I got to do two pretty damn lucky. My challenge
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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.
TENNESSEE TITANS
I N T E N N E S S E E W I L L I A M S P I E R C I N G FA M I LY D R A M A THE GLASS MENAGERIE, STARS

S A L LY F I E L D AND JOE MANTELLO FACE OFF AS AN EXACTING MOTHER AND HER
F R U S T R A T E D S O N . B U T O F F S T A G E , T H E Y V E G O T E A C H O T H E R S B A C K S . By Clark Collis @ ClarkCollis
Joe Mantello and
Sally Field
F O R T WO - T I M E O S CA R W I N N E R SA L LY F I E L D , S TA R R I N G
in the new Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie at the
Belasco Theatre is a dream nally come true. In 2004, she
played the impoverished Southern matriarch Amanda
Wingeld at Washington, D.C.s Kennedy Center, earning
raves. Now, 13 years later, the actress brings her take on
one of Tennessee Williams most meaty and demanding
How did you get involved in stunned. And then the other part
roles to the Great White Way. And Field gets to work with this revival? of me was going, Oh God! Oh
Sam Gold, the Tony-winning director of 2015s inventive SA L LY F I E L D About five years ago God! Oh God! You know, be care-
and emotional Fun Home. I have this massive creative I got my first New York apartment. ful what you wish for!
I was having the college life I never J O E M A N T E L L O Unlike Sally, mine
crush on him, says the Lincoln and Steel Magnolias star. had because I started [working] was actually not a role that I had
I followed him around. I saw Fun Home four times. so early. It had a TV on top of a ever considered playing. The
Previously portrayed by Jessica Lange and Cherry box and a mattress on the floor deciding factor for me was to be in
like a kid, really. I would read new a room with Sam. You know,
Jones, among others (see sidebar), garrulous Amanda plays and did a billion readings, directors never get to watch other
spends the show desperately attempting to secure a and I did some workshops. I was directors work. Ive learned so
lucky that when I was on Broad- much just from being in the audi-
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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,
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);
a limp. That, Im sure, is difficult tough production. This lm adaptation

to adapt to in your life. But this is a was directed by
family that really has to deal with What was your first experience of Woodwards hus-
some issues that are incredibly diffi- Tennessee Williams? band, Paul Newman,
cult at a time when no one is going M A N T E L L O It feels like hes been and also costarred
L ANGE AND SL ATER: BRUCE GLIK AS/FILMMAGIC; JONES AND QUINTO: SAR A KRULWICH/THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX
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).
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
(Oyelowo), heir to the throne of Botswana,

who in the late 1940s put his legacy in jeop-
ardy and sparked an international crisis
when he fell in love with a white British
oce worker (Rosamund Pike). The lm is
romantic, thought-provoking, and beauti-
fully shot, but no one expected it to set the
box oce on re.
Since Selma, which earned $52 million,
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
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
kind of the point, isnt it? Thats why it comes standard, along with Toyota Safety Sense P.2
Because, even though you might see almost anything, one thing we think you should
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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
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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
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ATTACK OF
THE
WHITE PEOPLE
Jordan Peele left behind his hilarious Comedy Central show,
Key & Peele, to direct his first film, a horror moviewith
a very timely twist. B Y K E V I N P. S U L L I VA N
When Jordan Peele, one life represented in the genre.

half of the comedy duo Race, specifically, is the Ameri-
Key and Peele and a can horror that has gotten the
devoted horror fan, decided that least attention within the genre,
it was time to fulfill a dream and Peele, 37, says. Every other social
write a thriller, he started with a dynamic or fear has been tackled,
question: What is my favorite but theres been something
horror movie that doesnt exist? taboo about race.
The films that terrified him In Get Out (opening Feb. 24),
as a kid were usually based in Peeles first film as writer-director,
relatable, everyday fears, but a black photographer (Sicarios
Peele never found one of Daniel Kaluuya) goes upstate with
the scariest aspects of his own his white girlfriend (Girls Allison
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are confirmed to star in Avengers: Infinity War.

Jordan Peele on
set; ( left ) Bradley
Whitford and
Catherine Keener
EVERY OTHER SOCIAL

DYNAMIC OR FEAR HAS
BEEN TACKLED, BUT
THERES BEEN SOMETHING
TABOO ABOUT RACE.
JORDAN PEELE
live every day in fear of it in some

form or another, be it on a subtle
level or extreme level. So Peele
conceived of a film imbued with
the social commentary of The
Stepford Wives and the satire of
Scream that pushed back against
the idea that black Americans had
no reason to be scared anymore.
The approach was specific to
Williams) to meet her wealthy him, and drawn in part from his
suburban parents (Catherine own life. (Without the bloodshed.)
Keener and Bradley Whitford). Ive learned that to break into
Mom and Dad are nice enough a [new] side of the industry...
Dad insists that he would have you kind of have to tell a very
voted for Obama a third time if personal story, says Peele, who
he could havebut something is married fellow comedian Chelsea
off. Whats more, young black Peretti, who is white, last year.
men are disappearing in the Nothing quite like what happens
area, only to reappear changed... in Get Out has happened to me
somehow different...whiter. To say at all, but I knew the perspective
anything else about the places of the main character. It was a
Get Out goes would be to spoil story that I was kind of uniquely
the fun, but its safe to say that equipped to tell.
there is terror, insanity, and Peeles hope is that Get Out can
because its still Peelelaughs. work on a few different wave-
The seed of the idea came to lengths for audiences, especially
Peele in part because of our 44th those who might not immediately
president. The election of Barack relate to it. We need to discuss
Obama spread the false notion of these racial issues in a way that
a postracial America, a narrative doesnt bum us out, he says. We
that directly contradicted Peeles need to have a collective experi-

