ABC's multi-city New Year's Eve special and new music from the K-pop act TVXQ are some of the new television, movies and music near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press鈥� are a true crime story on Max, a new version of 鈥淎merica's Got Talent鈥� and a streaming guide to the year's best films.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
鈥� As the year winds down, most of the movie action is in cinemas. But if you're not heading out to see 鈥淭he Color Purple," 鈥淧oor Things鈥� or 鈥淔errari,鈥� there's no better time to catch up on some of the year's best movies. Many of the films that made are available in various places to stream.
If you haven't caught up to or yet, you can digitally rent Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic, while Greta Gerwig's pink-hued phenomenon is streaming on Max. Alexander Payne's masterfully melancholic 鈥淭he Holdovers,鈥� starring Paul Giamatti, can be digitally rented also, as can Sofia Coppola's Priscilla Presley drama
On Netflix, there's Todd Haynes' appealingly arch and the dazzling animated sequel On Prime Video, you can catch up to a pair of standouts from earlier in the year: A.V. Rockwell's sprawling New York tale and Wes Anderson's elaborately layered And if you're looking for something further afield, seek out a majestic epic of friendship, streaming on the Criterion Channel.
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NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
鈥� Twenty years ago, SM Entertainment boy band TVXQ helped usher in K-pop鈥檚 second generation. (To put that into context: K-pop is currently in its fifth generation, and BTS arrived in the third.) By the end of first generation, lead by bubble gum pop like H.O.T.鈥檚 鈥淐andy,鈥� TVXQ emerged with a new kind of charisma, producing soulful harmonies with global resonance and . Two decades later, the group is now a duo 鈥� made up of original members U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin 鈥� preparing to release their ninth studio album, 鈥�20&2,鈥� five years since their last full-length, 2018鈥檚 鈥淣ew Chapter #2: The Truth of Love.鈥� Across 10-tracks, the veteran act offers listeners a modern take on their familiar melodic talents. Begin with the rocking, tense falsetto pop of lead-single 鈥淒ark.鈥�
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NEW SERIES TO STREAM
鈥� Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora ring in 2024 on 鈥淒ick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest." The lineup from Times Square includes Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll, Sabrina Carpenter and Tyla, while will include Janelle Mon谩e, Coco Jones, Doechii, Green Day and more. The show begins airing at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday. The show is available to watch over the air with a digital antenna. Those with Hulu's Live TV bundle can stream it.
鈥� 2024 kicks off in a big way with hosted by Terry Crews. In this competition, Mel B returns to judge alongside Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Heidi Klum, where they each selects from a talent pool of past winners, finalists, fan favorites and other standout contestants from the global 鈥淕ot Talent鈥� franchise to form their own team of 10 acts. The judges will then guide their acts through the competition where the audience determines who advances to the semi-finals and finals. The extravaganza begins Monday, Jan. 1 on NBC and streams on Peacock.
鈥� True crime fans were hooked by Max鈥檚 鈥淭he Curious Case of Natalia Grace,鈥� about an Indiana couple who in 2010 adopted a 6-year-old girl with dwarfism from Ukraine named Natalia Grace. Within two years they began to question Natalia鈥檚 identity and believed she was in her early 20s, a fraud and dangerous. While that docuseries focused on the adopted parents鈥� story, Grace shares her version in The six-part series airs over three consecutive nights beginning Monday, Jan. 1 on ID.
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