EW's Best of 2015: The story behind Taylor Swift's 1989 tour guests

As she launched her massive (85 date!) 1989 World Tour, she brought out 101 surprise guests for her fans. Click here for more Best of 2015 coverage. Credit: Kevin Mazur/LP5/WireImage But we know the Grammy winner has a knack for making the impossible seem effortless. Heres how the squad assembled. Those asks were sometimes made months in advance, according to a source. In OMIs case, it was requested that he sing Cheerleader....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 215 words · Kelli Lopez

EW's Best Photo Outtakes of the Year

All the TVs went off, Davidson remembers. We could hear people in the audience losing their damn minds!" Craymer explains, We wanted to replicate the feeling of the city without needing to get security! ERIC RAY DAVIDSON for EW She was involved all along, and we went through a number of ideas, says photographer Ruven Afanador. She was a really great sport about the whole thing. He was very into the shoot, Hom remembers....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Laura Young

EW's Bullseye 100: The weirdest, funniest, best, worst, most WTF pop culture of the year

But forget the week! So lets clean up that chimney. The damage is evident in first known co-conspirator Matt Damons equally grossponytail. Credit: Nicole Wilder/ABC; Robyn Beck/Getty Images; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic; Eric Liebowitz/Netflix Lady Gaga did similar philanthropy when she discovered 80-year-old Julie Andrews at the Oscars. The How Old Am I? app Watch out,Rebel Wilson! Noam Galai/WireImage 5.This picture of Helena Bonham Carter straddling a big fish 6. When Madonnas cape pulled her off stage...

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 1008 words · Jorge Wright

EW's Entertainers of the Year pick their Entertainers of the Year

Chris Pratt’s Pick “Amy Schumerprobably. I got to spend some time with her and I dont think Ive ever hung out with anyone funnier. She had me in stitches. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Shes entertaining and really f—ing cool.” How could it not be? Her book is bananas good. Donato Sardella/Getty Images You’ve taken over the calendar as we know it. The only person that’s taken over a calendar that I know of is Jesus....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Danny Johnson

EW's Winter Playlist: 12 hot new songs to hear now

Post-holiday blues got you down? Jump-start your 2016 playlist with EWs favorite new tunes. Thats cold, girl, but we like it. Credit: Getty Images This standout is loaded with fuzzed-out guitar riffs and schoolyard na-na-nasproving Hinds are one of 2016s most badass newcomers. They screaming Chano for mayor, Im thinking maybe I should, he proclaims. Judging by this, thats not sucha ridiculous idea. Its as hot as Panic! faves like I Write Sins Not Tragedies....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Tamara Garcia

Ewan McGregor plays Jesus in Last Days in the Desert trailer

The film features supporting performances from Ciaran Hinds, Tye Sheridan, and Ayelet Zurer. Emmanuel Lubezki, who won his third consecutive Best Cinematography Oscar in February, shot the film. I dont see it as a faith-based film, McGregortold EWlast year. Its not telling a Biblical story. I think its a film about fathers and sons. Jesus and God are the ultimate father and son relationship. Broad Green later took the film to the AFI Festival last fall, where it receivedstrong critical reviews....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Scott Mathews

Exclusive first look at Contracted director's new black comedy-kidnap thriller Get the Girl

Is it ever abadidea to include a kidnapping in your film? Just ask the Coen brothers. The film will likely be released this coming summer.

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 25 words · Cindy Snyder

Expiring on Netflix in December: Labyrinth, Silence of the Lambs, more

Its time to schedule a post-Thanksgiving dinner Netflix binge, because some terrific movies are expiring from the streaming service come Dec. 1: The list includesLabyrinth, My Best Friends Wedding,andSilence of the Lambs.See the full list of whats expiring come November below, and see what the streaming service is addinghere. Expiring Dec. 1 All About Eve Batman Begins Forces of Nature Labyrinth My Best Friends Wedding Silence of the Lambs Soap Dish...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Allison Duke

Explosions in the Sky want their new album to terrify you

And the way it goes is sometimes a bit frightening. His stuff is really intense and pretty scary-sounding, Hrasky explains. We wanted to incorporate that throw in of feeling but at the same time have the songs be melodic. Credit: Nick Simonite We want to have beautiful things, but we also just want this record to feel at points terrifying. It shouldnt work, he says. And it doesnt feel totally jarring and wrong....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Tracy Rios

Faith Evans: Notorious B.I.G. might perform as a hologram

After previously tweeting a photo of her and Notorious B.I.G. in January alongside the albums title, Evans further hinted that a single is set to drop this summer. Evans also spoke about working on a performing hologram of Notorious B.I.G. Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Chris Walter/WireImage But that depends on a lot of things, Evans said of the hologram. If the hologram were to materialize, Notorious B.I.G. would join the likes ofTupac,Whitney Houston, andSelenaas artists set to perform as holograms following their deaths....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Brooke Dougherty

Faking It finale: EP Carter Covington on how relationships will play out

Going into the final episode, many of the story lines and relationships are still up in the air. But fans shouldnt be too worried that they wont get a conclusion, according to executive producer Carter Covington. We were definitely aware that this could be our last season, so we prepared, Covington tells EW. [But] Ive just never known when the last season would be. On Amy and Sabrina:Were going to see that Sabrina is devastated by Amys rejection....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · James Young

Faking It finale: It was always about Karmy, Carter Covington says

So do you love or hate that the final episode title is Up in Flames? We picked that episode not knowing that it would be the final one. I kind of love it and hate it. Credit: Scott Everett White How does it feel now that its ending? And Im super grateful to MTV for giving us the opportunity to do that. If I had known this was the last season, we definitely would have explored Karmas feelings for Amy....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Aaron Bush

Faking It recap: Nuclear Prom

It’s prom night and no one’s here to make friends. Karma and Shane are preparing to go head-to-head for Wades attention but itsnotabout the competition, guys. And now that everyones on-board, the plan will go definitely *perfectly. Credit: MTV (*Horribly.) She grinds all over Wade in the middle of the dance floor as Liam and Shane look on. Meanwhile, Liam and Amy are dealing with their own problems. (A shame because Mary Lambert is on stage, and she is killing it....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Kari Jackson