Coming Soon
Out this week:
- Albums
- Take All My Loves by Rufus Wainwright: Ninth album by the singer; comprises of nine adaptations of William Shakespeare’s sonnets across sixteen tracks, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the author’s death; features guest appearances by artists including Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher, William Shatner, Martha Wainwright, and Florence Welch.
- Movies
- Elvis & Nixon (starring Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey) – comedy drama; focuses on the December 1970 meeting between singer Elvis Presley (Shannon) and U.S. President Richard Nixon (Spacey) at the White House.
- The Huntsman: Winter’s War (starring Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain) – fantasy, prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); warriors Eric (Hemsworth) and Sara (Chastain) fall in love while the war between rival queen sisters Ravenna (Theron) and Freya (Blunt) escalates.
Star
John Joseph Nicholson
- Born on the 22nd of April 1937 in New Jersey, U.S.
- Was born to June Nicholson, an unmarried, 18 years old who was uncertain of his father’s identity. Was thereby raised by her parents as their own child, with June acting as his sister. Was informed of his true parentage by Time magazine researchers in 1974.
- Trained as an actor with the Players Ring Theater.
- Made his film debut in The Cry Baby Killer (1958), but Easy Rider (1969) gave him his big break and his first Oscar nomination. Has gone on to receive 11 more Academy Award nominations, making him the most nominated male actor in history, and has won an Oscar three times – two Best Actor trophies (1975 and 1997), and a Best Supporting Actor award (1983).
- Has also starred in films including The Shining (1980), Batman (1989), A Few Good Men (1992), About Schmidt (2002), and The Departed (2006).
- Hasn’t appeared in a new movie since How Do You Know (2010).
- Was married to Sandra Knight (1962-1968); they have one daughter together. Also has four children from other relationships.
Also born today: Amber Heard, Amelle Berrabah, Sherri Shepherd, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Peter Frampton, Janet Evanovich, Mel Carter
Celeb Tweets
- Bette Midler (BetteMidler): The Czech Republic is considering changing its name to “Czechia.” I still think they should have gone with my suggestion, “Czech-please!”
- Mark Hoppus (markhoppus): Just got bit in the neck by a spider so I guess this is my origin story?
- Nick Frost (nickjfrost): The moment we started filming people in the streets fighting as opposed to trying to stop it... that’s when we lost.
Spotlight
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Ian Gomez, Elena Kampouris
Director: Kirk Jones
Tagline: People change. Greeks don’t.
- Comedy; the revelation of a secret brings the Portokalos family together for another wedding.
- Is the sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).
- Written by Nia Vardalos, who also wrote its predecessor.
- Most of the cast and crew from the first movie reprised their roles and jobs for this film; new additions to the cast include Rita Wilson (who, along with her husband Tom Hanks, is also a co-producer of the film), John Stamos, and Alex Wolff.
- Had a budget of $18 million; has made around $72 million in its first three weeks.
- Has received negative reviews from critics, who found the film sweet but stale and unmemorable.
- Score composed by Christopher Lennertz.