Here鈥檚 a collection curated by The Associated Press鈥� entertainment journalists of what鈥檚 arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
鈥� Three decades after Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson mixed it up on the black top, a new has next. A remake of that 1992 film teams Sinqua Walls and rapper Jack Harlow as a pair of basketball players who hustle hoops for money and compete in a lucrative three-on-three tournament. The film, which debuts Friday, May 19, on Hulu, is directed by Calmatic and co-written by Kenya Barris (鈥渂lack-ish鈥�). In it, Harlow makes his acting debut.
鈥� Anna Nicole Smith gets the Netflix documentary treatment in The film, debuting Tuesday, chronicles Smith鈥檚 life as a model, Playboy playmate and reality star. Smith died in 2007 at the age of 39 from an accidental overdose. 鈥淵ou Don鈥檛 Know Me鈥� includes home video of Smith, whose birth name was Vickie Lynn Hogan.
鈥� Cristian Mungiu鈥檚 is one of the cinematic highlights of the first half of 2023. The latest from the acclaimed Romanian filmmaker (鈥�4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days鈥�) is a powerful microcosm of a migrant drama that has played out all around the world. A mountainous Transylvania village is increasingly torn apart by violent nationalist impulses that course through the town鈥檚 civic life in response to a handful of foreign workers. Mungiu, the pioneering filmmaker of the Romanian New Wave, crafts an unflinching societal portrait both gripping and grim. Currently playing in theaters, 鈥凌.惭.狈.鈥� is available on-demand beginning Friday, May 16.
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NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
鈥� Check out Kesha鈥檚 new album for what 鈥減ost-pop鈥� sounds like. That鈥檚 what the ever-changing pop star is calling her Rick Rubin-produced record 鈥淕ag Order.鈥� Single is an introspective, beatless ballad with the lyric 鈥淎m I bigger than Jesus/Or better off dead?/There鈥檚 a fine line between genius and crazy.鈥� There鈥檚 also an experimental, mournful number. Her team says the album excavates 鈥渢he deepest recesses of her soul to date.鈥�
鈥� Def Leppard are following in the footsteps of Metallica, the Scorpions and Bring Me the Horizon with an orchestral reworking of their catalogue. 鈥淒rastic Symphonies,鈥� features their greatest tracks reimagined by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Fifteen of the hard rockers鈥� hits like 鈥淎nimal,鈥� 鈥淟ove Bites,鈥� and 鈥淧our Some Sugar on Me鈥� have a new sound. Some songs 鈥� 鈥淩ock of Ages,鈥� 鈥淧hotograph鈥� and 鈥淟et鈥檚 Get Rocked鈥� 鈥� didn鈥檛 work and were left off.
鈥� May turns out to be a great month for 11-time Grammy-nominated singer- songwriter Brandy Clark. Her Broadway musical and she鈥檚 got a new self-titled album out Friday, May 19. Produced by Brandi Carlile, the album showcases Clark鈥檚 tenderness, with the 11 songs including the heartbreaking a celebration of her home in and a loving tribute to her grandma with
鈥� Ahead of their first post-pandemic album, Dave Matthews Band has released two strong singles, including the nostalgia-drenched with the lyrics 鈥淐hutes and ladders/Pick up sticks/Counting cards and counting bricks/Driving past that old five and dime/Can鈥檛 get nothing for a nickel since a long long time.鈥� The first single, leans into Middle Eastern rhythms for a darker song about the madness of violence. Both songs will be on the album 鈥淲alk Around the Moon,鈥� out Friday, May 19, and the band says it 鈥渋s as much a reflection on the current times as it is an urge to find common ground.鈥�
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NEW SERIES TO STREAM
鈥� Stock up on tissues because home renovation twins Drew and Jonathan Scott鈥檚 series is back with new episodes on HGTV. Each episode features a Hollywood star who dreams up a home renovation project for someone they want to give back to. Enter the Scott brothers who use their knowledge of construction to make it happen. The episodes follow each project from start to finish with a heart-warming, emotional presentation at the end. This batch of eight episodes features Heidi Klum, Kristin Chenoweth, Glenn Close, Taraji P. Henson, Emma Roberts, Jay Leno, Derek Hough, Kristin Davis and Emma Roberts. 鈥淐elebrity IOU鈥� returns Monday.
鈥� If you watched the 鈥淭o All the Boys鈥� movies, you probably remember scene-stealer Anna Cathcart as the confident, chatty kid sister, Kitty, to Lana Condor鈥檚 Lara Jean. Cathcart has landed her own spinoff series called Created by 鈥淭o All the Boys鈥� author Jenny Han, Kitty travels to Korea to attend an elite boarding school that her long-distance boyfriend is a student at. It鈥檚 also the same school where her late mother went as a teen. Kitty imagines a seamless transition to a new school in a new country and a romantic reunion with her boyfriend but quickly realizes life doesn鈥檛 always go as planned. All 10 episodes drop Thursday on Netflix.
鈥� Wilderness expert and adventure-seeker Bear Grylls has never encountered a mountain he won鈥檛 climb or a random creature he won鈥檛 eat for fuel. We鈥檝e seen him on TV venture into the great outdoors with celebrities but now he鈥檚 taking everyday people out of their comfort zone in a new show, With the help of comedian co-host Jordan Conley, Grylls uses simulated challenges to test contestants on their survival skills, physicality, and gross-out tolerance. Get ready for the hardest, the dirtiest, the most disgusting day of your life,鈥� Grylls says in the trailer. 鈥淚 Survived Bear Grylls鈥� debuts Thursday on TBS.
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NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
鈥� The Lego brand encompasses all sorts of pop culture icons, from 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� to 鈥淪einfeld.鈥� But sometimes you just want to build a Lego car and take it for a spin. In 2K Games鈥� , you can assemble a high-speed racer brick-by-brick, then compete against your friends to find out who鈥檚 got the zippiest monster on the track. If you want to go off-road, you can turn your car into an all-terrain vehicle, a boat or even an aircraft. Visual Concepts, the studio behind the NBA 2K franchise, is promising a huge open world in which you can you take your driver from rookie to world champion 鈥� or just tool around smashing into things. Your Lego garage opens for business Friday, May 19, on PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
鈥� 鈥淚 awoke one morning to find I was a dog鈥� is a heck of a way to open a video game. gets weirder from there. The dog is a glowing Shiba Inu, and his mission is to guide the human masses toward salvation at the end of the world. Sounds heavy, but the result is the sort of hypnotic puzzle game you鈥檇 expect from Enhance, the developers responsible for Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite. It鈥檚 reminiscent of the 1990s classic Lemmings in that you鈥檙e trying to steer crowds of mindless creatures away from a gruesome demise, but once the hordes start fighting each other, this pup鈥檚 got a whole new set of problems. With 90-plus levels and the tools for users to build their own, Humanity could last for an eternity. The herding begins Tuesday on PlayStation 5/4 and PC.
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