Hot Ones host on Louis Theroux podcast and big Pokémon news: What to stream this week

This week, American YouTuber Sean Evans volition beryllium talking to Louis Theroux astir his amusement Hot Ones - and whether he'd ever person Kanye West connected arsenic a guest.

But that's not each the week has successful store.

Gaming fans person Pokémon Day and the merchandise of Monster Hunter Wilds to look guardant to, Pamela Anderson's caller movie The Last Showgirl is coming out, and Blackpink prima Lisa is dropping her debut solo album.

Read connected for this week's biggest releases...

Sean Evans is champion known for his YouTube amusement Hot Ones, wherever helium interviews celebrities portion they devour chickenhearted wings that get progressively spicier.

But the tables are being turned connected Tuesday, erstwhile he's appearing arsenic a impermanent connected Louis Theroux's podcast.

I've been told we tin expect the brace to sermon the creation of interviewing, the improvement of Sean's career, and immoderate of the astir memorable moments from Hot Ones - including the viral DJ Khaled and Conan O'Brien episodes.

The brace volition besides chat astir Sean buying the Hot Ones marque from Buzzfeed, and Louis asks whether helium would ever see inviting Kanye West connected the show.

You cognize the saying… you hold for 1 creature-collecting gaming franchise from Japan and past 2 travel on astatine erstwhile (or astatine least, we deliberation that's it).

For those who celebrate, Thursday is Pokémon Day – erstwhile fans of the long-running bid get a glimpse of what to expect successful the coming year.

We'll beryllium watching intimately for updates connected Pokémon Legends Z-A – the upcoming Nintendo Switch crippled teased astatine past year's Pokémon Presents showcase – and hoping to larn much astir plans for The Year of Eevee (2025 is dedicated to the fashionable bushy-tailed character). You tin ticker the presumption connected the Pokémon YouTube from 14:00 GMT.

And connected Friday, it's the long-awaited merchandise of Monster Hunter Wilds (PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox), from Resident Evil and Street Fighter developer Capcom. Originally a large deed successful Japan, caller entries successful the bid person recovered a immense worldwide audience.

This sequel returns players to The Forbidden Lands, tasking them with, er, hunting monsters of expanding size and strength. But the similarities with Pokémon extremity there. You astir surely wouldn't privation a brushed artifact mentation of these atrocious boys.

Pamela Anderson is backmost successful the spotlight.

The Baywatch actress, who archetypal roseate to prominence successful the 90s, is present starring successful The Last Showgirl, a movie astir a pistillate who indispensable program for her aboriginal aft her amusement abruptly closes pursuing a 30-year-run.

It's a movie astir 2nd chances - and plentifulness of critics person described this arsenic 57-year-old Pamela's ain comeback.

But erstwhile I met her recently, she said she wasn't definite she'd telephone it that. "I would accidental it's conscionable a caller chapter," she told me, adding that everything that went earlier was "bootcamp and learning experiences".

"I've ever been fascinated with the trade of acting, and I conscionable wasn't getting the accidental to enactment what I was craving into something."

My afloat interrogation with Pamela volition beryllium retired aboriginal this week - and the movie is released successful UK cinemas connected Friday.

I consciousness similar Blackpink vocalist Lisa is everyplace close now.

She's conscionable taken connected her archetypal large acting relation successful play 3 of The White Lotus, HBO's deed TV amusement astir affluent entitled holiday-makers, which is acceptable this clip successful her homeland, Thailand.

And connected Friday, Lisa - whose afloat sanction is Lalisa Manoba - is releasing her archetypal ever solo medium autarkic from her celebrated miss group.

Entitled Alter Ego, it includes singles Moonlit Floor, which interpolates Sixpence None the Richer's classical way Kiss Me, arsenic good arsenic New Woman featuring Spanish prima Rosalía, and hep hop way Rockstar.

• International Booker Prize longlist is announced connected Tuesday
• Banks's caller album, Off With Her Head, is released connected Friday
• Everything is Recorded's caller album, Temporary, is besides released connected Friday
• The Brit Awards instrumentality spot connected Saturday
• The Oscars instrumentality spot connected Sunday