( From far left ) experience. What the movie was ence where we can go be enter-
Daniel Kaluuya; originally focused on was pulling tained, forget about life, and then
Betty Gabriel back the layers to reveal that go home and think about what-
racism, in fact, does exist, he ever the film dealt with and debate
says. And there are people who it. Perhaps even with your in-laws.
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Movies James Franco
A Cure for Wellness FUTURE

FRANCO FILMS
S TA R R I N G Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs James Franco has
eight movies completed
DIRECTED BY Gore Verbinski | R AT I N G R and more developing.
Heres whats next in
LENGTH 2 hrs., 26 mins. the Franco-verse.
B Y D E VA N C O G G A N
REVIEW BY Chris Nashawaty @ChrisNashawaty
1 | THE INSTITUTE 2017

D A N E D E H A A N H A S A L WAY S A creepy 19th-century
thriller starring Franco
resembled a younger, more wea- as an unorthodox
selly Leonardo DiCaprio, but even doctor.
with those sleepy eyes and that sharpies 2 | THE DISASTER ARTIST
2017
smirk, hes never been given the opportunity
to show whether he possesses anything In Dubious Battle The behind-the-scenes
story of beloved bad
close to DiCaprios talent. A Cure for Wellness movie The Room, with
S TA R R I N G James Franco, Nat Wolff
Franco as writer-director-
wont change that. Narratively preposterous DIRECTED BY James Franco | R AT I N G R star Tommy Wiseau.
and probably an hour too long, its the years
rst big howler. It could have been DeHaans LENGTH 1 hr., 50 mins.
Shutter Island, but instead its just Gore REVIEW BY Leah Greenblatt @Leahbats
Verbinskis latest self-indulgent mess follow-
ing The Lone Ranger. AT T H E R AT E JAMES F R A N C O
A CURE FOR WELLNESS: T WENTIETH CENTURY FOX; IN DUBIOUS BAT TLE: VENICE FILM FESTIVAL; FR ANCO (SIDEBAR): COUSART/JFXIMAGES/WENN.COM, VENTURELLI/WIREIMAGE
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.
I dont feel at home
in this world anymore.
S TA R R I N G
DIRECTED BY
Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood
Macon Blair
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REVIEW BY Clark Collis @ClarkCollis A THE RED TURTLE
Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit
DO YOU HAVE DAYS WHEN EVERY- A THE SALESMAN
one is seemingly conspiring Starring Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti 2 Directed by Asghar Farhadi
against you? For the heroine of this
A I A M N OT YO U R N EG RO
darkly comic thriller, Melanie Lynskeys Directed by Raoul Peck
I DON T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE.: ALLYSON RIGGS/NETFLIX; THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE: WARNER BROS. PICTURES; RINGS; PAR AMOUNT PICTURES; FIF T Y SHADES DARKER: DOANE GREGORY/UNIVERSAL
depressed nursing assistant Ruth, those days

B+ DARK NIGHT
WATCH IT NOW
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.
them to an array of colorful and/or danger- B+ A UNITED KINGDOM
ous folks, including a villainous trio played Starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport 2 Directed by Amma Asante
by Jane Levy, Dexter actor Devon Graye, and

the Jesus Lizard singer David Yow. Macon B THE COMEDIAN
Blairs rst lm as writer-director won the Starring Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Edie Falco 2 Directed by Taylor Hackford
Grand Jury Prize at the recent Sundance
B A DOGS PURPOSE
festival, which is an impressive achieve- Starring Josh Gad, KJ Apa, Dennis Quaid 2 Directed by Lasse Hallstrm
PROCEED WITH CAUTION
ment, although the lmmaker certainly has

B SPLIT
experience with genre movies featuring ill-
Starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley 2 Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
equipped heroes. Blair played an inept
B GOLD
vigilante in Jeremy Saulniers terric 2014
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramirez 2 Directed by Stephen Gaghan
revenge tale Blue Ruin and appeared in the
same directors even better follow-up Green B RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER
Starring Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter 2 Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Room, about a punk band held captive by
neo-Nazis. Here, Blair uses essentially the C+ RINGS
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.
C FIFTY SHADES DARKER
Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Kim Basinger

SKIP IT
Part romance, thriller, and soap opera, Darker never does

any of those genres particularly well, instead delivering
a softcore Hallmark Channel movie thats neither sexy
Elijah enough to be exciting nor campy enough to be any fun.
Wood and
Melanie C UNDERWORLD: BLOOD TIES
Lynskey
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies 2 Directed by Anna Foerster
KEY = LIMITED RELEASE = WIDE RELEASE

TVEDITED BY CAITLIN BRODY @cbroday
Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis, Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford
Feud: Bette and Joan

during the making of their one lm together,
its a showcase for two brilliant actresses,
Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, and a slick
D AT E TIME NETWORK REVIEW BY scolding of Hollywoods treatment of women.
Debuts March 5 10 p.m. FX Jeff Jensen @EWDocJensen
Feud begins in 1960 and nds Sarandons
Davis, 54, and Langes Crawford, 57, languish-
ing at career ebbs and struggling for quality
OV E R T H E Y E A R S, S U P E R P RO D U C E R RYA N M U R P H Y parts. Davis, depicted as the purer artist
has demonstrated huge imagination and heart for femi- of the two, has retreated to Broadway.
nist concerns, in shows from Popular to Glee, American Crawford, widowed and broke, is a hot mess
Horror Story to The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime of vanity, bitterness, and frequent drunken-
Story. Hes also entertained us with the dubious spectacle ness. Needing income and hungering for
of broadly drawn ladies being outrageously witchy to each renewed recognition, Crawford persuades
othersometimes in the service of making points about director Robert Aldrich (Alfred Molina) to
misogyny, sometimes because pitched bitchiness clearly develop a low-budget project with an
amuses him. Feud: Bette and Joan, the inaugural season of inspired, kinda-meta casting hook: What
KURT ISWARIENKO/FX (2)
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,
LOGLINES
The Good Fight
Another Crown EWs sister publication People and
D AT E Debuts Feb. 19 | TIME 8 p.m.
ABC will air a docuseries on Princess Diana in August. NETWORK CBS and CBS All Access
Carringtons 2.0 Elizabeth Gillies will star on The CWs
REVIEW BY Jeff Jensen @EWDocJensen
reboot of Dynasty from the creators of Gossip Girl.
YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW THE GOOD WIFE

