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Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 8: Tim Leong

Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 8: Tim Leong

-1.jpgOn September 30 at the SVA Theater in NYC, every design director from Entertainment Weekly's 25 year history will gather for an historic event, For the Love of Enterainment Weekly. The evening is part of SPD's 50th anniversary celebration, as well as an advance notice of EW's 25th anniversary, which is February 16, 2015.

Former EW design directors Michael Grossman, Robert Newman, John Korpics, Geraldine Hessler, Brian Anstey, Kory Kennedy, and current DD Tim Leong will show their work and give an inside look at the magazine's creation. There will also be a special tribute to former DD Amid Capeci.

As a lead up to the event, SPD will be showcasing the cover pages of each design director. Here are the EW covers of the magazine's eighth (and current) design director, Tim Leong. These covers all date from 2014. The photo director for these covers was Lisa Berman.

(Above): Photographer: Robert Trachtenberg, photo editor: Natalie Gialluca

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Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 7: Kory Kennedy

Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 7: Kory Kennedy

-1.jpgOn September 30 at the SVA Theater in NYC, every design director from Entertainment Weekly's 25 year history will gather for an historic event, For the Love of Enterainment Weekly. The evening is part of SPD's 50th anniversary celebration, as well as an advance notice of EW's 25th anniversary, which is February 16, 2015.

Former EW design directors Michael Grossman, Robert Newman, John Korpics, Geraldine Hessler, Brian Anstey, Kory Kennedy, and Tim Leong will show their work and give an inside look at the magazine's creation. There will also be a special tribute to former DD Amid Capeci.

As a lead up to the event, SPD will be showcasing the cover pages of each design director. Here are the EW covers of the magazine's seventh design director, Kory Kennedy, plus comments by Kory on how the covers were created. These 16 covers date from the years 2012-14. The photo director: for these covers was Lisa Berman; managing photo director: Sarah Czeladnicki.

(Above): October 5, 2012. Photograph: Ruven Afanador, photo editor: Michele Romero.
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Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 6: Amid Capeci

Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 6: Amid Capeci

-1.jpgOn September 30 at the SVA Theater in NYC, every design director from Entertainment Weekly's 25 year history will gather for an historic event, For the Love of Enterainment Weekly. The evening is part of SPD's 50th anniversary celebration, as well as an advance notice of EW's 25th anniversary, which is February 16, 2015.

Former EW design directors Michael Grossman, Robert Newman, John Korpics, Geraldine Hessler, Brian Anstey, Kory Kennedy, and Tim Leong will show their work and give an inside look at the magazine's creation and visual legacy. There will also be a special tribute to former DD Amid Capeci.

As a lead up to the event, SPD will be showcasing the cover pages of each design director. Here are the EW covers of the magazine's sixth design director, Amid Capeci, plus comments on how they were created. The covers date from the years 2009-2010. The director of photography for all of these covers is Lisa Berman.

Note: Amid Capeci passed away in 2012.

Above: July 30, 2010. Typography by Joe Zeff Design.
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Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 5: Brian Anstey

Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 5: Brian Anstey

-1.jpgOn September 30 at the SVA Theater in NYC, every design director from Entertainment Weekly's 25 year history will gather for an historic event, For the Love of Enterainment Weekly. The evening is part of SPD's 50th anniversary celebration, as well as an advance notice of EW's 25th anniversary, which is February 16, 2015.

Former EW design directors Michael Grossman, Robert Newman, John Korpics, Geraldine Hessler, Brian Anstey, Kory Kennedy, and Tim Leong will show their work and give an inside look at the magazine's creation. There will also be a special tribute to former DD Amid Capeci.

As a lead up to the event, SPD will be showcasing the cover pages of each design director. Here are the EW covers of the magazine's  fifth design director, Brian Anstey, plus comments on how they were created. The covers are from the years 2008-2009. The photo editor of Entertainment Weekly during this period was Fiona McDonagh, followed by Lisa Berman.

