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(Netflix) BOOKS THE WINDFALL, by Diksha 3 Basu • It’s haves and have-mores in this 4 hilarious yet heart- felt novel about an Indian family struggling to 3 acclimate to their newfound wealth, while also compet- ing with their wealthier neighbors. MUSIC Kendrick Lamar’s THE 4 DAMN. TOUR • The MC, who 5 scored his first Hot GYPSY 100 No. 1 and closed : ALISON COHEN ROSA/NETFLIX; LAMAR: EMMA MCINTYRE/GETTY COHEN ROSA/NETFLIX; LAMAR: EMMA ALISON : LAURA COACHELLA; HAIM: COULSON FOR IMAGES out Coachella in April, is bringing the fiery tunes from his fourth album, DAMN., on the road. And arrive early: Travis Scott and D.R.A.M. will open. MUSIC SOMETHING TO TELL YOU, 5 Haim • We’ve got some- thing to tell you too: The sisters’ second album is well worth the four- year wait. Whether they’re harmonizing like a ’90s R&B trio or shredding like ’70s rock stars, they make time-traveling look easy—and feel like tons of fun. 2 EW.COM JULY 7, 2017 Because Ms. Hart’s kindergarten class needs Ms. Hart. 2017 Escape. Always unstoppable. The Must List 8 6 9 7 WASHED OUT: ALEXANDRA GAVILLET; OUT: WASHED 10 RAW MEAT RAW : EVERETT: COLLECTION; 6 7 8 9 10 WHO DOCTOR MUSIC BOOKS MOVIES TV TV RIDGWAY/BBC; SIMON : MISTER MELLOW, SPOONBENDERS, DEATH LINE DOCTOR WORLD OF Washed Out by Daryl Gregory • Something evil lurks WHO DANCE • Following two albums • A sprawling, quirky- deep beneath the streets • In what marks Peter • On NBC’s new dance of sun-splotched chill- smart saga that reads like of swinging London—a Capaldi’s last season competition, genuinely wave—that’s Washed Out a Wes Anderson movie deranged cannibal feed- finale as the Doctor enthusiastic judges DANCEWORLD OF playing in the Portlandia come to literary life, ing on the city’s subway (and penultimate Jennifer Lopez, Derek credits—bandleader Spoonbenders follows riders! Gary Sherman’s appearance before the Hough, and Ne-Yo let Ernest Greene has rein- a clan with supernatural cult 1972 chiller (also Christmas special), supremely talented vigorated his sound with gifts: Some can read known as Raw Meat), he makes a final stand contestants have the : TRAE PATTON/NBC hip-hop, electro, and jazz minds; some can see the starring genre legends against the Mondasian spotlight on what is elements while retaining future. (Or yes, bend Donald Pleasence and Cybermen. (July 1, the most positive 60 min- his signature summer- things.) But even magic Christopher Lee, makes 8:30 p.m., BBC America) utes of TV every week. afternoon aesthetic. can’t fix a family mess. its Blu-ray debut. (R) (Tuesdays, 10 p.m., NBC) 4 EW.COM JULY 7, 2017 EW 07 07 2017 FEATURES NEWS AND COLUMNS 18 Spider-Man: 1 Homecoming The Must List How a quicksilver new star, a nimble 8 new director, and Sound Bites a little help from Iron Man turned Home- 10 coming into the News & Notes fastest, funniest, selfie-est superhero 64 movie of the summer. The Bullseye BY SARA VILKOMERSON 24 REVIEWS GLOW EW takes you inside 42 the ring of Netflix’s Movies delightfully audacious ’80s wrestling show. 50 BY KELLY CONNOLLY TV 32 54 Holly Hunter Music For decades, she has epitomized spitfire wit 58 and emotional grit. Podcasts The Oscar winner, now in The Big Sick, 60 reflects on her Books career of positively true adventures. BY JOE MCGOVERN 38 Power Starz’s No. 1 hit series is back. With its (anti)hero Ghost locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, season 4 becomes a bloody, expletive- fueled race for survival—for everyone. BY LYNETTE RICE ON THE COVER MULLER/COLUMBIAMICHAEL PICTURES Tom Holland as Spider-Man. Photograph by Michael Muller/ Columbia Pictures. Background photograph by Navid Baraty. Emojis designed by Julia Heffernan. FOR THE LATEST POP CULTURE NEWS, FOLLOW US ON: @EntertainmentWeekly @EntertainmentWeekly @EW @EWSnaps 6 EW.COM JULY 7, 2017 T me oa Q Rn Gyypi yyi. Run and Done ’THES WEEK’S BSEST TWEET OF THE WEEK *starts tequila company. @zachbraff, inspired “In this business, the moment by George you catch feelings is the Clooney moment you catch a bullet.” and Rande —Bats (Jamie Foxx), warning Baby Gerber’s (Ansel Elgort) about getting too soft as saale eo ofe their a getaway driver, in Baby Driver teequila, brand, Cgasamigos, ffooro $ $1 b billion ll BRAFF: XAVIER COLLIN/IPA/SPLASH