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IT CHAPTER TWO
Is anything scarier
than watching
James McAvoy
battle Pennywise?
Answer: No.
BY NICK ROMANO60
FRANCINE
PAS CAL
The Sweet Valley
High author reflects
on her remarkable
career—and teases
what’s next.
BY KRISTEN BALDWIN66
SHERYL CROW
The singer-songwriter
returns with a star-
studded collaborations
album, Threads.
BY SARAH RODMAN20
COMIC-CON
San Diego’s annual
pop culture festival
was a Marvel-ous affair
(hi, Angelina Jolie!).
BY LYNETTE RICE→
30
THE CROWN
The show’s creator
and stars Olivia Colman
and Helena Bonham
Carter talk season 3.
BY CLARK COLLIS40
HUSTLERS
Jennifer Lopez and
Constance Wu on
how their film is
about much more
than pole dancing.
BY JOEY NOLFI44
HOLLYWOOD
TRUE CRIME
The story behind the
grisly murder—and
sexual obsession—of
Hogan’s Heroes actor
Bob Crane.
BY LYNETTE RICE50
FRIENDS
On the show’s 25th
anniversary, read
exclusive excerpts from
Generation Friends,
which detail the making
of the beloved sitcom.
BY DAVID CANFIELD
SEPTEMBER 2019
4 MASTHEAD 6 EDITOR’S NOTE 9 SOUND BITES 10 THE MUST LIST 23 FIRST TAKE 70 REVIEWS 112 THE BULLSEYE
ON THE COVER
Olivia Colman as
Queen Elizabeth IIPHOTOGRAPH BY JULIAN BROAD EW ● COM SEPTEMBER 2019 3
← Helena Bonham
Carter and Olivia
Colman photo-
graphed exclusively
for EW on Feb. 7,
2019, in London