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What's new this week?: The torches will go out in the new season of SurvivorJennifer Lopez drops truth bombs in new documentary, Tommy Orange releases a highly anticipated sophomore novel.
What to see
of the survivor The newest castaways arrive on the beach.
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When: Survivor Season 46 premieres February 28 at 8 pm ET on CBS and streams February 29 on Paramount+.
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What to know: It's still on. Survivor is back for its 46th season, where 18 new contestants will try to outwit, outdo and outlast each other on the shores of Fiji for the title of Sole Survivor and that $1 million prize.
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Host and reality TV icon Jeff Probst is once again at the helm of the show with his signature blue button-down shirts and classic catchphrases.
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The series may look different than you remember. The competition now lasts a total of 26 days instead of the traditional 39 days, meaning the game moves at a fast (and almost crazy) pace.
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Among this season's intriguing crop of new players is a “parent coach” who first applied to compete on the show 20 years ago, a real estate agent who has 16 siblings and a man who has already dislocated his shoulder 10 times. (Maybe I should exchange stories with In Stephenie LaGro) — lily herman, the editor of the Yodel newsletter
Jennifer López tells The greatest love story ever told
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When: The greatest love story ever told Airs February 27 on Prime Video.
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What to know: The documentary is about the making of López's new personal album (This is me now) and movie (This is me… now: a love storyand). However, she shows a vulnerable side that fans of the superstar have never seen and delves into her 20-year journey to self-love.
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“I have been married four times. I'm sure that people watching from the outside said: 'What's the problem with this damn girl?'” López opens the document. “You saw a kind of compulsive behavior. What I portrayed to the world was, 'Oh, this didn't work out, and that's okay, and I'm good, and they're good, and they were great, and I was.' “That was kind of stupid.”
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Ben Affleck, who inspired Lopez's love album, appears throughout the doc. The two have some sweet and lighthearted moments as they reflect on their first breakup. — Taryn Ryder, entertainment reporter
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Read more: Jennifer Lopez talks about what she would say to herself during her first separation from Ben Affleck
Island of deal or no deal
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When: Island of agreement or no agreement premieres February 26 at 9:30 pm ET on NBC and streams February 27 on Peacock.
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What to know: Hosted by Joe Manganiello, this new reality competition show is Agreement or no agreement Satisfies Survivor – and offers the biggest prize in No deal history: a whopping 200 million dollars.
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The show is different from the original. Agreement or no agreementin which the contestants tried their luck in each episode to find a briefcase containing 1 million dollars of the 26 that were presented to them.
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In Island of agreement or no agreement, 13 contestants will spend an entire season competing for the ultimate prize. In each episode, players will try to “get the highest value briefcase for a chance at immunity and choose a fellow player to enter the Temple, where they must play a high-stakes game.” Agreement or no agreement,” he read the synopsis of the series. At the end of the season, the last player will face the Banker.
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an ex Agreement or no agreement The contestant, Claudia Jordan, is among the contestants, as is Survivor superstar “Boston Rob” Mariano. – Nicole Darrah, news editor
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Read more: The first male briefcase model in 'Deal or No Deal Island' doesn't want to be an object. He wants to be a role model.
what to read
wandering stars illuminates trauma through history
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When: wandering stars It is available for purchase on February 27.
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What to know: In his new novel, wandering starsTommy Orange (Cheyenne and Arapaho) continues the critical success of his 2018 debut There there taking readers on a multi-generational journey through Native American history and its devastating effects on the children and grandchildren of those who survived the tragedy.
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Orange opens its story with the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864when the US army attacked a Cheyenne and Arapaho community in Colorado, killing more than 200 natives. Jude Star survives the massacre only to be taken to a prison where he will be forced to learn English and subvert his own identity by a guard who will then found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School – a place where white staff were encouraged to “kill the Indian in him and save the man.”
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Star later has a son who must also endure life in the native boarding school system.
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This generational trauma is absorbed and eventually passed on to other family members, those we met in the Pulitzer finalist. There there – who inhabit a modern existence of violence and addiction. — Laura Clark, Internet Culture Editor
Than binge
Unravel the mystery at the center American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
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When: All four episodes of American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders stream February 28 on Netflix
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What to know: After journalist Danny Casolaro's death in August 1991 is ruled a suicide, the filmmakers uncover an explosive story he had been reporting on that involved a hidden criminal network with ties to the Reagan administration.
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Casolaro's body was found in the bathtub of a hotel in Martinsburg, WV. Not only was there blood all over the hotel room, but he had also told his brother that if something happened to him, it wouldn't be an accident.
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In the four-part docuseriesCasolaro's friend Christian Hansen and director Zachary Treitz review the journalist's report. They go through their handwritten notes and their contacts to try to put the pieces of the puzzle together. They find that Casolaro had uncovered alleged drug deals, unsolved murders, stolen software and other nefarious acts allegedly committed by people in the CIA and other government agencies during the Regan administration.
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Was Casolaro's death a suicide? He was murdered? That's what the docuseries asks. — David Artavia, entertainment reporter
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