Is This Anything? One can only assume a sequel is expected once the pandemic is actually over. Amis' famous novelist father, Kingsley, and Saul Bellow make appearances too. Credit: Illustration by EW Simon & Schuster Ecco Simon & Schuster Grove Press Viking Wednesday Books Atria Books Crown Gallery/Saga Press Knopf William Morrow Simon & Schuster Liveright Simon and Schuster Crown Trapeze Knopf Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Riverhead

(March 2) Yolk, by Mary H.K. But N lives in near isolation, and his version of events is unreliable, to say the least. While the thoughtful character-building ofBehold the Dreamersremains,Beautiful’s narrative scope is far more ambitious. Avid Reader Press / Simon + Schuster A toxic friend group. Mazna Nasr, the novel’s matriarch, grew up in Damascus. (March 30)Leah Greenblatt Where Have You Gone Without Me? Random House Knopf Grove Press...

Here are 20 wed like to hang with. TheGolden Girls Wed like to thank each one of them for being a friend. So…which one are you? Jennifer Clasen/HBO; NBCU Photo Bank; Paul Schiraldi/Netflix TheGirlsgirls They might be the voices of their generation. Or, at least,somevoices. humor they bring to Litchfield Penitentiary. Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz in ‘Big Little Lies’.Jennifer Clasen/HBO ThePretty Little Liars Can you keep a secret?...

Kirsten Dunst was the best. And Tobey Maguire was there, too! Next week: Diane Lane isUnfaithful. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst in ‘Spiderman’.Zade Rosenthal/Columbia Pictures DARREN:There have been so manySpider-Manmovies. ButSam Raimi’s 2002 origin story stands alone for sheer historic import. It hit me at a strange time. Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe in ‘Spider-Man’.Everett Collection (2099 was thebest.) But with the passage of time, I recognize how this first big-budget film maintains a handmade quality....

Let’s revisit the good, the bad, and the baffling of George Lucas' strangest prequel. Every week, Entertainment Weekly is looking back at the biggest movies of the summer of 2002. Join us for a rewatch of the first true summer of Hollywood’s strange new millennium. Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) prepare for battle in ‘Star Wars: Attack of the Clones’.Lucasfilm CHRISTIAN:Well, well, well. Here we go again, contemplating theStar Warsprequels....

Diane Lane gives a stunning performance in the (last?) Every week, Entertainment Weekly is looking back at the biggest movies of the summer of 2002. Join us for a rewatch of the first true summer of Hollywood’s strange new millennium. Barry Wetcher/20th Century Studios Next week: The clones attack. And spoiler, Edward quickly starts to suspect something is amiss. Are you a better human than me, hopefully? Barry Wetcher/20th Century Studios...

Hooray for Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kristin Chenoweth! But still no love for Tracy Morgan or ‘‘The Wire’’? and loathe (noFriday Night Lights?!) Credit: Scott Garfield about this mornings2008 Emmy nominationannouncement. And be sure to share your own take on the Emmy noms over in PopWatch. Very pleasantly surprised to see Byrne and Cranston get nods. KEN:Yeah,FNLwas really robbed yet again. I get it thatThe Wireis too downbeat/complex for Academy members?...

Taylor Swift Swift is nominated in seven awards, and will be honored with the inaugural Icon Award Lucy Hale Pretty Little Liarsalum Lucy Hale hosts the TCAs alongside YouTube star David Dobrik Sarah Hyland Hyland is nominated for Choice Comedy TV Actress for her role as Haley Dunphy onModern Family Candace Cameron-Bure TheFuller Housestar is nominated for Choice Comedy TV Actress John Stamos Nikki Bella (left) and Brie Bella The Bella Twins are nominated for Choice Female Athlete...

Or was it all just a new beginning? You die, or you get a great promotion. Thats the message pop culture sent in 2019, as beloved franchises climaxed into self-sacrifice and authority. Gene Page/AMC; ©Marvel Studios 2019; Michael Yarish/CBS HBOsGame of Throneskilled two queens and crowned two Starks. Three people onVeepwere elected president, and they share presidential status with one long-running survivor fromThe Walking Dead. The comic that launched a TV megafranchise ended with a flash-forward full of grand political destinies....

UPDATE:After previously announcing that, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, its 2020 edition could not begin on May 12 as originally planned, the Cannes Film FestivalannouncedTuesday it is eyeing several options for a new launch windowparticularly late June or early July. EARLIER:The Cannes Film Festivalone of the most prestigious and influential cinema events in the worldannounced Thursday that it will not hold the annual festival in May because of the spreading coronavirus pandemic....

Great art was newly essential in a socially distanced world. Anyone out there feeling normal? Anyone out there feeling best? Credit: Illustration by Kyle Hilton for EW Distract yourself from global calamities by merely worrying about the disasters the pandemic brought to show business. In 2019, Disney released seven movies that grossed more than a billion dollars. This year, theres no such thing as a billion-dollar movie. The studios woes are not unique, and they sum up just how many tipping points defined 2020....

Social events were canceled everywhere except television. Thebest TV showsthrow the best parties. There is a narrative structure. Colleen Hayes/NBC Things get louder, things get quieter. Night falls, maybe the sun rises. There is climactic possibility, as subplots spread throughout a vast ensemble arrive at a single geographic space. Colleen Hayes/NBC Animosity fades in the spirit of revelry or boils over with liquid courage. Your favorite characters dance together, or kill each other....

See everyone who has already picked up an Emmy. The PrimetimeEmmysaren’t until next Sunday, but the awards festivities have already begun. An edited presentation will be broadcast on Saturday, Sept. 18 (8 p.m. ET/PT) on FXX. ‘Pose,’ ‘WandaVision,’ and ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ took home multiple Emmy wins.Eric Liebowitz/FX; Marvel Studios; Ken Woroner/Netflix See below for the complete list of winners from the 2021 Creative Arts Emmys. ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’.HBO...