Out this week:
Coming Soon
* Albums
- We’re All Somebody from Somewhere by Steven Tyler: The debut solo album by the Aerosmith singer; includes the singles ‘Love Is Your Name’ and ‘Red, White & You’.
* Movies
- Star Trek Beyond (starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana) - action, the third instalment in the reboot series after Star Trek Into Darkness (2013); the crew of the USS Enterprise are attacked by unknown aliens and find themselves facing a ruthless enemy.
- Ice Age: Collision Course (with the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary) - animation, fifth instalment in the series, sequel to Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012); the gang tries to stop a meteor from destroying the world.
- Nerve (starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco) - thriller; based on Jeanne Ryan’s 2012 novel; a high school senior (Roberts) immerses in a dangerous online game of truth or dare..
Celeb Tweets
Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928 - 2016)
- Sana Mir (mir_sana05): Thank you Edhi Sahab for standing up for humanity and devoting your entire life for the cause. #HeroesNeverDie
- Humaima Malick (HumaimaMalick): #LetsAllBecomeEdhi and never let Edhi die. He shall remain alive in his people.
- Shehzad Roy (ShehzadRoy): Heartbroken. Asked him to model in my video and he said “hero mein tere say acha gata hoon”.
- Ali Zafar (AliZafarsays): Edhi was beyond Nobel Prize. No prize could do justice to what he was. Rest in peace. Thank you sir!
Star
Madison Michelle Pettis
- Born on the 22nd of July 1998 in Arlington, Texas, U.S.
- Has two older half siblings.
- Started acting and modelling as a child.
- Made her television debut in Barney & Friends (2006) and gained fame after appearing in Disney Channel’s Cory in the House (2007 - 2008). Has since appeared in shows including Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2009), Life with Boys (2011 - 2013), Lab Rats (2012 - 2015), and The Fosters (2015 - present), and had voice roles in Phineas and Ferb (2009 - 2013), Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2011 - 2014), and The Lion Guard (2015 - present).
- Upcoming projects include the TV movie Late Bloomer (2016).
- Is allergic to dairy products.
Also born today: Prince George of Cambridge, Selena Gomez, A. J. Cook, Rufus Wainwright, Rhys Ifans, Willem Dafoe, Don Henley, Danny Glover
Spotlight
The BFG
Cast: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall, Bill Hader
Director: Steven Spielberg
Tagline: The world is more giant than you can imagine.
- Fantasy; an orphan (Barnhill) befriends a kind-hearted giant (Rylance) and sets out on an adventure to save humans from man-eating giants.
- Is based on the 1982 Roald Dahl novel of the same name. Is the second adaptation of the novel following the 1989 animated television film.
- Had been in development since the early 1990s.
- Had a budget of $140 million; has made around $55 million in its first two weeks.
- Has received positive reviews from critics, who have praised the visuals and direction.
- Score composed by John Williams, marking his twenty seventh collaboration with Spielberg.