Coming Soon
Out this week:
* Albums
- 7/27 by Fifth Harmony: Second album by the girl group; comes after their 2015 debut Reflection; includes the songs 'Work from Home' (featuring Ty Dolla $ign), 'All In My Head (Flex)' (featuring Fetty Wap), and 'Not That Kinda Girl' (featuring Missy Elliott).
- The Ride by Catfish and the Bottlemen: Second album by the English band, the follow-up to The Balcony (2014); includes the singles 'Soundcheck' and '7'.
* Movies
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter) - fantasy, sequel to Alice in Wonderland (2010), based on Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass; Alice (Wasikowska) finds a magical looking glass and returns to Wonderland.
- X-Men: Apocalypse (starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac) - action, ninth X-Men film, follows Days of Future Past (2014); the X-Men must unite to stop awakened ancient mutant Apocalypse (Isaac) who plans to take over the world.
- USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (starring Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter) - historical thriller, based on real events; a cruiser's crew is stranded in the Philippine Sea after delivering atomic weapons during WWII.
Books
- The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman: Non-fiction; a collection of essays on a myriad of topics including art, music, myths, and memories.
Star
Christopher Paul Colfer
- Born on the 27th of May 1990 in Clovis, California, U.S.
- Has a younger sister, Hannah, who suffers from severe epilepsy.
- Developed an interest in writing at a very young age.
- Was severely bullied in middle school.
- Participated in speech and debate competitions in high school.
- Performed in community theatre before making his screen acting debut in the television series Glee (2009 - 2015). He has since written and starred in the film Struck by Lightning (2012) and appeared in the TV series Hot in Cleveland (2014, 2015).
- Upcoming projects include a cameo in Ab Fab: The Movie (2016).
- Has been releasing novels in the children's book series The Land of Stories since 2012; has released four instalments so far, with a fifth book set to be out in July 2016.
- Supports anti-bullying campaigns.
Also born today: Jamie Oliver, André 3000, Jadakiss, Jack McBrayer, Lisa Lopes, Paul Bettany, Joseph Fiennes, Heston Blumenthal, Cilla Black
Celeb Tweets
- Kat Dennings (OfficialKat): Does everyone get in bed at 7pm and spend the rest of the night feeling bad they didn't do cardio?
- Dax Shepard (daxshepard1): If I got to pick 3 super powers, singing like Adele would be one of them.
- Mark Hoppus (markhoppus): Is Gandalf his first or last name?
Spotlight
Money Monster
Cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe
Director: Jodie Foster
Tagline: Not every conspiracy is a theory.
- Thriller; an irate viewer (O'Connell) takes a financial television personality (Clooney) hostage after losing all his money on a bad tip by the host.
- Had a budget of $27 million; made around $24 million in its first week.
- Has received mostly mixed to negative reviews from critics, who praised the casting but found the film too implausible and predictable.
- Is the fourth film George Clooney and Julia Roberts have both appeared in, having previously starred in Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) and Ocean's Twelve (2004). They didn't, however, work together a lot in this movie due to scheduling reasons; Roberts shot her scenes with a green screen on the monitors.
- Score composed by Matthew Libatique.