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''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only
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magazine based in New York City, published by
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, that covers film, television, music,
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, books, and
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or mass art, sometimes contraste ...
. The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''
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'', ''
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'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and '' In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical
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s; unlike '' Variety'' and ''
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'', which were primarily established as
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aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience.


History

Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by
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and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who served as publisher until October 1996, the magazine's original television advertising soliciting pre-publication subscribers portrayed it as a consumer guide to popular culture, including movies, music, and book reviews, sometimes with video game and stage reviews, too. In 1996, the magazine won the coveted
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for General Excellence from the
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. ''EW'' won the same award again in 2002. In September 2016, in collaboration with ''People'', ''Entertainment Weekly'' launched the People/Entertainment Weekly Network. The network is "a free, ad-supported, online-video network
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carries short- and long-form programming covering celebrities, pop culture, lifestyle, and human-interest stories". It was rebranded as PeopleTV in September 2017. Beginning with the August 2019 issue, ''Entertainment Weekly'' transitioned to a monthly issue model. Bruce Gersh, president of the Meredith entertainment division, which includes both ''EW'' and ''People'', said that the cutback in print would be accompanied by deeper 24/7 digital coverage. ''Entertainment Weekly'' would still produce weekly digital "covers" and push into podcasts, and planned events and experiential offerings with stars and festivals. JD Heyman, deputy editor of ''People'', replaced Henry Goldblatt as editor. As a result of the change, about 15 people were cut. Previous owner Time Inc. spent $150 million developing ''EW'' after its February 1990 launch, and was rewarded for its patience when the magazine made a six-figure profit at the end of 1996, and in its peak years was cranking out $55 million in annual profit. Though still profitable before the switch to being monthly, ''EW'' was squeezed in recent years as celebrity coverage exploded across all platforms, and print advertising shrank. While still called a "weekly" before the switch, it was publishing only 34 issues a year. Meredith, after completing its $2.8 billion acquisition of Time Inc., considered selling the title, along with several others, but was convinced to keep ''EW'' in part because it was so intertwined with top money-maker ''People''. On August 2, 2021, the site of the Greek edition of the magazine was launched, Greece being the first country outside the U.S. in which the magazine would be available. On February 9, 2022, ''Entertainment Weekly'' ceased print publication and moved to digital-only. The final print issue was that of April 2022. In May 2022, executive editor Patrick Gomez stepped into the editor-in-chief/general manager role.


Typical content and frequency

The magazine features celebrities on the cover and addresses topics such as television ratings, movie grosses, production costs, concert ticket sales, advertising budgets, and in-depth articles about scheduling, producers, showrunners, etc. By the time print publication ceased, the magazine was published once per month, although the legacy name ''Entertainment'' "''Weekly''" is still used.


Layout

''Entertainment Weekly'' follows a typical magazine format by featuring a
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and a
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in the first few pages, while also featuring advertisements. While many advertisements are unrelated to the entertainment industry, most ads are typically related to up-and-coming television, film, or music events.


News and notes

These beginning articles open the magazine and as a rule focus on current events in pop culture. The whole section typically runs eight to ten pages long, and features short news articles and several specific recurring sections: *"Sound Bites" usually opens the magazine. It is a collage of media personalities, actors, presenters, or comedians, alongside their recent memorable quotes in speech bubble form. *"The Must List" is a two-page spread highlighting 10 things (books, movies, songs, etc.) that the staff loves from the week; it usually features one pick from ''EW'' readers. *"First Look", subtitled "An early peek at some of Hollywood's coolest projects", is a two-page spread with behind-the-scenes or publicity stills of upcoming movies, television episodes, or music events. *"The Hit List", written each week by critic Scott Brown, highlights 10 major events, with short comedic commentaries by Brown. Typically, some continuity to the commentaries exists. This column was originally written by Jim Mullen and featured 20 events each week, and Dalton Ross later wrote an abbreviated version. *"The Hollywood Insider" is a one-page section that reports breaking news in entertainment. It gives details, in separate columns, on the most-current news in television, movies, and music. *"The Style Report" is a one-page section devoted to celebrity
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. Because its focus is on celebrity fashion or lifestyle, it is graphically rich in nature, featuring many photographs or other images. The page converted to a new format: five pictures of celebrity fashions for the week, graded on the magazine's review "A"-to-"F" scale ''(see Reviews section below)''. A spin-off section, "Style Hunter", which finds reader-requested articles of clothing or accessories that have appeared in pop culture recently, appears frequently. *"The Monitor" is a two-page spread devoted to major events in celebrity lives with small paragraphs highlighting events such as weddings, illnesses, arrests, court appearances, and deaths. Deaths of major celebrities are typically detailed in a one-half- or full-page
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titled "Legacy". This feature is nearly identical to sister publication ''People'''s "Passages" feature. *The "celebrity" column, the final section of "News and Notes", is devoted to a different column each week, written by two of the magazine's more-prominent writers: **"The Final Cut" is written by former executive editor and author Mark Harris. Harris' column focuses on analyzing current popular-culture events, and is generally the most serious of the columns. Harris has written about the writer's strike and the 2008 presidential election, among other topics. **"Binge Thinking" was written by screenwriter Diablo Cody. After several profiles of Cody in the months leading up to and following the release of her debut film, '' Juno'' (2007), she was hired to write a column detailing her unique view of the entertainment business. **If You Ask Me..." Libby Gelman-Waxer (
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) was brought in to write his former ''
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'' column for ''Entertainment Weekly'' in 2011.


