Trust W Mag to bring out the most unimaginable concepts to life. Paving way for the awards season in the new year, the magazine collaborated with all the star that made 2018 big with their splendid performances.

We saw Nicole Kidman, Saoirse Ronan, Claire Foy, Emily Blunt, Johan Hill, Kiki Layne, Rami Malek, Eddie Redmayne, Margot Robbie, Michael B Jordan, Mahershala Ali and Amy Adams on the cover while the many others featured on their cover story.

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At the movies, 2018 was truly the year of the woman. In the past, that claim has been made optimistically, but this time around, weighty female-centric films abounded and actresses have, thankfully, moved beyond the sexy girlfriend or loyal helpmate clichs. - Claire Foy + Emily Blunt by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Hair: @1malcolmedwards Make Up: @lucyjbridge Set: @garycard Text: Lynn Hirschberg Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019

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Recommended Read: Rami Malek, Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, Chadwick Boseman…catch the whos-who of Hollywood on the 25th Annual edition of Vanity Fair

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Hollywood Tales: This portfolio portrays the leading Hollywood stars of 2018 in an eccentric universe created by the photographer Tim Walker. In fantastical scenarios featuring mysterious egg people and a giant bouncy castle, established actors rule alongside up-and-comers, celebrating the fact that there are finally big changes happening on the big screen. And there is no going back. - @nicolekidman by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Hair: @1malcolmedwards Make Up: @lucyjbridge Set: @garycard Text: Lynn Hirschberg Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019

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In scenarios of breaking eggs to the new-age cinema and all the big changes happening on screen, the issue features a lot of established actors alongside the vivacious new-comers.

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Ws Best Performances Portfolio is our annual celebration of the beautiful, the challenging, and the thrilling. As awards season officially kicks off with the 2018 #GoldenGlobes this weekend, follow along as we count down with 29 excellent reasons to go to the movies this year. - @mahershalaali + Amy Adams by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Hair: @1malcolmedwards Make Up: @lucyjbridge Set: @garycard Text: Lynn Hirschberg Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019

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We have dynamic duos like Claire Foy and Emily Blunt, Jonah Hill and Kiki Layne, Mahershala Ali and Amy Adams & Margot Robbie and Michael B Jordan gracing the cover.

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The box office this year also saw more racial diversityand irrefutable proof that audiences are clamoring for new kinds of stories, featuring communities that have been previously ignored. - @margotrobbie + @michaelbjordan by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Hair: @1malcolmedwards Make Up: @lucyjbridge Set: @garycard Text: Lynn Hirschberg Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019

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Period pieces reminded audiences how things haveor haventchanged when it comes to social issues, and shone a light on practices that, disturbingly, in some cases, are still around today. - @kikilayne + @jonahhill by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Hair: @1malcolmedwards & @larryjarahsims Make Up: @lucyjbridge Set: @garycard Text: Lynn Hirschberg Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019

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We also have strong independent women like Saoirse Ronan and Nicole Kidman bringing in some change.

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Standout roles included brilliant, conniving ladies in waiting, terrific superheroes, hidden power brokers, avenging cops and more unforgettable portrayals of amazing people from all walks of life, from history to present day, around the world (and even to the moon). - Saoirse Ronan by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Hair: @1malcolmedwards Make Up: @lucyjbridge Set: @garycard Text: Lynn Hirschberg Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019

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Making us travel back in time with their fabulous performances, we have Rami Malek and Eddie Redmayne making for a rather striking cover photo.

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At the link in bio, cinema's brightest stars of the year transport to yet another universe, this time with a lot more latex. - Eddie Redmayne + @ramimalek by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Hair: @1malcolmedwards Make Up: @lucyjbridge Set: @garycard Text: Lynn Hirschberg Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019

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We also have a lot of other artists namely Timothee Chalamet, Regina King, Willem Dafoe, Yalitza Aparicio, Ethan Hawke, Troye Sivan and Noah Centineo amongst the many others being featured inside the special story.

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TROYE SIVAN in 'Boy Erased' // Boy Erased is about gay- conversion therapy, and when I read the script, I thought the movie was a period piece, because it would be impossible for this treatment to still exist. But I found out that it is still really, really prevalent in this day and age. That was what fired me up about the film. - @troyesivan by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Best Performances | W magazine Vol. 1, 2019

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ETHAN HAWKE in 'First Reformed' I owe a lot to Youngblood Hawke, a novel by Herman Wouk. My mother loved that book, and then she met a guy named Jim Hawke. She thought, Oh, if I have a kid with this man, he would have the last name Hawke! I think that was part of why she fell in love with my father. - @ethanhawke by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019

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REGINA KING in 'If Beale Street Could Talk' // I took a break from making films. My son, Ian, was getting to the age, around sixth grade, when kids are starting to spread their wings, and everything that was being offered to me was outside of Los Angeles, except for TV. I didnt want to travel to make films. So I like to say I was one of the first movie actors who made the leap into television...I like to use the LL Cool J song: 'Dont call it comeback. I been here for years.'" - @iamreginaking by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019

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NOAH CENTINEO in 'To All the Boys Ive Loved Before' and 'Sierra Burgess Is a Loser' // -You are known as the Internets boyfriend. "Not me. The characters I play are the dream. Oh, to differentiate the actor from the character!" - @ncentineo by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Best Performances | W magazine Vol. 1, 2019

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