This weekƵs new entertainment releases include albums from Kesha and Dave Matthews Band, while rapper Jack Harlow stars in a remake of ƵWhite Men CanƵt JumpƵ and wilderness expert Bear Grylls tests contestants on their survival skills, physicality and gross-out tolerance with ƵI Survived Bear Grylls.Ƶ
Anna Nicole Smith gets the Netflix documentary treatment in ƵAnna Nicole Smith: You DonƵt Know Me,Ƶ chronicling her life as a model, Playboy playmate and reality star. And stock up on tissues because home renovation twins Drew and Jonathan ScottƵs series ƵCelebrity IOUƵ is back with new episodes on HGTV.
This weekƵs new streaming options include rapper Jack HarlowƵs acting debut, the return of Kesha and new projects for an heart-warming HGTV show.
HereƵs a collection curated by The Ƶsociated PressƵ entertainment journalists of whatƵs arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
- Three decades after Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson mixed it up on the black top, a new ƵWhite Men CanƵt JumpƵ has next. A remake of that 1992 film teams Sinqua Walls and rapper Jack Harlow as a pair of basketball players who hustle hoops for money and compete in a lucrative three-on-three tournament. The film, which debuts Friday on Hulu, is directed by Calmatic and co-written by Kenya Barris (Ƶblack-ishƵ). In it, Harlow makes his acting debut.
- Anna Nicole Smith gets the Netflix documentary treatment in ƵAnna Nicole Smith: You DonƵt Know Me.Ƶ The film, debuting Tuesday, chronicles SmithƵs life as a model, Playboy playmate and reality star. Smith died in 2007 at the age of 39 from an accidental overdose. ƵYou DonƵt Know MeƵ includes home video of Smith, whose birth name was Vickie Lynn Hogan.
- Cristian MungiuƵs ƵR.M.N.Ƶ is one of the cinematic highlights of the first half of 2023. The latest from the acclaimed Romanian filmmaker (Ƶ4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 DaysƵ) is a powerful microcosm of a migrant drama that has played out all around the world.
A mountainous Transylvania village is increasingly torn apart by violent nationalist impulses that course through the townƵs civic life in response to a handful of foreign workers. Mungiu, the pioneering filmmaker of the Romanian New Wave, crafts an unflinching societal portrait both gripping and grim. Currently playing in theaters, ƵR.M.N.Ƶ is available on-demand beginning Friday.
Ƶ AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
- Check out KeshaƵs new album for what Ƶpost-popƵ sounds like. ThatƵs what the ever-changing pop star is calling her Rick Rubin-produced record ƵGag Order.Ƶ Single ƵFine LineƵ is an introspective, beatless ballad with the lyric ƵAm I bigger than Jesus/Or better off dead?/ThereƵs a fine line between genius and crazy.Ƶ ThereƵs also ƵEat the Acid,Ƶ an experimental, mournful number. Her team says the album excavates Ƶthe deepest recesses of her soul to date.Ƶ
- Def Leppard are following in the footsteps of Metallica, the Scorpions and Bring Me the Horizon with an orchestral reworking of their catalogue.
ƵDrastic Symphonies,Ƶ features their greatest tracks reimagined by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Fifteen of the hard rockersƵ hits like ƵAnimal,Ƶ ƵLove Bites,Ƶ ƵHysteriaƵ and ƵPour Some Sugar on MeƵ have a new sound. Some songs Ƶ ƵRock of Ages,Ƶ ƵPhotographƵ and ƵLetƵs Get RockedƵ Ƶ didnƵt work and were left off.
