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A Billy Joel performance typical celebrating his residency astatine Madison Square Garden and Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal playing cowboys and erstwhile lovers successful Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life” are immoderate of nan caller television, movies, euphony and games headed to a device adjacent you.
Also among nan streaming offerings worthy your clip arsenic selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: a sequel to nan powerful documentary “Food, Inc.,” a reboot of “Dora nan Explorer” connected Paramount+ and Linkin Park’s first career-spanning top hits collection.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
— A opus tin carrier you backmost to a different clip successful your life pinch conscionable a note. The caller movie “The Greatest Hits,” starring Lucy Boynton, draws connected this thought and makes it literal for a female mourning nan decease of her fellow (David Corenswet, aka nan caller Superman). The random bouts of clip travel, which tin hap immoderate clip a acquainted opus comes connected nan radio, make it reliable for her to unrecorded successful nan coming and move on. The movie comes from writer-director Ned Benson, who made nan underappreciated “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby,” and of people boasts a awesome soundtrack including Beach House and Roxy Music. “The Greatest Hits” is streaming connected Hulu starting Thursday.
— Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal play cowboys and erstwhile lovers successful Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life,” his 31-minute Western streaming connected Netflix starting Sunday, April 14. At nan film’s Cannes premiere past year, Almodóvar, who famously turned down nan opportunity to nonstop “Brokeback Mountain,” said dissimilar nan characters successful that movie, he imagined these guys were really gunslingers successful nan vein of “The Wild Bunch.” AP Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote astatine nan clip that “it’s delightful to spot Almodóvar astatine activity successful a caller genre, yet conscionable arsenic astatine home, filling nan framework pinch pops of colour (Pascal’s characteristic wears a lime greenish jacket) and flourishes of emotion” and that it “extends yet different vibrant section successful Almodóvar’s filmography, now successful its 5th decade.”
— Sixteen years aft “Food, Inc.” changed nan measurement galore deliberation astir wherever their nutrient comes from, filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo reunited pinch “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” writer Michael Pollan and “Fast Food Nation” writer Eric Schlosser to return different look astatine nan existent authorities of nutrient successful nan U.S. With a typical attraction connected nan authorities of farmworkers and nan downsides of firm consolidation and ultra-processed foods, “Food, Inc. 2” will beryllium disposable connected VOD starting Friday, April 12.
— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr
NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
— There is peanut food and jelly, bacon and eggs, bid and love, and Billy Joel and Madison Square Garden. Some things conscionable spell together. Joel and MSG person long been synonymous; he’s sold retired much shows than immoderate different performer astatine nan famed venue, first performing location successful 1978. To observe his triumphant run, a caller performance special, “The 100th: Billy Joel astatine Madison Square Garden — The Greatest Arena Run of All Time,” will aerial connected CBS and tin beryllium streamed connected Paramount+ connected Sunday, April 14 astatine 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. It was filmed astatine Joel’s 100th consecutive capacity astatine Madison Square Garden conscionable a fewer days agone — March 28. Prepare to watch nan Piano Man astatine nan tallness of his powers. And past see seeing him live, because he won’t beryllium astatine MSG for overmuch longer: He will conclude his residency successful July pinch his 150th life capacity astatine nan venue.
— One of nan defining American rock bands of nan 2000s, Linkin Park will merchandise their first career-spanning top hits collection, “Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000 – 2003),” connected Friday, April 12. Headbangers should expect a broad retrospective from nan set arsenic good arsenic a antecedently unreleased track, “Friendly Fire,” primitively recorded astir their 2017 medium “One More Light” and featuring their late vocalist Chester Bennington.
— Rhiannon Giddens’ euphony and danasiwa has highlighted nan contributions of Black Americans successful people and country. That activity continues connected “The Ballad of Sally Anne,” a singular Alice Randall screen and prime trim from nan forthcoming covers compilation “My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall.” Randall is nan writer of a caller book besides titled “My Black Country” and nan first Black female to constitute a state No. 1 deed successful Trisha Yearwood’s “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl).” This compilation celebrates her legacy. Other contributors to nan medium see Leyla McCalla, Valerie June, Rissi Palmer, and galore different Black female state performers moving to germinate nan genre. “My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall” is simply a basal perceive for Randall and Giddens fans aged and new. (And if you’ve conscionable learned astir Giddens done her contributions to Beyoncé’s “Act ll: Cowboy Carter” — well, welcome!)
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
NEW SHOWS TO STREAM
— Dating master Patti Stanger has a caller TV show called “Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker” wherever she erstwhile again helps azygous group looking for love. On this show, Stanger teams up pinch erstwhile “Bachelor” Nick Viall, who was besides rejected doubly connected “The Bachelorette” — he knows a point aliases 2 astir nan ups and downs of dating. In each episode, nan duo gives clients tips, tricks and sadistic honesty to thief them go genuinely fresh to find a partner. The show premieres Thursday connected The CW and besides streams connected The CW app.
— “Dora nan Explorer” debuted successful 2000 arsenic a groundbreaking, award-winning children’s show astir an adventurous young Latina. The characteristic returns successful a caller CG animated bid called “Dora” connected Friday, April 12 connected Paramount+. She’s still sewage her purple backpack and sidekick monkey named Boots, but this “Dora” has evolved pinch nan times. Dora has family from Peru, Mexico and Cuba, and nan show celebrates a assortment of Latin civilization including music, folklore, architecture and food. Diversity exists down nan scenes arsenic well, pinch a mostly of nan penning unit identifying arsenic Latino.
— HBO has adapted nan Pulitzer Prize-winning caller “The Sympathizer” by Viet Thanh Nguyen into a caller bid of nan aforesaid name. It follows a North Vietnam works known arsenic nan Captain (played by Hoa Xuande) successful nan South Vietnam service who flees to nan United States erstwhile nan Vietnam War is ending. The Captain lives among South Vietnamese refugees and continues to spy connected nan organization by reporting backmost to nan Viet Cong. This leads to struggles arsenic nan Captain attempts to build a caller life. Recent Oscar victor Robert Downey Jr. plays aggregate roles. “The Sympathizer” premieres Sunday, April 14 connected HBO and streams connected Max.
— Alicia Rancilio
NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
— Ever since Baldur’s Gate III took nan gaming world by large wind past year, players person been wondering: Where tin I get much of this? Australian workplace Drop Bear Bytes is hoping to scratch that itch pinch Broken Roads, citing classical role-playing adventures for illustration Fallout, Wasteland and, yes, Baldur’s Gate arsenic inspiration. Set successful a post-apocalyptic Outback, Broken Roads leans heavy into its “Moral Compass,” pinch options that bespeak 4 different philosophies: utilitarianism, nihilism, Machiavellianism and humanism. The developers, led by a seasoned of nan landmark RPG Planescape: Torment, committedness you’ll beryllium forced to make reliable choices arsenic your squad explores nan desolate continent. It arrives Wednesday connected PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
— The protagonist of Devolver Digital’s Children of nan Sun, known simply arsenic The Girl, is bent connected exacting revenge against nan cult that ruined her life. She has a slick sniper firearm but 1 disadvantage: conscionable a azygous slug to usage connected each mission. On nan different hand, she has psychic powers that let her velocity up, slow down aliases curve nan slug — and erstwhile it hits a target she tin re-aim it toward another. The consequence is much of a tactical, pinball-like puzzle than nan benignant of chaos you’d expect from a modern shooter. It’s still gory, and solo designer René Rother’s visuals are stylishly haunting. The sun sets Tuesday connected PC.
— Lou Kesten
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