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Lucky in love! Christopher Briney may play one-third of an iconic teen love triangle on Amazon Prime’s The Summer I Turned Pretty series — but in real life, he’s happily taken.

Emily Longeretta “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” based on Jenny Han’s novel, became the No. 1 show on Amazon Prime Video in its premiere weekend following its June 17 release.Following the series’ debut, all three “The Summer I Turned Pretty” books shot into the top three spots on the Amazon Best Sellers list, with book two, “It’s Not Summer Without You,” at No.

Instagram stories, posted early Thursday morning.The “Cardigan” singer first announced that she wrote “Carolina” for the upcoming film in March on Instagram, where she posted a clip of the trailer and a snippet of the single accompanying it.“Where The Crawdads Sing is a book I got absolutely lost in when I read it years ago,” the 32 year-old singer wrote. “As soon as I heard there was a film in the works starring the incredible @daisyedgarjones and produced by the brilliant @reesewitherspoon, I knew I wanted to be a part of it from the musical side.”“I wrote ‘Carolina’ alone and asked my friend @aarondessner to produce it.

The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2 is happening, a follow-up to the Amazon show based on Jenny Han’s best-selling young adult book series. In fact, it was before the first even aired. Han will continue to be co-showrunner on the series; her partner on season one, Gabrielle Stanton, will be replaced by Sarah Kucserka for the second season.

The plot thickens! The Summer I Turned Pretty made quite a splash with its debut on Prime Video — and Belly’s (Lola Tung) love triangle with brothers Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) is only going to get even more complicated in season 2.

“The Summer I Turned Pretty” and its Prime Video adaptation. While some exist to create a more gripping plot for television, others are meant to create more well-rounded, modern characters.Fans of the book series might notice that, while Jeremiah’s sexuality is never mentioned in the novels, he is queer in the adaptation. During Episode 2, he walks Belly around the country club and points out each guy and girl he’s kissed.

Team Jeremiah! While Conrad Fisher gets a lot of hype — and love — in The Summer I Turned Pretty, his younger brother is a notable force.

Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Season 1 of “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.Those who read Jenny Han’s 2009 novel “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” and the two books that followed, knew a bit of what to expect from the series, which dropped its first season on Friday, June 17.The premise was simple: A young girl, Belly, and her mom go to a beach house every summer and stay with the mother’s best friend and her sons. Bely has always had a crush on one of the boys, Conrad, and is best friends with his brother, Jeremiah. Ahead of her 16th birthday, she returned back to the beach once again and they all took notice that she was no longer a little girl.

Instagram post shows most of the cast of the new series, adapted from Jenny Han’s book trilogy, eager to complete the task. David Iacono, who plays Cam, Belly’s third love interest after Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno) exclaimed “I’m so excited to do this right now.”A sequence then shows Lola Tung, Gavin Casalegno, David Iacono, Summer Madison, Rain Spencer, Minnie Mills, Sean Kaufman and Chris Briney all waving what look to be striped straws in a flourish to make the arrow. What used to be a fixture for Disney Channel changed when the company changed the logo slightly, still having cast members trace ears, but in a more simplified way.

Gavin Casalegno is starring in the new Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty!

Based on the novel of the same name by Jenny Han (“To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before”), “The Summer I Turned Pretty” is a perfectly distracting piece of summer fluff. Newcomer Lola Tung stars as teenager Isabel “Belly” Conklin, whose family’s annual summer trip to Cousins Beach, Virginia gets shaken up by both family drama and Belly’s burgeoning sexuality.

The Summer I Turned Pretty—Amazon Prime Video's set in the fictional Cousins Beach—is a bit of . mixed with mixed with . In other words, with characters you'll love, a house that will make you want to move to a seaside beach town, and an engaging love story. At the forefront of the series, which is by New York Times best-selling author Jenny Han of To All the Boys fame, is newcomer Lola Tung.

Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 1 of The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 1 of The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Prime Video’s rom-com “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” “Jenny Han, who’s the showrunner, creator and author of the books [the show is based on] delivered the news to me over Zoom,” Tung, 19, told The Post. “I kind of froze and had a little bit of a freakout moment.

The Summer I Turned Pretty is about the closest one can get to a real vacation without leaving the couch. Based on the Jenny Han novel of the same name, the coming-of-age Amazon Prime series follows Belly (Lola Tung) as she embarks on her annual visit to her family friends' beach house. But this year feels different—more special.

Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+, Netflix, Peacock, Discovery+ and even more streaming services, there’s no shortage of options when choosing what to binge-watch this weekend. However, sometimes the amount of great film and television available to stream can be overwhelming and lead to scrolling aimlessly — hoping to land on that perfect piece of content.  Scroll no more! To help you out, ET has rounded up the best movies and TV shows to stream this weekend, including new arrivals, nostalgia-filled favorites and titles you may have missed the (well-deserved) hype on that are worth circling back for.From Amazon's series adaptation of the bestselling Jenny Han novel, tothe streaming premiere of, we’ve got your content covered this week. For even more recommendations, make sure to check out our guide for everything new on Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock, Apple TV+ and more this month.Starring fan favorites including Bryan Cranston, Dakota Johnson, Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho, Ewan McGregor, Rose Byrne, Theo James, Vanessa Bayer, Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Tom Hiddleston, Joe Alwyn, Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield and more, here are the best TV shows and movies to stream this week: +Isabel «Belly» Conklin's family spends every summer at her mom's lifelong friend Susannah's beach house.

