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 Tassia Zappia, Chelsea Cutler, Claire Rosinkranz, JP Cooper, Detainee 001, Back to Life, POV, and Buried.
- Earning critical acclaim and enchanting fans around the world, Melbourne singer songwriter Tassia Zappia shares a cheeky and catchy new single entitled “Like Ohh” via Republic Records. Listen to “Like Ohh”— HERE. Tassia comments about the new single, “During a writing trip to LA I met a new guy and we really hit it off. After I went back home to Australia, I just couldn't get him off my mind. “Like Ohh" is a sexy, playful song about craving a person knowing you may never see them again. I had the best time making this with my collaborators Lauren Christy, Jon Levine and Entente.”
- Platinum Certified singer, songwriter, and producer Chelsea Cutler drops her latest single, “You Can Have It,” from her highly anticipated sophomore album—listen HERE! “You Can Have It” illuminates another side of the songwriter, as delicately plucked acoustic guitar shifts into a head-nodding beat, and she delivers upbeat verses before a sun-kissed, soaring refrain,“Anything that you want, that I got, that’s for you.” Chelsea co-wrote the song withJames Alanand co-produced it withKevin WhiteofRice N’ Peas.
- Tallying hundreds of millions of streams and attracting universal acclaim from Billboard, Ones To Watch, EUPHORIA. Magazine, and more, Gen Z singer-songwriter Claire Rosinkranz only increases the momentum of her rapid rise by unveiling the music video for her latest single “Hotel” today. Watch the music video for “Hotel”—HERE. It is available on her tastemaker-praised sophomore EP, 6 Of A Billion – listen HERE!
- Acclaimed British singer and songwriter,JP Cooper, has dropped his uplifting new single “Call My Name”, today and announced his new album titledSHE, which will be released onOctober 15th. You can listen to “Call My Name” HERE and the video is also available to watch HERE.
- SHOWTIME Documentary Films today announced the new documentary featureDETAINEE 001, directed by Emmy®-winner Greg Barker (The Final Year, Sergio, Manhunt, Legion of Brothers). The film unpacks the mysteries surrounding the young American man, John Walker Lindh, found on the battlefield in Afghanistan alongside the people who were supposed to be his enemy. The story reveals how society views the “enemy from within” and the shifting allegiances during the war on terror.SHOWTIME willpremiereDETAINEE 001 on Friday, September 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The announcement was made by Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. To watch and share the trailer, visit: https://youtu.be/aCk7P6voen0.
- SHOWTIME announced that the six-part second season of the critically acclaimed comedy series BACK TO LIFE, created by and starring Daisy Haggard (EPISODES,Breeders),will premiere on Monday, September 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT with new episodes airing each week. All episodes of season two will be available on that day to stream and on demand for subscribers on SHOWTIME. From the producers of Fleabag, BACK TO LIFE follows Miri Matteson (Haggard) who, after 18 years behind bars, returns home and stumbles back into adult life in the coastal town she once knew. Miri continues to reconcile with her past while trying to assimilate and make a new life for herself post-incarceration.To watch and share the trailer, please visit: https://youtu.be/1nnVxjwmbtA.
- POV Shorts, the newest series from American Documentary, debuts its fourth season on September 6, 2021 on PBS and streaming online at POV.org. With 13 new short nonfiction films packed into seven unique episodes, POV Shorts continues to program innovative and diverse stories that capture longing for community and identity and difficult reconciliations with family history. In just its 3rd season, POV Shorts was named the ‘Best Short Form Series’ at the 36th annual IDA Documentary Awards.