NEWS; FOXX: WILSON WEBB/SONY; PIETERSE: ERIC MCCANDLESS/FREEFORM; MYERS: BOB D’AMICO/ABC; DUFF, PIETERSE: MCCANDLESS/FREEFORM; ERIC D’AMICO/ABC; BOB MYERS: WILSON WEBB/SONY; COLLIN/IPA/SPLASH NEWS; FOXX: XAVIER BRAFF: “You’re like a love Popsicle, “For some and I want to eat reason, it feels you all the way like this to the stick!” is the end of —Tommy Maitland (Mike Myers), teasing guest judge Will Arnett, something.” on The Gong Show —Alison (Sasha Pieterse), in the Liars’ last scene together, during the Pretty Little Liars series finale “You bought that stupid labradoodle book behind my back.” —Kelsey (Hilary Duff) “Emily Burns did some digging. She found out about my real age, threatened to write a story about me in EW unless we published her book.” FOSTER: TV LAND (2); OBAMA: WENN; WATTS: ALISON COHEN ROSA/NETFLIX —Liza (Sutton Foster), in a plot that was not inspired by real-life events, on Younger “Underneath the suits, behind closed doors, we’re all ruled by the same desires. “Chance is showing our And those desires can be young people that they matter, that they raw,anddark,and have something inside of them that deeply shameful.” is worthy of being expressed, and that they have so much to contribute to their —Jean (Naomi Watts), foreshadowing creepy events, communities and to our country.” on Gypsy —Michelle Obama, honoring Humanitarian Award recipient Chance the Rapper, at the BET Awards 8 EW.COM JULY 7, 2017 DR. DRE JIMMY IOVINE A FOUR-PART THE DOCUMENTARY EVENT and related channels and service marks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc. Inc. and related channels and service marks are the property of Home Box Office, DEFIANT ® , HBO NOW , STARTS SUN 7/9 • 9PM ® 4 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS OR STREAM IT ALL AT ONCE is only accessible through participating partners in the U.S. and certain U.S. territories. Certain restrictions apply. Certain restrictions apply. territories. and certain U.S. is only accessible through participating partners in the U.S. ONES ® ©2017 Home Box Office, Inc. All rights reserved. HBO All rights reserved. Inc. ©2017 Home Box Office, HBO NOW EW 07 07 2017 IN MOVIEMAKING THERE IS ONE GOD—AND FOR most of Hollywood history it has been blas- Is the Age of the phemous to suggest otherwise. That deity is the director, from whom all creation springs. But the balance of power can shift, and right now, producers are Director Over? increasingly seizing it. Lucasfilm’s abrupt removal of directors Phil Lord and For decades, directors have been the most powerful Christopher Miller (The LEGO Movie) from the Han Solo voice in film. But now, as Marvel and Lucasfilm dominate screens, it is often the producer who rules. film currently shooting in England calls to mind other By Anthony Breznican filmmakers who have either quit or been forced out of major studio films: Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) departed Marvel’s Ant-Man after eight years of develop- ment; Patty Jenkins left Thor: The Dark World during 10 EW.COM JULY 7, 2017 ILLUSTRATION BY ELLEN WEINSTEIN SSATISFACTIONATISFACTION IN SECONDSONDS™ © 201202010 7, Hormoormememel FoFoodsoods LLCLLLLCL HEAT IT UP. EAT UIT. UP. Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy and Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, among others, have elevated the role of producer into an artis- tic one, mapping out overarching and inter- connected story lines not just for one film but for entire extended universes. They have often come to supplant the director as GADOT: WARNER BROS. PICTURES; HEMSWORTH: MAIDMENT/DISNEY; JAY HAN SOLO GROUP: JONATHAN OLLEY; BOBA FETT: © & TM LUCASFILM, LTD.; the dominant force in the filmmaking pro- cess, telling the stories while the directors execute them. In a way, movies are adapting a model pioneered in TV. Think of the creative ambi- tion of executive producers Shonda Rhimes on Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get LORD AND MILLER: BEN A. PRUCHNIE/GETTY IMAGES FOR DISNEY WALT STUDIOS; TRANK: ALBERT L. ORTEGA/GETTY IMAGES; MCLAREN: TODD WILL Away With Murder, or Ryan Murphy bringing his twisted sensibility to American Horror Story, American Crime Story, and Feud. Rhimes and Murphy are brands, and few would disagree that they’re artists.