Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- What Makes You Country by Luke Bryan: Sixth album by the country singer (who has been recruited as a judge for the upcoming season of American Idol); comes after 2015’s Kill the Lights; led by the single ‘Light It Up’.
* Movies
- I, Tonya (starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson, Mckenna Grace, Caitlin Carver) – biographical comedy drama; based on the life ofAmerican figure skater Tonya Harding (Robbie) who was involved in the 1994 attack on her Olympic teammate Nancy Kerrigan (Carver).
- November Criminals (starring Ansel Elgort, Chloë Grace Moretz, Tessa Albertson, Catherine Keener) – crime drama, based on Sam Munson’s 2010 novel; a high school senior (Elgort) starts an investigation after his classmate is murdered.
Celeb Tweets
- Jim Gaffigan (JimGaffigan): Who prefers pie over cake? People who never tried cake.
- Bette Midler (BetteMidler): Trump tweeted he is our favorite President. I prefer any other President, including the 39 who are currently decomposing corpses.
- Rainn Wilson (rainnwilson): If Meghan Markle becomes queen we’re all going to be forced to watch Suits.
Star
Amir Khan
- Born on 8th December 1986 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.
- Parents belonged to a family with roots in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- Has two sisters and a brother.
- Started boxing competitively at the age of 11.
- Competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a silver medal in the lightweight boxing category.
- Became the unified light-welterweight world champion. Held the World Boxing Association title from 2009 to 2012 and the International Boxing Federation title in 2011. Also held the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2007 to 2008 and the World Boxing Council Silver welterweight title from 2014 to 2016.
- Has been ranked among the world’s best boxers.
- Is currently competing in the seventeenth series of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
- Has been married to Faryal Makhdoom since 2013. They have a daughter, Lamaisah (born in 2014), and are currently expecting their second child.
- Has also done charitable work, including helping those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
Also born today: AnnaSophia Robb, Nicki Minaj, Ingrid Michaelson, Ian Somerhalder, Sinéad O'Connor, Teri Hatcher, Bill Bryson
Spotlight
Justice League
Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons
Director: Zack Snyder
Tagline: You can’t save the world alone.
- Action; to honour Superman’s (Cavill) sacrifice, Batman (Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gadot), Flash (Miller), Aquaman (Momoa), and Cyborg (Fisher) form a superhero team to save the planet from a catastrophic threat.
- Is the fifth instalment in the DC Extended Universe.
- Had a budget of $300 million; has made around $570 million in nearly three weeks.
- Has received mixed to negative review from critics, who criticised the writing, action, characters, and tone.
- Director Zack Snyder stepped down from finishing the project two months after the suicide of his daughter in March 2017. Joss Whedon took over the responsibilities.
- Score composed by Danny Elfman; he replaced Junkie XL who was originally scoring the film (after Hans Zimmer retired from the “superhero business”).
- Will be followed by a standalone Batman film, The Batman, and a possible Justice League sequel.