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Prime Video has a new show for you to binge — and it’s killer. Wilderness is the latest series to drop on the streaming platform with episodes 1-6 available to binge starting Friday (Sept. 15). It’s based on the novel by the same title, which is available in paperback, Kindle Unlimited and Audible editions — in case you want to read the book before tuning into the series.
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The series stars Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Haunting of Hill House) as the seemingly perfect British couple Liv and Will. When Liv learns of her husband’s affair, her devastation quickly turns into rage, but when Will proposes a trip around America’s National Parks to mend their relationship, she has the idea to plot some murderous revenge. Because when in the wilderness accidents happen, right?
Other cast members you can look forward to seeing include Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars) as Cara, Eric Balfour as Garth and Marsha Stephanie Blake as Detective Rawlins.
Keep reading to learn the streaming options to watch the show.
How to Watch Wilderness
Wilderness is a Prime Original series that Prime members and subscribers can stream for free at no additional cost.
Not already subscribed? Amazon is offering a 30-day free trial, which means you can binge watch the entire series for free. Once the trial is over, you’ll be charged the subscription price of $14.99/month (or $139 annually). For additional savings, the platform offers a student membership and qualifying EBT/Medicaid subscription, which provides a membership for half the price after a 6-month or 30-day free trial.
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What else is in the Prime Video library? Besides Wilderness, you can watch original series and movies including Citadel, Daisy Jones & The Six, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Emergency, Swarm, The Power, Harlem, Air, Invincible, The Boys, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Fleabag, The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Wheel of Time, I Want You Back and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
You can also take advantage of additional premium channel add-ons to widen your library offerings such as Paramount+, Showtime, Max and AMC+. Prime Premiere is also a new perk added to the membership, which provides members with free tickets to advance screenings of Prime Original movies and series in theaters.
Other perks included with a membership include free one-day shipping on Prime eligible products, early access to deals, access to Prime Day savings, grocery delivery, Amazon Music, Prime Gaming, Prime Reading and many more perks.
Check out the trailer for Wilderness below.
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All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. It’s officially a “glorious day” as Fisher Price just released a collector’s set of Little People figurines featuring Salem’s favorite witches: […]
The 20 contestants of The Debut: Dream Academy were put to the test on Friday (Sept. 15) when they completed the first mission of the competition. And the newest YouTube installment of the girl group competition also says goodbye to its first two finalists.
The mission was a showcase with the goal to “level up your skills as a global girl group,” as the contestants were previously split into two dance teams and two vocal teams. “Team members are crucial business partners, and it’s important to know proper work etiquette with your business partner,” HYBE Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk explained in the first episode, which aired last week.
The girls were split into four teams for the mission, with two vocal teams and two dance teams. The first dance team consisted of Daniela, Megan, UA, Adéla and Hinari, while the second dance team featured Emily, Ezrela, Marquise, Yoonchae and Mei. The first vocal team included Karlee, Lexie, Iliya, Brooklyn and Manon and the second vocal team consisted of Sophia, Lara, Celeste, Samara and Nayoung.
Fans voted on WeVerse and YouTube for their favorite contestants after the jaw-dropping performances, but ultimately, the first two contestants eliminated in the mission were 19-year-old Adéla from Slovakia and 14-year-old Hinari from Japan (pictured below).
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Hinari
Courtesy of HYBE x Geffen Records
The remaining 18 contestants have flown from Los Angeles to Korea for Mission No. 2, where they will continue the competition at a training & development facility where many K-pop groups have trained.
When the 20 finalists were announced last month, Chairman Bang said at a press event in LA: “I have wanted to form an international group based on K-pop methodology for a while. To do this, I believed we needed a capable partner. When I met [Interscope Geffen A&M Records CEO] John [Janick], from the first moment, we both felt instantly that we had a connection, musically and creatively. I am very proud of the rich history we have made and the tremendous talent we have found. I am proud of the opportunities we have created within the K-pop universe.”
