diff -u b/core/includes/entity.inc b/core/includes/entity.inc
--- b/core/includes/entity.inc
+++ b/core/includes/entity.inc
@@ -53,6 +53,42 @@
  *
  * @param string $entity_type
  *   The entity type to load, e.g. node or user.
+ * @param mixed $id
+ *   The id of the entity to load.
+ * @param bool $reset
+ *   Whether to reset the internal cache for the requested entity type.
+ *
+ * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface|null
+ *   The entity object, or NULL if there is no entity with the given ID.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   The method overriding Entity::load() for the entity type, e.g.
+ *   \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::load() if the entity type is known. If the
+ *   entity type is variable, use the entity manager service to load the entity
+ *   from the entity storage:
+ * @code
+ * \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage($entity_type)->load($id)
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface::load()
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface::getStorage()
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface::load()
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\Query\QueryInterface
+ */
+function entity_load($entity_type, $id, $reset = FALSE) {
+  $controller = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type);
+  if ($reset) {
+    $controller->resetCache(array($id));
+  }
+  return $controller->load($id);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Loads an entity from the database.
+ *
+ * @param string $entity_type
+ *   The entity type to load, e.g. node or user.
  * @param int $revision_id
  *   The id of the entity to load.
  *
@@ -102,6 +138,57 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Loads multiple entities from the database.
+ *
+ * This function should be used whenever you need to load more than one entity
+ * from the database. The entities are loaded into memory and will not require
+ * database access if loaded again during the same page request.
+ *
+ * The actual loading is done through a class that has to implement the
+ * \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface interface. By default,
+ * \Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage is used for content entities
+ * and Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityStorage for config entities. Entity
+ * types can specify that a different class should be used by setting the
+ * "handlers['storage']" key in the entity plugin annotation. These classes
+ * can either implement the \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface
+ * interface, or, most commonly, extend the
+ * \Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage class. See
+ * \Drupal\node\Entity\Node and \Drupal\node\NodeStorage for an example.
+ *
+ * @param string $entity_type
+ *   The entity type to load, e.g. node or user.
+ * @param array $ids
+ *   (optional) An array of entity IDs. If omitted, all entities are loaded.
+ * @param bool $reset
+ *   Whether to reset the internal cache for the requested entity type.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ *   An array of entity objects indexed by their IDs.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   The method overriding Entity::loadMultiple() for the entity type, e.g.
+ *   \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::loadMultiple() if the entity type is known. If
+ *   the entity type is variable, use the entity manager service to load the
+ *   entity from the entity storage:
+ * @code
+ * \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage($entity_type)->loadMultiple($id)
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface::loadMultiple()
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface::getStorage()
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface::loadMultiple()
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\Query\QueryInterface
+ */
+function entity_load_multiple($entity_type, array $ids = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
+  $controller = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type);
+  if ($reset) {
+    $controller->resetCache($ids);
+  }
+  return $controller->loadMultiple($ids);
+}
+
+/**
  * Load entities by their property values.
  *
  * @param string $entity_type
diff -u b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/ViewStorageTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/ViewStorageTest.php
--- b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/ViewStorageTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/ViewStorageTest.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
    */
   protected function displayTests() {
     // Check whether a display can be added and saved to a View.
-    $view = View::load'test_view_storage_new');
+    $view = View::load('test_view_storage_new');
 
     $new_id = $view->addDisplay('page', 'Test', 'test');
     $display = $view->get('display');