A mentation of this communicative appeared successful CNN's Pop Life Chronicles newsletter. To get it successful your inbox, motion up for escaped here. Tell america what you'd similar to spot much of successful the newsletter astatine entertainment.newsletter@cnn.com.
(CNN)I'm not proclaiming 2022 to beryllium "my year," and I'd counsel you not to either.
Let's not jinx it.
But that doesn't mean we can't anticipation for the champion — portion enjoying immoderate of the amended contented offerings on the way.
That brings america to:
Three things to watch
'Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts' peculiar
How has it been 2 decades since Harry Potter and the pack came into our lives connected the large screen?
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson reunited adjacent London to speech astir playing the magical puerility roles that made them planetary stars.
The day Hogwarts peculiar airs New Year's Day connected HBO Max. (CNN and HBO are some portion of WarnerMedia.)
'The Book of Boba Fett'
"Star Wars" is the acquisition that keeps connected giving.
This peculiar contiguous was teased successful a astonishment end-credit sequence pursuing the play 2 finale of "The Mandalorian," and viewers person been waiting ever since.
This bid finds legendary bounty huntsman Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and mercenary Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) "navigating the galaxy's underworld erstwhile they instrumentality to the sands of Tatooine to involvement their assertion connected the territory erstwhile ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his transgression syndicate."
It's streaming connected Disney+.
'Cobra Kai' Season 4
Netflix has a certified cultlike deed connected its hands.
"Cobra Kai" has introduced younger fans to the characters from the "Karate Kid" movie franchise, with caller play and action.
The caller play comes retired kicking connected the streaming work Friday.
Two things to perceive to
Tejano euphony prima Selena died successful 1995 astatine the property of 23, but the fascination astir her has ne'er stopped.
Superfan Maria Garcia hosts the podcast "Anything for Selena," which pays homage to the slain vocalist and explores Garcia's transportation to the celebrated Mexican American icon.
It's disposable wherever podcasts are streamed.
Another vocalist who has continued to captivate america is Britney Spears, and this twelvemonth gave america a batch to speech about.
"Toxic: The Britney Spears Story" not lone helps to laic it each out, but it really sparked the renewed involvement successful the star's ineligible conservatorship.
Comedians Tess Barker and Babs Gray started with the "Britney's Gram" podcast. It yet morphed into "Toxic" — and is beauteous overmuch your 1 halt for each things starring up to the happy triumph for Spears successful her case this year.
One happening to speech about
Hugh Jackman had the close idea.
The prima of the forthcoming Broadway revival of "The Music Man" precocious paid tribute to understudies arsenic the radical who person kept the shows going.
So let maine a infinitesimal to besides praise those teachers, frontline workers, drivers, nutrient work employees, warehouse workers and the galore others who person continued moving passim the pandemic that has dragged connected longer than immoderate of america could person imagined.
Something to sip on
We should each larn from the beingness of Betty White.
The legendary prima died connected New Year's Eve, conscionable weeks earlier her 100th birthday, but she near america with an astonishing assemblage of enactment and plentifulness of wisdom.
The erstwhile Golden Girl attributed her longevity to a signifier we would each payment from: "Always find the positive" successful life, White said.
In these times erstwhile "being positive" has taken connected a antagonistic connotation (I'm not adjacent playing with words here), I deliberation we should drawback clasp of the purity of the archetypal meaning and bring it into 2022.
Thank you, Ms. White, for the advice, the laughs and for being 1 of our brightest stars to ever radiance successful Hollywood.
What did you similar astir today's newsletter? What did we miss? Pop successful to poplife@cnn.com and accidental hello!
English (US) ·