to enjoy its spin-o, The Good Fight, but you do
need plastic. Created by the original series
Michelle and Robert King with Phil Alden Robinson
(Field of Dreams), the new show is the rst oering of
CBS All Access (the premiere will also air on CBS). Its a
abusive caretaker, would be played by Davis, F E U D S K E Y
P L AY E R S $5.99-a-month streaming service programmed with
Crawfords longtime professional nemesis.
A look at the real Holly- cable-TV adultness that finally answers the question
In the 40s, studio chief Jack Warner (Stanley wood figures and their
onscreen counterparts What would The Good Wife have been like with F-bombs
Tucci) pitted the two women against each
but without Julianna Margulies? Answer: Pretty good!
other, in large part to break the uncompro-
Christine Baranskis Diane Lockhart takes center stage
mising, independent Davis. Crawford thinks
here. We nd the proud lawyer prepping for retirement
their storied animosity would be good
when she loses everything in an investment scam alleg-
for publicity. But it also electrifies their
edly hatched by friends and clients Henry and Lenore
onscreen rapport, and Warnerstruck by
Alfred Molina as Rindell (Paul Guilfoyle and Bernadette Peters). She nds
Davis over-the-top characterization (which ROBERT ALDRICH
new employmentand new moral focusworking for a
Feud suggests was something of a subversive
rm run by Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo), charismatic,
caricature of Crawford)orders Aldrich to
progressive, pragmatic. Shes not the only one starting
amp it further by stoking their competitive-
MOLINA: AXELLE/BAUER- GRIFFIN/FILMMAGIC; ALDRICH, WARNER: PHOTOFEST; TUCCI: BARCROF T MEDIA/ GET T Y IMAGES; ZETA-JONES, PAULSON: JASON L AVERIS/
over. Diane brings the Rindells attorney daughter, Maia

FILMMAGIC; DE HAVILL AND: SILVER SCREEN COLLECTION/GET T Y IMAGES; PAGE: GET T Y IMAGES; BATES: PATRICK MCMULL AN/GET T Y IMAGES; BLONDELL: PRINT
ness and insecurities, human cost be damned.

(Rose Leslie), an eager newb whose family name goes
The seasons rst half imagines the trou-
COLLECTOR /GET T Y IMAGES; SHIPK A: MIKE MARSL AND/ WIREIMAGE; DAVIS: GAMMA-KEYSTONEET T Y IMAGES; THE GOOD FIGHT: PATRICK HARBRON/CBS
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.
Pete, your character grew up

religious, got married early, and is
going through a divorceso
obviously the show has a lot of ear-
nest, emotional moments. Was it
difficult to balance all that while
making sure it was also humorous?
H O L M E S We really played with the
rawness. I think its funny, but its
definitely sad for the character.
I knew I wanted a Girls-type show
about my life, but whats the big
thing that happened to me? Oh,
I got married when I was young.
How much does your characters

fictional journey mirror your
real-life one?
H O L M E S Im not religious anymore,
but I was raised religious. I was
married when I was 22, and then
my wife cheated on me. Thats all
process, and I was like, That
Is This Guy Making

true. The show is obviously a fic-
sounds to me like the dream.
tionalization of that. The charac-
ters are different, the situation is
So would you say this is your
the Next Girls? Girls? It does have a similar vibe.

different, but everything is based
on a true emotion or something
H O L M E S I thought to myself, What
thats like, this is how that really
would be my show? And Ive
felt, and this is what I would have
On the new Judd Apatow-produced HBO comedy Crashing (debuts always kicked around the idea of
said, and this is what you would
Feb. 19, 10:30 p.m.), series creator and Lena Dunham superfan Pete doing a show about my actual
have said. I always wanted to do
MACALL B. POL AY/HBO (2)

Holmes plays a religious comic named, well, Pete, who gets divorced divorce. In fact, when I did a
and finds solace in the world of stand-up comedy. As Holmes, 37, and something about what its like to
sketch with Judd for my talk show,
Apatow, 49, reveal, its a tale that hits close to home. B Y R AY R A H M A N get divorced, especially when its
I pitched him this show as a joke.
a young marriage to start with.
J U D D A P A T O W I said, Oh, your life
is too sad. But then he came in
After he leaves his wife, your
later [in 2014] and formally
A lot of comedians these days are anything, so instead we were like, character crashes with famous
pitched this idea of a comedian
creating shows for themselves to Well, we could try making a who is going through a divorce
star on. When did you first realize sketch show. Lets go pitch one! and has no moneyall he has is
you wanted to do this series?
the comedy community. So he
P E T E H O L M E S Well, I was doing a So Crashing began as a sketch has to sleep on different peoples
talk show for a while on TBS series? couches while he tries to get
[The Pete Holmes Show]. I found H O L M E S Not really. Lets say we better at it because hes not good
out the show was going to be were canceled on Tuesday. enough to pay his bills. I thought
canceled [in 2014]. Its funny, The very next day, we went to that was great.
when I got divorced in real life, Comedy Central just to chat and
you have that moment where see if they were interested, Judd, for Crashing you directed
youre like, Should I drink vodka? and they said that they had too a couple of episodes, which you
And when the show was can- many sketch shows. So I got in havent done for a TV comedy
celed, it was obviously sad the car and was kind of frustrated. since the shows you created. Why
in a different way, but I looked at I was like, If you could do was this the project to get you off
my producer Oren Brimer anything, what would you want the bench?
and was like, Should we? Is that to do? Im a big fan of Girls A P A T O W Usually I feel like other
what men do? Thats what you and was really kind ofI wouldnt people can do it better than
think youre supposed to do! But say obsessed with but very into me, and Im always proven correct.
Ive never been a sad drinker or Lena. I would read about her I never directed an episode of

