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Out this week:

*  Albums

• Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande: Third album by the pop singer, the follow-up to My Everything (2014); includes the songs ‘Side to Side’ (featuring Nicki Minaj), ‘Let Me Love You’ (featuring Lil Wayne), ‘Leave Me Lonely’ (featuring Macy Gray), and ‘Everyday’ (featuring Future).
• Fallen Angels by Bob Dylan: The singer’s thirty seventh album; comes after Shadows in the Night (2015), and, like its predecessor, features songs once recorded by Frank Sinatra.
• I Still Do by Eric Clapton: The English musician’s twenty third album, the follow-up to Old Sock (2013); features new material as well as cover versions of classic songs like  Elsie Carlisle’s ‘Little Man, You’ve Had a Busy Day’  and Leroy Carr’s ‘Alabama Woman Blues’.

*  Movies

• The Angry Birds Movie (with the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph) - animation, based on the video game series; an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies who are up to something.
• Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (starring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloë Grace Moretz) - comedy, sequel to Neighbors (2014); Mac (Rogen) and Kelly (Byrne) must reunite with Teddy (Efron) to battle the hard-partying sorority next door and sell their house.
• The Nice Guys (starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling) - comedy; a private eye (Gosling) and enforcer (Crowe) investigate the case of a missing girl in 1970s Los Angeles and uncover a conspiracy.

Star

Cherilyn Sarkisian

• Born on the 20th of May 1946 in California, U.S.
• Parents divorced when she was an infant.
• Was interested in showbiz from a young age and wanted to be famous.
• Met performer Sonny Bono in 1962 and started working on music with him; the duo achieved recognition as Sonny & Cher in the mid ‘60s with their single ‘I Got You Babe’, subsequently releasing five albums together and starring in The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971 - 1974) on television.
• Simultaneously pursued a solo music career, and has released twenty five albums over the decades, the most recent of which is 2013’s Closer to the Truth.
• Developed her film career in the ‘80s, appearing in movies including Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), and Moonstruck (1987) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
• Has been married twice: to Sonny Bono (1969 - 1975; divorced; 1 child) and musician Gregg Allman (1975 - 1979; divorced; 1 child).

Also born today: Imran Farhat, Busta Rhymes, Timothy Olyphant

Celeb Tweets

• Humaima Malick (@HumaimaMalick): Why don’t people say ‘woman up’? I’ve seen women so fierce and strong that some people need to woman up like them. #womanUp
• Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton): Son of a Pakistani bus driver, champion of workers’ rights and human rights, and now Mayor of London. Congrats, @SadiqKhan. -H

Spotlight

Captain America: Civil War

Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Paul Bettany

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Tagline: United we stand. Divided we fall

• Action; disagreement over international oversight of superhuman activity causes a rift in the Avengers, splintering them into two groups, one led by Steve Rogers (Evans) and the other by Tony Stark (Downey Jr.).
• Third film in the Captain America series, thirteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; sequel to 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
• Had a budget of $250 million; made over $765 million in its first week.
• Has received very positive reviews from critics who have praised the action-packed blockbuster and called it one of MCU’s best offerings.
• Score composed by Henry Jackman.
• Concludes the Captain America trilogy. Is the first film in MCU’s Phase Three, and is planned to be followed by a number of movies, including the two-part Avengers: Infinity War (2018 and 2019).