Coming Soon
Out this week:
Albums
- This Is What the Truth Feels Like by Gwen Stefani: Third album by the American singer, her first new record in a decade, following 2006’s The Sweet Escape; includes the singles ‘Used to Love You’, ‘Make Me Like You’, and ‘Misery’.
- Also out this week: Iggy Pop’s seventeenth album, Post Pop Depression; Party Rock Mansion by Redfoo; and Change of Fortune, the eleventh album by Soul Asylum.
Movies
- The Divergent Series: Allegiant (starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort) - action, third film in the series; Tris (Woodley) must escape with Four (James) and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago.
- Midnight Special (starring Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Joel Edgerton, Jaeden Lieberher) - sci-fi; a father (Shannon) tries to get his uniquely gifted son (Lieberher) to a secret location while being chased.
- The Bronze (starring Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Haley Lu Richardson) - comedy; a former gymnast’s (Rauch) local celebrity status is threatened when a young athlete’s (Richardson) star rises in town.
Star
Lily Jane Collins
- Born on the 18th of March 1989 in Guildford, England.
- Is the daughter of singer Phil Collins and his second wife, Jill; parents divorced when she was 5.
- Has an older half-brother and two younger half-brothers from her father’s other two marriages.
- Attended the University of Southern California, majoring in broadcast journalism.
- Started acting as a child. Made her film debut in The Blind Side (2009). Has since starred in movies including Mirror Mirror (2012), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), and Love, Rosie (2014).
- Upcoming projects include an untitled 2016 romantic drama film written and directed by Warren Beatty.
- Is an anti-bullying advocate.
- Enjoys travelling and likes collecting antiques.
Also born today: Adam Levine, Dane Cook, Vanessa L. Williams, Luc Besson
Awards
36th Golden Raspberry Awards
- Worst Picture: Fantastic Four and Fifty Shades of Grey
- Worst Director: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four
- Worst Actor: Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
- Worst Actress: Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
- Worst Supporting Actor: Eddie Redmaine, Jupiter Ascending
- Worst Supporting Actress: Kayley Cuoco, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip and The Wedding Ringer
- Worst Screenplay: Kelly Marcel (based on the novel by E.L. James), Fifty Shades of Grey
- Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel: Fantastic Four
- Worst Screen Combo: Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
- The Razzie Redeemer Award: Sylvester Stallone, from all-time Razzie champ to 2015 award contender for Creed
Spotlight
London Has Fallen
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Melissa Leo
Director: Babak Najafi
Tagline: The world’s leaders have assembled. So have their enemies.
- Action thriller; the British Prime Minister’s funeral turns into a deadly plot to kill world leaders.
- Sequel to 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen.
- Had a budget of $60 million; has made around $40 million in its first week.
- Has received negative reviews from critics, who have described it as absurd, derivative, and xenophobic.
- Antoine Fuqua, the director of the previous instalment, chose not to return to direct the sequel. Fredrik Bond was then hired to helm the film, but dropped out weeks before shooting was to begin. He was replaced by Iranian-Swedish director Babak Najafi.
- Scored by Trevor Morris.