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
comedians like T.J. Miller, Sarah

Silverman, and Artie Lange. Is that
also based on true experiences? A PIONEER FOR CHANGE
EYES ON THE RISE

H O L M E S When I got divorced, the
first people I called were Nick Kroll
and John Mulaney and T.J. Miller
all the pals. Like, T.J. was a big help
in healing his sad friend. He took
Oscar winner and LGBT advocate Dustin Lance Black brings the ght for equality to life with ABCs
me to his movie set and we
miniseries When We Rise (debuting Feb. 27, 9 p.m.). Set in San Francisco more than 40 years ago and
smoked pot for the first time. All
starring Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, and Michael Kenneth Williams, the docudrama has acquired
these things started happening
an even greater relevance postelection. Heres a look into Blacks vision of hope. B Y M A R C S N E T I K E R
[in real life], so we wanted to do a
dramatization of what thats like,
when someone from a really kind
of ethical, more traditional world As the country turns when he heard ABC was seek- storytellers, but he says his
is accepted by degenerates. primal, Dustin Lance ing LGBT history projects in devotion to activism isnt
[Laughs] Like, people who sleep Black is turning to 2013: ABC was a network born entirely from his relation-
BL ACK, PARKER: PHIL BR AY/ABC (2); WILLIAMS, MCKENZIE: EIKE SCHROTER /ABC (2)
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
RSUM REVIEW
TORI THE DOG

Tori, a 10-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel, has played
Queen Victorias beloved pooch Dash twice already:
once in the biopic The Young Victoria and then again on
PBS Masterpieces Victoria (Sundays, 9 p.m.). As the winner
of two Fido awardsthe Oscars for canines
shes practically royalty herself. Heres how Tori became
Hollywoods top dog. Shirle y Li
EXPERIENCE
FILM THE YOUNG VICTORIA (2009)

Because Cavalier King 2008PRESENT Played Victorias favorite companion, Dash, in
Charles spaniels had the biopic directed by Jean-Marc Valle, written
been a popular pick for
by Julian Fellowes, and starring Emily Blunt.
royals, Tori often got
cast in period dramas. THE DUCHESS (2008)
And thanks to her Appeared as the most adorable extra in the 18th-
drive for food rewards
century costume drama featuring Keira Knightley,
She was a greedy When Tori would walk
dog from day one, Ralph Fiennes, and Dominic Cooper.
on the set to do her
explains Toris trainer, little part, Emily would
Sonia Turnershes quite often say, Oh,
a quick study. here she is, the star of
TELEVISION VICTORIA (2017)
the show, Turner
2014PRESENT Reprised her role as the queens best dog on recalls with a laugh.
the series starring Jenna Coleman as Victoria and
Tom Hughes as Prince Albert.
TO WALK INVISIBLE (2016)
As Flossie, accompanied the Bront sisters in BBC Toris most dramatic role
required her to be dog-
Ones lm about their struggle to get published. napped and dumped
DICKENSIAN (2015) into a river, but Turner
TORI, VICTORIA: IT V PLC/MASTERPIECE (3); THE YOUNG VICTORIA: MOMENTUM PICTURES/EVERET T COLLECTION
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)
TV
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,
Put a Bird on It!

