What's streaming now: 'Oppenheimer,' Adam Sandler as a lizard and celebs dancing to Taylor Swift
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include Adam Sandler playing a 74-year-old elementary class lizard in the latest Netflix animation offering โLeoโ and โOppenheimerโ finally arriving on home screens.
New this week: David Bowie, 'Fatal Attraction' and Smokey
This weekโs new entertainment releases include albums from Smokey Robinson and The National, a live action take on the classic Peter Pan story with Jude Law as Captain Hook and the David Bowie documentary โMoonage Daydream,โ which is described as a one-of-a-kind trip into the mind of the celebrated rock star.
New this week: Taylor Swift, 'Descendant' and 'Ghostwriter'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include albums from Babyface, Arctic Monkeys and a Taylor Swift original, a documentary about the last known ship to bring African captives to the American South for enslavement and โDoc Martinโ gets a proper farewell on Acorn TV.
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: 'Better Call Saul,' Bonnie Raitt and 'Barry'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Bonnie Raitt, Bob Odenkirk starts the long farewell season of โBetter Call Saulโ and โThe Batman,โ the biggest box-office hit so far this year, lands Monday on HBO Max.
Queen Elizabeth honors key women in UK's rapid vaccine drive
Queen Elizabeth II has used her birthday honors list to celebrate those at the forefront of the U.K.โs rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines over the past few months, which has been credited with turning around the countryโs pandemic response.
David Bowieโs keyboardist invites you to celebrate the legendโs birthday
Now you can take your skills to the next level with some help from David Bowieโs keyboardist. Heโs played with Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, David Bowie, and more. โI feel so blessed.โBesides playing with some of the best musicians in the world, he has also been teaching well over 1,000 private students. Garson is putting together a special event for David Bowieโs birthday, on January 8th. Itโs been 5 years since Bowieโs passing, and Garson has gathered dozens of musicians that formerly played with David Bowie to perform a show.
New this week: 'Saved by the Bell,' Miley Cyrus & McCarthy
(Trae Patton/Peacock via AP)Hereโs a collection curated by The Associated Pressโ entertainment journalists of whatโs arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. The Melissa McCarthy comedy, her latest with director-husband Ben Falcone ("Tammy," โThe Boss"), had been headed to theaters but will instead debut Thursday on HBO Max. โAP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSICโ Miley Cyrus is ready to rock โnโ roll on her new album. The pop star recruited some famous rock stars to help on her seventh studio release โPlastic Hearts,โ including Stevie Nicks, Billy Idol and Joan Jett. Everyone wears wear full hazard protection gear as they navigate a โgiant house of cards.โโ Can you have a โSaved by the Bellโ without Screech?
Romanian midwife championed in Britain as homeland in crisis
Anghel, an experienced Romanian midwife, has joined the star-studded ranks of people whose portraits have been taken by famed photographer Rankin. It was done as part of a billboard campaign celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the U.K.s National Health Service, which gives residents free health care. By 2013, more than 14,000 Romanian doctors were working abroad, about 26% of the countrys total number of physicians. Although salaries were increased quite significantly in the state medical system ... this did not slow the pace of departures too much, said Ionita, head of the Bucharest-based Expert Forum think tank. I wish something would change with the Romanian system, but I am so sure its not going to change," she said.
Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto dies at 76
TOKYO Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde and colorful work that included flamboyant costumes of the late rock icon David Bowie, has died of leukemia, his company said Monday. Yamamoto developed leukemia in February and was determined to recover and come back with renewed energy, said the company, Kansai Yamamoto. Born in 1944 in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Yamamoto debuted in 1971, becoming the first Japanese fashion designer to hold a show in London. He became internationally known for blending traditional Japanese motifs with brilliant colors and bold designs. He contributed to collections in Tokyo, New York and Paris for nearly two decades until 1992 and produced the Kansai Super Show and Nippon Genki Project."
Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater
FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2004 file photo, Little Richard performs at Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, NY. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock n roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his alma mater where he was laid to rest Wednesday. Mourners gathered at Oakwood University to pay their respects, many wearing face masks and standing a few feet apart at the outdoor service at the school's cemetery. What I really remember about Richard was not his stage performances, which were certainly formidable, but what I remember most about Brother Richard, not Little Richard, but Brother Richard, was his incredible kindness and his generosity to people, said university President Leslie Pollard, who knew Little Richard personally. For his final resting place, Richard chose Oakwood University, a historically black Seventh-day Adventist college in the northern Alabama city of Huntsville.