Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- Revolution Radio by Green Day: Twelfth album by the rock band, their first new record since the ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! (2012) trilogy; led by the single ‘Bang Bang’ and includes the songs ‘Still Breathing’, ‘Somewhere Now’, and ‘Ordinary World’.
- 13 Voices by Sum 41: The rock band’s sixth album; comes five years after their previous release, Screaming Bloody Murder (2011); includes the singles ‘War’ and ‘God Save Us All (Death to POP)’.
Also out this week: The Last Hero by Alter Bridge; Oh My My by OneRepublic; Stay Together by Kaiser Chiefs; and Day Breaks by Norah Jones.
* Movies
- The Girl on the Train (starring Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett) – thriller, based on Paula Hawkins’ 2015 novel; a divorcee (Blunt) becomes entangled in a missing persons (Bennett) investigation.
- Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (starring Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle, Andy Daly) – comedy, based on the 2011 novel by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts; a group of friends decide to go up against their principal (Daly) and break all the school rules.
Star
Thomas Edward Yorke
- Born on 7 October 1968 in Northamptonshire, England.
- Was born with a paralysed left eye, and underwent several eye operations.
- Has a younger brother Andy.
- Started playing guitar as a child.
- Studied at the University of Exeter, where he also worked as a DJ.
- Formed a band named On a Friday, which morphed into Radiohead in 1991. The group has since released nine albums and found global success.
- Has also released two solo albums, The Eraser (2006) and Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes (2014).
- Has two children – son Noah (born 2001) and daughter Agnes (born 2004) – with his former partner Rachel Owen.
- Is a vegetarian.
- Practises yoga and meditation.
- Supports environmental, human rights, and anti-war causes.
Also born today: Salman Butt, Aaron Ashmore, Shawn Ashmore, Alesha Dixon, Toni Braxton, Simon Cowell
Celeb Tweets
- Matthew Gray Gubler (GUBLERNATION): Spoiler alert! I peaked with that “moms love Downton Abbey, dads love downtown Arby’s” tweet a few months back.
- Josh Groban (joshgroban): I love vending machines. I give it my dollar and punch in my command and say “YES ROBOT FOOD BOX DO MY BIDDING”
Spotlight
Bridget Jones’s Baby
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Emma Thompson
Director: Sharon Maguire
Tagline: Relationship status: beyond complicated
- Romantic comedy; now in her 40s, mother-to-be Bridget Jones (Zellweger) must work out if her ex Mark (Firth) or subsequent flame Jack (Dempsey) is the father of her baby.
- Third film in the franchise; sequel to Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004).
- Is not an adaptation of Helen Fielding’s third Bridget Jones novel, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and is instead based on fictional columns by the author.
- Had a budget of $35 million; has made around $85 million in two weeks.
- Has received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who think the movie will please the fans of the series.
- Score by Craig Armstrong; soundtrack includes pop songs like Ellie Goulding’s ‘Still Falling for You’, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’, Jess Glynne’s ‘Hold My Hand’, and Years & Years’ ‘King’.