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Entertainment Weekly Awardist December 2024 Print Cover - Unstoppable (Jennifer Lopez & Jharrel Jerome)
Wrestling with greatness: How Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome became Unstoppable in their new family biopic
Awardist cover with illustration of the women of emilia perez, Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez
Emilia Pérez stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez, Best Actor and Actress predictions, and more in EW's The Awardist digital magazine
Babygirl (2024) Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie in Maria, Selena Gomez as Jessi in Emilia Pérez
2025 awards tracker: From Angelina Jolie to Selena Gomez, see who's winning (and losing) in the Oscars race so far
Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson
CMA Awards 2024: See the full list of winners
Awardist collage of Angelina Jolie in Maria and Colman Domingo in Sing Sing with oscars statuette
2025 Oscar nominations predictions: See contenders for Best Picture and acting, from Angelina Jolie to Colman Domingo
Billy Ray Cyrus attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, Beyonce attends the premiere of Disney's "The Lion King" at Dolby Theatre on July 09, 2019 in Hollywood, California
Billy Ray Cyrus 'surprised' at Beyoncé being shut out of CMA Awards, but says she 'doesn't need a trophy'
Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe statues
Awards season calendar 2024: See key show dates for Critics Choice, Golden Globes nominations, more
Viola Davis
Viola Davis just got even more iconic as Golden Globes name her the 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient
The 58th Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson, will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 8/7c on ABC.
Billy Bob Thornton, Simone Biles, Jeff Bridges, and Katharine McPhee announced among 58th CMA Awards presenters
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 17: Conan O'Brien visits SiriusXM at SiriusXM Studios on May 17, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 25: Overview of the Oscar statue at "Meet the Oscars" at the Time Warner Center on February 25, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
Conan O'Brien to host Oscars for the first time in his career
Taylor Swift performs on stage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Anfield on June 13, 2024 in Liverpool, England.
Taylor Swift, South African singer Tyla win big at MTV EMAs
Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2024 Governors Ball at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 08, 2024 in New York City.
What makes a Best New Artist? Grammys boss explains Sabrina Carpenter's nomination after 6 albums
Taylor Swift performs on stage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Wembley Stadium on June 23, 2024 in London, England, Beyoncé performs onstage during the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR” at PGE Narodowy on June 27, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland, Chappell Roan performs on Day 3 of Outside Lands Festival 2024 at Golden Gate Park on August 11, 2024 in San Francisco, California
Beyoncé leads 2025 Grammy nominations, becomes most-nominated artist ever: See the full list of nominees
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, MASTER AND COMMANDER, Russell Crowe, 2003
Deadpool & Wolverine director debunks Master and Commander Easter egg, says they almost had the Titanic
Channing Tatum as Gambit in Deadpool and Wolverine
Ryan Reynolds says Marvel is 'obsessed' with Channing Tatum's Gambit after Deadpool & Wolverine
Kevin Costner poses for a portrait for Entertainment Weekly at the 27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival on November 1, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia
Stars strike a pose at the 2024 SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun and Blitz; and Joan Chen in Didi
Saoirse Ronan on playing both 'ugly and nasty' and a 'beacon of hope' in two different movies this year
Brad Culver, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, and Cooper Koch in 'Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story'
Nicholas Alexander Chavez shares why it's 'incredibly hard playing a real person' after starring as Lyle Menéndez
Monica Barbaro flashes her eyelashes
Top Gun: Maverick star Monica Barbaro says she was once advised to trim her eyelashes: 'Crazy s---'
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Ronan caught 'off guard' by viral Graham Norton clip: 'Weight that is put on every young woman'
The Awardist: Mikey Madison
Anora star Mikey Madison and director Sean Baker, Best Picture predictions, and more in EW's Awardist digital magazine
Monica Barbaro, Nicholas Chavez, Savannah Lee Smith, Austin Abrams, Ebony Obsidian, Ethan Herisse
Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Monica Barbaro, and more among EW's Breaking Big honorees at 2024 SCAD Savannah Film Festival
US singer Mariah Carey poses with the three awards she won at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles 08 February 2006. Carey won for best contemporary R&B album, best R&B song and best female R&B vocal performance.
Mariah Carey explains why she only has 5 career Grammys: 'They scammed me'
Awardist / Saturday Night's Jason Reitman and Gabriel LaBelle
Jason Reitman recalls the 'almost impossible' task of finding the right actor to play Dan Aykroyd in Saturday Night
Matt Bomer and Joshua Jackson speak onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Joshua Jackson was 'caught off guard' when the Dawson's Creek theme played during his 2024 Emmys entrance
SAOIRSE RONAN as Rona in The Outrun
Why Saoirse Ronan wanted to play 'a version of someone that has hurt me' in The Outrun
Luke Bryan performs onstage during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 22, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada., Beyoncé attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Luke Bryan insists his comments about Beyoncé's CMA Awards snub were 'not negative': 'I respect Beyoncé'
Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh speak onstage during the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 06, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.
