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* Albums

Wonderful Wonderful by The Killers: Fifth album by the American rock band; follows 2012’s Battle Born; includes the singles ‘The Man’, ‘Run for Cover’, and ‘Some Kind of Love’.
Double Dutchess by Fergie: Second solo album by the Black Eyed Peas singer; comes over a decade after her debut, The Dutchess (2006); includes the songs ‘Hungry’ (featuring Rick Ross), ‘You Already Know’ (featuring Nicki Minaj), and ‘L.A. Love (La La)’ (featuring YG).

* Movies

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong) - action comedy, sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015); after their headquarters are destroyed by a crime syndicate, the Kingsman agents join forces with their American counterpart, Statesman.
The Lego Ninjago Movie (with the voices of Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Michael Pena, Jackie Chan) - animation, the second spin-off of The Lego Movie (2014); the Green Ninja (Franco), leader of the Secret Ninja Force, struggles to accept that evil warlord Lord Garmadon (Theroux) is his father, while a new threat endangers his homeland.
Battle of the Sexes (starring Emma Stone, Steve Carell) - sports comedy; loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King (Stone) and Bobby Rigg (Carell).
Victoria & Abdul (starring Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard) - biographical drama; based on the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria (Dench) and her Indian servant Abdul Karim (Fazal).

Awards

69th Primetime Emmy Awards

Winners:

For the complete list of winners, visit emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2017.

Star

Thomas Andrew Felton

Born on 22nd September 1987 in Epsom, Surrey, England.
Has three older brothers - Ashley, Chris, and Jonathan.
Started singing in a choir as a child.
Began acting in advertisements when he was 8.
Made his screen debut in The Borrowers (1997) and subsequently appeared in Anna and the King (1999).
Rose to fame after being cast as Draco Malfoy in the film adaptions of the Harry Potter series (2001 - 2011).
Has since appeared in films like Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Belle (2013), In Secret (2014), Against the Sun (2014), Risen (2016), A United Kingdom (2016), Megan Leavey (2017), and Feed (2017). Also had a recurring role in the third season of The Flash (2016 - 2017).
Upcoming projects include the films Whaling (in post-production) and Ophelia (2018).

Also born today: Tatiana Maslany, Billie Piper, Rupert Penry-Jones, Sue Perkins, Bonnie Hunt, Scott Baio, Joan Jett, Andrea Bocelli

Spotlight

It: Chapter One

Cast: Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgard

Director: Andy Muschietti

Tagline: It takes many forms.

Horror; a group of bullied kids fight against a shape-shifting demon (Skarsgard) responsible for the disappearance of children in their town.
Is based on the 1986 Stephen King novel It, which was previously adapted into a 1990 television miniseries.
Had a budget of $35 million; has made $370 million in around a week.
Has received positive reviews from critics, earning praise for its story, scares, and cast, especially Skarsgard.
Before Bill Skarsgard was given the titular role, Tim Curry turned down the chance to reprise the part; Ben Mendelsohn passed on the role because of salary demands; and Will Poulter had to leave the part because of scheduling conflicts with Detroit (2017).
Score composed by Benjamin Wallfisch.
Is the first instalment in a planned duology. The sequel, It: Chapter Two, is expected to be released in 2019.

Wonderful Wonderful by The Killers: Fifth album by the American rock band; follows 2012’s Battle Born; includes the singles ‘The Man’, ‘Run for Cover’, and ‘Some Kind of Love’.