Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- Something to Tell You by Haim: Second album by the pop group, the follow-up to their 2013 debut Days Are Gone; includes the songs ‘Want You Back’ and ‘Little of Your Love’.
- Hug of Thunder by Broken Social Scene: The Canadian indie rock musical collective’s fifth album; comes after Forgiveness Rock Record (2010); includes the songs ‘Halfway Home’, ‘Skyline’, and ‘Please Take Me with You’.
* Movies
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Robert Downey Jr.) - action, second reboot of the Spider-Man franchise; Peter Parker (Holland) tries to balance life with being a superhero as he faces the Vulture (Keaton).
- A Ghost Story (starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara) - drama; a recently deceased man (Affleck) returns as a ghost to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his wife (Mara).
Celeb Tweets
- Chris Schleicher (cschleichsrun): Who will pay me to write a Maleficent-style retelling of Singin’ in the Rain from the perspective of wronged actress Lina Lamont?
- Matt Goldich (MattGoldich): Is there not ONE brave person in the White House who will stand up and say, “Mr. President, you need to lose 30-40 pounds”?
- Conan O’Brien (ConanOBrien): Been checking Twitter every five minutes, but thank God, so far realDonaldTrump hasn’t mentioned my facelift.
Star
James Christopher Gaffigan
- Born on 7th July 1966 in Elgin, Illinois, U.S.
- Is the youngest of six children.
- Graduated from Georgetown University in 1988 with a degree in finance.
- Worked in advertising before pursuing a career in comedy and performing stand-up at comedy clubs.
- Subsequently appeared in several commercials.
- Has since starred in sitcoms including Welcome to New York (2000 - 2001), The Ellen Show (2001 - 2002), My Boys (2006 - 2009), and The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015 - 2016).
- Has also released several comedy albums, and written two books: Dad Is Fat (2013) and Food: A Love Story (2014).
- Upcoming projects include the movies Drunk Parents (2017) and Chappaquiddick (2017), and the animated film Duck Duck Goose (2018).
- Has been married to actress Jeannie Noth since 2003; they have five children.
Also born today: Cassidy, Berenice Bejo, Jorja Fox, Billy Campbell, Ringo Starr
Spotlight
Transformers:
The Last Knight
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Stanley Tucci
Director: Michael Bay
Tagline: For one world to live, the other must die.
- Action; with the Autobots and Decepticons at war, the key to saving the future is hidden in the secrets of the past.
- Is the fifth instalment of the Transformers film series; is the sequel to Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).
- Was released a decade after the first Transformers (2007) film.
- Had a budget of over $200 million (as much as $260 by some estimates); has made nearly $430 million in around two weeks.
- Has received very negative reviews from critics, who criticised the confusing, incoherent plot.
- Is set to be followed by a spin-off, Transformers Universe: Bumblebee, in June 2018, and then a sixth film in the series in June 2019.
- Both Bay and Wahlberg don’t plan to return for another sequel.