- SHOWTIME announced it will air BURIED, a four-part documentary series, about how one woman’s long-repressed memory of her childhood best friend’s murder sparked a national debate about the power and limitations of memory in the court of law. The legal thriller spotlights the reverberations of this first criminal case based on a recovered memory and analyzes how fallible and malleable the mind can be. SHOWTIME will release all four episodesto its subscribers at 12:01 a.m.on Sunday, October 10, prior to its on-air debut that night at 9 p.m. ET/PT. A co-production of MA Productions and Guendelman & Timor Productions, BURIED is executive produced by Yotam Guendelman (Shadow of Truth), Mika Timor (Coastal Road Killer), Maor Azran (Beauty and the Baker, The Amazing Race Israel) and Dan Adler (Noel) and written and directed by Guendelman and Ari Pines (Shadow of Truth, Coastal Road Killer). To watch and share the teaser, go to: https://youtu.be/MElWc1ACVvM.
Welcome to the 17th Annual Scooter Television Awards honoring show that aired a majority of their season between August 2020 and July 2021. Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2021 STA's:
Best Scripted Show: Loki
Best Comedy: The Flight Attendant
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show: The Mandalorian
Best Comic Book Adaptation: Loki
Best Period Show: Cruel Summer
Best Animated Show: Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.
Best Reality Show: The Challenge: All Stars
Best Remake, Reboot, or (non-comic
book) Adaptation: The Good Lord Bird
Best Miniseries: Mare of Easttown
Best Talk Show: Pardon the Interruption
Best New Show: The Flight Attendant
Guiltiest Guilty Pleasure: Cruel Summer
Worst Show I Made Though an Entire
Season Of: A Teacher
Best Hour of TV: Zoey’s Extraordinary Birthday (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist)
Best Half Hour of TV: Essential (Superstore)
Biggest Shocker: Lady Loki ushered in the multiverse in the MCU
Best Line: “Jeanette Turner, I hope you rot in hell.”- Kate (Cruel Summer)
Worst Idea: Manifest possibly being saved but not Zoey’s Wallis Extraordinary
Playlist
Worst Moment: Kate Mara acting like a teenage girl while telling a
co-worker she hooked up with a student
Biggest Disappointment: Every other episode of Lovecraft Country
Best Musical Moment: Zombie (Cruel Summer)
Best Karaoke: Don’t Stop Me Now (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist)
The White Lotus:There are fewer things I need to see in my life than seeing a dude go to
town on another dude’s backside.I get
everyone has their own fetish, but that just seems very unsanitary.Maybe I would be up for it is she showers
first, but even then it would have to be requested by someone way out of my league.Now I am having trouble remembering anything
else that happened this week,
Kevin Can Fork Himself:Great concept that just never worked and just fizzled out in the
end.But that is some sitcom level stretch
of reality for dude to hear the whole conversation in a closet on the other
side of the kitchen that is being taken place in the middle of the living
room.WandaVision did a much better job
weaving sitcom troupes into a drama even if the jokes on that show were not particularly
funny either.
The Chi:So did the mayor just bolt
town?He does not seem like a guy who
would take being blackmailed very lightly especially if that means giving up all
that power.Then after Ronnie getting
gunned down at the end of last season, the end of this season seemed very
subdued.It seemed a little weird they
lingered on Kevin at the end.I thought
something was going to happen, but it just went to the credits.
Black Monday:Ha, I knew it.The dead Lehman
Brother coming back and killing everyone one made little sense.Really, the more he kept on talking about
revenge, the more I became convinced it was not him.It ended up being the person I guessed back
in episode one and for the exact reason I guessed.I just did not see Tiff coming back and saving
every one even if I was suspicious that she died face down among a bunch of
lookalikes.
Flatbush Misdemeanor:This did not really feel like a finale, it seemed like it was more of a
penultimate episode and everything with everything going being resolved next
week.But that is it.I guess they better hope they get renewed.
Motherland: Fort Salem:What a weird reveal to learn Raelle mother was alive at the end of the
first season, wait until the second half of the second season to reunite them, and
kill the mother off seconds after reuniting.Although, is she dead?I am not
entirely sure what that black substance is and forget if Raelle got her inability
to die from her mother.
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 The Great, Dopesick, John Mellencamp, Bitchin': The Soundand Fury of Rick James, The Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Anthony Hamilton, Luz, Noah Kahan, The Chi, and other Hulu TCAannouncements.