the people? That became the for- I have this crazy idea
mula for all the sketches. D A N P A S T E R N A C K Thats when he
B R O W N S T E I N Put a crack in the came up with Fred throwing a
veneer of preciousness. At first vase and it strikes the bird, which
Before the IFC sketch series from creator-stars Fred Armisen and we were thinking of a more low- falls to the ground, dead. [Note:
Carrie Brownstein (Thursdays, 10 p.m.) ends its seventh season on
key artisan couple. Then we real- It involved digital-editing magic,
March 9, lets get a birds-eye view of the bit that helped it soar.
BY DAN SNIERSON
ized that we wanted it in a slightly not animal cruelty.]
Wes Anderson [vein]. They are
really buttoned-up and fastidious, The sketch became a signature bit
Portlandia ew onto the sketch- FRED ARMISEN As we were coming but theyre secretly rage-filled. see: the bird perched atop the
up with ideas [in 2010], Carrie shows logoand took hold in the
comedy radar, somewhat Taking place on the first day of pro- vernacular and in knockoff-merch
made this observation that birds
literally, in 2011: Its second epi- duction, the shoot was a leap of faith. form. It even reentered the zeitgiest
are everywhere. Its shorthand
sode oered up a deft, day last year when a bird landed on
for This is artistic. We had a big
K R I S E L I remember thinking, Lets Bernie Sanders podium during a
dagger to hipster-craft preten- laughI thought those people
try a commercial-y thingbut campaign speech in, yes, Portland.
sion with the part-commercial, were such dummiesand I went
back to my apartment and my as if one of those Beatles movies
part-outtakes masterpiece Put made a commercialstop- A R M I S E N We were really happy
doormat had a raven on it. I was
a Bird on It! Cheery how-to motion, jump-cut. The piece has with [the sketch], but it wasnt until
first in line of being a sucker.
gurus Bryce Shivers (Armisen) a very chopped-up feeling, so a year later when people would
C A R R I E B R O W N S T E I N I remember
I remember thinking, This is noth- say to me, Put a bird on it! that
and Lisa Eversman (Brown- going around to little boutiques in
ing. I was crossing my fingers. I realized it was something.
stein) visit a Portland store to Portland, and I felt like it was kind
A R M I S E N Put. Put. Put. He B R O W N S T E I N People yelling it.
transform teapots and totes of an insult to my intelligence that
just because there was a lamp- wanted us to separate the words. J E N N I F E R C A S E R T A (IFC president)
into art by axing bird images shade with a bird stencil on it, that I didnt understand what was It truly was the identifieryou
to them. But when a real pigeon somehow elevated it to a place of happening, but I trusted it. didnt even need to say Port-
aps in, things devolve into art: Now that theres a bird on it, B R O W N S T E I N [A pigeon] is just a landia. It really was the beginning
you should put a frame around it. weird animal to have on set. of something special for us.
ewwws (the irony!) and utter
K R I S E L And it wasnt a professional B R O W N S T E I N I have illustrator
chaos. Here, the Portlandia play- Cracking the hosts relationship was movie pigeon. It was just a guy friends that felt more self-conscious
ers relive the sketch that began key to the sketchand to the show. like, You want my pigeon? about putting birds in their illustra-
on a wing and a prayer. Once we submitted the first cut to tions. And I feel too self-conscious
J O N A T H A N K R I S E L (Co-creator/director) the network, [then IFC develop- wearing things with birds now.
Right before the shoot, we talked ment and production VP] Dan So its ruined birds for me.
What to MONDAY FE
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RUARY 20
Watch
A DAY-TO-DAY
Y TO DAY GUIDE TO NOTABLE PROGRAMS* BY RAY RAHMAN @RayRah
@RayRahman
Season Premiere
Bates Motel
1011PM A&E
So I finished putting up those new shower

curtains in the motel bathrooms, Norman
(Freddie Highmore) tells his mother, Norma
(Vera Farmiga), as he expertly knifes his
breakfast in half. They look great! This is
disturbing not just because we know what
happens behind shower curtains at the
Bates Motel, but also because, um, Norma is
dead. The show satisfyingly keeps up that
ultra-creepy vibe through the final seasons
premiere, especially with the introduction of
a new woman in Normans lifea hardware-
store owner (Isabelle McNally) who has an
eerie resemblance to his deceased mother.
As for Rihanna, we can already sense her
story line will be worth the hype. B+
ST
MU CH
WAT H E Rosie
O F TE K ODonnell
WE
Miniseries Debut TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21
WHEN WE RISE
MONDAY, FEB. 27 911PM ABC
The LGBT movement comes to broadcast with When We Rise, an
WHEN WE RISE: EIKE SCHROTER /ABC; BATES MOTEL: CATE CAMERON/A&E NET WORKS; THE DETOUR: TBS
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
90 E W.C O M F E B R UA R Y 24 / M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 7 *TIMES ARE E ASTERN STANDARD AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

WED FEB 22 THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23
Series Debut Series Debut

TROPHY LIFE
Sun Records My Brother,
My Brother and Me
The American 1011PM CMT
Black Film STREAMING SEESO
You cant fault CMT for ambition: Its new
Festival Honors
scripted series aims to tell no less than the Three siblings
810PM BET origin story of rock & roll through the lens of Griffin, Justin, and
Sun Records, the iconic Memphis label that Travis McElroy
Denzel Washington
introduced the world to the likes of Elvis host a comedy
gets honored
Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee advice program in Series Debut
with a legacy
Lewis, and Ike Turner. As Sun founder Sam West Virginia, with The Blacklist: Redemption
award. My man!
Phillips, Chad Michael Murray is all Southern famous celebs like
1011PM NBC
charm and steely core, and the show has fun Lin-Manuel Miranda,
stacking its cast of future legends (Johnny the Property Broth- The Blacklist spin-off finds the
finds the gee-tar! Elvis discovers his pelvis!). ers, and John Green most elusive criminals from
But next to the soapy melodrama of Nash- slated to appear Reds (James Spader) list
ville or the cocaine-dusted 70s Gomorrah of as guests. Take that, Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) and
HBOs doomed Vinyl, Records feels oddly East Virginia! Mr. Solomon (Edi Gathegi)
sedaterolling along, and only moderately among thembanding together
rocking. B Leah Greenblatt Season Finale to right wrongs in a bid for
How to Get redemption. But their leader,
Away With Murder Scottie Hargrave (Famke
Janssen), may be in for a sur-
911PM ABC
prise, as viewers have been told
The Shondaland that Tom is her missing son. But
dramas third season maybe not? As much as thered
comes to a close be excitement if she found her
tonight, giving Viola son, thered also be some pain,
Davis plenty of hurt, and confusion, Janssen
SUN RECORDS: CMT; THE BL ACKLIST: REDEMPTION: VIRGINIA SHERWOOD/NBC; PATRIOT: ELIZABETH MORRIS/AMA ZON; THE 89TH ACADEMY AWARDS: JEFF LIPSK Y/ABC
time to work on says. I dont trust anything

her Oscar accep- that anybody says, and neither
tance speech. should you. Natalie Abrams
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24 SAT FEB 25 SUND

DAAY
Y FEB 266
Series Debut Infidelity

Patriot in Suburbia
STREAMING AMAZON 810PM LIFETIME
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.
I L L U ST R AT I O N S BY M A X DA LTO N F E B R UA R Y 24 / M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 7 E W.C O M 91
You saw the movie.
Now bring the MON FEB 27 TUESDAY FEB 28
story home. Season Premiere

The Voice
MIKE DROP
810PM NBC Mike Birbiglia:

