Entertainment News Today: 6 Releases and Debuts to Know

Victoria Monét drops Frequency of Love

Entertainment news today has a major new music release: Victoria Monét’s Frequency of Love is out October 2. The 22-track album follows her Grammy-winning Jaguar II and includes the previously released songs “Reach Out” and “Let Me.”

Monét is also preparing a 27-city North American tour, scheduled to begin October 27. For listeners, the album is the headline release; the tour gives the new songs a live run later this month.^[1]

Miranda Lambert opens a new Nashville venue

Miranda Lambert headlined the opening night of The Truth, a new 4,400-capacity Nashville venue, on October 1. The announced show featured a 12-piece string section and a preview of songs from her album Crisco, which was slated to arrive at midnight that night.

The opening-night performance paired a new room with a special orchestral setup, making it a notable live-music moment in this entertainment news roundup.^[2]

A new Jane Schoenbrun horror film lands on Mubi

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun’s follow-up to I Saw the TV Glow, arrives on Mubi October 2. Hannah Einbinder stars as a filmmaker trying to revive a slasher franchise with its original star, played by Gillian Anderson.

The premise puts filmmaking and horror fandom at the center of the story. It is one of the day’s notable film releases for viewers looking for something unsettling rather than a standard slasher sequel.^[3]

The Last First: Winter K2 documents a high-risk climb

Apple TV’s October 2 documentary The Last First: Winter K2 revisits a 2001 expedition by the first team to attempt a winter ascent of K2. The film is directed by Amir Bar-Lev and focuses on a famously demanding mountaineering challenge.

For documentary fans, it offers a real-world alternative to the day’s scripted releases, with extreme climbing and the expedition’s history at its core.^[3]

Tyler Perry’s Doing Life arrives on Netflix

Netflix’s October 2 film Tyler Perry’s Doing Life stars Naomi Baker as a single mother and Jay Reeves as an incarcerated man. Their characters form a connection through letters, with the story framed around hope and redemption.

It is one of the day’s new streaming options for viewers after a character-driven drama. The release calendar lists it alongside the week’s other film and television debuts.^[4]

Kill Jackie brings Catherine Zeta-Jones back to TV

AMC+ launches Kill Jackie on October 2, with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing a former international drug smuggler forced out of hiding. The series follows her as she takes on seven hitmen hired to kill her.

Daniel Ings, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Ron Perlman also star. The premise leans into crime-thriller action, making this one of the day’s bigger television debuts.^[4]