Editing Entertainment Weekly (section)

===Specialty issues===
Every year, the magazine publishes several specialty issues. These issues were often published as double issues (running for two consecutive weeks). Many times these features were so long that they replaced all other feature articles.<!-- continuing in monthly? -->

Common specialty issues include:

* Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter Preview issues: Generally each quarter, the magazine reports on  upcoming releases in movies, music, television, live shows, and books. Typically, the summer issue's focus is on upcoming movies only unless major television series or events, music releases, or book releases are occurring then.
* The Photo issue: Once a year, an issue is dedicated to featuring (aside from the normal reviews and news content) only photographs of celebrities. Unlike tabloid issues, these photographs are done with the celebrities' cooperation, and often they use some form of artistic expression. A wide variety of celebrities has been used, including [[Green Day]], [[Reese Witherspoon]], [[Morrissey]], the cast of the television series ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', [[Tobey Maguire]], and [[Cameron Diaz]]. Generally, the photographs  contain some descriptive text, sometimes about the person or sometimes a commentary from the photographers who photographed them for a story.
* Academy Awards issues: In the past, the magazine devoted at least four cover stories per year to the [[Academy Awards]]; "The Oscar Race Begins" issue in January predicted the nominees, the "Nominees" issue in February profiled the recently announced Oscar contenders, the "Oscar Odds" issue predicted the winners the week before the awards, and the "After-Awards" issue covered the ceremony the week after it airs. Virtually every issue mentioned the Oscars in some capacity, often on the cover, and a film or actor's Academy Award chances were often noted in the magazine's reviews. In comparison, music's [[Grammy Award]]s, television's [[Emmy Award]]s, and theater's [[Tony Award]]s are given relatively limited coverage.
* The "Must List": A double-sized issue, it was usually timed for release in the last week of June. It focuses on what the magazine considers "musts" in entertainment with the latest hot movies, TV shows, music projects and novels along with previews of upcoming projects in those media that are gaining interest.
* The Fall TV Preview issue: Generally released in early September, this issue has the magazine detailing the upcoming fall season of both new and returning series.
* End-of-the-Year issue: The last issue of each year, whose cover shows the "Entertainer of the Year" chosen by readers at ''EW'''s official website. The issue features the ten-best releases in theater, film, television, music, DVD, literature and (as of last year) fashion that year. Music, television and film have two critics give their top ten; the others only have one. Each section also has a five-worst list (film is the only section in which both critics give the worst). Also in the issue are special sections devoted to the Entertainer of the Year, great performances, newly arrived stars, a [[timeline]] of infamous celebrity mishaps, and obituaries of stars who died (this used to be in a separate issue; it was combined with the "end-of-the-year" issue in 2003). This is the only issue without any reviews.

: The complete list of the annual "Entertainer of the Year" winners:

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* [[Bart Simpson]] (1990)
* [[Jodie Foster]] (1991)
* the cast of the television series ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (1992)
* [[Steven Spielberg]] (1993)
* [[Tom Hanks]] (1994)
* the cast of the television series ''[[Friends]]'' (1995)
* [[Rosie O'Donnell]] (1996)
* [[Ellen DeGeneres]] (1997)
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] (1998)
* [[Ricky Martin]] (1999)
* [[Russell Crowe]] (2000)
* [[Nicole Kidman]] (2001)
* [[Denzel Washington]] (2002)
* the cast of the film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003)
* [[Jon Stewart]] (2004)
* the cast of the television series ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' (2005)
* the cast of the television series ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (2006)
* [[J. K. Rowling]] (2007) (the first entertainer named known primarily for writing)
* [[Robert Downey Jr.]] (2008)
* [[Sandra Bullock]] (2009)
* [[Taylor Swift]] (2010)
* [[Daniel Radcliffe]] (2011)
* [[Ben Affleck]] (2012)
* [[Sandra Bullock]] (2013)
* [[Jimmy Fallon]] (2014)
* [[Jennifer Lawrence]] (2015)
* [[Ryan Reynolds]] (2016)
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Starting in 2017, the publication began awarding 10-16 honorees as Entertainers of the Year.

