Music streaming highlights
Charli XCX's seventh studio album "Music, Fashion, Film" arrived on streaming July 24 via Atlantic, trading the club polish of "Brat" for guitar-driven tracks recorded with longtime collaborators A.G. Cook and Finn Keane. Pitchfork described the set as an "unruly, invigorating collection" that pairs crunchy 2000s guitar lines with lyrics about making art and grappling with artifice, while The Associated Press singled out its sole feature credit — Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg on the closer "No One Lasts Forever." Tyla's sophomore album "A*Pop" landed on Epic with 14 tracks built around amapiano-pop, including lead moments "CHANEL" and "IS IT" and a collaboration with Zara Larsson on "SHE DID IT AGAIN" that Music Times framed as pitting her sound against a European pop counterpart rather than a genre peer. The Strokes ended a six-year gap with "Reality Awaits" on RCA, recorded in Costa Rica with Rick Rubin, while Willow's "The Thread" on Three Six Zero marked her second album of 2026 after February's "petal rock black," framed by the artist as a "devotional" record.
Film streaming debuts
"Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie" began streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ on July 24, joining its two-season source series on the platform. The Neon release had earlier premiered at SXSW and Toronto International Film Festival and carries a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score from 116 reviews; a Canadian Disney+ bow follows on August 7, 2026. Apple TV+ added the pickleball comedy "The Dink," starring Jake Johnson as a tennis pro who "almost beat Andy Roddick," with co-stars Ben Stiller, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris and Patton Oswalt. Paramount+ hosted "Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender" as a streaming title, and Netflix premiered Kevin Hart's bachelor-party comedy "72 Hours" with SNL cast members Marcello Hernández, Kam Patterson and Ben Marshall.
Series and upcoming TV drops
HBO Max is set to premiere "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe," a "Big Bang Theory" spin-off, on July 28, with Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie reprising roles from the original series. Netflix's "Ransom Canyon" returned for Season 2 with Minka Kelly and Josh Duhamel. The two-season "Nirvanna the Band the Show" TV series was also made available on Hulu alongside the feature film.
Theater and limited releases
LAist film critics' July 24 weekend slate included "Motor City" in select theaters, the wide release of "Her Private Hell," "Hadestown: The Musical" in select theaters, and "Sheep in the Box" at AMC Century City with an expansion to additional theaters on July 31. Limited runs covered "American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez," "Nothing to See Here" at Watts and Laemmle Monica Film Center, "The Kidnapping of Arabella" at Laemmle venues and "Cruel Hands" on VOD via Laemmle Glendale. The Criterion Channel added "Blue Heron," which The Associated Press named among the best movies of the year so far.
Additional music and chart outlook
Other July 24 album drops included Shania Twain's seventh studio set "Little Miss Twain," her first since 2023, with a Josh Homme collaboration on "Faded Blue Jeans" and a Tanya Tucker feature on the title track; Waterparks' sixth album "JINX" with guests Mark Hoppus, Danny Elfman, Eric Nally and Dillon Francis; Rico Nasty's "RX," reuniting her with Kenny Beats for the first full collaboration since 2019; and Snow Patrol's deluxe reissue of "Eyes Open," marking 20 years since the "Chasing Cars" album. Music Times flagged the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 chart dated August 8, 2026 as the first measurable read on which of the five lead releases breaks out commercially on streaming.
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