New this week: The Boss, Billie Eilish, Borat and ‘Bad Hair’

MOVIES

“Dear White People” filmmaker Justin Simien takes a big swing with his latest, “Bad Hair,” a comedy-horror about woman trying to rise in the late-80s music business who gets a demonic weave. Critics have been mixed on the tonal mishmash, but you can decide for yourself when it hits Hulu Friday.

You have to admire the moxie of Netflix and director Ben Wheatley for taking on Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca,” which already has a masterpiece Alfred Hitchcock adaptation to its name. But even with the less than stellar reviews, the prospect of watching stunners Lily James and Armie Hammer fret around Manderley in period clothes is still just too alluring to deny.

Following his critically acclaimed turn as activist Abbie Hoffman in Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Sacha Baron Cohen is returning to the character he made his name with: Borat. The Kazakhstani television host is back with “Borat 2” or “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” The film is being kept mostly secret until it hits Amazon Prime Video Friday, but we can expect some election and pandemic antics.

“Emma”: Autumn de Wilde’s enjoyable adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma” got a little lost in the early days of the pandemic, in theaters for about a week before jettisoning to VOD amid the shutdown. But it’s finally coming to HBO Saturday. Edgier than the (also great) Gwyneth Paltrow version, Anya TaylorJoy takes on the role of the matchmaker extraordinaire this time.

MUSIC

Recorded at his home studio in New Jersey, rock legend Bruce Springsteen will release his 20th album on Friday. “Letter to You” reunites Springsteen with the E Street Band and includes 12 tracks,

including three The Boss, 71, wrote in his early twenties.

Billie Eilish was on the road for just three days before she had to cancel her worldwide tour due to the coronavirus pandemic in March. But thankfully on Saturday the Grammy-winning star will host her first global livestream concert. “WHERE DO WE GO? THE LIVESTREAM” will be available on Eilish’s website as well as the interactive video streaming platform Maestro. It will air live from Los Angeles at 6 p.m. ET and tickets cost $30.

TELEVISION

“The Queen’s Gambit,” based on Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel of the same name, follows a chess prodigy who competes in

a male-dominated realm as she battles her scarred past and present. It debuts Friday on Netflix.

HBO’s “The Undoing” boasts A-list talent in front of and behind the camera. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant star, David E. Kelley (”Big Little Lies”) is the writer and Susanne Bier (” The Night Manager”) directs the limited series debuting 9 p.m. EDT Sunday.

Eva Longoria, Gloria Estefan and Ricky Martin host a celebration of Latino culture airing 9 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 26, on CBS and streaming on CBS All Access. “Essential Heroes: A Momento Latino Event” uses music, comedy, short documentaries and celebrity appearances to explore the Latino experience.

Tobin Yellan / AP Laverne Cox in a scene from "Bad Hair," a comedy-horror about woman trying to rise in the late-80s music business who gets a demonic weave.