The Billboard Household Hits of the Week compiles what’s new and price your loved ones’s time in music, motion pictures, TV, books, video games and extra. Neglect the mind-numbing scrolling and looking out “what to observe for household film night time” … once more. One of the best in household leisure every week is multi function place, on this helpful information. Isn’t it satisfying to cross one thing off your checklist?
This week with your loved ones, you may wish to ebook tickets to see a brand new film a couple of basic character, and revisit a ebook sequence that’s been widespread with for generations.
However first, check out two Feb. 6 releases: the brand new streaming comedy sequence Clear Slate, with a full season out there now on Prime Video, and a playlist curated for Mattel’s eightieth anniversary. Learn on for all the small print on each.
On the household calendar is the upcoming opening of Sony Photos’ Paddington in Peru, which arrives in film theaters throughout the U.S. beginning on Feb. 14.
And one thing you are able to do without cost instantly, or every time your schedule permits, is make a go to to the library to borrow Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little Home on the Prairie ebook sequence (which occurs to be one of many childhood reads that impressed me to start out writing). Why learn the tales of a pioneer household now, in 2025? You’ll be well-prepared for the brand new Little Home on the Prairie streaming sequence that’s headed to Netflix.
Discover out extra about this week’s high picks within the Billboard Household Hits of the Week:
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Stream ‘Clear Slate’ on Prime Video
A girl who’s been estranged from her father for twenty years finds herself returning house, from New York Metropolis to small-town Alabama — and the homecoming is sort of a shock, in additional methods than one, for her dad on this heartfelt comedy on Amazon’s Prime Video. Desiree (Laverne Cox) reveals up at Harry’s (George Wallace) home as her true self, a trans lady, when Harry was assuming he’d have a son arriving at his doorstep. The present’s rated for ages 13+, however episode one is actually applicable for youthful ages to observe with their grown-ups; I’ve not had the time to soak up your entire sequence but, although I’m trying ahead to seeing the story unfold. A celebrated transgender actress starring in a lead position in a household comedy is welcome viewing right here, and never seen sufficient in scripted tv. Cox can also be the creator and author of Clear Slate, in addition to an govt producer alongside the late Norman Lear.
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Examine Out the ‘Better of Mattel’ Playlist for Mattel’s eightieth Anniversary
Looking out for tunes your littles ones may wish to take heed to whereas taking part in with their toys? Check out the “Better of Mattel” playlist added to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, YouTube and extra on Feb. 6, and see if it piques their curiosity. It’s a mixture of music themed to manufacturers like Barbie and Monster Excessive to Barney and Thomas & Pals — which is a variety of age pursuits, so that you may wish to mark your children’ favorites. (Our home leans extra towards Barbie, because of our devoted center youngster, who’s all Barbie, all day. She even did a faculty presentation on the historical past of Barbie.) Mattel’s music activation is in partnership with Warner Music Group’s Arts Music Staff and arrives amid Mattel’s eightieth anniversary festivities.
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See ‘Paddington in Peru’ in Theaters
After a brief U.S. launch date delay, Paddington in Peru, the third installment within the live-action/animated Paddington movie sequence, is opening in film theaters this week. For those who can’t handle an actual date night time together with your companion for Valentine’s Day, have a household outing on Feb. 14 to catch the subsequent a part of Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017). Sony Photos guarantees “extra journey than any bear can naked” in a tagline for the brand new rated PG comedy, which sees candy Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) and the Brown household fixing a thriller within the jungles of Peru. Try the trailer above to get a glimpse at what occurs after they drop the whole lot and fly to Peru, decided to seek out Paddington’s aunt who’s gone lacking.
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Get Prepared for Netflix’s New ‘Little Home on the Prairie’ Sequence
Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary and Melissa Gilbert as Laura within the pilot of NBC’s ‘Little Home on the Prairie’ sequence, which aired on March 30, 1974.
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Netflix’s Little Home on the Prairie has no launch date but, nevertheless it’s within the works. The streamer first introduced the reboot a couple of week in the past, and this week extra chatter concerning the upcoming sequence emerged when TV’s unique Laura Ingalls, Melissa Gilbert — from the 1974-1984 NBC sequence tailored from the Laura Ingalls Wilder’s basic books — commented, “There’s room within the Little Home universe for all completely different sorts of tales to be instructed, similar to there was all the time room within the Little Girls universe to maintain retelling that story.” She mentioned, “These are basic tales, and nobody’s finished it the place they hewed to the books fully. [The original] was Michael Landon’s interpretation, and now it’s time for another person’s interpretation. And I feel there’s loads of room for that. And I feel there’s quite a lot of different tales to mine past that. So I feel this opens the door in quite a lot of methods for all types of Little Home on the Prairie tasks.” Gilbert additionally identified that the brand new sequence will probably be ready “to do issues that we didn’t get to do essentially so simply within the ’70s,” together with making it a precedence to solid “Native American actors to play the Native Individuals.”
With Netflix saying the brand new streaming sequence, which “is an element household drama, half epic survival story, and half origin story of the American West,” is in improvement from showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine, now’s a good time to introduce the unique materials, or maybe reread the ebook sequence, together with your children in anticipation of what’s to come back. Add the books to your library checklist!