Thank God for Jokes
Gwen Stefani
returns as a judge STREAMING NETFLIX
alongside boyfriend
Thank God for Birbiglia:
Blake Shelton.
The director/actor/stand-up
Thats what this
behind the acclaimed movie
shows about, right?
Dont Think Twice can
do no wrong these days.
Scorpion
1011PM CBS
The crew has to

rescue a person
whos living inside
a sealed bubble.
Im guessing its
a Fox News anchor?
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.
WED MAR 1 THURSDAY MAR 2
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
THE NEW YORK TIMES 1011PM NBC
NBCs Chicago
BESTSELLER A THREE-TIME shows are like

the Cubsdoubt
them all you want,
OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM! theyll still produce
hits in the end.
What to Watch
FRIDAY MARCH 3 SAT MAR 4 SUNDAY MARCH 5
Grimm Ransom Series Debut

SEASON FINALE
The Arrangement
89PM NBC 89PM CBS
Emerald City 1011PM E!
The gang must The episode is called
investigate a 910PM NBC Girl on a Train, so E! should write Tom Cruise and Katie
case where a man I imagine itll mainly Holmes a check. Without them, this
Dorothy tries to
mightve been consist of the team soapy drama about an ingenue entering
save Oz from the
eaten by a tree. reading Paula a contract marriage with a Hollywood
Wizard. But can
Ohhhhh, so thats Hawkins novels on star who happens to be involved in a
she save Emerald
how Keebler their Kindles. Scientology-like organization would seem
City from its ratings?
Elves are made! too sensational. The pilot strikes a balance
Planet Earth II between the sillya paparazzi chase
Sleepy Hollow on their first date!and the sincere.
910PM BBC AMERICA
Hunky Kyle (Josh Henderson) and doe-
910PM FOX
Tonights installment eyed Megan (Christine Evangelista) appear
Titled Childs Play, is all about the head over heels in love, but they dont
tonights episode jungle, so obviously know exactly what theyre doing. On sec-
involves one charac- it will start with ond thought, maybe theyre not TomKats
ters imaginary a welcome message carbon copy after all. B+ Shirley Li
friend from child- from Axl Rose.
hood. Im already
too creeped Saturday
out to watch this. Night Live
11:30PM1AM NBC
Vice
Hosted by Octavia
1111:30PM HBO
Spencer, the star
The news program of every movie that
takes a deep look at makes you angry
the rapidly evolving in the beginning
issues surrounding and then feel vindi-
trans youth. cated in the end.
THE ARR ANGEMENT: DANIEL POWER /E! ENTERTAINMENT; MAKING HISTORY: QUANTRELL COLBERT/FOX; TIME AF TER TIME: BOB DAMICO/ABC
SUNDAY MARCH 5 (cont.)
Series Debut Series Debut

Believer With Time After Time
Reza Aslan 911PM ABC
1011PM CNN
Can TVs time-travel glut handle one more? Exec producer
The scholar/author/ Kevin Williamson, adapting the Malcolm McDowell
pundit travels David Warner soft sci-fi classic, makes a promising but
the planet exploring incomplete case. The premise: Jack the Ripper (Josh
world religions, Bowman) swipes a time machine built by H.G. Wells
including American (Freddie Stroma) to terrorize the present; Wells tries to
Scientology, Haitian stop him, finding love (Genesis Rodriguez) along the
way. The well-acted pilot is winningly old-fashioned, but
Vodou, and what-
the pull remains unclear. Is it history-fix adventure? Fish-
ever The Young
Series Debut out-of-water dramedy? With a fresh, compelling angle,
Pope is.
Making History Ti e After
Time Afte Time
Ti e could
ld be
b worth th your ti
time.. B Jeff
ff Jensenn
8:309PM FOX Season Premiere
The high-concept lowbrow of Hot Tub Time Machine Naked and Afraid
meets Drunk Historys spirited irreverence in Making 1011PM DISCOVERY
History. Adam Pally is a goofy gem as Dan, a nerd who
messes up colonial America via a sports bag wired The press materials
with quantum-leaping tech. Leighton Meester is his girl- for the new season
friend, Paul Reveres proto-feminist daughter, while promise that the
Yassir Lester is the professor who helps him make things show will be more
right. Broad, ironic performances and cheeky-gross naked, more afraid.
gags (I DRANK JOHN HANCOCKS URINE!) produce So basically itll
hard yuks and sly satire about guns and sexism. A bright be your typical epi-
dumb comedy for stupid-gloomy times. B+ Jeff Jensen sode of Girls.
Music
EDITED BY KEVIN ODONNELL @ODtron

THE FIRST ALBUM I BOUGHT
WITH MY OWN MONEY
Sonic Youths Sister. To me it

was a risky choice because Id
only read about them in Thrasher
Magazine, Id never actually heard
them. At that point, I basically
had heavy metal records, some
<1 > Prince, Tears for Fears, stuff
like that. Sister was the first record
I was purposefully seeking out.
I was 15, and I would save my lunch
money, mow a lawn or two, bor-
row from my grandmother. There
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
I actually never played a cover until

my late 20s. I think the first I ever
learned from front to back was
< 2 > [Oasis] Wonderwall, which
is strange to say, but I just wasnt
interested in another persons
songsor I had enough of my own
to play, I guess? I also dont think
I had the guitar skills. [Laughs]

THE MUSIC THAT REMINDS
ME OF MY FIRST LOVE
My girlfriend in high school,

Kim, made me a compilation of
a bunch of pop-punk bands.
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
BIG
NOTEWORTHY BREAKING
The Artist Formerly Known as Off-Limits After a period
of Tidal exclusivity, Prince tunes are streaming on Spotify,

