“Inside Out 2”, Normani, and the 2024 Tony Awards top this week's Must List
See EW's top pop culture picks for the week of June 14.
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Inside Out 2
Nostalgia is a reliable ingredient in any Pixar project, so it’s fitting the emotion makes a delightful cameo (voiced by National Treasure June Squibb) in this follow-up to the 2015 Oscar winner. But it's not just nostalgia that now-tweenage Riley — and her long-time emotional center, Joy (Amy Poehler) — is coping with in this delightful new adventure: Stranger Things star (and proud nepo baby) Maya Hawke is a new voice-acting favorite as Anxiety. You might not have a Bing Bong-level cathartic cry, but this sequel will still give you all the feels. —Patrick Gomez, Editor-in-Chief
Watch the cast of Inside Out 2 debunk fan theories in an EW exclusive interview
The 2024 Tony Awards
The Tony Awards airs live coast to coast on CBS this Sunday, bringing a bit of Broadway into everyone's homes. With Merrily We Roll Along and Stereophonic among the favorites, I'm excited for the live performances (including whatever host Ariana De Bose does for her opening). —Maureen Lee Lenker, Senior Writer
Read EW's Tony Awards nominees list.
Normani's "Candy Paint"
This fast-talking track leaked two years ago. But Normani's fans — and Normani herself — loved the song so much that the R&B songstress included it on her long-anticipated debut album, Dopamine (out now). And thank God she did. The bop. Undeniable. The swag. Enviable. The comeback. She's happening. —Lester Fabian Brathwaite, Staff Writer
Read EW's Interview with Normani on releasing her debut album
Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go
In her first stand-up special (on Max), the Emmy-nominated Hacks star's unique comedic stylings require the viewer pay attention — not just for her humorous, almost avante-garde takes, but also her strangely seducing stage work and character voices. (Her witch is, well, bewitching.) —Gerrad Hall, Executive Director
Ultraman: Rising
This visually stylish action-drama (streaming on Netflix) tells the story of a hotheaded baseball player who reluctantly returns to Tokyo to take over his father's duties as Ultraman. Along the way, the superhero becomes an accidental parent to a monster baby, entering his "Are you my Ultra-mother era?" With breathtaking animation and a moving tale about parenting, this eye-popping flick makes for a perfect family movie night. —Rendy Jones, Evergreen Writer
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