HereB次元官网网址檚 a collection curated by The Associated PressB次元官网网址� entertainment journalists of whatB次元官网网址檚 arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
MOVIES
B次元官网网址� Jennifer Lopez, rom-com queen, returns to the genre sheB次元官网网址檚 most identified with in premiering Friday on AmazonB次元官网网址檚 Prime B次元官网网址. Lopez stars with Josh Duhamel as a couple whose Philippines beach-resort destination wedding goes awry when the wedding party is taken hostage. For Lopez, who in a Las Vegas drive-thru chapel, itB次元官网网址檚 her second wedding-themed romantic comedy in the last year, following This one, at least, features B次元官网网址淲hite LotusB次元官网网址� star Jennifer Coolidge (itB次元官网网址檚 now Hollywood law that she must star in all exotically located tales).
B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址渂lack-ishB次元官网网址� creator Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill co-wrote a new Netflix comedy about a Los Angeles interracial couple and the culture clash of their families. Lauren London and Hill star as the couple, with Eddie Murphy and Nia Long playing her Muslim parents, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Duchovny playing his Jewish parents. Barris directs the film, streaming Friday.
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MUSIC
B次元官网网址� Singer-songwriter Sam Smith is releasing B次元官网网址淕loria,B次元官网网址� an album the singer-songwriter calls a B次元官网网址渃oming of age.B次元官网网址� Early singles include the epically sexy arena pop featuring Kim Petras, and the intimate, self-affirming ballad B次元官网网址淟ove Me MoreB次元官网网址� with the lyrics: B次元官网网址淓very day IB次元官网网址檓 trying not to hate myself/But lately itB次元官网网址檚 not hurting like it did before.B次元官网网址� Smith recorded the album in Jamaica, Los Angeles and London, and says: B次元官网网址淚t feels like emotional, sexual and spiritual liberation. It was beautiful, with this album, to sing freely again. Oddly, it feels like my first-ever record. And it feels like a coming of age.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址� Celebrate Roberta Flack, one of musicB次元官网网址檚 best voices, in the feature-length documentary, B次元官网网址淩oberta,B次元官网网址� airing Tuesday as part of The movie B次元官网网址渆xplores the depth and complexity of her lyrical and thematic choices as well as the sophisticated mix of classical and soul influences on her style.B次元官网网址� This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of FlackB次元官网网址檚 landmark fourth album, B次元官网网址淜illing Me SoftlyB次元官网网址� and she has a new childrenB次元官网网址檚 book that tells of her musical beginnings, B次元官网网址淭he Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址� For a sardonic look at life go no further than Elle King, whose spiky album B次元官网网址淐ome Get Your WifeB次元官网网址� will be a welcome addition to 2023. The country collection celebrates all sides of the artist, from B次元官网网址渂eing a hot mess, a glorious excess and a woman coming into her own.B次元官网网址� There are the tongue-in-cheek singles and the latter of which finds King looking to a higher sort of relationship since men in her life are letting her down. ItB次元官网网址檚 accompanied by a hysterical video of her dressed as all the bad guys as she shops in a dollar store.
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TELEVISION
B次元官网网址� The new Fox series has an interesting premise. Each episode features a new cast, with a person on trial for a crime. The series then explains what happened B次元官网网址� from the perspective of the defendant, leading up to the result of the trial. Cast members include Michael Chiklis, Jill Hennessy and Malcom-Jamal Warner. Howard Gordon, who created B次元官网网址�24B次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淗omelandB次元官网网址� is an executive producer. B次元官网网址淎ccused,B次元官网网址� which debuted Sunday is based on a BBC program of the same name.
B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淜nives OutB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淕lass OnionB次元官网网址� writer, director Rian Johnson describes his new show starring Natasha Lyonne, as a B次元官网网址渉ow done itB次元官网网址� and not a B次元官网网址渨ho done it.B次元官网网址� Lyonne plays Charlie, a wise-cracking, friendly drifter who has an uncanny ability to immediately know if someone is lying. Charlie is on the run from a casino mobster, working odd jobs and encountering new people. She also often finds herself with a front-row seat to mysteries, setting off her internal lie detector, when she suspects someone is not telling the truth. If critics are correct, B次元官网网址淧oker FaceB次元官网网址� could be PeacockB次元官网网址檚 first hit. Its first three episodes drop Monday and the rest of season one will be doled out one-by-one on a weekly basis.
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VIDEO GAMES
B次元官网网址� New York, New York: If you can make it there, youB次元官网网址檒l make it anywhere. Which is good for Frey Holland, the heroine of Square EnixB次元官网网址檚 who finds herself yanked out of the Big Apple and dropped into a dazzling but blighted world called Athia thatB次元官网网址檚 ruled by a trio of wicked sorceresses. Fortunately, Frey picks up a few spells and some mad parkour skills, and sheB次元官网网址檚 equipped with a chatty, sarcastic bracelet thatB次元官网网址檚 eager to help her find her way home. ForspokenB次元官网网址檚 designers worked on 2016B次元官网网址檚 Final Fantasy XV, and while their new game may not be as epic, it might hold fans over until Final Fantasy XVI arrives this summer. FreyB次元官网网址檚 adventure begins Tuesday on PlayStation 5 and PC.
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