Drama Queen
Awkwafinais our first Entertainer of the Year.
As a girl, as a woman, were constantly negotiating our identities, Awkwafina says.
Read EW’sfull interview with Awkwafina andbuy the new issuefeaturing the rapper-actress on the cover.
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Good as Gold
Renee Zellwegeris our second Entertainer of the Year.
“Ive never been ashamed of my age,” she tells EW.
“Not everybody gets 50 years.
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Aging is a privilege.
Theres just a certain kind of liberation theres freedom from a certain level of self-doubt.”
Read more fromEW’s interview with Renee andbuy the new issuefeaturing theJudystar on the cover.
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Bow Down
Regina Kingis our third Entertainer of the Year.
Regina King
She started 2019 by winning an Oscar.
She ended it kicking whitesupremacist ass on HBOsWatchmen.
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All hail the King.
Read ourfull interview with King andbuy the new issuefeaturing theWatchmenstar on the cover.
Seriously Funny
Taika Waititiis our fourth Entertainer of the Year.
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Taika Waititi
The multihyphenate has lampooned vampires and superheroes.
Now he leaps to stardom inJojo Rabbit, a lauded satire he both headlines and helms.
I want to be seen.
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Im like, me me me me!"
I love ridiculous comedy, he shares.
I want to see comedy thats so dumb but also comedy where youre forced to think.
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Taika Waitit
ReadTaika’s full cover story andbuy the new issuefeaturing theJojo Rabbitdirector.
Cuz we love her
Lizzois our fifth Entertainer of the Year.
Lizzo
The rapper-singer-flautist just took a DNA test.
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Turns out shes the most significant artist of 2019.
“I had a very, very vivid imagination,” she tells EW of her childhood.
“And I think that is the thing that helped bring out the performer in me.”
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Read more fromEW’s interview with Lizzo andbuy the new issuefeaturing the singer-rapper-flautist.
On the money
The cast ofSuccessionJeremy Strong,Kieran Culkin, andSarah Snook(a.k.a.
Kendall, Roman, and Shiv Roy) are our final Entertainers of the Year.
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Jeremy Strong
“Were all our characters, Strong says to EW with a smile.
Kieran Culkin
“People just shout at me on the street,” notes Culkin.
“They did that a little after season 1, like, ‘Oh, youre on that show.’
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Now they know the name of the show, and they yell it at me.”
Like, ‘Thanks?'”
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