Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- Mad Love. by JoJo: Third album by the pop singer, her first record in ten years following prolonged record label trouble; includes the songs ‘I Can Only’ (featuring Alessia Cara) and ‘FAB’ (featuring Remy Ma).
- by Sabrina Carpenter: Second album by the Disney actress, the follow-up to her 2015 debut Eyes Wide Open; led by the single ‘On Purpose’.
- The Wave by Tom Chaplin: The Keane singer’s debut album; includes the songs ‘The River’ and ‘Quicksand’.
* Movies
- The Accountant (starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J. K. Simmons) – thriller; while being pursued by the Treasury Department, an accountant (Affleck) who works for dangerous criminal organizations finds out about a discrepancy that involves millions of dollars.
- Max Steel (starring Ben Winchell, Ana Villafañe, Andy García, Maria Bello) – action; a teenager (Winchell) and alien combine their powers to turn into a superhero.
Star
Rowan Eleanor Blanchard
- Born on the 14th of October 2001 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Parents are yoga instructors.
- Has two younger siblings – brother Shane and sister Carmen.
- Was named after a character in Anne Rice’s novel The Witching Hour (1990).
- Made her big screen debut in The Back-up Plan (2010) and television debut in Disney Junior’s Dance-a-Lot Robot (2010) before being cast as the lead in Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World (2014 – present).
- Has also starred in the film Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011) and the Disney TV movie Invisible Sister (2015).
- Upcoming projects include the movie A World Away.
- Supports feminism campaigns.
Also born today: Mia Wasikowska, Stacy Keibler, Usher, Natalie Maines, Steve Coogan, Cliff Richard
Celeb Tweets
- Kumail Nanjiani (kumailn): The scariest sentence in the English language is “Yeah we’ve met a bunch of times.”
- Conan O’Brien (ConanOBrien): Are you allowed to drive in the carpool lane if you’re riding with the voice of your disapproving father?
- Warren Holstein (WarrenHolstein): I think we can all agree that microphones don’t like Donald Trump.
Spotlight
The Magnificent Seven
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Tagline: Justice has a number.
- Western action; set in the old west, seven outlaws come together to protect a poor village against savage thieves.
- Reimagining of the 1960 western film of the same name, which was a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai (1954).
- Had a budget of around $108 million; has made nearly $106 million in two weeks.
- Has received mixed reviews, with critics finding the film lacking in originality but praising the performance of the cast.
- Jason Momoa was going to appear in the film but dropped out due to his commitment with Aquaman (2018).
- The horse that Chris Pratt rode in this film was the star of War Horse (2011).
- Score composed by James Horner – his third and final score to be released posthumously – and co-composed by Simon Franglen after Horner’s death.