- May turns out to be a great month for 11-time Grammy-nominated singer- songwriter Brandy Clark. Her Broadway musical ƵShuckedƵ was nominated for best original score and sheƵs got a new self-titled album out Friday. Produced by Brandi Carlile, the album showcases ClarkƵs tenderness, with the 11 songs including the heartbreaking ƵBuried,Ƶ a celebration of her home in ƵNorthwestƵ and a loving tribute to her grandma with ƵShe Smoked in the House.Ƶ
- Ahead of their first post-pandemic album, Dave Matthews Band has released two strong singles, including the nostalgia-drenched ƵMonsters,Ƶ with the lyrics ƵChutes and ladders/Pick up sticks/Counting cards and counting bricks/Driving past that old five and dime/CanƵt get nothing for a nickel since a long long time.Ƶ The first single, ƵMadmanƵs Eyes,Ƶ leans into Middle Eastern rhythms for a darker song about the madness of violence. Both songs will be on the album ƵWalk Around the Moon,Ƶ out Friday and the band says it Ƶis as much a reflection on the current times as it is an urge to find common ground.Ƶ
Ƶ AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
NEW SERIES TO STREAM
- Stock up on tissues because home renovation twins Drew and Jonathan ScottƵs series ƵCelebrity IOUƵ is back with new episodes on HGTV. Each episode features a Hollywood star who dreams up a home renovation project for someone they want to give back to. Enter the Scott brothers who use their knowledge of construction to make it happen. The episodes follow each project from start to finish with a heart-warming, emotional presentation at the end. This batch of eight episodes features Heidi Klum, Kristin Chenoweth, Glenn Close, Taraji P. Henson, Emma Roberts, Jay Leno, Derek Hough, Kristin Davis and Emma Roberts. ƵCelebrity IOUƵ returns Monday.
- f you watched the ƵTo All the BoysƵ movies, you probably remember scene-stealer Anna Cathcart as the confident, chatty kid sister, Kitty, to Lana CondorƵs Lara Jean. Cathcart has landed her own spinoff series called ƵXO, Kitty.Ƶ Created by ƵTo All the BoysƵ author Jenny Han, Kitty travels to Korea to attend an elite boarding school that her long-distance boyfriend is a student at. ItƵs also the same school where her late mother went as a teen. Kitty imagines a seamless transition to a new school in a new country and a romantic reunion with her boyfriend but quickly realizes life doesnƵt always go as planned. All 10 episodes drop Thursday on Netflix.
- Wilderness expert and adventure-seeker Bear Grylls has never encountered a mountain he wonƵt climb or a random creature he wonƵt eat for fuel. WeƵve seen him on TV venture into the great outdoors with celebrities but now heƵs taking everyday people out of their comfort zone in a new show, ƵI Survived Bear Grylls.Ƶ With the help of comedian co-host Jordan Conley, Grylls uses simulated challenges to test contestants on their survival skills, physicality, and gross-out tolerance. Get ready for the hardest, the dirtiest, the most disgusting day of your life,Ƶ Grylls says in the trailer. ƵI Survived Bear GryllsƵ debuts Thursday on TBS.
Ƶ Alicia Rancilio
NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
- The Lego brand encompasses all sorts of pop culture icons, from ƵStar WarsƵ to ƵSeinfeld.Ƶ But sometimes you just want to build a Lego car and take it for a spin. In 2K GamesƵ Lego 2K Drive, you can assemble a high-speed racer brick-by-brick, then compete against your friends to find out whoƵs got the zippiest monster on the track. If you want to go off-road, you can turn your car into an all-terrain vehicle, a boat or even an aircraft. Visual Concepts, the studio behind the NBA 2K franchise, is promising a huge open world in which you can you take your driver from rookie to world champion Ƶ or just tool around smashing into things. Your Lego garage opens for business Friday on PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
- ƵI awoke one morning to find I was a dogƵ is a heck of a way to open a video game. Humanity gets weirder from there. The dog is a glowing Shiba Inu, and his mission is to guide the human masses toward salvation at the end of the world. Sounds heavy, but the result is the sort of hypnotic puzzle game youƵd expect from Enhance, the developers responsible for Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite. ItƵs reminiscent of the 1990s classic Lemmings in that youƵre trying to steer crowds of mindless creatures away from a gruesome demise, but once the hordes start fighting each other, this pupƵs got a whole new set of problems. With 90-plus levels and the tools for users to build their own, Humanity could last for an eternity. The herding begins Tuesday on PlayStation 5/4 and PC.
Ƶ Lou Kesten