Above: Stephen Colbert and John Stewart parody The New Yorker cover, October 3, 2008.MORE
Entertainment Weekly. The Covers Part 4: Geraldine Hessler

Entertainment Weekly. The Covers Part 4: Geraldine Hessler

-1.jpgOn September 30 at the SVA Theater in NYC, every design director from Entertainment Weekly's 25 year history will gather for an historic event, For the Love of Enterainment Weekly. The evening is part of SPD's 50th anniversary celebration, as well as an advance notice of EW's 25th anniversary, which is February 16, 2015.

Former EW design directors Michael Grossman, Robert Newman, John Korpics, Geraldine Hessler, Brian Anstey, Kory Kennedy, and Tim Leong will show their work and give an inside look at the magazine's creation. There will also be a special tribute to former DD Amid Capeci.

As a lead up to the event, SPD will be showcasing the cover pages of each design director. Here are the EW covers of the magazine's fourth design director, Geraldine Hessler, plus comments on how the covers were created. These 16 covers date from the years 1999-2008.

Above: The Dixie Chicks, March 2, 2003.

The Dixie Chicks: We shot this cover right after Natalie Maines spoke out against President Bush while on tour in London, and the band was being called all kinds of horrible names. It was actually their idea to pose nude with all the slurs on their bodies. The original idea was to have bumper stickers made and to plaster their bodies with them, but we had a body painter on set just in case the stickers didn't work. It was a good thing, because the shipment of stickers never made it. The band loved this image so much that they used it for the poster for their movie.


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Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 3: John Korpics

Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 3: John Korpics

-1.jpgOn September 30 at the SVA Theater in NYC, every design director from Entertainment Weekly's 25 year history will gather for an historic event, For the Love of Enterainment Weekly. The evening is part of SPD's 50th anniversary celebration, as well as an advance notice of EW's 25th anniversary, which is February 16, 2015.

Former EW design directors Michael Grossman, Robert Newman, John Korpics, Geraldine Hessler, Brian Anstey, Kory Kennedy, and Tim Leong will show their work and give an inside look at the magazine's creation. There will also be a special tribute to former DD Amid Capeci.

As a lead up to the event, SPD will be showcasing the cover pages of each design director. Here are the EW covers of the magazine's third design director, John Korpics, along with some fun behind-the-scenes comments from John about how they came together. These 13 covers date from the years 1996-1999.

(Left): Howard Stern, March 7, 1997. Photograph by Jill Greenberg.


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Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 2: Robert Newman

Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 2: Robert Newman

-1.jpgOn September 30 at the SVA Theater in NYC, every design director from Entertainment Weekly's 25 year history will gather for an historic event, For the Love of Enterainment Weekly. The evening is part of SPD's 50th anniversary celebration, as well as an advance notice of EW's 25th anniversary, which is February 16, 2015.

Former EW design directors Michael Grossman, Robert Newman, John Korpics, Geraldine Hessler, Brian Anstey, Kory Kennedy, and Tim Leong will show their work and give an inside look at the magazine's creation. There will also be a special tribute to former DD Amid Capeci.

As a lead up to the event, SPD will be showcasing the cover pages of each design director. Here are the EW covers of the magazine's second design director, Robert Newman (that's me!) from the years 1994-96. The photography directors for these covers were Mary Dunn and Doris Brautigan.

(Cover left): April 22, 1994, published after the death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.
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Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 1: Michael Grossman

Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 1: Michael Grossman

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On September 30 at the SVA Theater in NYC, every design director from Entertainment Weekly's 25 year history will gather for an historic event, For the Love of Enterainment Weekly. The evening is part of SPD's 50th anniversary celebration, as well as an advance notice of EW's 25th anniversary, which is February 16, 2015.

Former EW design directors Michael Grossman, Robert Newman, John Korpics, Geraldine Hessler, Brian Anstey, Kory Kennedy, and Tim Leong will show their work and give an inside look at the magazine's creation. There will also be a special tribute to former DD Amid Capeci.

As a lead up to the event, SPD will be showcasing the cover pages of each design director. Here are the EW covers of the magazine's first design director, Michael Grossman (and, he hastens to add, art director Mark Michaelson) from the years 1990-94. The photography directors for most of these covers were Mary Dunn and Doris Brautigan.

(Cover shown: Arsenio Hall, April 27, 1992)
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