For his part, Janick added: “Since we began our partnership two years ago, Bang and I have often spoken about our shared beliefs in artist development, music and creativity. To develop a global group with Bang, with the best of K-pop methodology, and our Geffen team, is truly special and will bring to life a first-of-its kind experience in music. Each candidate is incredibly talented, dedicated, and driven, making this an exciting moment for music fans around the world.”
Watch the episode above.
Donald Glover’s Disney+ series is taking a new direction. Lando will now be developed as a Lucasfilm movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Glover played character Lando Calrissian in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, and his character quickly became a fan-favorite, prompting Disney to announce a spin-off series in the works in 2020. The artist […]
Milli Vanilli‘s music career was marred by a multitude of highs and lows. And now, one half of the duo, Fabrice Morvan, tells his and former bandmate Robert Pilatus’ side of the story in the new trailer for the group’s self-titled Paramount+ documentary. In the trailer — which arrived Sept. 14 — Morvan sits down […]
Big Mouth is getting the Hot Girl treatment. The animated Nick Kroll show Big Mouth returns to Netflix for its seventh season next month, and a new trailer was released on Thursday (Sept. 14) featuring none other than Megan Thee Stallion as a hormone monstress. “It’s a big motherf—ing deal that they got me on the show,” her voluptuous […]
Just a day after announcing that’s she’s adding a new slate of concerts to her REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency, Carrie Underwood made an appearance and performed on TODAY. As part of the 2023 Citi Concert Series, the country star performed a song from from her album Denim & Rhinestones titled “She Don’t Know,” as well as her 2006 hit “Before He Cheats.”
During an interview with TODAY, Underwood also gave a glimpse into her days when she isn’t in the studio or on the road — days when she is simply being a mom.
The star described a typical non-working day, noting that her husband, Mike Fisher, takes their two sons to school while she handles duties such as vacuuming and checking to make sure her kids’ rooms are clean. Working out and gardening are also on the list.
“I’m always cooking something or canning something … I kind of live in the kitchen, making bread or something,” she shared on NBC’s long-running morning show. “Then, before you know it, they come home and we make dinner.”
Like many parents, Underwood also fights the struggle against too much screen time for her kids.
“It’s such a battle, right? Even television … I kind of notice when they watch too much TV, they have an attitude shift. I’m like, ‘Why are you moody? What are we doing?’ And then it’s like, ‘Ohhh …” and sometimes, they’ve learned a lot from different televisions programs and movies … but yeah, it’s a struggle.”
She also hopes to keep her kids away from phones and social media “for as long as possible,” Underwood said. “There has been a whole grassroots initiative within their school, a bunch of parents getting together and discussing how we can keep our kids kind of away from technology, especially, like, social media and stuff.”
Additionally, the TODAY hosts revealed that Underwood’s fans who attended her recent 43-city The Denim & Rhinestones Tour helped raise $420,316 for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, an organization committed to providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children, and building specially adapted smart homes for injured veterans and first responders.
“They do great things for our servicemen and women and their families,” Underwood said. “They sacrifice so much for us, so a dollar from every ticket went to them…the people that run the whole thing, just talking to them, they are normal people who want to do good things for these people…it’s amazing what they do and I’m glad to be part of it.”
Watch Carrie Underwood’s TODAY show interview and clips from her performance below:
It looks like Ben Affleck missed the memo that Ice Spice was rapping about Barbie dolls on “Barbie World,” not Munchkin dolls. In a new clip of Affleck and Ice’s new Dunkin’ commercial, the actor unsuccessfully tries to pitch an Ice Spice doll made out of munchkins doughnut holes as the next step in their collaboration.
“What about this? Boom!” Affleck says as he pulls out an admittedly hideous Ice Spice doll made out of munchkins. The figure sports a pink coat and denim mini shorts combo that slightly recalls the outfit the “Deli” rapper wore at 2023 Rolling Loud in Miami. A hilariously aghast Ice responded to the doll with a barely audible “Oh my God …”
Affleck then plays around with the figure and even makes it “say” Ice’s signature “like” ad-lib — a move that was met with a side eye and a speechless “Uh…” from the rapper herself.
“You feelin’ that? Like on a poster, big in Times Square!” Affleck said in a Boston accent before pivoting with “Oh, we can go another way!”
