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Entertainment Weekly: November 2019
Did you know that Entertainment Weekly is no longer a weekly magazine? They kept the name Weekly because they have lots of content every week online, but the physical magazine only comes out once a month. For this month’s Glossies Made Me Do It, I am looking at the November 2019 issue.
Glossies Made Me Do It: Added to My Watch List
There’s a section in the beginning of Entertainment Weekly called First Take where they give you a look at what they call “your next obsessions.” In this issue, I learned about a couple shows that I have now added to my Watch List. I’ll have to do a review later on once I’ve actually watched them if anyone is interested!
No. 1: Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings
This is an anthology series, with each new episode based on a Dolly Parton song. What a fun concept, right? This will be premiering on Netflix on November 22 and there are 8 episodes. Netflix calls it season 1, so who knows? Maybe there will be more episodes in the future!
One of the things that I like about country music – especially in the past – is that so many of the songs really are a story. I love Dolly Parton so I’m super excited to see how they bring 8 of her iconic songs to life. Some of the songs include “Down From Dover”, “These Old Bones”, and of course, “Jolene.” I think I’m most excited about that one!
No. 2: A Christmas Carol
There have been many versions of A Christmas Carol, but I think this one sounds especially good. It’s a miniseries coming to FX in December. Instead of making Scrooge the usual old man, this version of A Christmas Carol stars Guy Pearce as Scrooge. They wanted Scrooge to be physically attractive, if not attractive in any other way (how he acts/thinks/etc). I like that idea – it definitely puts a new spin on Scrooge. I’ll be curious to see where this miniseries goes with the classic tale.
Tell me: Will you be watching either of these miniseries? Had you heard of them before?
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I was not aware that the printed version of Entertainment Weekly only comes once a month now! That’s interesting! I am super curious about the Dolly Parton anthology, I might have to check that out!
I’ll have to check out The Christmas Carol.
I like when they do new twists on it but we have tickets to see the traditional telling out her at the theater too.
Karen @ For What It’s worth
I had not heard of them! To be honest, I probably won’t watch them because I just watch The 100 over and over along with a select few other shows and never step outside of them. Which is terrible, but. Here we are. Glad you discovered some fun new stuff to watch!
I love The Christmas Carol, so will definitely check that one out.
Holy cow, I had no idea about these. I am excited! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I haven’t heard of these but Dolly Parton’s anthology sounds interesting. I liked Guy Pearce since he was in neighbours back in the day. I think he’d be great in a Christmas movie.
Huh! I had no idea it wasn’t weekly. Interesting. I hope you enjoy these shows! 🙂
What a fun concept – to make “made for TV” movies based on songs. Dolly definitely does tell some stories with hers and I’ll have to look around and see if I can find it. I love every version of A Christmas Carol that I’ve seen and I’d love to see one with a new spin on it (especially if Scrooge wasn’t hard on the eyes). My newest obsession (discovered on vacation early August and now I’m at the end of the last season) is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Now I have to wait until the first part of December for the next season to start :/ As far as magazines go, I’ve pretty much stopped taking subscriptions to them. I would have a few subscriptions and just not have time to really browse through them. I did enjoy them so much in the past – especially when holiday ones came out. Thanks for sharing that tidbit about Entertainment Weekly and the new shows to watch for!
Ruth
VogueFauxReal
A Christmas Carol would be something I’d watch. I subscribe to Entertainment Weekly and didn’t even know that! Guess I didn’t pay much attention to the fact that I don’t get it weekly. 😉
Oh wow, all of those sound really good and I’m definitely interested to see what they can do with a younger Scrooge!
Sounds like a good way to find your next favorite watch!
That Dolly series sounds so good! Love her! She’s such an interesting and kind person!
Wow! I didn’t know that Entertainment Weekly only came out once a month now. I’ll have to check out Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings, since I have Netflix! I love A Christmas Carol, and agree that a young attractive male lead like Guy Pearce will be a fun twist. Thanks for sharing Lauren 🙂
I haven’t heard of either mini series, but Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings should be entertaining. Each of her songs are a story, like a lot of country songs. Jolene will probably be a little heartbreaking. Hope it’s good! 🙂
I am kind of curious about the story behind Jolene myself. I might have to look into that series.
Wow! I didn’t know Entertainment Weekly wasn’t weekly anymore! I was one of the first subscribers back when they started up. Of course I never have time to read magazines anymore, so I had to cancel that subscription a few years ago. Thanks for that heads up!
I used to be really into country music, so I need to look into the Dolly Parton song series!! That sounds really cool!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
I used to subscribe to EW many years ago. I didn’t realize they had gone to monthly issues. With all the online content available I bet many magazines are struggling for subscribers.
Heartstrings sounds great. I love Dolly too so I’m very curious about this series.
before I forget… (because this is my third comment and I keep forgetting!) I LOVE your new header Lauren <3<3
I didn't know about that FX version of a Christmas Carol! I'll have to check it out!
Those both sound super interesting and I haven’t heard of either of them! I think the concept of basing a story off a song is incredibly cool, so I hope they execute it well. There really are a lot of A Christmas Carol adaptations but I don’t mind. I’m always up for more Christmas movies/shows, haha. And this one sounds interesting! Scrooge has always been depicted as kind of an ugly old man to represent who he has been on the inside. But seeing that twisted around will be intriguing.