Andy Samberg recalls cut Golden Globes bit that would've had him pee himself onstage: 'I'm soaking wet'
Euphoria Season 1, episode 4 (debut 7/7/19): Zendaya. photo: Eddy Chen/HBO
Zendaya teases Euphoria season 3 time jump: 'Only so much high school drama you can deal with'
Luke Bryan and Beyonce
CMA Awards host Luke Bryan weighs in on Beyoncé Cowboy Carter snub: 'Have fun and get in the family'
Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Zendaya on DANCING WITH THE STARS season 16
Zendaya hasn't watched Dancing With the Stars since she competed on it: 'It was a very stressful experience'
Awardist Cover - Zendaya
Zendaya reflects on serving up a pop culture and critical hit with Challengers in EW's The Awardist digital magazine
Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell and Harper Steele attend the premiere of Netflix's "Will & Harper" at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on September 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Kristen Wiig fulfills promise to make perfect theme song for Will & Harper — and could get an Oscar for it
3way
Almost an EGOT: The biggest stars who are missing just 1 award
Reese Witherspoon and Kyle Richards
RHOBH's Kyle Richards reveals she's working with Reese Witherspoon on mystery project after Emmys tease
Eric Roberts Dancing with the stars
Dancing With the Stars contestant Eric Roberts tears up watching his 1986 Oscar nominee package
Anna Sawai accepts the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award for "Shōgun" onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California
Anna Sawai on her emotional Emmys win, similarities between her 'repressed' Pachinko and Shōgun characters
Dolly Parton attends the 53rd annual CMA Awards at the Music City Center on November 13, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee., Beyoncé attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Dolly Parton disagrees that Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter was snubbed by the CMAs 'on purpose'
Lamorne Morris, winner of the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for “Fargo”, poses in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Lamorne Morris shares his 4-year-old daughter's adorable attempt to hold his Emmy: 'I'm too little'
Chappell Roan
Chappell Roan 'kind of' hopes she doesn't win a Grammy: 'I won't have to do this again!'
Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart pose in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California
Hacks star Hannah Einbinder has hilarious Ava and Deborah moment after Jean Smart's Emmys win
Stephen Colbert and Evelyn Mcgee-Colbert at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 15 Sep 2024
Stephen Colbert's wife Evelyn admits she doesn't watch his talk show every night: 'Oops'
Gina Torres attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Suits star Gina Torres says spinoff news is 'fantastic': 'I hope they have as long a run as we did'
RuPaul publicity photo Logo Network RuPaul's Drag Race; LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 1: Murphy Brown, a CBS television situation comedy program featuring topical current events and satire. Pictured is Candice Bergen (as Murphy Brown, seasoned broadcast journalist). January 1, 1993. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images); Game of Thrones "The Bells" Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth and Kit Harington as Jon Snow
Shows with the most Emmy wins in TV history
Richard Gadd accepts the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie award for Baby Reindeer onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Baby Reindeer winner Richard Gadd wants to look past 'negatives' of Martha inspiration at Emmys
Meredith Baxter, Connie Britton, and Susan Kelechi Watson at the 2024 Emmys
Emmys tribute to TV moms brings out Meredith Baxter, Connie Britton, and Susan Kelechi Watson
Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna
Childhood pals Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite at the 2024 Emmys and 'push the limits' presenting in Spanish
Antony Starr, Kathy Bates, and Giancarlo Esposito speak onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Giancarlo Esposito, Antony Starr, Kathy Bates represent TV villains at 2024 Emmys
2024 Emmys Jean Smart
Jean Smart gets standing ovation at Emmys, drags her own network: 'HBO, Max — no, HBO'
Damon Wayans, George Lopez, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson speak onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
TV dads assemble at Emmys to present Lead Actor in a Comedy
Shelley Duvall, Chita Rivera, and Johnny Wactor
Emmys 'In Memoriam' segment omits Shelley Duvall, Chita Rivera, Johnny Wactor
Martin Sheen, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff and Allison Janney speak onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, and other West Wing cast reunite for series' 25th anniversary at 2024 Emmys
Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Annie Murphy, and Dan Levy
Ew, David! Schitt's Creek stars stage Rose family reunion to close out 2024 Emmys
Jimmy Smits, Don Johnson and Niecy Nash-Betts
TV cops unite at 2024 Emmys to remind us 'you can't fight crime if you ain't cute'
Ayo Ediberi Emmys 2024 reaction
The best and worst moments from the 2024 Emmy Awards
JEAN SMART - The 76th Emmy Awards, hosted by Eugene Levy and Dan Levy, will broadcast live on ABC SUNDAY, SEPT. 15; Richard Gadd, winner of the Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for 'Baby Reindeer', poses in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.; Anna Sawai accepts the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award for 'Shogun' onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Emmys 2024: See the complete list of winners
Christine Baranski, Viola Davis, and Gina Torres
Viola Davis, Christine Baranski, and Gina Torres pay tribute to TV lawyers at the 2024 Emmys
John Leguizamo at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
John Leguizamo calls out Hollywood's history of brownface at the Emmys: 'Everybody played us except us'
An image of the late Bob Newhart is shown while Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards
Jimmy Kimmel honors late Bob Newhart at Emmys: 'One of our most loved and funniest people'
Ron Howard and Henry Winkler at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California
Ron Howard and Henry Winkler reunite for Happy Days 50th anniversary at 2024 Emmys
Quinta Brunson, Alan Cumming and Selena Gomez attend the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
See all the stars at the 2024 Emmys
2024 Emmys Slow Horses Showrunner Will Smith
Will Smith wins Emmy, jokes about not being that Will Smith: 'Despite my name, I come in peace'
John Oliver accepts the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series award for "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" onstage during the 76th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on September 15, 2024
John Oliver thanks his late dog in his Emmys speech: 'I feel like Sarah McLachlan'
Mekhi Phifer, Mindy Kaling, and Zach Braff speak onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024
TV doctors Mindy Kaling, Zach Braff, and Mekhi Phifer unite to present at 2024 Emmys
Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, and Bowen Yang speak onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
SNL stars Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, and Bowen Yang roast Lorne Michaels at the Emmys
Billy Crudup accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series award for “The Morning Show onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Billy Crudup dedicates Emmys win to 'eye candy' wife Naomi Watts, 'who also happens to be an immigrant'
Kathy Bates attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Kathy Bates clarifies retirement comments about new Matlock series on Emmys red carpet: 'I had one foot out the door'