Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- Not Dark Yet by Allison Moorer and Shelby Lynne: A duet album by the country singer sisters; marks the first official studio collaboration between the siblings; features covers of songs, including Nirvana’s ‘Lithium’ and The Killer’s ‘My List’, as well as the original track ‘Is It Too Much’.
- Painted Ruins by Grizzly Bear: Fifth album by the indie band, the follow-up to 2012’s Shields; includes the singles ‘Three Rings’, ‘Mourning Sound’, ‘Four Cypresses’, and ‘Neighbors’.
* Movies
- The Hitman’s Bodyguard (starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Yung, Salma Hayek) - action comedy; a special agent (Reynolds) is hired to guard his mortal enemy, a notorious hitman (Jackson) who has to testify at the International Court of Justice.
- Logan Lucky (starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough) - heist comedy; three siblings (Tatum, Driver, Keough) set out to execute an elaborate robbery.
- Patti Cake$ (starring Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett) - drama; a plus-sized white girl (Macdonald) tries to become a famous rapper.
Celeb Tweets
- Mahira Khan (TheMahiraKhan): Dear papers, there is already a lot of hate in this world, pick up the good. Report it. Won’t lose the clickbait audience, promise!
- Shehzad Roy (ShehzadRoy): Dr. [Ruth] Pfau is no more. May her soul rest in peace. Sad. What a great woman. She deserves a hero’s funeral as big as Edhi sahab.
- Ali Zafar (AliZafarsays): Make the ground your friend. That’s where you gotta go, in the end.
Star
Andrew David Samberg
- Born on 18th August 1978 in Berkeley, California, U.S.
- Has two sisters, Johanna and Darrow.
- Graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2000.
- Gained attention after posting comedy videos on YouTube with his childhood friends Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone; the trio together formed The Lonely Island troupe.
- Was hired on Saturday Night Live - a show he admired since his childhood - in 2005, and remained on the show till 2012.
- Has since appeared in films including Hot Rod (2007), I Love You, Man (2009), That’s My Boy (2012), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), as well as voiced characters in Hotel Transylvania (2012), Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015), and Storks (2016).
- Currently stars in the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013 - present).
- Upcoming projects include the animated film Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018).
- Married musician Joanna Newsom in 2013; they have a baby daughter who was born this year.
Also born today: Frances Bean Cobain, Mika, Kaitlin Olson, Christian Slater, Edward Norton, Denis Leary, Martin Mull, Robert Redford
Spotlight
The Emoji Movie
Voice cast: T. J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sof’a Vergara, Sean Hayes, Patrick Stewart
Director: Tony Leondis
Tagline: An adventure beyond words.
- Animation; a multi-expressional emoji (Miller), who lives in a teenager’s phone, sets out on a journey to become a normal “meh” emoji.
- Is based on the emoji symbols.
- Had a budget of $50 million; has made around $70 million in two weeks.
- Has received overwhelming dislike from critics, who found it lazy, idiotic, derivative, and lacking wit.
- Ilana Glazer, who was originally set to voice Jailbreak, was later replaced by Anna Faris.
- Score composed by Patrick Doyle.