Waves by Kanye West: Seventh album by the American rapper; after 2013’s Yeezus; includes the songs ‘No More Parties in L.A.’ (featuring Kendrick Lamar), ‘Fade’ (featuring Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign), and ‘Wolves’ (featuring Sia Furler).
Also out this week:Wiz Khalifa’s sixth album, Khalifa; Elton John’s 32nd album Wonderful Crazy Night; All I Need, the second release by Foxes; and Eric Prydz’s debut album, Opus.
Books
Liar:A Memoir by Rob Roberge: Non-fiction, memoir; the novelist details the formative moments of his life; written after he learned he is likely to developed a progressive memory-eroding disease.
The Fugitives by Christopher Sorrentino: Fiction, crime; revolves around three characters, all of whom are harbouring secrets.
Movies
Hail, Caesar! (starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes) – comedy; a Hollywood fixer in the 1950s tries to discover what happened to a missing cast member.
Pride + Prejudice + Zombies (starring Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston) – comedy horror, based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 novel; Elizabeth Bennet (James) and Mr. Darcy (Riley) must fight to rid their country of zombies that have taken over 19th century Britain.
Misconduct (starring Josh Duhamel, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins) – thriller; a lawyer (Duhamel) is caught in a struggle between the firm’s partner (Pacino) and a corrupt pharmaceutical executive (Hopkins).
The Choice (starring Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace) – romance, based on Nicholas Sparks’ 2007 novel; the relationship between two neighbours (Walker and Palmer), who fall for each other, is tested.
Star
Laura Leggett Linney
Born on the 5th of February 1964 in New York City, U.S.
Daughter of playwright Romulus Linney.
Parents divorced when she was a child.
Has a half-sister, Susan.
Studied acting; graduated from Brown University in 1986 and the Juilliard School in 1990.
Started appearing in films, television, and on stage in the early ‘90s; has since starred in films including Primal Fear (1996), The Truman Show (1998), You Can Count on Me (2000), Mystic River (2003), Love Actually (2003), Kinsey (2004), The Savages (2007), and Mr. Holmes (2015), as well as television series including Wild Iris (2001), Frasier (2003 – 2004), John Adams (2008), and The Big C (2010 – 2013).
Has won a number of awards, including four Emmys and two Golden Globe Awards. Is also a three-time Oscar nominee and three-time Tony Award nominee.
Upcoming projects include the films Genius (2016), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), and Sully (2016).
Has been married twice: to actor David Adkins (1995 – 2000) and real estate agent Marc Schauer (2009 – present; 1 son, Bennett (born in 2014)).
Also born today: Neymar, Jeremy Sumpter, Darren Criss, Cristiano Ronaldo, Abhishek Bachchan, Sara Evans, Michael Sheen, Chris Parnell, Duff McKagan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Guest, Charlotte Rampling
Spotlight
Alvin and the Chipmunks:The Road Chip
Cast: Jason Lee, Tony Hale, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Josh Green, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Kaley Cuoco, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate
Director: Walt Becker
Tagline: Fast & furry-ous
Animation; after a series of misunderstandings, the Chipmunks go on a road trip to try and stop Dave (Lee) from proposing to his new girlfriend (Williams- Paisley) and dumping them.
Is the fourth film in the series; follows Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011).
Had a budget of $90 million; has made around $137 million in over a month.
Has received very negative reviews from critics, who have described it as dull and lazy.
Has received three Golden Raspberry Awards nominations – Worst Supporting Actor (Jason Lee), Worst Supporting Actress (Kaley Cuoco, who took over the role of Eleanor that was previously voiced by Amy Poehler), and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel.
Score composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. Soundtrack includes the Chipmunks’ covers of songs.
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