'''2017 (15 winners):'''<ref>{{cite web |date=2017-12-21 |title=Entertainers of the Year 2017: See the EW picks |url=https://ew.com/news/entertainers-of-the-year-2017/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=EW |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Gal Gadot]]
* [[Greta Gerwig]]
* [[Jimmy Kimmel]]
* [[Issa Rae]]
* [[Jack Antonoff]]
* [[Kumail Nanjiani]]
* [[Elisabeth Moss]]
* [[Jordan Peele]]
* [[Laurie Metcalf]]
* ''[[Big Little Lies (TV series)|Big Little Lies]]''
* [[Stephen King]]
* [[Kesha]]
* [[Carrie Coon]]
* [[Ben Platt]]
* ''[[Will & Grace (season 9)|Will & Grace]]''

'''2018 (12 winners):'''<ref>{{cite web |date=2018-11-29 |title=See all of Entertainment Weekly's 2018 Entertainers of the Year |url=https://ew.com/celebrity/2018-ew-entertainers-of-the-year-photos/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=EW |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The women of ''[[Crazy Rich Asians (film)|Crazy Rich Asians]]'': [[Constance Wu]], [[Awkwafina]], [[Michelle Yeoh]], and [[Gemma Chan]]
* [[Cardi B]]
* [[Darren Criss]]
* The women of ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'': [[Angela Bassett]], [[Danai Gurira]], [[Lupita Nyong'o|Lupita Nyong’o]], and [[Letitia Wright]]
* [[Emily Blunt]] and [[John Krasinski]]
* The Fab 5: [[Karamo Brown]], [[Bobby Berk]], [[Jonathan Van Ness]], [[Tan France]], and [[Antoni Porowski]] [from the Netflix reboot of ''[[Queer Eye (2018 TV series)|Queer Eye]]'']
* [[Nicole Kidman]]
* [[Bradley Cooper]] and [[Lady Gaga]]
* [[Sandra Oh]]
* [[Ariana Grande]]
* [[Donald Glover]]
* [[Christine Baranski]]

'''2019 (16 winners):'''<ref>{{cite web |date=2019-12-11 |title=EW reveals its 2019 Entertainers of the Year: Lizzo, Awkwafina, the cast of ''Succession'', and more |url=https://ew.com/celebrity/2019/12/11/entertainers-of-the-year/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=EW |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Awkwafina]]
* [[Renée Zellweger]]
* [[Regina King]]
* [[Taika Waititi]]
* [[Lizzo]]
* The cast of ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]''
* [[Phoebe Waller-Bridge]]
* [[Ta-Nehisi Coates]]
* [[Billie Eilish]]
* [[Margaret Atwood]]
* [[Eddie Murphy]]
* [[Taylor Swift]]
* [[Lil Nas X]]
* [[Brad Pitt]]
* [[Keanu Reeves]]
* [[Sterling K. Brown]]

'''2020 (16 winners):'''<ref>{{cite web |date=2020-12-08 |title=EW reveals its 2020 Entertainers of the Year: Pedro Pascal, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kerry Washington, and more |url=https://ew.com/celebrity/entertainers-of-the-year-2020/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=EW |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Pedro Pascal]]
* [[Kerry Washington]]
* [[Sacha Baron Cohen]]
* [[Dan Levy (Canadian actor)|Dan]] & [[Eugene Levy]]
* [[Chadwick Boseman]]
* [[Taylor Swift]]
* [[Michaela Coel]]
* [[Brit Bennett]]
* [[The Chicks]]
* [[Jonathan Majors]]
* [[Maya Rudolph]]
* [[The Weeknd]]
* [[Megan Thee Stallion]]
* [[Elisabeth Moss]]
* [[Jamie Foxx]]
* [[Sarah Paulson]]

'''2022 (10 winners):'''<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-12-12 |title=EW's 2022 Entertainers of the Year |url=https://ew.com/webstory/entertainment-weekly-2022-entertainers-of-the-year/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=EW |language=en-US}}{{dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Keke Palmer celebrates ''Abbott Elementary'' for EW's 2022 Entertainers of the Year: 'I'm team Janine and Gregory' |url=https://ew.com/tv/keke-palmer-honors-abbott-elementary-cast-entertainers-of-the-year-2022/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=EW  |first1=Keke |last1=Palmer |date=December 12, 2022 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217063130/https://ew.com/tv/keke-palmer-honors-abbott-elementary-cast-entertainers-of-the-year-2022/ |archive-date= December 17, 2023 |at=More EW Entertainers of the Year 2022 |first2=Gerrad |last2=Hall }}</ref>
* [[Jennifer Coolidge]]
* ''[[Abbott Elementary]]'' cast
* [[Bad Bunny]]
* [[Brian Tyree Henry]]
* [[Lizzo]]
* [[Sadie Sink]]
* [[Harry Styles]]
* ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]'' cast
* [[Jeremy Allen White]]
* [[Michelle Yeoh]]