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Here's what's new on Netflix for the week of Dec. 18 - 24, including Maestro

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Bradley Cooper’s loving look at the life of Leonard Bernstein in “Maestro,” Percy Jackson finds out that Greek myths aren’t just a history lesson in “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” and PBS celebrates chef Lidia Bastianich

Here's what you need to watch this week: we've picked the best movies, shows and other events that are new on Netflix.

Bradley Cooper composes an incredible movie coming to Netflix

Bradley Cooper said transforming into the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein for his new film "Maestro", released on Netflix on December 20, forced him to grow up.

Aardman’s egg-streamly excellent British comedy makes a welcome return, and Bradley Cooper is a superb Leonard Bernstein

Cooper said: ‘If you ask the crew or cast, Lenny directed the movie.’

“Maestro” is a word that resonates across concert music. From the Italian word for master, it is applied most frequently to a respected and established conductor of operas and orchestras but can also be used to refer to virtuoso instrumentalists.

The works of the composer Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) are among the most often played in many orchestras’ repertoire. This was not the case during his lifetime, however, when he was much more popular as a conductor than a composer – his critics finding his compositions too different, too complex and,…