- In season two of “The Great,” Catherine finally takes the Russian throne for her own—but if she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it’s nothing compared to the realities of liberating a country that doesn’t want to be. She’ll battle her court, her team, even her own mother (played by guest star Gillian Anderson) in a bid to bring the Enlightenment to Russia. Meanwhile, she’ll also battle her heart as Peter slowly transitions from a much-hated husband to a prisoner? Ally? Lover? Ultimately, Catherine will learn that to change a country, you must let it change you, that there is a fine line between idealism and delusion, and that becoming “Great” will ask more of her than she could have imagined.The series stars Elle Fanning as Catherine, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge, Sacha Dhawan, Bayo Gbadamosi and Belinda Bromilow.
- From executive producer Danny Strong and starring and executive produced by Michael Keaton, “Dopesick”examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Big Pharma to a distressed Virginia mining community to the hallways of the DEA. Defying all the odds, heroes will emerge in an intense and thrilling ride to take down the craven corporate forces behind this national crisis and their allies. The limited series is inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy. The eight-episode series stars Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Poulter, John Hoogenakker, with Kaitlyn Dever and Rosario Dawson. Guest stars include Phillipa Soo and Jake McDorman.
- The first three episodes of "Wu-Tang: An American Saga” season two premiere September 8 on Hulu. New episodes stream Wednesdays.
- John Mellencamp launches the pre-order for the live album to accompany the upcoming documentaryThe Good Samaritan Tour 2000 out on August 27th. Pre-order The Good Samaritan Tour 2000 live album HERE and watch the trailer for the documentary HERE.The Good Samaritan Tour 2000 will also be streamed on Turner Classic Movie’s (TCM) YouTube channel August 27thwith Mellencamp appearing as a guest programmer on the network in September.
- SHOWTIME® has released a trailer for BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES, directed by Emmy®-nominee Sacha Jenkins (WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN, BURN, MOTHERF*CKER, BURN!). BITCHIN’ is an intimate yet propulsive look at Rick James, one of rock, funk and R&B’s most legendary and often underappreciated figures. Featuring rare footage of James’ incredible live shows, never-before-seen home video, original interviews with legendary artists, collaborators and friends, and a treasure trove of recorded interviews with James (who died in 2004), the documentary presents a full picture of James’ dramatic rise and fall, focusing in on the “Punk-Funk” music he left behind. The film, which screened at the Tribeca Festival® in June, will premiere on Friday, September 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
- The Weeknd releases his much anticipated single “Take My Breath”, the first from his forthcoming album as announced in his GQ global cover story this week. The sonically-charged track exemplifies The Weeknd’s ability to consistently evolve his sound and his knack for story-telling through his music. The release is accompanied by a mesmerizing visual directed byCliqua - Watch the video HERE. Listen to “Take My Breath” HERE.
- Vevo, the world's leading music video network, announces the release of Billie Eilish’s Official Live Performance of “Male Fantasy” off her latest album, Happier Than Ever via Darkroom/Interscope Records. Vevo’s Official Live Performances are the result of close creative collaboration with artists and their teams, resulting in a series of very special exclusive performances. “Male Fantasy” follows the release of Billie’s previous Official Live Performance of “Your Power.”
- After teasing more music for the past year and building anticipation among fans worldwide,GRAMMY® Award-winning, multiplatinum singer, songwriter, producer, and actor, Anthony Hamilton returns with his anxiously awaited tenth full-length and first album in five years, Love Is The New Black., on September, 24th 2021. Billboardmade the exclusive announcement. It notably will be the flagship release under his own label My Music Box in partnership with BMG. Pre-order Love Is The New Black.—HERE.
