Coming Soon
Out this week:
* Albums
- Everything at Once by Travis: Eighth album by the Scottish band, their first new release since 2013’s Where You Stand; includes the singles ‘Everything at Once’, ‘3 Miles High’, ‘Magnificent Time’, and ‘Radio Song’.
- Views from the 6 by Drake: Fourth album by the Canadian rapper; comes after 2013’s Nothing was the Same; includes the singles ‘Summer Sixteen’, ‘One Dance’ (featuring Wizkid and Kyla), and ‘Pop Style’ (featuring Kanye West and Jay Z).
- Honey by Katy B: Third album by the British singer, the follow-up to Little Red (2014); led by the single ‘Who am I’ (featuring Major Lazer and Craig David).
* Movies
- Keanu (starring Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele) - comedy; a man (Peele) and his friend (Key) pose as drug dealers as they try to recover his beloved stolen cat.
- Ratchet & Clank (with the voices of James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman) - animation, based on the video game; a mechanic (Taylor) and his robot (Kaye) try to save the universe from the Blarg.
- Mother’s Day (starring Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis) - comedy; mothers and daughters come to terms with their relationship.
Celeb Tweets
- Fakhr-e-Alam (falamb3): Rickshaw shopping in Karachi ... it is a world of its own. Racing Rickshaws coming soon.
- Mahira Khan (TheMahiraKhan): In The Descent of Man, Darwin writes only twice of “survival of the fittest,” but 95 times of love. #justsaying
Star
Uma Karuna Thurman
- Born on the 19th of April 1970 in Boston, U.S.
- Is the daughter of a former monk turned academic father and former fashion model mother.
- Has one older and two younger brothers, as well as an older paternal half-sister.
- Developed an interest in acting at a young age.
- Started modelling when she was 15.
- Made her acting debut in 1988. Gained some attention for appearing in Henry & June (1990) before achieving recognition for starring in Pulp Fiction (1994). Has since gone on to appear in movies including Batman & Robin (1997), Les Misérables (1998), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010).
- Upcoming projects include the films The Brits Are Coming (2016) and The Bay of Silence (2016).
- Has been married twice: to actors Gary Oldman (1990 - 1992; divorced) and Ethan Hawke (1998 - 2005; divorced; they have two children together). Was also engaged to financier Arpad Busson (2007-2014; 1 child).
Also born today: Foxes, Kian Egan, Jo O’Meara, Carnie Wilson, Master P, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kate Mulgrew, Jerry Seinfeld, Nora Dunn
Spotlight
The Jungle Book
Cast: Neel Sethi, Ritesh Rajan
Voice Cast: Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken
Director: Jon Favreau
Tagline: The legend will never be the same.
- Fantasy adventure; guided by his animal friends, an orphaned boy (Sethi) flees the jungle while evading the fearsome Shere Khan (Elba).
- Based on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book (1894); is a live-action/CGI remake of the 1967 Walt Disney animated film of the same name.
- Had a budget of $175 million; has made around $338 million in its first week.
- Has received critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the direction, voice cast, and fidelity to the original works that inspired it.
- Score composed by John Debney; the film incorporates a few songs from the 1967 musical, including ‘The Bare Necessities’ performed by Bill Murray, Christopher Walken’s version of ‘I Wan’na Be Like You’, and Scarlett Johansson’s rendition of ‘Trust in Me’.