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| 'Stranger Things' star Finn Wolfhard releases second album | Finn Wolfhard released his new album, From the Hip, on Friday. It is his second album after 2025's Happy Birthday. From the Hip includes 12 tracks and was released by AWAL. A video for "Follow" was released on Wolfhard's official YouTube channel Friday, which includes Wolfhard's friends and collaborators. "I feel like I'm constantly coming of age and going through changes," Wolfhard, 23, said in a statement. "To me, every new record is a little reintroduction." Known as an actor for his roles in Stranger Things and the It movies, Wolfhard also co-directed the horror film Hell of a Summer with Billy Byrk. Wolfhard wrote his songs, recorded the album at Pachyderm Studios in February. Andrew Humphrey engineered the album. |
| Kane Parsons' 'Backrooms' coming to VOD Tuesday | A24 announced Friday that Backrooms will premiere on digital video-on-demand Tuesday. Rentals and purchases are available for pre-order. Based on Kane Parsons' YouTube shorts made with Blender animation software, Backrooms opened with $81.5 million on May 28. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as the owner of a furniture store who discovers a seemingly infinite surreal world behind his walls. Renate Reinsve plays his therapist. Lukita Maxwell, Finn Bennett and Mark Duplass also star. Parsons turned 21 in June, having made the film at 20. A24 released an extended version of Backrooms on July 3. The film, along with Focus Features' Obsession, have been surprise box office juggernauts. |
| 'House of David': Prime Video series renewed for Season 3 | House of David will return for a third season on Prime Video. The streaming service announced Friday that it renewed the series for Season 3. House of David is a drama starring Michael Iskander as the Biblical figure David, a shepherd who is anointed to become the next king of Israel. The character is perhaps best known from the story of David and Goliath. Other cast members include Ali Suliman, Indy Lewis, Ethan Kai, Oded Fehr, Yali Topol Margalith, Davood Ghadami, Ayelet Zurer and Aury Alby. House of David hails from Amazon MGM Studios and Wonder Project, the same studio behind Young Washington and the Prime Video series It's Not Like That. It's Not Like That, starring Scott Foley and Erinn Hayes, was canceled this week after one season. |
| Horror hit 'Obsession' to start streaming July 17 on Peacock | Horror hit Obsession is coming to Peacock next week. The service announced Friday that the film will start streaming July 17. Obsession is written and directed by Curry Barker, and stars Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless and Andy Richter. The movie follows Bear (Johnston), a young man who wishes his best friend Nikki (Navarrette) would fall in love with him. He "soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price," an official synopsis reads. Obsession premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025 and opened in theaters in May. The film has earned over $400 million at the box office, breaking the record for highest-grossing film with a $750,000 budget. |
| Megan Moroney performs 'Tennessee Orange' on 'Today' | Megan Moroney took to the stage Friday on Today. The country music star, 28, performed her 2022 single "Tennessee Orange" and other hits on the NBC morning talk show. "Tennessee Orange" is the lead single from Moroney's 2023 debut studio album, Lucky. Moroney, who performed with a rhinestone-encrusted microphone and guitar, got the crowd singing along to her breakout song. Moroney most recently released the album Cloud 9 in February. She is promoting her music on the Cloud 9 tour, which kicked off May 29 in Columbus, Ohio, and concludes Oct. 1 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Today Citi Concert Series will feature a performance by Tyla on July 24, Mumford & Sons on July 29 and Shaboozey on July 31. |