- Irish artist Luz has today revealed her brand-new single ‘permanent +1’, out now via global artist services company Platoon. Listen now here. Recorded between Dublin and London with producer JMAC (Haux, Rosie Carney, Matilda Mann), the track is Luz’s fifth release, following previous singles ‘counting houses’, ‘we’ll be fine’, ‘i’m lonely’ and ‘the author,’ the latter of which has recently been featured in this year’s series of Love Island. Since being played on the show the track has doubled its daily streams, hitting Number 11 on Shazam’s charts, as well as re-entering the iTunes chart.
- Vermont singer and songwriter Noah Kahan drops his new fan-favorite track, “Animal,” from his upcoming album, I Was / I Am, out September 17th—listen HERE! “Animal” was chosen by Noah’s fans as his next single after he teased the song on socials. On the song, his falsetto soars over head-bobbing beats and handclaps as he sings, “Oh, sometimes I feel like an animal. Oh, I climb so high just to feel a fall and let it go. So, look me in the eyes, am I someone else?” Of the meaning behind the song, Noah says, “‘Animal’ is about dissociating from who you thought yourself to be. I wrote it with a friend of mine. He and I speak at length about mental health and what it’s like to live with depression, and I think this song is fundamentally about that everyday struggle.”
- More news out of Hulu's TCA's
Hulu Greenlights Comedy Series “This Fool”
“This Fool”centers on Julio Lopez, a self-described “punk-ass bitch” who still lives at home and goes out of his way to help everyone but himself. Inspired by the life and stand-up comedy of star and co-creator Chris Estrada, this cinematic half-hour comedy explores Julio’s work at a gang-rehabilitation non-profit and his quest to overcome his codependency issues with his family as he navigates working-class life in South Central Los Angeles.“This Fool” is written and executive produced by Chris Estrada, Pat Bishop, Jake Weisman and Matt Ingebretson. Jonathan Groff and Fred Armisen also serve as executive producers on the series. The series is produced by ABC Signature.
Hulu Expands Unscripted True Crime Collection With New Documentary “Dead Asleep” and Docuseries “Captive Audience”
“Dead Asleep”
In a ground-breaking new spin on the true-crime genre, the documentary film “Dead Asleep,” produced in association with Sky Crime, flips the traditional thriller narrative to explore a deeper and more troubling mystery: Did a remorseful Randy Herman Jr. really commit a brutal murder in his sleep, or was it a convenient cover story? Pulse Films has secured exclusive access to Herman and his family, the defense and prosecution attorneys, journalists who covered the case, forensic psychiatrists and world experts in violent parasomnia (sleep-walking) to give viewers an inside look at the shocking twists and turns of the controversial crime.A Pulse Films production, “Dead Asleep” is directed by award-winner Skye Borgman, who is also behind the critically acclaimed documentary “Abducted In Plain Sight” and recently worked with Pulse Films on their Oxygen special “The Case Died With Her.” For Pulse Films, executive producers include Marisa Clifford, Nelesh Dhand and Sunshine Jackson. For Sky U.K., Jack Oliver and Poppy Dixon will also serve as executive producers.
“Captive Audience”
In 1972, 7-year-old Steven Stayner mysteriously vanished on his way home from school. Nearly a decade later, his dramatic return to his family sparked ‘80s-era “stranger danger” warnings, legal reforms and one iconic Made-For-TV-Movie2, in which the family’s ordeal was transformed into a prime-time miniseries watched by 70 million Americans. When the credits rolled and the movie ended, it closed one tragic chapter of the family’s life but opened another. This limited documentary series explores the evolution of true-crime storytelling through the lens of one family’s 50-year journey and two brothers; one deemed a villain and the other a hero. It’s about how truth becomes story and story becomes truth—on TV, in the justice system and in our minds. “Captive Audience” is directed by Jessica Dimmock (Netflix’s “Flint Town” and “Unsolved Mysteries”) and produced by Wonderburst and High Five Content. It is executive produced by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Jen Casey and Andrew Jacobs, along with Mike Larocca, Todd Makurath, Nick Gilhool and Peter Rieveschl.
