New this week: 'Power of the Dog,' 'Annie' live and Kenny G
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from saxophone legend Kenny G, a documentary about the 12 young soccer players and their coach trapped in a flooded Thailand cave, and Jane Campion makes a triumphant return to filmmaking in โThe Power of the Dog.โ.
Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock and More Thank Essential Workers in United We Sing Special
Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Oprah Winfrey, Jamie Foxx and more stars took the time to honor essential workers amid the coronavirus pandemic in Harry Connick Jr.'s CBS special, United We Sing: A GRAMMY Tribute to the Unsung Heroes, on Sunday. "Man, I love the work you've done after Katrina," Rudolph told Pitt of the 2005 hurricane that destroyed much of New Orleans. "That's so appreciated, I've got such a love for that city, and we so appreciate what you're doing," Pitt told him before asking about his family. Georgia and I are like, 'Because our lives, they would suck without you,'" Connick told ET of Rudolph. In addition to the stars who helped with the special, Connick was proud of his daughter's work behind the camera.
Harry Connick Jr. honors workers during pandemic road trip
FILE - This May 28, 2019 file photo shows Singer Harry Connick Jr. with his daughter Georgia at a special screening of "Pavarotti" in New York. The special will air June 21 and will follow host Connick Jr. and his filmmaker-daughter Georgia on road trip celebrating and thanking essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. With the help of his daughter, Georgia Connick, who is a filmmaker, and a bunch of GoPro cameras, he embarked on a pandemic road trip to meet essential workers around the country who were risking their lives during the pandemic. I just want to reach out and meet some of these folks, sanitation workers or elementary school teachers or people that are working at food banks, said Harry Connick. It was highly emotional, said Harry Connick.