Media Preview Summer 2019: What to watch, hear, read, download this season

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Tuesday afternoon: Annual Pulitzer Prize Winners Luncheon

Tuesday night: premiere of "Running with Beto" on HBO …

Wednesday: The CBS Board of Directors will meet on the same day as the annual meeting of the company …

Wednesday night: premiere of season 2 of "Big Little Lies" in New York …

Thursday: "Rocketman" in theaters …

Thursday night: the first of four CNN town hall events this week … The other three are Sunday …

Friday: "When they see us" starts broadcasting on Netflix …

Friday: "Galaxy & # 39; s Edge" opens at Disneyland California …

Sunday: "The Weekly" NYT debuts on FX …

"Siege" soon

The follow-up of "Fire and Fury" by Michael Wolff appears in a week. His publishing house said that "Siege" would be "just as explosive". If history guides you, there will be leaks in the book over the next few days … and an exclusive excerpt somewhere … In the case of "Fire and Fury", The Guardian first nibbled a copy, the beans, then NYMag released the first extract six days before the book's scheduled publication date. Henry Holt rushed a few days earlier. Expect to hear about "Siege" very soon …

"When they see us" is a must

Last week, Rebecca Keegan of THR called Ava DuVernay "Mogul for this moment". The four-part series "When They See Us" by Duvernay, dedicated to the five Harlem adolescents who were wrongfully convicted of rape in the Central Park case in 1989, was presented for the first time. May 31 and overwhelmed with ideas that the director has praised decades – ideas about race, criminal justice and who writes history, "wrote Keegan.

There is much more to come. Lisa Respers France: It was so intense to film "When they see us" that DuVernay had crisis advisers on set. Later this week, I will have a story with interviews with some of the stars …

One month up to the first debate of the demo

The countdown begins. The first two-part debate will take place on June 26 and 27 on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo. The second debate will take place on July 30 and 31 on CNN …

So many shows come back!

Brian Lowry emails: The first full week of June will be a great week for prestige television, with the return of "The Handmaid's Tale" on June 4, "Black Mirror" on June 5 and the second season of "Big Little" Lies "on June 9th.

Later in the summer: "The Hills" will be back on MTV on June 24th … "Stranger Things" will be back on Netflix on July 4th … "BH90210" will be released on Fox on August 9th. Mike Hale from NYT has a list of 22 new and old shows here … And Deadline has a pretty full schedule …

"The strongest voice"

"The Loudest Voice" from Showtime on Fox News and Roger Ailes, June 30 … I saw the first two episodes and I can say for sure that you will want to see this show …

Buy tickets for these …

Disney's big summer will continue with "Toy Story 4" on June 21st and "The Lion King" on July 19th. Other notable releases: "Late Night" on June 7th, "Yesterday" on June 28th, "Spider-Man: Far From Home" on July 2nd, "Farewell" on July 12th, "Once upon a time … in Hollywood "July 26 and" Where did you go Bernadette "August 16 …

>> More: The NPR Summer Movie Guide counts 27 movies …

New Madonna and Springsteen albums

Chuck Arnold of NYPost writes: "It will feel like being back in 1984 when two of the must-see icons of the 80s – Madonna and Bruce Springsteen – will launch new studio albums on the same day of the banner: June 14. We can not not expect her to do another 'Like a Virgin' or make her another 'born in the US', all eyes and ears will be on them to see if they still have 35 years after governing the world of pop. "More …

Key dates

The Tony Awards are live on CBS on June 9 …

Code Conference begins June 10 …

Cannes Lions starts on June 17th …

The G20 summit will be held on June 28-29 …

The Tour de France starts on July 6th …

The Emmy nominations are coming out on July 16th …

The 50th anniversary of Woodstock takes place mid-August …

What to read

I mentioned "seat" at the top. Here are some of the other fictional titles on my summer list: "Dignity" by Chris Arnade, released June 4; "The American spirit noggin" by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, June 6; Lisa Taddeo's "Three Women", released on July 9; and Jia Tolentino's "Trick Mirror" essay book, published on August 6. Three other reports from cable broadcasters: "The enemy of the people" by Jim Acosta on June 11; Trump's book by Joy-Ann Reid, "The man who sold America," released June 25; and "Never play to death: how truth makes you unstoppable" by Tomi Lahren, released July 2.

But I am not an expert. I refer to the "12 books of Vulture we can not wait to read this summer, to the" best 35 books of Yahoo ", the" 50 new Bustle books of summer 2019 ", and to these WaPo articles. , Bloomberg and Shondaland. Among the most anticipated titles of fiction, include "City of Girls", the first novel by Elizabeth Gilbert in six years, June 4; Taffy Brodesser-Akner's novel "Fleishman Is in Trouble", released June 18; "The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead, released July 16; and Laura Lippman's "Lady In The Lake" on July 23rd.

More recommendations

– New Yorker's Summer Theater Preview: "Lots of Pop for the Public", a new musical adaptation of "Moulin Rouge!", Cultural cross-pollination at Shed, and more. "I always want to see" Oklahoma! "And" Ink "and" Hillary and Clinton … "

– Here is the list of Nick Quah's six new podcasts for the summer months …

– And here is CNN's summer movie gallery …

50th Anniversary of Apollo

America will live this summer this moon landing … 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission … and I am working on something special in connection with the anniversary that will be released in June …

>> Plan ahead: "Apollo 11", aired on CNN television, will take place on June 23rd at 9pm. AND …

Until where will Holzhauer go?

"On Monday night, as the rest of America resonated with Memorial Day celebrations, James Holzhauer erased his rivals on his way to his 28th consecutive victory" Jeopardy! "win," wrote Hana R. Alberts of NYPost.

Will he break Ken Jennings' record? At present, it is under $ 325,000. And these episodes were all recorded weeks ago. Stay tuned …

Read more about Monday's "reliable sources" news letter … And subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox …