Plus: 8 Critically Acclaimed TV Shows To Stream This Weekend
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|  | It’s a big week for big readers, because we’re getting a wave of adaptations that encompass even the biggest range of tastes. Whether it’s a clown-and-cornfield-centric slasher, a classic tragedy, or a coming-of-age story, there’s something to watch (and read!). Plus, mark your calendars because Brokeback Mountain is getting a 20th anniversary re-release this summer. Happy viewing! | | Quick links: | |
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| | | | Reba McEntire is having the kind of late-career resurgence most performers dream of, and now she’s hosting the 60th Annual ACM Awards on Prime Video May 8. She’s starred in plenty of movies and TV shows—some based on her own songs. Which of these Reba singles became a TV movie in which she starred? | | Select your choice below for the reveal! | - A) Forever Love
- B) The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
- C) Fancy
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| |  | | | Juliet & Romeo | | The high school Shakespeare favorite gets a musical adaptation (not to be confused with the hit Broadway musical & Juliet) with a cast that includes Rebel Wilson and Jason Isaacs. This is the first in a planned trilogy based on the real-life story that inspired the classic tragedy. | | More details |
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| | | Forever | | The Judy Blume novel gets a fresh spin in this Netflix series, now set in 2018 Los Angeles, featuring two Black teenagers as they navigate their first romantic relationships together. All eight episodes stream May 8. | | More details |
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| | | Nonnas | | Perks of Being a Wallflower novelist Stephen Chbosky directs this Netflix movie starring Vince Vaughn as a Staten Island restaurateur who hires local Italian grandmothers—including Susan Sarandon and Brenda Vaccaro—as his chefs. Streaming May 9. | | More details |
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| | | Poker Face | | Finally! Natasha Lyonne is back on Peacock as the human lie detector, traveling the country and stumbling into more star-studded murders than Jessica Fletcher. The first three episodes premiere May 8. | | More details |
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| | | Clown in a Cornfield | | When a book’s title is this perfect, why mess with it? This new slasher movie is about a cornfield that has a murder-happy clown prowling in it, looking for teens to slaughter. In theaters May 9. | | More details |
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| | | |  | | The Better Sister | | Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks are estranged sisters at the center of a murder mystery in The Better Sister. Prime Video’s upcoming series premieres May 29. | | View trailer |
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