What to stream this weekend: 'The Bachelorette,' Idris Elba, The Weeknd, Sarah Snook and 'Jack Ryan'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Lucinda Williams, the kickoff of the 20th season of the reality dating show โThe Bacheloretteโ starring a 27-year-old therapist from Georgia who was featured on the last season of โThe Bachelor,โ and Idris Elba is stuck on the worst flight ever in the new series โHijackโ for Apple TV+.
New this week: 'Cry Macho,' McCreery and 'The Morning Show'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include new music from Lindsey Buckingham and Scott McCreery, as well as the return of Clint Eastwood, who has gone back to his Western roots with โCry Macho,โ starring as a former rodeo star hired to bring a young man in Mexico back to his father in the U.S. Fans of TV's โThe Morning Showโ will also get to see Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell and Billy Crudup kick off Season 2.
New this week: 'No Sudden Move' and 'The Tomorrow War'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include documentaries about celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and another on a landmark 1969 Harlem concert series known as โBlack Woodstockโ that featured Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone.
New this week: 'MLK/FBI,' Why Donโt We and 'Prodigal Son'
โ Another acclaimed film from the virtual festival circuit, Sam Pollardโs โMLK/FBI,โ debuts on-demand and in theaters Friday. โ AP Music Editor Mesfin FekaduTELEVISIONโ Catherine Zeta-Jones is joining Foxโs โProdigal Son,โ about a skilled criminal profiler (Tom Payne) and his serial-killer dad (Michael Sheen). The sophomore season of โProdigal Sonโ starts at 9 p.m. EST on a new night, Tuesday. โ A real-life killer who terrorized Californians in the mid-1980s is the subject of Netflixโs limited, four-part documentary series, โNight Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer,โ debuting Wednesday. It was updated on Jan. 16, 2021, to correct the name of an actor who stars in the television series โProdigal Son.โ It is Michael Sheen, not Martin Sheen.
Amazon to kick off holiday shopping with October Prime Day
NEW YORK โ Amazon is aiming to kickstart the holiday shopping season early this year. It's the first time Prime Day is being held in the fall, and Amazon is positioning it as a way to get people to start their holiday shopping. In past years, Walmart, Best Buy and Target have offered their own online discounts during Prime Day. Amazon started the sales event in 2015 as its answer to Singlesโ Day, a shopping holiday in China popularized by Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba. Prime Day has become one of Amazon's biggest shopping days, since it offers some of its deepest discounts of the year.
These movies, shows and documentaries about race should be required viewing
Netflixโ13thโDirected by Ava DuVernay (sheโll come up again in this list), the documentary shows you how America changed after the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, but also kickstarted the prison boom in America. โMoonlightโThis Oscar-winning picture tells the story of a young black gay man living in Miami. chronicles the Central Park Five, a group of young black teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of a crime they didnโt commit. The documentary tells the story of the days of protests, unrest and riots that followed. Itโs a great film that shows how two different groups of people can react to fatal police shootings.
7 concert films you should watch if youโre really missing live music
Some experts believe it could be more than a year until live concerts return to our daily lives, which is heartbreaking for people who love seeing live music. So until then, the next best thing to do is watch a concert movie from one of your favorite artists. Look no further than Beyoncรฉ's โHomecoming,โ her live concert that was filmed in 2018 when she headlined Coachella, the Southern California music festival. From the costumes, dancing and marching band music arrangements, Beyoncรฉ transformed Coachella into โBeychella,โ and weโre lucky enough that the entire show is documented. Not only is Timberlakeโs music incredible catchy, but the production value that went into this show, especially the choreography, makes it worth visiting.
Whatโs new on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and more in 2020
You might be using the same streaming services this year, but luckily, there are tons of new movies, TV shows, documentaries and so much more available on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and Amazon Prime. โFerris Buellerโs Day OffโThis obviously isnโt a Netflix original movie, but sometimes Netflix puts on a good throwback movie that is too good not to mention. โThe Goop Labโ is actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her lifestyle brand, Goop, all teamed up with Netflix to bring us six episodes of Goop-related content. You probably havenโt seen it since the โ90s, but thatโs the best thing about Disney+. What TV shows and movies are you most excited to see this year?