Unmissable Entertainment this Week: ‘Ted Lasso,’ U2 & ‘The Boston Strangler’

This week, The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists have gathered all the cool new shows and movies that are out right now. Keep up with the latest TV shows and streaming services, as well as new music and video games!

The new movie “The Boston Strangler” premieres on Friday and stars Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon. They play two reporters named Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole who worked for the Boston Record American newspaper. The detectives discovered a single criminal, known as the Boston Strangler, was responsible for murdering eleven women between 1962 and 1964. Other books and movies have explored this true case over the years, but this is the first movie to focus on the journalists’ work.

This Wednesday, a new documentary called “Money Shot: The Pornhub Story” is coming to Netflix. It talks about the website Pornhub and the complaints that it allowed videos of rape and underage sex. To learn all of this, director Suzanne Hillinger asked topics from lawyers and individuals that work at Pornhub itself who claimed that “everything was OK”. At last, she wants to start more discussions about sex plus consent both on the internet and in person.

Music is something that can spark emotion and bring people together. Whether it’s listening to your favorite song on the radio or going to a concert with friends, music can be enjoyed in many different ways.

This St. Patrick’s Day, you can look forward to a lot of awesome new music from U2! They’re releasing a special album called “Songs Of Surrender,” that features 40 of their old hits redone in new ways. The Edge said it started as an experiment and then turned into something even more exciting – the original songs get totally different vibes, like the cowboy vibe for “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and honky-tonk electricity on “Desire.” It’s going to be really cool! To top it off, Disney+ is airing an exclusive show with Bono & The Edge featuring interviews by Dave Letterman – all happening on Friday too!

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To sum up: U2 is releasing a whole bunch of exciting music this St. Patrick’s Day which includes their new album “Songs Of Surrender” featuring old songs re-imagined in new ways. Additionally, Disney+ will feature a show with Bono & The Edge interviewed by Dave Letterman on the same day.

Maybe you like classic rock music? If you do, then listen to the new album “Dinosaur” by Theory of a Deadman. This quartet is made up of Tyler Connolly, Dave Brenner, Dean Back and Joey Dandeneau and it was produced by Martin Terefe at the famous ABBA studio – Atlantis Studios in Sweden. The 10-track album features songs such as “Dinosaur”, “Ambulance” and a darker version of the classic song “Just the Two of Us” called “Two Of Us (Stuck)”.

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“Ted Lasso”, the Emmy award-winning show starring Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham, is back for its third season this Wednesday on Apple TV+. It will have all the funny moments, jokes and references to popular culture that fans have enjoyed from the first two seasons. The new season picks up a few months after the end of season 2 – but it seems like this might be the ending of this story. Although Sudeikis is one of the creators of the series, he hasn’t given a clear answer yet as to whether there will be another season or if they’ll launch a spinoff.

Elvis Presley is now the star of his very own animated show streaming on Netflix. In this show, “Agent Elvis,” he is voiced by actor Matthew McConaughey and secretly works as a spy for the government at night. Other actors such as Kaitlin Olson, Johnny Knoxville, Niecy Nash, and Don Cheadle voice other characters in the show. Even Priscilla Presley plays herself in the show! But beware — this show isn’t suitable for kids because it’s filled with violence and bad language, even featuring an inappropriate chimpanzee! “Agent Elvis” premieres Friday, so be sure to check out Elvis’ coolest job yet — being a secret agent!

This Sunday, you’ll get to watch a new version of the classic story “Marie Antoinette” on PBS. Emilia Schüle plays Marie, who is sent to Versailles as a teenager in order to marry Louis Cunningham’s character, the future King of France (who was known as Louis XV). According to PBS, this re-telling of the story focuses more on how Marie navigated her way through the tricky politics in Versailles and created an impact on history. James Purefoy will be playing Louis XV.

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Recently, Platinum Games released a new prequel to the Bayonetta Trilogy called “Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon”. In this story, an outcast witch named Cereza finds a demon named Cheshire that possesses her favorite stuffed toy. She now has to help him find his way back home while transforming into the flamboyant fighter we’ve all seen before. On Friday, everyone can try it out on Nintendo Switch and see if Platinum Games was able to give us a fun version of its usually hyperviolent franchise.

John Cena is making his return to WWE 2K23, the new video game from 2K Sports. Players can take on the role of his character and be a part of his biggest matches. There are also lots of other famous WWE wrestlers available in the game, including Hulk Hogan and Roman Reigns. People can even make up their own wrestler if they want! This version of the game also has WarGames mode, where teams with three or four players compete against each other inside a steel cage. Enjoy this exciting game on PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One or PC.

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