Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 8/29/25

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Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
Caught Stealing (Theaters)
Jaws 50th Anniversary Re-Release (Theaters)
The Toxic Avenger Unrated (Theaters) – A reboot of the original, not an unrated version of the original.

TV
Beavis and Butt-Head Season 11 Premiere (September 3 on Comedy Central) – Note that this season is originally airing on the basic cable channel Comedy Central, as opposed to the streamer Paramount+, which was the case for the previous two seasons.
The Paper Season 1 (September 4 on Peacock) – A sort of spinoff of The Office.
Pokémon Concierge Episodes 4-8 (September 4 on Netflix)

Music
-The Beaches, No Hard Feelings
-Blood Orange, Essex Honey
-Belinda Carlisle, Once Upon a Time in California
-Sabrina Carpenter, Man’s Best Friend
-The Hives, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives
-Margo Price, Hard Headed Woman

Podcasts
What’s Our Podcast? – Hosted by Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney.

jmunney’s Favorite Music of 2024

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Every week, I check the schedule of new albums coming out and listen to the ones that catch my ear. Then I make a note throughout the year of the ones that made a strong impression. And then to finalize my Best Albums of 2024 list, I re-listened to everything on that shortlist to confirm whether or not I did in fact like them enough to enshrine them among the crème de la crème.

As for my favorite new songs of the year, they can be hard to find, since I live in a city with reliable public transportation, and thus rarely drive, and thus rarely listen to the radio. So I hope that I’ll encounter some good ones on the albums that I seek out, or that they otherwise reach me via pop cultural osmosis. Also, I try to stick with songs that were released as singles, but it’s okay if they weren’t.

Anyway, here’s the music that happily stuck with me in 2024:

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