Top streaming picks this week: Barbenheimer, ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’, and K-pop sensation TVXQ

Coming soon to your device are ABC’s multi-city New Year’s Eve special and fresh music from the K-pop group TVXQ, along with other exciting television shows, movies, and music.

Among the streaming offerings selected by Associated Press entertainment editors are a true crime story about Max, a new version of “America’s Got Talent” and a streaming guide to the year’s best movies.

NEW MOVIES SUPPLIED

— At the turn of the year, most of the film activity is in cinemas. But if you’re not going to see “The Color Purple,” “Poor Things” or “Ferrari,” there’s no better time to check out the best movies of the year. Many of the movies that made it into the top 10 from Me and AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr are available for streaming in various places.

If you haven’t checked out the “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer” movies, you can digitally rent Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Biology, while Greta Gerwig’s Pink Phenomenon is streaming on Max. Alexander Payne’s masterfully melancholic “The Holdovers,” starring Paul Giamatti, is also available for digital rental, as is Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley drama “Priscilla.”

Netflix has Todd Haynes’ compelling arc “May December” and the dazzling animated sequel “Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse.” On Prime Video, you can catch a couple of standouts from the previous year: A.V. Rockwell’s sprawling New York story “A Thousand and Ones” and Wes Anderson’s artfully layered “Asteroid City.” And if you’re looking for something further afield, look no further than “The Eight Mountains,” a majestic epic of friendship streaming on the Criterion Channel.

– AP Film Writer Jake Coyle

PERFORMING NEW MUSIC

— Twenty years ago, SM Entertainment boy band TVXQ helped usher in the second generation of K-pop. (For context: K-pop is currently in its fifth generation, and BTS entered its third generation.) By the end of the first generation, led by bubblegum pop like H.O.T.’s “Candy,” TVXQ emerged with a new kind of charisma, producing soulful harmonies with global resonance and presence with alongside Britney Spears. Two decades later, the group is now a duo – consisting of original members U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin – preparing to release their ninth studio album “20&2”, five years after their previous full-length, 2018’s “New Chapter #”. 2: The Truth of Love.” The 10-song veteran act offers listeners a contemporary take on his familiar melodic talents. Kick off with the rocking, taut falsetto pop of lead single “Dark.”

— AP music composer Maria Sherman

NEW SERIES to stream

— Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora play in 2024 on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” The Times Square lineup includes Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll, Sabrina Carpenter and Tyla, while the Los Angeles shows include Janelle Monáe, Coco Jones, Doechii, Green Day and more. The show starts at 8:00 PM Eastern on Sunday. You can watch the program without a digital antenna. Those with Hulu’s live TV package can stream it.

— 2024 is off to a great start with “America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League” hosted by Terry Crews. In this competition, Mel B returns to judge alongside Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Heidi Klum, where they will each select from a pool of talent past winners, finalists, fan favorites and other notable contestants from the global ‘Got Talent’ series. own 10-act team. The judges guide their acts through the competition, where the audience decides who advances to the semi-finals and finals. The play begins Monday, January 1st on NBC and will be broadcast on the Peacock.

– True crime fans were hooked on Max’s “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace,” which tells the story of an Indiana couple who adopted a 6-year-old dwarf girl from Ukraine named Natalia Grace in 2010. Within two years, they began to question Natalia’s identity, believing her to be in her twenties, a fraud and dangerous. While the documentary series focused on the adoptive parents’ story, Grace shares her version, “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalie Speaks.” The six-part series will air three consecutive nights on ID starting Monday, January 1.

– Alicia Rancilio