Apple Music, and other services. Thats So Metal Metal-
lica will tour its 2016 double LP across the U.S. starting in May.
girl in a graveyard on the cover just, like, the horrible hitsand

[39/Smooth]. I love that record. then one of my own songs. And
It also had Jawbreaker, the Mr. T then Steely Dan, but I sung it as
Experience, all those kinds of Ozzy [Osbourne]. And I also did
bands. I liked some of what she put some in a Muppet voice. [Laughs]
on there, but it wasnt me exactly.
WHO
MAGGIE ROGERS

ARMSTRONG: FRED DUVAL /FILMMAGIC; AR AYA: DENISE TRUSCELLO/WIREIMAGE; FAUR: HULTON ARCHIVE/GET T Y IMAGES; ROGERS: JACK JENRY BRIDGL AND
HOW I BUILD AN ALBUM

THE MUSIC THAT MAKES
ME FEEL GOOD The new record [Adams first W H Y YO U K N O W H E R
studio release since his 2015 Shes the voice behind the
Maybe the Smiths? I listen to them split from his wife of seven years, Pharrell-approved jam Alaska.
or [Norwegian black-metal band] This Is Us star Mandy Moore] is
Emperor, which I guess is the definitely the hardest one for me W H Y YO U W I L L K N O W H E R
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
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
LITTLE BIG TOWN

The Breaker
When Remy Ma took the name: Reminisce Mackie) shot given its throwback 90s After last years Pharrell
stage at the Rose Bowl an acquaintance she suspected feelespecially for a genre Williams-helmed detour,
stadium in Pasadena last of stealing money from her thats favoring youth, viral Wanderlust, the country
quartet return to Nashville
May, she wondered why every- purse. (In court, Remys attor- potential, and the trap on this sublime full-length,
one was cheering. The rapper ney said the nonfatal shooting sounds coming out of Atlanta. which features barn burners
was making an appearance was an accident.) She and YouTube sensations have like Rollin and one weeper
during DJ Khaleds opening set Joe also had a falling-out, after these huge records out of the of a ballad: the Taylor Swift-
penned single Better Man.
on Beyoncs Formation world her debut album, 2006s clear blue sky, and we pull
tour, so when she saw the Theres Something About Remy: off two Grammy nominations
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
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TOVE LO LAURA JANE GRACE DIPLO

AGAINST ME!
I was 11 when I bought I was an Army brat... Kurt Cobain was

my first Nirvana so I lived overseas a legend. He passed
album. I bought MTV without MTV and away before the
Unplugged because moved back to the music industry turned
Id heard Polly, and U.S. when I was about in such a chaotic and
then I bought all the 12. It was right around nasty way. He was the
other albums. I obvi- when they were guy who made music
ously write pure pop, playing Michael Jack- and thought about it
and its not in any way sons Black or White later. It was pure.
as hard as Nirvana, and Red Hot Chili Pep- You cant have that
but what inspired me pers Give It Away anymore. You have to
the most was the all the time. And then do marketing and
rawness of it. He sang they played Smells research.... Theres
about the dark stuff; Like Teen Spirit, and no such thing as a
where I grew up, you that was just so pure punk attitude. If
didnt talk about different than anything he had been around
anything like that. else on [MTV]. At first I dont know if he
You kept all the dark- it was hard to even would have been able
ness to yourself. understand it: Do I like to withstand the pres-
Thats what I loved: this? Why do I like sures of the industry.
It was okay to feel the this?... [Nevermind]
pain a little bit. will forever be one
of my all-time
favorite records.
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The Sandman and American
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The Hate U Give

FICTION
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.
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NONFICTION
As Steven Averys co-counsel, Buting became a household name to fans of sonance; its something she confronts
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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
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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-
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The author of the 2015 thriller Eileen returns with a deliciously unsettling
ent Hogwarts and claims a favorite Jonas
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give someone a reason to call her ghetto.
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ger seat, the chasm between her two BY Yiyun Li | PA G E S 208 | GENRE Memoir
worlds only grows. Sitting in the school
REVIEW BY Leah Greenblatt @Leahbats
cafeteria with her classmates just days
after Khalils death, she thinks numbly,
EV E RY W R I T E R I S A R E A D E R F I RST, A N D
I hope none of them asks me about my
Dear Friend is Lis haunted, luminous love
spring break. They went to Taipei, the
letter to the words that shaped herfrom
Bahamas, Harry Potter World. I stayed in
the owery Chinese verse of her youth to the brilliant
the hood and saw a cop kill my friend.
parade of poets, novelists, and Danish existentialists
And when the case becomes a national
who helped see her through multiple hospitalizations
ash point, the breach only grows, forc-
for depression. (The heart wants what it wants; some-
ing hard choices on both sides: If she
times all it can stand is Kierkegaard.) Her own prose is
testies will it actually bring justice for
both lovely and opaque, tfully illuminating a radiant
Khalil, or only reopen a still-raw wound
landscape of the personal and profound. B+
and send her further into herself?
The Hate U Give arrives with the kind of
frenzied hypemore than a dozen pub-
lishing houses battled for the manuscript;
the lm rights have already been sold
that can easily sink a rst-time novelist.
But Thomas delivers with supreme style
and self-assurance, cannily balancing The Pie-Chart Review!
pointed examinations of gun violence, When you describe a book to a friend,
racial proling, and political activism with you often need to compare it to other things.
So were here to help.
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rassment of watching your parents make PA G E S 332 | GENRE Novel
out). And she takes care to give the reader
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real people, not merely props in a modern
morality play: Skin color doesnt dictate Ava can hardly believe it when she hears that
character any more than a badge does, her estranged twin, Zelda, has died in a fire
and then cryptic posthumous emails from her
and choices arent strictly good or bad,
sister begin flooding her inbox. B+
theyre just a consequence of living. Hate
engages in a crucial and strenuously cur-
rent conversation, but it also touches a 10% 5%
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more universal pulsedigging beneath (1998 version)
Zelda Fitzgerald
hashtags and headlines to craft a portrait by Therese
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of culture and community and young 30%
Pretty
womanhood that feels as fresh and neces- Little Liars
sary as Starrs indelible voice. A
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JOAN MARCUS
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!
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BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Halfway to EGOT Status The Color Purples Cynthia
Erivo nabbed a Grammy for Best Musical Theater
Album. Will the Tony winner next earn that O for playing
Harriet Tubman in a just-announced biopic?
CHRISTOPHER
JACKSON
ROLE IN HAMILTON George Washington
NEXT UP Continuing on Bull
Theres no rest for former presidents.