“Animaniacs” – Season Two Premiere, Friday, Nov. 5
Hellloooo, season two! Hulu, Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation have joined forces once again to bring you “Animaniacs.” This Emmy Award-winning animated series—and one of Hulu’s all-time most talked-about shows on social media—returns with 13 brand new episodes on Friday, Nov. 5. Yakko, Wakko and Dot return for an all-new season of this iconic, family-friendly series with something for everyone: pop culture parodies, musical showstoppers, takedowns of historical baddies and even some important safety tips. Join the Warners and Pinky and the Brain as they wreak havoc everywhere they go, from the Warner Bros. lot to an international beauty pageant, even all the way into outer space. Keep an eye out for season one favorites Starbox and Cindy, as well as some rejected Animaniacs characters that were left on the cutting room floor. Steven Spielberg returns as executive producer of the series, with Sam Register, president, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios. Amblin Television co-presidents, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, also serve as executive producers. Wellesley Wild serves as showrunner and executive producer. Gabe Swarr serves as co-executive producer. “Animaniacs” is produced by Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Animation.
“Baker’s Dozen” – Series Premiere, Thursday, Oct. 7
Passionate amateur bakers will go head-to-head with seasoned professionals in each episode of “Baker’s Dozen.” Join hosts Tamera Mowry-Housley (Emmy-award winning host of “The Real,” FOX’s “The Masked Singer” and Hallmark’s “Christmas Comes Twice”) and Bill Yosses (author and former White House Pastry Chef) for this fast-paced competition series that will determine the best baker of all! Which of the 13 bakers has what it takes to create the next viral baking sensation, win the golden rolling pin and take home the cash prize? “Baker’s Dozen” is executive produced by Sandy Varo Jarrell, Suzanne Rauscher, Justin Rae Barnes, Tara Seiner and Scott Mlodzinski for Bright Spot Content, an All3Media America company.
“The Next Thing You Eat” – Series Premiere, Thursday, Oct. 21
From chef David Chang and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville, “The Next Thing You Eat” is a six-episode docuseries that explores the seismic changes happening all around us and what they mean for the way we’ll eat in the future. Chang and a diverse cast of characters dive headfirst into what lies ahead, including everything from robots, to lab-grown fish, to insect farms, to artificial intelligence calling all the shots. Executive produced by the creators of the Emmy®-nominated “Ugly Delicious,” with showrunner Dominic Musacchio
“Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition” – Season Premiere, Thursday, Nov. 4
In “Taste the Nation,” award-winning host, executive producer and cookbook author Padma Lakshmi, who recently received her third Emmy nomination, takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups and seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today.From indigenous communities to recent immigrant arrivals, Padma breaks bread with Americans across the nation to uncover the roots and relationship between our food, our humanity and our history—ultimately revealing stories that challenge notions of identity, belonging, and what it means to be American. “Taste the Nation” returns this fall for a special four-part “Holiday Edition,” where each episode will highlight unique traditions through the lens of different immigrant cultures and cities, like Korean New Year in Los Angeles and Cuban Christmas in Miami. “Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition” is executive produced by Padma Lakshmi along with Part2 Pictures’ David Shadrack Smith.
The White Lotus:So I guess they are just not going to acknowledge the death until the
final episode.They are not even going
to tease it except maybe the desk guy overdosing.Maybe the college chick kills her friend in a
jealous rage.Not that the show needs a
murder mystery (the death may not even be a murder, we just know someone died),
it is entertaining without it.The gay dad
storyline is hilarious.What point does
the dad take up the desk guy’s offer?
Kevin Can Fork Himself:So there was a shooting and that is all we know.But who shot who and did the one who got shot
die?The police was very vague and as learned
later in the episode, that is a ploy when the police do not know everything,
but they want the person they are interrogating they think they do.I am guessing Kevin did the shooting and gets
off because of the Castle Doctrine.If
he did die or go to jail, does the show drop the sitcom? They did have the
sitcom for the very first time without Kevin this week.Maybe they change the name to Neil Can Fork
Himself next season if Kevin did die or goes to jail.Though I guess if Kevin goes to prison, they
could do the sitcom whenever someone visits him.