Ice’s “Princess Diana” — which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 after the unveiling of its Nicki Minaj remix — closes out the clip.
On Tuesday (Sept. 12), the official Affleck-Ice Dunkin’ commercial aired during that night’s MTV Video Music Awards. In the commercial, the Oscar-winning actor and the VMAs’ newly minted best new artist put their minds together to come up with the name and concept for the “Bikini Bottom” rapper’s new Ice Spice Munchkins drink. The ad also served as a sequel to Affleck’s Super Bowl commercial, in which he worked in a Dunkin’ drive-thru, and featured a cameo with Jennifer Lopez, his wife.
The Dunkin’ goods don’t stop there. Mere hours before she graced the 2023 MTV VMAs and accepted her very first Moon Person, Ice took to Instagram to flaunt a jaw-dropping 80-carat Eliantte diamond chain that spelled out “Munchkins,” a nod to both her new Dunkin’ drink and the name of her fanbase.
Ice Spice boasts four top 10 hits on the Hot 100: “Karma” (No. 2, with Taylor Swift), “Princess Diana” (No. 4, with Nicki Minaj), “Barbie World” (No. 7, with Minaj & AQUA), and PinkPantheress duet “Boy’s A Liar, Pt. 2” (No. 3). On the Billboard 200, Like..? — her debut EP — peaked at No. 15.
Watch the new cut of Ice Spice and Ben Affleck’s Dunkin’ ad above.
Fat Joe will host the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards for the second consecutive year, Billboard exclusively reports. Set to take place at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta on Oct. 3, the live broadcast will air the following week on Oct. 10 at 9 p.m. ET on BET. “We are thrilled to welcome back […]
Sean Penn likes to get straight to the meat of the matter. And the actor/director does just that in a new Variety interview in which he calls 100% b.s. on the reaction to Will Smith‘s infamous slap of Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards, which was held just weeks after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Penn, whose documentary on his friend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Superpower, is due out on Monday (Sept. 18), gets “f—ing furious,” in fact, when telling reporter Stephen Rodrick, “the Oscars producer thought, ‘Oh, he’s not light-hearted enough?’ Well, guess what you got instead? Will Smith.”
Fully aware that his perennial pugnaciousness has often made it hard to appreciate him, a red-faced Penn laid out his exact feelings about the refusal to give former-sitcom-star-turned-heroic-wartime-president Zelenskyy a moment to speak during the ceremony; Smith — who would win a best actor Oscar later in the night for his starring role in the Williams family tennis biopic King Richard — stormed the stage and assaulted Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair.
“I don’t know Will Smith. I met him once,” Penn said. “He seemed very nice when I met him. He was so f–king good in King Richard… So why the f–k did you just spit on yourself and everybody else with this stupid f–king thing? Why did I go to f–king jail for what you just did? And you’re still sitting there? Why are you guys standing and applauding his worst moment as a person?”
Penn, 63, spent 33 days in county jail in June 1987 for punching an extra on a movie set and for reckless driving and received a 90-day suspended sentence and $50 fine for two charges of assaulting two journalists who were attempting to photograph him and then-wife Madonna, as well as three years of probation and 300 hours of community service in 2010 after another run-in with a photographer.
“This f–king bulls–t wouldn’t have happened with Zelenskyy,” Penn fumed. “Will Smith would never have left that chair to be part of stupid violence. It never would have happened.”
On the night of the incident, Smith jumped up from his seat and slapped Rock hard across the face after the comedian made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, which, Rock later said, he was not aware was a result of the singer/actress’ struggle with alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that can cause hair loss and balding.
During his Oscars acceptance speech, Smith issued a mea culpa of sorts for his actions earlier in the night — without mentioning Rock — with the comedian later declining to press charges. After a more formal apology, Smith resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which banned him from attending any Academy events for 10 years.
Penn, who has won two best actor Oscars for Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008), also told the magazine that his only option was to destroy his statues. “I thought, well, f–k, you know? I’ll give them to Ukraine,” he said. “They can be melted down to bullets they can shoot at the Russians.”