Even before exiting the musical in
November (how apropos!), the man who
played George Washington was already
on TV and in movie theaters, if only
via his voice in the latter case. Jackson also juggled his Broadway
Jackson, 41, was the singing voice of schedule simultaneously with shoots
the title characters father in Disneys hit for CBS legal drama Bull (above, with
LESLIE ODOM JR. Moanaworking again with Lin-Manuel costar Michael Weatherly), on which he
Miranda, after Hamilton and In the swapped Washingtons uniform for
ROLE IN HAMILTON Aaron Burr
Heights. Thats like the crown jewel of the fashion-forward duds of his stylist
NEXT UP Murder on the Orient Express the most incredible year Ive ever had, character, Chunk Palmer. And though
he says. The fact that one of my boys is Hamilton now features a new adminis-
an Oscar-nominated songwriter and I tration, this modern major general
Where does one go after playing the got to sing in the movie Im gonna have still hears theaters siren call, admitting,
to work really, really hard to top that. I miss being on stage, to be sure.
showstopping, duel-winning Aaron Burr,
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sir? Across the pond. Seven months

after exiting Hamilton, the Tony award
winner is now in London, shooting a role RENE ELISE Spirited, strong-willed Angelica is the
in a new lm take on Murder on the Orient one who says shell tell Thomas Jefferson
GOLDSBERRY to include women in the sequel
Express (out Nov. 22), costarring Judi and the woman who won a Tony award
ROLE IN HAMILTON Angelica Schuyler
Dench, Johnny Depp, and Josh Gad. for playing her is continuing that senti-
NEXT UP The Immortal Life of ment post-Hamilton. After departing the
[Director Kenneth Branagh] runs the Henrietta Lacks, Altered Carbon show in September, Goldsberry, 46,
set kind of like were a little theater took on another real-life figure, playing
troupe, Odom says. I really went from the title character in the HBO movie
one pinch-me experience to the next. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
(April 22). I found myself playing another
Post-Hamilton life has seen the release extremely important woman in history
of a second album (a Christmas set, which that nobody really knew about, she
followed a June collection of standards) says. Henrietta was not a very wealthy
woman like Angelica Schuyler, but her
and a series of concerts, with an even legacy is undeniable.
more anticipated project ahead: Odom, 35, The actress league of extraordinary
and his wife, actress Nicolette Robinson, ladies continues with Netflixs upcoming
sci-fi series Altered Carbon, on which
are expecting their rst child this spring. she plays a revolutionary in a futuristic
And though hes no longer playing world. But when it comes to expressing
Burr, the role has left an indelible impres- all her gratitude for her time in the
Broadway juggernaut, the actress will
sion. The experience of doing that show, never be satisfied. Sometimes you have
with those people, and the way we con- to move on from something to really be
nected with the audience, says the actor, able to unpack it all, says Goldsberry.
I know that Ill spend the rest of my
trailing o. If nothing like that ever life processing it and finding new things
happens again, itll be enough. to be grateful for.
Stage
experienced, he says of his time on

DAV E E D D I G G S Tour. They never [stopped rolling], and
ROLE IN HAMILTON Marquis de Lafayette any idea that was funny was fair game.
and Thomas Jefferson Diggs is also delving into work behind
PHILLIPA SOO NEXT UP Continuing on black-ish, the camera, executive-producing a pilot
plus Wonder and Tour de Pharmacy for ABC about a rapper-turned-mayor.
ROLE IN HAMILTON Eliza Hamilton
To him, its akin to his music-making
NEXT UP Amlie, a New Musical processwhere every influence on his
After playing both friend and foil to life could be a source of inspiration
Alexander Hamiltonas the French- and he says he enjoys learning the
Does any character in Hamilton suer accented, fast-rapping Marquis de ropes. Producing has been yet another
Lafayette in Act 1, then a swaggering crash course. I feel like my whole lifes
as much as Eliza? Every night, in the role been like, S---, Ive never done that
Thomas Jefferson in Act 2it was
she originated, Soo had to learn about her perhaps destined that Diggs, 35, would beforeand then pretending that
husband Alexanders scandalous aair, follow that onstage multitasking with I know what Im doing. This is another
several overlapping projects. one of those things.
endure her teenage sons death from a
The Tony winner is returning for more As he and other Hamilton alums pur-
duel, and then watch Alexander succumb of ABCs black-ish after first appearing sue opportunities outside the Richard
to the same fate. The amount of energy on the show as a guest star last fall, and Rodgers Theatre, the bonds between
I had to spend living in Elizas world really hell also be seen alongside Julia those cast members have endured.
Roberts in the feature film Wonder (out Everybody in that cast is a pretty close
weighed on me after a while, Soo admits. Nov. 17) and with Andy Samberg in the friend of mine now, says Diggs. I
The portrayal earned her a Tony nod, upcoming HBO sports-doping mocku- think those relationships are probably
but when she left the show in July, mentary Tour de Pharmacy. Working on the most important thing that I took with
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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