I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post includes blurbs on Welcome Back, Kotter, Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer, Ariana Grande, Pete Townshend, Glass Animals, Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini, and Manifest.
- “Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Back!” For the first time ever, all episodes from the classic TV series are brought together in one set with the release of Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete Series on DVD June 11th, available for purchase online and in-store at major retailers. Get ready to binge on all 95 episodes, and go down memory lane as our favorite high school teacher Gabe Kotter, returns to his childhood inner-city high school to teach a new generation of trouble making kids. Welcome Back, Kotter premiered in 1975 and aired for four seasons. The series was nominated for four Emmy Awards® including Outstanding Comedy Series in 1976. The original cast includes a young John Travolta playing the role of Vinnie Barbarino in his first principal TV role. The series also stars Gabe Kaplan as Gabe Kotter, Marcia Strassman as Julie Kotter, John Sylvester White as Mr. Woodman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Washington, Robert Hegyes as Epstein, and Ron Palillo as Horshack.
- From award-winning executive producers Dakota and Elle Fanning, showrunner Dani Sloane, and director Abby Fuller, comes “Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer,” a fascinating new perspective on the woman whose crime hunting innovations changed history. To stop serial killers, psychiatric nurse and professor Dr. Ann Burgess must first learn to think like one. With unprecedented access to the mastermind behind the development of modern serial-killer profiling, the series tells Burgess’ tenacious story and her compassion for victims which puts her at the center of solving America’s most infamous true-crime cases. From the widely known Ed Kemper and Ted Bundy to lesser-known cases like the Ski Mask Rapist, Burgess investigates and studies the victims and damaged psyches of their attackers, putting two halves of the same story together to catch a killer. Largely an unsung heroine until now, Dr. Burgess impacted not only the FBI, she also radically championed the plight of women in America.
- GRAMMY® Award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist, and international superstar, Ariana Grande releases the highly anticipated official music video for “the boy is mine”, directed by Christian Breslauer, watch HERE. “the boy is mine” is featured on Ariana Grande’s critically acclaimed new album eternal sunshine, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, her sixth #1 album. The album also features certified RIAA Platinum hits “yes, and?” and “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)”, which both singles also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Last night, Ariana gave her debut television performance of “the boy is mine” on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, watch HERE.
- GRAMMY® and BRIT-nominated, Diamond-selling British band Glass Animals releases their new single “A Tear In Space (Airlock)” from their highly anticipated fourth studio album I Love You So F***ing Much, set to be released on July 19th via Republic Records. Alongside the release of the new song and music video, it is officially announced that Glass Animals’ record-breaking global hit “Heat Waves” is now RIAA Diamond Certified, making it the 15th Diamond alternative song of all time and first Diamond alternative song by an international band. LISTEN TO “A TEAR IN SPACE (AIRLOCK)” HERE. WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO HERE
- Hulu debuted the trailer and key art for its upcoming documentary “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge,” which launches on June 25 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally. TRAILER: HERE. Co-directed by two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton and produced by Fabiola Beracasa Beckman, Tracy Aftergood, Sean Stuart, Obaid-Chinoy and Dalton, the documentary will have its world premiere as the opening night selection at the 2024 Tribeca Festival on June 5.
- Hulu has debuted the trailer and key art for upcoming original documentary series. "Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini" The 3-episode docuseries premieres all episodes June 20, 2024 on Hulu. TRAILER: HERE. Keith and Sherri Papini’s seemingly idyllic family life is shattered when Sherri vanishes from their northern California neighborhood, triggering a frenzied search that becomes news around the world. With unprecedented access to Sherri’s family and friends - as well as the investigators who struggled for six years to solve the mystery of her disappearance - this limited documentary series intimately explores the jaw-dropping revelations of a relationship that wasn’t what it seemed.
- Fans of the hit series Manifest can now relive every thrilling moment and unravel the mystery all over again with the release of Manifest: The Complete Series on DVD on June 4, 2024. For the first time ever, all four seasons from the action-packed supernatural drama are brought together in one set, available for purchase online and in-store at major retailers. When Montego Air Flight 828 landed safely after a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers were relieved. But in the span of those few hours, the world had aged five years - and their friends, families and colleagues, after mourning their loss, had given up hope and moved on. Now, faced with the impossible, they're all given a second chance. But as their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.
