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What to stream: 'The Piano Lesson,' 'Wicked' album, 'Spellbound' and 'Cruel Intentions' TV series
Read full article: What to stream: 'The Piano Lesson,' 'Wicked' album, 'Spellbound' and 'Cruel Intentions' TV seriesThe animated movie āSpellboundā with a heroine voiced by Rachel Zegler and Denzel Washingtonās son Malcolm directing August Wilsonās āThe Piano Lessonā for Netflix are some of this weekās new streaming entertainment releases.
Denzel Washington hands over to his son Malcolm and keeps August Wilson in the family
Read full article: Denzel Washington hands over to his son Malcolm and keeps August Wilson in the familyAugust Wilsonās āThe Piano Lesson" deals profoundly with ancestry and heritage, which makes it all the more fitting that the new film adaptation, produced by Denzel Washington and directed by his son Malcolm, is a family affair.
Q&A: Nolan and Villeneuve on āTenetā returning to theaters and why āDune 2ā will be shown on film
Read full article: Q&A: Nolan and Villeneuve on āTenetā returning to theaters and why āDune 2ā will be shown on filmChristopher Nolan has, by any account, had a banner year with āOppenheimer.ā.
Christopher Nolanās āTenetā returns to theaters, in IMAX 70mm, with new āDune: Part Twoā footage
Read full article: Christopher Nolanās āTenetā returns to theaters, in IMAX 70mm, with new āDune: Part Twoā footageTime isnāt inverting: Christopher Nolanās āTenetā is coming back to movie theaters for a week, including on IMAX 70mm and other large-format screens.
What's streaming now: Bradley Cooper conducts, Lidia Bastianich cooks and Percy Jackson quests
Read full article: What's streaming now: Bradley Cooper conducts, Lidia Bastianich cooks and Percy Jackson questsThis weekās new streaming entertainment releases include Bradley Cooperās loving look at the life of Leonard Bernstein in āMaestro,ā Percy Jackson finds out that Greek myths arenāt just a history lesson in āPercy Jackson and the Olympiansā and PBS celebrates chef Lidia Bastianich.
New this week: Foo Fighters, 'Malcolm & Marie' and Snoopy
Read full article: New this week: Foo Fighters, 'Malcolm & Marie' and SnoopyHereās a collection curated by The Associated Pressā entertainment journalists of whatās arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Directed by Goro Miyazaki (Hayao Miyazakiās son), āEarwigā follows a 10-year-old orphan girl who gets some unconventional adoptive parents. ā AP Film Writer Lindsey BahrMUSICā Foo Fightersā 10th album was originally supposed to be released last year but was one of many projects delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Felaās son and grandson, Femi Kuti and Made Kuti, will release a double album called āLegacy +ā on Friday. Adā āPeanutsā puppy Snoopy gets top billing in āThe Snoopy Show,ā an Apple TV+ animated series debuting Friday on the streaming service.
In 'Ma Rainey,' channeling the blues of August Wilson
Read full article: In 'Ma Rainey,' channeling the blues of August WilsonFollowing āFencesā and āMa Rainey,ā he intends to continue adapting Wilsonās famed American Century Cycle, a 10-play series spanning each decade of the 20th century. All of Wilson's plays hum with the sorrowful beauty of the blues but āMa Rainey" is soaked through. On a sweaty, summer day, a band has gathered at a white-owned recording studio to cut a new record with Ma Rainey (Davis), the pioneering āMother of the Blues,ā and an unapologetically liberated woman from the South. Itās Cutler and Slow Drag and Ma Rainey talking," says Wolfe. For Davis, Ma isn't a character she wants to let go of, or stop admiring.
'Tenet' to open internationally first, in US a week later
Read full article: 'Tenet' to open internationally first, in US a week laterThis image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Elizabeth Debicki, left, and John David Washington in a scene from "Tenet." Warner Bros. said Monday that Tenet will not make its August 12 release date. Warner Bros. on Monday said Tenet will arrive in more than 70 countries on Wednesday, Aug. 26, including Japan, Russia, much of Europe, Australia and Canada. The $200 million thriller will open in the U.S. a week later on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Warner Bros. will also deliberately spread out its opening weekend, debuting the film mid-week to space out eager moviegoers.
Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' delayed indefinitely by virus
Read full article: Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' delayed indefinitely by virusWarner Bros. said Monday that Tenet will not make its August 12 release date. And unlike previous delays, the studio this time didnt announce a new target for the release of Nolans much-anticipated $200 million thriller. (Melinda Sue Gordon/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)NEW YORK Christopher Nolan's Tenet, which had hoped to herald Hollywood's return to big theatrical releases, has yet again postponed its release due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Warner Bros. said Monday that Tenet will not make its August 12 release date. Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich said the studio will soon share a new 2020 release date for Tenet."
Awkwafina, Zendaya among 819 invited to join film academy
Read full article: Awkwafina, Zendaya among 819 invited to join film academyCynthia Erivo, John David Washington, Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the 819 people who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. If they accept, which most do, those in the new class will have voting privileges at this years Oscars. A handful of actors from this years best picture winner Parasite, including Jang Hye-Jin, Jo Yeo-Jeong, Park So-Dam and Lee Jung-Eun, were also invited to join. The Academy said that 49% of the new invitees are international and represent some 68 countries. It has since surpassed those goals and continues to infuse membership classes with both women and people from underrepresented communities.