THE POP CULTURE NEWS BULLETIN 229: NEW PRIME VIDEO SHOWS AND SPORTS
It’s the TGIF end of the week sign, and as such, we are taking a lookback on those (hopefully) fun stories making the pop culture headlines from this last week. pop culture news bulletin 229
THE POP CULTURE NEWS BULLETIN 229: NEW PRIME VIDEO SHOWS AND SPORTS ✨ #Olympics #Scarpetta #TheWayHome Share on XThe keyboard is warmed and ready, so let’s see what there is to discover!
THE POP CULTURE NEWS BULLETIN 229
The Pop Culture News Bulletin is a weekly roundup of the recent and trending news stories in the entertainment industry or stories that fall into the pop culture subcategory. Every Friday we feature stories that fit the content we frequently cover
A trailer for the upcoming March Prime Video debut of Scarpetta dropped this past week. The show is based on the Patricia Cornwell novels and follows the titular character Dr. Kay Scarpetta who is a woman with “skilled hands and an unnerving eye, this unrelenting medical examiner is determined to serve as the voice of the victims, unmask a serial killer, and prove that her career-making case from 28 years prior isn’t also her undoing.” The series has big stars including Jamie Lee Curtis and Nicole Kidman playing Kay. The show will drop on Prime Video March 11, and you can see the trailer below.
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Making many headlines this week is the Olympic games and some of those headlines included Lindsay Vonn crashing which ends her comeback career; Norwegian biathlon skier (and a bronze medal winner), Sturla Holm Laegreidwent went viral for trying to win back his girlfriend after he confesses (on air!) he cheated on her; the USA team won gold in the combined team event for figure skating; and its ice dance team Madison Chock and Evan Bates made headlines leading up to their event. The USA teams have gotten a combined 13 medals (four of which are gold) so far across various events however it’s Norway that has seven gold medals!
PEOPLE and American Girl made the announcement this past week that best-selling author Fiona Davis has penned the first novel for adults which will follow one of its iconic characters, in this case Samantha Parkington. The novel will follow a 25-year-old adult Samantha in the 1900s as she is involved in women’s suffrage. Samantha: the Next Chapter is the title, and the novel will drop in October.
(As a side note, I saw a headline for this new novel that said “elder millennials” will be swooning; and I have to say, as someone who did collect AG things, I am a little offended by this headline.)
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In May, Prime Video will drop its adaptation Off Campus, but ahead of that first season debut, Amazon MGM Studios announced that it has renewed this show for a second season. According to information directly posted to Amazon MGM Studios, Off Campus’ first season is going to follow “an elite ice hockey team, and the women in their lives, as they grapple with love, heartbreak, and self-discovery—forging deep friendships and enduring bonds while navigating the complexities that come with transitioning into adulthood.” It’s also described as a “a college soap” and is based off the novels by Elle Kennedy.
Fresh off the press, Hallmark Media announced that its fan favorite drama The Way Home will return April 19. The show will bring back its primary cast and will now include Gabriel Hogen and Dan Jeannotte too. This will be the show’s final season and after its weekly episode (on Sunday) drops, it will stream next day on Hallmark+.
Returning cast members include Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow and Spencer MacPherson. The network further reveals that the Landry women will travel to the 1900s. The season will follow the family as “revelations await the Landry family across generations. At the beginning of season four, Alice is about to graduate high school, Kat and Elliot dream of the next steps for their relationship while Del realizes she will soon be an empty-nester again.”
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