Becoming Elizabeth, Starz's which spares no expense at bringing the young life of Elizabeth Tudor to the screen. This is the story of the woman who would eventually become Queen Elizabeth I, and Alicia von Rittberg is mesmerizing in the role (along with Tom Cullen).

Diane Garrett ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Author Jenny Han on Becoming a Showrunner for the First Time: ‘It Was a Baptism by Fire’With the June 17 debut of “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” Jenny Han’s career has taken another big leap forward. The bestselling YA author of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” had a hands-on role in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming adaptation of “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” her 2009 coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl, serving as creator and co-showrunner on the series.

‘Summer’ for television, I knew we’d need more than one season to honor the story we are telling,” Han said in a statement. “To receive a second season pickup ahead of the premiere of Season One is beyond my wildest dreams.

Prime Video has given an early Season 2 renewal to The Summer I Turned Pretty, its series adaptation of Jenny Han’s YA novel, ahead of its June 17 premiere.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Jenny Han drama series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” has been renewed for Season 2 at Amazon before Season 1 has even premiered, Variety has learned exclusively.“When I decided to adapt ‘Summer’ for television, I knew we’d need more than one season to honor the story we are telling,” said Han. “To receive a second season pickup ahead of the premiere of Season One is beyond my wildest dreams.

Jeff Bridges, in a rare small-screen role, stars in this psychological thriller as Dan Chase, an ex-CIA operative who’s been living off the grid for years. When an assassin tries to take him out, he must come out of hiding and reconcile with his past.

Wilson Chapman editorLinda Swain has been appointed the vice president of membership and outreach for the Television Academy, the body responsible for the annual Emmy Awards.Swain will be the first person to serve in the position, after the Academy created it as part of the organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion goals. In this role, Swain will be responsible for spearheading programs and initiatives to boost membership engagement, boosting the diversity and cultural inclusivity of the overall membership and leading outreach and recruitment of individuals and organizations that can provide diverse perspectives for the Television Academy.

There is no shortage of original TV series premiering online in June. Prime Video and Apple TV+ subscribers have plenty of new content to choose between – from comedies such as the return of adult animation Fairfax, to dramas such as the high-stakes sci-fi series For All Mankind.

Angelique Jackson In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Amazon has announced the first in-person installment of its Voices series, featuring a conversation with “The Summer I Turned Pretty” and “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” author and screenwriter Jenny Han.Han, whose series adaptation of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” launches June 17 on Prime Video, will sit for a for a wide-ranging discussion about her New York Times bestselling books moderated by journalist Dino Ray Ramos (The Diaspora Times). The three-hour event, titled “Voices: Asian & Pacific Islander Representation in Film & Media,” will take place on May 19 from 4-7 p.m.

A coming-of-age love story! The Summer I Turned Pretty is a highly anticipated adaptation of a trilogy written by Jenny Han that explores love, friendship and family.

Taylor Swift released her new recording of one of her old hits.On Thursday night, Swift dropped «This Love (Taylor's Version),» which marks her newest re-recorded track off her album.The song was first heard in the trailer for the new Amazon Prime Video series,, which dropped Thursday morning.Swift took to Instagram to tease the song's release, and to share the trailer as well, with a special thanks to Jenny Han — the creator and executive producer of the series, as well as the author of the books the show is based on — for featuring the tune in the trailer.A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)«Thank you @jennyhan for debuting my version of This Love in the trailer for @thesummeriturnedpretty!!! I’ve always been so proud of this song and I’m very

Taylor Swift released her new recording of one of her old hits.

Taylor Swift released her new recording of one of her old hits.On Thursday night, Swift dropped «This Love (Taylor's Version),» which marks her first re-recorded track off her album.The song was first heard in the trailer for the new Amazon Prime Video series, The Summer I Turned Pretty, which dropped Thursday morning.Swift took to Instagram to tease the song's release, and to share the trailer as well, with a special thanks to Jenny Han — the creator and executive producer of the series, as well as the author of the books the show is based on — for featuring the tune in the trailer.A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)«Thank you @jennyhan for debuting my version of This Love in the trailer for @thesummeriturnedpretty!!! I’ve always been so proud of this song and I’m very

This summer is about to be one for the books. The first teaser for Prime Video’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty” adaptation is here.The clip, which you can watch above, opens with Belly (played by Lola Tung) arriving at Cousins Beach for the summer.

Taylor Swift‘s “This Love (Taylor’s Version)” is featured in the brand new teaser trailer for The Summer I Turned Pretty!

This summer will be unlike any other.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— The suppressed emotions and anxieties of a seemingly flawless 12-year-old girl gather monstrous proportions in Hanna Bergholm’s “Hatching,” a Finnish body horror fairy tale that begins streaming Friday on Hulu. In the film, young Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), whose mother runs the artificially upbeat video blog “Lovely Everyday Life,” hides a dead bird’s egg in her bedroom that grows unusually large and hatches a very metaphorical beaked beast.

Jenny Han’s other best-selling YA trilogy is heading to Amazon Prime Video this June.“The Summer I Turned Pretty,” a new teen drama series based on Han’s novel of the same name, will premiere on Prime Video June 17, it announced Thursday. The news comes days following the news that Han has inked an exclusive development deal with the streamer.The series stars Lola Tung as Isabel “Belly” Conklin, an ordinary teenage girl who spends the summer in Cousin’s Beach with her mother Laurel (Jackie Chung) and older brother Steven (Sean Kaufman).

Prime Video has slotted June 17 for the premiere of The Summer I Turned Pretty, Prime Video’s series adaptation of Jenny Han’s YA novel. Amazon also unveiled the key art below.