鈥淏arbie鈥� makes her way onto the Max streaming service and the second season of Prime Video鈥檚 鈥凌别补肠丑别谤鈥� starring Alan Ritchson 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 the reuniting of early cast members of 鈥淭he Real Housewives of New York鈥� for a new Bravo series, a Christmas TV special from country star Cody Johnson and Taylor Swift鈥檚 鈥淭he Eras Tour鈥� concert movie lands in homes on premium on-demand.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
鈥� The blockbuster of the year (and ) is finally making its streaming debut, just in time for the holidays. Greta Gerwig鈥檚 鈥淏arbie鈥� premieres Friday on Max (formerly HBO Max) after its in theaters. (The film also remains available on video-on-demand.) So prepare your Mojo Dojo Casa House now for the hit of 2023.
鈥� After a tour through and a , Taylor Swift鈥檚 鈥淭he Eras Tour鈥� lands in homes, appropriately enough, on Swift鈥檚 birthday. 鈥淭aylor Swift: The Eras Tour,鈥� the concert film of Swift鈥檚 career-spanning spectacular, premieres on premium on-demand Wednesday. it costs $19.89 to rent, a reference to Swift鈥檚 album, 鈥�1989.鈥� An already lengthy film (2 hours and 49 minutes) will also now run past three hours, with the addition of three songs: 鈥淲ildest Dreams,鈥� 鈥淟ong Live鈥� and 鈥淭he Archer.鈥� AP Music Writer Maria Sherman praised the experience of seeing the up close in 鈥淭he Eras Tour,鈥� calling it 鈥渁 near exact replica of her blockbuster concert performance.鈥�
鈥� More than two decades after the release of 鈥淐hicken Run,鈥� Aardman Animations has returned to the adventures of its defiant feathered protagonist, Ginger, in the sequel The 2000 original remains the highest grossing stop-motion animation flick ever with more than $227 million in ticket sales. But 鈥淒awn of the Nugget,鈥� which introduces an all-new voice cast including Thandiwe Newton, Bella Ramsey and Zachary Levi, debuts Friday on Netflix. In it, Ginger has escaped from Tweedy Farm and found sanctuary elsewhere, but again must lead the flock to freedom.
鈥� In writer-director Rodrigo Moreno鈥檚 Mor谩n (Daniel Eli谩s) has a clever scheme to steal from the bank he works in. He鈥檒l steal only what he would be paid for 25 years of work, hide the money with a colleague (Esteban Bigliardi), confess to the crime and do three years in jail before having the rest of his life to himself. In the film, which streams Friday on Mubi, Moreno takes the hard genre apparatus of a heist movie and melts it into an existential meditation on life, work, and stolen time.
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NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
鈥� This year, it鈥檚 a cowboy Christmas 鈥� so put a little yeehaw in your stocking. Country star Cody Johnson, fresh off his critically acclaimed studio album 鈥淟eather,鈥� is inviting viewers into his home for the holidays. Catch his special, in which Johnson and his family share their favorite traditions 鈥� and Johnson breaks out into a Christmas classic or two. It鈥檚 all the charm of a Texas holiday season, without having to leave the couch for the ranch. You鈥檒l have to provide yourself with the spiked eggnog, however.
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NEW SERIES TO STREAM
鈥� Peacock has been airing Bravo 鈥淯ltimate Girls Trip鈥� series where they pluck various 鈥淩eal Housewives鈥� cast members, past and present, from different cities and send them to a destination as far as Thailand and as close as the Berkshires mountains in Massachusetts. The latest iteration, features some of the early cast members of 鈥淭he Real Housewives of New York鈥� (prior to its reboot earlier this year with an all-new cast.) Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer and Kristen Taekman jet off to St. Barths to stay at a location familiar to fans, Saline Beach, featured in the reality show鈥檚 fifth season. The first three episodes dropped Thursday.
鈥� The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were postponed last June due to the Hollywood writers鈥� strike and will now air Friday on CBS and Paramount+. Hosted by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner of 鈥淓ntertainment Tonight,鈥� 鈥淕eneral Hospital鈥� leads with 19 nominations followed by 鈥淭he Bold and the Beautiful鈥� with 14. 鈥淭he Kelly Clarkson Show鈥� has 11 nominations, the most for a daytime talk show. Longtime 鈥淎ll My Children鈥� star, will receive a Lifetime Achievement award.
鈥� The second season of Prime Video鈥檚 starring Alan Ritchson returns Friday and is based on Lee Child鈥檚 novel 鈥淏ad Luck and Trouble.鈥� The new episodes see Reacher with a new cast of characters, as he is depicted as a loner who spends his life traveling from town to town, with no home base or belongings, except for a toothbrush. Season three has already been ordered.
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