New this week: Will Smith, 'Pinocchio' and 'George & Tammy'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include Will Smithโs comeback campaign in the Antoine Fuqua movie โEmancipation,โ a documentary about Broadway star Idina Menzel, the video game โDragon Quest Treasuresโ and a TV series exploring the tumultuous relationship between country music stars Tammy Wynette and George Jones.
New this week: Arcade Fire, 'Hatching,' Three Mile Island
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Arcade Fire, a documentary about Sheryl Crow that's described as an โintimate story of song and sacrificeโ and a four-part documentary about the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster.
New this week: 'The Offer,' Kehlani, 'I Love That for You'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include new music from Future and Kehlani, a 10-episode Paramount+ series that dramatizes the behind-the-scenes story of the making of โThe Godfather,โ and the comedy โI Love That for Youโ starring former โSaturday Night Liveโ cast member Vanessa Bayer as a woman longing to be a home shopping channel host.
New this week: 'Law & Order,' Madea and Tears for Fears
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Tears for Fears, that familiar โcha-CHUNGโ sound effect signals the return to TV of NBCโs โLaw & Orderโ and Tyler Perryโs gun-totting grandmother Madea in a fresh Netflix film.
New this Week: 'Tina,' 'Runaway Bunny' & 'City on a Hill'
This combination of photos shows key art for "The Runaway Bunny," premiering March 25 on HBO Max, left, "Tina," a documentary about Tina Turner premiering March 27 on HBO Max, center, and "City on a Hill," a new series premiering March 28 on Showtime. He has grasped, at least for a proud man like Anthony, how oneโs ego keeps fighting a battle it doesnโt know is already lost.โAdโ In Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin's revealing documentary โTina,โ Tina Turner surveys her tumultuous and extraordinary life. The film, which debuts Saturday on HBO and HBO Max, includes intimate interviews with the 81-year-old โQueen of Rock โnโ Roll," along with previously unseen footage, audio tapes and personal photos. The piercing Romanian documentary โCollectiveโ was nominated for both best documentary and best international film โ something only one previous film ( "Honeyland," in 2020) โ has ever managed to do. Adโ AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSICโ Carrie Underwoodโs upcoming album features gospel hymns important to the "American Idol" winner.
James McBride among those honored by Center for Fiction
NEW YORK โ Author James McBride and editor Chris Jackson were among those honored Thursday night by the Center for Fiction. Jackson, whose authors range from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Bryan Stevenson, was given the Medal for Editorial Excellence Award. Jackson runs the One World imprint of Penguin Random House. The Center for Fiction awarded its First Novel Prize to Raven Leilani for โLuster,โ the story of a young Black woman's affair with a married, middle-aged white man. Finalists included this year's Booker Prize winner, Douglas Stuart's โShuggie Bain.โ
'Game Change' co-author John Heilemann has book on 2020 race
FILE - John Heilemann attends the premiere of the Showtime limited series "The Loudest Voice" in New York on June 24, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK โ The co-author of the million-selling โGame Changeโ has a book of his own coming about the 2020 election. Heilemann had collaborated with Mark Halperin on โGame Change,โ about the 2008 race, and on โDouble Down,โ about 2012. The HBO adaptation of "Game Change" won five Emmys and three Golden Globe awards. Heilemann is national affairs analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and co-founder of the political video platform The Recount.
New this week: 'Moonbase 8,' Kylie Minogue & Niall Horan
(Showtime via AP)Hereโs a collection curated by The Associated Pressโ entertainment journalists of whatโs arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. โ โOutrageโ: If youโre looking for some distractions on election day, the excellent Women Make Film series is still going strong on TCM. โ AP Film Writer Lindsey BahrMUSICโ The final solo recording from late jazz legend Dave Brubeck will be released Friday. Showtimeโs โMoonbase 8โ stars Fred Armisen, John C. Reilly and Tim Heidecker as astronauts trying to qualify for a moon mission. For Showtime subscribers, the full series will be available Sunday night on the channelโs apps and on-demand platforms.
โBad Hombresโ film uses baseball to show the game of borders
Members of the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredo, a binational professional baseball team with home stadiums in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and Laredo, Texas, stand for the U.S. National Anthem before a game in 2019 in Laredo, Texas in a scene from "Bad Hombres." The Showtime documentary follows this AAA Mexican League baseball team that plays on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border amid the tension around migration, divisive politics, and environmental concerns. (Showtime via AP)RIO RANCHO, N.M. โ People have always crossed borders to play baseball, and the sport routinely reaches across borders to fans. And that's what members of the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos, a binational professional baseball team with home stadiums in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and Laredo, Texas, have to do. โBad Hombresโ centers around the 2019 season of the Tecolotes as players chase dreams and a championship while avoiding drug cartel members who have lookouts in every city.
Houstonโs only lesbian bar Pearl Bar will stay in business thanks to the โQueer to Stayโ business grant
HOUSTON โ Houstonโs only lesbian bar is now a recipient of a grant that will allow them to stay in business. In a news release Tuesday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), in partnership with SHOWTIME announced Pearl Bar and several other bars in the U.S. as recipients of the โQueer to Stay" grant, which supports LGBTQ+ businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. โIt has been a hard road getting through this, but between our community and this โQueer to Stayโ initiative, we are excited to open slowly starting this weekend,โ Pearl Bar said on its Instagram account on Tuesday. As businesses are widely affected by the pandemic due to events such as Pride Month being canceled, widespread revenue losses were reported. โWe deserve to spend our money where we are treated with respect and welcomed from the moment we walk in the door," said bar owner Julie Mabry in a statement.