Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK

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NEW ON DVD

“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It”: Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are back as the real-life husband-wife paranormal investigat­ors in this third installmen­t of the horror franchise that has also spawned a number of spinoffs.

“Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway”: Peter absconds from the garden and runs away to town, where he finds new acquaintan­ces and even more mischief, with his family in search of him.

“Lansky”: Harvey Keitel plays real-life mobster Meyer Lansky in his retirement years as he’s being investigat­ed by federal agents one final time. Also stars Sam Worthingto­n.

“Habit”: After a drug deal goes sideways, Bella Thorne and her cohorts pretend to be nuns as a way to lay low.

“How it Ends”: It’s the end of the world thanks to an Earth-bound meteor, so Zoe Lister-Jones sets out across Los Angeles in search of apocalypti­c adventure.

AT THE MOVIES

“Candyman”: Jordan Peele wrote and Nia DaCosta directed this spiritual successor to the 1992 horror film of the same name about a supernatur­al killer with a hook for a hand who terrorizes a Chicago neighborho­od.

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY

Halsey, “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power”: The electropop star described her fourth album, produced by Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, as “a concept album about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth.”

Chvrches, “Screen Violence”: The fourth studio album from the Scottish synth-pop trio, titled after an original idea for the band name, takes on that theme. It also features one of their heroes, The Cure’s Robert Smith, on the single “How Not To Drown.”

Diane Warren, “The Cave Sessions, Vol. 1”: Debut album from the writer of nine No. 1 and 32 Top 10 hits features John Legend, Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Jason Derulo, Ty Dolla $ign, Jhené Aiko, LP and Darius Rucker.

Big Red Machine, “How Long Do Think It’s Gonna Last?”: The guest list on the second album from The National member Aaron Dessner’s project with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon includes Taylor Swift, Sharon Van Etten, Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold (“Phoenix”) and Ben Howard.

WHAT’S ON TV

“The Other Two” (Thursday, HBO Max): In Season 2 of this social satire, celebrity wannabes Brooke and Cary Dubek (Helene Yorke, Drew Tarver) must contend with a newly famous family member — their bubbly, 53-yearold mother, Pat (Molly Shannon), who has become a daytime talk show star.

“Little Women: Atlanta” (8 p.m. Thursday, LIFE): This hit reality series resumes Season 6 with two back-to-back episodes, starting with “Model Mayhem,” in which Juicy hires a celebrity photograph­er for an “alter ego” photoshoot in which she invites all the girls to participat­e.

“He’s All That” (Friday, Netflix): In this reimaginin­g of 1999’s “She’s All That,” teen social media influencer Padgett’s humiliatin­g oncamera breakup goes viral, leading her to make a risky bet to save her reputation: She swears she can turn scruffy antisocial Cameron into prom king material.

“Titletown High” (Friday, Netflix): New unscripted series set in Georgia follows the nation’s winningest high school football team as it tackles age-old rivalries, teenage romance and real-life drama while vying for a championsh­ip title.

“Disney Princess Remixed — An Ultimate Princess Celebratio­n” (7:30 p.m. Friday, DIS): Twelve-year-old social media star Txunamy Ortiz narrates this new half-hour special, which airs in conjunctio­n with World Princess Week. The program celebrates the empowering attributes of Disney princesses and queens through re-imagined performanc­es of some of their iconic songs. Disney stars Dara Renee, Frankie Rodriguez, Julia Lester, Izabela Rose, Ruth Righi and Sophia Hammons are among the performers.

2021 Little League World Series (12:30 p.m. Saturday, WTAE): It’s down to the final four in the Little League World Series, where semifinali­sts will go at it in the Tom Seaver Championsh­ip Game in South Williamspo­rt, Pa.

“Eden: Untamed Planet” (8 p.m. Saturday, BBC): This visually stunning nature series wraps up Season 1 with the finale “Alaska: Last American Frontier,” which is set primarily in the southeast portion of the state. Helena Bonham Carter narrates.

2021 Little League World Series (3 p.m. Sunday, WTAE): Two teams will compete for the championsh­ip. “90 Day Fiance: The Other Way” (8 p.m. Sunday, TLC): Two new couples take a leap of faith for love, while four returning pairs continue their fight to make things work abroad as this relationsh­ip docuseries returns for Season 3.

“WICKED in Concert” (9 p.m. Sunday, WQED): Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth co-host this two-hour musical special celebratin­g the reopening of Broadway with a salute to Stephen Schwartz’s blockbuste­r musical reimaginin­g of “The Wizard of Oz.”

“9/11: One Day in America: Told in Full” (9 p.m. Sunday, NGEO): Marking the 20th anniversar­y of the 2001 terror attacks on New York’s World Trade Center, filmmaker Daniel Bogado’s six-episode docuseries takes a fresh look at that assault via archival footage, eyewitness accounts, interviews with survivors and some previously unaired footage.

“I Love a Mama’s Boy” (10:03 p.m. Sunday, TLC): Season 2 of this reality series about unsettling love triangles involving a man, his mate and his mother features three returning trios and two new mama’s boys.

 ?? Sebastian Mlynarski & Kevin J Thomson ?? The Cure's Robert Smith (on screen) appears on the new album by Chvrches.
Sebastian Mlynarski & Kevin J Thomson The Cure's Robert Smith (on screen) appears on the new album by Chvrches.

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