If you choose links we provide, we may receive compensation. What better way to celebrate the new year than by checking out one of January’s hottest reads? Here are the 20 to have on your radar. Scribner; Little, Brown and Company; Atria Books; Harry N. Abrams; Imprint The obsession worsens, and the stakes turn dangerous. But a juicy bonus lurks for fans: a new, wide-ranging interview withSopranoscreator David Chase. And in it, he just might shed some light on that perennially controversialfinal scene....

In the market for a brilliant debut novel? Interested in an account of the Manson murders that you’ve never encountered before? Let’s help you build that summer to-read pile. Hogarth; Riverhead Books; Liveright; Atria Books; Ecco She arrives in the citys theater scene and meets an endlessly entertaining group of artists. I thought, Oh my God, New York City in the 1940s? I want to write about that! Riverhead Books...

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Here’s our list of this month’s 20 essential new books. Is she a predator or a protector? Detective-turned-smuggler Alma Rosales disguises herself as a man to recover valuable stolen opium. Random House; Viking; Thomas & Mercer; Ecco; Farrar, Straus and Giroux She pairs up with a strange loner named Charles Heist to solve the case. Another important detail: The novel takes place over a 10-day period surrounding Donald Trumps inauguration....

Oh, and Chris Hemsworth. Here they are at the 2018 Golden Globes. Chris Evans Captain America and Thor have no beef, just bromance. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Respecting his elders Chris Hemsworth has fans in every generation just ask Anthony Hopkins. Natalie Portman Natalie is all of us, looking at a photo of Chris Hemsworth. The 2011 Teen Choice Awards Actually, scratch that we’re Zoe Saldana. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images...

Cheers to Dad! Its time to celebrate dad! Breanne Heldman Sandy Cohen,The O.C. Bettina Strauss/ The CW; Bill Records/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images; HBO; Ron Batzdorff/NBC; Michael Desmond/The CW Then theres the fact that the father-sonsex talkcame with accompanying bagels and advice for more foreplay. Cmon, its pretty clear Sandy was the brightest character in the sunny O.C. Sandy Cohen: Lawyer, hero and great sandwich maker. Ron Batzdorff/NBC Hes so devoted to his son that spoiler alert!...

When David Shannon was 5 years old, he wrote the basis for what would becomeNo, David! a whole book dedicated to the many, many things he was told not to do. (No, David! Credit: Jesse Grant/WireImage being the dominant phrase, with occasional detours into sharper scoldings like, Stop that this instant!) The ride hed go on from there was hardly expected. (Its now available for purchase.) Its simplicity has rendered it timeless....

The science fiction classic2001: A Space Odysseywas released 50 years ago. Working with him was an extraordinary experience, says Dullea. You couldnt help but realize you were in the presence of genius. Just to see the concept happen before your eyes. I was arriving at these sets that made Disneyland look like a country fair. But I had no idea I was being considered until my agent called me. He said, Are you sitting down?...

They had to put me in lifts! A 300-pound man in high heels its a lot of fun. And a lot of hard work. Credit: Merrick Morton/Netflix We talked to Britton about how he prepared to play the infamous serial killer and whats up next. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did this role come to you? And I just hit that cut off at 6-foot-5. What sort of research did you do on Edmund Kemper?...

The fall festivals set the race in motion, giving us sturdy contenders in the form of Guillermo del TorosThe Shape of Water, Greta GerwigsLady Bird, and Martin McDonaghsThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and now the Academy has anointed them among its2018 class of Oscar nominees. But, between presumed mainstays like the aforementioned titles and new threats likeThe PostandPhantom Thread, whosreallyleading the pack in the big six categories as their respective contests take shape?...

EW picks this year’s biggest contenders for the 2018 Emmy Awards. And through it all, Anderson, 47, shined. The result was forking hilarious. Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images; John P. Johnson/HBO; Curtis Baker/FX ABC Colleen Hayes/NBC John P. Johnson/HBO Curtis Baker/FX Michele K. Short/HBO Chris Haston/NBC

EW picks this year’s biggest contenders for the 2018 Emmy Awards. She was hella funny, real, vulnerable, and more when the script called for it. But in its final episodes, she stretched her dramatic-acting muscles as the series explored her characters broken marriage. Merie W. Wallace/HBO; Robert Voets/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ; Melissa Moseley/Netflix ), she escaped an assisted-living facility she was put in by meddling offspring. Erica Parise/Netflix AMAZON PRIME...

EW picks this year’s biggest contenders for the 2018 Emmy Awards. Nominations will be announced July 12. Special props for the way they said hasta la vista to their amor Rosario. Michele K. Short/HBO; Guy D’Alema/FX Jordin Althaus/HBO ABC Erica Parise/Netflix ABC/Eric McCandless Chris Haston/NBC