Feature articles

Typically, four to six major articles (one to two pages each) fill the middle pages of the magazine. These articles are most commonly
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s, but also it has narrative articles and lists. Feature articles tend to focus mostly on movies, music, and television and less on books and the theatre. In the magazine's history, only a few cover stories (e.g.,
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,
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) were devoted to authors; a cover has never been solely devoted to the theater.


Reviews

Seven sections of reviews are in the back pages of each issue (together encompassing up to one-half of the magazine's pages). In addition to reviews, each reviews section has a top-sellers list, as well as numerous sidebars with interviews or small features. Unlike a number of
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an magazines that give their ratings with a number of stars (with normally 4 or 5 stars for the best review), ''EW'' grades the reviews academic-style, so that the highest reviews get a letter grade of "A" and the lowest reviews get an "F", with plus or minus graduations in between assigned to each letter except "F". The sections are: ;"Movies": Typically, this section features all the major releases for that weekend, as well as several
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films that have also been released. Chris Nashawaty is the primary
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. "Critical Mass" was a table of the grades that have also been given by a number of noted movie reviewers in the American press (such as Ty Burr from ''
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'', Todd McCarthy from '' Variety'', and
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from the ''
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''). Also eliminated from this section was the box-office figures from the previous weekend and some sort of infographics. The A+ rating is rarely awarded by ''EW''. Two films to have received it are ''
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'' and ''
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'' (1989).
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s are now profiled in the one-page "Movies on DVD" section that follows. Longtime critic
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left the magazine in 2013, and critic
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was let go after a round of layoffs in spring 2014. In 2015, it started publishing the scores of movies from
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,
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, and
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under "Critical Mass." ;"Television": This section features reviews by critics Darren Franich and Kristen Baldwin for made-for-television films and new television programs or series, as well as some
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s. The section no longer includes the
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for the previous week. On the following page is typically a "TV on DVD" section, profiling releases of television films and specials or complete seasons of television shows. Current reviewers include Melissa Maerz. ;"What to Watch": Currently written by Ray Rahman, this features brief, one- or two-sentence reviews of several television programs on each night of the week, as well as one slightly longer review, usually written by someone else, with a letter grade. ;"Music": This section reviews major
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releases for the week, divided by
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. Typically, at least one interview or feature is presented, as well as a section called "Download This", highlighting several singles available for download from the Internet. ;"Books": This section features reviews of books released during the week. Sometimes, authors write guest reviews of other works. Typically, one interview or spotlight feature is included in this section per issue. Bestseller lists appear at the end of this section. ;"Theater"*: Reviews productions currently playing, listed by the city where they are running ;"Games"*: Reviews current video game releases ;"Tech"*: Reviews new websites and products, and profiles current Internet or technology phenomena :* ''Not in every issue.''


The Bullseye

This section occupies the back page of the magazine, rating the "hits" and "misses" from the past week's events in popular culture on a bullseye graphic. For example, the May 22, 2009, edition featured
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hosting ''
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'' in the center, while the then-drama between
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and
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missed the target completely for being "very 2002". At the time when this was printed on a small part of a page, events that were greatly disliked were shown several pages away.


