Coming Soon
Out this week:
* Albums
- Cosmic Hallelujah by Kenny Chesney: The seventeenth album by the country singer; comes after 2014’s The Big Revival; includes the singles ‘Noise’ and ‘Setting the World on Fire’ (featuring P!nk).
- Two Vines by Empire of the Sun: The Australian electronic music duo’s third album, the follow-up to Ice on the Dune (2013); led by the single ‘High and Low’.
* Movies
- Inferno (starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan) - thriller, third film in the Robert Langdon series; based on Dan Brown’s 2013 novel; amnesia-stricken Langdon (Hanks) teams up with his doctor (Jones) to race across Europe and foil a deadly plot.
- American Pastoral (starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning) - drama, based on Philip Roth’s 1997 novel; a man’s (McGregor) life and family fall apart because of his daughter’s (Fanning) new political affiliation.
Celeb Tweets
- Urwa Hocane (VJURWA): I refuse to hate any culture, religion, or country. I refuse to hate. All I know is I love Pakistan. I endorse Pakistan and I will do that globally.
- Ali Zafar (AliZafarsays): Peace in a morning prayer is indescribable. Thank you God for all your blessings. May peace be upon us all. Ameen.
Star
Matthew Robert Smith
- Born on 28 October 1982 in Northampton, England.
- Has a sister, Laura Jayne, who appeared in the 2004 music video for Eric Prydz’s ‘Call on Me’.
- Planned to be a professional football player in his youth until a back injury derailed his career.
- Became an actor on the persistence of his drama teacher.
- Studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia; graduated in 2005.
- Made his television debut in 2006, before getting his first major role in the television series Party Animals (2007).
- Shot to fame after being cast as the Eleventh Doctor in the revival series of Doctor Who (2005); played the role from 2010 to 2013.
- Has since appeared in films including Terminator Genisys (2015) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016).
- Upcoming projects include the Netflix series The Crown (November 2016) and the film Patient Zero (2017).
- Can play the guitar.
Also born today: Nolan Gould, Sierra McCormick, Frank Ocean, Troian Bellisario, Finn Wittrock, Justin Guarini, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Paisley, Ben Harper, Julia Roberts, Andy Richter, Bill Gates, Desmond Child
Spotlight
The Girl on the Train
Cast: Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Édgar Ramírez, Lisa Kudrow
Director: Tate Taylor
Tagline: What you see can hurt you.
- Thriller; an alcoholic divorcée (Blunt) becomes involved in a missing persons investigation.
- Based on Paula Hawkins’ 2015 debut novel of the same name.
- Had a budget of $45 million; has made around $84 million in two weeks.
- Has received mixed to negative reviews from critics who found the movie melodramatic and preposterous.
- Jared Leto and Chris Evans were originally cast in the film but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts and were subsequently replaced by Luke Evans and Justin Theroux respectively.
- Kate Mara was attached to one of the female lead roles but dropped out; Haley Bennett got the part instead.
- Is the first film directed by Tate Taylor not to feature Octavia Spencer.
- Score composed by Danny Elfman.