The Chi:That was a cheesy start to the
show.Sure, when I was that age I probably
was doing the exact same thing to Jodeci, but at least I never filmed it.But man, the mayor gets shot and he is back
to being full evil beating a man (presumably) to death in his own house.Someone need to finish that guy off.
Black Monday:There goes my season long theory that the reverend’s daughter was the
one killing everyone.Though it is hard
to predict someone if you were told they were dead.The reverend’s daughter makes much more
sense, why exactly would Lenny kill the reverend.But now that I think about it, we never get actual
confirmation that Lenny killed anyone, all he did was creepily grab an axe on
his way out of the hospital. He could just be a huge misdirect.
Flatbush Misdemeanor:“You don’t need to yell and cuss, one would be fine.”Then admits he would not be mad if a guardian
slaps a teacher.Now that is quality
principaling. But that was an unexpected ending.That is one way to lose guardianship.
Motherland: Fort Salem:The episode’s title was “My 3 Dads” and all I wanted is to know how that
actually works.But I came out of the
episode more confused than when I first saw the title.But those were some incompetent body guards.
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 Only Murders In The Building, Sublime, Dexter, Billions, Smallville, Tug of Words, Lord Huron, Clairo, Flag Day, The Flash, and Three Women.
- The first three episodes of "Only Murders In The Building” premiere August 31 on Hulu. New episodes stream Tuesdays.
- 25 years ago yesterday, Sublime’s self-titled album was released after the untimely passing of lead singer Bradley Nowell, spawning timeless hits like “What I Got,” “Santeria,” and “Wrong Way.” The iconic album continues to connect with fans and live on a quarter-century after its initial release, as the music endures and new generations discover Sublime. To celebrate the 25th anniversary, the band’s management Surfdog/DKM in conjunction with UMe have arranged a number of special releases and events, plus new merch with Live Nation and other partners to commemorate the milestone. ‘Sublime’ 25th Anniversary Highlights: ‘Behind The Album Cover’ Episode: An in-depth conversation with Sublime art legend Opie Ortiz as he explains the history of the legendary ‘Sublime’ album cover and how it came to be. Fans can check out the episode here: http://sublime.lnk.to/behindthecoverPR
- Starring multiple Emmy nominee Michael C. Hall as America’s favorite serial killer Dexter Morgan, the special event series DEXTER: NEW BLOOD will premiere Sunday, November 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. Set 10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, the series finds him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons. Joining Hall, the cast also includes Julia Jones (The Mandalorian), Alano Miller (Sylvie’s Love), Johnny Sequoyah (Believe), Jack Alcott (THE GOOD LORD BIRD) and Clancy Brown (The Crown, BILLIONS). Reuniting Hall with original series showrunner Clyde Phillips, DEXTER: NEW BLOOD is currently in production on 10 one-hour episodes in Western Massachusetts.
- SHOWTIME released today the trailer for the highly anticipated return of season five of the hit drama series BILLIONS, starringOscar® nominee and Emmy® winner Paul Giamatti and Emmy winner Damian Lewis, which will return on Sunday, September 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with five new episodes. For fans looking to catch up, the season five premiere episode of BILLIONS is now available for free on YouTube, Showtime.com and Sho.com, as well as across multiple SHOWTIME partner platforms. All previous episodes of BILLIONS are now available for subscribers on SHOWTIME. BILLIONS has been renewed for season six, which will premiere early next year.