Specialty issues

Every year, the magazine publishes several specialty issues. These issues were often published as double issues (running for two consecutive weeks). Many times these features were so long that they replaced all other feature articles. Common specialty issues include: * Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter Preview issues: Generally each quarter, the magazine reports on upcoming releases in movies, music, television, live shows, and books. Typically, the summer issue's focus is on upcoming movies only unless major television series or events, music releases, or book releases are occurring then. * The Photo issue: Once a year, an issue is dedicated to featuring (aside from the normal reviews and news content) only photographs of celebrities. Unlike tabloid issues, these photographs are done with the celebrities' cooperation, and often they use some form of artistic expression. A wide variety of celebrities has been used, including
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,
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, the cast of the television series ''
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'',
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, and
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. Generally, the photographs contain some descriptive text, sometimes about the person or sometimes a commentary from the photographers who photographed them for a story. * Academy Awards issues: In the past, the magazine devoted at least four cover stories per year to the
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; "The Oscar Race Begins" issue in January predicted the nominees, the "Nominees" issue in February profiled the recently announced Oscar contenders, the "Oscar Odds" issue predicted the winners the week before the awards, and the "After-Awards" issue covered the ceremony the week after it airs. Virtually every issue mentioned the Oscars in some capacity, often on the cover, and a film or actor's Academy Award chances were often noted in the magazine's reviews. In comparison, music's
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s, television's
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s, and theater's
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s are given relatively limited coverage. * The "Must List": A double-sized issue, it was usually timed for release in the last week of June. It focuses on what the magazine considers "musts" in entertainment with the latest hot movies, TV shows, music projects and novels along with previews of upcoming projects in those media that are gaining interest. * The Fall TV Preview issue: Generally released in early September, this issue has the magazine detailing the upcoming fall season of both new and returning series. * End-of-the-Year issue: The last issue of each year, whose cover shows the "Entertainer of the Year" chosen by readers at ''EWs official website. The issue features the ten-best releases in theater, film, television, music, DVD, literature and (as of last year) fashion that year. Music, television and film have two critics give their top ten; the others only have one. Each section also has a five-worst list (film is the only section in which both critics give the worst). Also in the issue are special sections devoted to the Entertainer of the Year, great performances, newly arrived stars, a
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of infamous celebrity mishaps, and obituaries of stars who died (this used to be in a separate issue; it was combined with the "end-of-the-year" issue in 2003). This is the only issue without any reviews. : The complete list of the annual "Entertainer of the Year" winners: * Bart Simpson (1990) *
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(1991) * the cast of the television series ''
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'' (1992) *
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(1993) *
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(1994) * the cast of the television series ''
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'' (1995) *
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(1996) *
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(1997) *
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(1998) *
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(1999) *
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(2000) *
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(2001) *
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(2002) * the cast of the film '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) *
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(2004) * the cast of the television series '' Lost'' (2005) * the cast of the television series ''
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'' (2006) * J. K. Rowling (2007) (the first entertainer named known primarily for writing) * Robert Downey Jr. (2008) *
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(2009) *
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(2010) * Daniel Radcliffe (2011) *
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(2012) *
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(2013) *
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(2014) *
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(2015) * Ryan Reynolds (2016) Starting in 2017, the publication began awarding 10-16 honorees as Entertainers of the Year. 2017 (15 winners): * Gal Gadot * Greta Gerwig *
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* Issa Rae * Jack Antonoff * Kumail Nanjiani * Elisabeth Moss *
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*
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Thousandth issue and redesign

The 1,000th issue was released on July 4, 2008, and included the magazine's top-100 list for movies, television shows, music videos, songs, Broadway shows, and technology of the past 25 years (1983–2008). As of its 1,001st issue, ''EW'' drastically revamped the look, feel, and content of the publication—increasing
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Website

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Previously named the EWwy Awards, the Poppy Awards were created by ''Entertainment Weekly'' to honor worthy series and actors not nominated for the

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Notable former contributors

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Ken Tucker Kenneth Tucker is an American arts, music and television critic, magazine editor, and nonfiction book author. Early life and education Tucker was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. He earned a ...
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Owen Gleiberman Owen Gleiberman (born February 24, 1959) is an American film critic who has been chief film critic for '' Variety'' magazine since May 2016, a title he shares with . Previously, Gleiberman wrote for ''Entertainment Weekly'' from 1990 until 2014. ...
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Lisa Schwarzbaum Lisa Schwarzbaum (born July 5, 1952) is an American film critic. She joined ''Entertainment Weekly'' as a senior writer in 1991, working as a film critic for the magazine alongside Owen Gleiberman from 1995 to 2013. Early life Lisa Schwarzbaum w ...
* Jeff Jensen *
Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...
* Diablo Cody * Lady Bunny *
Paul Rudnick Paul Rudnick (born December 29, 1957) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and essayist. His plays have been produced on and off Broadway theatre, Broadway. He wrote the screenplays for ''Sister Act'', ''Addams Family Values'', Jef ...
(as Libby Waxman-Gelner)


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