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George Clooney<\/a> playing a dashing movie star with nagging midlife regrets in \u201cJay Kelly\u201d and Zac Brown Band returning with fresh tunes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device<\/a> near you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press\u2019 entertainment journalists<\/a>: The latest \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d film, \u201cThe Final Reckoning,\u201d begins streaming on Paramount , Netflix has the American Western series \u201cThe Abandons\u201d with women at the center of its story, and Nintendo\u2019s Samus Aran returns with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 George Clooney plays a dashing movie star with new nagging midlife regrets in \u201cJay Kelly\u201d (Netflix, Friday, Dec. 5), Noah Baumbach\u2019s<\/a> comic drama about fame and family. As Jay\u2019s youngest daughter (Grace Edwards) prepares for college, a trip to Europe turns into a deeper self-examination. With Adam Sandler as Jay\u2019s long-suffering manager and Laura Dern his publicist. In his review<\/a>, the AP\u2019s Mark Kennedy wrote that \u201creality and fiction beautifully weave in and out in Baumbach\u2019s love letter to Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 The latest \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d film, \u201cThe Final Reckoning,\u201d begins streaming on Paramount on Thursday. The Tom Cruise adventure, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, concludes the chapter begun with 2023\u2019s \u201cDead Reckoning Part One.\u201d<\/a> Whether dead or final, a reckoning may be in order for the eight-film Ethan Hunt franchise. In her review,<\/a> AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr wrote: \u201cIn a series that has often been best when it\u2019s not taking itself too seriously, dour developments start to feel a little unintentionally silly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 The Christmas movies cometh. One of the first out of the gate this year is \u201cOh. What. Fun.\u201d<\/a> (Wednesday, Prime Video). Michelle Pfeiffer<\/a> stars as a matriarch who, after years of handling all the season\u2019s festivities for an ungrateful family, goes missing. Michael Showalter directs a cast including Felicity Jones, Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz, Denis Leary and Dominic Sessa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 AP Film Writer Jake Coyle<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 Zac Brown Band<\/a> reflects on life\u2019s highs and lows on their new album, \u201cLove & Fear,\u201d out Friday, Dec. 5. Some of the singles out so far include the Jimmy Buffett-like \u201cI Ain\u2019t Worried About It,\u201d the weed-friendly \u201cLet It Run\u201d<\/a> with Snoop Dogg, the sweet ballad \u201cButterfly\u201d with Dolly Parton\u201d<\/a> and the anthemic party banger \u201cGive It Away.\u201d Perhaps the best of the bunch is \u201cHard Run\u201d featuring Marcus King, starting quietly with a twang, building to harmonies and some funk, adding a touch of Broadway and then some fiery guitar work. The band is making a splash with the album’s drop date, performing at the Sphere in Las Vegas and kicking off several nights there in December and January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 If you adored Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds<\/a> last album \u201cWild God,\u201d here’s some good news: The alternative rock legend and his formidable band is releasing \u201cLive God,\u201d which includes live versions from the album, as well as catalog favorites such as \u201cFrom Her to Eternity,\u201d \u201cPapa Won\u2019t Leave You, Henry\u201d and \u201cInto My Arms.\u201d And if you just can’t get enough of Nick Cave, there’s more: The Royal Danish Library has put its \u201cStranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition\u201d<\/a> online, allowing fans to explore 300 objects collected or created by Cave during his career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 \u201cThe Abandons,\u201d<\/a> a new American Western series comes to Netflix with women at the center of its story. Taking place in the 1850s, Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey<\/a> star as two widowed women who are the heads of their household and who are fighting over land. Kurt Sutter, who created \u201cSons of Anarchy,\u201d is behind this one. Nick Robinson and Aisling Franciosi also star. It debuts Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 Starz has a new \u201cSpartacus\u201d series out Friday, Dec. 5 called \u201cSpartacus: House of Ashur.\u201d<\/a> Nick E. Tarabay reprises his role as Ashur from \u201cSpartacus: Blood and Sand\u201d and \u201cSpartacus: Vengeance\u201d which explores what may have happened if the character had survived the events of \u201cVengeance,\u201d instead of being killed. This series also features a woman in a powerful role. Tenika Davis plays a female gladiator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n