- It’s been 20 years since Clark Kent first arrived in Kansas, and in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the remarkable series, Smallville: The Complete Series20th Anniversary Edition will soar onto Blu-ray for the first time ever from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on October 19, 2021. This set for the ultimate fan features all 218 episodes along with over 28 hours of bonus features from all 10 incredible seasons, plus Digital Copy (US Only). Smallville: The Complete Series20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray is priced to own at $179.99 SRP ($209.99 in Canada) and will also be available on DVD for $154.99 SRP ($184.99 in Canada). The groundbreaking, Emmy®-winning 10-season hit that redefined the origins of the world’s greatest super hero is all here – from Krypton refugee Kal-El’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel. Relive a decade’s worth of thrills in fantastic adventures full of action, heart and humor in abundance, all anchored by the marvelous performance of Tom Welling at its center. Savor again the series’ thoughtful and imaginative integration and reinvention of the iconic characters of DC lore. And let your spirits be lifted up, up and away.
- Game Show Network, the leader in game shows and competitive entertainment, has announced Emmy® award-winning television and sports personality Ahmad Rashad as host of a new quick-moving wordplay game show, TUG OF WORDS. The half-hour original series is anticipated to premiere fall 2021. From the producing team behind “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” TUG OF WORDS is a fast-paced game where two teams compete to answer word clue questions correctly and pull the flag on the “tug of war rope” to their side. In round one, each answer involves changing a single letter in the word that appears on the board. For example, with ‘TUG’ on the board, the answer to the clue ‘a label inside a garment’ is ‘TAG,’ and with ‘TAG’ then on the board, the answer to the clue ‘hopefully the upstairs neighbors aren’t learning this dance’ is ‘TAP.’ With each round, an additional letter is added creating four and five letter words to solve. The team with the flag on their side after three rounds wins the game, qualifying them for the bonus round where they have opportunity to compete for $10,000.
- Lord Huron release the official music video for their song “Love Me Like You Used To” off their critically acclaimed albumLong Lost. Watch Lord Huron’s “Love Me Like You Used To” official music video HERE. Stream Long Lostvia Whispering Pines Studios Inc./Republic RecordsHERE. The video shows a mysterious woman exploring theWhispering PinesMuseum. As she explores the memorabilia, paying homage to Tubbs Tarbell and the artists ofWhispering Pines Studios, the true purpose of her visit becomes clear.
- Clairo’s critically acclaimed sophomore album Sling, released on July 16th via FADER Label/Republic Records, debuted at #1 on Billboard Alternative Albums Chart, #2 on Top Rock Albums Chart, and Top 20 on Top 200 Chart. This is the highest album charting debut for the 22-year-old American artist, songwriter, and producer. Listen to SlingHERE.
- Seattle Surf & Republic Recordsannounce the upcoming release of theFlag Day Original Motion Picture Soundtrackout on August 20th. The thirteen-track soundtrack serves as the musical companion to the Cannes Film Festival selected filmFlag Daystarring and directed by Academy® Award winnerSean Penn and starring his daughterDylan Penn.The film opens in select theaters beginning Friday August 20, 2021.The soundtrack will feature songs from Cat Power, Glen Hansard, Eddie Vedder & Olivia Vedder. Pre-order the Flag Day Original Motion Picture Soundtrack—HERE
- It’s time to escape the Mirrorverse, resurrect the Speed Force and make every second count! The Flash is back to protect Central City with his lightning-fast reflexes – and fans will be zooming in to pick up the highest-rated series on The CW – as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases The Flash: The Complete Seventh Season on Blu-ray and DVD on October 12, 2021. Speed-watch all 18 riveting episodes from season seven, plus never-before-seen bonus content including deleted scenes and a gag reel. The Flash: The Complete Seventh Season is priced to own at $39.99 SRP for the DVD ($44.98 in Canada) and $44.98 SRP for the Blu-ray ($49.99 in Canada), which includes a Digital Copy (U.S. only). The Flash: The Complete Seventh Season is also available to own on Digital via purchase from digital retailers.
- SHOWTIME has announced that DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It, Jurassic World: Dominion) will star in the original series THREE WOMEN. The seriesalso stars Emmy and SAG Award nominee Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and is based on the blockbuster nonfiction No. 1 bestseller by Lisa Taddeo, who is also a writer on the series. Principal photography is set to begin in the fall.
